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Arsenal's upcoming match up against Barcelona in the Champions League has grown lots of
pessimism in England regarding the Gunner's chances in getting through from the knock out round as
in the past few meetings with the Spanish side, Arsene Wenger's team have always comes out
short.
Despite there's un obvious fear about their chances, the London club's skipper, Cesc Fabregas,
tried to calm the nerves of his teammates and supported by claiming that their team still have a
shot on the meeting.
Whatever your opinion of Major League Soccer, almost everyone will agree the league is no cash
cow. Far from it.
So why would the relatively frugal MLS happily fork over $2 million to the USA Bid Committee,
the lead element in a chase to deliver World Cup 2022 to this country?
[Photo: Tom Tomsk]With my transfer window chase now firmly on, it's been hectic around here lately.
Let's get you caught up with my latest, just in case you missed something.- Today's MLSS Postcard
From Europe: Eugene Starikov- A bit of winter break Benny buzz, with a Mexican league player- My
MLS Expansion Draft Week Winners & Losers- Oguchi Onyewu could change his mind about a loan spell-
Pep Guardiola has been hailed as the man who best suits Barcelona but with much interest coming
from some top clubs, including defending champions of the Premier League Chelsea, his future was
unclear.
However, it looks like Barcelona are looking to keep a strong hold on the man who brought much
silverware to Camp Nou as the Catalan club went on to offer Pep Guardiola a 5-year extension.
Beer and Soccer: Congratulations on being awarded the 2022 World Cup. You must be very
proud.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani: Oh yes, the vote established once and for all that Qatar is a
greater nation than the United States of America. Yesterday was the happiest day in my life since I
seized power from my own father in the coup.
What a boring game of football.
Manchester United came with a functional defensive approach. Not a surprise there at all, it's
something that's worked for them in the past and did so again. So one might safely say their's was
an intelligent result oriented approach.
Arsenal clearly made some tactical changes but didn't get the balance right.
Irish racing fans starved of National Hunt racing in the main for the last two weeks due to the
persistent freezing weather, received bad news and good news on Monday with the abandonment (again)
of the Punchestown fixture that was scheduled to stage the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial Chase,
writes Elliot Slater.
Benfica put the hurt on Rio Ave today at the Estadio da Luz as they continue their chase of league
leaders FC Porto. The victory over Rio Ave has Benfica five points behind the Dragons who do have a
game in hand on the Eagles.Benfica was quick off the mark scoring two goals in the first ten
minutes of the game as Pablo Aimar and a Javier Saviola shot the was redirected into the Rio Ave
net
Since Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney handed in transfer requests something has really bugged me.
Why does nobody really question either players loyalty to their clubs?
They both told their employers that they wanted to leave, made it public, and put it in
writing.
Of course the pair retracted the requests in the end but to me it almost seems as though the fact
both want(ed) to leave has been swept under the carpet.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. The January issue of Outside Magazine is featuring soccer star Landon Donovan. In
the issue, the L.A. Galaxy captain talks about the fatigue of performing at peak intensity, the
difficulties of vegging on the couch, and the real advantage of being one of the top runners on the
soccer field.
F91 Dudelange have a big lead in Luxembourg
In the second part of our winter break review Stoppage Time International Football Blog
looks at the current situation in many more of Europe's top leagues.
LUXEMBOURG: F91 Dudelange (15 games, 42 points) are running away with it in the
National Division presently.
