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For their final fixture of the year, Brazil take on Oman in Muscat this Tuesday.

Coached by French man Claude Le Roy, Oman are ranked 79th in the world. Brazil are expected to win comfortably but Dunga added a note of caution: "They're a strong team and have experienced athletes who play abroad.

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Brazil and England was going to be a reserve festival, as injuries took away many players from the match. So if in theory this is a match with no favorites, in reality, Brazil got that title as it had less players in the ER. Brazil had the responsibility to play better and add another match to the unbeaten streak against England that is 19 years-old.

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Kaká battles it out

A second-half goal by Nilmar was the difference in a forgettable match between Brazil and England in Qatar on Saturday.

The Villarreal man struck in the first minute of the second period after heading in a lovely floated ball from ex Manchester City player, Elano.

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Welcome to Selecao Bootcamp, Uma Tradição Futbolita! Everyone gather yourselves because it's that time of the year so ya'll better get excited. Anyway, our manos have landed in Qatar, more specifically, the Four Seasons Hotel where they're putting up during their stay in Doha.

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Lyon 5 Marseille 5 at the Stade De Gerland. November 9, 2009. A nail biting epic with end to end action. This match will be talked about for years to come.

With L'OM cruising 4-2 it appeared as if the match was done but Lisandro Lopez who surely must be on Maradona's radar for his late goal scoring exploits brought them back on par in the 81st and 84th minute.

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This is being billed as the fastest goal in history, and it's pretty hard to argue with that even without the statistics right in front of you. Unless the likes of John Arne Riise or Michel Bastos have unleashed one directly off the kickoff, chances are this is it. The fastest goal ever, via Al-Hilal's [. Click to continue reading...

Reds undone by last gasp equalizer.

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Now its not all doom and gloom and many will have you believe that we are sinking further into the abyss but that would be a harsh assessment of the tough 90 minute assignment that so nearly bore fruit.

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So Dopey officially called up 24 homensfor the selecao's upcoming friendly matches next month. Ooooh yes, we mean that exciting one against England in Qatar on the 14th and the other one against Oman in Muscat.

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Liverpool's defender Fábio Aurélio was handed the chance of winning a place in Brazil's World Cup squad yesterday when he was named for next month's friendlies against England in Doha and Oman in Muscat.
The coach, Carlos Dunga, has named a 24-man squad made up of Europe-based players in order not to disrupt Brazilian clubs in the run-in to their championship. Click to continue reading...

Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he wasn't the only surprise.

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Brazil coach Dunga has named his squad for the November's friendlies against England and Oman. Of note is that FC Porto striker Hulk , fellow striker Carlos Eduardo of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Michel Bastos of Olympique Lyon are included in the squad and could possibly make their international debuts. Click to continue reading...

DR CATTA-PRETA
"Deus no Céu e o São Paulo na Terra"
Cada clube tem um símbolo pelo qual é conhecido, às vezes é um bicho, às vezes é um dístico. Todos têm um dístico, todos têm um símbolo. Há clubes que se destacam tanto pelo símbolo quanto pelo dístico. Click to continue reading...

October 17, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT)

Well, after the short but much needed international break, Lyon head back to office. The break gave us some much needed time for the laundry list of players out due to injury, to continue their convalescences.

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Lyon will seek to add to their 1-0 win at Fiorentina when they head to Hungary to play last year's champions, Debrecen.

Lyon will be missing key players Lisandro Lopez and Michel Bastos but despite this Lyon manager Claude Puel believes his team is strong even without those players.

"The squad has a real strength and team spirit.

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ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!! We can do this!

Lyon:

Lloris
Reveillere - Cris - Toulalan - Cissokho
Pjanic - Makoun - Kallstrom - Bastos
Gomis - Lisandro

Bench: Vercoutre, Ederson, Govou, Clerc, Delgado, Seguin, Gonalons

Fiorentina:

Frey
Comotto - Gamberini - Danielli - Gobbi
Donadel - Montolivo
Marchionni - Mutu - Vargas
Gilardino

Bench: Avramov, Kroldrup, Jovetic, Natali, Jorgensen, Pasqual, Santana

Feel free to post commentary, frustrations, and thoughts here during and after the game.

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France's Ligue 1 is in full effect and its hottest team is Olympique Lyonnais. Brazilian playmaker Michel Bastos scored the game winner in Lyon's 1-0 home win against Lorient. Claude Puel's team have won 4 straight matches to move into 2nd place behind Bordeaux on goal differential. Lyon have been doing it with defense allowing only 1 goal during their winning streak. Click to continue reading...

Abou Diaby: Serbia attack's most dangerous weapon?

This upcoming weekend will be filled with World Qualifiers up until Tuesday so I will not comment much on Le Championnat from last weekend that saw a very disappointing 0 – 0 between Marseille and Bordeaux, a very convincing 3 - 0 win by PSG against Lille, St Etienne's first 3 points versus a sad Grenoble and more Lyon magic thanks to Lisandro Lopez (ARG), Gomis (FRA) and Bastos (BRA).

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Fue el gran ganador de los partidos de ida de la repesca, y su lugar en la zona de grupos está casi asegurado. Ganó, gustó y goleó ante su público en el debut europeo tras un dubitativo comienzo en la Ligue 1. Pero el amplio resultado queda un poco relegado ante el satisfactorio rendimiento del equipo de Claude Puel, quien comienza a engranar las piezas de un nuevo Lyon, más inexperto pero más Click to continue reading...

The 4th matchday of France highest level of club football featured a matchup of the top two teams from last season. Last season's runner-up Olympique Marseille hosted champions Girondins Bordeaux. It was a back and forth affair that ended up in a 0-0 draw at Marseille's Stade Velodrome. Both sides remained unbeaten on the season as Bordeaux stayed on top of the standings. Click to continue reading...

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Lyon
Fiorentina
Debrenci VSC
Group E awaits. Not the easiest group (Groups G or H), but it's not Groups A, C, or F either. Neither Lyon nor Fiorentina will be easy matches, but they'll be interesting pairings against prestigious teams, while Debrecen's a completely unknown quantity. Click to continue reading...

The 4-4-2 Diamond Midfield has started to become more en vogue all over the world, with both Chelsea and Inter establishing the strengths of this alignment in the early stages of the 2009-10 season.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian has an outstanding article where he outlines the strengths and weaknesses of that alignment. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes getting rid of your best player makes you better and other times it does not. But for Lyon getting rid of striker Karim Benzema might have been the best thing that they could have done. During the summer the super talented striker traded Lyon for Real Mardrid. The transfer fee was priced at €35 million with the fee rising to as much as €41 million based on incentives. Click to continue reading...

With Lyon finally knocked off their lofty perch by Laurent Blanc's fantastically well drilled Bordeaux side last season, there is a feeling that this season's Ligue Un title race might just be the most open in years.

With Claude Puel's side looking to regain the crown they had held in a vice-like grip for seven seasons in a row, Blanc's men will have their work cut out to retain their title, and with traditional powerhouses Marseille & Paris Saint-Germain looking to continue the excellent progress made last season under new coaches Didier Deschamps & Antoine Kombouaré respectively, not to mention the impressive underdogs of Lille & Toulouse lurking, French football has lot going for it at the moment.

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Bordeaux took advantage of Lyon's problems last season and they managed to pip Marseille to the Ligue 1 title. That was a big success for Les Girondins led by Laurent Blanc from the bench and Yoann Gourcuff from the pitch. These two were the reasons behind team's success, although they had big help from Gourcuff's teammates.

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This transfer window is over for Lyon after the club signed Saint Etienne's Bafetimbi Gomis for a fee which could rise to €15 million. The powerful striker will sign a five-year contract with Gerland outfit and he is set to partner Lisandro Lopez in newly shaped attack.

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Benfica have loaned Brazilian midfielder Felipe Bastos to Belenenses for a season. Bastos became expandable once Benfica signed Javi Garcia from Real Madrid over the weekend. Benfica are also said to be in talks for Belenenses' keeper Julio Cesar Click to continue reading...

Olympique Lyonnais have made no qualms about beginning their 'new era'. With Benzema, Juninho and Keita three big names to leave the club this summer so far, the French side have wasted no time in splashing out on some big-money transfers and it doesn't look like the deals are done yet!

With Benzema leaving, a huge gap was created in the striking position.

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It was a tiny article in the Dutch media at first. Olympique Lyon pays 18 million euros for Michel Bastos. Hmm...Bastos... Where did we hear that name? Well, the left full back started his European career at Feyenoord. But never made it into the squad. The experts could tell: this Click to continue reading...

July 18, 2009
Stade De L'Escale d'Arnas, Arnas
1:00 PM EST(19:00CET, 18:00GMT)

Today, OL are in Rhône-Alpes to take on RC Lens. Lens is gearing-up for a return to first division football after last year's soujourn in L2 purgatory. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since .

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Lyon Can Finally Fly Straight Again: OL's New Winger Swoops into Town, Hopefully to Take Us to New Heights.
No, it's not a Ferrari nor Beluga caviar, it's a Brazilian winger. Like and injured bird, OL's left wing- along with a slew of other issues- hindered it's abilitiy to fly as strong as it was capable of, but now it's finally healed, stronger than ever, and ready for lift-off.

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Newly-promoted Serie A club Livorno have completed the homecoming addition of former Amaranto favourite Cristiano Lucarelli from Parma on-loan for the entire season. The 33-year-old veteran striker returns to the Tuscan vicinity where he netted an impressive 92 goals between 2003 and 2007. Read On -- Lucarelli Leaves Parma To Rejoin Liverno via Goal. Click to continue reading...

Lyon fans were disappointed with the departures of team's key players, Juninho and Benzema after the end of last season but it seems that Jean-Michel Aulas will manage to create a team capable of challenging for honours. After the capture of Argentinean striker Lisandro Lopez, Les Gones are set to snatch the hottest prospect in French football, Lille's Michel Bastos.

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It was bound to happy eventually. I don't know about you guys, but after the embarrassment of last season's finish, I was dreading the oncoming ~dramah~, :tearz:, and angsty soap operas from the players and the staff. I was expecting a meltdown of epic proportions. I thought that the sky would fall.

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OL Gets Serious About The Attack!

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Lisandro Lopez: Lyon finally got their man. JMA's first signing of the summer cost OL 24 mill plus performance bonuses. Lisandro is supposed to be in Lyon Friday for his physical.

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Michel Bastos scores from a corner in the video.Michel Bastos scored 14 goals and made 11 assists for Lille in French Ligue 1 in 2008/09 season.-ESPN Lille is willing to sell their midfield maestro for £12 million.Martin O'Neill wants to sign him in order to reinforce Villa's squad for next season. Click to continue reading...