• For the love of Kun, the Rojiblancos have been slapped with a fine of 150 euros (about the cost of a decent La Liga ticket these days). Anyway, RFEF meted out that small punishment after Atletico's fans were said to have thrown objects at Pellegrini from the stands during the Madrid derby on November 7.

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Poor Amauri... at the rate things are going for RobinHood's long lost cousin, he'll never find a national team to call his own! Before you blame it on Little John, it's all because Dopey and Lippi can't make up their minds.

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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. BEING INJURED I AM SO BORED!!!!!!!! SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE INSTEAD OF BUSTING SKULLS ON THE PITCH HAS FORCED ME TO DO THINGS THAT I WOULD NEVER NORMALLY DO!!!!! LIKE SMILING AND CALMLY LOUNGING ON THE COUCH!

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The highlight of this weekend's fixtures was the match at the Olimpico in Turin between Juventus and Napoli. After numerous quality acquisitions over the Summer for Napoli, they had been expecting a good start to the season. However, after a less than impressive start, Roberto Donadoni was sacked and Walter Mazzarri brought in to try and settle the ship.

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From the same game as yesterday's DTotD, we have Amauri's injury time act of frustration. He tried to be discreet about it, but in most circles kicking a goalkeeper in the face is frowned upon (as is tossing said goalkeeper's own teammate on top of him after the fact, though to a much lesser extent), so Amauri was shown a red card and may or may not have hoped that the referee would fall on the ground so he could kick him in the face, as well.

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Bordeaux vs. Bayern Munich

Group A leaders, Bordeaux will look to edge even closer to a place in the next round. To do so they will have to beat Munich at their home ground.

Bordeaux were clearly the better side a fortnight ago as they frustrated Munich players into getting two red cards.

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If you thought that Napoli's injury time brace, which handed the club a 2-2 draw at home to AC Milan, was its comeback of the week, think again. The underperforming Naples outfit has suddenly brought an end to an indifferent spell by stunning Serie A contenders Juventus 3-2 this evening, and that too away from home.

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Il campionato ne guadagna, finalmente è tornata la Juve. Si era persa, avviluppata in calcio lento e indigeribile: sguardi preoccupati si incrociavano dalle parti di Vinovo, le rivoluzioni arrivano sempre al momento del dubbio. Se quello visto contro la Sampdoria, fino a ieri sera la seconda forza della serie A, non è stato un meraviglioso incendio di paglia, la notte è passata e si torna a ragionare sul duello con l'Inter che è ancora la più forte ma può restare sotto il tiro di una squadra che ha ridotto la Samp a una sogliola, sotto il peso di un 5-1 che poteva essere più largo.

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• We know of many mujeres who'd like to be seated in that car with Gangsta Gattuso! He's the Sexiest man in Italy, don't ever forget that. Anyway, the entire Milan squad (yes, including Dida how dare you accuse tio of being ineffective!

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With the biggest game probably being at the Artemio Franchi between Fiorentina and Napoli, Serie A did not present too much interest this weekend. However Sampdoria were hoping that Inter would drop points to jump above them to the top the table. Juventus needed a change in fortunes after not winning in four while AC Milan wanted to continue their two game winning streak against Chievo.

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(video gol highlights di Siena-Juventus)
SIENA (4-3-1-2): Curci; Terzi (13st Rosi), Ficagna, Brandao, Del Grosso; Vergassola, Codrea (37'st Paolucci), Ekdal; Jajalo; Calaiò (27'st Reginaldo), Maccarone. (Ivanov, Rossi, Garofalo, Jarolim). All. Micarelli (Giampaolo squalificato).
JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Grygera (1'st Caceres), Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro (9'st Camoranesi); Felipe Melo, Poulsen, De Ceglie; Diego (42'st Sissoko); Amauri, Trezeguet. Click to continue reading...

Bordeaux vs Bayern Munich:

This match features the two leaders of Group A. Both sides have 4 points from two games and will be looking to take a strangle hold on the group in their next two fixtures.

Bordeaux hope to take full advantage of their home turf and upset the German giants before they meet again in a little less than a fortnight.

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As reported in my last Serie A review, there were two big games this weekend with Milan taking on Roma at the San Siro and Juventus taking on Fiorentina at the Olimpico. Milan needed victory if Leonardo was to remain as manager for at least another week, while Juventus needed a win to restart their title bid after failing to win in their previous three games.

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Lots of big matches this weekend, especially in Seria A, while in England, Blackburn claims the East Lancashire derby against Burnley, and in Spain, Barca stay top even with a draw, while Raul breaks all records with his 711th match for Real Madrid in which he scored a brace.
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Ah, it's been a while since we last heard from zio-hermano. Yeah, Amauri's just one of those who prefers to let his feet do the talking (maybe not for Dunga) so it was nice to see him score in the bianconeri's 1-1 draw against Fiorentina, yesterday.

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The Italian Serie A had two matches on Saturday, October 17, 2009 as Inter Milan faced Genoa and Juventus played Fiorentina. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Inter Milan beats Genoa 5-0 Video Highlights

Inter Milan (Internazionale) easily beat Genoa as they had goals from five different players.

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Bayern Munich vs Juventus:

Definitely the most anticipated match of this week's Champions League play, this is a meeting that we have seen many times over the years. They do not usually live up to expectations as you can see from their previous score lines:

19.10.04 Juventus 1 Bayern 0

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(video gol, 1-0. Iaquinta)
(video gol, 2-0. Marchisio)
IL TABELLINO
JUVE (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Grygera, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Grosso; Camoranesi (28'st Marrone), Poulsen, Marchisio; Giovinco (16'st De Ceglie); Iaquinta, Trezeguet (35'st Amauri). All.: Ferrara.
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Ieri sera, nella partita inaugurale di Campion's League abbiamo assistito ad un brusco passo indietro da parte della Juventus, sia sul piano del gioco, sia sul piano della personalità , sia della concretezza. Se è vero che le importanti assenze hanno sicuramente condizionato l'andamento della gara (giocatori come Diego, Sissoko, Del Piero non si possono regalare ad un'ottima squadra come il bordeaux) è altrettanto vero che la Squadra è scesa in campo decisamente contratta, impaurita e quasi senza grinta, atteggiamento un pò migliorato nel secondo tempo, ma che ha finito per regalare completamente il primo tempo ai francesi e che ci ha impedito, come spesso capita, di chiudere il match quando ne abbiamo avuto l'occasione.

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Ieri sera, nella partita inaugurale di Champion's League abbiamo assistito ad un brusco passo indietro da parte della Juventus, sia sul piano del gioco, sia sul piano della personalità , sia della concretezza. Se è vero che le importanti assenze hanno sicuramente condizionato l'andamento della gara (giocatori come Diego, Sissoko, Del Piero non si possono regalare ad un'ottima squadra come il bordeaux) è altrettanto vero che la Squadra è scesa in campo decisamente contratta, impaurita e quasi senza grinta, atteggiamento un pò migliorato nel secondo tempo, ma che ha finito per regalare completamente il primo tempo ai francesi e che ci ha impedito, come spesso capita, di chiudere il match quando ne abbiamo avuto l'occasione.

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With Brazilian striker Amauri close to becoming an Italian citizen, it looks like Bayern Munich's Luca Toni will find it quite hard to represent Italy in South Africa. Azzurri Boss Marcello Lippi has hinted on more than one occasion that Amauri will be very useful for the national team.

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Italy took another step towards World Cup qualification a 2-0 victory over Georgia courtesy of a...
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via Reuters

• Now that we have your undivided ATTENTION, it appears that "Mr-Italiano-But-I-Still-Love-Brazil" Amauri will not be summoned to the Azzurri anytime soon after the Italian football federation announced plans to "play all World Cup qualifiers with the current squad.

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As we predicted few weeks ago on these pages, Juventus got off to a great start in Serie A. Two wins are a clear sign of the difference in the quality between Inter and Juventus has been significantly reduced and the biggest Italian club might regain domination in Serie A.

Excellent transfer campaign was supported by Lippi's might shadow hidden behind his pupil Ciro Ferrara.

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Stuff to read while you watch Nike's continued focus on the Brazilian kit.... The La Liga debut on ESPN netted a decent audience. (Unprofessional Foul) The skinny on the Bundesliga opening. (Bundesliga Offside) Harry Redknapp has officially lost it. (The Spoiler) Sticking up for Arsene. (Sport.co.uk) Ruud, predictably, declares his World Cup 2010 intent. Click to continue reading...

By now he has made his decision. Amauri wants to play for the Italian national team. Dunga doesn't want to call him up for Brazil, and Amauri knows that Lippi is interested in calling him up to the Azzurri. Amauri thought he would be getting his passport sometime this month and that Lippi would call him up for October's World Cup qualifiers, but that is not the case, as a new Italian law (passed on August 8th) will now prevent Amauri from getting his Italian passport until March 2010.

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Great picture find by The Original Winger.
Beauty.
To the links:

• VIDEO: Kenny Cooper scores. [SBI]
  
• Grown man punches a child. [Sports Rubbish]
  
• Tevez thinks Fergie is scared of City. [ESPN]
  
• A soccer brawl in India? [Dirty Tackle]
  
• Veron done with Argentina after W.

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Dear God... don't you chicas think that Amauri over here should have been cast in a Sunsilk ad alongside those Bollywood beauties? Even Del Piero wants to hug his hair. It looks like the Wind in the Willows!

Anyway, if you've been reading us for a while, you'd know all about the Amauri-Brazil-Italy soap opera.

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These look delicious! And fun!
Whew, it's been a crazy day.
Let's do the links:

• Bellamy makes peace with Wales coach. [Guardian]
  
• Argentina league to start Aug. 21. [SI]
  
• Another groin surgery for Woodgate. [BBC]
  
• VIDEO: Man attacks mascot.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

More from SWP's charity event Steve Sidwell says people yell "Ginger!" at him on the streets and he has no desire to weigh in on the Jordan and Peter business. [ChannelBee]

Though he didn't even play, Flamengo fans still came through on their warning of revenge when Corinthians came to town by proclaiming Fat Ronaldo to be the "King of The Transvestites.

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E' ritornata la pace tra la Juventus e David Trezeguet. E si può, dunque, camminare insieme nella stessa direzione, verso un obiettivo comune. Niente da fare per il Milan, quindi, che aveva messo gli occhi sul forte ed esperto attaccante juventino. Artefice di questo rinnovato idillio tra calciatore e una delle squadre di calcio più gloriose d'Italia è stato il torneo spagnolo (chiuso, ricordiamo, con la sconfitta in finale dei bianconeri, ai calci di rigore, con l'Aston Villa), il quale ha visto il franco-argentino protagonista, anche se non con una prova esaltante, della finale. Click to continue reading...

Fratelli Bianconeri eccomi qui, di ritorno (ahimè) in ufficio, dopo le ferie, già terminate. Ovviamente ho seguito quotidianamente sia il mercato, sia la preparazione, sia la Peace Cup, nelle due ultime partite su LA7. Allora, innanzitutto devo dire che sono abbastanza soddisfatto della campagna acquisti di quest'anno, soprattutto degli acquisti di Felipe Melo e Diego.

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• Gremio defeated Cruzeiro 4-1 in the Brazilian Championship with goals from Réver, Tcheco, Jonas and Maxi López. In other news, Manchester United have ended their chase for Douglas Costa after fears about his 'personal life' surfaced. Cara was caught driving without a valid license last week.

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It seems that the wandering time, transition period after relegation to the second league and breaking legs on Italian countryside is finally over. Over the last two years, after returning to Serie A, the biggest Italian club were searching for their identity. Delusions like Claudio Ranieri or bad moves on the market cost them dearly, but they have learnt the lesson.

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E' iniziata l'avventura della Juventus nella Peace Cup. Ferrara manda in campo Del Piero e Amauri coppia d'attacco, assistiti da Camoranesi, più avanzato rispetto alla linea dei centrocampisti. In difesa, confermati al centro Cannavaro e Chiellini. Juventus in tradizionale casacca bianconera, Siviglia in completa tenuta bianca, schierato con un classico 4-4-2.

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