Marcelo, Drenthe nor Arbeloa satisfy & guarantee the left back positionwhich has been the place that opponents have exploited to "smash"the REAL MADRID defence & score goals. It was evident in the SevillaFC, AC Milan & Alcorcon losses of late.With this problem in need of urgent solution, Club Director GeneralJorge Valdano may have a name, & the local media is publishing thatthere are already Click to continue reading...

The Italian Serie A had two matches on Saturday, October 17, 2009 as Inter Milan faced Genoa and Juventus played Fiorentina. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Inter Milan beats Genoa 5-0 Video Highlights

Inter Milan (Internazionale) easily beat Genoa as they had goals from five different players.

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Wow, writing this match preview feels like déjà vu. Oh wait, it's because I wrote one exactly a year ago, involving the exact same teams and coaches. So here's hoping the outcome (which was a 2-2 last season) is at least more in our favor this time.

September 16, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
2:45 PM ET (20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT)

Match Background:

I was sorely tempted to copy and paste what I wrote about Fiorentina last year, simply because their squad hasn't gone through any drastic changes since then.

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Although the video quality looks like its from the 1980s, it's actually from Saturday's Peru v Uruguay match. In the final minutes of the game, and just after Peru scored what would be their late winner, Uruguay's Diego Godin decided to get stompy when going in for a tackle, which caused a hot-headed Juan Vargas to jump to the defense of his teammate and start a scuffle.

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Am 31. August ist die aktuelle Transferperiode beendet. In der Fußball-Bundesliga wurden bislang kräftig Transfers getätigt. Über 185.000.000 Euro gaben die Verantwortlichen der Vereine der 1. Bundesliga für Verstärkungen aus. Fast 51 Millionen Euro davon überwies der FC Bayern an andere Vereine.

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Fiorentina's Pantaleo Corvino is known to be one of the best sporting directors in all of Italian calcio. Over the years Corvino has discovered a wealth of talent, including Fabrizio Miccoli, Valeri Bojinov, Mirko Vucinic, Christian Ledesma, and Stevan Jovetic just to name a few. He is also responsible for bringing players like Sebastien Frey, Luca Toni, Adrian Mutu, and Alberto Gilardino to Florence.

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As promised, a special WCQ weekend edition...Before we get into all that, let's check out the MLS weekly prize contenders.Peru's Juan Vargas smashes home a nasty free kick.Wayne Rooney acrobatically caps a fine England attack.And finally, I know this is both annoying and from a friendly, but... Giuseppe Rossi threads the needle short side for Italy. Click to continue reading...

Round 13 of South American World Cup qualifiers has passed and surprisingly 4 of the 5 road teams won their matches. Only Argentina defended their home turf after "El Cata" Diaz scored in the 56th minute to keep Los Albicelestes in 4th place.

Brazil moved to the top of the standings with their impressive 4-0 win versus Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.

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4 matches remain in the 2008-09 Serie A season and after week 34 the only thing that was settled was the participants dueling for the last Champions League spot. Fiorentina kept 4th place with a 1-0 home win over relegation threatened Torino. Peruvian midfielder Juan Vargas scored to keep i Viola 1 point ahead of Genoa for the last Champions League spot.

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Fiorentina's Juan Vargas was the hero for the Peruvian national team as he set up Carlos Fano's equalizer in the last touch of the game on Tuesday against Argentina.   Vargas wreaked havoc all over the left side of the pitch against a poor Argentine side and would put the fate of his team on his [. Click to continue reading...

Perú vs Argentina
Originally uploaded by Perú21.pe Peru 1 - Argentina 1 (2010 World Cup qualifier, Septiembre 10, 2008)Argentina se fue arriba gracias a Esteban Cambiasso en el minuto 83 todos pensaban que seria una victoria albiceleste . Perú le empata a Argentina en el último minuto con gol de Johan Fano, gracias a los 70 metros de Juan Vargas . Click to continue reading...

This Saturday the second coming of Lippi happens. The cigar smoking, Paul Newman look-a-like will make his call-ups for the August 20th friendly vs. Austria in Nice (why are we playing vs. Austria in France?). Lippi has said that he will call players that are most in-form from pre-season training, and he has already hinted that there will be some new faces.

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Nothing major to report on the transfer front. Most of the info from Inara's last transfer post is still up to date. Here's the latest:

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Gregory Coupet: Greg's transfer to Atletico Madrid has been finalized.

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