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For their final fixture of the year, Brazil take on Oman in Muscat this Tuesday.

Coached by French man Claude Le Roy, Oman are ranked 79th in the world. Brazil are expected to win comfortably but Dunga added a note of caution: "They're a strong team and have experienced athletes who play abroad.

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A number of players can stake a claim for being part of the best team in the world at this early period of the European domestic leagues. However, very few players standout the way those listed below have in terms of their contribution to their team, their role as leaders, and certainly their crucial involvement in their respective clubs.

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After the 35th round of Brasileirao, one thing is clear: the champion will be red and black. The only thing that remains unclear is if it will also carry the white of Sao Paulo, or it will have just the two colors of Flamengo.

The two sides took advantage of Palmeiras' tie against Sport and look ready for the title.

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Kaká battles it out

A second-half goal by Nilmar was the difference in a forgettable match between Brazil and England in Qatar on Saturday.

The Villarreal man struck in the first minute of the second period after heading in a lovely floated ball from ex Manchester City player, Elano.

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The international break is the best time to talk about the players we wish to see at Old Trafford in the New Year. The January transfer window is opening in 50 days, so first, I wish the glazers show...
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In football attacking players often get most of the praise when their team is achieving results while players in other positions are often overlooked. Defenders are typically ignored when accolades and awards are given out, yet it would be wrong to underestimate the contribution and influence� of key defensive players such as� Italy's Paolo Maldini or France's Lilian Thuram, just to name a couple of outstanding talents.

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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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The highlight of this weekend's fixtures was the match at the Olimpico in Turin between Juventus and Napoli. After� numerous quality acquisitions over the Summer for� Napoli, they had� been expecting a good start to the season. However, after a less than impressive start, Roberto Donadoni was sacked and Walter Mazzarri brought in to try and settle the ship.

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According to ESPN Soccernet, the agent of Inter Milan defender Maicon admitted that there is no link between his client and Manchester City. Antonio Caliendo said,

""Every day there's a story linking Maicon to a different club .

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Something to read while you watch St Pauli's Deniz Naki rile up the Hansa Rostock fans. It all ended with water cannons... Did you renew your Ebbsfleet United subscription? (Pitch Invasion) Maicon's agent not a True Blue(Dirty Tackle) Who do you trust: Bloggers or lubricant salespeople? (France Offside) Cape Verde vs Portugal. Click to continue reading...

Having been linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid earlier this year, Inter Milan's right back Maicon has now found himself linked with none other than Manchester City. His agent, Antonio Caliendo, has quashed these rumors, suggesting that City is too small of a club for Maicon.

"Every day there's a story linking Maicon to a different club," said Caliendo.

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There has been a steady stream of rumors about Maicon potentially leaving Inter since last summer, though nothing has come of them and it seems nothing will. Says Maicon's agent, Antonio Caliendo:

"Every day there's a story linking Maicon to a different club. First it was Real Madrid, then Manchester United and now City.

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"Rio Ferdinand has been in poor form this season by his standards and I think Sir Alex Ferguson would be shrewd to cash in on the star in January."
Stan Collymore couldn't be a bigger prick if he tried.

"I don't want to play United in the knockout rounds they're a very strong team and I have many friends there.

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STARTERS
The USA U17's advanced to the Round of 16 in the World Cup and play on Wednesday against Italy.
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Word is out that UANL Tigres left fullback Edgar Castillo has been invited to join Team USA for the 2 games in Europe later this month. This will be his first time with the team. Click to continue reading...

Goal video highlights from the Livorno vs Inter Milan Serie A game played on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Final score :- Livorno 0-2 Inter Milan ( Diego Milito 49′, Maicon 80′) With the win, Inter extend their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points after Juventus were stunned by Napoli on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

The only rival or derby match in the first round of the Major League Soccer Playoffs kicked off on Sunday as the LA Galaxy played Chivas USA. Both teams play at the Home Depot Center and are in based in Los Angeles. Who won the match? Here's a recap along with video highlights of the match.

Los Angeles Galaxy draws with Chivas USA 2-2 Video Highlights (will be added shortly)

1st Half

The match started out with chances for both teams but Chivas USA would strike first.

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(video gol highlights di Inter-Palermo)
INTER: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Chivu (46' Santon); Zanetti, Cambiasso, Muntari; Stankovic; Eto'o (74' Motta), Balotelli (48' Milito). All. Mourinho
PALERMO: Sirigu; Kjaer, Goian, Migliaccio; Cassani, Simplicio (40'pt Nocerino), Bresciano, Melinte (1'st Hernandez); Pastore (38'st Bertolo); Cavani, Miccoli. Click to continue reading...

Chicago Fire 1 Chivas USA 0

Game story

Another drab, missed opportunity for Chivas USA.

They are masters of the bleeding obvious over at Chivas USA public relations, BTW:

Chivas USA now owns a record of 13-10-6 (W-L-T), and remains tied atop the Western Conference with the Houston Dynamo and the LA Galaxy with 45 points.

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Lots of big matches this weekend, especially in Seria A, while in England, Blackburn claims the East Lancashire derby against Burnley, and in Spain, Barca stay top even with a draw, while Raul breaks all records with his 711th match for Real Madrid in which he scored a brace.
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Chivas USA 2 San Jose Earthquakes 2

Chivas USA Coach Preki's body language in the closing minutes of this game (off of bench, hands on hips, hand smacked into palm, etc.) told you all you needed to know about the coach's frustration and the recognition this was a perfect (lost) opportunity to put the Galaxy and Dynamo under pressure Sunday.

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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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O último jogo, do Mundial Sub-20, só poderia ser disputado no Cairo International Stadium, na cidade do Cairo-EGY, com uma temperatura de 30º C.
Jogaram pela final do Mundial Sub-20, as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e Gana (38º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
25-08-1991 - Brasil 1x2 Gana (Mundial Sub-17)
20-03-1993 - Brasil 2x1 Gana (Mundial Sub-20)
20-08-1995 - Gana 3x2 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17)
27-03-1996 - Brasil 8x2 Gana (Amistoso)
28-07-1996 - Brasil 4x2 Gana (Jogos Olímpicos)
21-09-1997 - Brasil 2x1 Gana (Mundial Sub-17)
24-11-1999 - Gana 2x2 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17)
01-07-2001 - Gana 2x1 Brasil (Mundial Sub-20)
27-06-2006 - Brasil 3x0 Gana (Copa do Mundo)
27-03-2007 - Brasil 1x0 Gana (Amistoso)
29-08-2007 - Gana 1x0 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17)
O quarteto de arbitragem do jogo, foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Franck de Bleeckere (BEL)
Primeiro Assistente: Peter Hermans (BEL)
Segundo Assistente: Walter Vromans (BEL)
Quarto Árbitro: Alberto Undiano (ESP)
Aos 27 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 7, Alex TEIXEIRA, jogador do Vasco recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo da final. Click to continue reading...

The ball and the title gets away from Alan Kardec and Brazil

Scoreless after a turgid 90 minutes, Brazil and Ghana went to extra time and then penalties in the Under-20s World Cup final in Cairo on Friday. Brazil failed to capitalize after Addo was sent off in the first-half and their lack of invention and drive was to cost them when the game went to a sudden death shootout.

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The FIFA U-20 World Cup wrapped up on Friday, October 16, 2009 with the championship and 3rd place matches. In the 3rd place match, Hungary faced Costa Rica while Ghana v Brazil was the final. Both matches would end up going into penaly kicks. Here's a recap of both alon gwith video highlights.

Ghana edges Brazil 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) Video Highlights

The match was dominated by Brazil for most of it but they failed to find the back of the net.

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Most of the heavy favourites have already qualified for the World Cup due next summer in South Africa.� Previous World Cup winners such as Brazil, Germany, England, Argentina and Italy (also current� WC Winners) all booked� their spot in� South Africa following a long and arduous road. Some teams such as� Argentina� have struggled while others such as England have cruised, yet the World Cup stage is a different� playing field and previous results will not count.

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A full slate of MLS games returns for the penultimate weekend of play after the WCQ break with the Galaxy on the road against the Dynamo (noon Sunday TeleFutura) and Chivas USA at home Saturday against the San Jose Earthquakes (7:30 p.m. KAZA, delayed 11:15 p.m. Prime), a team that returns to L.A.

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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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Mark Hughes eyes up talented Brazilian.

Manchester City have joined the race to sign Inter Milan full-back Maicon in January, according to reports.
The 28-year-old Brazilian has made 97 Serie A appearances for the Nerazzurri scoring eight times since arriving from Monaco in 2006.

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It looks like Inter Milan's Brazilian defender Maicon is a wanted man. Barcelona were linked with a move for the player and it looked like in the summer that the player was close to a move to the Nou Camp.
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According to Italian newspaper reports, Chelsea are the latest addition to Andrea Poli's growing list of admirers. The young midfielder, who celebrated his 20th birthday last month, has also attracted the attention of scouts from Juventus and Inter Milan after some eye catching performances for Sampdoria at the start of the 2009-10 Serie A season. Click to continue reading...

So FourFourTwo have released their list for the top 100 players in the world today. We all know who the top two will be but in which order? And how many spanish players will make the top 20 following their Euro 2008 triumph and 100% World Cup qualification record?

I cant be bothered to put the full list on here because personally I couldn't give a toss if Darijno Srna is the 66th best player in the world.

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There's nothing that can be demanded from Dunga and his players.

The team was already qualified, which turned the match against Bolivia into a open lab in the skies. The skies of La Paz took the reserve side of Brazil closer to hell than heaven. The 3600 meters above sea level suffocated the players.

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Down and out in La Paz

A lacklustre Brazil went down 2-1 in La Paz against Bolivia and so ended Dunga's team's 19 game unbeaten run.

Olivares and Marcelo Moreno had given the homeside a two-goal cushion before � Nilmar pulled one back in the second-half. The combination of high altitude and poor attitude meant that Brazil rarely threatened and the whole match had that ‘end of season' feel to it.

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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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