This season has not started the best for Everton, so far they have been unable to recapture the form they showed last season in the league and  sit a lowly 13th. Couple this with two heavy defeats and the hands of Benfica in the Europa league and things aren't looking so rosy for David Moyes and his men.

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Benfica and Nacional were in action today along with Sporting in the Europa League. Benfica scored two goals in the second half to defeat Everton on the road 2-0 on goals by Javier Saviola and Oscar Cardozo. Nacional took the lead once again against Athletic Bilbao on a goal by Edgar before Athletic tied it with eight minutes to draw Nacional 1-1. Click to continue reading...

Benfica continue their roll in the Portuguese Superliga with another crushing defeat of a portuguese side. This time the team to feel the wrath of the Eagles was Nacional da Madeira who went down to an embaressing defeat 6-1. Oscar Cardozo had the hat trick scoring goals in the 17th, 48th and 89th minute the latter two on the PK, while Saviola chipped in a brace in the 40th and 61st minute. Click to continue reading...

Javier Saviola and Oscar Cardozo both scored twice as Benfica blew UEFA Europa League Group I wide open with a comprehensive 5-0 defeat of previously unbeaten Everton.
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Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da América do Sul, na cidade de Assuncion, no Estádio Defensores del Chaco, para um público de 17.503 pessoas, as seleções do Paraguai (21º no ranking da FIFA) e Colômbia (30º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 20 jogos, 6 vitórias da Colômbia, 4 empates, 10 vitórias do Paraguai, 20 gols da Colômbia e 25 gols do Paraguai. Click to continue reading...

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Speculation (and I hasten to say speculation); seems to suggest that Mr. Levy's move to sure up relations with Internacional in the last window was another savvy decision from our shrewd chairman as the major press seem to have heard wind of movements which might suggest that the capture of Sandro in the winter window (to sure up the enforcing side of our midfield), would seem to place us in pole position.

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Jogaram em Puerto Ordaz, na Venezuela, pelas eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo, para um público de 41.680 pessoas, jogaram as seleções da Venezuela (51º no ranking da FIFA) e Paraguai (21º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 10 jogos, 9 vitórias do Paraguai, 0 empates, 1 vitória da Venezuela, 16 gols do Paraguai e 4 gols da Venezuela. Click to continue reading...

Benfica continue their chase of Braga with a victory of over Pacos Ferreira 3-1. Benfica jumped out in front early as David Luiz scored three minutes into the contest before Carlos Martins and Oscar Cardozo with his league leading eighth goal gave Benfica a 3-0 halftime lead. Maykon got one back for Pacos but it was too little too late as Benfica remain two points behind league leaders Braga Click to continue reading...

Portuguese clubs took to action in their first games of the group stage of the revamped UEFA Europa League. Benfica, Sporting and Nacional all played today with two of the three teams getting wins in the first matchups. Benfica took on Bate Borisov at the Estadio da Luz and defeated the Belarusian side 2-0 on first half goals by Nuno Gomes and Oscar Cardozo while Sporting visited the Click to continue reading...

Strikers live and die by their goal tallies, so I thought it'd be interesting to take a peak to see who is doing well as the European season gets under way. Â Here's a snapshot, see the link below for the goal tallies on an on-going basis.

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League in Goals Top
Scorers England 4 Jermaine Defoe, Wayne Rooney France 4 Yoann Gourcuff Germany 4 Paolo Guerrero, Stefan Kiessling Italy 3 Antonio Di Natale Portugal 3 Oscar Cardozo, Garcia Radamei Spain 3 Roberto Soldado

The players above have scored at an amazing rate over the first league games.

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Benfica came out flying in this game against Setubal with a crushing defeat in what turned into one of Benfica's most dominant performances in years. Benfica had a 5-0 halftime lead over Setubal before coasting to an 8-1 win. Oscar Cardozo with the hat trick, Pablo Aimar, Luisao, Ramires, Nuno Gomes and Javi Garcia got all the markers for Benfica with one of Cardozo's three being scored on a Click to continue reading...