This is a 2011 list of top 20 highest paid soccer players in the world.

RankPLAYERSCLUBSMONTHLYANNUAL 1Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid€ 1,000,000€ 12 million 2 Lionel MessiFC Barcelona€ 875,000€ 10.5 million 3 Fernando TorresChelsea€ 833,000€ 10 million 4 Yaya Toure Manchester City € 833,000€ 10 million 5 Wayne Rooney Manchester United € 791,000€ 9,500,000 6 Ricardo Kaka Real Madrid € 750,000 € 9,000,000 7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic AC Milan€ 750,000€ 9,000,000 8 Emmanuel Adebayor Real Madrid € 708,000€ 8,500,000 9 Carlos TevezManchester City€ 666,000€ 8,000,000 10 Samuel Eto'oInternazionale€ 666,000€ 8,000,000 11 Frank Ribery Bayern Munich € 666,000€ 8,000,000 12 John TerryChelsea€ 625,000€ 7,500,000 13 Frank Lampard Chelsea€ 625,0007500.

25.10.2011 - Mundo Deportivo adelantó parte de la nómina de 50 jugadores preselccionados por el Comité Técnico de la FIFA (en el que figuran hombres como Romario, Maturana, Bilardo o Jomo Sono) para la próxima elección del Balón de Oro 2011 que se entregará el 9 de enero (2012) en Zurich.

By Geoff Reid

Group A
Napoli vs Bayern Munich from the Stadio San Paolo, Naples
The Italian hosts are currently the best side in Serie A, according to Bayern head coach Jupp Heynckes. He believes that Napoli do not play the traditional Italian way, and instead of setting up a side to be broken down and hit on the counter, they're a team with a lot of attacking options and have shown that so far this season.

As league action takes a break this coming weekend and into the new week, more and more shocking surprises are emerging from team camps all round Europe. After England coach dramatically left out established players Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard, his French counter part Laurent Blanc will have to look for other attacking options as he 2 main men are out injured.

As league action takes a break this coming weekend and into the new week, more and more shocking surprises are emerging from team camps all round Europe. After England coach dramatically left out established players Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard, his French counter part Laurent Blanc will have to look for other attacking options as he 2 main men are out injured.

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On this week's main report, Hans, our German correspondent spotlights Bayern Munich, a team that has had a fantastic start to the season in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

Dominating the premier league so far, two Manchester teams haven't really set the lights up in Europe as until match day two, both teams yet to taste victories.

This midweek, Manchester City was beaten by superior Bayern Munich, while Manchester United scraps a draw against surprising Swiss outfit, FC Basel in an extremely thrilling game which saw Sir Alex Ferguson's team blowing away a two goals lead in the first half.

Jeder der die ARD-Sportschau kennt, der kennt auch das legendäre Torwandschießen. Drei mal oben und drei mal unten schießen ist die einfache Regel. Seit dem 5. September 1966 gibt's in der ARD-Sportschau das Torwandschiessen mittlerweile also seit fast 45 Jahren. Viele Profis haben sich an der Wand die Zähne ausgebissen, einige versuchen es mit Gefühl und andere wie Mario Basler versuchen gleich ein eigenes Loch in die Wand zu schießen.

Jeder der die ARD-Sportschau kennt, der kennt auch das legendäre Torwandschießen. Drei mal oben und drei mal unten schießen ist die einfache Regel. Seit dem 5. September 1966 gibt's in der ARD-Sportschau das Torwandschiessen mittlerweile also seit fast 45 Jahren. Viele Profis haben sich an der Wand die Zähne ausgebissen, einige versuchen es mit Gefühl und andere wie Mario Basler versuchen gleich ein eigenes Loch in die Wand zu schießen.

Ukraine 1, France 4

Ukraine opened the scoring in the 53rd minute courtesy of an epic howler from France's backup goalkeeper Steve Mandanda. France replied with a very well taken equalizer from Gameiro, and then ran over Ukraine in the last 10 minutes or so after some of France's best players came on as substitutes.

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