Wolfsburg edged closer to booking a place in the knock-out round out the Champions League thanks to a very positive performance on the pitch. Besiktas were consequently bundled out of the competition, owing to an early goal from Zvjezdan Misimovic, and a late strike each from Christian Gentner and Edin Dzeko. Click to continue reading...

VfL Wolfsburg vs Besiktas

Last year's Bundesliga champions have been disappointing this season. They have only shown glimpses of the wonderful attacking football that we were all spoiled with this past year.

Grafite is back from a club-enforced break following his red card against Besiktas a fortnight ago.

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Manchester United vs CSKA Moscow

I believe there is some drama to be had from Group B and I expect this fixture to provide it. The table at the moment has United with six points and then Wolfsburg and Moscow with three points.

When United visit Russia they will have a difficult task on their hands.

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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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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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First UEFA Champions league game, 1st win, any win in the champions league is a good result home or away. But as I am united perfectionist, I'm probably not the only reds fan that was not too happy...
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Manchester United recoreded an away victory against Besiktas in their opening game of Group B UEFA Champions League. The only goal came in the 2nd half by Paul Scholes who was sent off against...
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Proof it's just 11 v 11, football matches aren't played on paper and more cliches Football is a mixed up game, and results in Group B of the Confederations Cup only serve to prove that. It is probably fair to say that Brazil were the best team in the group having won all three of their [...]

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Final day of the group stages in the Confederations Cup. What are we doing to celebrate? A great big jumbo liveblog. Both games, one liveblog, all your main-page bloggers in one spot. I think Chris is going to take charge of Italy-Brazil, Daryl is going to head up USA-Egypt, and [...] Click to continue reading...

Germany must avoid defeat today in order to prevent being eliminated in the Euro 2008 group stage. That sentence isn't one many people thought they would see but the pre-tournament favorites are just in that position after losing to Croatia in its second game of the tournament.

Germany must register a draw or win to advance to the quarterfinals, where a meeting with Portugal awaits.

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Saturday 14th June I arise early, shower, shave and bound back to Potting shed number one, ready for another day's cutting edge journalism. I'd left the other boys last night with the understanding that we'd be getting a full day's work in today so am somewhat surprised to see the curtains drawn and the door locked. Click to continue reading...

Business as usual for the Germans So we are a weekend in to Euro 2008 and as yet no surprise, and not even a surprise goal from an underdog. Is this the route the tournament will take? Its looking like a feast of football is upon us if Germany v Poland is anything to go by, and whilst I am deeply upset by our failure to qualify it does make it somewhat easier to just sit back and enjoy the quality. Click to continue reading...

Before this tournament started a lot of people had Croatia down as their dark horses to cause a major upset in the European Championships and who cold blame them after Slaven Bilic's side came through a tough qualifying group to make it to this years competition. But having watched them struggle to overcome Austria last [. Click to continue reading...

In today's Times, Tony Cascarino condemns Steve McClaren in terms so damning it's a wonder the man isn't the latest incarnation of Satan. He defends England's players, the English youth coaching system, foreign players in the Premier League, and lays the blame for England's failure to qualify, in its entirity, at McClaren's feet. Click to continue reading...

I'm feeling a bit better about things now after a horrible day of blind fury. So let's step back and try to assess, rationally, what went wrong. And what went right. And to be positive, I'll start with that. The Good: Peter Crouch: Literally the only man on the pitch for the whole 90 minutes who [... Click to continue reading...

First up: Croatia. Croatia: Goalkeeper: Stipe Pletikosa, a regular in the Croatian national team and the first-choice goalkeeper since the 2002 World Cup (although he was injured for much of Euro 2004). Hasn't made many mistakes since his Under-21s days. Defence: On the right, Manchester City's summer signing Vedran Corluka will turn out for Croatia. Click to continue reading...

Steve McClaren still won't reveal his starting 11 for tomorrow's match against Croatia, but that isn't going to stop me speculating. Goalkeeper: The Times is reporting that Paul Robinson has performed abysmally in training, which probably means Scott Carson will get his first competitive start for England. The Guardian has the same story, but goes further [. Click to continue reading...

Football365.com columnist John Nicholson thinks that the FA should create a new Championship team - England FC - made up entirely of young English players, to serve as a means of training young players outside of the usual system. Is it genius or just batshit? Click to continue reading...

Hello all - I'm the new guy. My name is Matthew and I'll be taking over the England coverage here on WorldCupBlog.org. I'm a soon-to-be postgrad at England's University of Sheffield, although I'm currently in Perú and will be in Belgium for much of December. Elsewhere on the Web, I'm the Leeds United blogger over [...] Click to continue reading...