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.
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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.Â
Messi was stumbling all around, and his teammates had to try and keep him from falling over.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.Â
Diego's agent said that since Juventus is a company traded on the stock exchange, they cannot
announce the transfer until May 31st.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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