Morning Roundup, 02/26/09

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• Liverpool down Real, 1-0, at the Bernabeu. Madrid now needs to win only  5-0 away at Anfield to fulfill their president's prediction. [BBC Sport]
• Maybe we misinterpreted Boluda, and the Madrid man was instead referring to Bayern Munich, who demolished Sporting Lisbon (in Lisbon, mind you) 5-0. [Sky Sports]
• And brave Chelsea bravely scrape past Juventus, 1-0. [Guardian]
• Over 55,000 turn out for a Champions League match. A CONCACAF Champions League match. [SBI]
• A word of advice to the MLS: It may not be a good idea to award an expansion franchise to a city that has seen the death of NINE-GOING-ON-TEN professional soccer teams. [The Offside Rules]