Benfica got a late marker by Javi Garcia in extra time to break a scoreless draw against Naval and lead Benfica to a 1-0 win. Benfica now moves back into a tie for top spot with Braga, as both teams sit with 25 points at the one third mark of the season. Click to continue reading...

The Blues title aspirations got a boost overnight when captain John Terry escaped his marker and leaped highest in the box to nod home the winner and put his team 5 points clear of both Arsenal and United on the table. And boy did his efforts get Stamford Bridge pumping! ... Click to continue reading...

Morning all, hopefully you were lucky in the Cup. FP wasn't - he drew Daffodil in the sweepstakes, which turned to be about as effective as a daffodil.
While the Glory boys will be training pretty hard for the remainder of the week, there aren't any scheduled media pressers until Thursday, so either FP will scrape the bottom of the barrel or he'll just make up stuff. Click to continue reading...

The old adage says: To be the best, you've got to beat the best.
That's exactly what Real Salt Lake will be trying to do as it hosts the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium in the first leg of the MLS playoffs on Saturday night. "Hopefully, we'll get out there and put a marker out there to show Columbus what it's going to take when we go back to their place," said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. Click to continue reading...

Sporting Braga's perfect run in the Portuguese league has come to an end in the most unlikely of places, Rio Ave. The home side came out quickly in the game and took an early lead when Joao Tomas scored in the 9th minute. Braga then scored an equalizer when defender Evaldo put in the marker in the 34th minute. Click to continue reading...

Nacional has defeated Belenenses from their Week 6 matchup that was postponed. Nacional took it to the home team early and were rewarded when Anselmo scored the lone marker of the game as Nacional held on the rest of the match for the 1-0 victory Click to continue reading...

Portugal walked into the field before the start of this matchup knowing that Denmark had defeated Sweden 1-0 to claim the automatic World Cup spot from the Group but Portugal with a victory would move one point clear of Sweden and into the coveted second spot in the Group. Portugal started strong and an inspired Cristiano Ronaldo set up Simao for the first Portuguese marker at the 18th Click to continue reading...

That's...The Continental with a marker post in each hand, throwing one towards the sun during training on Tuesday a delightful thing to do when there are other people around to possibly catch one of those spiked javelins with their jugular once they shoot back down to earth.

This isn't the first time The Berba has been caught doing this during training, though.

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Maritimo have opened Week 7 of the Superliga (Liga Sagres) with a big road win over Academica. Maritimo took it to the hosts early and Marchino scored at the 13th minute mark, then Baba's first of two made it 2-0 before the half. Academica made it a game with an early second half marker by Fidalgo but Baba and Bruno replied putting this game out of reach. Click to continue reading...

Robin van Persie inspired Arsenal to an impressive win over Olympiakos as the Gunners fluent football was too good for the Greeks.
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How do Arsenal propose to become more ruthless? By ditching the goalpoacher of course.

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An Arsenal side which completely dominated Olympiacos eased past the Greeks and are alone at the top of their Champions League group in a game which could have easily ended with a much bigger scoreline if it wasn't for Nikopolidis who produced a number of fine saves.

Twenty two shots at goal for the Gunners with Cesc Fabregas and Gael Clichy back to their best and Robin Van Persie again crucial in front of goal.

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The Game

An Arsenal side which completely dominated Olympiacos eased past the Greeks and are alone at the top of their Champions League group in a game which could have easily ended with a much bigger scoreline if it wasn't for Nikopolidis who produced a number of fine saves.

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Falcao scored an early marker on a header in the 3rd minute and Porto hung on for the rest of the match as they defeat Sporting 1-0. Sporting now have lost two of their first six matchups while Porto moves into a tie with Benfica for second with the Eagles yet to play this week and are five points behind leaders Braga Click to continue reading...

Braga continue their perfect run in the Portuguese Superliga with a late victory over Olhanense in Week 6 action. Braga got a late marker from Alan in the 90+ minute to preserve their strong start to the season. Braga sit atop the Portuguese league with a 6-0-0 record. Click to continue reading...

*written by Director / Player Davidinho*
MARKHAM - A certain sense of calm resonated on the field this past Sunday as PFC contended in a consolation game, representing third place in their group. The Pistolas took the field without the on-going pressures of trying to win - or searching for answers - but rather playing the beautiful game freely. Click to continue reading...

Former Liverpool defender and BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson says the Reds need to choose a defensive system which suits their players and the rigours of Premier League football.
Liverpool have often been criticised for employing a zonal making system when defending set-pieces and Lawrenson believes it is now time manager Rafa Benitez used a hybrid way of defending. Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona continued their excellent run in the league with a 4-1 demolition of Racing Santander at El Sardinero stadium. Two goals from Messi and one each from Ibrahmovic and Pique was enough to see Barca comfortably past Racing. Like the weekend it was a sensational first half display which put Barca in command. Click to continue reading...

On Sunday, if the Bulls were all theatre majors, they would have been presenting an encore performance of Friday's draw against Marquette. Get an early goal, but fail to put away your opponent and let them hang around and get enough chances until they are able to score an equalizer. Then the grand finale is to have your fans on the edge of their seats for twenty minutes of overtime before settling for a tie. Click to continue reading...

Leixoes have opened Week 5 of the Portuguese Superliga (Liga Sagres) with renounding victory over Guimaraes. Leixoes picked up their first victory of the season on the 3-1 win. Laranjeiro on a PK, Pouga and Ze Manuel scored for Leixoes and Nuno Assis got the lone marker for Guimaraes. Click to continue reading...

Eduardo scored the winner in Arsenal's victory.

Arsenal were under the gun early as Belgian side Standard Liege jumped to a 2-0 lead after only five minutes. It was a nightmare start for young Italian keeper Vito Mannone. Not that the goals were his fault but two goals conceded in five minutes is a horrible start for any keeper.

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Rafa Benitez asked his players to do their talking on the pitch and Yossi Benayoun responded brilliantly at Anfield on Saturday.
The Israeli was excellent against Burnley and fully deserved his hat-trick.
Ryan Babel could learn a lot from Benayoun.
Rather than moan about not being in the side every week, Benayoun knuckled down and was determined to take his chance. Click to continue reading...

Braga continue their run atop the Superliga (Liga Sagres), with a victory in Madeira over Martimo. Braga got their markers from J. Pereira and Meyong while Maritimo's marker came from Miguel Angelo as Braga win the matchup 2-1 and remain unbeaten early in this campaign. Click to continue reading...

Porto crushed Leixoes in Superliga action 4-1 in Week 4. Porto avenge last seasons lost at the Dragao to Leixoes in great fashion as Varela, Hulk, Rolando and Falcao got the markers before Leixoes got a late marker from Pouga to break the shutout. Porto now get ready for action in the Champions League this week Click to continue reading...

This shuttle exercise combines a series of excellent soccer drills designed for improving the passing, receiving and conditioning skills of your players. It can also incorporate practising heading and other ball skills.
To begin, separate your players into groups of three. Two of the players should stand 20 yards apart, with the third player in the middle, in between two marker cones. Click to continue reading...

Sunday, September 6, 2009 –CHARLESTON, SC

The Minnesota Thunder defeated the Charleston Battery 3-1Â at a rain soaked Blackbaud Stadium on Sunday.

Charleston's Randi Patterson tallied the only Battery goal of the night 19 minutes into the match.

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Sunday, September 6, 2009 –CHARLESTON, SC

The Minnesota Thunder defeated the Charleston Battery 3-1Â at a rain soaked Blackbaud Stadium on Sunday.

Charleston's Randi Patterson tallied the only Battery goal of the night 19 minutes into the match.

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Before Saturday, I remained undecided on whether or not FIFA should add two more officials to the mix. But since England won the surreal penalty against Slovenia, I find myself tipping in the direction of adding the extra officials.

In one of the more eye-popping Did-That-Really-Just-Happen moments I've seen in a while, Wayne Rooney managed to win a penalty after tugging on his Slovenian marker's shirt, losing his balance and falling to the ground.

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The future's bright.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes under-fire Anderson will win over his critics by finally coming good for Manchester United.

Anderson has been heavily criticised for a string of average performances which have seen him regularly dropped from Sir Alex Ferguson'sstarting Xl.

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Given that we are in the midst of an international break, there is a surprising amount to get through.

First, we have yesterday's comments from John Terry that English players don't dive:

"That's something the England lads don't do. Sometimes we're too honest. Even in the Premier League, we see the English lads get a bit of contact and try to stay on their feet and score the chance.

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Anderson has gone off the boil since his storming first season with Manchester United, which he ended with scoring one of the sudden death penalties in the European Cup final against Chelsea.

Still, in the pre-season he scored a blinding freekick against Boca Juniors and this week he scored for the Reserves.

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Speaking to the press on Thursday at UEFA's elite coaches forum, Alex Ferguson agreed that something has to be done to eradicate diving from the game and that UEFA took the decision on Eduardo to set a marker for the rest of the season.

But while the Beeb would have you believe (along with a fantastic photo) that Ferguson was backing UEFA's ban on Eduardo, what was far more interesting and relevant were his comments about Wenger's reactions to the ban.

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A Diaby blunder gave Arsenal their first defeat of the season after the champions came from a goal down to win at Old Trafford.

Abou Diaby headed into his own net from a Ryan Giggs's free kick after Wayne Rooney levelled for United from the spot. Arshavin had broken the deadlock in the first half with a magnificent strike.

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FC Porto gain a win in Week 3 action of the Superliga 3-1 over the hosts Naval. This game was all Porto and Falcao open the scoring in early in the 9th minute his third marker of the season. Porto were held off until the second half where Varela scored his first goal as a member of Porto and Ernesto Farias finished off the scoring for Porto. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool came from behind to beat Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium 3-2 on Saturday.
Bolton were reduced to ten men, after Sean Davis was sent off for his second bookable offence.
After the game, Bolton boss Gary Megson was full of praise for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who was said to be out of form by Rafael Benitez. Click to continue reading...

The Match
Well Luxa said he was going to attack and attack he did. The major changes were Robson on the right side of midfield for German, and Leo for Para at left back. This was Leo's 300th game for Santos. Congratulations and thank you for your service to the club.Â
The team came out attacking and managed to get a two goal lead earlier into the first half. Click to continue reading...