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World Cup Qualifying goes global on Wednesday

Soccer By Ives 09 September @ 04:25 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Let the games begin, again.

World Cup qualifying is set to kick off tonight when Paraguay plays host to Venezuela (and Vanuatu faces Fiji), but tomorrow is when most of the world will have its attention turned to a loaded qualifying schedule and all the teams trying to make it to the 2010 World Cup.

Can anyone beat Raul’s Champions League record?

SoccerLens 15 September @ 04:35 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Raul has scored 61 goals in the Champions League - his closest rival being his teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy at 53. Can any of the younger crop of players - Messi, Ronaldo, Benzema, Torres etc - catch up with the likes of Raul, Ruud, Sheva (47) and Henry (45) or is the age of the pure [...]

France start world cup qualifying campaign this Saturday

Wicked Deflection 04 September @ 08:09 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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L'équipe has the probable first 11 for France's opening world cup qualifier on Saturday :
Mandanda
Sagna, Mexès, Gallas, Evra
Govou, L. Diarra, Toulalan, Nasri
Benzema, Henry
In North America, Setanta will be showing both of France's upcoming world cup qualifiers on same-day tape delay:
Setanta broadcast at 4:00 p.

The Transfer Market Is Open

Pistolas F.C. 03 September @ 12:15 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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TORONTO - An exciting chapter now begins for Pistolas FC as the offseason begins and a bevy of opportunities opens up to make this team more committed, more creative, more skilled, more defensive, and a hell of a lot quicker.
Having just barely missed out on the European Transfer Window which closed just yesterday, the likes of Christiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres, Benzema, Adebayor, Dani Alves, Samuel Eto, Didier Drogba, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all locked up for the year.

Yoann Gourcuff grabs his chance in his first start for France in a 2-1 victory, and who is that new player on the left? I like the look of him.

France World Cup Team Blog 10 September @ 10:55 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I'm buzzing from that France performance. I wrote about it a bit already, but the buzz still hasn't subsided.

I'm wary of getting carried away with hyperbole, but Yoann Gourcuff was a revelation, I thought. Starting in that most coveted of positions, central attacking midfield, the number 10 position, the Zidane role, he had a fine debut, with any number of marauding runs forward.

Lyon vs. Fiorentina Lineups, Viewing Options

The Offside - Olympique Lyonnais 17 September @ 01:36 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Dear Lyon,

Don't screw this up.

Hugs and kisses,

Me

Lyon:

Lloris
Reveillere - Boumsong - Bodmer - Kallstrom
Makoun - Toulalan - Juninho
Govou - Fred - Benzema

Bench: Vercoutre, Gassama, Cris, Mensah, Pjanic, Ederson, Piquionne, Mounier

Fiorentina:

Frey
Zauri - Kroldrup - Dainelli - Vargas
Kuzmanovic - Melo - Montolivo - Almiron
Gilardino - Mutu

Bench: Storari, Donadel, Jovetic, Gobbi, Jorgensen, Santana, Pazzini

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