It is funny how a game that saw Mark Schwarzer put in a performance of a lifetime, and an Australian squad win in the final minutes while sporting a ten man squad for over 70 can be overshadowed by a firecracker.

One. Lame. Firecracker.

But since we can't get enough of this junk, check out the confusion as the sparks fly in the Australian/Oman Asian Cup qualifier.

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There seems to be a lot of confusion over how much Liverpool paid/will eventually pay Roma for the services of Alberto Aquilani. Figures such as £20m, £17m and £5m (!) have been bandied about, but the truth is the total outlay could (potentially) turn out to be much more.
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Inter Milan v AS Roma
Serie A
Sunday, 8 November 2009
San Siro
Kick off: 20:45

As Internazionale faces AS Roma at the San Siro this Sunday, Roma manager Claudio Ranieri will be hoping that the evidence he is looking at is wrong.

Exhibit item A tells Ranieri that Roma without Francesco Totti does not offer much this season.

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Wayzata 2-1 Woodbury

The Wayzata Trojans are now nine straight games undefeated and against some pretty good opponents. Not bad for a team with a 12-6-4 record. Meaning almost all their wins have come at the most important time, the end of the season.

The Trojans struck first 15 minutes into the second half.

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Wayzata 2-1 Woodbury

The Wayzata Trojans have now gone nine straight games undefeated and against some pretty good opponents. Not bad for a team with a 12-6-4 record. Meaning almost all their wins have come at the most important time, the end of the season.

The Trojans struck first 15 minutes into the second half.

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Two dreadful seasons that have been plagued with injuries, mismanagement, power struggles, coaching changes, confusion, inner turmoil, and a very revealing book highlighting the insurrection of a misguided and torn team have bought David Beckham to a place he has never been before; the MLS Postseason. Click to continue reading...

Just as the referees' apparent lack of fitness stole the headlines in the aftermath of Sunderland's last game, their latest encounter – and encouraging performance – was lost amongst the furore surrounding that red balloon.
Journalists, match officials, and former referees were left to scramble through the rule book to work out whether the goal should have been chalked off, as confusion reigned at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

So yet another installment of the fiery North London derby has passed. Tottenham, missing Jermaine Defoe through a suspension and Aaron Lennon through injury, looked a shadow of the side which threatened to take over one of the top 4 spots earlier in the season. Arsenal, on the other hand, were magnificent.

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The north London derby of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in recent years has been one of the marquee matches in the English Premier League. Both clubs have looked strong in the 2009-10 season and Saturday's match took place at the Emirates. Here's a recap of the EPL matches from Saturday, October 31, 2009 along with video highlights.

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I was fortunate to watch Sunset vs Southridge last night and wanted to share some observations from that game.
A) They spread the field. Very rarely do you see two players occupying the same space unless they are involved in a double-team. When a player has the ball, her teammates create avenues for her to pass them the ball; i. Click to continue reading...

Will be awarded to the player who scores the best goal off a balloon lying on the pitch.A lot of painstaking research on the net over a period of five whole minutes has turned up two candidates.One is Darren Bent.His sublime effort is on view in the last post.This second candidate is a player from Sheffield United who also used a balloon to good effect.

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Tonight the USMNT play Costa Rica in Washington D.C. at 8pm eastern time.� Game is live on ESPN2 and Galavision. � The boys clinched a World Cup spot on Saturday night against Honduras so the game is for pride now to be number one in the CONCACAF group.� In a sad turn of events, if you haven't heard, USMNT forward Charlie Davies was seriously injured in a car crash that saw his friend die.

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Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham has had a successful return to Major League Soccer this summer. Last winter, Beckham went on loan to AC Milan for the second half of the Serie A side which helped to keep him in form for the English National Team. There has been speculation about whether he will complete a similar move to improve his chances being on the World Cup Finals roster.

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New coach Walter Mazzarri (left), and ex coach Roberto Donadoni (right)

After Napoli's disappointing start to the season, president Aurelio De Laurentis has decided to "dismiss" Roberto Donadoni as head coach, and has now hired Walter Mazzarri.

Napoli were looking forward to a successful season, with new signings such as Quagliarella, De Sanctis, and Cigarini.

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There was some confusion today after FIFA President confirmed that the play-off draw for the European qualifying groups will involve teams being seeded. Blatter was allegedly quoted after a meeting in Rio de Janeiro as saying "We have decided on seeding the teams into two groups of four, taking the FIFA . Click to continue reading...

With the ongoing political crisis in Honduras showing no signs of breaking, confusion has broken out of the status of CONCACAF Champions League games set to take place in the country this...

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O, how Mr. Wenger must hate the fact that the Arsenal Financial reports are made public. Showing that we made a record profit of £35million last year I can just hear some fans now..."£35million! Profit! and we spend none of it!" Blah blah blah. Yes, I know, we should spend some, but I'd rather have a boss who is frugal than one willing to splash stupid money on stupid players who come in with stupid egos and make the dressing room a stupid place to be.

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Ancelotti admits confusion at Wigan performance.

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Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti demanded a response from his team after their first defeat of the season at Wigan.

The Blues face a Champions League match on Wednesday with Cypriots Apoel Nicosia, then play Liverpool on Sunday.

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This is a victory that marks history, as the current squad have thus become the first Barcelona side to win their first four Liga matches in over a decade. And it doesn't look like the winning streak will be ending anytime soon, with the way the team was looking last night.
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Ah, flip flops... you can't get any more Brazilian than that! De qualquer maneira, there's been some confusion over at the Flamengo training camp. Apparently, their black slippers are so similiar that everyone ends up wearing the wrong pair after training.

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What's the latest? Anyone know? Two articles in today's Bangkok Post, here and here. It's nonsense that this saga can be allowed to drag on for so long. In November the Thais face two crucial Asian Cup qualifiiers against Singapore but this confusion can't be helping.
Nobody, neither Reid with his silence nor the head of the Thai FA Worawi with his grandiose statements, is coming out of this smelling of roses. Click to continue reading...

Football's governing body FIFA have made drastic changes to the laws surrounding the controversial Pre and Mid season transfer windows due to the confusion over its existence and the many grey areas surrounding loan deals and deadlines. Sepp Blatter, with the support of Michel Platini, has decreed that every professional club (non league teams are exempt) [. Click to continue reading...

Persija finally began training yesterday, with former Persiba striker Musafry getting involved but confusion continues to swirl around the Jakarta club. They have installed Benny Dollo as technical director while he sees out his contract with the FA as national team coach and had hoped to install one of his assistants, Sudirman, as head coach. Click to continue reading...

Good deal for David Moyes

Everton have secured the signing of Sylvain Distin for an undisclosed fee, subject to the French central defender passing a medical.

Both the Toffees and Aston Villa had been in the race to sign Distin, but after Villa agreed a fee with Manchester City for fellow centre-back Richard Dunne earlier on Thursday, Everton took the box seat.

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"Der der der, fucking useless, der der der, fucking useless!" boomed the away end when one of our passes were misplaced or shots were wide of the mark. You've got to have some balls to come to Old Trafford supporting a team who couldn't even win the Championship last season singing about our players being 'fucking useless'!

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In major tournaments earlier this decade, the Brazilian press consistently irritated me by heaping praise on the England side. They're much better than they were, they've made great technical progress, it's no longer just kick and rush - that type of thing.

Firstly the pallid, stagnant football produced by the Sven-Goran Eriksson's side in its three big tournaments was unworthy of such plaudits.

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It has been confirmed that Fernandão, the hugely popular former captain, will not be returning to Inter after agreeing to join Goiás after a manic couple of hours last night.
Reports broke early yesterday evening on ESPN Brasil that Fernandão, who had just rescinded his contract with Qatar based Al-Gharafa, had agreed to return to his former club, sparking off celebrations as supporters celebrated the return of their idol. Click to continue reading...

It's all my fault!

[cheesy intro] My name's Andy and I support Liverpool.

This is short and sweet but I thought I'd share it with you all.

It all started when I had a call from a mobile number I didn't recognise about an hour ago from a very friendly chap who identified himself as Alan Brown from Liverpool Football Club.

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On Sunday, those of us who watched the AC Milan vs. InterMilan match witnessed a moment of confusion and comedy. During the course of play, international star Ronaldinho was flashed by the referee with a red card.
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Morning all, hope we find you well. I'm as tired as Galwayman's goat. I don't know really how tired the goats of Galway men get but it just sounds good to my ear this morning.

We'll start with Eduardo around whom there has been some confusion in the last 24 hours. When asked about the options to replace the injured Samir Nasri Arsene Wenger said:

The options are Tomas Rosicky who is back.

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Cashley came out today and said that he hoped Manchester City finished ahead of Arsenal next season. Then, trying to make himself even more unlikeable, he took candy from a nearby small child, cheated on his wife a couple more times, and punched a nun in the throat.

Not that what he wants or thinks about anything matters for jack, but I do think it tells us everything we need to know about Cashley that he's more than happy to throw his boyhood club, the club that brought him through the academy, nurtured and developed his talent, paid him a substantial amount of money, and is responsible for putting him on the map as an elite left-back, under the bus for no reason whatsoever.

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The Summer of Soccer continues to open eyes.� Sports fans are taking a second look and new fans are getting hooked.� This� period of time� has undoubtedly been Soccer's most historic in the U.S.� But are sports fans getting confused and could this confusion be counter-productive?

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1) Game worn jersey cards do not, in fact, contain pieces of actually game worn jerseys. I always suspected this, but I suspended this doubt, for the reason of basking in the pleasant glow of finding insert cards. This brings me to number 2.
2) DC United players, and one can deduce the entirety of MLS, do not respect grown men who collect their cards.

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There seems to be some confusion over the identity of Newcastle Utd's next manager. The Daily Mail claimed earlier that Joke Innear has been asked to return to his former job as the Toon's gaffer. This story was picked up...

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Remember when ABC News traveled deep into darkest Derbyshire to warn us all that the sports world knows no greater scourge than the drunken, English football fan? Sheila MacVicar tried to warn us y'all and yet somehow a small, ridiculous minority of American soccer fans decided not to listen and still spend their Saturday's playing hooligan much to the confusion and derision of normal, passionate, sane soccer fans. Click to continue reading...