Por Eduard Gygax

Para FOX Deportes / @FOXDeportes

¿Alguien más ve la Champions League como un Mundial que se juega cada año?

Es el mejor torneo  de fútbol, el nivel es altísimo y chocan gigantes desde el primer día. No se puede pedir nada más. Después de dos meses de inactividad, los grandes escucharán el gran himno de la Champions de nuevo, y este es el panorama:

Celtic vs Juventus, martes 12: La Vecchia Signora volvió a la máxima competición europea y tiene deudas con su público tras varios años de ausencia. Son los claros favoritos ante el Celtic pero no deben confiarse: el partido de ida es en un estadio donde ya perdió el Barcelona.

Valencia vs PSG, martes 12: Es uno de los partidos más atractivos porque es totalmente impredecible. Lo veo muy parejo, en especial porque ambos equipos tienen que demostrar que tienen la calidad para estar en la Champions.

Real Madrid vs Manchester United, miércoles 13:

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

Midway through Arsenal’s contest versus Manchester City on Sunday, with the Sky Blues down 1-0, a bit of brilliant play took place. From Mikel Arteta to Santi Carzola in the midfield sprung a Gunners’ forward open on the right side, streaking towards the goalie with a chance to put one in the back of the net.

That forward was Gervinho, and all of Arsenal’s supporters gasped with terror in their minds and hope in their hearts.

I just so happened to be watching the Gunners face Man City with a large legion of Gooners. More specifically, I was at Maggie McGarry’s, where the Bay Area Gooners supporters club of Arsenal meet up on the weekend to watch their favorite squad do battle with their foes. There were probably 100 Arsenal supporters to possibly 10 (being kind) City supporters in the bar at 8am, drinking beer and being rowdy.  It was awesome. City was up 1-0 after Johann Lescott’s header found the back of the net off of a set piece in the first half. Arsenal fans were nervous, as their undefeated record was now on the line and their defense had been infiltrated for just the second time this season. Steve Gould had a case of the sads. Now was the test for the Gunners, as they faced a deficit against the league’s top team, could they respond?

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

Some could look at Arsenal’s 0-0 tie with Sunderland as a positive.

“Hey, at least we got a point. Right?”

That person would probably get thrown off a cliff if he said that around enough Arsenal fans.

It would also sound like someone who didn’t actually watch Saturday’s opening contest of the 2012-13 Premier League season. Yes, Arsenal did what they always do. They thoroughly controlled possession (70%) for the majority of the game, they put up a ghastly number of shots (23) at the goal and nullified any counter-attack by a hapless Sunderland side. Yet, per usual, Arsenal was unable to actually score a goal on Saturday and the double zeroes on the scoreboard meant another terrible draw at Emirates Stadium.

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Por Juan Carlos Agüero / @juankaguerom

Para FOX Deportes

No es jugador muy mediático, en España la mitad de los aficionados apenas le conoce, no es un habitual de los anuncios ni un goleador intratable, es un candado del medio campo encargado de destruir para que otros generen, su nombre es Alexandre Song y su llegada al Barcelona es cuestión de horas.

Su llamativo peinado parece la melena de un joven león que quiere hacerse campo entre la manada y demostrar que puede ser el macho alfa, nacido en Camerún lleva el fútbol en la sangre gracias a su tío el mítico Rigobert Song, cuatro veces mundialista con su país.

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Por Alejandro Figueroa / @alexfigueroa_13

Para: FOX Deportes

Llega la Liga Premier… ¿Listos para fútbol de alto nivel?

Sí, la Liga española es atractiva (pero el pastel se lo pelean sólo dos); el Calcio italiano tiene sus virtudes, yo prefiero la Premier League, torneo del que soy fan, igual que de la liga mexicana…

City, United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, Fulham… hay mucho para elegir. Sí, ok, igual hay equipos timoratos que juegan a no perder (sobretodo los que pelean por no descender) y juegos con aburridos 0-0… pero son los menos.

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By AJ Perez

Courtesy of FOX Sports

This region’s expectations for a charismatic rookie quarterback with braids, “Seize the moment” scribbled on his cleats and the burden of an NFL franchise on his back can be summed up by 12-year-old James Ricks, a Washington Redskins fan from Riverdale, Md.

“RG3 is a legend!” Ricks exclaimed before his mother challenged that assertion as they walked into training camp this week.

Robert Griffin III — the reigning Heisman Trophy winner for whom the Redskins mortgaged a good portion of their future drafts to select at No. 2 overall in April’s NFL Draft — has certainly swelled what’s anticipated for a team that missed the playoffs each of the past five seasons and was 5-11 in 2011.

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By Jose M. Romero / @RomeroJoseM

For Fox Deportes

In European soccer (football), the rich typically take from the poor and most of the same big-money clubs are at the top of the table year after year.

Now, the rich is poised to take from the rich. English Premier League power Manchester United is on the cusp of landing 29-year-old Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, which will trigger a chain reaction of other roster decisions for both sides.

Apparently Man U. feels it must have four quality strikers. It will have five with Van Persie – Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov – but Berbatov is all but out the door.

Berbatov, at 31, is the old man of the group. Rooney is the constant, a pillar in English soccer at 26. Welbeck, 21, is the future and Hernandez, at 24, still has many years of the game in front of him.

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Por Eduard Gygax /@egygax

Para FOX Deportes

Desde aquel gol de Cristiano Ronaldo en el Camp Nou y el penal de Drogba que coronó al Chelsea en la Champions League, no hemos tenido descanso. Las ligas europeas terminaron en mayo, los jugadores tuvieron unos días de vacaciones y luego se concentraron con sus equipos para preparar la Euro.

Como muchos recordarán, la Euro fue un torneo espectacular en el que se vio un altísimo nivel de fútbol, y al final se coronó la mejor selección de la actualidad.

Terminó la Euro con ese 4-0 histórico de España sobre Italia, pasaron algunas semanas tranquilas, y luego empezaron los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres.

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