Este miércoles se definen los últimos boletos para el mundial de Sudáfrica 2010. La primera sorpresa es el triunfo como visitante que Grecia consiguió en Ucrania.

Con un solitario gol al minuto 31, el equipo griego vuelve a un mundial desde 1994.

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The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs wrapped up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Greece faced Ukraine in one of the matches with the score 0-0 on aggregate after the first leg. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Greece beats Ukraine 1-0 Video Highlights

Greece scored a first half goal and was able to hold Ukraine scoreless as they earned their spot in South Africa next summer.

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At the Olympic Stadium, Greece drew 0-0 with Ukraine in the first leg of their World Cup playoff. Tomorrow night, the 2nd leg with take place at another Olympic Stadium, this time in Kyiv. It really should be a tough affair with it all to play for and a place in the tournament in South Africa.

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Nigeria, Cameroon and New Zealand all qualified for the 201 World Cup last weekend with key victories, leaving just six spots remaining as we head into the last day of qualifying for next summer's World Cup.

Here are the 26 teams that have already qualified for the 2010 World Cup:

Brazil, Spain, England, Argentina, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Cote d'Ivoire, USA, Mexico, Denmark, Paraguay, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Ghana, Chile, Serbia, Switzerland, Honduras, Slovakia and North Korea, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon and New Zealand

There are 12 teams vying for the remaining six spots.

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Nigeria, Cameroon and New Zealand all qualified for the 201 World Cup last weekend with key victories, leaving just six spots remaining as we head into the last day of qualifying for next summer's World Cup.

Here are the 26 teams that have already qualified for the 2010 World Cup:

Brazil, Spain, England, Argentina, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Cote d'Ivoire, USA, Mexico, Denmark, Paraguay, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Ghana, Chile, Serbia, Switzerland, Honduras, Slovakia and North Korea, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon and New Zealand

There are 12 teams vying for the remaining six spots.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

Nine spots remain for the 2010 World Cup, and four of those will be decided through the UEFA playoffs, which are set to begin on Saturday.

Russia-Slovenia, Greece-Ukraine, Portugal-Bosnia Herzegovina and France-Ireland are the two-legged playoffs that will determine which remaining UEFA teams punch their tickets to South Africa next summer.

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Beginning Saturday, eight nations in Europe will compete for the last four remaining UEFA spots in the 2010 World Cup. Winners of the two leg playoffs will secure a spot in the World Cup draw on December 4, and the losers endure the pain of watching next summer's tournament from home.

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Beginning Saturday, eight nations in Europe will compete for the last four remaining UEFA spots in the 2010 World Cup. Winners of the two leg playoffs will secure a spot in the World Cup draw on December 4, and the losers endure the pain of watching next summer's tournament from home.

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Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Lyon)

Hugo Lloris showed Liverpool fans why he is France's number one keeper. While the Reds poured on the pressure he stood firm and made some brilliant saves early on against Kuyt, Torres, and Voronin. It took a wonder-strike from Babel to finally beat him.

Centre Back: Lucio (Internazionale)

Lucio showed why he is rated so highly around Europe.

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David Beckham journey continues as recent confirmed reports in Italy suggest that he is on his way back to AC Milan for another loan deal. We have witnessed in the past big players moving from their clubs like Brazilian legend Ronaldo moved from Inter Milan to Real Madrid, Luis Figo from Barcelona to Read Madrid, Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan to Chelsea, Thierry Henry from Arsenal to Barcelona, recently Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid and other big players had to move from one club to another at some stage of their careers.

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UPDATE: According to the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has ruled out the possibility of going after Dynamo Kiev striker Andriy Shevchenko. McLeish said,

"Shevchenko is not on my radar. Sammy has not told me he has made inquiries.

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Group E
Lyon 1-1 Liverpool -- The Reds took a late lead on a wonder-strike by Ryan Babel, but Rafa's side was pushed to the brink of elimination by an even-later Lisandro López equalizer. When is Rafa getting fired again?
Fiorentina 5-2 Debrecen -- The Italians had an offensive explosion, including four goals in the second half, in the easy home win. Click to continue reading...

Andriy Shevchenko against Inter.

Not to turn this site into a repository of foreign-language goal videos, but sheesh.

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Liverpool and Rangers are drinking in the last-chance saloon while Arsenal are hoping to toast their progress into the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan, who have not won in the Champions League for over a year, must drop their reputation as draw specialists when they face Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine where the former Chelsea boss will once again be up against ex-Blues striker Andriy Shevchenko. Click to continue reading...

According to Andy Walker at the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham are thought to be interested in Dynamo Kiev striker Andriy Shevchenko, but he is not a top priority. One of the biggest reasons is because of his large wages.

Other targets mentioned are West Bromwich midfielder Graham Dorrans and QPR's Wayne Routledge.

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From Saturday's Ukrainian SuperLiga match between Dnipro and league leaders Dynamo Kiev, we have Dnipro's Pavlo Pashayev sending Milos Ninkovic on a painful trip through the sky with a terrible high challenge that earned him a straight red. Even worse? His teammates actually had the gall to argue the ref's decision.

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Jogaram em Andorra la Vella, no estádio Comunal, para um público de 820 pessoas, jogaram pelas eliminatórias da copa do mundo, as seleções de Andorra (201º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Ucrânia (22º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
10-10-1998 - Andorra 0x2 Ucrânia
05-06-1999 - Ucrânia 4x0 Andorra
05-09-2009 - Ucrânia 5x0 Andorra. Click to continue reading...

As we move into the third Matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage, teams are starting to feel the pressure to procure points and jockey for the top two spots in their groups.

One of those teams is Liverpool, which suffered a 2-0 defeat to Fiorentina on Matchday Two and now meets Lyon knowing a loss to the French club could drop them three points behind Fiorentina for second place in Group E.

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The Republic of Ireland will have to beat former World Cup winners France over two legs if they are to make it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Giovanni Trapattoni's side will contest the tough play-offs ties against the 1998 champions on 14 and 18 November.

Elsewhere, Portugal will play Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece face Ukraine and Russia meet Slovenia.

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Stuff to read while you see Argentina's World Cup chances saved by the bar (1:00)..... The Barcelona blog returneth. Six times over. (Barca Offside) Discovering the internet via Ukraine England. (Studs Up) MLS looking into the indoors. (USA Today) The phenom taking Germany by storm...Diego who? (Deutsche Welle) Six injury times you're glad you waited for the whistle. Click to continue reading...

England's 100% FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying record came to an end today when they went down 0-1 at the Ukraine. Goalkeeper Robert Green was ejected after only 13 minutes for a foul on Artem Milevskiy. Former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko sent substitute goalie David James the wrong way on the ensuing penalty kick but struck the [. Click to continue reading...

It was another full day of World Cup Qualifying including Ukraine hosting England on Saturday in the UEFA region. England has already clinched their spot next summer while Ukraine is looking to place 2nd to win a playoff spot. Here's a full recap of the match along with video highlights for the match on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

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West Ham keeper sent-off for England Poor old Rob Green was sent-off 14 minutes into England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine after being played into trouble by Rio Ferdinand (too casual yet again). Fortunately for England, Andriy Shevchenko missed the subsequent spot-kick after David James had come on to replace Aaron Lennon. Click to continue reading...

Originally part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played their first official match in 1992. But for their first few years as a national squad many of the best Ukrainian players decided to play for Russia (since it was the major Soviet Union country) and playing for the Ukraine squad was often considered an afterthought for players that were not good enough to make Russia's squad.

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Ukraine 1-0 England
Saturday 10 October 2009,
Dnipro Arena, Ukraine
Kick-Off: 17:15 BST

England were reduced to 10 men early in the first half thanks to Rob Green being sent off and although Shevchenko missed the resulting penalty, Ukraine scored soon afterwards and England never really got back into the game.

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Fabio Capello is expected to field a full strength side against Ukraine giving spread bettors and armchair fans – not to mention Croatia manager Slaven Bilic – the hope of seeing a competitive game in England's penultimate World Cup Qualifier.

Although effectively a dead-rubber for the visitors the partisan home following will ensure a lively encounter at the 31,000-capacity Dnipro Arena, in the country's third-largest city, Dnipropetrovsk.

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England has already qualified for the FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa but looks to remain perfect against Ukraine on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Here's a preview of the UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying match along with a prediction. A video preview of the match can be found here.

Ukraine v England Match Preview and Prediction UEFA WCQ Saturday, October 10, 2009

England has already qualified but the Ukraine is in contention for 2nd place in the group.

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Yesterday, Andriy Shevchenko scored the only goal in the Kiev derby, giving Dynamo the win over Arsenal:

And on the other side of the world, Adriano scored a brace to win Fla-Flu for Flamengo in front of 80,000 fans at the Maracanã:

Not a bad day to be a discarded star striker who has gone back to his home country after becoming world-famous in Milan.

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Tuesday and Wednesday brought about Match Day 2 in the UEFA Champions League, and the four representatives from Spain had interesting ties that helped shape their respective groups. On Tuesday, Sevilla FC visited Rangers FC at the Ibrox Stadium, where the European night atmosphere is second to none, buoying their beloved Gers, and FC Barcelona hosted FK Dynamo Kyiv at the Camp Nou, where both teams headed into this clash with undefeated records in both league and in Europe.

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Internazionale vs FC Rubin Kazan

A match against the Champions from Russia might be exactly what the doctor ordered for Internazionale after some poor performances recently. Inter lost their first league game of the season on Saturday against Sampdoria and the week before had put in a very unconvincing match against Napoli in a 3-1 win.

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You hear the term thrown around a lot. The Best Player in the World is not an easy title to hand over to anyone, but this last week Carlo Ancelotti coach of the first place Chelsea Blues admitted that his key forward, Didier Drogba, might in fact be one of the best all around players in the world.

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You know how sometimes big money transfers don't work out? I'm thinking Andriy Shevchenko at Chelsea, Juan Sebastian Veron at Man Utd, Denilson at Real Betis etcetera. Well, there were some who thought Barcelona's signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Real Madrid's signing of Cristiano Ronaldo could fall into that category. Click to continue reading...

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Chelsea FC have announced chief executive Peter Kenyon will be stepping down October 31st while staying on as a non-executive director and liaison to both UEFA and the European Clubs' Association committees. As it stands this morning, the most likely explanation for Kenyon's resignation will be the Gael Kakuta affair—the Lens youngster whom Chelsea encouraged to break contract with the French club, leading to a two transfer window ban for CFC—although there were likely more important factors which led to today's announcement.

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Normally, a massive transfer fee is a good omen for future. Big money means big abilities and this usually translates well. However, this is not always the case - Andriy Shevchenko says hi - and even if the money does ring true, it doesn't always happen right from the start. But when you put [...] Click to continue reading...

Liverpool misfit Andriy Voronin played a big part in Ukraine's easy win over minnows Andorra by laying on a couple of assists. Andriy Shevchenko was also on the score sheet.

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