tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60540288077996313532009-11-27T07:41:08.970-05:00News and thoughts about the world of soccer. Now read in over 100 countries around the world!mad6986http://www.blogger.com/profile/10186318006515086339noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054028807799631353.post-23305086183352907412009-10-31T13:05:00.002-04:002009-10-31T13:09:40.083-04:00

Following a shock 3-2 defeat against Milan at home in the Champions League, and an even more shocking defeat to Alcorcon 4-0 in the Copa del Rey, many Real Madrid fans are calling for injured star Cristiano Ronaldo to return to action to “save” the team before it is too late. The ahem always modest Ronaldo has quickly calmed the Madrid faithful by saying “We are not going through a great moment

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While a Liverpool versus Arsenal match is always an interesting affair, the prospect of seeing two stars make their Premier League season debuts in the match makes the game all the more interesting.Arsenal’s Samir Nasri and Liverpool’s big money signing Alberto Aquilani are both set to make their season debuts in Wednesday night’s Carling Cup match between Liverpool and Arsenal. Nasri is

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Usually when you hear about a soccer player partying at a nightclub, you don't get to see a video of them acting in a drunken state. However, this video which has been going all around the soccer community, is of Lionel Messi wasted out of his mind following the Champions League Final in Rome. Messi was stumbling all around, and his teammates had to try and keep him from falling over.Since we all

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This past weekend was AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini's final game. Maldini spent his entire 20+ year career with Milan and was the consummate professional, and a mentor to many of the Milan players. In the past game Maldini has allowed to be the "4th" substitute during the game, to allow the fans to cheer Maldini for a final time. Even if you are not an AC Milan fan, it is impossible not to

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To the question, "Is Racism a Problem in Serie A?"79% said Yes20% said NoTherefore the readers of Il Mondo di Calcio believe that racism is in fact a problem in Serie A.This poll was conducted as a response to the situation involving Juventus and Inter Milan when Inter's Mario Balotelli was racially abused by Juventus fans.Thank you for voting on the poll, and keep voting!

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Despite the months of denying that he was interested in leaving Italy for the rainy shores of England, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has left the Italian giants to become the new coach of Chelsea. While Avram Grant and Guus Hiddink have had good years as manager of Chelsea in the past, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovic believes that Ancelotti is the right man to bring Chelsea to European

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Hey everyone, the other website that I write for, Premiership Talk, has been nominated for the best English Premier League Blog award by EPL Talk.I would really appreciate it if everyone could follow the link below, and vote for Premiership Talk.http://www.epltalk.com/best-epl-blog/-ThanksMike

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In this edition of Have You Seen This Goal, another Manchester United player makes his presence known.Carlos Tevez has made it perfectly clear that he is not happy with the way Man United has been treating him, and is very mad that the team has not offered to extend his contract that ends at the end of this season...Putting all the controversy off the field behind him, Tevez scored a fantastic

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A new superstar is well on his way to joining the Serie A.Brazilian and current Werder Bremen star Diego has reportedly signed an agreement that will bring him to Juventus for the next 5 years. Diego's agent said that since Juventus is a company traded on the stock exchange, they cannot announce the transfer until May 31st.For those of you unfamiliar with Diego, he won the Bundesliga Player of

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Since the takeover of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi based lads in September, it seems like every superstar in the world has been linked to the team. However, while every superstar has been linked to the team, seemingly every superstar has made it clear that they are not going to play for Man City, no matter the salary that is offered them.Of course many people will remember how Kaka turned

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Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has made his opinion of referee Tom Ovrebo well known since his teams 1-1 draw with Barcelona that saw the Spaniards advance to the Champions League final.Frustrated with repeated no calls by Ovrebo, Hiddink has now taken up the call to introduce video technology to soccer. Hiddink said, "In other sports like rugby and American football, they have the ability to use

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Barcelona is reporting that Thierry Henry's knee injury could keep him out far longer than originally expected.Barcelona has determined that Henry will not play in the Copa del Rey final, nor will he play in the final 4 La Liga matches for Barcelona. These statements could certainly mean that Henry will miss Barcelona's match against Manchester United in the Champions League final on May 27th. I

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Ronaldo wasn't exactly robbed the way Pele was over the summer, but 3 young FC Porto fans robbed Ronaldo's CR7 store in Portugal.Ronaldo's sister who is featured in the video below was actually working at the store at the time, and she claims that the young men said insulting things about her brother and ran off with various hats, belts, and shirts.The men were later arrested and all the products

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I have been saying since the tournament began, that my dream final for the Champions League would be Manchester United vs. Barcelona.Although it took them over 180 minutes to do it, Barcelona finally scored a goal and advanced to the final to make my dream matchup a reality. Chelsea played a great game, and probably could have won if a few of the referee's calls went their way(more on that later)

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Who else could it be for this week except for Cristiano Ronaldo?The World Player of the Year, and Ballon d'Or winner has been criticized for not playing defense, not always trying, and complaining for calls after every play, but you know what......when he scores goals like this nothing else matters...When Cristiano Ronaldo scores goals that no one else in the world can score, no other factors

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This story has been making the rounds on pretty much every website, but it's too good to not post here.If you haven't heard, or haven't seen the video yet, essentially Brazilian side Corinthians were celebrating their Paulista Championship victory over Santos when all of a sudden the captain of the team William was set on fire. The story starts with the captain of the team and a few others being

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It has been a great week in the world of soccer, with Barcelona destroying Madrid, AC Milan continuing their good form, and many title races still up in the air.Here are two stories that you may have missed this week:25 year old Dan Magness set a new world record for longest time controlling a football. Magness juggled the ball for exactly 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of 19 hours and

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Following in the footsteps of the Premier League, Serie A has decided to break away from Lega Calcio and their Serie B comrades. Many people are wondering why would Serie A do this? The answer has to do with TV revenue. Serie A has to share TV revenue with Serie B and Lega Calcio. While this benefits the smaller teams, larger teams such as Inter, Milan, and Roma all seemingly felt that they could

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Here in America, ESPN is truly the "worldwide leader in sports." Millions of people wake up with Sportscenter in the morning, and go to bed with it on in the evening. Anyone in America that follows sports seemingly gets their information from ESPN.The only problem? ESPN has literally no respect for soccer.Let me start by saying that I understand the soccer isn't the most popular sport in America.

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Breaking news out of Manchester is Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand has been taken to the hospital with a rib injury.Sir Alex Ferguson said, "He's got a crack on the ribs."I'm not sure if this means Ferdinand's rib is broken, but Ferguson does not think that Ferdinand will be fit for Man United's next game against Arsenal.The injury supposedly happened when Ferdinand collided with Eduardo.

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To the question, "Who Will Win the Champions League?"40% said Manchester United24% said Chelsea22% said Barcelona5%   said Liverpool3%   said Arsenal2%   said FC Porto1%   said Villarreal0%  said Bayern MunichObviously this voting started at the beginning of the Quarterfinals.These results mean that the readers of Il Mondo di Calcio believe Manchester United will repeat as champions. 

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Real Madrid defender, and captain of the Italian national team, Fabio Cannavaro is seemingly on his way back to the Serie A.Recent statements from Cannavaro's agent suggest that the 35 year old will be playing for Juventus next season.Cannavaro's agent said an offer from Juventus would be, "the most fascinating."Cannavaro previously won 2 championships with Juventus, however they were revoked due

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Sorry for the lack of updates lately, it's been a hard couple weeks here at school.As many of you know, Chelsea and Barcelona tied 0-0 in Spain today. Barcelona had possession of the ball 70 percent of the game, and other than a Didier Drogba chance in the 1st half, Chelsea made no attempt to attack for the entire game.When I watched this game, I could tell it was going to end 0-0. Every time

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I was recently the co-host on the Premiership Talk podcast for episode 16.Brian, the founder of Premiershiptalk.com and I talked about the last week of Premier League action, the FA Cup, the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and other top stories...Go to http://www.premiershiptalk.com/podcasts and download or stream episode 16 to hear us.

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After witnessing one of the most exciting Premier League games I have seen in a long time, Andrei Arshavin has possibly arrived. Arshavin scored 4 times today in Arsenal's 4-4 draw with Liverpool, and easily looked like the most dangerous player on the Arsenal side. The Russian playmaker has looked ok thus far, scoring 2 goals adding 3 assists in 7 Premier League matches, but you had to wonder

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