Roman Pavlyuchenko is enduring a torrid time at White Hart Lane. The Spurs frontman can't get into the team and boss Harry Redknapp seems hesitant to sell him until the summer despite interest from Russia. It seems certain he will go down as a ‘flop' in England, but he is by no means the worst of the bunch.

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So in a week of mourning, the yin-yang repeats itself, with the 0-3 win at Xerez preceding Barcelona's much-predicted (and eventual) defeat at Atletico Madrid in the late Sunday game at the Calderon. The leaders had lost Alves, Abidal, Pique. Marquez, Yaya and Chigrinski before the game, only to lose Seydou Keita in the second minute. Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid blew the Spanish La Liga title race wide open on Sunday with a 2-1 home win over previously undefeated FC Barcelona. Coupled with second-placed Real Madrid's 3-0 win at bottom club Xerez on Saturday, the result means that Barca's lead at the top of the table is down to two points. Former Arsenal man Jose Antonio Reyes set [. Click to continue reading...

In a difficult week for Liverpool, which say the team crash out of the FA Cup to lowly Reading, fans have taken a crumb of comfort from the one piece of good news to come out of Anfield.
Maxi Rodriguez sealed his free transfer from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday afternoon, after completing a medical on Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

It looks like zio Ranieri is getting himself all worked up or rather, excited over the possibility of the ToniTotti pairing for Roma this weekend against Genova. He even compared the spectacle to Drogba's favourite film, Avatar!

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Following our best and worst goals of the past decade, as well as our best and worst signings, the final review is of the best and worst matches from the noughties.

BEST GAMES

vs Arsenal, February 25th 2001

United took the lead against title rivals Arsenal on just two minutes.

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Deportivo La Coruña 2 Atletico Madrid 1 (La Liga, Noviembre 21, 2009)
Sergio Aguero puso al Atlético de Madrid arriba en el marcador, pero el Depor empato con gol del defensa conocido en México Diego Colotto y después un penal en tiempo de compensación le dio la oportunidad al mexicano ex-atlista Andres Guardado para que mostrara personalidad y jerarquia, para de alguna manera vengar a Javier Aguirre y derrotar a un mediocre y malagradecido Aleti.

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In this weekend of European action France really cranked it up a notch, a 5-5 draw between Lyon and Marseille showed not only great attacking talent, but also defensive organisation.
In England, Hull City get an important win over Stoke City with a late winner by Vennegoor of Hesselink, this win eases the pressure on Phil Brown, who was leading the sack race recently. Click to continue reading...

Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...] Click to continue reading...

Prior to last night's match against Chelsea at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, Footy Factor called in some favors from our Spanish counterparts and shot some telling footage of Atletico Madrid's pre-match warm-up. Do you notice who's missing?

PS. On a side note, check out Jose Antonio Reyes' hop-step-jump over the touchline.

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Apoel Nicosia vs FC Porto

FC Porto will look to lock up second place in Group D with a win against Nicosia. The 2-1 victory a fortnight ago did not represent the game. Porto out-played the Romanian side for the better part of the game and Hulk should have had a hat-trick at least.

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MONTEVIDEO - With only one game remaining in the schedule of the hardest qualifying continent in the world, the highly anticipated matchup of Uruguay vs. Argentina may boil down to the most crucial game in the history of international qualifiers. Not only because each team must win, but because an Ecuador win, will definitely seal the fate of one of them. Click to continue reading...

First off, don't forget to read Javier's post from yesterday. It's a good one.

Today, it's an analysis of VCF's 'defense' from the perspective of last weekend's Atletico Madrid draw by intrepid supporter/commentator Nithin, complete with videos from Kyle's excellent Locos 4 Los Che.

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This is another segment I will do every weekend after a Champions League round. I will name the best starting line-up from this week's games.

Goalkeeper: Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Dynamo Kiev)

Dynamo Kiev's keeper didn't get much help from his teammates but he single-handedly stopped Barca from running rampant on the score sheet.

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Ancelotti s under pressure at Chelsea.

Apoel Nicosia vs Chelsea:

How fast things change. Ancelotti is learning this first hand after Chelsea's shock defeat to Wigan this past weekend. He is under a obscene amount of pressure because of this loss and while he says he is not feeling it I'm sure a win would do him good.

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0-1 Piatti 26'1-1 Cleber Santana 27'2-1 Diego Martin Forlan 55'2-2 Piatti 90'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Click to continue reading...

Anyone watching Barcelona's midweek game in the Champions League against Inter, hoping to see the side that bought beautiful football all around Europe last season might have come away a little dissapointed. A 0-0 you say? That doesn't seem the Barca way. Of course it isn't, and they do seem to [...] Click to continue reading...

1-0 Z.Ibrahimovic 2'2-0 L.Messi 16'3-0 D.Alves 30'4-0 S.Keita 41'4-1 K.Aguero 45'4-2 D.Forlan 84'5-2 L.Messi 90'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Click to continue reading...

I primi verdetti sono stati emessi. Ieri sera, infatti, sono andate in scena le gare di ritorno del quarto turno di preliminare della Champions League. A qualificarsi per il tabellone principale sono state le squadre di calcio che erano favorite alla vigilia (e sulla base dei match d'andata) ma c'è stata anche qualche piacevole sorpresa. Click to continue reading...

So, the much Emirates cup is here. We have grown to love this competition because it shows we have a ground big enough to attract the cream of the crop. Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, Valencia have all visited here before. While PSG are not exactly a big name, Rangers and Atletico Madrid are. And we are playing these two teams this year. Click to continue reading...

* Tevez * Tuncay * Zarate * Owen * Forlan * Santa Cruz * Other Click to continue reading...

Ottimismo, ma meno certezze: dalla Spagna cominciano a vacillare le certezze della stampa iberica sul trasferimento di Kakà al Milan. Non è un caso ad esempio, che l'home page di AS dedica più spazio alle piste che portano a Forlan e Villa più che a Kakà : il trasferimento viene definito "paralizado" per l'intervento del Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Good morning, it's all a bit like this today

I have scoured the newspapers and the websites and there's approximately fuck all going on. One of the Spanish papers, AS, seems to have picked up on yesterday's Mirror story and added a few bells and whistles, talking as they do about agreements being in place regarding fees etc, but there's nothing to it really.

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One of yesterdays big turning points in Round 37 of the Spanish League happened in the race for this season "Pichichi" title. Thisis the local name given to the player who scores the most goals inthe Spanish League for the season. Until yesterday FC Barcelonaplayer Samuel Eto´o was leading the table with his 29 goals, justone ahead of Atletico de Madrid Uruguayan International forwardDiego Forlan Click to continue reading...

There are a few reasons to post this video:1. The Atletico de Madrid comeback, down originally 0-22. The spectacular 1º goal from DIEGO FORLAN3. That Forlan has notched up 27 goals this season & is only oneaway from equalizing the current Spanish "Pichichi" Samuel Eto´o4. Have email requests from SFS readersHere it is, enjoy. Click to continue reading...

(Recreativo Huelva-Real Madrid 0-1. La risposta ai catalani arriva da Marcelo che, imbeccato da un lunghissimo lancio, entra in area e batte il portiere avversario, regalando i tre punti ai blancos)
Ecco i risultati:
Almeria-Osasuna 19/04/
Athletic Bilbao-Dep. La Coruna 0-1
Marcatori: 85' Alvarez (Dep)
Atletico Madrid-Numancia 3-0
Marcatori: 62' Banega (Atl); 79' Forlan (Atl); 90' Simao (Atl)
Betis Siviglia-Sporting Gijon 19/04/
Espanyol-Racing Santander 19/04/
Getafe-Barcellona 0-1
Marcatori: 19' Messi (B)
Malaga-Maiorca 1-1
Marcatori: 53' Apono (Mal); 59' Arango (Mai)
Recreativo-Real Madrid 0-1
Marcatori: 49' Marcelo (Rea)
Valencia-Siviglia 19/04/
Valladolid-Villarreal 19/04/
La classifica della Liga:
Barcellona 78; Real Madrid 72; Siviglia 57; Atletico Madrid 49; Valencia 49; Villarreal 48; Malaga 47; Dep. Click to continue reading...