This week we focus on teams that are on a run, who have several wins on the trot, or having a hard time breaking a winless streak. As always we cross the globe to choose our matches England, Germany, Italy, Holland, Brazil, and Japan. This week's guest predictor is Mike who is a fan of Manchester City.

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Luca Toni is a man of many off-pitch talents.

Examples, you ask? Well, we have none. We're just assuming he does due to the amount of extracurricular activities he takes part in, like here at the Sixdays Cycling Race in Munich. He brought his best fuchsia jumper along for the occasion.

Previously, we've had the pleasure of watching Luca making pizza, hang out with clowns and circus performers, flog sausages, and pose on scooters for no legitimate reason.

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Luca Toni is a man of many off-pitch talents.

Examples, you ask? Well, we have none. We're just assuming he is due to the amount of extracurricular activities he takes part in, like here at the Sixdays Cycling Race in Munich. He brought his best fuchsia jumper along for the occasion.

Previously, we've had the pleasure of watching Luca making pizza, hang out with clowns and circus performers, flog sausages, and pose on scooters for no legitimate reason.

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This week's Video Of The Week takes us back to the race for the Second Division title from the 1978/79 season and features three matches from an episode of London Weekend Television's "The Big Match", presented as ever by Brian Moore. The first match is between from Selhurst Park and is between Crystal Palace and Notts County, the second match is from The Goldstone Ground and is between Brighton & Hove Albion and Blackburn Rovers (about whom Moore says, "they've already been relegated to the Third Division, so at least they'll be relaxed) and the final match is from Roker Park, and is between Sunderland and Cardiff City.

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Bayern face Schalke, Hoffenheim host Wolfsburg and Dortmund head to Werder in Round 12...
Friday
Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday
Bayern Munich – Schalke
Borussia M'gladbach – Stuttgart
Mainz– Nuernberg
Hoffenheim – Wolfsburg
Bochum – Freiburg

Sunday
Hannover – Hamburg
Hertha Berlin – Koeln
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French champions Bordeaux pulled of a surprise win away to Bayern Munich.

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Chelsea and Manchester United can book their place in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League with victories on Tuesday night.
AC Milan vs. Real Madrid
Pellegrini's last chance?
Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea
Shamed Drogba returns
Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow
Fergie shares blame for Rio woes
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A first from last week! The guest pundit, Sayumi, scored more than both Damon and Damian. She'll be happy with that and her team, Kawasaki's, great result over Hiroshima 7-0. Damon drops into last place, and he really is going through a dismal run of form. This week it's the turn of the north London derby to take centre stage along with the return legs of some of the big Champions League games.

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Royston Drenthe grabbed his chance in the Real Madrid - AC Milan CL game last week. Although the Galacticos lost the game, the young Dutchman impressed 30 minutes. Bert van Marwijk watched the game with one eye, using the other one to check out Bayern Munich vs Bordeaux. Did you look Click to continue reading...

Tough challenges lie ahead for Leverkusen, Hamburg and Schalke in this weekend's Bundesliga action...
Friday
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund
Saturday
Bayern Munich - Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia M'gladbach - Koeln
Hannover - Stuttgart
Mainz - Freiburg
Hoffenheim - Nuernberg
Sunday
Hertha Berlin - Wolfsburg
Schalke - Hamburg
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Chelsea and Manchester United maintained their 100 per cent records in the UEFA Champions League group phase as AC Milan beat Real Madrid in a thriller.
Real Madrid 2 - 3 AC Milan:
Pato settles five-goal thriller
Sid Lowe: Pato double rocks Madrid
Player Ratings
CSKA Moscow 0 - 1 Manchester United: Valencia completes happy Moscow return
United meals destroyed by Russian customs
Player Ratings
Bordeaux 2 - 1 Bayern Munich: Two missed penalties, two red cards
Chelsea 4 - 0 Atletico Madrid
Palmer: Blues call on reserves to crush Atletico
McCarra: Kalou double helps keep Chelsea perfect
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The UEFA Champions League has complete three rounds of group stage matches or its half-way point. A few teams are very close to clinching a spot to the knockout stage while some clubs have a lot of work to do. Manchester United and Chelsea are both 3-0-0 and a win away from clinching their spots to the next round.

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Henry Winter again writes for The Telegraph in defence of Sir Alex Ferguson

Studs Up has a laugh at Rafa and Liverpool

The Mirror look at sick chants following City repeatedly singing their Munich Carlos Tevez song

The Times discusses the most bizarre goals in football

Sky Sports warns our fans will be checked for beachballs at Anfield

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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.Old Trafford is all set for another rollicking encounter on this Saturday, as Manchester United will lock horns with Gary Megson's Bolton on what would be a tough weekend for some of the top sides in the league. Red Devils would be playing without their star striker, Wayne Rooney. However, the team will have the services [. Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona entered the international break as the best team in Europe, and will have that spot tested this weekend against a surprising Valencia side in one of several match-ups of teams in the SBI European Club Top 25.

There are a total of five match-ups involving Top 25 teams, with no match-up getting as much attention as Aston Villa vs.

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FC Barcelona entered the international break as the best team in Europe, and will have that spot tested this weekend against a surprising Valencia side in one of several match-ups of teams in the SBI European Club Top 25.

There are a total of five match-ups involving Top 25 teams, with no match-up getting as much attention as Aston Villa vs.

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Still high-tide in rumors:

• Milan VP says Beckham return "very probable."
  
• Amr Zaki to join Portsmouth.
  
• D.C. gets 'keeper from Timbers.
  
• Mascherano unhappy at Liverpool.
  
• United eyeing three Inter dudes.
  
• Toni not leaving, says Munich.

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The German Bundesliga had the highest attendance of any European domestic league in the 2008-09 season. This season is no different with the league averaging well over 40,000 per match. While the Bundesliga does not have the television revenue of the English Premier League, they contain very strong loyal fans.

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"La Holanda del 74 jugaba el mejor fútbol del mundo. Perdimos la final pero dejamos mejor recuerdo que el campeón." Hemos leído la excelente entrevista a Johan Cruyff en la revista Esquire de septiembre de la que destacamos esta frase.

En retrofootball nos gusta el buen fútbol y la Holanda de los años 70 es un claro exponente del mismo.

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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen.

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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen.

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Preview of this weekend's important Bundesliga fixtures! FC Bayern München v FC Köln This Saturday's bundesliga clash between Munich and Cologne should be an interesting one. Former FC Bayern striker Lukas Podolski will make his return to the Allianz Arena after his summer sale to FC Köln. Podolski spent three years in Munich but were [. Click to continue reading...

Stuttgart host Bremen, Lukas Podolski returns to Munich and Prussians face off in Moenchengladbach in Round 8. Clark Whitney previews all the weekend action...
Friday
Schalke – Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday
Hannover - Freiburg
Bayern Munich - Koeln
Bayer Leverkusen - Nuernberg
Bochum - Wolfsburg
Mainz - Hoffenheim
Borussia M'gladbach - Borussia Dortmund
Sunday
Stuttgart - Werder Bremen
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Portsmouth Vs Tottenham Tickets Still Available!

For reasons that we have yet to establish at the time of writing, Harry Redknapp has shot to favourite in the next Premier League manager to go market. He is at 7/4, with Paul Hart languishing behind in the sack race at 3/1.

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Look at this showdown yesterday between Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) and Felipe Melo (Juventus).
Clearly the Brazilian won, because the Dutchman had to leave early injured. Click to continue reading...

General Review
General Review II
AC Milan 0 - 1 FC Zurich: San Siro shocker
Leonardo defiant despite defeat
Player Ratings
Apoel 0 - 1 Chelsea: Struggle in Cyprus
Harris: Lampard stuck in a rut
Bayern Munich 0 - 0 Juventus:
Old Lady looks better
Bordeaux 1 - 0 Maccabi Haifa: Ciani winner
CSKA Moscow 2 - 1 Besiktas: Krasic winner
Porto 2 - 0 Atletico Madrid: Atletico woe
Manchester United 2 - 1 Wolfsburg: Owen hurt again
Jolly: Berbatov takes his chance
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Marseille: Ronaldo double
Player Ratings
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Group A
Bayern Munich and Juventus played to a 0-0 draw in Germany. Apparently the home side dominated, but got nothing out of it but an injury to Arjen Robben. Bordeaux got a late winner at home to beat Maccabi Haifa 1-0 on a header by Michael Ciani (83').
Group B
At Old Trafford, Manchester United came back from a second-half deficit to beat Wolfsburg on goals by Ryan Giggs (his 150th with the club) and Michael Carrick. Click to continue reading...

OK, ignore the Fernando Alonso & Ferrari headlines in La Gazzetta. Pessoas, we have a real problem here. Bayern played to a stalemate against Juventus- despite numerous chances in Munich. And your favorite striker, Luca Toni could be seen happily socializing in the stands!

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The Daily Mail is 'reporting' that Rafa Benitez is interested in signing Chelsea defender Alex next summer. After its lies about Glen Johnson's alleged salary, it is clear upon reading the 'story' that the Mail is making things up once again.
Here is the bulk of the story:
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is ready make a shock move for Chelsea defender Alex as he bids to boost his defensive options at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Mladen Petric scored 17 minutes from time as Hamburg saw off Bayern Munich to keep their place at the top of the Bundesliga.
Saturday
A Vedad Ibisevic hat-trick inspired Hoffenheim to a 5-1 win over Hertha Berlin which took the side up to third in the table.
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There's a promotion on the MLSnet front page that is tough for me to resist - you see, I love "Spot the difference" games.
Unfortunately, actually playing the game probably puts you on the AXE BODY SPRAY!!! mailing list, and I think I'd rather be on the list they were using in "Munich."
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Two huge games from the Bundesliga feature in this week's predictions battle, including the Ruhr derby. We also predict the results from the second set of matches in the Champions League group stage. This week's guest predictor is Niall who is a West Ham fan.

Current Score: Damon 25 | Damian 26 | Guest 20 DB DF Guest RESULT Dortmund - Schalke 2-2 Hamburg - B. Click to continue reading...

In case of any other goalkeeper we might ask the question what the hell he is doing out there. In case of Jens Lehmann we shouldn't ask questions but instead just be thankful that he is indeed still out there doing things; that he extended his contract for one more year last season.

VfB Stuttgart's sense of humor ended though when Jens Lehmann's reaction to his blunder consisted of a trip over to Munich to the Oktoberfest for the odd beer and sausage.

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Edin Dzeko is back with a bang! The Bosnia international striker, who spent most of the summer pushing for a dream move to AC Milan, has finally underlined his commitment to Wolfsburg with an outstanding decisive brace away to Schalke 04.

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