Brutta sconfitta per gli azzurrini di Casiraghi. L'Ungheria, trascinata dal barese Koman, affossa l'Italia con un secco due a zero. Nulla da fare per Balotelli e compagni, sempre più lontani dai playoff e, dunque, vicini all'eliminazione dall'Europeo, categoria Under 21. Anche le Olimpiadi di Londra 2012 sono sempre più distanti. Click to continue reading...

The Italy U-21's continued their very disappointing qualifying campaign with another loss, this time away to Hungary. The Azzurrini needed a win to get back on track, but now qualification is getting more and more difficult. The Hungarians won 2-0, with goals coming from Nemeth and Koman (both players played on the Hungarian side that knocked the Italy U-20's out of the U-20 World Cup last month).

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So, a nice, relatively comfortable win on Monday brought us up from ninth to joint fifth.

We got the three points we so desperately needed, as well as a little bit of reassurance for the players and fans. Beating a team like Larissa with a score of 3-1 is always a nice thing. Sure, Larissa might not be at their best, but they are rarely an easy team to win against (I feel like I've said that many times already this season).

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The Clock Is Ticking on Rafa's Reign, here are ten ways he can buy himself more time.

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1. Put Yossi Benayoun in First Team Sheet EVEN if we have no injury problems!

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After today's bizarre defeat to Fulham which defies description, I have to take a look at the Liverpool's injury list to explain things away.
We were missing Danny Agger, Martin Skrtel, Alberto Aquilani and David Ngog to a virus, not the swine-flu, but a virus nonetheless.
We were also missing Captain Steven Gerrard to a groin injury, Glen Johnson to a calf injury and Fernando Torres wasn't fully fit. Click to continue reading...

Rafa eyes up another Hungarian.

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Liverpool are tracking Hungarian starlet Vladimir Koman.

Sampdoria midfielder Koman, currently on loan at Bari, caught the eye during the World Under-20 championships.

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Ok, to be honest, I was expecting a loss for AEK here. Aris were considered favorites for this game and I think that's somewhat justified. Bearing that in mind, I'll take a draw here. Its never easy to win away against Aris, even on a good day.

I wasn't able to watch the match since it was satellite.

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Well, our night went from good to about as bad as it could get. As you can see from the post below we were up 1-0 at half time.

The second half started and early on Majstorovic gets his second yellow and is sent off and Bate tie the game. So, one of our key players is sent off, the pitch condition is deteriorating (and it was disgusting to begin with) and we were loosing the control over the game we had before.

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45 minutes in and we're leading this one 1-0! Blanco scored a penalty (certainly the correct call) to put us up and we now are in a great position and the win is definately possible.

Conditions are terrible in Minsk. It is extremely cold (near zero degrees celcius) and the pitch is extremely wet.

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Ha concluido el Mundial Sub-20, donde Ghana se corona por primera vez y cobra venganza de la final perdida ante Brasil en 1993. Por otro lado, Hungría de último momento le arrebató el tercer puesto a Costa Rica.

Hungría 1-1 Costa Rica (2-0 en penales)

Partido un poco deslucido por el calor y por la poca trascendencia que tenía el resultado.

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O 51º jogo do mundial sub-20, foi realizado na cidade do Cairo, no Estádio Internacional do Cairo, com uma temperatura de 33º C, válido pela decisão do 3º lugar.
Jogaram as seleções da Hungria (50º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Costa Rica (43º no ranking da FIFA). Click to continue reading...

Does anyone know who Adailton is? Or Pablo Counago? And what have they got in common?
Give up? Ok, no need to rush to google: the answer is that they both finished the FIFA U20 World Cup as top scorers (1997 and 1999 respectively) and were considered among the best talents of their generation. Click to continue reading...

Ai confini dell'epica

Mazzarani

L'Italia under 20 lascia il mondiale ai quarti contro l'Ungheria alla fine dei tempi supplementari sconfitta 3 a 2. Peccato!

Nell'Italia dei giovani c'è lo specchio fedele di alcune caratteristiche proprie del calcio italiano.

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ESPN reviewed our win over Benfica in the Europa League here.

UEFA published not one, but two seperate articles on the match. You can read them here and here.

PortuGOAL's coverage here.

Sky Sports covered the game as well; article posted here.

Article on the entire Group I by Extra Footie here.

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So, another derby lost. That makes it the first time we've lost two derbies in a row in about ten years. Not a good sign.

Not many positives to take from this game, both sides played some pretty poor football. I'm not going to bother writing much as there is little to say. Firstly, our forwards still can't score.

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Well, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the post AEKBaltimore put up. Since the match alot has happened, most regarding the horrendous officiating at the match. But first, a review.

For everyone who has been following AEK you know how incredibly unlucky we tend to be, especially when it matters most.

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Obviously not the result we were hoping for. The lads did indeed show up to play tonight but the final touch wasn't there. Creating and finishing chances is a huge part of football though, so we've only ourselves to blame (well, maybe the refs can share the blame!). I was stuck in the office for this match, but I was able to watch a low-quality stream for about twenty minutes in the second half.

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Has he got it in him to make it at Anfield?

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez believes David Ngog has a big role to play for the side this season.

Ngog helped Liverpool reach the fourth round of the Carling Cup with the winning goal in the 1-0 victory over Leeds on Tuesday night.

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Very dissapointing result,considering we had the match "in the bag".It was a very dfferent AEK that started today's game from what we've been seeing recently.No Blanco,Leonardo(rested)Scocco(suspended).Bajevic started with the diminutive Pavlis up front and in truth he had little impact.Nemeth,playing just behind was dangerous and he set up Pavlis or Manducca(not sure) 1 0n 1 on the 1st half,with the ball ending up in the stands.

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An extremely disappointing result today for AEK in Giannena.

Our starting lineup consisted of Saja, Araujo, Majstorovic, Arce, Juanfran, Hersi, Guerreiro, Jahic, Manduca, Nemeth, Pavlis.

I can't comment much on the first half since I could only watch the second half, but from what I heard we saw some decent passing from the team.

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Well, our match in Giannena starts in a little under an hour. Our most likely starting lineup is said to be Saja, Araujo, Majstorovic, Arce, Juanfran, Jahic, Guerreiro, Hersi, Manduca, Nemeth, and Blanco. We will be going 4-4-2 with Blanco and Nemeth up front. A good line-up in my opinion, very strong, with some experienced players.

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There is no other way to describe last night's game against Everton,other than to say we were outclassed,in every aspect.Bajevic's starting line up left me scratching my head,with 3 central defenders and no Nemeth?Our midfield of Kafes and Makos never saw the ball as they had to cover so much space,which meant our attackers in Leonardo,Scocco and Blanco,kept on having to retreat,which meant we could never go forward with numbers confidently, in the 1st half,although Scocco was the best of the three.

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This, courtesy of GolTV, is the sweetest sight I've seen in a while:

3:00 pm UEFA Europa League Everton vs AEK Athens

Greek Americans rejoice! GolTV seems to have successfully bid for the US broadcasting rights of at least some Europa League Group Stage Matches.

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Some important comments to mention about yesterday's match.

Firstly, our to team put on a good performance. Even now more can be improved on. but it was a solid game for the most part with some enjoyable football.

This is definately a good result. On paper, Iraklis are certainly not a pushover this year with some pretty impressive signings being made for them over the summer.

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We got a good win tonight at OAKA against a team that could have put up some difficulties. Unfortunately though, its quite late here, so I dont have time to post a review right now. Either I'll write it tomorrow or perhaps if either AEKMAN74 or AEKBaltimore watched the match they'll get something.

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So, our first home game of the season (after the match against Olympiakos was cancelled), and it could prove to be a fairly difficult one. Iraklis have a strong squad and I believe they have the potential to cause trouble to any team in the league.

Nonetheless, our squad is also strong as well now so I believe we can take the win.

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Unless you were a fan of Real Madrid, Manchester City or a couple of other clubs dotted across the continent, this summer's transfer window was a major anti-climax, nowhere more so than at Liverpool FC.
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Reasons to be cheerful Part Three

Hi all, yes the transfer window closed and we didn't appear to be making any attempt to add to our squad in those closing hours but that's no biggie, here are five reasons for my fellow Liverpool fans to be chipper.

1. Youth & Academy Players Beginning to Pay Off

Daniel Ayala, a player who didn't cover himself in glory in the pre-season friendlies he took part in, showed real maturity when flung in at the deep end and looks like a pretty good prospect for the future.

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Rafa should trust more to youth.

Liverpool youngster Daniel Ayala is hungry for more opportunities after a brief taste of Premier League football.

The Spanish defender played in Liverpool's first two games of the season after Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger were struck down by injuries.

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We got the three points here. It wasn't a pretty three points but, at this point in time, I'll take them.

First, the video of our goal, set up beautifully by Nemeth.

Some good aspects to mention about our play today, but overall, it was not an impressive victory.

Our defence today was not the greatest, and Majstorovic and Juanfran in particular were quite poor.

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Those expecting to see Kristian Nemeth on the Anfield pitch this season will have to wait another year, after the Hungarian striker was loaned to AEK Athens for the season.

I'm not quite sure what I think of this loan move.

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Those expecting to see Kristian Nemeth on the Anfield pitch this season will have to wait another year, after the Hungarian striker was loaned to AEK Athens for the season.

I'm not quite sure what I think of this loan move.

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Liverpool have allowed Hungarian strike duo Krisztian Nemeth and Andras Simon to leave the club on loan for the remainder of the season.
20-year-old Nemeth will join Greek side AEK Athens while Simon is heading for the Spanish second division with Cordoba CF.
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Wouldn't he be better placed getting some pitch time at Anfield?

Liverpool have today confirmed Hungarian duo Krisztian Nemeth and Andras Simon will spend the 2009-10 season out on loan.
Nemeth has joined Greek side AEK Athens until the end of the campaign, while Simon will spend the term with Spanish club Cordoba CF.

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Due to the fires noetheast of Athens, the two matches in Attiki, the AEK-Olympiakos derby and the Panionios-PAOK match, have both been postponed.

It was unfortunate, as I was excited about the match, but it was a needed desicion. Hopefully, nobody will be killed by these fires, and I really hope it gets under control soon.

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