11.02.2012 - Con goles de Wayne Rooney (´47 y ´50), Manchester United venció (2-1) a Liverpool (Luis Suarez ´79) en Old Trafford (ante 74.844 espectadores) por la 25º jornada de la Premier League.
Los flashes se los llevaron Patrice Evra y Luis Suárez, reaparecido en las canchas tras cumplir 8 partidos de sanción por haber sido hallado culpable de dirigir insultos racistas contra Patrice el pasado 15 de octubre en Anfield.

Rafael Da Silva has made just three league appearances this season after bad luck with injuries have kept him out of the team. Even when he does get on the pitch, there are plenty of tongue in cheek sweepstakes amongst United fans predicting what time he will be subbed off with an injury.

Rafael has reflected on this bad luck but wonders whether his style of play has an influence on it.

After Blackburn got their very own Olsson twins yesterday, we look at the best of twin team-mates to grace English football. 1. Rafael and Fabio Da Silva Arguably English football's top-achieving twins to date, in tag team terms. Unlike some sets of footballing twins, the talent seems to be fairly equal between the pair.

Generation 2022: Al-Kass Under-17 International Cup Scouting Report is a post from: Just Football

Always on the lookout for new talent here at Just Football, we sent our man in Qatar to check out the inaugural Al-Kass International Under-17 tournament. A warm welcome to Raphael Nawari, who reports on a competition full of promising youngsters:

In a small secluded part of the world, the new stars of tomorrow are taking part in a newly formed tournament, which in years to come will be considered as one of the better known youth tournaments, rivalling the Milk Cup and others where the likes of Wayne Rooney, Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi have graced us with their precocious talents.

Auf der großen FIFA Gala "Ballon d'Or" wurden nicht nur Weltfussballer und Weltrainer ausgezeichnet, sondern es wurde auch das schönste Tor des abgelaufenen Jahres gewählt und mit dem FIFA Puskás-Preis 2011 ausgezeichnet. Gewonnen hat dabei ein gewisser Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, auch nur als das von der halben Welt gejagte Jahrhundertalent Neymar bekannt.

Sorry for the lack of posts over the past couple of days. Quite a bit going on in my world at that moment. Now, with the pleasantries out of the way, let's take a look at what's been going on since our much-needed win at Wolves. Turns out, this has been a relatively newsworthy day for the Chels.

CO approved transfer target

Source(s): Chelsea set to make second bid for Lucas Moura
• Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva is one of world football's elite young talents.

If we are to believe the lovely Mayans, the bearers of good news, then, sometime in 2012, the year we've just entered of course, the beautiful human race – and also Luis Suarez – will be wiped out by some sort of terrible catastrophe. Oh well. Thankfully however, there are a bunch of cool, slick wordsmiths who are considerably more optimistic than the Mayans and see this year as one, not of doom and gloom, but of happiness – in particular, for Manchester United.

If we are to believe the lovely Mayans, the bearers of good news, then, sometime in 2012, the year we've just entered of course, the beautiful human race – and also Luis Suarez – will be wiped out by some sort of terrible catastrophe. Oh well. Thankfully however, there are a bunch of cool, slick wordsmiths who are considerably more optimistic than the Mayans and see this year as one, not of doom and gloom, but of happiness – in particular, for Manchester United.

Nella 18/a giornata di Premier League il Manchester United di Alex Ferguson rifila, all'Old Trafford, un pesante 5 a 0 al malcapitato Wigan e aggancia in vetta, a quota 45, il City di Mancini, bloccato sullo 0 a 0 dal West Bromwich (da segnalare una traversa di Balotelli e alcune occasioni fallite da Silva).

Sir Alex Ferguson has sung the praises of Manchester United's Brazilian twins, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, and hopes that the injuries which have seen them miss so much of the season so far will become more infrequent the older they get.

"The two of them are terrific talents," said Ferguson.

La IFFHS (Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadísticas del Fútbol) eligió al holandés Ruud van Nistelrooy, delantero del Málaga, como el máximo goleador del mundo de la primera década del siglo (2001-2010).
El holandés sumó 86 tantos, uno más que el francés Thierry Henry, y cierra el podio el marfileño Didier Drogba, con 83.

Since the season ended (and actually probably before that) I'd been working on a project to find the youngest and oldest players to appear for Sporting KC throughout their history. I finished that project up earlier this past week. And to start off my updating of all the stats that I do, I figured I'd start with a new one.

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Manchester United hosted their annual United for Unicef charity gala at Old Trafford last night. Any guesses as to what has got the Da Silva twins cracking up? They're laughing with us not at us since we still can't tell them apart, right? Or is it because we're going to call them Fabael until they start wearing name tags?

Two exits within the space of a week. That is the reality of the season so far for Manchester United; one that started so brightly with good, positive football that had us all purring and brimming...
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Even an off-form United are good enough to beat boring Villa

Manchester United were extremely poor against an excellent Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup and there must be serious questions now as to whether Darron Gibson, the Da Silva twins and Federico Macheda are ever going to be good enough to be regulars at Old Trafford.

Ferguson punished for showing Palace a lack of respect

Bookies were offering odds of 12/1 on a Crystal Palace victory at Old Trafford last night, and Sir Alex Ferguson's shock following his side's 2-1 quarter final loss showed that he expected his Manchester United side to win as much as they did.

Luis Alvaro Oliveira Ribeiro, presidente del club brasileño Santos FC, confirmó este miércoles la ampliación de contrato del joven talento Neymar da Silva, quien firmó con el club hasta 2014.
Muchos fueron los rumores que surgieron en torno al futuro de la joven promesa 'amazónica', algunos medios aseguraron que ya era jugador de Real Madrid, sin embargo el día de hoy, Oliveira Ribeiro salió al paso de los rumores.

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has been included in Coach Mano Menezes squad for Brazil's up coming friendlies against Gabon and Egypt in November. This sees the 29 year old make a return to the Selecao after a 15 month absence.

Madrid's past league matches have seen the midfielder give vital performances that have resulted in wins that have taken them to the top of the La Liga table.

El Equipo Ideal de América es elegido desde 1986 por el Diario "El País", periódico de Uruguay. Solamente los futbolistas que juegan en clubes americanos son de elección.
Hablando de jugadores Mexicanos, solo 2 se han elegido en el tiempo que ha existido este nombramiento, Luis Hernández y Memo Ochoa.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has a fully fit squad to choose from for the big game against Manchester United on Saturday. It was a fruitful affair last time for Liverpool as Dirk Kuyt put a hat trick past the Red Devils at Anfield.
This game requires no build up, win, lose or draw it is always an exciting clash and Alex Ferguson has been quoted this week saying "I have always considered it to be the game of the season in English football.

United, Bring It On!

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has a fully fit squad to choose from for the big game against Manchester United on Saturday. It was a fruitful affair last time for Liverpool as Dirk Kuyt put a hat trick past the Red Devils at Anfield. This game requires no build up, win, lose or draw it is always an exciting clash and Alex Ferguson has been quoted this week saying "I have always considered it to be the game of the season in English football.

Squad sheets: Liverpool v Manchester United

With all eyes in Kuala Lumpur on Wigan v Bolton, the north-west's other big derby sees Liverpool bidding to increase Wayne Rooney's woes with another home league win over Manchester United. Anfield will revel in Rooney's international misfortune but despite renewed focus on his hair-trigger temper, the Evertonian from Croxteth has not combusted in this fixture before.

Los componentes del equipo nacional de Paraguay tuvieron una leve movilización en la mañana de este jueves en Ypané de cara al partido de eliminatorias ante Perú, el viernes en el Estadio Nacional de Lima, a las 22:15, hora de nuestro país.
La información que se dio a conocer antes de la partida de la delegación es que hubo una sugerencia por parte del Betis para que Roque Santa Cruz no juegue el partido ante Perú y tampoco lo haga ante Uruguay.

(Bleacher Report) The Reds are believed to be in a negotiating battle with Inter Milan over the prospect of acquiring the services of Sao Paulo Football Club's 19 year old midfielder Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva.
Talksport has issued reports that their is discussion over a £15 million fee on the table from either Liverpool, Inter Milan or even Tottenham.

Roma have emerged as Liverpool's strongest competition to land Brazilian star Lucas.
The talented playmaker, not to be confused with Liverpool's Lucas Leiva, is one of the most wanted teen stars on the planet.
Full name Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva, the 19-year-old was courted by Liverpool back in the summer as Damien Comolli searched across the globe for reinforcements.

Roma to rival Liverpool for teenage Brazilian star

Serie A side are attempting to steal on the Anfield club in the race to sign Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva

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Despite being one of the busiest clubs in the summer transfer window it appears as though Liverpool could continue to spend when the January transfer window opens.
The club is being strongly linked with a move for Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas who is considered one of the hottest properties in Brazilian football.

Spurs look set to lose one Brazilian from their squad in January but the question is, how many if any will be coming the other way.

Harry Redknapp had already stated that Heurelho Gomes would be looking for a new club ahead of the new season in Brazil – comments that he has underlined today.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand could be in line for a return to first-team action on Saturday to face Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

The England international has had a stop-start campaign so far this season. He limped out of United's opener against West Brom with a hamstring injury.

Liverpool and Tottenham chasing £20m-rated Sao Paulo star

Premier League rivals are both eyeing moves for Brazilian midfielder Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva

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Why Jones and Smalling prove that Fergie's the Master of the Roles

Phil Jones and Chris Smalling are two great ­examples of central ­defenders who have shown a brilliant aptitude to play at right-back. The Manchester United duo are better defenders than the Da Silva twins and are relaxed and comfortable when on the ball, ­especially in advanced areas.

Craig Bellamy was Liverpool's last signing of an expensive summer after he landed at Anfield from Manchester City on a free transfer.
But the Welshman's return to his former club was disappointing as the Reds registered their first loss of the season to Stoke City, who are now a point above Liverpool in the Barclays Premier League table in fifth place.

Kelyn Rowe is True Quality and not the typical hype

Westwood, CA Made the 45 minute journey on a free Sunday afternoon to catch the Bruins-Lions. From a soccer standpoint it was a disappointing 90 minutes. However, I got to see the only player on the 3four3 watch list that I had never seen.

Jonny Evans is the latest to praise our young team, claiming that, even at just 23-years-old, there is pressure from the younger members of the squad on players like him.

"It is weird," he said. "It is hard to believe Phil Jones is only 19. Chris Smalling is 21. David de Gea is 20.

Alex Ferguson has done it again. He has reinvented a new Manchester United team every bit as dangerous and driven as the ones in previous years. United must be the Barcelona of the Premier League in the way they keep churning out fantastic youngsters season after season.
Danny Wellbeck, Tom Cleverley, Fabio and Rafael Da Silva are the latest products of the youth system conveyor belt, and augmented by smart money signings of David De Gea, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, Ferguson have sure-handedly laid the foundation for another decade of dominance.

Any attempt from Arsenal fans to deflect yesterday's humiliating defeat by pointing to their injured and suspended players has been dismissed by captain Robin Van Persie. The Dutchman, whose penalty was saved by David De Gea at 1-0, has reminded people that United were also missing players.

Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Rafael Da Silva and Antonio Valencia were all missing for United.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Danny Welbeck of Manchester United celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on August 22, 2011 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (Bleacher Report)Manchester United currently are joint top of the table as they look to keep their streak going against an Arsenal team that is experiencing loads of change this season.

Former Philadelphia Union fan favorite Fred (full name Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva or just Fred da Silva)
officially made his way back to Australia on Wednesday.

da Silva returns to a country where he first made his name, internationally, in professional soccer, scoring four times in 17 games for Melbourne Victory.

24.08.2011 - Inaugurado el pasado 9 de julio (2011) en Pachuca (Parque David Ben Gurión, México), el Salón de la Fama del Fútbol ya eligió la primera generación de leyendas "investidas" que merecen forman parte.
Cuarenta periodistas mexicanos y extranjeros deliberaron (a puertas cerradas 16.

After a day of social unrest disrupted Tottenham's opening day game at home to Everton, they face the rather more difficult task of going away to champions Manchester United.

Only time will tell if the late start to Tottenham's season will have a positive or negative effect. On one hand the extra few days of rest might be beneficial to the players' fitness; but then on the other, playing catch up from the off is never ideal and could have an impact on morale if things don't go quite to plan early on.