Just when you thought Costa Rica's World Cup qualifying hopes couldn't get any worse, they
manage to get worse.
Just a week after seeing head coach fired Rodrigo Kenton and replaced by Rene Simoes, the
"Ticos' have now lost standout central midfielder Celso Borges for the remainder of CONCACAF World
Cup qualifying after he suffered an injury while playing with Norwegian club team Fredrickstad, an
injury he blamed on the artificial turf.
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Just when you thought Costa Rica's World Cup qualifying hopes couldn't get any worse, they
manage to get worse.
Just a week after seeing head coach fired Rodrigo Kenton and replaced by Rene Simoes, the
"Ticos' have now lost standout central midfielder Celso Borges for the remainder of CONCACAF World
Cup qualifying after he suffered an injury while playing with Norwegian club team Fredrickstad, an
injury he blamed on the artificial turf.
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The UEFA Europa League finished up its qualifying round on Thursday with the second legs of each
tie. Overall there were several matches and over 30 teams advancing to the next round. Here's a
recap of some of the matches including Fulham v Vetra, Hamburg v Randers, Roma v KAA Gent, PSV v
Cherno and Athletic Bilbao v Young Boys.
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The turnover of clubs on Hossam Mido's CV doesn't look set to immobilise anytime in the near future
as the Egyptian striker has engineered a career U-turn back to his boyhood club of Zamalek on a
season-long loan.
Every ounce of promise exhibited by the 26-year-old has been eclipsed by a negligent tendency to
become embroiled in off-field antics, and this coupled with a fiery temperament has been a major
source of aggravation for his endless list of employers.
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One of last season's semi-finalists, Hamburger SV, enter this year's competition in the third
qualifying round against Randers FC of Denmark. Hamburg have added one of the most exciting young
talents in Europe to their squad and will look to make it all the way to the Europa League finals
which will be held at at Arena Hamburg on Wednesday 12 May 2010.
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In the final round of the Belgian league, Anderlecht (of Honduras' Víctor Bernárdez) and Oguchi
Onyewu's Standard Liege were even on points (74) and victories (23), which is the only tiebreaker.
Anderlecht traveled to Genk, while Standard had to travel to Gent. Anderlecht were winning their
match rather comfortably, but Standard suffered throughout their match and only took the lead
through a penalty right at halftime.
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K.A.A. Gent lost at home to Racing Genk (K.R.C. Genk) this weekend in Belgian First Division
action.
The contest, which ended 3-2 in favor of Racing Genk, only saw one goal before halftime. Hungarian
midfielder
Balazs Jozsef Toth scored in the 40th minute of play for Racing.
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