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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The World Cup qualifiers handed two wins to France and a ticket to the playoffs in November. The feat was celebrated like a resounding success despite the overall weakness ofGroup 7. France will find out on Monday if they play Ukraine, Ireland, Slovakia or Bosnia Herzegovina...it could be 1993 all over again. Click to continue reading...

After a sensational run of five league games unbeaten, newly-promoted Montpellier were finally put to the sword in a comprehensive 4-2 defeat away to a virtually full-strength Marseille side on Saturday.
And the good news for Didier Deschamps was that he finally got to see a return on the €18 million invested in Argentinean playmaker Lucho Gonzalez. Click to continue reading...

Lucho Gonzalez scored the first goal of the game in Marseille's 4-2 win over Montpellier.

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The UEFA Champions League is officially back and ready to feature the world's best teams and players in a competition that is sure to entertain us all the way to May of 2010.

Matchday One kicks off on Tuesday with eight matches and some entertaining encounters. Before we touch on all eight matches, here is a quick look at your live viewing options on Tuesday:

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON TV

2pm- Setanta Sports USA- Chelsea vs.

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The UEFA Champions League is officially back and ready to feature the world's best teams and players in a competition that is sure to entertain us all the way to May of 2010.

Matchday One kicks off on Tuesday with eight matches and some entertaining encounters. Before we touch on all eight matches, here is a quick look at your live viewing options on Tuesday:

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON TV

2pm- Setanta Sports USA- Chelsea vs.

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So there, I did poorly on my predictions for the World Cup qualifiers with two 1 – 1 draws and the quasi certitude that France will finish second in group 7 behind Serbia and will battle with the likes of Portugal, Greece or Russia for a World Cup spot, not an easy task...

The pastel Gaucho enters the Ligue 1 Pampa. Click to continue reading...

I am utterly convinced that Yohann Gourcuff is the star of tomorrow and that Milan made a huge mistake by letting him go. Four goals and two assists in three games in Le Championnat for the French midfielder is already an impressive tally and there are no signs of him slowing down. Somewhat depending on his World Cup 2010 I wouldn't be surprised to see him wearing the colors of Chelsea or Man United next year.

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Bordeaux took advantage of Lyon's problems last season and they managed to pip Marseille to the Ligue 1 title. That was a big success for Les Girondins led by Laurent Blanc from the bench and Yoann Gourcuff from the pitch. These two were the reasons behind team's success, although they had big help from Gourcuff's teammates.

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Lucho Gonzalez injured his left shoulder in a pre-season friendly against Saint-Etienne.

Lucho is expected to be out for 3 to 4 weeks.

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Está en problemas

El argentino Luis González, del Marsella, fue llevado a un hospital para ser examinado tras lastimarse la clavícula izquierda en un partido amistoso frente al Saint-Etienne.

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The most successful Portuguese club, Benfica have been largely struggling in the last few years and despite the heavy investment in the playing squad, they have been unable to end Porto's domestic domination. The Eagles finished last season in third place but it seems that they have a really good chance to lift the long awaited title next season.

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Olympique Marseille narrowly missed out on the Ligue 1 title last season, but their performances were highly encouraging and the famous French club are determined to win the league title next season. Didier Descamps has been brought to replace Eric Gerets and he has already been given a couple of presents from the new president Jean-Claude Dassier.

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Hotting up.

IN:

Lisandro Lopez: JMA himself was supposed to be in Portugal today to personaly finalize the deal for Lisandro, but management dropped a bomb today on Porto! In L'Equipe, Bernard Lacombe announced that management had called-off the trip to Portugal today, as well as divulging that negotiations for Toulouse striker Andre Pierre Gignac were underway(see more below).

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Depois de em Fevereiro ter ganho a votação para jogador mais caceteiro do campeonato nacional, Bruno Alves acaba de ser considerado o melhor atleta desta época que actuou no campeonato português. O ainda central do FC Porto, que continua com "meia-Europa" interessada em si, recolheu a preferência de 30 dos 94 leitores que participaram. Click to continue reading...

After narrowly missing out on the Ligue 1 title last season, Marseille and the new boss Didier Deschamps are determined to make things right next season. The latest reports are suggesting that they are on the verge of signing Porto playmaker Lucho Gonzalez, having agreed a €17 million fee for the Argentine player, who is thus set to become the most expensive signing in club's history.

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(Porto-Manchester United 0-1. Prodezza di Cristiano Ronaldo che trafigge Helton con una gran botta da oltre trenta metri)
PORTO (4-3-3): Helton; Sapunaru (35' st Tomas Costa), Rolando, Bruno Alves, Cissokho; Lucho Gonzalez (31' pt Mariano Gonzalez), Fernando, Raul Meireles; Lisandro Lopes, Hulk, Rodriguez (19' st Farias). Click to continue reading...

Futebol Clube do Porto
Goalkeeper: Helton
Defenders: RB - Cristian Săpunaru, CBs - Ronaldo & Bruno Alves, LB - Aly Cissokho
Midfielders: RM - Lucho Gonzalez, CM - Fernando, LM - Raul Meireles
Forwards: RF - Lisandro, CF - Hulk, LF - Cristián Rodríguez

Manchester United Football Club
Goalkeeper: Van Der Sar
Defenders: LB - Patrice Evra, CBs - Vidić & Ferdinand, RB - John O'Shea
Midfielders: LM - Ryan Giggs, CM - Michael Carrick, RM - Anderson
Forwards: LF - Wayne Rooney, ST - Dimitar Berbatov, RF - Cristiano Ronaldo

Arsenal Football Club
Goalkeeper: Łukasz Fabiański
Defenders: RB - Emmanuel Eboué, CBs - Touré & Silvestre, LB - Kieran Gibbs
Midfielders: RW - Theo Walcott, CMs - F� bregas & Song, LW - Samir Nasri
Forwards: RS - Emmanuel Adebayor & LS - Robin van Persie

Villarreal Club de Fútbol
Goalkeeper: Diego López
Defenders: LB - Joan Capdevila, CBs - Godín & Rodríguez, RB - Ángel López
Midfielders: LW - Mati Fernández, CMs - Bruno & Eguren, RW - Cani
Forwards: CF - Pires &� ST - Giuseppe Rossi

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Lucho Gonzalez deu uma grande resposta a um jornalista inglês na conferência de imprensa de antevisão do jogo da Champions frente ao Manchester United quando foi confrontado com a questão de que outros jogadores dos red devils admirava para além de CR7. «Eu nunca disse que admirava o Cristiano Ronaldo. Click to continue reading...

This one was tougher than I thought it would be, since if you#8217;re playing in Champions League you#8217;re pretty much by definition a well-known player, but eventually 9 out of 11 did get guessed. (And you#8217;ll die a little inside and say #8220;D#8217;oh!#8221; when you see who the other two were. Click to continue reading...

Porto got back to winning ways in the league by beating Pacos de Ferreira 2-0 Friday night with goals by Raul Meireles after a great assist from Lisandro Lopez (pictured above, right), and Hulk after being set up by man-of-the-match Meireles. Jesualdo Ferreira decided to rest star man Lucho Gonzalez ahead of the Champions League [. Click to continue reading...

Luis Aragones' worries at Fenerbahce grew a little deeper on Wednesday night as they began their Champions League Group G campaign with a 3-1 loss at Porto.
The former Spain coach arrived in Turkey this summer with high hopes, but a stuttering start to the league campaign was compounded at the Stadium of Light as they came off distinctly second best to the hosts. Click to continue reading...

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Many false rumours are being thrown around in the transfer market nowadays, but with the highly likely departures of Radamel Falcao Garcia and Sebastian Abreu, Aguilar is said to be seriously considering reinforcing the squad with a new striker.

To the surprise of many, one of the "stronger" names will actually be one that is well known to River fans already. Click to continue reading...

- Sam Allardyce, who's Newcastle side lost to Derby 0-1 yesterday, the same Derby County we dismantled 6-0 a few weeks back, has stated that Rafa is 'very lucky' to still be employed with LFC and the only reason he is so, is because of our Champions League showings. Other than the obvious that Big Sam needs to worry about his own job and his own side, the Magpies manager appears to be showing signs of amnesia. Click to continue reading...

Sven starts his Manchester City spending spree with the signing of Rolando Bianchi , the fee has been left undisclosed but is believed to be about 8.8 million.
The striker who scored an impressive 18 times for Reggina in Serie A last season stated that it was the involvement of Sven and his exciting plans for Manchester City that swung him towards Eastlands. Click to continue reading...