The Football Finance website "Futebol Finance" (Portugues) publishan interesting article to hightlight the "Top 20 Most Valuable U-21Players in the World". The first Top 3 named "youngsters" all play inthe Spanish League - "La Liga". (Sergio Aguero for Atletico de Madrid)LIST: The TOP 20 players U-21 most valuable in the world 2009Name Age Country Club Amount€1 . Click to continue reading...

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International Friendly Spain vs Argentina Live Online
Saturday, 13th November 2009
Kick Off : 21:00 GMT
Venue : Madrid, Spain

Argentina make the long trip to Madrid to face Spain in this International friendly match, with Argetine legend Diego Maradona returning to the country where he played for Barcelona in part of his incredible career.

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Denial

Although Real Madrid needed five goals to overturn their Round of 32 tie with Alcorcón, a certain sense of denial was important in this particular situation so that they could believe that their task was not impossible.� Kaká stated, "For the pride and for the history of Real Madrid, we have to win this tie.

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All that talk of righting the ship turned out to be bluster as in the Copa Del Rey return leg against Alcorcon at the Bernabeu, Real was able to muster only one goal through Rafel Van Der Vaart. The yellow jerseys of Alcorcon were everywhere as they stifled Raul, Gago, Van Nistelrooy, Kaka, and Lassana Diarra.

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Here's a behind the scenes look at the making of ADIDAS' advertising campaign for the new Argentina shirt.

It features Lio Messi, Angel Di Maria, Emiliano Insua, Gonzalo Higuain, Lucho Gonzalez and unfortunately, Gabriel Heinze.

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What a great show the tifosi put on last night! Perhaps they couldn't all contain their whistles when Ricky got hold of the ball, but they certainly showed their cuori che sono grandi (big hearts) nevertheless. On the pitch, it's safe to say that Los Blancos played strikingly better than the first leg, even without the sadly missed Greaseano.

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Kaka returns to San Siro for the first time as the enemy.

Real Madrid vs AC Milan

Clarence Seedorf believes his side are starting to find their rhythm. Before last month's match against Real Madrid, AC Milan had only won one match in five. Since their 3-2 triumph in Madrid they have taken seven of nine possible points bringing them to fourth in Serie A.

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Oscar Ustari can only stare blankly as Gonzalo Higuaín beats him for a second time.

The fashionable district.� The working-class south.� The established.� The disrespected.� Commerce.� Industry.� A comparison between the two top Madrid clubs.� Getafe just wants to be in the conversation.

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Belleza! Napoli's Marek Hamsik and The Pied Piper of Higuain both netted in unexpected braces to steer their teams to a neat victory last night. Both of them deserve our Sunday Senor cap for this week... especially Hamsik who scored the decisive winner against Juventus.

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Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da América do Sul, em Buenos Aires, no Estádio Monumental de Nunez, para um público de 38.019 pessoas, as seleções da Argentina (6ª no ranking da FIFA) e Peru (74º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo - 21-06-1978 - Argentina 6x0 Peru
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo - 14 jogos, 8 vitórias Argentina, 4 empates, 2 vitórias Peru, 21 gols Argentina, 11 gols Peru. Click to continue reading...

Imagine a world cup without the world's best player? It's still a distinct possibility with Argentina stuttering over the finish line. Defeat tonight and the unthinkable may become a reality.

If Diego Maradona's Argentina lose to Uruguay and Ecuador beat Chile, who have already qualified, then Argentina will miss out.

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The South American region had four 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Here's a recap and video highlights of all the matches in CONMEBOL (South America) World Cup Qualifying on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

Argentina beats Peru 2-1 Video Highlights

Argentine moved up to 4th place in the qualification table with goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Martin Palermo.

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• Disculpe amigas but Guti and Casillas will not be sharing a candlelight dinner anytime soon. According to AS (not the most reliable source in the world), Casillas yelled at Guti for failing to man-mark Sevilla's players especially Renato on Sunday.

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If Villarreal continues their poor run of form, El Madrigal will look similar to this on match nights.

After another underwhelming performance in a 0-2 loss to Real Madrid at El Madrigal on Wednesday evening, Villarreal currently sits in 18th place with only two points from four La Liga matches.

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According to Ole, Gonzalo Higuain will finally receive a call up from Maradona and it will be for the last WQ qualifiers.

Diego citará al Pipita para las finales con Perú y Uruguay. El punta del Madrid aún no recibió el llamado que el viernes será oficial.

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Even the presence of newly-crowned US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro - a noted member of the Los Xeneizes family didn't bring Boca Juniors the luck they needed yesterday.

Cristian Chavez scored the decisive 90th-minute winner for Godoy Cruz as they defeated Boca Juniors 3-2 at the Bombonera stadium.

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Just 3 days ago I was singing a beautiful song about how great the satellite company DirectTV was, carrying all 16 Champions League games this week LIVE. Well I set my DVR and headed off to work yesterday excited to get back home and watch Inter Milan face Barcelona. Click to continue reading...

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Happy Birthday to my amazing brother Bill!
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Major League Soccer has announced that they will not play games next summer during the group stage of the World Cup. It's not perfect, but it's better than what we currently have going on. The league will also not play on the day of the Semifinals or Final! Click to continue reading...

An airborne Argentinian. Say it isn't so. Crespo shows his aerial abilities.

Please help out Don Diego.

He should go for a 4-2-3-1 with either Diego Milito, Gonzalo Higuain, and the best of the lot, poacher exemplar Hernan Crespo as the lone striker allowing the three man attacking midfield in Datolo, Aguero, and Messi to become more creative, open up the spaces, and create goal scoring opportunities.

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This round of World Cup qualifiers are a must 6 points for Diego Maradona's Argentine squad. Los Albicelestes face Brazil at home in Rosario on the Sept. 5th and then travel to Asuncion to take on Paraguay on the 9th.

19 players were called up with 3 domestic players to be named before the team gets together for practice on August 30th.

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This round of World Cup qualifiers are a must 6 points for Diego Maradona's Argentine squad. Los Albicelestes face Brazil at home in Rosario on the Sept. 5th and then travel to Asuncion to take on Paraguay on the 9th.
19 players were called up with 3 domestic players to be named before the team gets together for practice on August 30th. Click to continue reading...

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Ah, muy bien! Ya'll know Marcelo is keen on the high-five action above but Greasy and Kaka are having too much of an intense celebratory moment right there.

Anyway, Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 5-0 yesterday in an exhibition match to commemorate the German's side 100th anniversary.

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In Real Madrid's 3-0 win against DC United (MLS league USA)- It was the 21 yr old, Gonzalo Higuain that scored with flair not Cristiano Ronaldo or Kaka. Hopefully, Maradona is paying attention to this very talented striker who deserves a chance to play for the Argentine national team.
Transfer Price paid by Real Madrid
£80m for Cristiano Ronaldo
£56m for Kaka
£13m for Higuain

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After being held 0-0 for the first half of their friendly on Sunday, Real Madrid defeated host DC United 3-0 on goals from Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain the 57th and 59th and Dutchman Arjen Robben in the 69th minute. Record signing Cristiano Ronaldo played in the first half but was kept in check by a tenacious [. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, Images, Photos and Pictures of Real Madrid v D.C United, Pre-Season Friendly Match, August 2009. Includes Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul Albiol, Gonzalo Higuain, Arjen Robben, Pepe and Christian Gomez. /h2> Click to continue reading...

Manuel Pellegrini's gravy train continues to travel around the US or A, and a superb second half display saw Real Madrid ease past DC United 3-0. Arjen Robben's finish for the third goal is particularly sweet.

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Nereida may think otherwise, but ya'll can see that Greaseano still packs a punch! Ha-ha-ha.

Anyway, the Madridistas managed a 3-0 win yesterday against DC United with a double from the Pied Piper of Higuain. Arjen Robben slotted in the third thanks to a timely assist from Pepe.

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Yet another one of those nasty transfer rumors comin' your way.... and this time it involves one of the Argentinean Guapos, Fernando Gago. It's ok chicas, his hair still needs moisturiser.

Spanish daily Marca has claimed that Atletico Madrid's president, Gil Marín, is looking to bring dear old Gago and his fellow countryman, the Pied Piper of Higuain to the team.

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The Galacticos era has returned to Real Madrid. This time though, president Florentino Perez has signed players (let's face it, coach Manuel Pellegrini has little say in the transfers, although he wouldn't be complaining about the signings thus far!) with the long term in mind.

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A good news story for Anfield fans on this sad day!

Real Madrid striker Alvaro Negredo says he's prepared to move abroad for regular football.

A target for Tottenham and Liverpool, Negredo said: "Of course I would like to stay, but I have to do what's best for me and if it can not be here, I must find minutes elsewhere.

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Young forward Gonzalo Higuain can celebrate his first individual trophy in his young, bright career.� The twenty-one year old is just old enough, here in the states, to raise up a glass and toast his La Liga achievement.� Higuain is this year's LLTO winner for Best Player 21 & Under.� The� most potential award will be taken home by a Real Madrid player who have just added a few young superstars to join the offensive side of the pitch.

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MADRID, Spain Cristiano Ronaldo made his much anticipated home debut for Real Madrid in a 1-1 draw with Al Ittihad on Sunday in the pre-season Peace Cup. Ronaldo was� substituted for striker Gonzalo Higuain in the 66th minute. Club captain Raul gave Madrid the lead at in the 55th minute before Hicham Aboucherouane equalized for the [. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United announced today special ticket packages for the friendly against Spanish superpower Real Madrid are now available for purchase. The match will be played at FedExField on August 9 at 3 p.m. ET and will feature a team that boasts international superstars such as Raul, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Fernando Gago and Gonzalo Higuain, and, under the leadership of a new president and manager, has aspirations to sign additional high-profile players in advance of their North American tour.

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The King's Club. The White Ballet. The Galacticos (but not the Landycakes version). Rumour has it that one of the world's most storied clubs is coming to town on August 7th. They are so special that MLSE has agreed to lay down real grass over the turf for the game in order to protect the precious knees of their numerous stars.

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Reports in Turkey claim that Galatasaray have reached an agreement to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy and now just need to negotiate a deal with Real Madrid.� The Dutch striker has been injured for much of this season and rumours have surfaced that he will be sold in the summer when the new president arrives.

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