It appears Saviola has finally found a happy home with Portugal's Benfica after many years of
disenchantment with various European clubs. This season he joined the other two Argentine players
Pablo Aimar & the youthful Angel DiMaria to form a very effective trident. He has already score 4
times in 7 appearances for Benefica thus becoming a house favorite.
In Henry Winter's excellent piece on Carlo Ancelotti for the the Telegraph today, there
is plenty of insight into the man who has Chelsea atop the table with a perfect record and finally
moving on from Jose Mourinho's legacy, and that's all fine and good, but if you've ever wondered to
yourself what Carlo Ancelotti thinks about Florent Malouda and John Obi Mikel's taste in music,
you've finally got an answer:
"I am used to players who are very focused so when I came to England it was a big surprise
because in our dressing room there is music.
Chivas USA 1 Red Bull New York 1
Game story
Notable: In the 12th minute Red Bulls defender Mike Petke moved into the tenth position in MLS
history in minutes played. He's played 24,459 minutes over 12 seasons for three teams.
Quotable: "We make one mistake in 90 minutes and we got punished," said Preki.
Jorge Rojas is wearing the goat horns this week, as a costly and unexplainable
turnover lead to the 17th loss of the season for the Red Bulls, and the first under the second
Richie Williams era. Getting caught up field on a set piece and having to back track, Rojas twice
helped the Wizards establish their attack on an errant header and then failed to catch 37 year old
Claudio "El Piojo" Lopez on the break.
It appears Saviola has finally found a happy home with Portugal's Benfica after many years of
disenchantment with various European clubs. This season he joined the other two Argentine players
Pablo Aimar & the youthful Angel DiMaria to form a very effective trident. He has already score 4
times in 7 appearances for Benefica thus becoming a house favorite.
Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid
0-1 Ronaldo, 2'
0-2 Kaka (pen), 73'
With four wins in four league games and three clean sheets in the bunch, it's statistically
difficult to find fault with Real Madrid's early season performances. They have ostensibly done
everything right in their opening games: they have incorporated all the new faces into the mix,
gotten big contributions from old favorites like Raul and Guti, and seen their world record signing
get off to a record-breaking start.
Victory is the missing element in the formula.Here are some of the new faces Maradona is
introducing into the equation to try and make it yeild better results.Pablo Aimar,Angel Di Maria
and Gonzalo Higuain to name just three.
Also making the team are Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta and Emiliano Insua of Liverpool .
