Goal video highlights from the SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen game on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Game KO time:- 14.30 UK at the Badenova Stadium. Final score :- SC Freiburg 0-6 Werder Bremen ( Hugo Almeida 33′, 57′, Marko Marin 55′, Mesut Ozil 67′, Naldo 73′ pen, Markus Rosenborg 82′) Werder Bremen hammer Freiburg 6-0 to temporarily [. Click to continue reading...

The meeting of one great footballing mind and Dunga

Brazil take on England in Doho, Qatar, for the first of three international friendlies before the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.

Dunga's men see the England game as a real test against one of their main contenders in the competition in 2010.

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So Dopey officially called up 24 homensfor the selecao's upcoming friendly matches next month. Ooooh yes, we mean that exciting one against England in Qatar on the 14th and the other one against Oman in Muscat.

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Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he wasn't the only surprise.

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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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Who's got the freshest ink? Footballers love their ink. We love looking at the ink of footballers. Some of us more than others. Much of this has to do with a delve into the mind of an athlete, a demographic not to be confused with a Nobel recipient roll call. For example, which footballer needs a [. Click to continue reading...

Now would be the ideal time for Dopey to experiment seeing how the seleção have already qualified for the World Cup. What we don't get, however, is tio's love for Andre Santos!!!

Anyway, the squad for the remaining qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia has been finalised and it's nice to see Naldo and Diego Souza back again.

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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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The German Bundesliga wrapped its week three of matches with three on Sunday. These included Werder Bremen v Borussia Monchengladbach, VfL Bochum v Hertha Berlin, and VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburg SV. Here's a recap of all the matches along with video highlights.

Hamburg SV beats VfL Wolfsburg 4-2 Video Highlights

Hamburg won at Wolfsburg to remain undefeated and move into second place in the league table.

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This game was a good test for the Arsenal team, especially to the first team players as Barnet played with a high tempo.

First let's start with the negative of the game. Remember not being too harsh on any of the players as this is the first pre season game.

Well Arsenal's new signing Vermaelen did not look to add any height in the team, he did seem to be quite short and so it proved when Barnet scored their first goal.

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Morning all, how typical the first morning I have to be up and about early I sleep it in. I blame the huge thunderstorm we had last night. That was loud. I also blame the thunderstorm for me, several hours previously, setting the alarm on my phone for entirely the wrong time.

A quick run through what's happening then.

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Internet site Sport.co.uk, the site that first reported the imminent signature of Thomas Vermaelen, though in fairness they do print so much garbage they are making Tribal football look respectable, are stating that Brazilian centre back Naldo is on his way from Werder Bremen to Arsenal.

 They quote Werder Bremen coach who said, "Naldo is a great athlete and could do well at the right club, unfortunately he doesn't fit the direction we're planning to move in any longer.

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Felipe Melo definitely won't be coming to Arsenal this summer, but his fellow Brazilian Naldo certainly could be. Werder Bremen's central defender has been tipped to join the Gunners' by coach Thomas Schaaf who's quoted a potential transfer fee at just under £8million. "Naldo is a great athlete and could do well at the right [. Click to continue reading...

This was the last edition of the UEFA Cup, before the competition changes its format to be called as the Europa League. Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, and Werder Bremen from Germany were the survivors of a long and arduous campaign that was all about walking onto the pitch in Istanbul.

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Shakhtar 2 - Werder Bremen 1 For years people have been saying the former Soviet Bloc is on the rise - Russia and Ukraine primed to become two of Europe's veritable powers. Well yesterday Shakhtar took the latest step - the largest one yet - on the path to European legitimacy by deservedly winning Ukraine's first [. Click to continue reading...

On yet another pulsating night in European football, Shakhtar Donetsk became the first ever Ukrainian side to lift the UEFA Cup following a 2-1 win over the German Bundesliga's Werder Bremen. In the process, they also became the last team to ever win the competition as it will be reprised as the Europa League next season.

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Der erhoffte Sieg einer deutschen Mannschaft im UEFA-Cup-Finale seit dem Erfolg der Schalker im Jahr 1997 ist ausgeblieben. Damit ist auch klar, dass die Bundesliga mit maximal vier Startern in die neu geschaffene Euro-League einziehen wird. Die Bremer, die in dieser Saison nur vier ihrer 15 internationalen Spiele gewinnen konnten, waren den Ukrainern aus Donezk in fast allen Belangen unterlegen.

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An uninspired Werder Bremen lost the UEFA Cup to Shakhtar Donetsk last night, after a 2-1 loss in extra time. All three goals were courtesy of Brazilian players. Everyone wants Dopey Dunga to sit up and take notice!

Luiz Adriano opened the scoring in the 25th minute for the Ukrainian side.

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Shakhtar Donetsk took the UEFA Cup title today in Turkey after beating Werder Bremen 2 -1 on extra time. The match ended 1 - 1 with goals from Luiz Adriano - from Shakhtar, and Naldo - for Werder. Goals which were, by the way, beautiful ones. But it was Jadson who shook the nets of the German team to give Shakhtar Donetsk its first UEFA Cup title.

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(Werder Brema-Amburgo 0-1. Trochowski)
WERDER BREMA: Weise, Fritz (40'st Prodl), Mertesacker, Naldo, Boenisc; Tziolis, Frings, Ozil, Diego; Pizarro, Hugo Almeida (16'st Rosenberg). A disp.: Mielitz, Tosic D., Baumann, Vranjes, Harnik. All.: Schaaf.
AMBURGO: Rost, Demel, Gravgaard, Mathijsen, Aogo (34'st Benjamin); Jarolim, Alex Silva (30'st Boateng), Pitroipa, Trochowski; Guerrero, Olic (46'st Torun). Click to continue reading...

First, if you haven't taken our Weekend Tattoo Quiz, stop by this post and make your guesses. Then come back here for the answers. These are always tough, but "wob" managed to get 10/13. Nicely done! Player 1 Nery Castillo, Shakhtar Donetsk This tattoo is apparently a picture of his parents' [. Click to continue reading...

Werder Bremen's Brazilian defender Naldo rocks his Crucifix tattoo as he leaves the pitch after the UEFA cup round of sixteen football match between Werder Bremen vs AS Saint-Etienne at the Weser Stadion in Bremen on March 12, 2009. Bremen won 1-0. Click to continue reading...

Well who's the Big Bad Wolf now? Werder Bremen went into Bayern's house and put on an absolute demolition derby, taking a 5-0 lead until Bremen's newly old boy Tim Borowski got a couple back for Bayern in the 71st & 85th. No red cards, just good old fashioned goal scoring from Markus Rosenberg (2), [. Click to continue reading...

Nein, das ist vollkommen normal im Training. Nein, Sanogo ist zwar schon mal aufgefallen, aber das hat er doch nicht mit Absicht gemacht. Eine ernsthafte Verletzung? Nein, quatsch, gerade mal 8cm So oder so ähnlich liest es sich bei werder: Der Abwehrspieler zog sich im Training bei einem Zweikampf mit Boubacar Sanogo eine Risswunde am rechten Unterschenkel [. Click to continue reading...