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By Geoff Reid Today we start the semi finals second legs with Bayern Munich traveling to France to take on Lyon. Lyon vs Bayern Munich From The Stade de Gerland, Lyon (Bayern lead 1-0 on agg.) After losing the first leg 1-0 in Bavaria, Lyon realize that they were on the fortunate side it was…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Bayern Munich vs Lyon From The Allianz Arena, Munich This semifinal won’t get as much headlines as the other one that just took place yesterday, but it sure is just as intriguing. Bayern Munich looked dead in the water just before half time at Old Trafford against Manchester United until Ivica Olic…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Today we finish off the remaining quarter final ties with the all French affair in Bordeaux and a rematch of the 1999 final in Manchester. Bordeaux vs Lyon From The Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux (Lyon leads 3-1 on agg.) The all French tie took an interesting twist in the first leg with Lyon…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Lyon vs Bordeaux From The Stade de Gerland, Lyon This tie is fascinating for a lot of reasons. All the credit must go to Lyon for coming through their last 16 tie against Real Madrid and getting a result in the Bernebeau. Bordeaux had a difficult task against Olympiakos and came through…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid As we start the second leg match-ups of the last 16 of this season’s Champions League, there is not one tie that is already won. Before we preview the two ties tomorrow, it must be said that all of my predictions were well off base which just goes to show why we…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid FC Porto vs Arsenal from Estadio do Drago, Porto Back in 2004, these two clubs were flying with some of the best seasons in their history. Porto, under a guidance of a certain Jose Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003, followed in 2004 by winning the Champions League beating AS Monaco…[continue reading]

Editor’s Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan.com every Monday with his take on the game. He returns today to preview the second leg of Champions League matches this week. As always feel free to leave Geoff your comments below. FC Bayern Munich (GER) vs FC Barcelona (ESP) at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday, FC Barcelona…[continue reading]

Editor’s Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVH every week. Today he is stepping out of the MLS box and is previewing the UEFA Champsions League. Feel free to post your comments to Geoff below. With the last eight teams in Europe locking horns this week I thought it would be appropriate to throw my predictions…[continue reading]

Landon Donovan is likely to return to Major League Soccer after his loan with German club Bayern Munich expires in a couple weeks. The AP posted this report on the matter a little bit ago that National team star would return to the Galaxy and now see a deal for him to be sold to…[continue reading]

What can I say, I am a bit gitty about this news. For one I am a long-time Bayern Munich fan and secondly I want to see Landon Donovan do well outside of the US. So for me this kind of news is a win-win. The U.S. national team star came off the bench and…[continue reading]