Sevilla vs Stuttgart

Group G leaders Sevilla can book their place in the knock out stages with a win over struggling Stuttgart as the Group's prize positions begin to take shape.

Sevilla's rampant form has seen them blitz their way to the top, with 9 points from a possible 9.

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It was a rare week in La Liga becasue Barca did not win.� Don't get too excited because they did not lose either.� But you have to hand it to Osasuna.� They have played as well as anyone recently and they gave the treble winners a battle 1-1 leaving the door open for clubs to move up the board a few points.

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FIFA has announced its 23-man shortlist for World Player of the Year. Lets discuss who we think should win and why.

Michael Ballack
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Diego
Didier Drogba
Michael Essien
Samuel Eto'o
Steven Gerrard
Thierry Henry
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Andres Iniesta
Kaka
Frank Lampard
Luis Fabiano
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Franck Ribery
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
John Terry
Fernando Torres
David Villa
Xavi

Club-wise distribution

Chelsea 5
Manchester United 1
Liverpool 2
Valencia 1
Barcelona 6
Real Madrid 3
Sevilla 1
Inter 1
Juventus 2
Bayern Munich 1
Arsenal 0

Oh wait !

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This morning Man United striker Wayne Rooney has been shortlisted for the FIFA World Player Of The Year award. He has been named alongside other English Premier League stars Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and John Terry.
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The Spanish Copa del Rey continued on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 with four matches. In action were Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla FC, and Sporting Gijon. Here's a recap of Tuesday's Copa del Rey matches along with video highlights.

Spanish Copa del Rey Recap Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The upset of the night was Alcorcon crushing Real Madrid 4-0.

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FC Porto striker Hulk has earned his first ever call-up to the Brazilian national team. Brazilian manager Dunga gave the striker a call-up for next month's friendlies against England and Oman.

Hulk will be lining up against some of Brazil's brightest stars when he makes his international debut, as his fellow strikers will be Manchester City's Robinho, Villareal's Nilmar, and Confederations Cup sensation Luis Fabiano of Sevilla.

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Hulk, Michel Bastos, Fábio Aurélio, Carlos Eduardo

Dunga has called up 24 players to face England on November 14th in Doha, Qatar, and Oman three days later in Muscat.

The squad includes Liverpool's Lucas and Fábio Aurélio� plus Manchester City's Robinho. Porto frontman, Givanildo Vieira de Souza (Hulk), gets his first call-up.

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We love this tipo, and we're sure you do too! Yes, CQC's resident louco reporter, Felipe Andreoli recently went on one of his missions during the legendary Selecao Bootcamp week and he got pretty far asking Lucas, Luis Fabiano, Dunga, Julio Cesar and Kaka absurd questions.

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Jogaram em Campo Grande, pelas eliminatórias da América do Sul, e para um público de 30.000 pessoas, as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Venezuela (51º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias da Copa: 14 jogos, 13 vitórias do Brasil, 1 empate, 57 gols do Brasil e 3 gols da Venezuela. Click to continue reading...

Rangers vs Unirea Urziceni

The two bottom feeders of group G are set to face off on Tuesday although I think it is unlikely either of them will go through to the next round. So, in essence, it is a fight for the Europa Cup spot.

Rangers have been in absolutely horrendous form of late and need a win to boost their confidence.

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An impressive 1-0 win by Deportivo La Coruña over Sevilla on Saturday raises Depor to a tie of third place with Sevilla at fifteen points, four points behind league leaders FC Barcelona.� Los blanquiazules have won five of their first seven matches this season, and their only two losses came at the hands of Espanyol 2-3 and Real Madrid 2-3.

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France Football magazine has announced the following 30 nominees for their 2009 Golden Ball (Ballon D'Or) Award:
Andrei Arshavin (Russia and Arsenal)
Karim Benzema (France and OL/Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Spain and Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal and Manchester United/Real Madrid)
Diego (Brazil and Werder Bremen/Juventus)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Wolfsburg)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Barcelona/Inter Milan)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain and Arsenal)
Fernando Torres (Spain and Liverpool)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay and Atletico Madrid)
Steven Gerrard (England and Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United)
Yoann Gourcuff (France and Bordeaux)
Thierry Henry (France and Barcelona)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden and Inter Milan/Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Spain and Barcelona)
Julio Cesar (Brazil and Inter Milan)
Kaka' (Brazil and AC Milan/Real Madrid)
Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea)
Maicon (Brazil and Inter Milan)
Lionel Messi (Argentina and Barcelona)
Luis Fabiano (Brazil and FC Seville)
Franck Ribery (France and Bayern Munich)
Wayne Rooney (England and Manchester United)
John Terry (England and Chelsea)
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia and Manchester United)
David Villa (Spain and Valencia)
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10 Premier League players have been named in the 30 strong list for the European Player Of The Year Awards- three of which are Man United players.
Here is the list-
Arsenal- Andrey Arshavin and Cesc Fabregas
Atletico Madrid- Diego Forlan
Barcelona- Thierry Henry, Xavi, Yaya Toure, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi
Bayern Munich- Franck Ribery
Bordeaux- Yoann Gourcuff
Chelsea- John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba
Inter Milan- Samuel Eto'o, Julio Cesar and Maicon
Juventus- Diego
Liverpool- Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres
Man United- Nemanja Vidic, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney
Real Madrid- Karim Benzema, Iker Casillas, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo
Sevilla- Luis Fabiano
Valencia- David Silva
Wolfsburg- Edin Dzeko
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Ryan Giggs joins Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic in the short-listed 30 players for the prestigious Ballon d'Or award.

Andreï Arshavin (Russia, Arsenal)
Karim Benzema (France, Lyon/Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United/Real Madrid)
Diego (Brazil, Werder Brême/Juventus Turin)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea)
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, FC Barcelona/Inter Milan)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal)
Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid)
Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool)
Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United)
Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux)
Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelona)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan/FC Barcelona)
Iniesta (Spain, FC Barcelona)
Julio Cesar (Brazil, Inter Milan)
Kak� (Brazil, Milan AC/Real Madrid)
Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea)
Maicon (Brazil, Inter Milan)
Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona)
Luis Fabiano (Brazil, FC Séville)
Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich)
Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United)
John Terry (England, Chelsea)
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United)
David Villa (Spain, Valence)
Xavi (Spain, FC Barcelona)
Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, FC Barcelona)

"Giggs In Ballon d'Or Shortlist" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

Anotó ayer uno contra Ecuador, mientras que Luis Fabiano, estrella brasileña ya no sumo y así el "Chupete" gana la carrera del liderato de goleo del proceso eliminatorio de CONMEBOL con 10 anotaciones. 'O Fabuloso' se quedó con nueve dianas.

A nivel mundial, como pláticabamos ayer, se quedó en tercero, a dos goles el primer lugar.

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It wasn't the prettiest match in football history, nor was it supposed to be. Brazil had already qualified and Venezuela had almost no chances of qualifying (unless they beat Brazil 6-0 and Argentina beat Uruguay 9-0!), so it was what it was. Dunga did some experimenting and some things are definitely clear: Robinho should never come back, neither should Filipe Luiz, who plays anything but good football.

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No way through against Venezuela

Brazil ended their WC qualifying campaign with a goalless draw at home to Venezuela. Dunga's side played most of the second-half with just ten men after São Paulo's Miranda was sent off. But with Paraguay losing at Colombia, Brazil finished as group leaders.

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Lucas (left) training with Brazil

Brazil play their final match in the WC qualifiers tonight in the estádio Morenão in Campo Grande. Gilberto Silva, Kaká and Luis Fabiano, who were� rested for Sunday's loss against Bolivia, all return. Daniel Alves and Josué are suspended. So, Dunga has brought in Liverpool midfielder, Lucas.

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El goleador chileno, Humberto Suazo quien milita en los Rayados de Monterrey del Fútbol Mexicano es el máximo goleador del continente americano en las Eliminatorias Mundialistas empatado con Luis Fabiano de Brasil, y por encima de figuras mundiales como Diego Forlán o Lionel Messi por citar algunos.

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The only person who looks ready for this family and class photo is... Andre Santos! Nevertheless, manos failed to secure a win over the Bolivians yesterday... losing 2-1 to them instead. it must have been the altitude! Nilmar scored the only goal for the selecao, but as they say in Brazil, poderia ter sido melhor!

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Blue is the colour

For their penultimate game in the WC qualifiers, Brazil take on Bolivia in La Paz and Dunga is expected to make changes from his regular starting line-up. With Kaká, Gilberto Silva and Luis Fabiano all rested, the coach could test Josué, Miranda, and Diego Souza. The latter two have had good seasons for São Paulo and Palmeiras respectively but have yet to secure a place in the squad for next year's finals.

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It was like watching The Notebook all over again at the Bootcamp da Selecao yesterday... romântico, huh?

While doing their ball-control exercises, manos held one another's hands to prevent themselves from slipping on the wet grass. Check out the Dani Alves/Fabulouso love and Andre Santos' facial expression.

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PVC, the great football researcher, proves with numbers in his blog that Luis Fabiano is better than Ronaldo. When it comes to the national team, the Fabuloso has a better goal average than the Corinthians forward. More than that, he is already the 15th top scorer in the history of the national team (true that Ronaldo is the second, just behind Pele).

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Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini is not pleased with his club's showing last weekend against Luis Fabiano's Sevilla.� Pellegrini is not happy for a lot of reasons.� First off, Real Madrid had yet to lose a match until last weekend all season which means that los galiticos are no longer chasing after perfection.

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Tudo bem, people?! Welcome to Day 1 of the Selecao bootcamp.... a staple here at Futbolita. And in true spirit, we just did a thorough assessment of the selecao's arrival at Granja Comary with our Brazilian amiga here, Ana.

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Well, it looks like Greaseano was badly missed in Madrid's first 2-1 defeat of the season to Sevilla. We like it that they're finally losing because Potter Perez needs to know that he cannot assemble a perfect squad with his moneda. Still, you know he's at the golf course with Jorge Valdano now, enjoying a club sandwich on a lovely summer day!

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Real Madrid traveled to Sevilla FC on Sunday, October 4, 2009 looking to keep their perfect La Liga record in tact and keep pace with FC Barcelona. Here's a full recap of the match along with video highlights.

Sevilla FC beats Real Madrid 2-1 Video Highlights

Sevilla handed Real Madrid their first defeat of the season in an epic battle at the Sanchez Pizjuan.

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Giant-killing in the Champions League, troubles for two London clubs and one from the south coast of� England all get a look in on this week's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

Good

Always good when a minnow brings down a giant, and that is exactly what happened last night as FC Zurich stunned AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro.

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Barcelona 2 - Dinamo Kiev 0
Partido muy sencillo para este Barcelona que con muy poquito demostró gran superioridad sobre el elenco ucraniano.Goles: Messi a los 26 y Pedro a los 76. Muy poco para destacar, excepto lo triste que me pone ver a un monstruo como Shevchenko en un equipo tan timido. Click to continue reading...

Group E
Fiorentina shocked visiting Liverpool 2-0, both goals coming from Stevan Jovetic. It was the Reds first away-loss in 16 months. Lyon picked up a huge win on the road, 4-0 at Debrecen. Three goals came in the first 24 minutes.
Group F
Inter Milan was held to a disappointing 1-1 draw against FK Rubin Kazan in Russia. Click to continue reading...

Fabiano has already opened his European account.

Rangers vs Sevilla FC

If Rangers want to make a run in this years Champions League they have to find a way to win at the Ibrox. They are going to be hard pressed though when Sevilla visit tomorrow. Sevilla have been on form and are third in La Liga.

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(All times - UK)
Monday 28th September
20:00 Manchester City v West Ham Utd, Barclays Premier League, ESPN & HD
One of the games of the weekend. City are through to the next round of the Cup and will be anxious to continue their programme for World Domination (local derbies not withstanding). Click to continue reading...

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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Dunga has called up 22 players for Brazil's final World Cup qualifying matches against Bolivia in La Paz on October 11th and Venezuela in Campo Grande three days later.
Brazil are leaders with 33 points and have already qualified for the finals in South Africa next year. With this in mind, Dunga was expected to bring in some fresh faces for the remaining two games.

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[France WCB] I think we've decided Nike are currently reigning supreme in the world of football advertisements - at least those which don't involve Luis Fabiano and a bee suit. They're also testing the bounds of conventional advertisement, as a bunch of naked Germans will tell you. Not wanting to fall behind, they've continued their dive [. Click to continue reading...