World's worst room service Corinthians are keeping their biggest star (literally) under house arrest in a bid to halt the seemingly unstoppable expansion of his waistline. Former Inter Milan star Adriano is being kept under lock and key at a hotel after the club decided to show tough love to their striker to help his [.

On this week's Gadsby's England roundup, a new show has to take over the airwaves: The England and FA February Farce. John Terry is sacked again, Don Fabio puts the knife in and publicly criticizes his employers the FA – worse, in Italian; Rio says no, and poor Stevie G. doesn't know what to make of it all.

De Gea, Rafael, Evans, Rio, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Young Welbeck and Rooney.

Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Park, Chicharito, Fabio, Scholes and Pogba.

Chelsea team: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Bosingwa, Essien, Meireles, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres and Mata.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Chelsea vs UNITED" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

The two teams have been confirmed for today.Bosingwa starts at left-back, Cahill makes his debut and Essien returns for first start of the season.
Chelsea:
Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Bosingwa, Essien, Meireles, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres and Mata.
Subs: Turnbull, Ferreira, Bertrand, Hutchinson, Romeu, Piazon, Lukaku.

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.

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique, Carragher, Henderson, Gerrard, Downing, Maxi, Carroll.
Subs: Johnson, Coates, Kuyt, Adam, Doni, Shelvey, Bellamy.

Man United: De Gea, Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Welbeck.

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique, Carragher, Henderson, Gerrard, Downing, Maxi, Carroll.
Subs: Johnson, Coates, Kuyt, Adam, Doni, Shelvey, Bellamy.

Man United: De Gea, Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Welbeck.

De Gea, Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Park, Welbeck.

Bench: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Berbatov, Hernandez, Fabio, M.Keane, Pogba.

LFC: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Maxi, Gerrard, Henderson, Downing, Carroll.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Liverpool vs UNITED" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

This week saw some serious Coppa Italia action as the Serie A was put on hold. On Tuesday, Lazio fielded a side culled from both their first team and reserves against Serie B side Hellas Verona – a gamble for which they almost paid dearly. After securing a 2-0 lead, Lazio seemingly fell asleep, and Hellas got back into the game with two goals in the second half.

Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Ferdinand, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Rooney, Berbatov.

Subs: De Gea, Anderson, Hernandez, Welbeck, Fabio, Pogba and Lingard.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Newcastle vs United" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

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.

Yesterday, we took Twitter by storm with our #PreemptiveChelseaStatement hashtag as we pondered what might happen if Chelsea put out a statement to defend John Terry in a similar vein to Liverpool's Luis Suarez statement. 1. Some of John Terry's favourite mistresses are black. 2. John Terry once co-refereed a football match with Uriah Rennie.

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.

Hi Fabio's little brother my, how we've missed your older brother you! Image Credit: Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images Europe.

Good news for England fans today as UEFA has reduced Wayne Rooney's three match suspension has been reduced to two matches after a successful appeal by the FA.

The reduction means that Rooney , 26,will now be available for England's third Group D game, against Ukraine, but will miss the fixtures against France and Sweden.

Following Manchester United's Carling Cup exit against Crystal Palace last night, OTP looks at five players on display night who are treading a tightrope if they want to continue their careers at Old Trafford. 1. Darron Gibson It looked like Fergie was going to ship Gibson out on the regular Manchester-Sunderland service during the summer.

Amos, Rafael, Evans, Smalling, Fabio, Valencia, Gibson, Park, Diouf, Berbatov, Macheda.

Bench: Lingard, Cole, Pogba, Morrison, M Keane, Fryers and Lindegaard

Jonny Evans, making his 100th United appearance, will wear the captain's armband.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: United vs Crystal Palace No Pogba or Morrison" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

I'm cheering at the Nearpost!
Iain Ramsay is certain to get more game time now Dutch star Andre Slory has left the game.
Isn't it time we gave our younger players ago rather than taking washed-up overseas stars who have lost their love of the game.
We don't want you, and we don't want you coming here to reinvigorate yourself - unless you're Tomas Broich or bloody good.

De Gea, Fabio, Ferdinand, Jones, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Carrick, Nani, Young, Berbatov.

Bench: Lindegaard, Smalling, Rafael, Giggs, Park, Gibson, Hernandez.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: United vs Benfica" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

The real shame of the fiasco down in Melbourne is not:
The dismal style of football they are playing - we've seen that before.
Not the lack of game time for Costa Rican Juan Carlos Solarzano.
The signing of Fabio.
Now it is the destruction of young Kiwi star Marcos Rojas.

There has been some exciting, fast running Victory teams over the past seven years but this is not one of them.
In fact I'm close to declaring it the worst team the Victory has ever produced.
When you see Danny Allsopp and Archie Thompson lining up together it might bring back memories for older players but fans of the game know that partnership is little threat.

The transfer rumours have been a little quiet for international week at a time when actual news is a little thin on the ground. However, as should probably be expected, those senior players who are currently out of the starting XI are all being linked with moves away.

Jermain Defoe has struggled to command a starting place this season, despite striking up an instantly successful partnership with Emmanuel Adebayor.

FELIZ terça-feira! Brazil defeated Egypt 2-0 last night and Jonas netted in both goals for Mano's men ("quão legaaal" for the Valenciano!) By all accounts, the selecao were expected to win this match anyway and despite all his attempts, Hulk wasn't able to score from any of his best chances upfront.

Agent tells Liverpool and Newcastle: Taiwo is not leaving Milan

Fabio Parisi insists the Nigerian will be staying at the San Siro

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England 1-0 Spain: Daily Mirror player ratings

How did Fabio's men fare in the shock win over the European and World Champions at Wembley?

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By Eric Beard. Trying something new. Responses and reactions welcome.

Tom (thinking): Oh my... Where on earth am I? London, still? God I hope so. WHAT. A. NIGHT. After the clock struck midnight though, bam! I can't remember a thing! Remember the match perfectly though.

In the A-League we love to sign foreign players - often has beens from the lower teams or divisions of Europe or Brazil.
Are the Aussie's really any worse?
After seven years we have our proof.
Here's five, still running around that we really don't need anymore, if we ever did - and I bet they get more coin than the local player they replace.

Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio,Valencia, Rooney, Anderson, Nani, Owen, Berbatov

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: United vs Otelul Galati" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Un mercoledì da leoni lo è stato per Milan, Napoli e Genoa che hanno fermato Parma, Udinese e Roma. Ma andiamo a scoprire le posizioni della nostra topfive di gol, questa volta in veste infrasettimanale. Alla posizione numero cinque c'è Fabio Borini: il giovane attaccante italiano, sulle orme di Giuseppe Rossi, inizia a portare i [.

de Gea; Jones, Evans, Vidic, Evra; Park, Fletcher, Cleverley; Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez

Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Fabio, Nani, Valencia, Owen and Berbatov.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Baines, Heitinga, Jagielka, Coleman, Bilyaletdinov, Osman, Fellaini, Rodwell and Saha.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Everton vs United" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Amos, Fabio, Jones, Vidic, Fryers, Valencia, Cleverley, Park, Diouf, Owen and Berbatov.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Aldershot vs United" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Lindegaard, Evra, Vidic, Smalling, Fabio, Nani, Anderson, Carrick, Valencia, Rooney and Chicharito.

Subs: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Fletcher, Owen, Berbatov and Welbeck.

Keep up with the game with Daniel Harris at FCF.

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Otelul Galati vs United" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Denmark face Portugal on Tuesday evening with a win guaranteeing qualification to Euro 2012. Its a big task for the Dane's though, against a really strong Portugal side boasting some world class players in their ranks the likes of Ricardo Carvalho, Fabio Contentrao, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luiz Nani.

Why it wasn't good enough from Rooney or Capello

All that money, Fabio, and where are we? Scraping draws against the likes of Montenegro and ­Switzerland to limp into the Euro 2012 Finals. All that money, Wayne, and where were you? Back in the dressing room after one of the most stupid and rash red cards of your career.

Liverpool faces an anxious wait over the fitness of Martin Kelly after he was sent home from England U21 duty with a groin problem.
The 21-year-old defender played 90 minutes for Stuart Pearce's side as they beat Iceland 3-0 in Rekjavik in their Euro 2013 qualifier on Thursday night.
But he complained of tightness in his groin afterwards and, after consulting with the England medical staff, it was decided that he should return to Merseyside as a precautionary measure.

Montenegro 2-2 England: Daily Mirror player ratings

How did Fabio's men fare in the Euro 2012 qualifier?

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It's only Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp and so much has gone down! Man United's Fabio who declared once that he'd prefer to play for Portugal ("Oh no he DI'INT!") went through the traditional 'Baptism Brasileira' process which involves standing on a chair and telling the whole room why you're proud to play for Brazil.

The injury list is growing by the day, and Paulo Bento is quickly running out of options in various positions. We started with Hugo Almeida, Pepe, and Fabio Coentrao all out due to injury. Therefore Paulo Bento named this squad.

Goalkeepers: Eduardo (Benfica), Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj), Rui Patrício (Sporting).

De Gea
Fabio Jones Ferdinand Evra
Carrick Anderson Giggs
Valencia Welbeck Young

"CONFIRMED LINE-UP: United vs Basle" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.