Football Things

Big Four Team control the table

2008-11-16T06:21:00.000-08:00

In barclays premier league Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea is a "big four" member, these is becuase in the last few years foru of them were always in the big four position in the table. so far until the 13rd weeks of the premier league they control again the table as Chelsea is in first position followed by Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal in the table. so far Chelsea and LIverpool are more stable than the other two member. Both of them continue their magnificent performance, as Chelse beat West Bromwich by 3-0, and Liverpool beat Bolton by 2-0. Chelsea have to thank to their on form striker Anelka who score two goals, while the other goal were scored by Bosingwa with his magnificent strike. Anelka recently receive an award for becoming the first player that score 10 goals this season. In the Reebok stadium Dirk Kuyt header in 28th minute gave Liverpool a 1-0 lead in the first half. in the second half Gerrard header double the score for Liverpool in 73th minute, after receiving a great crossing from El Nino Fernando Torres.

From Old Trafford stadium Manchester who were loose from Arsenal in last week games show a better performance this week as they wins 5-0 against the promotion team Stoke City. Ronaldo become the man of the match as He score two goals. the other three goals were scored by Carrick, Berbatov, and subtitute player Welbeck. From Emirates stadium who had a great match last week coul not do anything as they were defeat by 2-0 from Aston Villa. Clichy own goal and Agbonlahor goal to ensure Villa wins. the score were could even bigger for Villa if Ashley Young penalty kick were not blocked by Almunia. By these results Aston Villa is in fifth position having the same points with Arsenal by 23 points.

Bernd Schuster is under pressured

2008-11-16T05:16:00.000-08:00

Real Madrid made another bad results after loosing from Valladolid by 1-0 in Spain Primera League. Just a few days before they were eliminated from Copa Del Rey competition by third division club Real Union, and the press already put the pressured for El Real coach. A lot of people believe that Schuster will leave Madrid if he loose against from Valladolid. Real Madrid were also had a bad results in Champions League as they loose twice from Italian team Juventus. Schuster surely must think hard if he want to keep his position in Madrid, and he must think really hard as he must loosing Nistelrooy, Pepe, and Metzelder from the team. good luck Mr. Schuster.

In Mestalla stadium the home team Valencia were surprisingly defeated by Sporting Gijon. The results were so surprising because Gijon were having a heavy defeat from Barcelona by 6-0 and from Real Madrid by 7-1 in Spain Primera League. Gijon lead by 1-0 in the first half through Moran Goal. in the second half Barral double the score for Malaga in 51th minute. Villa manage to score from penalty spot in 69th minute, but Gijon score their third goal in 81th minute through Castro. Valencia score a consolation goal in 90th minute through Mata.

Higuain and Eto'o

2008-11-11T07:20:00.000-08:00

why do I want to talk about these two people??well it is because their great performance last. both of them score four goals for their team.
Real Madrid who had a though match were finally wins their match against Malaga by 4-3. playing without their two main striker Raul and Nistelrooy had a really tough game that night. Malaga showing how good they are by scoring three goals. Eliseu score first for Malaga five minute after the games begin, but Higuain draw the leveled just three minute after that. Baha made El Real supporter shock again after he score for Malaga in 18th minute, but then Higuain comes again for rescue, this time he score from penalty spot in 37th minute. Real Madrid must ended their first half with ten men, because Sergio Ramos were sent off, so the score is 2-2 in the first half with Malaga lead in the number of player.

In the second half Malaga made another surprise as Apono score from penalty spot. Again and again Higuain saves El Real as he scores his third goal from outside penalty area in 71th minute. in 78th minute Higuain surprise everyone as he score his fourth goal, he is become the hero for Madrid fans and surely become a threat for Raul.

in Nou Camp Barcelona had a terrific game as they crushed valladolid by 6-0. Eto'o were incredible in that match as he bags four goal in the first half to gi Barcelona a 4-0 lead. in Barcelona they increase the margin as they bags another two goal through Gudjohnsen and Henry.

Barclay Premier League (8&9 November 2008)

2008-11-10T06:54:00.000-08:00

The "big four" team in england is in the top four in the table, although not all of them win the match. Arsenal who played a game against Mnachester United in their own stadium wins by 2-1. both team had a lot of great chances, but it was Arsenal who can convert more goal than United. Arsenal goal were scored both by the frenchman Samir Nasri in 22th and 48th minute, while Manchester united goal was scored by their young defender Rafael Da Silva. By these results Arsenal rise to the third position by 23 points from 12 match, while United going down to fourth position with 21 points from 11 matchs.

In the top two, there were no changing position. Chelsea still in the first position after an away game wins against Blackburn Rovers by 2-0. Nicolas Anelka score double in that match. Anelka who had a great performance lately was praised by his captain John Terry after the match. The captain said in the premier league official site that Anelka has been brilliant when the team need him. in the second place Liverpool also wins their match. They beat WBA by 3-0. Robbie Keane scores his first goal in premier league in 34th minute and add another goal in 43th minute, while another goal was scored by Alvaro Arbeola in injury time.

in stadium of light Darrent bent two goals continue Tottenham impressive performance under the new coach Harry Redknapp. Tottenham beat the home team Manchester city by 2-1. City scores first to Robinho, but Bent do the double to ensure Tottenham wins. City ended the game with only nine man after Gelson Fernandez and Richard Dunne were sent off, while Tottenham ended the game with ten man after Assou Ekotto were also sent off

UEFA Champions League (5 November 2008)

2008-11-05T13:31:00.000-08:00

Big match between Real Madrid and Juventus in Bernabeu stadium
surely attract a lot of people. El Real wants a revenge after their lost
by 2-1 in the first games, and it's appears in the field as they control
the match in the first 15 minute, they had one chance through sneijder
crossing, but manninger manage to saved it. Despite controlling the game
it was Juventus who scores first in 16th minute. start with
a wrong passing from Guti, Molinaro give the ball to Del Piero and the
captain long shot put the ball into Casillas right flank goal,
it is 1-0 for Juventus. Real Madrid had a great chance to score, but
Sergio Ramos could not finished it.Real Madrid had another great chance
in 36th minute,but Nisltelrooy shot was over the bar. In injury time of
the first half El Real had another great chance, but again they failed
to convert a goal as Diarra Header could not find the target. 1-0 for Juventus
in the first half.

In the second half there were no great chance for both team in the first
15 minute. in 6th minute Schuster subbed in Higuain to replace Sheijder
who is not in his best form. in 65th minute it was not Madrid who score
to draw the leveled, but it was Juventus who manage to bigger their lead
by 2-0. Del Piero scores his second goal with a great free kick just like
he did in the sunday games against AS Roma, even a great Casillas could
not do anything. Madrid once again could not finished their chance as Higuain
shot in 69th minute was off the target. Schuster made double substitution,
the coach subbed in Saviola and Van Der Vaart to increase their attack, but
until referee blow his wistle they cannot score a single goal.

There was an intersting moment in the game when Juventus captain and hero
Del Piero were replace by De Ceglie. All of the crowd not only Juventus
supporter made a standing ovation, it is a prove that the Juve captain
had a great match in Bernabeu. well a great performance from Juventus, and
a magnificent performance from their captain Alessandro Del Piero

Real Madrid (4-3-3) : Casillas - Ramos, Marcelo, Cannavaro, Heinze - Guti, Diarra, Sneijder - Raul, Drenthe, Van Nistelrooy
Juventus (4-4-2) : Manninger - Mellberg, Molinaro, Legrottaglie, CHiellini - Marchionni, Nedved, Sissoko, Tiago - Amauri, Del Piero

Group E

AaB 2-2 Villarreal
54'Curth, 81'Due (A) ; 41'Rossi, 75'Franco (V)
Celtic 1-1 Manchester Utd.
13'Mcdonald (C) - 84'Giggs (M)

Table Points
Manchester Utd. 8
Villarreal 8
Glasgow Celtic 2
AAB 2

Group F

Fiorentina 1-1 Bayern
11'Mutu (F) ; 78'Borowski (B)
Lyon 2-0 Steaua
44'Juninho, 89'Reveillere

Table Points
Bayern Muenchen 8
Lyon 8
Fiorentina 3
Steaua 1

Group G

Arsenal 0-0 Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Porto
Milevskiy (D) ; 69'Rolando (P)

Table Points
Arsenal 8
Porto 6
Dynamo Kyiv 5
Fenerbahce 2

Group H

BATE 0-2 Zenit
34'Pogrebnyak, 90'+4'Danny (Z)
Real Madrid 0-2 Juventus
17', 67' Del Piero (J)

Table Points
Juventus 10
Real Madrid 6
Zenit 4
Bate 2

UEFA Champions League (4 November 2008)

2008-11-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

Group A

CFR Cluj 1-2 Bordeaux
9'Dani (C) ; 6'Gourcuff, 38'Wendel (B)

AS Roma 3-1 Chelsea
34'Panucci, 48',58' Vucinic (A) ; 75'Terry (C)

Table Points
Chelsea 7
AS Roma 6
Bordeaux 6
CFR Cluj 4

Group B

Anorthosis 3-3 Internazionale
31'Bardon, 45'Panagi, 50'Frousos (A) ; 13'Balotelli, 44'Materazzi, 80'Cruz (I)

Werder Bremen 0-3 Panathinaikos
58'Mantzios, 70'Karagounis, 83'Tziolis (P)

Table Points
Internazionale 8
Anorthosis 5
Panathinaikos 4
Werder Bremen 3

Group C

Sporting 1-0 Shakhtar
73'Derlei (Spor)

Barcelona 1-1 Basel
62'Messi (Bar) ; 82'Derdiyok (Bas)

Table Points
Barcelona 10
Sporting 9
Shakhtar 3
Basel 1

Group D

Marseille 3-0 PSV
30'Kone, 63',71' Niang (M)

Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid
90'Gerrard (pen.) (L) ; 37'Maxi Rodriguez (A)

Table Points
Liverpool 8
Atl. MAdrid 8
Marseille 3
PSV 3

Chelsea back in the top of the table

2008-11-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Chelsea back in the top of the table after a 5-0 wins against Sunderland by 5-0, while Liverpool had their first defeat this season from the London team Tottenham by 2-1. in stamford bridge Nicolas Anelka was a hero after scores three goal, while the other two goals were score by Alex and Lampard. in London Pavlyuchenko late goal in injury time made Tottenham continue their great results under the new coach Harry Redknapp. Liverpool had an early goal as Kuyt scores just three minutes after the referee blow his whistle. the first half were ended in 1-0 for LIverpool. in the second half Liverpool were control the game, they made a lot of great chances, especially Gerrard who had three great chances, two of Gerrard shot was hit the bar. Liverpool keep their pressure, but it was unlucky situation for them as Carragher made an own goal to draw the level for tottenham in 69th minute. just when everyone thinks the games will ended in a draw, last minute goal were scored but this time not from the Liverpool like usual, but it was Pavlyuchenko who score the goal and become the hero for the home team, this is his second goal these season. I think Liverpool were punished because their wasting a lot of great chances. This game were also shows another bad performance from Liverpool new striker Robbie Keane who made comeback to White Hart Lane stadium. He still cannot convert any goal for Liverpool in Premier League.

From Old Trafford Manchester United wins against the surprising promotion team Hull City by 4-3. at the beginning it was looks like gonna be an easy game for United as they lead by 3-1 in the first half. Ronaldo open the scored in 3rd minute, but then Cousin draw the level in 23rd minute for Hull City. United leads the game again after Carrick scores in 29th minute, and it even getting better for them as Ronaldo scores his second goals in 44th minute. In the second half precisely in 57th minute Vidic scores for United. Hull were not surrender despite their 1-4 down, they manage to surprise United after scoring two goals through Mendy in 69th minute and Geovanni penalty kick in 82th minute. in the Britannia Stadium another promotion team Stoke City made a surprise after beating Arsenal by 2-1. Stock scores through Fuller and Olofinjana while Arsenal scores through Clichy. Arsenal must ended the game with ten men, after Van Persie were sent off in 77th minute.

UEFA Champions League (21 October 2008)

2008-10-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

well a game between atletico versus liverpool is like a spanish primera league match
Coach Benitez is a Spanish and he put four Spanish player in the lineups. The match
start in slow tempo, both team look very carefully. Gerrard made a great pass to Keane, and Keane manage to escape from offside trap to score a goal, so it's 1-0 for
Liverpool in 13th minute.Alonso almost double the score, but his long shot was over the bar. Atletico had a chance to level the score, but Forlan long shot was over the bar. there were not a lot of great chances for both team in the first half, especially for Atletico who look nervous and confuse. both team appealing for penalty in the first half, but the referee thinks it was a diving, as he gave a yellow card to Riera from Liverpool
and Maniche from Atletico.

in the second half Aguirre subbed in Aguero to replace former Liverpool player Luis Garcia. These substituted made a good impact for Atletico as they manage to play in more attacking football. but it was Liverpool who had the first chance in the second half, as Benayoun score a goal, but then the referee canceled the goal as he is in an offside position. Atletico also had the same situation as Forlan and Maniche goal were canceled due to an offside position. in 56th minute Atletico had a great chance, but Simao shot was blocked by Reina and hit the bar. Liverpool who will meet Chelsea on sunday made a three substitute, they took Keane, Gerrard and Alonso to keep the player in good condition on sunday. Atletico made another two substitution to increase their pressure, as Miguel and Raul Garcia comes in to replace Pongolle and Camacho. in 82 minute Forlan gave a great pass to Simao, and Simao shot were unable to blocked by Carragher and Reina to level the score to 1-1. Atletico could win the match if Miguel shot were not blocked by Reina four minute later. by this results both team collecting seven points, but Atletico is in the first position as they have a better goal difference.

Atletico Madrid (4-4-2) : Leo Franco - Seitaridids, Lopez, Perea, Dominguez - Luis Garcia(46'Aguero), Simao, Camacho(71'Raul Garcia), Maniche - Forlan, Pongolle(74'Miguel)
Liverpool (4-2-3-1) : Reina - Arbeloa, Dossena, Carragher, Agger - Alonso(74'Lucas), Mascherano - Benayoun, Riera, Gerrard(61'Babel) - Keane(52'Kuyt)

Other UEFA Champions League Results

Group A
Bordeaux 1-0 CFR Cluj
54'Cadu (o.g.) (B)
Chelsea 1-0 Roma
77'Terry (C)

Group B
Panathinaikos 2-2 Werder Bremen
36', 68'Mantzios (P) ; 29'Mertesacker, 83'Almeida (W)
Inter 1-0 Anorthosis
44'Adriano (I)

Group C
Basel 0-5 Barcelona
4'Messi, 15'Busquets, 22', 46'Krkic, 48'Xavi (Bar)
Shakhtar 0-1 Sporting
76'Liedson (Spor)

Group D
PSV 2-0 Marseille
71', 85'Koevermans (P)

Other UEFA Champions League Results (except Atletico vs Liverpool)
source : www.uefa.com/

Champions League (21 October 2008)

2008-10-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

Claudio Ranieri have his smile again after his team beat the Spanish Champion Real Madrid by 2-1. Juventus who failed to win their last five match in Serie A start had their first goal in only just five minute, it was Alessandro Del Piero strike from outside penalty area after a one two with Amauri. it was a terrific strike, even Iker Casillas can do nothing. in 20th minute Van Der Vaart almost score a goal, as his shot was not too far from the goal. in 35th minute Juventus have to make an early substitution after their midfielder Marchisio were injured, he was replace by Salihamidzic. the match ended in 1-0 for Juventus.

In the second half Juventus made another substitution, Ranieri subbed in Mellberg to replace Legrottaglie. just three minute after half time, Juventus made another goal, this time Amauri made a perfect header to beat Casillas after a good crossing from Nedved. Schuster made substitution in 53rd minute, he replace Higuain with Robben. in 58th minute Real Madrid had a great chance, but Sneijder shot was saved by Manninger. just two minute after it Sneijder made another dangerous shot, but this it hits the bar. after controlling the game in the second half, Real Madrid finally score. Heinze crossing was finished by Nistelrooy with his head. after that goal, although controlling the game El Real could not make another chances to score a goal. the game ended with a win for the home team Juventus by 2-1. With these results Juventus leads the table by seven points, while Real Madrid is in second places with six points

Juventus (4-4-2) : Manninger - Grygera, Molinaro, Chiellini, Legrottaglie (45'Mellberg) - Marchionni, Nedved, Sissoko, Marchisio (35'Salihamidzic) - Amauri (78' Iaquinta), Del Piero.

Real Madrid (4-3-3) : Casillas - Ramos, Heinze, Pepe, Cannavaro - Sneijder, Van Der Vaart (76' Drenthe), Gago - Raul, Higuain (53' Robben), Van Nistelrooy.

Other Champions League Results

Group E
Villarreal 6 - 3 AaB
28'Rossi, 33'Capdevila, 67',70',84'Joseba Llorente, 79'Pirès (V); 19'Saganowski, 36'Enevoldsen, 77'Johansson (A)
Manchester Utd 3-0 Glasgow Celtic
30', 51'Berbatov, 76'Rooney (M)

Group F
Steaua Bucharest 3-5 Lyon
8'Arthuro, 11'Goian, 45'Petre (S) ; 23'Keita, 33', 71'Benzema, 69', 90'Fred (L)
Bayern Muenchen 3-0 Fiorentina
4'Klose, 25'schweinsteiger, 90'Ze Roberto (B)

Group G
Porto 0-1 Dynamo Kyiv
27'Aliyev (D)
Fenerbahçe 2 - 5 Arsenal
19'Silvestre(o.g.), 78'Güiza (F); 10'Adebayor, 11'Walcott, 22'Diaby, 49'Song,
90'Ramsey (A)

Group H
Zenit ST Petersburg 1 - 1 BATE Borisov
80'Fatih Tekke (Z) 52'Nekhaychik (B)

Other Champions League Results (except Juventus vs Real Madrid) source :www.uefa.com/

Spain Primera League so far....

2008-10-20T01:51:00.000-07:00

well there were no big surprise in the Spain Primera League, as the big teams
manage to wins the games except for second places Villarreal who had a goalless match against Espanyol.
if there is a little surprise is the Valencia and Sevilla perfromance this season. both of the
team were having a bad times last year. but so far there were having a good perfromance.
Valencia with their on form striker Villa is in the first position after beating Numancia by 4-0.
Villa scores two goals , while the others were score by Mata and Vicente. Sevilla also wins against the home team Almeria by 1-0 through Correira goal.
by this results Valencia, Sevilla along with Villarreal were still unbeaten.

how about Barcelona and Real Madrid??
well after loosing in the opening game both of them were in the fourth and fifth position.
in the last games Samuel Eto'o single goal made Barcelona wins against Bilbao.
and in Atleti stadium, El REal wins the Madrid derby against Atletico. Nistelrooy score first for
Madrid in the early of first half.in the 30th minute Atletico must play with ten men after Perea
were sent off. but the condition were not lasting for long after Nistelrooy were also sent off
in 39th minute, so both team were playing with ten men. in the second half Simao were subbed in
to replace Pernia, and it was a good substitution as Simao were manage to levelled the score to 1-1
in 90th minute. just when the games looks like will ended in a draw Real had a penalty, after Drenthe
fell off in the penalty box. The Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain took the penalty and score a goal to made the score 2-1 for Real Madrid.

Italy Serie A so far

2008-10-20T01:48:00.000-07:00

well from Italy Serie A football things would like to talk about the change of
the league table leader and the duo big team Juventus an AS Roma who were in crisis.

From the table Ibrahimovic leads the last year serie A winner Inter Milan back in the first position after beating
the last year runner up AS Roma. Inter Milan leads in the half time through Ibrahimovic goals. in the second half things
were even worse for the home team, Ibrahimovic scores again 47th minute and then Inter added two more goals from Stankovic and
Obinna while Roam could not convert a single goal,so it is 4-0 score for the wins of Inter Milan and leads them to the first position, because
a few hour before other Rome team Lazio who were in the first position before were surprisingly loosing from promoted team Bologna.the home
team Bologna got 3-0 lead against Lazio ini only 26 minute of the game. it was Volpi free kicks and two goals from Marco
Di Vaio. Lazio can only score one goal through Rocchi, and so the game ended by 3-1 for the Bologna wins.
with this results Lazio is going down from the first position to fifth position. Udinese were still in second position after had a draw games
against Lecce, Catania go on to the third position after beating Palermo by 2-0, and Napoli going up to the fourth position after beating Juventus
by 2-1.

well if you see the table there is a big surprise in the big four position, as Udinese, Catania, and Napoli is the member of the big four this week.
The question is where are the big teams??? well for Lazio, AC Milan, and Fiorentina there still in quite good position as they are in fifth, six, and seventh position, but where
is Roma and Juventus??? both of them can only wins twice from seven games in the Serie A. in the last macth the two teams were loosing, Juventus loose from Napoli, and this make
there never wins a single game in the last four games, while for Roma, it even worse, they loosing by 4-0 from Inter.these results surely will put their coach, Ranieri and Spaletti
under pressured. will the crisis keep going for them??well I think we can find out in the Champions League games on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Barclays Premier League so far..(20 October 2008)

2008-10-20T01:41:00.001-07:00

football things comes again with an update. From Barclays Premier League
all the "big four" members win their match, although not all of them is in
the big four at the table. The league leader Chelsea wins 5-0 against
the home team middlesbrough. Kalou scores two goals, while the other three
goals were score by Belletti, Lampard, and Malouda. even having a lot of
injury problem lately, the blues shows their class in riverside stadium.
there still unbeaten and collect 17 point in the table

in the second position Liverpool with the same 17 points were also still unbeaten.
they wins against Wigan by 3-2. it was not an easy games for the reds, Amr Zaki two
goals in the first half made wigan leads the games by 2-1. in the second half, in the
second half, although controlling the game the Reds having a trouble to score a goal as
their playing without el nino Fernando Torres. but then a disaster comes wigan, their player
Antonio Valencia were sent off in 74th minute after receiving a second yellow card. having much
more player on the pitch Rafael Benitez subbed in El Zhar and Benayoun to replace their two wingbacks
Dossena and Arbeola. well it was a good decision from Benitez, Riera scores his first goal in premier
league by a shot from outside penalty area to draw the score after receiving a good ball from El Zhar.
then the ducth international Dirk Kuyt score his second goal in this match in 85th minute to gave Liverpool
third times super comeback wins in premier league (previously comeback was against Manchester United and Manchester City).

in the third position Hull City continue their great performance, these time they win against West Ham Utd by 1-0 through Turner goal. these results
has give them three straight win in the last three games in premier leagur

in Emirates stadium the other merseyside team Everton were unable to hold Arsenal as they loose from the home team.
Everton were leads in the first half through Leon Osman goal. but in second half they can maintain their lead, start from
Nasri long shots, Arsenal were added two more goals through Van Persie and England new star Walcott to wins the game
by 3-1. in Last year premier league winner Manchester United wins 4-0 against WBA . after the score were 0-0 in the first half, United
manage to score four goals through Rooney, Ronaldo, Berbatov and Nani.

Barclays Premier League so far..(20 October 2008)

2008-10-20T01:41:00.000-07:00

Italy Serie A

2008-10-13T00:21:00.000-07:00

Well since I cannot update my blog for a week, I will now give a review about the big league in Europe, surely here on my football things blog.

Table
sixth week of Italy Serie A all team has loosing for at least one match, Juventus the last team that still not loosing last week, were loosing 2-1 from Palermo in Turin. so far there were three team with the same point in the top of the table. Lazio, Udinese, and Inter Milan has 13 points from six games. in the last games, lazio can only play draw 1-1 against Lecce in Olimpico, they even score a goal in the last minute time through Simone Inzaghi. both Udinese and Inter Milan wins their last game, Udinese beat Torini by 2-0 through Quagliarella goals and Inter beat Bologna by 2-1 with a magnificent goal from Ibrahimovic and Adriano penalty kick.

Surprising Team
well there are a few surprising team in Serie A so far, but I only will talk about the table leader Lazio and Udinese. Lazio had a very bad season last year, they only finish in 12th position last year. but things are getting better this year, the arrival of Carrizzo in goalkeeper position and Zarate in attacking position has give them 13 points from six games. from Udinese they continue to becoming surprising team just like last year, having involve in EURO Cup this year there still can show everyone a stable performance. this team has a great italian striker in Di Natale, Pepe, and Quagliarella. well it is interesting to see whether both team can maintain their performance in the upcoming week of serie A.

Other News
well I guess everyone know that it was an easy start for Serie A big team. although Inter MIlan were still in a good position at the table there still not showing their best performance, all of Inter opponent manage to give a problem although their finally loose. thing were even worse for Juventus, AC Milan, and AS Roma. Juventus loose for the first time in the league, they never win in their last three games and now they are in eleven position. Inter brother AC Milan made the worst this season among the big teams. they loose the first two games although they manage to win in derby games against Inter, they still not in their best performance. Milan were in eight position in the table. from Italy capital thing are even worse, their team AS Roma has lost three times. They had a lot of injury problem, while thenew player that come to the club still need more time to adapt, except for Baptista who had a nice performance so far. AS Roma were in fourteen position in the table.

from player news, I think Zarate has surprised everyone in his first season. He is the scorer so far with six goals. He beating a lot of big names, such as Del Piero (last year top scorer), Ibrahimovic and also Shevchenko. The Argentinian is the best transfer that made by Lazio this seasons.

Barclay Premier League so far..

2008-10-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

Well since I cannot update my blog for a week, I will now give a review about the big league in Europe, surely here on my football things blog.

TABLE
Chelsea and Liverpool is on top at the table, both of them had seventeen points and not loosing in a single game. Chelsea wins 2-0 in their last match against Aston Villa although there playing the match without Drogba, it was Joe cole and Anelka who score in the match. While in Manchester, Liverpool made a super comeback to win the game by 3-2 against Manchester City. Liverpool were loosing 2-0 down in the first half through Ireland shot and Garrido free kick. in the second half the reds could turn the score, torres score two goals to draw the level, and the when the game looked will ended in draw, Dirk Kuyt become the hero by score the winning goal in injury time. two teams ended the game with ten men, after City player Zabaleta were sent off and Liverpool fullback Skrtel were injured. This results shows that the reds far more consistent than last year BPL opening and this will increase their confident to chase their first league title after 19 years. if both Chelsea and Liverpool can hold their position, the match between them in the fourth week of October surely will be a great match.

Surprising Team
The most surprising team in BPL so far is surely the promoted team Hull City. Hull were in the third position in the the table after beating Arsenal and Tottenham both in away game. this results has surprised a lot of people, but it is interesting whether they can play consistent until the last match in BPL, especially when they loose a player because of injury or even move to another club in January.

Other News
well in other news section, I want to talk about the other two members of "Big Four" Arsenal and last year champions Manchester United. with a lot of young player Arsenal were not consistent, there even loosing from promoted team Hull. while the Champions League winner Manchester United were also not in good form. it looks like starting the season with Ronaldo is the main problem (luckily for them Ronaldo didn't move to Madrid). so far in the table Arsenal is in fourth position, while United is in eight position. in the top scorer table Torres, Zaki, and Defoe is in pole position by scoring five goals.

Spain continue excellent form

2008-10-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

Spain National team continue their excellent form, after a 3-0 wins against the home team Estonia, Defender Juanito, and Puyol score a goal by heading the ball, while the other goal were score from penalty spot from on form Valencia player David Villa. Torres who were injured before played in this game, although he not score a goal, but he were involve in Villa and Puyol goals.

Estonia (4-5-1): Londak - Barengrub, Jaager, Piiroja, Lindpere - Kruglov, Kink , Dmitrijev, Vunk, Vassiljev - Voskoboinkov .

Spain (4-4-2): Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Juanito, Capdevila - Cazorla, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Iniesta - David Villa, Fernando Torres.

Milan wins the Derby

2008-09-28T14:05:00.000-07:00

AC Milan wins the derby game against Inter by 1-0. Ronaldinho scores the only goal in 36th minute. Both team start the game with the same formation 4-3-3, but in 36th minute Kaka crosses were finished by Ronaldinho header. After break in 58th minute Mourinho made a substitution,Materazzi and Mancini were replace by Cruz and Adriano and he also change the tactic from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1. The tactical change made Milan under pressured. Ancelotti response to the condition by subbed in Flamini to replace Pato. while still trying to level the score Inter must loose play with ten player since 76th minute, Burdisso receive second yellow card after a tackling on Kaka. it even worse for Inter Materazzi were also sent off, but the funny thing is that he were sent off from the bench not from the field, because he already subbed out. in the last minute of the game Inter almost leveled the score but Adriano heading were side netting. These results probably will make Mourinho quite for some time, while for Milan this results surely will boost their confident, after a bad results at the beginning of Serie A

Others Italy Serie A results

Sampdoria 0-0 Juventus

Fiorentina 1-0 Genoa
61’ Gilardino (F)

Lecce 2-0 Cagliari
34’ Giacomazzi, 58’ Castillo (L)

Bologna 0-1 Napoli
86’ German Denis (N)

AS Roma 2-0 Atalanta
17’ Panucci, 31’ Vucinic (ASR)

Catania 1-0 Chievo
17’ Paolucci

Palermo 1-0 Reggina
50’ Miccoli (P)

Udinese 2-1 Siena
22’ Quagliarella, 29’ Pepe (U) ; 38’ Kharja

Torino 1-3 Lazio
90’ Amoruso (pen.) (T) ; 30’ Pandev, 63’, 83’(pen.) Zarate (L)

Spanish Primera Results (27&28 Sept.)

2008-09-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

Real Madrid wins their games against the home team Real Betis through last minute goal by Van Nistelrooy. Real madrid scores first in the match through Gabriel Heinze header, after receive a passing from Van Der Vaart Free Kick in 19th minute. In the second half Sergio Garcia draw the level in 54th minute. The games looks will ended in a draw, but then Nistelrooy become the hero for his team after score a goal in injury time.

Others Spanish Primera Results

Espanyol 1-2 Barcelona
20’ Coro (E) ; 76’ Henry, 90’ Messi (pen.) (B)

Sporting Gijon 0-1 Villarreal
64’ Rossi (V)

Malaga 2-1 Valladolid
33’ Lolo, 54’ Adrian (M) ; 64’ Leon (V)

Almeria 1-0 Recreativo Huelva
90’ Negredo (A)

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Getafe
87’ Casquero (G)

Racing Santander 1-2 Mallorca
22’ Marcano (R) ; 45’ Varela, 86’ Webo (M)

Numancia 0-0 Osasuna

Valencia 4-2 Deportivo La Coruna
34’ Mata, 49’, 82’ Villa, 69’ Joaquin (V) ; 11’ Moretti (o.g.), 85’ Lafita
Atletico Madrid 0-1 Sevilla
21’ Fabiano (A)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com ,and club official site

Barclays Premier League Results (27 Sept.)

2008-09-27T09:47:00.002-07:00

The Reds Liverpool wins the merseyside derby against the blue Everton, Liverpool last season top scorer Fernando Torres scores two goals in 58th and 62nd minute. Robbie Keane assist from left flank were perfectly finish by Torres with his right foot to score the first goal. Keane were also directly involve in the second goal, Keane Through ball were accepted by Kuyt, but then Kuyt were blocked by the defender, but Torres could finish it with right foot strike strike. These results surely will boost the Reds confident in pursuing the first league title after 19 years.

Others Premier League Results :

Manchester Utd 2-0 Bolton Wndrs
60’ Ronaldo (pen.), 77’ Rooney (M)

Middlesbrough 0-1 WBA
53’ Olsson (W)

Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland
18’ Young, 33’ Carew (A) ; 11’ Cisse (S)

Fulham 1-2 West Ham Utd
59’ Murphy (pen.) (F) ; 43’ Cole, 45’ Etherington (W)

Stoke C. 0-2 Chelsea
36’ Bosingwa, 77’ Anelka (C)

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
51’ Owen (pen.) (N) ; 31’ veyjeani, 41’ Cruz (B)

Arsenal 1-2 Hull City
51' Mcshane (o.g.) (A) ; 25' Cousin, 62' Geovanni (H)

Video Source : Youtube

Serie A Results (24 Sept.)

2008-09-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

It is a very bad start for A.S. Roma, everything looks wrong for them, they only took four points from four games, and it is even worse for them as they also loose in their first champions league match against Romanian debutants CFR. Roma loose from Genoa by 3-1 in the fourth week of Italy Serie A. In the first half Sculli bag a goal in 4^th minute, but then De Rossi leveled the score in 28^th minute. In the second half Milito score his first goal in the match in 61^st minute and then score his second goals 88^th minute. Beside loosing Roma also cannot play De Rossi in the next match, after the player were sent off in 69^th minute.

Others Serie A Results

Atalanta 1-0 Cagliari
79’ S. Floccari (A)

Bologna 0-3 Udinese
13’ G. D’Agostino (pen.), 20’ A.F. Flores, 73’ S. Pepe (U)

Chievo 1-1 Torino
50’ M. Marcolini (C) ; 40’ R. Bianchi (T)

Inter Milan 1-0 Lecce
79’ J.R. Cruz (I)

Juventus 1-1 Catania
16’ Amauri (J) ; 68’ G. Plasmati (C)

Lazio 3-0 Fiorentina
51’ S. Mauri, 55’ G. Pandev, 59’ S. Siviglia (L)

Napoli 2-1 Palermo
14’ M. Hamsyk, 75’ M. Zalayeta (N) ; 83’ F. Miccoli (pen.) (P)

Reggina 1-2 AC Milan
59’ B. Corradi (R) ; 24’ M. Borriello, 73’ A. Pato (A)

Siena 0-0 Sampdoria

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Spain Primere Results (20 & 21 Sept.)

2008-09-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

Espanyol 1-1 Getafe
58' S. Sanchez (E) ; 47' M. De Moral (pen.) (G)

Atletico Madrid 4-0 Recreativo Huelva

9' S. Aguero, 53' Maniche, 78', 89' S. Pongolle (A)

Deportivo La Coruna 0-0 Mallorca

Numancia 1-2 Villarreal
42' G. Brit (N) ; 49' S. Cazorla, 76', J. Llorentre (V)

Almeria 1-0 Malaga
74' A. Negredo (A)

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Valladolid
50' F. Liorente, 80' A. Iraola (pen.) (A)

Valencia 1-0 Osasuna
87' J.M. Mata (V)

Real Betis 0-0 Sevilla

Racing Santander 0-2 Real Madrid
54' R. De La Red, 74' R.V. Nistelrooy (Real)

Sporting Gijon 1-6 Barcelona
50' F. Maldonado (S) ; 27' Xavi, 33' S. Eto'o, 49' S. Keita, 70' A. Iniesta, 85', 90' L. Messi (B)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Italy Serie A Results (20 &21 Sept)

2008-09-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

A.S. Roma 3-0 Reggina
45' C. Panucci, 51' A. Aquilani, 90' S. Perotta (A)

Catania 1-0 Atalanta
59' M. Paolucci (C)

Fiorentina 1-0 Bologna
37' A. Gilardino (F)

Lecce 1-1 Siena
57' F. Caserta (L) ; 39' D. Ficagna (S)

Palermo 2-1 Genoa
39' E. Cavani, 57' C. Bovo (P) ; 89' D. Milito (G)

Cagliari 0-1 Juventus
39' Amauri (J)

Torino 1-3 Inter Milan76' E. Abbruscato (T) ; 24' M. pisano (o.g.), 26' D. Maicon, 52' Z. Ibrahimovic (I)

Udinese 0-0 Napoli

Sampdoria 1-1 Chievo
49' D. Franceschini (S) ; 51' A. Langella (C)

AC Milan 4-1 Lazio
8' C. Seedorf, 35' G. Zambrotta, 49' A. Pato 60', R. Kaka (M) ; 26' M. Zarate (L)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Barclays Premier League Results (20 & 21 Sept.)

2008-09-21T14:53:00.000-07:00

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Fulham
84' M. Derbyshire (B)

Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough
81', 90' M. Chopra (S)

West Ham Utd 3-1 Newcastle Utd
8', 37' Di Michele, 53' M. Etherington (W) ; 67' M. Owen (N)

Bolton W. 1-3 Arsenal
14' K. Davies (B) ; 26' E. Eboue, 27' N. Bendtner, 87' Denilson (A)

Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City

West Bromwich A. 1-2 Aston Villa

34' J. Morrison (W) ; 27' J. Carew, 29' G. Agbonlahor (A)

Hull C. 2-2 Everton
18' M. Turner, 49' P. Neville (o.g.) (H) ; 73' T. Cahill, 78' L. Osman (E)

Chelsea 1-1 Manchester Utd
80' S. Kalou (C) ; 18' J.S. Park (M)

Manchester C. 6-0 Portsmouth
13' Jo, 20' R. Dunne, 57' Robinho, 68' S.W. Phillips, 78' C. Evans, 83' G. Fernandes

Tottenham H.0-0 Wigan Athletic

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

UEFA Champions League Results Group E-H (17Sept.)

2008-09-17T23:53:00.000-07:00

UEFA Champions League Results

Group E

Manchester Utd. 0-0 Villarreal
Celtic 0-0 Aab

Group F

Steaua 0-1 Muenchen
Goalscorer : 15' Van Buyten (B)
Lyon 2-2 Fiorentina
Goalscorer : 73' Piquionne, 86' Benzema (L) ; 12', 42' Gilardino

Group G

Porto 3-1 Fenerbache
Goalscorer : 10' Lisandro, 13' Lucho, 92' Lino (P) ; 29' Guiza (F)
Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Arsenal
Goalscorer : 64' Bangoura(pen.) (D) ; 88' Gallas (A)

Group H

Juventus 1-0 Zenit st Petersburg
Goalscorer : 76' Del Piero (J)
Real Madrid 2-0 Bate
Goalscorer : 11' Sergio Ramos, 57' Van Nistelrooy

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, UEFA, and club official site

European Champions League Results Group A to D (16Sept.)

2008-09-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

From the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille the away team Liverpool had their first chance in 7^th minute Torres headers were save by madanda, and then they had their second chances in 16^th minute through Gerrard shot, but again a good save from madanda. In 23^rd minute Marseille scores from their first chances in the match through their captain Lorik Cana after receive a good assist from Cheyrou. Steven Gerrard made fabulous strike in 26^th minute to draw the level, and five minute later the Liverpool captain scores his second goal from penalty spot after Zubar brings down Babel in the penalty area. In the second half the match was not as good as the first, Liverpool had a great chance to score in 76^th minute through Babel, but Mandanda makes a good saves. Babel had another chance in 78^th minute, but he misses the target. In the last minute Marseille had a very great chance through Niang, but Reina makes a good saves with his legs.

From Olimpico Roma, the home team A.S. Roma surprisingly loose from Romanian debutants CFR by 2-1. CFR could comeback from Panucci goal through two goals from their hero Juan Culio. This is the second bad results in this week for Roma after they also loose from Palermo on sunday in Serie A

Full Results of European Champions League (Group A-D)

Group A

Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux

Chelsea (4-5-1) 1.Cech - 17.Bosingwa, 3.A. Cole, 6.Carvalho, 26.Terry - 12.Mikel, 10.J. Cole, 15.Malouda, 20.Deco, 8.Lampard - 39.Anelka
Subbed in : 61’ Ballack (Deco), 74’ Belletti (Joe Cole), 84’ Kalou (Malouda)

Bordeaux (4-5-1) 16.Rame - 6.Jurietti, 13.Placente, 14.Diawara, 27.Planus - 4.Diarra, 5.Fernando, 7.Gouffran, 17.Wendel, 8.Gourcuff - 29.Chamakh
Subbed in : 66’ Cavenaghi (Chamakh), 66’ Obertan (Gouffran), 75’ Ducasse (Fernando)

Goalscorer : 14’ Lampard, 30’ Joe Cole, 82’ Malouda, 90’+2’ Anelka (C)

Roma 1-2 CFR

Roma (4-5-1) 32.Doni - 3.Cicinho, 17.Riise, 77.Casetti, 2.Panucci - 16.De Rossi, 8.Aquilani, 11.Taddei, 22.Tonetto, 19.Baptista - 9.Vucinic
Subbed in : 52’ Totti (Riise), 47’ Loria (Panucci), 77’ Montella (Taddei)

CFR (4-5-1) 44.Stancioiu - 2.Tony, 33.Pereira, 20.Cadu, 27.De Sousa - 31.Dani, 6.Muresan, 7.Dubarbier, 19.Juan Culio, 10.Trica - 17.Kone
Subbed in : 67’ Peralta (Trica), 89’ Panin (Dubarbier)

Goalscorer : 17’ Panucci (R) 27’,49’ Juan Culio(C)

Group B

Werder Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis

Werder Bremen (4-4-2) 1.Wiese - 8.Fritz, 2.Boenisch, 29.Mertesacker, 4.Naldo - 20.Jensen, 11.Ozil, 22.Frings, 10.Diego - 9.Rosenberd, 24.Pizarro
Subbed in : 57’ Sanogo (Rosenberg), 65’ Hugo Almeida (Pizarro)

Anorthosis (4-5-1) 1.Beqaj - 24.Constantinou, 12.Leiwakabessy, 4.Katsavakis, 5.Nikolau - 33.Dellas, 27. Bardon, 20.Laban, 10.Paulo Costa, 17.Savio - 9.Sosin
Subbed in : 46’ Taher (Paulo Costa), 58’ Panagi (Sosin), 70’ Tsitaishvili (Bardon)

Panathinaikos 0-2 Inter Milan

Panathinaikos (4-3-3) 1.Galinovic - 24.Vintra, 29.Nilsson, 23.Simao, 8.Goumas - 2.Moon, 4.Mattos, 15.Gilberto - 10.Cleyton, 21.Karagounis, 14.Salpingdis
Subbed in : 36’ Ivanschitz (Karagounis), 72’ Hristodoulopoulos (Nilsson), 82’ Souza (Moon)

Inter Milan (4-3-3) 12.Julio Cesar - 13.Maicon, 6.Maxwell, 2.Cordoba, 23.Materazzi - 19.Cambiasso, 4.Zanetti, 14.Vieira - 33.Mancini, 77.Quaresma, 8.Ibrahimovic
Subbed in : 62’ Figo (Quaresma), 63, Muntari (Vieira), 82’ Adriano (Mancini)

Goalscorer : 27’ Mancini, 85’ Adriano (I)

Group C

Barcelona 3-1 Sporting

Barcelona (3-4-3) 1.Valdes - 5.Puyol, 3.pique, 4.marquez - 20.Alves, 8.Iniesta, 6.Xavi. 15.Keita - 10.Messi,14.Henry, 9.Eto’o.
Subbed in : 66’ Toure (Eto’o), 75’ Pedro Rodriguez (Henry) 89’ Sylvinho (Puyol)

Sporting (4-4-2) 1.Patricio - 78.Abel, 12.Caneira, 4.Polga, 13.Tonel - 26.Rochemback, 7.Izamilov, 28.Moutinho, 30.Romagnoli - 11.Derlei, 20.Djalo.
Subbed in : 62’ Helder Postiga (Yannick Djalo), 66’ Miguel Veloso (Romagnoli), 79’ Pereirinha (Marco Caneira)

Goalscorer : 21’ Marquez, 60’ Eto’o(pen.), 87’ Xavi Hernandez (B) 72’ Tonel (S)

Basel 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

Basel (4-5-1) 1.Costanzo - 3.Hodel, 32.Zanni, 19.Abraham, 21.Marque - 8.Huggel, 11.Chipperfield, 30.Carlitos, 6.Gelabert, 14.Stocker - 31.Derdiyok
Subbed in : 46’ Mustafi (Stocker), 46’ Eduardo (Derdiyok), 63’ Eduardo Rubio (Abraham)

Shakhtar Donetsk (4-5-1) 30.Pyatov - 33.Srna, 13.Shevchuk, 5.Kucher, 27.Chygrynskiy - 3.Hubschman, 11.Ilsinho, 25.Brandao, 8.Jadson, 7.Fernandinho - 17.Luiz Adriano
Subbed in : 66’ Willian (Ilsinho), 74’ Seleznov (Luiz Adriano), 84’ Fedetskiy (Fernandinho)

Goalscorer : 90’+3’ Abraham (B) 25’ Fernandinho, 45’+1’ Jadson (S)

Group D

PSV 0-3 Atletico Madrid

PSV (4-4-2) 1.Isaksson - 3.Salcido, 14.Pieters, 24.Marcellis, 13.Brechet - 8.Mendez, 11.Amrabat, 6.Simons, 15.Culina - 10.Koevermans, 20.Afellay
Subbed in : 46’ Bakkal (Culina), 70’ Lazovic (Afellay), 74’ Rodriguez (Brechet)

Atletico (4-4-2) 25.Franco - 21.Perea, 3.A. Lopez, 5.Heitinga, 17.Ujfalusi - 9.L. Garcia, 20.Simao, 12.Assuncao, 18.Maniche - 10.Aguero, 7.Forlan
Subbed in : 31’ Pongolle (Forlan), 63’ Raul Garcia (Aguero), 65’ Banega (Maniche)

Goalscorer : 9’,36’ Sergio Aguero, 54’ Maniche (Atl.)

Marseille 1-2 Liverpool

Marseile (4-5-1) 30.Mandanda - 24.Bonnart, 3.Taiwo, 15.Zubar, 5.Hilton - 19.Cana, 7.Cheyrou, 14.Kone, 20.Ben Arfa, 23.M.Bami - 11.Niang
Subbed in : 41’ Valbuena (M.Bami), 57’ Ziani (Ben Arfa), 75’ Samassa (Kone)

Liverpool (4-3-3) 25.Reina - 17.Arbeloa, 2.Dossena, 37.Skrtel, 23.Carragher - 8.Gerrard, 21.Lucas, 20.Mascherano - 18.Kuyt, 19.Babel, 9.Torres
Subbed in : 65’ Riera (Torres), 69’ Benayoun (Gerrard), 86’ Keane (Kuyt)

Goals : 23’ Cana (M) 26’, 32’(pen.) Gerrard (L)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, UEFA, and club official site

Spain Primere Results

2008-09-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

Barcelona 1-1 Racing Santander

71' L. Messi (pen.) (B) ; 77' J. Pereira (R)

Valladolid 2-1 Atletico Madrid
3' V. Dorado, 28' J. Baraja (pen) (V) ; 54' S. Aguero (A)

Sevilla 4-3 Sporting Gijon 22' Chevanton, 36' F. Kanoute, 37' E. Maresca, 60' F. Kanoute (Sev.) ; 18' M. Bilic 20' M. Bilic 45' M. Bilic (pen.) (Sport.)

Mallorca 1-1 Osasuna
15' A. Aduritz (M) ; 84' J. Portillo (O)

Recreativo Huelva 0-1 Espanyol
84' L. Garcia (E)

Getafe 0-0 Real Betis

Malaga 0-0 Athletic Bilbao

Villarreal 1-0 Deportivo La Coruna
27' S. Cazorla (V)

Real Madrid 4-3 Numancia
20' J. M. Guti, 26' G. Higuain, 34' Van Der Vaart, 40' C. Domingo (o.g.) (R) ; 7' J. Moreno 23' J. Barkero, 57' J. Moreno (N)

Almeria 2-2 Valencia
21' P. Piatti, 40' A. Negredo (A) ; 35' Alexis 69' D. Villa (V)

Italy Serie A Results (13 & 14 Sept.)

2008-09-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Lazio is still in the first position in the second week after wins against Sampdoria in Olimpico through Mauro Zarate and Goran Pandev goals. This is a very good results for them after a disappointing season last year. From Genoa the home team Genoa wins their match 2-0 through Giuseppe Sculli and their new player Diego Milito against Milan. For milan this their second defeat and surely will put their coach Ancelotti under pressured. Playing the two Brazilian Kaka and Ronaldinho, and also Shevchenko since the beginning Milan cannot convert any goals.

Palermo 3-1 Roma
19' F. Miccoli, 57' F. Miccoli, 73' E. Cavani (P) ; 8' J. Baptista (R)

Inter 2-1 Catania
43' R. Quaresma, 48' C. Terlizzi (o.g.) (I) ; 42' G. Plasmati (C)

Bologna 0-1 Atalanta
9' T. Guarente (A)

Reggina 1-1 Torino
43' M. Di Loreto (R) ; 13' N. Amoruso (T)

Napoli 2-1 Fiorentina
48' M. Hamsyk, 70' C. Maggio (N) ; 40' A. Mutu (F)

Lecce 2-0 Chievo
47' F. Caserta, 83' J. Castillo (L)

Siena 2-0 Cagliari
10' E. Calaio, 90' A. Ghezzal (S)

Juventus 1-0 Udinese
67' Amauri (J)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Barclays Premier League Results (13 & 14 Sept.)

2008-09-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

The Reds Liverpool coach Rafael benitez finally earn his first victory against Manchester United. Since took the job as Liverpool coach in 2004 Benitez never manage to win against the red devil.

United scores first through Carlos Tevez in 3th minute. But Liverpool could draw the level through Wes Brown own goal, and substitute player Ryan Babel Scored the winning goal to send Liverpool wins the match.

Spanish International Albert Riera play his first games for Liverpool, but it was Kuyt who had a great performance. He looked enjoy the game and had a few chance to score a goal before set up the winning goal. From United Berbatov also play his debut, but just like before he still cannot scores a goal in Anfield, although he was involve in United Goal. United defender Nemanja Vidic were sent off in 90th minute.

Liverpool (4-4-2) : Reina - Arbeola, Aurelio, Carragher, Skrtel - Benayoun, Riera, X. Alonso, Mascherano - Kuyt, Keane.
Subt. : Gerrard, Babel, Hyypia

Manchester United (4-3-3) : Van Der Sar - Brown, Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic - Anderson, Carrick, Scholes - Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov.
Subt. : Giggs, Hargreaves, Nani.

Other Results

Fulham 2-1 Bolton W.
15' Z. Gera, 41' B. Zamora (F) ; 82' K. Davies (B)

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Hull City
82' Xisco (N) ; 34' M. King (pen.), 54' M. King (H)

Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Arsenal
8' V. Persie, 45' E. Adebayor, 81' E. Adebayor (pen.), 90' E.Adebayor (A)

West Bromwich Albion 3-2 West Ham Utd
3' J. Morrison, 37' R. Bednar (pen), 83' C. Brunt (W) ; 29' M. Noble, 35' L. Neill

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Sunderland
78' A. Zaki (W) ; T. Bramble (o.g.) (S)

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough
59' J. Defoe, 86' J. Defoe (P) ; 24' A. Mido (M)

Manchester C. 1-3 Chelsea
13' Robinho (M) ; 16' R. Carvalho, 53' F. Lampard, 69' N. Anelka (C)

Stoke C. 2-3 Everton
54' Olofinjana, 63' R. Fuller (S) ; 41' A. Yakubu, 51' V. Anichebe, 77' T. Cahill (E)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

BPL Big Match

2008-09-10T23:42:00.000-07:00

Liverpool will be playing their fourth match in Barclays Premier League against the last year Champion Manchester United. this red team duel is gonna be a thrilling match, although Liverpool cannot playing their two best player Gerrard and Torres, there are still good team. it is time to their new player Robbie Keane to prove his skills. He must show that he is much better than his previous partner in Tottenham Dirmitar Berbatov who's now play for Manchester United. For Manchester United this game will be the first game for their new weapon Berbatov. Berbatov has bad memories when playing in Anfield, he never scores a single goal here since 2006. So, will Keane prove himself that he can cover Torres loss, or Berbatov will score his first goal in Anfield?? just wtach the games guys.

Prediction Squad
Liverpool (4-5-1) : Reina - Arbeloa, Dossena, Carragher, Skrtel - Benayoun, Babel, Mascherano, Alonso, Kuyt - Keane
Manchester United (4-4-2) : Van Der Sar - Brown, Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic - Fletcher, Anderson, Scholes, O' Shea - Rooney, Berbatov

other BPL Match
Manchester City vs Chelsea
Blackburn Rovers vs Arsenal
Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough
Fulham vs Bolton
Newcastle Utd vs Hull
West Brom vs West Ham
Wigan vs Sunderland
Stoke vs Everton
Tottenham vs Aston Villa

Walcott the Hero

2008-09-10T23:32:00.000-07:00

Walcott is the new hero for England national team after he scores three goal in a games against Croatia which England won the goal by 4-1. The match in Maksimir Stadium was a nightmare for Croatia. In the first half England score one goal in 26th minute through Walcott goal. In the second half things is even getting worse for the home team, Robert Kovac were sent off in 52th minute, and then England bag another three goal, two from Walcott and one from Rooney. Croatia could only score one goal in through Mandzukic in 78th minute.

World Cup 2010 Qualifying results

2008-09-10T23:14:00.000-07:00

Europe

Group 1

Sweden 2-1 Hungary

Albania 3-0 Malta

Portugal 2-3 Denmark

Group 2

Moldova 1-2 Israel

Latvia 0-2 Greece

Switzerland 1-2 Luxembourg

Group 3

San Marino 0-2 Poland

Northern Ireland 0-0 Czech Republic

Slovenia 2-1 Slovakia

Group 4

Russia 2-1 Wales

FTAzerbaijan 0-0 Liechtenstein

FTFinland 3-3 Germany

Group 5

Turkey 1-1 Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina 7-0 Estonia

Spain 4-0 Armenia

Group 6

Kazakhstan 1-3 Ukraine

Andorra 1-3 Belarus

Croatia 1-4 England

Group 7

Faroe Islands 0-1 Romania

Lithuania 2-0 Austria

France 2-1 Serbia

Group 8

Montenegro 0-0 Ireland

Italy 2-0 Georgia

Group 9

Iceland 1-2 Scotland

Rep. of Macedonia 1-2 Holland

South America

Paraguay 2-0 Venezuela

Uruguay 0-0 Ecuador

Chile 4-0 Colombia

Brazil 0-0 Bolivia

Peru 1-1 Argentina

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, and livescore.com

WC 2010 Qualification Schedules

2008-09-09T23:21:00.000-07:00

Europe

Group 1

Portugal vs Denmark

Sweden vs Hungary

Albania vs Malta

Group 2

Latvia vs Greece

Moldova vs Israel

Switzerland vs Luxembourg

Group 3

Northern Ireland vs Czech Republic

Slovenia vs Slovakia

San Marino vs Poland

Group 4

Russia vs Wales

Azerbaijan vs Liechtenstein

Finland vs Germany

Group 5

Turkey vs Belgium

Spain vs Armenia

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Estonia

Group 6

Andorra vs Belarus

Kazakhstan vs Ukraine

Croatia vs England

Group 7

Faroe Islands vs Romania

France vs Serbia

Lithuania vs Austria

Group 8

Montenegro vs Ireland

Italy vs Georgia

Group 9

Iceland vs Scotland

Rep. of Macedonia vs Holland

South America

Brazil vs Bolivia

Peru vs Argentina

Uruguay vs Ecuador

Chile vs Colombia

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, and livescore.com

Transfer Rumors

2008-09-09T23:14:00.000-07:00

Manchester City confirm their interest in signing Germany International Lukas Podolski. The new owner of Manchester City has been linked to signed many big names on January, such as Cristiano Ronaldo with 135 million pounds, Fabregas, Steven Gerrard, kaka, and also Luis Fabiano. But it's looks like Podolski will be the first player that come in January. Podolski himself has recently said to the media that he want to move to another club, because he never got enough chance to play in the club.

Brazil wins first qualifying match

2008-09-08T02:40:00.000-07:00

Brazil wins their World Cup 2010 South America qualifying match by 3-0 against Chile. Luis Fabiano scores two goal in 20th and 83th minute, and Robinho scores in 44th minute. Both of the team player were sent off in that match, Valvidia from Chile in 63th minute and Kleber in 47th minute. These results give an extra confidence for the team, especially for their coach Dunga. People of Brazil recently wants Dunga resign from his position after their failed in Olympic Games, where they were loose 3-0 from their rivals Argentina.

A Bad Start For France National Team

2008-09-06T23:48:00.000-07:00

France were loosing against Austria in their first game in 2010 World Cup Qualification. Goals by Janko and Aufhauser in the first half put the home team in front. France could score a goal 62th minute by Sidney Govou, but then Andreas Ivanschitz goal from penalty spot in the 72nd minute to make the home team win a match 3-1. These Results were a shocking results for France, and surely will put Domenech position in a crisis. Domenech must be able to win the second match against Serbia on Wednesday or the pressure will get worse. In the other side, Austria win has show that their making a good deal by taking Karel Bruckner as the new national coach, Bruckner show that he is a world class coach.

World Cup 2010 European Qualification Results (September 6)

2008-09-06T23:39:00.000-07:00

World Cup 2010 European Qualification Results

Group 1

Albania 0-0 Sweden

Hungary 0-0 Denmark

Malta 0-4 Portugal

24’ B. Said (o.g.), 61’ H. Almeida, 70’ Simao, 78’ Nani (P)

Group 2

Moldova 1-2 Latvia

79’ S. Alexeev (M) ; 8’ G. Karlsons, 22’ V. Astafjevs (L)

Israel 2-2 Switzerland

73’ Y. Benayoun, 90’ B. Sahar (I) ; 45’ H. Yakin, 56’ B.I. Nkufo (S)

Luxembourg 0-3 Greece

38’ V. Torosidis, 45’ T, Gekas, 76’ A. Charisteas (pen.) (G)

Group 3

Poland 1-1 Slovenia

17’ M. Zewlakow (pen.) (P) ; 35’ Z. Dedic (S)

Slovakia 2-1 Northern Ireland

46’ M. Skrtel, 70’ M. Hamsyk (S) ; 81’ J. Durica (o.g) (N)

Group 4

Wales 1-0 Azerbaijan

83’ S. Vokes (W)

Liechtenstein 0-6 Germany

21’ L. Podolski, 48’ L. Podolski, 65’ S. Rolfes, 66’ B. Schweinsteiger, 75’ T. Hitzlsperger, 86’ H. Westermann (G)

Group 5

Armenia 0-2 Turkey

61’ T. Sanli, 78’ S. Senturk (T)

Belgium 3-2 Estonia

39’ W. Sonck, 75’ S. Defour, 80’ W. Sonck (B) ; 57’ S. Zenjov, 90’ A. Oper (E)

Spain 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina

58’ D. Villa (S)

Group 6

Ukraine 1-0 Belarus

90’ A. Shevchenko (pen.) (U)

Andorra 0-2 England

49’ J. Cole, 55’ J. Cole (E)

Croatia 3-0 Kazakhstan

12’ R. Kovac, 35’ L. Modric, 80’ M. Petric (C)

Group 7

Romania 0-3 Lithuania

31’ M. Stankevicius, 70’ S. Mikoliunas, 86’ M. Kalonas (L)

Serbia 2-0 Faroe Islands

29’ J.R. Jacobsen (o.g), 87’ N. Zigic (S)

Austria 3-1 France

8’ M. Janko, 42’ R. Aufhauser, 73’ A. Ivanschitz (pen.) (A) ; 62’ S. Govou (F)

Group 8

Georgia 1-2 Ireland

90’ L. Kenia (G) ; 13’ K. Doyle, 70’ G. Whelan (I)

Montenegro 2-2 Bulgaria

62’ M Vucinic, 81’ S. Jovetic (pen.) (M) ; 11’ S. Petrov, 90’ B. Georgiev (B)

Cyprus 1-2 Italy

29’ E. Aloneftis (C) ; 8’ A.D. Natale, 90’ A.D. Natale (I)

Group 9

Rep. of Macedonia 1-0 Scotland

5’ I. Naumoski (R)

Norway 2-2 Iceland

36’ S. Iversen (pen), 50’ S. Iversen (N) ; 39’ H. Helguson, 69’ H. Hreidarsson (I)

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Kevin Keegan Resign From Newcastle United

2008-09-06T00:41:00.000-07:00

Kevin Keegan finally resign from his job as manager Newcastle United. as everyone know before ,Keegan position were in crisis after a different view about the club transfer market between him and Newcastle Director Dennis Wise and club owner Mike Ashley. Gustavo Poyet has been linked to replace Kevin Keegan as a Newcastle United Manager.

Curbishley Leaves West Ham United

2008-09-06T00:12:00.000-07:00

Alan Curbishley has decided to quit from his job as a manager of West Ham United. Curbishley decided to quit after he feel the member board does not support him, and even worse the board sold one of the most important defender Anton Ferdinand to Sunderland without discussing with him first. A few big name has been linked to replace, such as Di Canio former West Ham player, and Mancini former Inter Milan Manager.

Can Real Madrid Defend the Title?

2008-09-03T22:46:00.000-07:00

Spanish primera league hast just begun, as just written before the defending champion Real madrid loose in their first match by 2-1 from Deportivo La Coruna, and its even worse fro the white after their failure in the transfer market. After failed to make Cristiano Ronaldo come to Bernabeu, and other big names, such as David Villa, Santi Cazorla, and Huntelaar, their must loosing the Brazilian Robinho to Manchester City. Bernd Schuster admitted to the press that his team is need another striker, he said that there were not enough attacking player at the bench. The only player that comes to Bernabeu is Van Der Vaart, who is a midfielder not a striker. I think it is not gonna be an easy season for them, The team must play in three competition with a condition they only got three striker (Raul, Nistelrooy, and Saviola). I think it is gonna be a tough job for Bernd Schuster

Berbatov join Manchester United

2008-09-01T22:18:00.000-07:00

Manchester "finally" signed the Bulgarian International striker Dimitar Berbatov just a few hours before the transfer deadline. Berbatov signed a four year deal contract, after united complete 37.7 million euros transfer fee from Tottenham.

Two Important Deals for Manchester City

2008-09-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

Manchester City confirm in their official web that there has been an agreement between Manchester City Football Club Limited and the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), Both side has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to confirm the agreement. The group reached an agreement late on Sunday night with Thaksin, board member Sulaiman Al Fahim, who brokered the deal, told The Associated Press. Thaksin will retain a minority stake and remain on the board as honorary president without any administrative responsibilities.
Manchester City have made a surprisingly deal before deadline-day, they signed Brazilian Robinho from Real Madrid. Robinho who has just linked to Chelsea move this summer has signed a four-year contract.He will join the other Brazilian player Elano, Jo and Glauber Berti. Manager Mark Hughes told to City official web, that absolutely delighted to get the opportunity to work with such an incredible talent like Robinho.

Liverpool Transfer News

2008-09-01T21:28:00.000-07:00

After signed Spain International Albert Riera recently Liverpool has confirm in their official web that the reds decided to sell Republic of Ireland International Steve Finnan to Espanyol for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract. Liverpool was also loaned Andriy Voronin to Hertha Berlin on a one-year deal.

Beside offloaded two players Liverpool also confirm that they have signed Brazilian International Striker Vitor Flora ona a free transfer. The 18-year-old spent last season playing in his homeland with Botafogo and has signed a contract until 2010. The Brazilian will need to gain international clearance before playing for the Reds.

Spain Primere Division News

2008-08-31T23:12:00.000-07:00

Barcelona and Real Madrid had an anomaly start this season, their both loose in their first match, Barcelona loosing 1-0 from Numancia in an away game, and so does Real Madrid loosing 2-1 from the home team Deportivo La Coruna.

In Numancia Stadium Despite Barcelona having the majority of possession and the best opportunities, it was the Numancia that win the match, as they packed their defence and looked to play on the break as it proceed to be a successful formula as Mario netted the only goal of the in the 13th minute. After that, the home team sat back to defend their lead and allowed Barcelona to dictate the player while making things very difficult by putting two player in front of four defense.

In Riazor Real Madrid didn't have a good start to the competition. Mista scores the first goal in the first half after he netted a header with a bounce from a set piece by Guardado in 26^th Minute. The second half couldn't have started better for Real Madrid. Raúl tried to lob the ball into the goal, but it hit a defender and landed inside the box with no one near it. It was then that Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled rank, reached it and scored in 47^th minute. Real Madrid tried hard to net another strike, but Deportivo gave no quarter and scored again when Lopo headed the ball into the back of the net from a corner kick by Guardado in 51th minute. The Whites kept trying to score an equalizer, but they always failed, so until the match over the score is still 2- 1 for the home team.

Italy Serie A News

2008-08-31T23:11:00.000-07:00

The First week of the Italian Serie A prove to be not a good day for the big team. Last year Champions Inter Milan with their new coach Jose Mourinho can only play draw 1-1 against Sampdoria, while runner up A.S. Roma was also draw 1-1 against napoli, other duel between big team also ended in 1-1 draw between Juventus against Fiorentina. The first week even more disappointed for Milan. Signing a lo of big name such as Ronaldinho, Flamini, and Senderos recently, the Rossoneri loose 1-2 against a promote team Bologna in San Siro.

In Luigi Ferraris Zlatan Ibrahimovic broke the deadlock on 33 minutes, chesting down Mancini's ball over the defence and firing past Mirante after a buildup involving Sulley Muntari.Gennaro Delvecchio brought the teams level and ensured his side a share of the points 23 minutes after the restart, pouncing on a loose ball and converting from close range after Maicon beat Franceschini to Stankevicius' cross. These result is not a good start for Jose mourinho career in Italy, although he wins the Italian Super Cup a weeks ago.

In San Siro Bologna's opening goal by Di Vaio, Milan always seemed capable to rebalance,but still in the first 30 minutes Milan seemed incapable of moving the ball around and be dangerous with or without the ball. It seemed like they were nervous because of it being the opening match, an ideal justification for a match which started badly, but then the goal from Ambrosini on Dinho's perfect assist made it seem things would change.In the second half Ronaldinho continued to display his magic throughout the pitch with moves that were always useful to the team. Inzaghi, Shevchenko, and Pato all tried to convert the chances and it could be felt that everything would turn out well.Unfortunately, after created numerous chances, Bologna midfielder Valiani aim the ball for the top corner of the net, and it was Bologna who had a party in San Siro .

In Artemio Franchi Juventus were unlucky with one man more than Firoentina since 83th minute the game looked over with a 1-0 lead after Nedved scores in the first half but Gilardino's equalizer, coming right at the end, make the score 1-1 which was disappointed the team and the coach. The Juve coach Ranieri said in the Juve Official Site “We accept the draw but it's disappointing for us. We'd controlled the game and had chances to finish it off with Amauri and Del Piero. Shame about that goal we conceded, an experienced team such as ours can't concede a goal like that, even if Gilardino did well with one of his typical moves. At the end we tried to win it instead of slowing the pace down. In any case I'm pleased with how the lads played and for how they interpreted the game play. I liked the new signings, they showed they've settled in immediately, that's another reason I'm happy about the work we've done so far”. These results is same as last year result with Adrian Mutu level the score from penalty spot.

English Premier League News

2008-08-31T23:09:00.000-07:00

Third week of the premier league the duo leader of table, Chelsea and Liverpool failed to keep on winning. Chelsea can only play draw 1-1 against Tottenham in London derby game Belletti scores first for Chelsea in 27th minute, but Bent scores the equalize in45th minute . Chelsea coach Scolari said to the Chelsea web after the game "For me we played well. I think we need to respect Tottenham and the quality they have. Sometimes it is impossible to win. It was an interesting derby and a draw for me is a normal result because we had more chances but made mistakes in the final shot.". I other place Liverpool who play without their captain Steven Gerrard cannot convert any goal and play draw against Aston Villa, and it even better worse for the reds after their striker Torres were injured in 30^th minute.

Spain Primere Division Results (August 31)

2008-08-31T22:53:00.000-07:00

Spain Primere Division Results (August 31)

Atletico Madrid 4-0 Malaga
26' J. Heitinga, 38' D. Forlan, 43' D. Forlan(pen.), 80' S. Pongolle (A)

Numancia 1-0 Barcelona
12' M.R. Mario (N)

Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Almeria
57' I.V. Martinez (Athl.) ; 7' H. Pellerano, 33' A. Negredo, 51' J.B. Ortiz (Alm.)

Racing Santander 1-1 Sevilla
75' Juanjo (R) ; 70' L. Fabiano (S)

Osasuna 1-1 Villarreal
69' J. Nekounam(pen.) (O) ; 54' M. Senna (V)

Real Betis 0-1 Recreativo Huelva
36' Adrian (Recre.)

Sporting Gijon 1-2 Getafe
35' D. Castro (S) ; 14' J. Albin, 86' F.J. Casquero (G)

Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 Real Madrid
26' Mista, 51' A. Lopo (D) ; 47' Van. Nistelrooy (R)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Italy Serie A Results (August 31)

2008-08-31T08:16:00.000-07:00

Italy Serie A Results (August 31)

AC Milan 1-2 Bologna
41' M. Ambrosini (M) ; 18' M.D. Vaio, 79' F. Vailani (B)

AS Roma 1-1 Napoli
29' A. Aquilani (R) ; 55' M. Hamsik (N)

Atalanta 1-0 Siena
15' S. Padoin (A)

Cagliari 1-4 Lazio
31' J. Larrivey (C) ; 62' M. Zarate (pen.), 71' M. Zarate, 75' P. Foggia, 84' G. Pandev (L)

Catania 1-0 Genoa
61' G. Mascara (C)

Chievo 2-1 Reggina
76' M. Marcolini (pen), 88' V. Italiano (C) ; 72' B. Corradi (R)

Torino 3-0 Lecce
29' A. Rosina (pen.), 33' P. Zanetti, 74' R. Bianchi (T)

Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus
89' A. Gilardino (F) ; 39' P. Nedved (J)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Spain Primera Divison Results (August 30)

2008-08-30T17:08:00.000-07:00

Spain Primera Divison Results (August 30)

Espanyol 1-0 Valladolid
46' L. Garcia (E)

Valencia 3-0 Mallorca
34' D.Villa, 38' J.M. Mata, 82' Vicente (V)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Italy Serie A Results (August 30)

2008-08-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

Italy Serie A Results (August 30)

Udinese 3-1 Palermo
9' A.D. Natale, 34' A.D. Natale, 70' G. Inler (U) ; 69' M. Bresciano (P)

Sampdoria 1-1 Inter Milan
68' G. Delvecchio (S) ; 33' Z. Ibrahimovic (I)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Barclays Premier League Results (August 30)

2008-08-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

Barclays Premier League Results (August 30)

Bolton W 0-0 West Bromwich A

Everton 0-3 Portsmouth
12' J. Defoe, 40. G. Johnson, 68' P. Crouch (P)

Hull C 0-5 Wigan Athletic
5' S. Ricketts(o.g.), 13' L.A. Valencia, 63' A. Zaki, 68' E. Heskey, 81' A. Zaki (W)

Middlesbrough 2-1 Stoke C
37' A. Alves, 85' T. Sanli (M) ; 71' J. Hoyte(o.g.)

West Ham U 4-1 Blackburn R
12' C. Davenport, 20' C.S. Veijeany(o.g), 90' C. Bellamy, 90' C. Cole (W) ; 22' J. Roberts (B)

Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle
18' R.V. Persie(pen.), 41' R.V. Persie, 59' Denilson (A)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Zenit St Petersburg wins European Super Cup

2008-08-29T20:12:00.000-07:00

Zenit St. Petersburg beat Manchester United 2-1 to win the European Super Cup for the first time on Friday. Pavel Pogrebnyak put Zenit ahead a minute before halftime from close range after Igor Denisov flicked on a corner from Alejandro Dominguez. Danny, signed for a Russian record US$44 million from Dynamo Moscow, added the second goal in the 59th when he drifted past two defenders and beat goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar with a low shot.Nemanja Vidic pulled a goal back in the 73rd after good work by Carlos Tevez down the left. United midfielder Paul Scholes was shown a second yellow card and sent off in injury time for punching the ball into the net.

Stade Louis II

Manchester United (4-4-2): 1-Edwin Van der Sar ; 2-Gary Neville (6-Wes Brown 76), 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Nemanja Vidic, 3-Patrice Evra; 8-Anderson (22-John O'Shea 60), 17-Nani, 18-Paul Scholes, 24-Darren Fletcher (13-Park Ji-sung 60); 10-Wayne Rooney, 32-Carlos Tevez

Zenit St Petersburg (3-4-3): 16-Vyacheslav Malafeev; 22-Alexander Anyukov, 4-Ivica Krizanac (2-Vladislav Radimov 71), 28-Sebastien Puygrenier (15-Roman Shirokov 62); 11-Radek Sirl, 27-Igor Denisov, 44-Anatoly Tymoschuk, 18-Konstantin Zyrianov; 7-Alejandro Dominguez (10-Andrei Arshavin 46), 8-Pavel Pogrebnyak, 19-Danny.

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Champions League Groups

2008-08-29T05:33:00.000-07:00

Results of Champions League campaign groups draw in Monaco.

Group A
1. Chelsea
2. A.S. Roma
3. Bordeaux
4. CFR Cluj

Group B
1. Inter Milan
2. Werder Bremen
3. Panathinaikos
4. Anorthosis Famagusta

Group C
1. Barcelona
2. Sporting Lisbon
3. Basel
4. Shakhtar Donetsk

Group D
1. Liverpool
2. PSV Eindhoven
3. Marseille
4. Atletico Madrid

Group E
1. Manchester United
2. Glasgow Celtic
3. Villareal
4. Aalborg

Group F
1. Bayern Munich
2. Lyon
3. Fiorentina
4. Steua Bucharest

Group G
1. Arsenal
2. FC Porto
3. Fenerbahce
4. Dynamo Kiev

Group H
1. Real Madrid
2. Juventus
3. Zenit St Petersburg
4. Bate Borisov

Transfer News and Rumors

2008-08-29T05:24:00.000-07:00

1. Everton have agreed to sign the French International striker Louis Saha from Manchester United. The Frenchman is set to sign a two-year deal — with the option for a third year — for an undisclosed fee, with the move subject to a medical.
2. Atletico Madrid has signed Valencia midfielder Ever Banega on loan for the season.
3. Rafael Benitez is preparing an offer for James Milner, after the England Under-21 international handed in a transfer request at Newcastle United.
4. Argentinian full back Pablo Zabaleta join Manchester City from Espanyol for £6.5m after agreeing a four-year deal with the club.
5. Everton have completed the loan capture of Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna

Transfer News and Rumors

2008-08-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

1. Shaun Wright Phillips rejoin manchester city on a four year deal in undisclosed fee.
2. Striker Jeremy Menez is due to join Roma from French-league side Monaco on Thursday, Roma have paid 12 million euros (17.7 million dollars) for the player.
3. Arsenal are set to snap up Feyenoord’s Jonathan de Guzman, Arsene Wenger making a £12million approach for the midfield enforcer. (Rumors)
4. Massimo Oddo will link up with Bayern Muenchen for the season, subject to a medical, with the option of making the move permanent at the end of the campaign. (Rumors)
5. Monaco look set to sign Juventus midfielder Tiago, on a loan with buying option deal. (Rumors)

Tansfer Rumors

2008-08-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

1. Real Madrid interested in sign Spain International Santi Cazorla from Villarreal
2. Real Madrid are increase their offer for Valencia forward David Villa from 47 to52 Million pound in a final attempt to land the EURO 2008 top score.
3. David Suazo will move from Inter to Roma.

Panathinaikos, Juventus, And Barcelona Progress

2008-08-26T22:21:00.000-07:00

Panathinaikos goes to group stage after beating Sparta Prague 1-0 in the second leg through An injury-time goal by their new player Rodrigo Souza, with result Panathinaikos through a 3-1 aggregate, after they also win 2-1 in the first match.

Juventus returned to the Champions League proper for the first time in three seasons after a 1-1 draw at Artmedia Bratislava, Bodrek score first for Artmedia in 13th minute, but Amauri score his first goal in official game in 26th minute. with this results the Italians win 5-1 aggregate.

Barcelona chalked up a 4-1 aggregate win over Poland's Wisla Krakow despite a 1-0 defeat in the second leg. The Spanish team were joined in the lucrative group stages by Juventus and Panathinaikos.

Transfer News

2008-08-26T22:10:00.000-07:00

1. Anton Ferdinand moves from West Ham to Sunderland
2. Liverpool Signed Albert Riera fro Espanyol
3. Roman Pavlyuchenko moves to Tottenham Hotspus from Spartak Moscow on 12 million pounds deal

Robinho moves to Chelsea

2008-08-26T22:02:00.000-07:00

Real Madrid finally agree to let go Robinho to Chelsea 0n 45 million pounds. it is said that Robinho will get £70,000 a week, twice what he earns at the Bernabeu. Robinho has recently said to the journalist that he really wants to move to Chelsea, and now his dreams comes true.

Philippe Senderos join Milan

2008-08-26T21:35:00.000-07:00

Switzerland International Philippe Senderos join A.C. Milan in a loan deal. Senderos will meet his teammate in Arsenal Flamini. With the confirmation of signed Senderos and Shevchenko afew days ago, it looks like milan will not making any transfer again, because just like the spoke person in the club said, that the squad is now completely, and with this squad milan can win anything.

Transfer Rumours

2008-08-26T06:15:00.000-07:00

1. Robinho will move to Chelsea in coming days.
2. Anton ferdinand will move from West ham to Sunderland this week.
3 Milan will sign Arsenal defender Senderos on a loan deal this week.
4. Inter Milan still chasing Quaresma
5. Real Madrid make new bid to land David Villa.
6. Manchester must pay 30 million pound to land Tottenham striker Berbatov.
7. Liverpool chasing Boro winger Steward Downing.

Real Madrid Wins Spanish Super Cup

2008-08-24T21:14:00.000-07:00

Real Madrid shows their winning spirit, the Whites won The Spanish Super Cup with only nine Players. A red card for new Real signing Rafael van der Vaart just before the break and a second yellow for Dutch compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy after he had in the levelled from the penalty spot in the 50th minute

Valencia scored first in this match when David Silva scored from a low shot from outside the box that grazed past the left post in 33th minute, and it even become worse for the White after referee Iturralde González sent off Rafael van der Vaart for tackling Mata late on the 4oth minute. First Half ended with 1-0 score for Valencia.

Three minutes into the second half, Guti served a free kick and Ramos headed it towards the far post, where Van Nistelrooy was ready to finish it off. The ball was sent out by Raúl Albiol with his arm and the referee awarded Real Madrid a penalty. Ruud took the penalty kick and scored his team's first goal of the evening in 50th minute. The Whites kept trying but failed to score, and Then disaster hit the team again when Ruud van Nistelrooy was sent off with a second booking 73th minute.

Despite having only nine men on the pitch, Real Madrid kept trying and soon were rewarded with another strike. Guti crossed the ball into the box and Diarra headed it to the crossbar. The ball then reached Sergio Ramos practically on the goal-line and the defender scored in 75th minute..

The Whites continued to try to net more strikes. Soon after taking the pitch, Rubén de la Red scores with spectacular shot close to 30 meters away from goal in 87th minute, Two minutes later, Higuaín took advantage of a mistake made by Valencia's defenders and scored his team's fourth and final goal in 89th minute. Valencia, managed to save face with a strike by Morientes close to the final whistle in 90th minute.

When Referee Iturralde González decided the match is over, all of Real Madrid players fell on the pitch as the Club's anthem thundered through the speakers. They won the Spanish Super Cup by aggregate 6-5. The circle the 25 players formed on the pitch symbolised the excitement they lived throughout the encounter. Raúl was the first to reach the Presidential Balcony to receive the first title of the season, the Spanish Super Cup, from the President of the Spanish FA. Deeply moved, Ramón Calderón hugged all of his children as they reached the balcony.
From the balcony the players proceeded to run a victory lap. The fans joined in, but no one's feet left the ground; the season has just begun and many months of hard work lie ahead.

MATCH REPORT:
Real Madrid C.F (4-4-2): Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Heinze, M. Torres (Drenthe, 63’) - Robben, Guti (De la Red, 76’), Diarra, Van der Vaart - Raúl (Higuaín, 77’) & Van Nistelrooy.

Valencia C.F (4-4-2): Hildebrant; Raúl Albiol (Morientes, 81’), Alexis, Miguel, Moretti - Albelda, Joaquín (Pablo Hernández, 67’), Silva, Baraja - Mata (Vicente, 59’) & Villa.

Referee: Iturralde González.

Goals:
50' R.Van Nistelrooy, 76' S.Ramos, 85' R.De la Red, 87' G.Higuaín (R) ; 33' D.Silva,
90' F.Morientes (V)

Inter Milan wins Super Italian Cup

2008-08-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

Inter Milan wins Super Italian Cup. the Serie A champions beat Cup-holders AS Roma on penalties after a thrilling match ended 2-2 at the San Siro.

Inter twice took the lead but conceded as many equalizers as the Italian Cup winners. Roma's Daniele De Rossi equalized for the visitors just before the hour mark after Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari, who joined Inter from English club Portsmouth last month, opened for the champions in the 18th minute. Montenegro forward Mirko Vucinic took the game to extra time in the 90th minute when he headed Roma level from a corner just seven minutes after 18-year-old striker Mario Balotelli thought he had won it for Inter with a cool finish after the ball filtered through the Roma defence from a goalkick.

After the score still 2-2 in extra time the match goes to penalties. Roma captain Totti, who came off the bench in the 86th to make his first competitive appearance since injuring his knee in April, missed a chance to win the game when he hit his penalty over the bar with the shoot-out score at 4-3 after Dejan Stankovic had crashed his penalty against the crossbar. Finally Juan missed the crucial spot kick in the shootout to give Inter victory.

INTER: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 19 Cambiasso, 16 Burdisso, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 5 Stankovic, 20 Muntari; 7 Figo, 8 Ibrahimovic, 30 Mancini.
Subs: 1 Toldo, 24 Rivas, 30 Pelé, 11 Jimenez, 45 Balotelli, 18 Crespo, 9 Cruz.
Coach: José Mourinho

ROMA - 32 Doni; 17 Riise, 5 Mexes, 4 Juan, 77 Cassetti; 7 Pizarro, 16 De Rossi, 8 Aquilani; 20 Perrotta, 30 Vucinic, 19 Baptista.
Subs: 25 Artur, 2 Panucci, 15 Loria, 22 Tonetto, 33 Brighi, 10 Totti, 89 Okaka.
Coach: Luciano Spalletti.

Referee: Massimiliano Saccani (Mantua)

Only Liverpool and Chelsea

2008-08-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Second week of the English premier league, there were only two teams that still has a perfect point. Liverpool and Chelsea wins again in their second match, from Liverpool it was Steven Gerrard was the hero after bags the winning goal in extra time, while Chelsea new player Deco scores again in his second match nad it is the only goal in that match. Meanwhile Arsenal one of the big four team surprisingly loose against fulham by 1-0.

Team

Chelsea	2	6
Liverpool	2	6
Blackburn	2	4
Hull City	2	4
Newcastle	2	4
Aston Villa	2	3
Bolton	2	3
West Ham Utd	1	3
Everton	2	3
Middlesbrough	2	3
Fulham	2	3
Sunderland	2	3
Arsenal	2	3
Stoke City	2	3
Man Utd	1	1
Man City	1	0
Tottenham	2	0
WBA	2	0
Wigan Athletic	2	0
Portsmouth	1	0

English Premier League Results (August 24)

2008-08-24T09:55:00.001-07:00

English Premier League Results (August 24)

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
4' Deco (C)

Manchester City 3-0 West Ham Utd
65' D.Sturridge, 70' B.elano, 76 B.Elano (M)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Welcome Home Sheva

2008-08-24T08:40:00.000-07:00

After a long negotiation finally Andriy Shevchenko comes home to AC Milan. Shevchenko will sign contract on tuesday, after he passes the medical check up. Both Chelsea and Milan has an agreement that the negotiation agreement is confidential.

English Premier League Results(August 23)

2008-08-24T02:13:00.000-07:00

English Premier League Results (August 23) :

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Hull City
38' J.Roberts (B) ; 40' R. Garcia (H)

Liverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough
86' E.Pogatetz (o.g.), 90' S.Gerrard (L) ; 70' Mido (M)

Newcastle Utd 1-0 Bolton W
71' M.Owen (N)

Stoke C 3-2 Aston Villa
30' L.Lawrence (Pen.), 80' R.Fuller, 90' M.Sidibe (S) ; 63' J.Carew, 84' M.Laursen (AV)

Tottenham H 1-2 Sunderland
73' J.Jenas (T) ; 55' K.Richardson, 83' D.Cisse (S)

WBA 1-2 Everton
89' R.Bednar (Pen.) (W) ; 65' L.Osman, 76' A.Yakubu (E)

Fulham 1-0 Arsenal
21' B.Hangeland (F)

score and goalscorer source : yahoo, livescore.com, and club official site

Argentina win the Gold Medal

2008-08-23T02:23:00.000-07:00

Argentina won the gold medal after beating Nigeria in the final 1-0. It was Di Maria who score the only goal in that match at 58th minute.

1.	Vanzekin, Ambruse
2.	Okonkwo, Chibuzor
4.	Apam
5.	Adeleye, Dele
8.	Kaita, Sani
9.	Obinna, Victor
10.	Isaac, Promise
11.	Okoronkwo, Solomon
12.	Ajilore, Ebenezer
13.	Adefemi, Olubayo
14.	Odemwingie, Peter Osaze

6.	James, Monday
7.	Obasi, Chinedu
15.	Ambrose, Efe
16.	Anichebe, Victor
17.	Ekpo, Emmanuel
18.	Ezenwa, Ikechukwu
19.	Olufemi, Oladapo

2.	Garay, Ezequiel
3.	Monzon, Luciano
4.	Zabaleta, Pablo
5.	Gago, Fernando
10.	Riquelme, Juan Román
11.	Di María, Ángel
12.	Pareja, Nicolas
14.	Mascherano, Javier
15.	Messi, Lionel
16.	Agüero, Sergio
18.	Romero, Sergio

6.	Fazio, Federico
7.	Sosa, José Ernesto
8.	Banega, Ever
9.	Lavezzi, Ezequiel
13.	Acosta, Lautaro Germán
17.	Buonanotte, Diego
22.	Navarro, Nicolas

Juventus win Trofeo Birra Moretti

2008-08-22T10:39:00.001-07:00

Juventus won the 12th Trofeo Birra Moretti at San Paolo Stadium after beating both Milan and Napoli on penalties. Milan were the runner up after beating Napoli 1-0.

The regulation of this tournament is : -There are three 45 minutes games
-Three point awarded for win
-Two point for win in penalties
-One Point for a defeat in Penalties
Napoli VS Juventus Score : 0-0 (4-5 in Penalties)

NAPOLI (3-5-2) : Iezzo - Santacroce, Cannavaro, Rinaudo - Montervino, Blasi, Amodio, Pazienza, Vitale - De Zerbi, Zalayeta.

JUVENTUS (4-4-2) : Chimenti - Salihamidzic, Legrottaglie, Ariaudo De Ceglie - Nedved, Sissoko, Rossi, Ekdal - Giovinco, Amauri.

Juventus control the game in the first 22 minutes, Amauri headed over from a right wing cross early on, before Sebastian Giovinco supplied the Brazilian with a perfect through pass on 16 minutes, but Gennaro Iezzo was equal to his effort. Rossi had a chances a few seconds before the break, fed by an excellent Ekdal pass. After the short break, Esposito came on for Rossi. Zalayeta and Rinaudo were lively for Napoli but the first save was by Iezzo on a Giovinco right foot shot from outside the area. After 41 minutes, De Zerbi tried a free kick that went just wide outside the post on Chimenti's right side. Before the end, Giovinco made a great run and his shot was off target by inches. The game went to penalties after 0-0 score and Chimenti saved the first penalty, taken by De Zerbi. Esposito, Zalayeta, Nedved, Blasi, Giovinco, Vitale, Salihamidzic, and Cannavaro were all successful, and finally it was Amauri, who stroke the winning penalty.
Napoli VS Milan Score : 0-1

NAPOLI (3-5-2): Gianello - Santacroce, Rinaudo, Grava - Maggio, Blasi, Amodio, Montervino, Vitale - Russotto, Pià.

MILAN (4-4-2): Dida - Antonini, Darmian, Favalli, Cardacio - Brocchi, Ambrosini Seedorf, Albertazzi - Paloschi, F.Inzaghi

The game was far more entertaining than the first one. The game almost ended in 0-0 score, but in the very last minute Paloschi stole the win, heading from close range after a cross from the left from substitute Viudez.

Milan VS Juventus Score : 0-0 (4-5 in penalties)

JUVENTUS (4-4-2) : Chimenti - Salihamidzic, Legrottaglie, Ariaudo, Molinaro - Tiago, Ekdal, Nedved, Rossi - Amauri, Pasquato

MILAN (4-4-2) : Kalac - Pasini, Favalli, Darmian, Antonin - Ambrosini, Strasser, Brocchi, Seedorf - Viudez, Paloschi

There were Three changes made from the line-up in the first match. De Ceglie and Giovinco, who just recently back from the Olympics and also Sissoko were being replaced by Molinaro, Pasquato and Tiago. The Bianconeri control the game in the first half they almost scoring twice, when they had two incredible chances. On the first Amauri forced a miracle save out of Kalac, and then Pasquato shot high after a great build-up involving several players. Although in the second half, Juventus still Control the game there still no goals came, but most regretfully Ranieri had to replace Nedved and Salihamidzic, who were both hit hard and had to be substituted. The game went to penalties after 0-0 score, with the winner taking all. Seedorf, Ariaudo, Brocchi, Chimenti, Paloschi, Legrottaglie, Osuji and Pasquato all scored, before Ambrosini skied his effort over the bar. This left Amauri with the chance to win the trophy for Juve but he had his central effort saved by Kalac. It was now sudden death, and Chimenti made a fine stop from Favalli. Molinaro stepped up next and he made no mistake as Juve won 5-4 on penalties.

Juve The Champion
With four points from two wins in penalties Juventus is The Champion of Trofeo Birra Moretti, while Milan is in the second position with four points (lost in head to head by Juventus) , and the Napoli is in the last place with one point.

Brazil wins the Bronze Medal

2008-08-22T08:09:00.000-07:00

Brazil wins the Bronze Medal after beating belgium 3-0 in the football men third place playoff in Olympic Games. Jo scores 2 goals in 45th and 90th minute, and Diego scores 1 goal in28th minute.

Kompany move to City

2008-08-22T05:12:00.000-07:00

Manchester City confirm the signing of Belgian International Vincent Kompany from Hamburg SV for undisclosed fee. Kompany signed a contact for four years.
Kompany is the third player that comes to Mark Hughes squad in this summer.
Kompany who join Hamburg from Anderlecht in 2006 has just recently play for his country Belgia in Olympics game until the quarterfinals. He not play in semifinals, because he must return to Germany to play for hamburg in the opening season. The club officials said that he hoped Vincent will receive all the relevant clearance to be able to feature in Sunday's home clash with West Ham United.

Sunderland Signed Cisse and Healy

2008-08-22T04:32:00.000-07:00

Sunderland confirm that they added two striker in the team. They have followed up the loan signing of French International Djibril Cisse from Marseille and signed of Northern Ireland International David Healy from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.
Cisse gets No 9 shirt in the squad., while Healy gets No 23.

Healy has moved to the Stadium of Light on a three-year deal and becomes the sixth new signing of the summer following the arrivals of Cisse, Teemu Tainio, Pascal Chimbonda, Steed Malbranque and El-Hadji Diouf.

Manager Roy Keane underlined Healy's top-level experience and international scoring record as one of the main reasons behind the striker's arrival in the north-east. He told the club's website, safc.com: "David will be a good signing for us, He has lots of experience at the top level and his international record is phenomenal."

Keane continued: "He scored a few goals for Fulham last season, one of them was a well-taken strike against us at Craven Cottage and he is another signing who will increase competition for places."

Keane also underlined the importance of Cisse's experience as the Black Cats look to improve on their efforts last season when they finished 15th following their return to the top flight.

He continued: "The signing of Djibril shows how far this club have moved on since the end of last season.

"His experience will bring a lot to the squad and he will hopefully add some goals to the side.

"He is known for scoring them as well as creating them."

Cisse spent two years at Anfield during which he scored 24 goals for the Reds following his £14million switch from Auxerre where he played alongside fellow new Sunderland recruit Tainio.

He then moved on to Marseille, initially on loan before making the move permanent in 2007 but he claimed he was tempted to return to England by the Black Cats' ambition.

"I'm really pleased to join a good club with good players.

"Sunderland are a club I think is going to achieve things, they have big ambitions, that is why I chose to come here.

"I liked what the club had to say to me."

Indonesia 1 wins 7-0 against Cambodia

2008-08-21T09:20:00.000-07:00

Indonesia 1 was made it to make a good start in their first match in Freedom Cup. Budi Sudarsono was the star of the match after score 4 goals in that match. the other goalscorer in that uneven match is C. Yulianto,M. Ilham, and B. Pamungkas. The freedom cup itself was opened by a match between Indonesia 2 against Brunei, with the final score 2-0 for Indonesia 2

United States wins the Gold Medal

2008-08-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

United States beat Brazil in Olympics woman's football by 1-0. It was Carli Lloyd who score the only goal in that match, she score in an extra time at 96th minute. The match goes to the over time after both team cannot score a goal in a normal time.

Germany wins the Bronze medal

2008-08-21T08:12:00.000-07:00

Germany wins the Bronze Medal after beating Japan 2-0 in the woman's football third place play off in the olympics game. Fatmire Bajramaj was a hero for Germany after score two goals in 69th and 87th minute.

Capello choose John Terry

2008-08-20T07:28:00.000-07:00

Fabio Capello finally choose the Chelsea captain John Terry as the new England captain. The coach said that it was a difficult to choose who is the right person as the captain, but now he is believe that Terry is the right person to hold the captain armbands.

Giorgio Chiellini injured

2008-08-20T07:09:00.000-07:00

Juventus and Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini must cannot play for two months because of a knee problem. Chiellini got that injury in Luigi Berlusconi trophy against Milan. It looks like Juventus always got an injury problem after participating in this competition, last year Buffon were injured after this competition, and now they having the same problem.

Mateja Kezman move to PSG

2008-08-19T10:21:00.000-07:00

French Football Club Paris Saint Germain confirm that they have signed Serbia striker Mateja Kezman from Turkish side Fenerbahce for an undisclosed fee, the French side said on Tuesday. Mateja Kezman joined Fenerbahce from Atletico Madrid two years ago. He scored 20 goals in 46 games in the Turkish league

Milan wins the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy

2008-08-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

Milan wins against Juventus by 4-1 In the 18th edition of the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy. Milan who is still playing without there two Brazillian star score their first goal in 21th minute by the Czech Player Jankulovski. Milan double the score by Ambrosini goal in 25th minute, and then Inzaghi score the third goal in 52th minute. Juventus manage to steal one goal 70th minute, it was Pasquato who was subbed in eight minute before the goal. Ambrosini score the last goal for milan to ensure their 4-1 wins. Juventus was far from lucky that night, a 4-1 score is far too harsh on Juve from what we saw on the pitch tonight.

AC MILAN-JUVENTUS 4-1 (2-0)

AC MILAN: Abbiati (Dida 46 mins); Zambrotta (Oddo 64 mins), Bonera (Darmian 85 mins), Favalli, Jankulovski (Antonini 81 mins); Gattuso (Brocchi 64 mins), Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini (Cardacio 84 mins); Seedorf (Viudez 64 mins); Paloschi (Inzaghi 46 mins). Manager: Ancelotti.

JUVENTUS: Chimenti (Manninger 46 mins); Grygera, Mellberg, Chiellini (Legrottaglie 36 mins), Molinaro; Tiago (Esposito 62 mins), Sissoko (Rossi 62 mins), Poulsen, Nedved (Ekdal 46 mins); Amauri, Del Piero (Pasquato 62 mins). Sub not used: Salihamidzic.

GOALS: Jankulovski 21 mins, Ambrosini 25 and 79 mins, Inzaghi 52 mins, Pasquato 70 mins.

REFEREE: Rizzoli from Bologna.

YELLOW CARDS: Amauri 67 mins, Ekdal 72 mins.

Argentina VS Nigeria in Olympic football final

2008-08-19T08:35:00.000-07:00

Argentina are through to final after beating their rival Brazil 3-0. Sergio Aguero score his first goal in Olympic football tournament in 52th minute, then make it double in 58th minute, and then Riquelme score the last goal from penalty kick. Opponents of Argentina in the final, Nigeria beat Belgia by 4-1, it was a fantastic team performance, capped by a brace from Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi, ensured Nigeria beat Belgium. Obasi score 2 goals, while the other 2 goals were scored by Olubayo Adefemi in 17th minute and Chibuzor Okonkwo in78th minute. The gold-medal match between Argentina and Nigeria will take place at the Bird's Nest National Stadium on 23 August., while Brazil will take on Belgium for Bronze in Shanghai the day before.

Manchester Utd failed to win their first match

2008-08-17T10:04:00.000-07:00

First game of the season the champion of 2007/2008 BPL were failed to win their match. Red Devils only play draw 1-1 with Newcastle utd . Newcastle utd manage to score, it was Obafemi martins who score at 22th minute, but only just two minute after that Darren Fletcher manage to equalize the score for Manchester Utd. These result is a good start for Newcastle Utd, while for Manchester Utd these result shows that they need Cristiano Ronaldo to back to the field again.

Manchester United (4-4-2): Van der Sar - Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra - Fletcher, Carrick (O’Shea 25), Scholes, Giggs (c) (Possebon, 63) - Rooney, Campbell (Rafael, 80).

Subs not used: Kusczak, Neville, J.Evans, Gibson.
Booked: Campbell, Brown, Rooney

Newcastle United (4-5-1): Given - Beye, Coloccini, Taylor, N’Zogbia - Milner, Guthrie, Butt (c), Gutierrez, Duff - Martin.

Subs not used: Harper, Enrique, Geremi, Smith, Edgar, Bassong, Donaldson.

Booked: Campbell, Brown, Rooney

Agbonlahor bags three goals

2008-08-17T09:38:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa won 4-2 in their first game of Barclays Premier League against Mancehester City. Gabriel Agbonlahor was star of the match after he scores three goal in eight minute while another goal scored by John Carew. Manchester City can only score 2 goals by Elano and Corluka, by these result Mark Hughes has fail to make a good start in his new club as Manager. while for Aston Villa these is a good start in their journey at BPL, and they still can see the captain Garreth Barry play for the team, at least for one more seasons.

Teams

Villa (4-4-2): Friedel - L Young, Laursen (c), Davies, Shorey - Barry, S Petrov, Reo-Coker, A Young - Agbonlahor, Carew.

unused subs: Taylor, Harewood, Knight, Salifou, Routledge, Gardner, Osbourne.

City (4-4-1-1): Hart - Corluka, Ben Haim, Richards (c), Garrido - Etuhu, Johnson, Fernandes (Ireland 80), Petrov - Elano - Evans (Sturridge 80).

unused subs: Schmeichel, Ball, Onuoha, Hamann, Caicedo.

Goals: 1-0 (Carew 47), 1-1 (Elano pen 64), 2-1 (Agbonlahor 67), 3-1 (Agbonlahor 74), 4-1 (Agbonlahor 75), 4-2 (Corluka 89)

Bookings:

Villa: Agbonlahor (84)

City: Ben Haim (26)

Referee: P Dowd

Arsenal Wins 1-0 Against West Bromwich Albion

2008-08-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

Arsenal has made a good start of BPL after winning 1-0 against WBA. Samir Nasri the new player play a good match and score in his debut at 4th minute. After the game the Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said to the Arsenal website that he is pleased with the fact that the team didn't concede a goal. He said "We scored two on Wednesday, one today, so it's better than the reverse. Overall it was a good week for us. A winning start, a win in the Champions League, so yes a good week." well this maybe a really good week for Arsenal because they still can win their first game, even there were a few important player that cannot play in this game.

Susunan pemain:
Arsenal (4-4-2): Almunia; Sagna, Djourou, Gallas, Clichy; Walcott (Toure 72), Eboue, Denilson, Nasri; Adebayor, Bendtner (Van Persie 68)

WBA (4-5-1): Carson; Hoefkens, Barnett, Meite, Robinson; Brunt (Beattie 79), Morrison, Greening, Kim, Cech (MacDonald 67); Miller (Bednar 73)

Referee : Howard Webb

Goalscorer : Samir Nasri (4')

Manchester Utd vs Newcastle Utd Prediction

2008-08-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

The First Game of BPL will be start for Manchester utd. their first opponent is Newcastle utd. Without signing big name this summer it looks like Red Devils still counting their old player such as Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo. there were only three names that comes to Old Trafford and all of them is still young, so they won't playing much in the first team. Against Newcastle Rooney will play from the beginning after the red devil medical say that he already cover and fit enough to play, while their top goal scorer last season Cristiano Ronaldo will be missed the game. will Manchester United win the game easily after won the community shield trophy? I think it is not gonna be that easy, Newcastle has recently signed Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo To high up standard in their defence, so I think without Ronaldo and high up standard in defence of Newcastle, Manchester is going to face a tough game although their still got a chance to win the match

Prediction : 55%-45%

Prediction Squad :

Manchester Utd (4-2-3-1): Van Der Sar - Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra – Carrick, Possebon - Giggs, Nani, Tevez – Rooney

Newcastle Utd (4-4-2): Given – Taylor, Coloccini, cacapa, Enrique - Gutierrez, Smith, Butt, Duff – Owen, Martins

PERSIB 2 - PERSITARA 0

2008-08-16T03:55:00.000-07:00

Persib won 2-0 against Persitara with 2 goals from their Brazilian Striker Rafael Bastos in Indonesian Super League today. Bastos score the first goal in 59th minute with a strike to the corner of Persitara goal, the second goal Bastos was made to release from offside trap and than strike through the goalkeeper

Sunderland Versus Liverpool

2008-08-16T01:33:00.000-07:00

Liverpool will play their first match in the stadium of light against Sunderland. The new Liverpool duet Robbie Keane and Fernando Torres were failed to convert a goal against standard liege, and now it is their time to prove that they are the most dangerous duet striker in BPL just like Mr Benitez said. with Steven Gerrard fit enough to play, liverpool have a big chance to win their first games. beside gerrard it looks like Xabi Alonso will also play in the midfield. From Sunderland El Hadji Diouf could gave a problem to Reds as long as he can control his emotion. another new player that could cause problem is the new three player that comes from Tottenham Hotspur.

Predicition : 45%-55%

Predicition Player :

Sunderland (4-4-2): Gordon - Chimbonda, Collins, Mcshane, Nosworthy – Whitehead, Tainio, Malbranque, Richardson – Diouf, Jones

Liverpool (4-4-1-1): Reina – Finnan, Carragher, Agger, Dossena - Pennant, Gerrard, Alonso, Babel – Keane - Torres

Baptista Finally Move To AS Roma

2008-08-16T01:29:00.001-07:00

Julio Baptista finally move to AS Roma with 9 million Euro transfer fee plus 2 million Euro depend on the player performance. Baptista who can play in a lot position is gonna be a useful player for AS Roma

Bayern Munich Failed to Win The First Match

2008-08-16T01:09:00.000-07:00

Bayern Munich failed to win their first games after Hamburg comeback from two goals down make the score 2-2. Bayern Munich control the game at beginning and they score the first goal with bastian schweinsteiger make the champion lead at 12th minute. 4th minute later Podolski doubled the advantage from penalty spot, but the visitors can pulled one back midway through Paolo Guerrero at 25th minute and then Piotr Trochowski levelled it up on the hour with the game’s second penalty.

Bayern Munich – Hamburger SV 2-2 (H-T: 2-1)

Bayern Munich: Rensing - Lell, van Buyten, Lucio, Lahm – Schweinsteiger (Borowski 65), Kroos, van Bommel, Zé Roberto (Ottl 81) – Klose (Muller 79), Podolski

Substitution : Kraft, Niedermeier, Jansen, Borowski,Ottl,Muller

Hamburger SV: Rost – Boateng (Demel 30), Reinhardt (Kompany 52), Mathijsen, Benjamin - Jarolim, de Jong – Trochowski, Pitroipa (Atouba 76) - Guerrero, Olic

Substitution : Hesl, Ben-Hatira, Zidan, Aogo,Demel,Kompany,Atouba

Goals: 1-0 Schweinsteiger (12), 2-0 Podolski (16, pen), 2-1 Guerrero (25), 2-2 Trochowski (57, pen)

Yellow cards: Van Bommel / Jarolim, Guerrero, de Jong, Benjamin

Harmstring injury for Fabregas

2008-08-16T00:53:00.000-07:00

Arsene Wenger faces a lot of problem before the first games of this season against West Bromwich Albion. After losing eight player because of injury (Kolo Toure, Philippe Senderos, Samir Nasri, Abou Diaby, Tomas Rosicky, Eduardo Da Silva, Alexandre Song, Amaury Bischoff) now he losing one again player, it is Fabregas who having harmstring injured and must rest for at least two weeks. with nine player out wenger must prepare another player to cover them. and a new player Aaron Ramsey is prepare to cover Fabregas. So it is gonna be a difficult first match for Arsenal? let just wait the result..

Do Real Madrid need another Striker?

2008-08-16T00:42:00.000-07:00

After draw 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt, Real madrid coach, admitted that his team is still need a player, especially a striker. Schuster said that his team need a new striker to replace Raul and Van Nistelrooy, in case something happen to both of them. there were two option striker that Real Madrid wants, First Director Pedja Mijatovic wants Klaas Jan Huntelaar move to Bernabeu, while Second Director Miguel Angel Portugal wants David Villa. in the other side Schuster is worry that none of them will move to bernabeu, so that's why he want to keep Robinho in El Real. well after Failed in Transfering Cristiano Ronaldo, loks like Madrid still facing a lot problem in transfer market.

Julio Baptista Future put on hold

2008-08-16T00:24:00.000-07:00

After Real madrid agree to change transfer fee from 15 million euro to 9 million Euro plus 2 Euro depend on Baptista performance. now there is a new problem in transfer julio baptista to AS Roma. AS Roma has a salary cap 2,5 Million Euro, while Baptista is asking 3 Million Euro same salary that he get in Real Madrid. this problem might be causing Baptista not move to the capital team in Italy, because AS Roma is not possible to change their salary cap, this is because a lot of experience player in that team like Philippe Mexes, or Daniele De Rossi that already gave anything to the club were got salary at salary cap, so it would not be fair if a new player like baptista get a bigger salary.

FENERBAHCE

Baptista Agent Herminio menendez said that if there were no agreement between two side in a few day, his player might be move to fenerbahce, because the agent said that Fenerbahce was also interest to get Baptista who can play in a lot of position in midfield.

Steven Gerrard is fit enough to play

2008-08-15T23:58:00.000-07:00

Gerrard was played as a second half substitute against in midweek Standard Liege and there is no problem with his thigh Injury which forced him to miss the end of the pre-season programme.

Liverpool will play their first game against Roy keane teams Sunderland. surely the news that Gerrard has been passed fit, will make manager Rafael Benitez pleased, however he will make late checks on a number of his other players before finalising his first team selection of the campaign for the clash in the north east.

Newcastle United signed Fabricio Coloccini

2008-08-15T23:40:00.000-07:00

Newcastle United confirm that they have signed Argentina defender Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo La Coruna. however there is unknown how much money that newcastel have to paid to Deportivo La Coruna. The 26-year-old Argentinian has agreed a five-year deal at St James' Park following his move from the Spanish side where he played every minute of their campaign in La Liga last season. Coloccini will be palying in central defender with Brazil International Player Cacapa

Welcome Barclays Premier League

2008-08-15T22:26:00.000-07:00

Welcome Barclays Premier League

A week After Manchester United won the Community Shield one of the best football competition in the world Barclay's Premier League will be playing their first match this week. 7 match will be play in 16th August and the others will be play on 17th August. at the launching 0f BPL these week there were a new campaign called Get On With The Game. This campaign give a bigger responsibility to the captain team in controlling their teammate. in premier league The Big Four (Manchester utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, & Chelsea) has well controlling these league, their quality is above the other team in these competition. since changing the name becoming premier league in1992 there is only blackburn rovers beside the Big Four that can win these competition in 1995, although Liverpool has never becoming the winner.well how about this year?? will the Big Four still in the top four?? or there will be another team??

Player Transfer
There were a new big name come to premier league, Giovani Dos Santos, Luca Modric, Samir Nasri, etc. on the transfer market this year Tottenham Hotspur is the champion, their spent 56 million pound in buying a new player, with Luca Modric becoming the most expensive that come to this club. Liverpool is in the second position in the transfer, their totally spent 29 million pound, with Robbie Keane becoming the most expensive name that come to this club. what about another Big Four? Chelsea spent 23,5 million, arsenal 11,93 millio, while Manchester united has not doing anything in the transfer market.