The following list of elite midfield players in the world will exclude the likes of Lionel
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka since they sometimes play as forwards or as support strikers
depending on the strategy deployed by their team. Kaka has previously played as a second striker
during his spell with Milan while both Messi and Ronaldo have played in various attacking positions
for their club (mostly on the wing though).
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Anfield Talk 17 November @ 05:10 PM EST
Liverpool have signed one of the best players in the world according to Alberto Aquilani's former
teammate Francesco Totti.
The Italian forward claims his ex-Roma teammate will be a huge success at Anfield despite only
featuring in two substitute appearances for Rafa Benitez's side.
The 25-year-old was brought to the Premier League in the summer as a direct replacement for the
Real Madrid bound Xabi Alonso, and Totti suggests his compatriot and friend has all the talent to
be a huge asset alongside Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.
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Gazzetta dello Sport Nerazzurri draw 1-1 with Roma Mourinho: "Balotelli close to zero" De
Rossi...
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A late goal from Antonio Flores gave Udinese all three points against Roma.
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Jogaram em Dublin, no estádio Croke Park, para um público de 70.640 pessoas, as seleções do
Eire (34º no ranking da FIFA) e Itália (4º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copas do Mundo1994
New York/New Jersey
18/06/1994
ITA
0:1 (0:1)
IRL
Group matches
1990
Rome
30/06/1990
ITA
1:0 (1:0)
IRL
Quarter-finals
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo2010
Bari
01/04/2009
ITA
1:1 (1:0)
IRL
First stage
Eliminatórias Eurocopa1972
Dublin
10/05/1971
IRL
1:2 (1:1)
ITA
Preliminary round
1972
Florence
08/12/1970
ITA
3:0 (2:0)
IRL
Preliminary round
Amistosos2005
Dublin
17/08/2005
IRL
1:2 (1:2)
ITA
1992
Foxboro
04/06/1992
IRL
0:2 (0:1)
ITA
1985
Dublin
05/02/1985
IRL
1:2 (0:2)
ITA
1926
Turin
21/03/1926
ITA
3:0 (3:0)
IRL
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
- Referee: Terje HAUGE (NOR)
- Assistant Referee 1: Steinar HOLVIK (NOR)
- Assistant Referee 2: Frank ANDAS (NOR)
- Fourth official: Espen BERNTSEN (NOR),
Aos 8 minutos do primeiro tempo, 6 Glenn WHELAN abriu o placar para a seleção da Irlanda.
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Its a list, and a damned long one, but well worth taking a look at! We love Four Four Two,
almost as much as we love Fennec Fox's.
Our friends over at Four Four Two have compiled their annual list of the top
100 players in the world today, take a look below and let us know what you think?
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So FourFourTwo have released their list for the top 100 players in the world today. We
all know who the top two will be but in which order? And how many spanish players will make the top
20 following their Euro 2008 triumph and 100% World Cup qualification record?
I cant be bothered to put the full list on here because personally I couldn't give a toss if
Darijno Srna is the 66th best player in the world.
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Molto Calcio 08 October @ 08:50 AM EST
Antonio Cassano will not make the national side as long Marcello Lippi is in charge of Italy.I hope
i am worng, at 27 this is Cassano's last hurrah.For Lippi past is prologue and Cassano's history
precedes him and he is now forever defined as the crazy one who pulls underwear over his own
head.My words not necessarily the medias.
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Dal ritiro azzurro rimbombano, chiare e decise, le parole del forte centrocampista della Roma,
Daniele De Rossi, il quale si è soffermato a parlare di due imporanti "affaires", ossia quelli
riguardanti Totti e il fuoriclasse barese, Antonio Cassano.
Riguardo al suo capitano, compagno di squadra e di tante battaglie con la maglia giallorossa in
Serie A e in Europa, si esprime chiaramente: "Il suo ritorno sarebbe una piacevole sorpresa.
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(video gol, 1-0. Okaka)
(video gol, 2-0. Perrotta)
Roma (4-4-2): Julio Sergio, Motta, Juan (27' st Andreolli), Burdisso, Riise, De Rossi, Pizarro,
Cerci (30' st Tonetto), Perrotta, Vucinic (1' st Menez), Okaka. A disp: Lobont, Greco, Guberti,
Totti. All. Ranieri.
Cska (4-4-2): Karadzhov, Minev, Kotev, Ivanov, K.
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After midweek fixtures in Italy as well as this weekend's results, all of the Serie A
clubs have played two more games and we are left with surprise leaders of Serie A.
Midweek results:
Palermo 3-3 Roma
Lazio 1-2 Parma
Udinese 1-0 Milan
Siena 0-0 Chievo
Fiorentina 2-0 Sampdoria
Bari 0-1 Cagliari
Bologna 2-0 Livorno
Atalanta 0-0 Catania
Inter Milan 3-1 Napoli
Genoa 2-2 Juventus
A late equaliser from Totti saved Roma a point at the Renzo Barbera while the dark days at AC
Milan appear to be getting ever darker as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Udinese.
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Off the Post 23 September @ 05:20 AM EST
Pepe's Portuguese picks Scientists to investigate rift in Old Trafford time continuum [NewsArse]
Top 10 controversial celebrations [FourFourTwo] Hyperbole of the day [TribalFootball] Craig
Bellamy's wall of shame [MirrorFootball] Daniel De Rossi finds an unexpected lover [YouTube]
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Serie A Talk 21 September @ 04:38 PM EST
For those who spent Saturday and Sunday away from the television and internet, or were too busy
watching the Manchester Derby, here are some lessons we have learned (or in some cases relearned)
from this past weekend's Serie A action:
Gianluigi Buffon is the key for a Juve scudetto: Although he has some
mileage between his numerous Serie A and international matches, and the Juventus attack is
quite good, the 2-0 Juventus win over Livorno shows that Buffon still dominates matches
for his team.
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(video highlights Roma-Fiorentina)
TABELLINO
ROMA: Julio Sergio;, Cassetti, Burdisso, Juan (3'st Mexes), Riise; Taddei, Perrotta, De Rossi;
Pizarro (24'st Faty); Totti, Vucinic (14'st Okaka). All.: Ranieri.
FIORENTINA: Frey; Comotto, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pasqual; C.Zanetti, Montolivo (23'st Donadel);
Santana (16'st Jorgensen), Mutu (16'st Jovetic), Marchionni; Gilardino.
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Futbolita 21 September @ 12:41 AM EST
Both Milan and Roma pulled off wins in their respective games against Bologna and Fiorentina
yesterday. Inter also managed a 2-1 victory over Cagliari thanks to a Diego Milito double.
"The pitch was awful, the ball bounced in a strange way, but in the end it went well and
these points are very important.
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Big weekend in the Premiership, Manchester derby ends in an exciting 4-3, Owen scoring the final
goal six minutes into injury time giving the red devils a precious win. Chelsea beat Tottenham 3-0
to stay at the top of the table, while Liverpool overcome a tough West Ham United side 3-2, with
two goals by Torres and one by Kuyt.
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While the Premier League was buzzing about Emmanuel Adebayor's confrontation with Arsenal fans, AS
Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi was involved in a confrontation of his own against AC Siena fans
in Sunday Seria A match which left the player in tears at the end of 90 minutes. It was reported
that Siena fans were singing [.
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Thanks to our friends at Dirty Tackle for the heads up on this one. Daniele De
Rossi looks like a hard nut, I mean he looks like he could do some you serious damage, if indeed he
wasn't a professional footballer but had maybe fallen into a life of crime. Well his Roma side took
on Siena in a match that saw some pretty savage chanting from the home fans that related to his
father in law's recent murder in what appeared to have been a mafia execution.
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Come ogni martedì, ci ritroviamo su Sport City per portarvi a conoscenza delle squalifiche
relative alla Serie A di Calcio. Cattivo di turno il genoano Criscito (uno dei migliori in
quest'inizio di torneo in Serie A) che, per il "vaffa" elargito durante la gara del Marassi,
all'arbitro Tagliavento, rimedia due turni di stop.
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Nostalgia di Luciano Spalletti. Di un mister che rimarrà per sempre nei cuori dei tifosi veri, di
un allenatore che ha dato tanto alla Roma. Ora c'è Ranieri, ed è giusto seguire il nuovo corso,
ma Daniele De Rossi ripensa continuamente all'ex guida tecnica. Il centrocampista, colonna della
Roma nella Serie A di Calcio e della Nazionale di Marcello Lippi, al termine della gara contro la
Bulgaria (vinta per due a zero, con gol di Grosso e Iaquinta), non ha nascosto la sua amarezza per
il comportamento dell'ambiente giallorosso nei confronti del tecnico: "Sono dispiaciuto.
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(Video gol di Italia-Bulgaria 2-0)
Finalmente una buona prestazione. Quella che tutti chiedevano dopo il deludente spettacolo al quale
abbiamo assistito in Georgia, dove la vittoria, per gli azzurri, è arrivata grazie alla serata di
vena realizzativa del milanista Kaladze (due autogol).
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International week is boring. There's really no news from Serie A, and we get a week of Lippi
dodging questions about Mourinho and Cassano. Here's the highlights from today's game. Italy won
2-0, finally a decent performance. Pirlo excelled as a trequartista,
Zambrotta actually ran up and down the wing, De Rossi is the most
important part of our midfield, Iaquinta and Gila actually had
pretty good chemistry, Grosso is still awesome, Buffon is back to
being Buffon, Marchisio put in a good performance, and Simone
Pepe still manages to fall over his own two feet.
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Nunca he sido un defensor del juego propuesto por Italia, aunque en las estadÃsticas figure como
el último campeón del mundo. Siempre he pensado que con la categorÃa de sus futbolistas resulta
casi pecaminoso jugar de esa manera tan austera y poco ofensiva. Pero detrás de ese fútbol poco
vistoso aparece algo muy destacable, y es la forma de hacer perdurar una idea a través del tiempo.
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 The Italian tactician Marcello Lippi chooses his squad for Georgia and Bulgaria 2010 World Cup
qualifiers, again no Cassano, Del Piero, Toni, Montolivo, and Balotelli Goalkeepers: Buffon
(Juventus) De Sanctis (Napoli) Marchetti (Cagliari) Defenders: Cannavaro (Juventus) Chiellini
(Juventus) Criscito (Genoa) Grosso (Juventus) Legrottaglie (Juventus) Santon (Inter) Zambrotta (AC
Milan) Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus) D'Agostino (Udinese) De Rossi (AS Roma) Marchionni
(Fiorentina) Marchisio (Juventus) Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria) Pepe (Udinese) Pirlo (AC Milan)
Forwards: Di Natale (Udinese) Gilardino (Fiorentina) Iaquinta (Juventus) Quagliarella (Napoli)
Rossi (Villarreal) [.
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SoccerLens 31 August @ 07:58 AM EST
Juventus romped to a 3-1 away win against Roma on Sunday thanks to a brace from Diego and a goal
from Melo. Earlier De Rossi had equalised for Roma and for a brief moment it looked as if Roma
could stand their ground but it wasn't to be as Inter's main title rivals for the 09/10 put the
game's result beyond doubt with ease.
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(0-1. Diego)
(1-1. De Rossi)
(1-2. Diego)
(1-3. Felipe Melo)
Ciro Ferrara voleva una prova di forza. E prova di forza è stata. La Juventus vince per tre a uno
all'Olimpico contro la Roma e si lancia in vetta alla classifica, lanciando apertamente la sfida
all'Inter di Mourinho e candidadosi come la rivale più importante per la vittoria finale dello
scudetto nella Serie A di Calcio.
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Well it looks like the Ribery rumours will just not go away!. Well it's either that or its just the
papers doing their bit to keep people interested in reading them!. Carlo Ancelotti came out the
other day and said "No more" signings for Chelsea but since then it has been a number of players
linked to us once more, Beckham, De Rossi, Pato and now the Ribery thing has re-surfaced.
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(Gand-Roma 1-7. Highlights)
Roma travolgente a Gent, dopo qualche brivido iniziale. Finisce 7 a 1 per i giallorossi, questi i
risultati di calcio del match che porta l'undici di Spalletti ai playoff di spareggio per l'accesso
alla fase a gironi dell'Europa League. Nel giorno in cui un romano (Aquilani) lascia la squadra e
la città amate e vola a Liverpool per vivere una nuova e bella esperienza professionale, sono
altri due romani purosangue a spedire la Roma all'ultimo turno di qualificazione: Totti e De Rossi,
autori di 5 dei sette gol finali della squadra capitolina.
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The main reason I hate writing during the transfer window is it prompts even more uninformed
opinion than usual. I try to have at least some observation and statistics to back up my other
"analysis."
Consequently, I'm hesitant to write too much about Alberto Aquilani or define the player before he
plays for Liverpool.
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Un romano e romanista, nato nel quartiere di Montesacro, e cresciuto con la maglia giallorossa
appiccicata addosso se ne va, in Inghilterra, a giocare nella Premier League e lascia
definitivamente la Roma, una delle squadre di calcio più importanti, e la Capitale. E' ufficiale
la cessione, da parte della società romanista, di Alberto Aquilani al Liverpool per 20 milioni di
euro.
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