Artigo sobre Dzeko, ponta-de-lança da Bósnia no www.fifa.com, que demonstra mais uma vez a vontade dos bósnios em vencer este play-off. É certo que nos atribuem o favoritismo, mas como se diz popularmente"são palavras para boi adormecer".

With nine goals in the European Zone of FIFA World Cupâ„¢ qualifying, Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Edin Dzeko rates as one of the most prolific goal-getters on the continent, second only to ten-goal Greece's Theofanis Gekas.

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Wolfsburg playmaker Zvjezdan Misimovic is a £6 million target for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
The News of the World says the German champions have already made it clear that it will take twice that amount to prise away their Bosnian star.
The midfielder, 27, has already scored six goals for his club this season and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is also a big fan of his passing and technical ability. Click to continue reading...

Wenger linked with a move for Wolfsburg attacking midfielder.

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Reports are emanating on the grapevine that Arsene Wenger is very keen on Wolfsburg's impressive playmaker Zvjezdan Misimovic who could apparently be available for as little as £6m although some suggest that the German champions would accept nothing less than a fee in the region of £10m.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Congratulations to Rob Shepherd for today's most fanciful tale suggesting that Arsene Wenger will leave the Arsenal for Real Madrid if Alisher Usmanov takes over at the Emirates.

In the News of the World he 'reports':  I understand Wenger has made it plain to the Gunners board he will not work under Usmanov and would move to Real Madrid instead.

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German champions Wolfsburg made light work of Turkish side Besiktas.

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0-1 Misimovic

0-2 Gentner

0-3 Dzeko

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If you've been anywhere near Major League Soccer this season you will have heard of the Seattle Sounders FC, the league's newest club. Not so much for what they've done on the field--this being MLS most clubs do pretty much the same thing--but for the attention they've attracted locally.
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German champions Wolfsburg move up to second spot in Group B with this draw at home to Besiktas.

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Real Madrid's Kaka faces off against former club AC Milan while French champions Bordeaux take on Bayern Munich in today's marquee match-ups in UEFA Champions League group play.

Milan has struggled badly since Kaka's departure, but must now find a way to win in Madrid, while the winner of today's Bordeaux-Bayern clash will take control of a difficult Group A.

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Real Madrid's Kaka faces off against former club AC Milan while French champions Bordeaux take on Bayern Munich in today's marquee match-ups in UEFA Champions League group play.

Milan has struggled badly since Kaka's departure, but must now find a way to win in Madrid, while the winner of today's Bordeaux-Bayern clash will take control of a difficult Group A.

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A former United stalwart returns to Old Trafford this weekend (along with a few other familiar faces), bringing along with him a Sunderland team that have endured something of a yoyo start to the season. Yes Steve Bruce skippered the Reds to three Premier League titles once upon a time but he will be desperately hoping to outwit his former mentor in the opposing dugout come Saturday.

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Wolfsburg, the German champions arrived at Old Trafford, full of confidence and that was quickly put into their play, as for the first 20 minutes there won't be many teams coming to Old Trafford this...
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.Manchester United came from the behind and showed tremendous resilience to defeat Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford. Ryan Giggs displayed yet another stunning show at the Theater of Dreams, as Sir Alex Ferguson's men overcame a stiff hurdle from the German Champions. Red Devils had a slow start and things got worse for them, as Owen had [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United kept their winning form going with a well deserved win against the German champions Wolfsburg in their Champions League group B match. Manchester United came from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 on a night of contrasting fortunes for Michael Owen and Ryan Giggs. The match started with a shocker for United as Edin Dzeko's opener for the German champions silenced the United fans. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United came from one goal behind to defeat German Champions and get another three points in their Uefa Champions League Group B account. Edin Dzeko scored first, but few minutes later Ryan...
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Wednesday night's Champions League matches completed in less than spectacular fashion as there was little to no excitement around the continent. Both English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea grabbed scrappy wins while one Champions League giant was embarrassed at home. The upset of the round was Zurich's 1-0 win over AC Milan at the San Siro, and results elsewhere in the competition all favored the bigger clubs.

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CSKA Moscow vs Besiktas

Turkish side Besiktas are making the always difficult trip to Russia to face Moscow. They come off a 1-0 loss to Manchester United and will be keen to get a point in Russia.

To do so they will have to find the back of the net, something they have had problems doing.

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Who: Manchester United v VfL Wolfsburg
What: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Game
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
When: 19:45 BST (2:45 EST)
Why: Because it's about time for the world to be introduced to the words "Edin Džeko" and "Man Crush"

The Results Thus Far: Manchester
United started off the Group Stage in style, defeating Beşiktaş 1-0 at the BJK İnönü Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Matchday Two of the Champions League is fast approaching and one thing for sure is that VfL Wolfsburg should provide something of a tougher test than United's previous opponents in the competition. Yes while Besiktas were plucky and persistent, the German champions are a far more accomplished outfit and you've probably heard that they're not too bad up front either.

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Park Ji-Sung will be unavailable for selection as United host German champions Wolfsburg in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

The tireless midfielder was struck down by a virus over the weekend and after missing training, Ferguson has ruled the South Korean out of contention for the mid week clash.

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Man United defender Nemanja Vidic is ready to take on the German Champion's Wolfsburg tomorrow evening in the Champion's League group stage. Both teams are expected to finish 1st and 2nd in the group, but who will be top?
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Arsenal Station has compiled this weekend's slate of matches that are available on American television. We will be getting 9 of 10 Premier League matches including six live matches and three on tape-delay. We also get Barca and Madrid as well as both Milan sides, Juve and German champions, VFL Wolfsburg.

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Here at our pick of the fixtures for the weekend coming...

Sheffield United vs Sheffield United Friday Night
The famous steel city derby is sure to be a tense and exciting affair. Wednesday did the double over United last year for the first time in ninety-something years and Kevin Blackwell's boys will be looking to avenge that.

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With the Champions League beginning today I thought it would be a good idea to handicap the groups.
GROUP A
Should Go Through: Juventus and Bayern Munchen
Clearly the top two teams in the group and two of the larger clubs in Europe. While neither team has a cake walk to the second round, both should progress without too much difficulty. Click to continue reading...

Whilst avoiding German champions Wolfsburg would have been favourable, in terms of difficulty we managed to avoid some of the tougher teams in the Champions League draw.

Sir Alex Ferguson reckons we've got the toughest group of all English teams though because of the distance we have to travel.

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We're all set for another exciting season of Champions League action as club directors and players alike  were in Monaco for today's group stage draw.

Here's what to look forward to during the 2009/10 Champions League campaign:

Group A

Bayern Munich have some tough opponents in Group A, but none bigger than Italian giants Juventus.

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Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debrenci VSC
Group E awaits. Not the easiest group (Groups G or H), but it's not Groups A, C, or F either. Neither Lyon nor Fiorentina will be easy matches, but they'll be interesting pairings against prestigious teams, while Debrecen's a completely unknown quantity. Click to continue reading...

The Champions League draw was bit of anti-climax, wasn't it really? No Ronaldo Old Trafford reunion, no Jose Mourinho return and not even a tasty tie with Juventus or Rangers for our English clubs. Instead the so called ‘big four' can be relatively happy with their respective groups and as much as Michel Plantini wont like it, should find themselves safely through to the knockout stage.

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The lineup for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage has been completed with the final five qualifiers earning their places on Wednesday night.

This week's ten play-off winners join the 22 automatic entrants in Thursday's group-stage draw. VfL Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, AZ Alkmaar, Standard Liège, Unirea Urziceni, Debreceni, APOEL and FC Zürich will all be making their debuts in a competition which sees 18 nations represented in the group stage this year.

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And then there were 32.

Arsenal and Fiorentina booked two of the final five spots in the UEFA Champions League group stages after winning their playoff series on Wednesday.

Arsenal secured passage with a 3-1 victory against Celtic on Wednesday to win their series, 5-1, on aggregate.

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Winners from London and in the Bundesliga, injuries in the Premier league, women fighting all figure in this week's good, bad and ugly section.

Good

Two from two for Wolfsburg. The German champions continue their good start with a 3-1 away win over Cologne.

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Werder took a point from Alianz Arena (1:1) and if we are to judge from the play, the visitors deserved to take three points. 69 000 people at the sold-out stadium in Munich saw German international, Turkish-born Mehmet Ozil open the score minutes before the break. Mario Gomez was the one to level the score 73 minutes into the game with the assistance of Phillip Lahm.

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The Newcastle club may have started the exodus out of Tyneside with the sale on Friday of Oba Martins, who went to German Champions Wolfsburg for a handy £8M. Habib Beye - next to leave Newcastle? Defenders Sebastien Bassong and Habib Beye have also been linked with moves away from Tyneside, and we wouldn't be at all [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle's Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins is linked to an £8M transfer to current Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg. Oba Martins-Will we see this next season? Could Martins be on his way to join surprise German champions Wolfsburg? Wolfsburg will be looking to add quality players for their first Champions League campaign. Click to continue reading...

Three German teams recently unveiled their new jerseys and leave it to the new German champions to have the only jersey that I would actually buy.
Wolfsburg's new kit's are FYAH! because there aren't any color changes and radical color mixing or designs. The Volkswagen logo has become a stylish symbol to put on a jersey, check out DC United's jerseys. Click to continue reading...

The profile of Germany's champions cannot be more different from that of the winners of the other major European leagues. Few eyebrows were raised by Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan winning their respective league titles, but the Wolves' triumph was hard to predict.

A fifth place finish in 2007/08 under the stewardship of Felix Magath promised much, but moving from European qualification to champions in one year is a big step for a club that had never before lifted the national title.

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