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A quote from Mr. White's agent, Jose Manuel Sanz (from mlssoccer.com)

"Sanz also represents Cuauhtémoc Blanco, who is currently in camp with the Mexican National Team in preparation for the 2010 World Cup. He would not rule out a possible return for the former Chicago Fire midfield leader.

Sorry for the delay for this one. AEKMAN74 posted a good summary of the game which you can check out as well.

Well, my Father and I decided that since I only have half a year left in Greece before I, unfortunately, have to return to North America for university (don't get me wrong, I love North America, I just don't know how long I'll be able to stay away from AEK) we'd go up to Thessaloniki and watch this one so I could experience a proper away game.

AEK Athens could only manage a 0-0 draw with PAOK Saloniki today. Dusan Bajevic had this to say after the match:

We started well in the first 10 minutes and they only deserved the first half. We got the rhythm of PAOK and did nothing remarkable. In the second half we played better but we had no pace and we could not do anything.

Well, all I can say is we were lucky. PAO had a few incredible chances to score a few goals but were either stopped by the post or Arabatzis. But, they never should have won in the first round against us so it's all good

We started without Makos which was great news. Our starting XI was Arabatzis, Araujo, Majstorovic, Geraldo, Karabelas, Manduca, Kafes, Jahic, Blanco, Scocco, and Djebbour.

Reports coming out of Greece suggest that the upcoming match with Levadeiakos has been fixed. Levadeiakos are in a fight for survival and currently only sit one point above the relegation zone and some are saying that AEK will let them win this match so they stay up. Many betting companies (both in Greece and abroad) have started giving some pretty crazy odds such as around 1.

We left Livadia last night with one point from a draw, enough to seal us fourth place as Aris fall 2-1 to Tripolis. Nothing spectacular really but a game worth commentating on regardless.

So, despite the 0-0 scoreline, both teams had some considerable chances to get a few in the net with the majority of them coming from Levadeiakos in the first half.

First of all, it's been a while since I lasted posted and quite a bit has happened since then.

Well, we beat Tripolis in our last regular season game, 2-0 at home. A rather eventful game in fact so I'll go through some of it here.

We started with a different line up than what was being predicted by most, the main reason for this being the fact that several players (Scocco, Blanco, Araujo, Arce, Saja, Roger, and others) were out partying two nights before the game until the early morning hours.

So, we drew to PAOK and Lost to Oly. Things were looking very bad and people were wondering "what's wrong with the players???". Well, I don't know what was wrong with them but yesterday's 4-2 win against Aris saw a completely different team on the pitch. Sure, a little late to start playing some football but better late than never and to be honest we still have a chance of getting something worthwhile out of these playoffs if we keep this up.

1. Hallelujah, Wayne Rooney emerged unscathed. 2. More worrying signs against a side which is comfortable in possession. England were forced to play on the break in the first half. 3. Glen Johnson cannot defend... but he knows how to attack. A fantastic strike from the right-back. 4. Wembley's pitch held relatively firm to ensure it didn't [.

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So our players went into this game after the first half of what has been the worst season in AEK's history. Few fans were expecting such a win and such a pleasing performance from our boys. But, they pulled it off (whether the 150,000 Euro bonus they were promised helped at all I dont know) and we have begun the new decade with a fantastic win!

So, after our incredible win only five days earlier people were expecting similar things from last nights game. We thought we were going to get it also after building a healthy 3-1 lead with plenty of time left. The final score? 3-3

One thing was to blame for this result more than anything else.

Well, it wasn't a pretty win, but at the end of they day it was a well deserved three points. One goal was scored from Djebbour (who was superb today) and two from not Blanco, not Scocco (he didn't play in the end), not Leonardo, Hersi, or Guerreiro, but.... KAFES!

No videos up yet, I'll get some tomorrow.

I really have no clue what to say. I mean, before this match, I wasn't expecting us to come out with anything more than one point. Yet to get the full three points and to do it in such a fantastic way... I'm speechless.

Before I go on I would like to show the lineup for today's match. In goal was Saja.

So, our excellent form in the second half of the championship continued with only one loss since the December break. Shame we couldn't have had this form from the start of the season but oh well, maybe next year.

Anyways, a great win away in a stadium which has only seen one loss (for the home side) before yesterday's game this entire season.

Well, obviously not a favorable result for us yesterday. Sure, we aren't exactly desperate for points right now (though they would help since Aris is only three behind us) but it's still painful to see us drop two points at home to this Panionios team.

To be honest, this wasn't our worst performance yet.

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Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Veracruz lost again. This time to Hidalgo 3-1 although Blanco did score the only goal from the PK spot. El Cuauh also had some time on his hands so he appeared on Mexican television to pay up on a lost wager, do a little dance, and ride around on Pee Wee Herman's bicycle (see link to hilarity below).

A strong Mexican side were unable to beat South Africa in the opening game of the World Cup. Mexico will need more than Giovani Dos Santos or very old player Blanco to progress pass the group stage. Rafa Marquez was on target for Mexico. Siphiwe Tshabalala scored for South Africa to give them the initial lead.

AEK held its first training session of the season at Thrakomakedones today though with a smaller than usual squad (others will be showing up slowly). Regardless, four of our new signings were present today including Liberopoulos. He sounded confident that we can do something good this season. As happy as I am to hear that I don't know if I'm as confident.

The draw, which took place in Monaco, is done and AEK find themselves in relatively easy Group G with Zenit St. Petersburg, RSC Anderlecht and HNK Hajduk Split. Aris, by comparison, will need a miracle to advance out of Group B, which contains defending champions Atletico Madrid as well as Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

So Friday evening comes and PAO draws 1-1 with Xanthi at home. Saturday evening comes and Iraklis beat Olympiakos 2-1. Looks like Sunday may turn out to be a pretty good day I was thinking...

and then AEK loses 2-1 to Kerkyra.

The game was played in Patra since Kerkyra's stadium was not yet up to Superleague standards.

Esto de los uniformes esta de campeonato, primero el uniforme verde que nadie queria pero fue el mas vendido y después el famoso uniforme negro que al inicio causo polemica, para después pasar a ser el mas popular.

Ahora con motivo del festejo Bicentenario han decidido aprovechar y festejar con un nuevo uniforme ahora de color blanco.

I'll be honest with all of you... this friendly completely slipped my mind! So I obviously never got to see it, however, some videos can be found here. I did hear though that Makos, unfortunately, received a potentially serious injury. Patsa might have been injured slightly as well Dadomo. I heard from some forums that both Patsa and Nasuti had a good game.

First, some good news. We started the match brightly, played some really nice football, controlled the middle, maintained possession, and even developed some nice through balls after a series of one touch passing. It was fun to watch, heartening really. We lined up in a 4-3-3 like this:

Blanco

Scocco Eder

Kafes

Diop Makos

Lagos Gentsoglou Dellas Argryion

Saja

And now the bad news.

So, I watched most of the first half and parts of the second, but one thing was obvious today. We didn't deserve even a point today looking at how we played. PAO tied 1-1 at home against Larissa, yet for the second week in a row we fail to capitalize on a great opportunity and instead of being that much closer to first we now sit in fourth place (with three teams playing tomorrow who could catch up to us).

Haven't seen the match yet, haven't even managed to find videos of all three goals yet. But wow, what a sweet vitory, only days after we beat Oly in the 90th! Hajduk fans come to our country, trying to cause trouble, talk dirty online, and then we put another three past them, making six in two games!

ST PETERSBURG, Russia FC Zenit St Petersburg maintained their 100% Group G record and put RSC Anderlecht's own qualification out of their hands with a 3-1 win against the Belgian side. Clinical all campaign, it was once again Zenit's touch of class when it mattered which proved decisive against an Anderlecht team who prodded [.

Lovely 4-0 score, Blanco (twice), Libe, and DELLAS all on the scoreboard, such a great site to see! Blanco's form has been incredible lately and now that Zorro is back it feels like a day hasn't passed since three years ago.

Unfortunately, we still sit a fair bit back from the top. However, what is important is that we took care of getting a positive result against a team who has always been a bit of a struggle for us.

Europe is over for us once again yet things could have so easily gone the other way!

We played a well fought match and the passion was very obviously there from our players. Throughout the entire first half they pressured and never gave up chasing the ball. Our passing was smooth, players looked calm and collected when under pressure in the attack, and things really were going well for us for the first 40 minutes or so.

BRUSSELS, Belgium RSC Anderlecht won 2-0 at home against HNK Hajduk Split to tiptoe into second place in UEFA Europa League Group G and secure an unlikely place in the round of 32. Though Ariël Jacobs' team kept their side of the bargain with minimal fuss thanks to Tom De Sutter's 12th-minute opener and [.