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A Tasty Treat for VC?s Soccerphiles:

By David Post

Inasmuch as I feel it has become my duty to inform VC readers of extraordinary happenings in the world of international soccer, I?m writing to announce what those of you who follow these matters already know: today, at 245 PM (EST) (televised on Fox Soccer Channel) Barcelona travel to the Emirates Stadium in London to take on Arsenal in the first of two matches in the Round of 16 of Europe?s Champions League competition. [And yes, the rumors are true ? I am indeed heading to Barcelona for the second match between the two on March 8] It promises to be a delightful affair ? Barcelona this year, to many soccer fans, is not only probably the best team on the planet at the moment, but quite possibly the best team ever ? and surely the most beautiful to watch. And Arsenal, though (imho) not quite up to Barcelona?s level in terms of overall talent and teamwork, nonetheless plays the same kind of game ? free-flowing, short-passing, delicate and intricate ? as their Spanish visitors. And neither team goes in for the kind of defense-minded bunker mentality stuff that often afflicts teams at the highest level 9and that can make soccer a bit of a snooze sometimes to watch). It should be, as they say, a cracker. Not to be missed.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).