Jogaram em Atenas, no Estádio Olimpico, pela repescagem das eliminatórias européias, as seleções da Grécia (16º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Ucrânia (22º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Eurocopa:
2004Athens 11/06/2003 GRE1:0 (0:0)UKR
2004Kyiv 12/10/2002 UKR2:0 (0:0)GRE
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo:
2006Piraeus 08/06/2005 GRE0:1 (0:0)UKR First stage2006Kyiv 09/10/2004 UKR1:1 (0:0)GRE First stage
O quartetode arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Laurent DUHAMEL (FRA)
Primeiro Assistente: Stephane DUHAMEL (FRA)
Segundo Assistente: Christophe CAPELLI (FRA)
Quarto Árbitro: Tony CHAPRON (FRA)
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Atletico Madrid will seek to take a temporary, yet lucrative step, out of the huge shadow cast by neighbours Real on Tuesday by completing a qualifying round win over Greek side Panathinaikos to take their place in the Champions League group stage.
Tuesday fixtures:
Debrecen (HUN) v Levski Sofia (BUL) (Debrecen lead 2-1)
Anderlecht (BEL) v Lyon (FRA) (Lyon lead 5-1)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v FC Salzburg (AUT) (Haifa lead 2-1)
FC Zurich (SUI) v FK Ventspils (LAT) (Zurich lead 3-0)
Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Panathinaikos (GRE) (Atletico lead 3-2)

Wednesday:
Arsenal (ENG) v Celtic (SCO) (Arsenal lead 2-0)
Fiorentina (ITA) v Sporting Lisbon (POR) (First leg 2-2)
Apoel Nicosia (CYP) v FC Copenhagen (DEN) 1 (Copenhagen lead 1-0)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Sheriff (MDA) (Olympiakos lead 2-0)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) v Timisoara (ROM) (Stuttgart lead 2-0)

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Brazilians in action this week:

Kopenhagen – DEN
-José Junior, 33, forward
-Aílton, 24, forward

APOEL – CHI
-Jean Paulista, 31, forward

Timisoara
Eder Bonfim, 28, defender

Arsenal – ENG
-Denílson, 21, midfielder

Stuttgart – GER
-Elson, 27, midfielder
-Cacau, 28, forward

Sporting – POR
-Ronny, 23, sideback
-Anderson Polga, 30, defender
-Pedro Silva, 28, sideback
-Rochemback, 27, midfielder
-Rodrigo Tiuí, 23, forward
-Liedson, 31, forward

Lyon – FRA
-Cris, 32, defender
-Anderson, 29, defender
-Ederson, 21, midfielder

Anderlecht – BEL
-Reynaldo, 19, midfielder
-Kanu, 21, forward

Olimpiakos-GRE
-Leonardo, 24, sideback
-Dudu Cearense, 26, midfielder
-Diogo, 22, forward

Panathinaikos-GRE
-Marcello Mattos, 25, midfielder
-Gilberto Silva, 33, midfielder
-Gabriel, 28, sideback

Levski Sofia-BUL
-Lucio Vagner, 33, sideback
-Joãozinho, 20, midfielder
-Zé Soares, 26, forward

Debrecen-HUN
-Leandro, 27, midfielder
-Dudu, 24, forward
-Galvão, 20, forward

Spotted at Blog do Birner

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Argentine midfielder D'Alessandro has been declared available for São Paulo's visit to the Beira-Rio tomorrow night.
D'Alessandro who was last week issued a 60 day ban by the Superior Court of Justiça Desportiva (STJD) who deal with disciplinary issues. D'Alessandro had received the red card for an incident during Inter's Copa do Brasil final against Corinthians. Click to continue reading...

Inter vice president has played down speculation that Tite will be dismissed following last night's Gre-Nal defeat.
A run of poor performances and defeats in both the Copa do Brasil final and Recopa have seen Tite heavily criticised for Inter's decline however, Fernando Carvalho remains patient. Click to continue reading...

Internacional have lost the 377th Gre-Nal after an uninspired performance saw the Colorado fall to a 2-1 defeat at the Estádio Olímpico. The result is expected to cast serious doubts over the future of coach Tite who is widely expected to leave the club.
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On the 18th July 1909, it's likely that neither Inter nor Grêmio realised the long term implications when the two clubs first met.
Fast forward an entire century and the match is arguably the biggest derby in South American football where words such as passion, belief and commitment are little more than vast understatements. Click to continue reading...

On the 18th July 1909, it's likely that neither Inter nor Grêmio realised the long term implications when the two clubs first met.
Fast forward an entire century and the match is arguably the biggest derby in South American football where words such as passion, belief and commitment are little more than vast understatements. Click to continue reading...

Inter's legal team have successfully secured D'Alessandro's availability ahead of tomorrow's Gre-Nal following talks last night with the Superior Court of Justiça Desportiva (STJD).
Inter have been in talks with the STJD following the announcement that the Argentine playmaker would be suspended for 60 days following an incident against Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil final second leg. Click to continue reading...

In what has become a weekly highlight on the blog, Ronald Gordo puts a mythological spin on the importance of the Gre-Nal with the Rio Grande do Sul clássico just days away-
I usually say I do not like football. I like Internacional... and that is why I love the Gre-Nal, because Gre-Nal is not a football game. Click to continue reading...

Estudiantes win the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time and Juan Sebastian Veron does his father proud as he leads the Argentinians to a come from behind 2-1 victory (his father won the cup three times with Estudiantes). Well done the 'rat-stabbers'. In Europe, transfer fever continues and Tevez crosses the divide from Manchester United to Manchester City, who are still courting Chelsea's John Terry.

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Inter coach Tite now finds himself under considerable pressure after struggling Atlético Paranaense defeated Inter 3-2 last night in Curitiba. The defeat allows Atlético Mineiro to climb top of Série A after they defeated city rivals Cruzeiro.
Inter's latest run of poor performances are becoming increasingly concerning ahead of next Sunday's Gre-Nal as popular ex-coach Muricy Ramalho watches on after rejecting the chance to take over Palmeiras. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, I looked at the expectations we often place on international football. This got me thinking about the Dutch and their legendary Total Football era in the 70s. What does this mean to us today? Does Cruyff's legacy still influence world football?

What do we want from our football?

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Tonight we play Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium (or soon to be DW Stadium) safe in the knowledge that a win will leave us in need of just one point from our final two games of the season to clinch the title.

United come into this game in stunning form, having beaten Man City at home on Saturday and having won seventeen of their last nineteen games in total.

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(Darrin Huckerby, Fwd, Norwich FC, Eng to SJ Earthquakes)
(Diego Jimenez, Def, UAG Tecos, Mex to NY Red Bulls)
(Eduardo Dominguez, def, Huracan, Arg to LA Galaxy)
(Juan Pietravallo, mid, Veria, Gre to NY Red Bulls)
(Jorge Rojas, mid, UA Maracaibo, Ven to NY Red Bulls)
(Josh Wolff, Fwd , 1860 Munich, Ger to KC Wizrds)

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FBL-EURO-2008-GRE-RUS-MATCH 16
Originally uploaded by Vyacheslav Trotsenko El encuentro estuvo fuerte y reñido aunque mas afuera que dentro de la cancha, si no lo creen aquí esta lo prometido, el duelo entre holandesas y rusas en el fanzone y dentro del estadio en la Eurocopa de naciones 2008. Click to continue reading...

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