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With the World Cup in sight, most of this weekend's attention will be towards the remaining qualifiers, but there are a few high-profile friendlies on tap� today that might be just as exciting.

England-Brazil is one of those matches, as the Three Lions will took to topple Brazil for the first time since 1990, a stretch of seven games� that includes a� 2-1� loss in the� quarterfinals of the 2002� World Cup.

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With the World Cup in sight, most of this weekend's attention will be towards the remaining qualifiers, but there are a few high-profile friendlies on tap� today that might be just as exciting.

England-Brazil is one of those matches, as the Three Lions will took to topple Brazil for the first time since 1990, a stretch of seven games� that includes a� 2-1� loss in the� quarterfinals of the 2002� World Cup.

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Argentina make the long trip to Madrid to face Spain in this International friendly match, with Argetine legend Diego Maradona returning to the country where he played for Barcelona in part of his incredible career.

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- FC Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff has been officially presented as the new manager of the Catalan national team. He's been given the full option to call up players from Barca, and for a man who's project is coaching a team that plays two matches year, he's pretty psyched about it: "Our style of play will depend, logically, on the quality of the players we have. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Iker Casillas, Carlos Puyol, and David Villa head a Spanish heavy representation for the player of the year award. It's noteworthy that Torres is the only player who is not part of the Liga.

The English have Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, and John Terry.

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FIFA has announced its shortlist of 23 players for the Men's World Player of the Year award, and 10 players for the Women's World Player of the Year Award. National team captains and coaches will now vote (but not for players from their own country) and this final five will be revealed in early December, with the winners announced at FIFA's World Player bash in Zurich on December 21st.

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FIFA has announced its 23-man shortlist for World Player of the Year. Lets discuss who we think should win and why.

Michael Ballack
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Diego
Didier Drogba
Michael Essien
Samuel Eto'o
Steven Gerrard
Thierry Henry
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Andres Iniesta
Kaka
Frank Lampard
Luis Fabiano
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Franck Ribery
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
John Terry
Fernando Torres
David Villa
Xavi

Club-wise distribution

Chelsea 5
Manchester United 1
Liverpool 2
Valencia 1
Barcelona 6
Real Madrid 3
Sevilla 1
Inter 1
Juventus 2
Bayern Munich 1
Arsenal 0

Oh wait !

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Argentine ace and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has had quite a year.� After leading Barcelona to an unprecedented treble in the Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Ray he is now up for both the Ballon d'Or (European footballer of the year) and the equally prestigious FIFA World Player of the Year.

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Legendary French striker Jean-Pierre Papin has tipped Liverpool striker Fernando Torres to push Barcelona duo Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi as the race for the Ballon d'Or heats up.
The Spaniard has been in tremendous form at both domestic and international level since leaving Atletico Madrid, sealing himself a reputation as one of the world's most deadly strikers. Click to continue reading...

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This morning manager Pep Guardiola released the 16 man roster that will travel on Wednesday to take on third division side Cultural Leonesa.

The roster features mostly youth players with Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gerard Pique, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol all being rested for this weekends match up at Osasuna.

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CR9 fails with poor attempt at mind games.

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Barca may have several major stars, but none of them could play for Los Blancos, according to 'CR9′.

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By Barca's high standards this year's CL performance has been shocking. A bare four points and tied with Dynamo Kyiv and Rubin Kazan at the half way mark in the group stage is not what Pep Guardiola and Xavi had in mind.

Xavi sounded a bit defensive, when he said that all the talk of an end of a cycle was nonsense and that the defeat against Rubin Kazan was unexpected.

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Jogaram em Zenica, no estádio Bilino Polje, para um público de 13.500 pessoas, as seleções da Bósnia-Herzegovina (42º no ranking da FIFA) e Espanha (2º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
02-09-2000 - Bósnia 1x2 Espanha (Eliminatórias da Copa)
02-06-2001 - Espanha 4x1 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
08-09-2004 - Bósnia 1x1 Espanha (Eliminatórias da Copa)
08-06-2005 - Espanha 1x1 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
06-09-2008 - Espanha 1x0 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi o seguinte:
Árbitro: Konrad PLAUTZ-AUT
Primeiro Assistente: Bernhard ZAUNER-AUT
Segundo Assistente: Klaus STRASSER-AUT
Quarto Árbitro: Robert SCHOERGENHOFER-AUT
Aos 13 minutos de primeiro tempo, o camisa 3, de penalti, Gerard PIQUE, abriu o placar para a Espanha. Click to continue reading...

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Well the concern over Barcelona under estimating Rubin Kazan were warranted as the Russian side came into the Camp Nou and pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history. Kazan on paper definetely were over powered but after a surprise performance against Inter Milan in the Champions League people were beginning to take notice.

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The 30-man list of nominees for the 2009 Ballon d'Or has been announced. The list consisted of a Who's Who of European football. The most glaring thing is that there is no Italian player nominated in the top 30.

2009 Ballon d'Or Nominees

Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Kaka (Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Thierry Henry (Barcelona)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Xavi (Barcelona)
Yaya Toure (Barcelona)
David Villa (Valencia)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)
Diego (Juventus)
Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan)
Julio Cesar (Inter Milan)
Maicon (Inter Milan)
Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
Lionel Messi is arguably the favourite for this award this year. Click to continue reading...

Situated in the heart of every great team is always a truly special central midfielder who is capable of taking matches by the scruff of their neck and dominating them.

Some midfielders are specialists in the holding role, others have an uncanny knack of scoring goals but every so often a player comes along that can excel in all areas.

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Jogaram em Yerevan, no Republican Stadium, para um público de 10.500 pessoas, as seleções da Armênia (100º no ranking da FIFA) e Espanha (2º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
26-04-1995 - Armênia 0x2 Espanha - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
07-06-1995 - Espanha 1x0 Armênia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
02-04-2003 - Espanha 3x0 Armênia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
11-10-2003 - Armênia 0x4 Espanha - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
10-09-2008 - Espanha 4x0 Armênia - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Jiri JECH-CZE
Primeiro Assistente: Patrik FILIPEK-CZE
Segundo Assistente: Antonin KORDULA-CZE
Quarto Árbitro: Libor KOVARIK-CZE
Aos 18 minutos, o camisa 4, Carlos MARCHENA, da Espanha, recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo. Click to continue reading...

Who deserves the plaudits?

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Veteran Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is one of five British footballers nominated for the 2009 European Player of the Year award.

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France Football magazine has announced the following 30 nominees for their 2009 Golden Ball (Ballon D'Or) Award:
Andrei Arshavin (Russia and Arsenal)
Karim Benzema (France and OL/Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Spain and Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal and Manchester United/Real Madrid)
Diego (Brazil and Werder Bremen/Juventus)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Wolfsburg)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Barcelona/Inter Milan)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain and Arsenal)
Fernando Torres (Spain and Liverpool)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay and Atletico Madrid)
Steven Gerrard (England and Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United)
Yoann Gourcuff (France and Bordeaux)
Thierry Henry (France and Barcelona)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden and Inter Milan/Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Spain and Barcelona)
Julio Cesar (Brazil and Inter Milan)
Kaka' (Brazil and AC Milan/Real Madrid)
Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea)
Maicon (Brazil and Inter Milan)
Lionel Messi (Argentina and Barcelona)
Luis Fabiano (Brazil and FC Seville)
Franck Ribery (France and Bayern Munich)
Wayne Rooney (England and Manchester United)
John Terry (England and Chelsea)
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia and Manchester United)
David Villa (Spain and Valencia)
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This picture of Lionel Messi was taken last month when he attended some women's wear fashion week thing in Uzbekistan. Don't ask us what he was doing there, but hello beard! Isn't he looking fine?
We're saddened though that Leo's let his hair grow out even more since then, and now he's sporting that long-stringy-hair-parted-over-a-headband look again. Click to continue reading...

10 Premier League players have been named in the 30 strong list for the European Player Of The Year Awards- three of which are Man United players.
Here is the list-
Arsenal- Andrey Arshavin and Cesc Fabregas
Atletico Madrid- Diego Forlan
Barcelona- Thierry Henry, Xavi, Yaya Toure, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi
Bayern Munich- Franck Ribery
Bordeaux- Yoann Gourcuff
Chelsea- John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba
Inter Milan- Samuel Eto'o, Julio Cesar and Maicon
Juventus- Diego
Liverpool- Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres
Man United- Nemanja Vidic, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney
Real Madrid- Karim Benzema, Iker Casillas, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo
Sevilla- Luis Fabiano
Valencia- David Silva
Wolfsburg- Edin Dzeko
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Robinho to join the Catalan giants?

Robinho has found himself in the middle of yet more speculation about his future this week. The latest rumours have him heading to Barcelona, which was previously talked about at the end of the summer.

The deal that is being discussed would be a £80 million swap which includes cash and players.

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Oh, Senor Pep! Ha sido un largo tiempo! Now that the internationals are over and done with, Barca's Babes are getting ready to face the exciting Valencia tomorrow. As expected, the Messiah flew back via private jet which was provided by the club.

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Let the speculation begin.

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Manchester City forward Robinho has heard nothing official regarding Barcelona's latest reported interest in him but would relish the chance to play for the European champions.

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Fernando Torres has insisted that he will only play in Spain's final World Cup qualifier against Bosnia if he is 100 per cent fit and poured scorn on reports of a rift between Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and the national team.
"I still have some discomfort and it will not be decided until Wednesday if I will play. Click to continue reading...

This is the kind of space Xavi thinks he deserves.

The theory is that because of the low amount of scoring in football, using particularly protective and cynical tactics ruins the sport whose nature inhibits a high amount of goals per match.� Football's common nickname is "The Beautiful Game," but from where did that phrase initially originate?

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Barcelona star Andres Iniesta has said that he could sign an improved deal with Barcelona within the next two weeks. Barca have been working hard to tie their bunch of treble winners to long-term deals.

They have already improved the contracts of Lionel Messi, Victor Valdes and Xavi while talks are ongoing with Carlos Puyol, Rafael Marquez and coach Pep Guardiola.

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Barcelona may be the treble winners last season. In addition, they may also be the side with arguably the most potent attack in Europe, comprising of the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry, Bojan Krkic, and FIFA World Player of the Year hopeful Lionel Messi. On top of that, they also possess one of the most powerful midfield combinations in the continent in the form of Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez.

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Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has been introduced to a new weapon of choice, designed to give playmakers game-winning control ;— the Nike CTR360 Maestri's. Fabregas, Manchester United's Paul Scholes, Landon Donavan and Andres Iniesta have all been used as promotion tools for the superb-looking new boots. Click to continue reading...

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Without the services of Thierry Henry upfront for Tuesdays match against Dynamo Kiev manager Pep Guardiola decided to give Andres Iniesta his first start of the season up front. From the beginning moments of the match Barcelona looked sluggish and off their game. Without Iniesta in the middle alongside Xavi the team lacked the ball control that we are used to seeing.

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Near the end of Barca's 4-2 5-2 win over Atletico Madrid on Saturday, Andres Iniesta decided that the referee was in the way of him taking possession of the ball. And although the game was already in hand, Iniesta still decreed that the referee's position would not prevent him from getting to that ball.

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It is mouth-watering just to imagine a match featuring the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema taking on an opposing team which includes Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Xavi Hernandez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to name just a few.

The dream of many football fanatics has come true following a spending frenzy by Los Blancos which included the record signing of Portuguese Ronaldo from Manchester United.

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The highly anticipated Champions League showdown between Barcelona and Inter, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, and Guardiola and Mourinho ended in a scoreless stalemate, but what if it continued?

97′ Barca's fluorescent orange kit is discovered to be emanating high levels of radiation when Rafael Marquez spontaneously grows a baby arm out of his forehead.

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AP Photo/Luca Bruno

There was much build up around the Inter vs Barcelona match up, aka. Eto'o vs Ibrahimovic, but in the end the two teams battled to a draw at the San Siro. For FC Barcelona the emotions were mixed heading back to the Camp Nou as the team left Milan unscathed but should have walked away with a win having many opportunities on goal.

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