Tired of living your regular life, carting around your own groceries like a peasant worker, having to travel cook your own dinner like a pleb and being forced to carry your own handbag?

Fear not, Kickettes. Hyundai, (official partner of FIFA World Cup) have come up with a plan of action (and tabloid mag mock up) to help us through:

A competition offering the chance to win a weekend with family and friends in a nine-bedroom mansion.

Let's ignore the obvious discussion for a second. Try and stay with us.

Top story of the day just might belong to Frank Lampard and Christine Bleakley, who have joined holiday forces with the Jamie and Louise Redknapp in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. (Staying at Hotel Cala Di Volpe, a village-themed resort designed by Aga Khan situated in the Porto Cervo bay, the Redknapps are loyal customers of the accommodations ever since their first stint at the resort two years ago.

If just half the rumors about the number of strikers Sir Alex Ferguson is reported to be interested in prove to be correct, Old Trafford will provide the setting for the highest scoring matches ever...
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And in an unusual position, too, by the sound of it.

Beckham: A picture of concentration in today's game for AC Milan against Genoa. (AP Photo)

Here's the game report:

MILAN (AP) -- David Beckham began his second stint with AC Milan on Wednesday night, playing 76 minutes and positioned at forward rather than his usual midfield during his team's 5-2 victory over Genoa in the Italian league.

Perhaps it's obvious that today was not a successful day for posting news here at Kickette Towers.

*Sound of a cricket riding a tumbleweed*

Never mind, we've got a lorryload of hot boys in suits doing good deeds at the First Annual gala of Champions for Children Foundation in Milan last night.

Some of football's biggest stars are in fitness battles to be ready for their team's second leg clashes.

Alexandre Pato was injured last weekend in Milan's 3-1 win against Atalanta. He scored two goals but had to be stretchered off with a hamstring strain. He didn't play in Milan's 0-0 draw with Roma today and will be a last minute decision before Wednesday's match.

Who ate so much this past extended weekend that they have chocolate oozing from their pores?

That's a trick question, since we all know the answer. Especially the elasticated waistbands we're bringing back for spring/summer 2010.

Not sure about you, Kickettes, but the holiday-weekend-that-was reminded us that too much family time makes us feel as crabby as Marco Borriello looks.

Juventus are a club with plenty of history and trophies, and while the chairman Andrea Agnelli is trying to return to the golden days of winning, it will take some time.

The project of the bianconeri was beginning to take shape: Luigi Delneri as the coach along with Beppe Marotta as the sporting director, some smart signings and qualification into the Europa League.

Wow, that's all I can say seeing some of the transfers that have gone through in the past few days. While there aren't too many "big" names which moved around, there's are certainly some interesting, young and skilful players which are going to be wearing new jerseys this season. Let's see some of the signings that clubs have made, and how they'll affect the Serie A, and maybe European competitions.

Totti Will Provide The Attacking Threat For Roma Tonight.

Louis van Gaal's Bayern Munich reached the Champions League final last year which they unfortunately lost to Jose Mourinho's Inter side, but will be looking to kick off this season's European campaign with three points against a very strong Roma outfit.

Alex Ferguson says Javier Hernandez needs to 'work on his physique'. Sigh. So do we, Sir Alex. So do we. Image: Getty Images/Zimbo

It seems like seconds since we finished writing up the Weekend Results and watched with interest as you lot unleashed yourselves all over the comments.

Well Kickettes, duty calls...again.

Just as it did the last time we had enough motivation to transform ourselves into thigh lexiconartists. We've been inspired, dear readers.

However. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Consider this Thursday Thigh-Off one more small step towards weekly repetition.

This weekend is a big one; in all three leagues (Serie A, English Premier League, and La Liga) we have some big matches. What we also have this weekend is the FIFA World Club Cup Final between TP Mazembe and Inter Milan, and it is the first time that an African side has reached the final of this tournament.

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TABELLINO
JUVENTUS (4-4-1-1): Manninger; Grygera, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; Salihamidzic (15'st Del Piero), Poulsen (18'st De Ceglie), Felipe Melo, Marchisio; Diego; Amauri. A disp.: Chimenti, Legrottaglie, Zebina, De Ceglie, Tiago, Immobile. All. Ferrara.
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Dida; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Gattuso(20'st Flamini), Ambrosini; Beckham, Borriello (40'st Huntelaar), Ronaldinho.

The Dinho is back! Well, that was what many futbolitas told us excitedly on Twitter and you could be right! A few days ago, we questioned this cara's ability to make Dopey's starting XI, which remains an open call, unless you are Uncle Pele and even he can't waltz into the training ground of Granja Comary whenever he pleases.

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MILAN: Dida; Abate, Nesta (10′ st Favalli), T.Silva, Antonini; Gattuso, Flamini (1′ st Jankulovski); Pirlo; Beckham, Borriello (33′ st Inzaghi), Ronaldhino. All.: Leonardo.
SIENA: Curci; Rosi, Terzi, Brandao, Del Grosso (20′ st Garofalo); Vergassola, Codrea, Rossi (27′ st Calaiò), Ekdal; Jajalo (11′ pt Pegolo), Maccarone.

There were 23 goals scored this weekend, with two games finishing 0-0 (Napoli-Palermo and Parma-Udinese, both games featured a missed penalty). Diego Milito finally caught Antonio Di Natale at the top of the scoring charts with 12 goals after his goal vs. Bari on Saturday. Ronaldinho catapulted himself up to joint-second on 9 goals with a hat-trick vs.

Domani sera sfida scudetto nel posticipo di Serie A.
Inter-Milan può davvero cambiare il volto di una stagione, in caso di successo dei rossoneri.
Infatti, se i ragazzi di Leonardo riuscissero a fare risultato pieno, si porterebbero a meno tre dall'undici di Mourinho, con una gara da recuperare (contro la Fiorentina).

Stasera, a San Siro, Milan e Udinese si giocano la qualificazione alla semifinale di Coppa Italia. In palio la Roma di Ranieri, vittoriosa ieri sera nel match disputato contro il Catania (1-0, gol di De Rossi).
Ampio turn over per Leonardo, che, nonostante il gelo dei scorsi giorni, si affida a "Super" Pippo Inzaghi in primis, e ad un trio d'attacco completato dall'olandese Huntelaar e da Di Gennaro.

(video gol, 0-1. Inler)
TABELLINO:
MILAN (4-3-1-2): Abbiati; Zambrotta, Bonera, Kaladze, Antonini; Gattuso (26' st Verdi), Flamini, Jankulovski; Di Gennaro (9' st Pirlo); Inzaghi, Huntelaar (15' st Borriello). A disposizione: Roma, De Vito, Thiago Silva, Ambrosini. All. Leonardo.

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IL TABELLINO:
BOLOGNA (4-4-2): Colombo; Raggi, Portanova, Moras, Lanna; Buscè, Guana, Mudingayi, Modesto (dal 35′ st Britos); Gimenez (dal 1′ st Adailton), Di Vaio (dal 45′ st Succi). All.: Colomba.
MILAN (4-3-1-2): Dida; Abate, Bonera, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf (dal 16′ st Huntelaar); Mancini, Borriello, Ronaldinho (dal 34′ st Beckham).

Don't you think that Signore Borriello is a carbon copy of Roberto Baggio from that angle? Naturally, all he needs to do is to grow out that hair and he can start to make special appearances at the flower festival with it! Mamma mia, could these two be long lost gemelli (twins)?

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IL TABELLINO:
BARI: Gillet, Belmonte, Bonucci, A. Masiello, Alvarez Reyes, Donati, Gazzi, S. Masiello, Rivas (62' Almiron), Barreto, Meggiorini (33'Sforzini). A disp.: Padelli, Diamoutene, Stellini, , Koman, Sestu. All.: Ventura.
MILAN: Abbiati, Bonera (68' Jankulovski), Nesta, Thiago Silva, Abate, Ambrosini, Gattuso (81' Beckham), Pirlo, Borriello (72' Inzaghi), Pato, Ronaldinho.

There were 19 goals scored this week in Serie A, with two games finishing 0-0 (Siena-Napoli and Inter-Samp). Antonio Di Natale didn't score, and neither did Diego Milito, so Di Natale is still at the top of the scoring chart with 17 goals and Milito following with 14. Giampaolo Pazzini remains at 12 while Alessandro Matri scored and improves to 11 goals, his highest tally in his career so far.

Borriello in nazionale.
Questa la principale novit che emerge dalla lista di giocatori convocati da Marcello Lippi per l'amichevole contro il Camerun. Le altre due new entry sono rappresentate dal cagliaritano Cossu e dal "galletto" Bonucci.
Il rosanero Sirigu, invece, è stato chiamato per sostituire il numero uno azzurro Gigi Buffon, attualmente ai box per infortunio.

Corriere dello Sport Balotelli: "Shall we bet on me going to the World Cup?" (the man is hearing the cries of Senior Lippi, who thinks he has the right stuff) Eight suspended for swearing Borriello...
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IL TABELLINO
ROMA (4-2-3-1): Julio Sergio; Cassetti, Burdisso, Juan, Riise; Pizarro, De Rossi; Taddei, Perrotta, Baptista (13's.t. Toni); Vucinic. A disp.: Doni, Motta, Méxes, Brighi, Cerci, Menez. All.: Ranieri.
MILAN (4-3-3): Abbiati; Bonera, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini (27's.

7 time European champions AC Milan have an uphill task tonight when they face a very in form Manchester United at the Old Trafford. United who won the first leg of this match 3-2 at the San Siro will be hoping that leading scorer Wayne Rooney will be available to help deliver them from Milan's noose.

(video gol highlights)
(1-0. Seedorf)
IL TABELLINO:
MILAN (4-3-3): Abbiati, Abate (45'pt Oddo), Thiago Silva, Favalli, Zambrotta, Gattuso (12'st Inzaghi), Pirlo (34'st Seedorf), Ambrosini, Beckham, Borriello, Ronaldinho. A disp.: Dida, Kaladze, Jankulovski, Flamini.

Who ate so much this past extended weekend that they have chocolate oozing from their pores?

That's a trick question, since we all know the answer. Especially the elasticated waistbands we're bringing back for spring/summer 2010.

Not sure about you, Kickettes, but the holiday-weekend-that-was reminded us that too much family time makes us feel as crabby as Marco Borriello looks.

A total of 25 goals were scored this weekend in Serie A, with the highest scoring game being Cagliari-Milan (2-3). Leading scorer Antonio Di Natale scored vs. Juventus this past weekend, increasing his tally to 22. Diego Milito is still chasing him with 18 goals. Giampaolo Pazzini scored to move up to 14 goals (4th place).

It's been a perculiar, unpredictable season for Milan as the side have endured great levels of torment from humiliating defeats to the likes of Inter and Manchester United, and they have found themselves looking desperately blunt on other occasions, often with dramatic late goals saving them from further embarrassment.

Rimane invariata la testa della classifica al termine del trentaquattresimo turno. Giornata ricca di goals ed emozioni. Attaccanti italiani in evidenza, vogliosi di mettersi in mostra per conquistare una maglia con la nazionale in Sudafrica 2010.
La Roma si aggiudica il derby e respinge l`assalto dell`Inter, che nell`anticipo di venerdi aveva battuto la Juventus grazie allo straordinario goal di Maicon e alla dodicesima rete stagionale di Eto`o.

We were slightly troubled- for all of two days upon learning that our dearest of readers did not emphatically indulge in Signore Borriello as much as we do.

But since we're not ones to wallow in our sorrows, we're using Borriello's rather devastating F5 voting data as motivation to convert the masses.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has picked 29 players for training this week but did not include any players from Roma or Inter who will be contesting the Coppa Italia final. Serie A leaders Inter will probably not have any member in the Azzurri squad headed to South Africa 2010 considering Davide Santon is injured while Mario Balotelli has not impressed Lippi with his unprofessional approach and mistakes.

AC Milan has had a lukewarm Serie A campaign this season and with two games left to play, the Rossoneri are still not assured of a third place finish. However, there are a few players who caught my attention and others that simply failed to live up to my expectations.

I'll start with the performers.

Nesta, Totti, Del Piero, Diego, Pato, Ronaldinho, Beckham, Joe Cole... 2010 Dünya Kupasında izleyemeyeceğimiz futbol sanatçıları. Bütün bir sene Dunga artık hak yemeyi bırakır da Ronaldinho'yu doya doya izleriz diye beklerken bir ay daha Elano izleyeceğiz. Del Piero'nu yerine Borriello'yu, Pato'nun yerine Nilmar'ı izlemek zorundayız.

Old Trafford boss lines up move for San Siro goalscorer.

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Manchester United are reportedly considering a shock move for AC Milan forward Marco Borriello. Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of in form Italian international and is looking for an effective partner for Wayne Rooney and has earmarked the big powerful San Siro man as a potential target.

Milan defeated fallen giants Juventus 3-0 in a match with no consequence to the Serie A title race yet it served as the proper farewell for coach Leonardo who managed to do well despite the lack of depth in the squad and the limited resources.

The Rossoneri only spent on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who turned out to be a flop and was unimpressive forcing Leonardo to confine the Dutchman to the bench and use Alexandre Pato and Marco Borriello as his starting duo in attack.

To think that this madness will continue until August, it's enough to do your head in! Who's being chased by who, who's staying, who's definitely going, transfer fees resembling telephone numbers...
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