• For the love of Kun, the Rojiblancos have been slapped with a fine of 150 euros (about the cost of a decent La Liga ticket these days). Anyway, RFEF meted out that small punishment after Atletico's fans were said to have thrown objects at Pellegrini from the stands during the Madrid derby on November 7.

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Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Lyon)

Hugo Lloris showed Liverpool fans why he is France's number one keeper. While the Reds poured on the pressure he stood firm and made some brilliant saves early on against Kuyt, Torres, and Voronin. It took a wonder-strike from Babel to finally beat him.

Centre Back: Lucio (Internazionale)

Lucio showed why he is rated so highly around Europe.

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...and remembers some of it's predecessors fondly...
The technical side:A new PowerSpine technology is supposed to give the Predator X an unprecedented increase in shooting power of seven percent in comparison to its predecessor. Ball velocity tests in the adidas laboratory demonstrated that the new PowerSpine enables the Predator X to reach a velocity of 110 kilometres per hour which, when compared to other boots, makes a speed difference of almost three metres per second.

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(video gol, 0-1. Mykhalik)
(video gol, 1-1. Stankovic)
(video gol, 1-2. Autogol di Lucio)
(video gol, 2-2. Samuel)
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The UEFA Champions League group stage returned on Tuesday with eight matches. One of them was Inter Milan (Internazionale) v Dynamo Kiev at the San Siro. Â Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Inter Milan (Internazionale) draws with Dynamo Kiev 2-2 Video Highlights

Inter Milan once again could only manage a draw in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday against Dynamo Kiev.

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0-1 Mykhalik 5'1-1 Stankovic 35'1-2 Lucio (Autogol) 40'2-2 Samuel 47'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Calcioplus non è responsabile del contenuto di tali siti web. Click to continue reading...

Inter Milan twice came from a goal behind to salvage a draw at home to Dynamo Kiev.

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0-1 Mikhalik

1-1 Stankovic

1-2 Lucio (Own Goal)

2-2 Samuel

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Apologies to Ireland, Slovenia, Ukraine and Bosnia. FIFA does not want you at the World Cup in South Africa next summer. So fervent was its determination that the rules of the competition were changed midway through it with the introduction of a seeding system in the qualifying play-offs.

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German hotshot declares love for Merseyside outfit.

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Germany striker Miroslav Klose has revealed that he would like to join either Liverpool or Inter Milan when he eventually leaves Bayern Munich.
The 31-year-old has scored goals consistently throughout his career, netting 44 and 53 in the league for previous clubs Kaiserslautern and Werder Bremen prior to signing on the dotted line at the Allianz Arena.

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Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose has spoken about his future in football, suggesting that should be leave the Bavarian giants, he would prefer to go to Inter or Liverpool.
If the 31-year-old were to join the Nerazzurri, he would be reuniting with former Bayern team-mate, Lucio.
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Forgot to post this the other day, but The Times has a nice look at Alan Wiley's work in the Man Utd v Sunderland game (when Fergie dissed his fitness).

They have a nice graphic, but the long and the short of it is that he ran about 11k and was on average 18 metres from the ball and 16 metres from fouls.

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(video gol e highlights di Rubin Kazan-Inter)
RUBIN KAZAN (4-4-2): Rhyzhikov; Salukvadze Sharonov Navas Ansaldi; Ryadantsev Noboa Semak Karadeniz; Domínguez (86' Kasaev) Bukharov (a disp. Revishvili Bystrov Blyaykin Popov Gorbanets Murawski). All. Kurban Berdyev.
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In the Serie A, Sampdoria defeat the Italian Champions to move to the top of the Italian League, for the Match Wrap Up and quick match report, click read more.
Match Report
Sampdoria slides up to the top of the Serie A after beating Italian Champions Inter Milan, thanks to a goal in the 72nd minute by Giampaolo Pazzini. Click to continue reading...

The impossible continues since getting sent off against Cagliari last Sunday, Jose Mourinho has cut off his own source of lifeblood by refusing to talk to the media. In his place, Mourinho sent out Esteban Cambiasso for the press conference ahead of Wednesday's 3-1 win over Napoli a match Jose was banned from and today he had new boy Lucio fill in for him in the presser ahead of tomorrow night's match.

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It has been 16 months since the „Special One" took over Inter's bench and now we are free to say that he made no impact. There hasn't been any progress and it is time for Massimo Moratti to ask himself what was wrong with Roberto Mancini.

The fact that Inter defended the title cannot be considered success and most of Italian football fans will agree with me on this.

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The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I'm very pleased about the latter. It is also cool to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:

Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)

Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
André Santos (Fenerbahçe)
Filipe Luis (La Coruña)

Center-backs
Lucio (Inter de Milão)
Luisão (Benfica)
Juan (Roma)
Miranda (São Paulo)
Naldo (Werder Bremen)

Midfielders
Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos)
Josué (Wolfsburg)
Lucas (Liverpool)
Kaká (Real Madrid)
Ramires (Benfica)
Elano (Galatasaray)
Sandro (Internacional)
Alex (Spartak Moscou)
Diego Souza (Palmeiras)

Forwards
Nilmar (Villarreal)
Adriano (Flamengo)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
Diego Tardelli (Atlético-MG)

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(video gol, 1-0. Eto'o)
(video gol 2-0. Milito)
(video gol 3-0. Lucio)
(video gol e highlights, 3-1 Lavezzi)
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• We don't have to tell you who scored against Villarreal... but unfortunately, Nilmar's side fell to Los Blancos in yesterday's game and these sexay tipos got the three points they needed. "They [Villarreal] are difficult to beat at home but we managed it," said Ronaldo.

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The Italian Serie had a full set of midweek matches including AC Milan at Udinese and Internazionale (Inter Milan) v Napoli. Overall, AC Milan has struggled early in the season while Inter and Juventus look strong. Here's a recap of both of these matches along with video highlights.

Udinese upsets AC Milan 1-0 Video Highlights

AC Milan continued to struggle as they quickly conceded a goal in the 22nd minute by Antonio Di Natale.

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Inter Milan's ace strike partnership of Diego Milito and Samuel Eto'o again did the damage as the champions beat Napoli at the San Siro.

1-0 Eto'o

2-0 Milito

3-0 Lucio

3-1 Lavezzi

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Stasera torna la Serie A con la quinta giornata di campionato. Per questo turno infrasettimanale, il match di cartello, e soprattutto sfida che si annuncia affascinante, di grande richiamo (e speriamo ricca di gol) è quella tra l'Inter di Mourinho (squalificato e sostituito in panchina dal suo fidato secondo Beppe Baresi) e il Napoli di Donadoni. Click to continue reading...

After the 0-0 in the first-leg, Botafogo received Atletico-PR at home. After 10 matches, Bota won for the first time. Uesley scored forst for Atletico-PR, and in the final moments of first-half, Lucio Flavio tied from the spot. In the second-half, Gabriel scored the second for the home team.

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The site Futebol Finance produced a list of the top 25 salaries of Brazilian footballers around the world. The surprise? The list has a number of players who are veterans or have not produced much in recent seasons. That shows us that even in football, the brand is what counts. What is also scary about the list?

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Reliable centre back is considering his options.

According to a report in The Daily Mail, English giants Liverpool and German powerhouse Bayern Munich are closely monitoring the situation of Chelsea centre-back Alex.

The strong defender's current deal is due to expire in the summer of 2010, and the 27-year-old reportedly wants a longer deal than the two-year extension offered by the Blues.

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From Vieri to Beckham here is a Transfer Wrap Up
Vieri is retiring,
Beckham can return to Milan,
Juventus want Rossi,
Kaka comments on Milan,
Bayern regret selling Lucio,
Roma looking at Van Nilsterooy,
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Vieri retires to play poker
Former italian striker Christian Vieri has retired from football, to become a Professional World Series poker player. Click to continue reading...

With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil it is important to remember that those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga called defender Andre Dias (Sao Paulo), midfielder Cleiton Xavier (Palmeiras) and forwards Diego Tardelli (Atletico-MG) and Diego Souza (Palmeiras).

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Después de haber dejado ir 3 puntos valiosos en casa este sabado en Santiago ante la selección de Venezuela, la selección chilena no pierde la esperanza e ira en busca de ya asegurar un lugar directo hacia Sudafrica 2010. Aunque podriamos decir que practicamente esta casi clasificado ya que se encuentra a 7 puntos del 5 lugar cuando quedan 9 por disputar cualquier cosa puede pasar en esta eliminatoria de CONMEBOL.

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La selección Argentina esta en la recta final hacia el camino de Sudafrica 2010 y parecen quedar muchas chances como estas para dar vuelta la historia y obtener el pasaje hacia un nuevo mundial.
Enfrente estará Brasil que llega con todas sus figuras y sin tantas presiones para enfrentar a la escuadra dirigida por Diego en uno de los choques por la decimoquinta fecha, donde ya empiezan a definirse situaciones y clasificaciones. Click to continue reading...

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Kaka and Lucio cordially welcome you to Day 3 of the Brazilian boot camp with towels! In today's edition, Julio Cesar celebrated his 30th birthday (with one of the coolest cakes you'll ever see, futbolitas!

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Milan vs. Inter

Could the Derby della Madonnina, the first big derby of the 09-10 season in any European league, live up to the hype? Inter came into the game favorites to win the scudetto after mostly adding to the squad that has won the Serie A four years running. AC Milan did not add much in the offseason, and suffered the huge losses of Carlo Ancelotti, Paolo Maldini and Kaka.

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Ah, an exciting week of international futbol is finally upon us as our hombres prepare to face The Dona's Argentina on Saturday! Yesterday, the Brazilian Bombshells eagerly assembled at the Tom Jobin International Airport (in Rio) before proceeding to Granja Comary.

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Este día se ha visto la gran diferencia que hay de un equipo a otro. Durante el verano, Milán se desmanteló, perdió jugadores importantes como Kaká, y lo peor es que no se reforzó bien. Inter también perdió a su estrella Zlatan Ibrahimovic, pero estos si se reforzaron con jugadores de calidad como Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Lucio, etc.

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Match postponed from the 11th round, which ended with a bad result for both sides. Botafogo wasn't able to leave the relegation zone and Cruzeiro is far from the top spots. Lucio Flavio scored for Botafogo and Thiago Ribeiro tied for Cruzeiro. The goals:

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Önce büyük kaptan futbolu ve bizleri öksüz bıraktı. Ardından Kaka'yı kovarcasına gönderdi basiretsiz yönetim. Kalac'ın gönderilmesine sevinemeden bir başka 35'lik aldılar kaleye. Huntelaar'ın o fizik gücüyle neler yapabileceği muamma! Elde kalan umut parçacıkları da kadromuzun yegane gençleri Thiago Neves, Cardacio ve Di Gennaro'nun getireceği dinamizm. Click to continue reading...