Red Rants 20 November @ 04:22 PM EST
We continue to edge closer to United related news, but this was too difficult to pass up. When
the King speaks we have to listen:
"I think that Raymond Domenech is the worst coach in French football since Louis XVI. If it was
up to me, I'd put (Bordeaux coach) Laurent Blanc in charge of the France team," the former
Manchester United hero continued.
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FIFA & FIFPro (the players Union) have combined to announce thisyear the "FIFA/FIFPro WORLD XI
Team" which will be announced the21st of December in a Gala at Zurich (Switzerland).For the moment
the organizations have handed in their 55 candidatesof which 11 are Spanish players:Casillas,
Reina, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Iniesta, Xavi, Xabi Alonso,Cesc, Torres & Villa.
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Yeah, we had to do this one sooner or later. And being the Empire Supporters Club die-hard that he
is, my former American Soccer Daily co-hort Jason Endres found a way to make the "What went right?"
answer as long as the "What went wrong?" answer. But ya know what... that's New Yawk, baby. Now put
the Strokes' cut Someday on and read.
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It will be talked about for a long time: a World Cup berth "handed" to France. Thierry's Henry
helping hand assist (and a blown offside call) teed up William Gallas for the extra time clincher
to leave Ireland feeling backhanded...... but that was hardly the only drama on hand.Earlier,
Algeria, Greece and Slovenia procured invites to South Africa via upsets, with Portugal closing out
a tidy sweep
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Wow how cool is this :
Japanese Samurai Subs
After 60 years in a watery Hawaiian grave, two World War II-era Japanese attack submarines have
been discovered near Pearl Harbor, marine archaeologists announced today.
Specifically designed for a stealth attack on the U.
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The World´s leading ankle specialist Dr Dijk has travelled today to Madrid to see how the ankle of
CRISTIANO RONALDO was progressing.After a medical examination with an "on-field" trail with hard
exercisethis afternoon, the verdict is very positive.So much so, that he Ronaldo could receive the
medical all-clear for thisThursday, thus opening the way for his return as soon as next week
inChampions
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The France magazine "Onze Mondial" has prized FC BARCELONAArgentine star LIONEL MESSI with its
"ONZE D OR" for the "BestEuropean Football Player for 2008-09" according to thismagazine.This award
sounds the beginning of the "Prize" season as FranceFootball & FIFA are soon to announce their
"Golden Ball" & "WorldPlayer" prizes respectively.
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1 for 2 isn't bad when you're picking Soccer matches and last night the boys from Salt Lake came
through and defeated the Fire 5-4 in Penalty Kicks. I'd take total credit for picking this one,
but RSL didn't manhandle the Fire like I thought they would, but now I think we something else we
need to discuss concerning the two teams who will vie for the MLS cup this season.
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The Chicago Fire will look to reach its fourth MLS Cup Final by beating Real Salt Lake in
tonight's MLS Eastern Conference Final (8pm, FSC).
The winner of tonight's match will face the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS Cup Final. The Galaxy
defeated the Houston Dynamo, 2-0, in overtime on Friday night.
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Once more, with a little less feeling.That probably sums up another abject Scottish performance as
well as anything could.This was bad, bad, bad. Scotland were humiliated again by Wales. The
question remains: how many of these performances can we endure before a change is made.Before the
game George Burley justified his selection of a full back, Danny Fox, because "he'd worked ever so
hard"
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The last game of the 1/16 of the SPANISH CUP was played tonight with another 2ºDivision team
knocking out a "Liga" Club. ALMERIAlsot a home 0-1 to HERCULES (Alicante) & 1-3 in the total
aggregate.(Hercules C.F logo)The winning goal for Hercules came in the 77th min whenTIAGO GOMES
scored.
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The magician has still got it. The current REAL MADRID PresidentialClub advisor, ex player & French
International World ChampionZINEDINE ZIDANE continues to show his skills as seen in this Videoup on
"YouTube" by "ligafutbol32". The Frenchmen participated ina fund raising friendly game & scored
this wonderful free-kick goal.
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Four games played tonight of the SPANISH CUP with its traditionaldosis of surprise results.ATHLETIC
DE BILBAO drew 2-2 against 2ºDivision team RAYOVALLECANO but were eliminated on aggregate.
FERNANDO LLORENTE scored first for Bilbao in the 41st min, but Rayo stoodfirm in the "Lions den" to
equalize via COLLANTES in the 72nd min.
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Carlo Ancelotti has decided to name his starting 11 way ahead of the game tonight which is unusual
and he has also taken the step of giving complete rest to John Terry, Petr Cech and Nicolas Anelka
whereas Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba will be on the bench. He said before
tonight's game: "If I have the possibility to give rest to all the players who also have to play in
their
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It's weird, isn't it, that the same player could be hailed as both "Lionheart" and the "Bionic
Woman" in the same breath? Maybe it's not so strange if that player is John Terry. On the one hand,
if you're English -- particularly in the media -- you have to love Terry's grit and even if you
hate Chelsea, he is sorta the captain of the National Team, after all.
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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, now with more national team
content.
The U.S. men's national team has dominated October's batch of questions as you might expect, but
this installment includes some interesting inquiries about the likes of Brad Friedel, Jeff
Cunningham and yes, Freddy Adu.
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If the Chicago Fire were hoping for reinforcements to bolster their chances against New England
in Saturday's second leg playoff match, they'll have to look beyond Gonzalo Segares. The defender
is currently listed as out for the upcoming do-or-die encounter set for Saturday at Toyota
Park.
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Arseblog 30 October @ 11:56 PM EST
A much earlier blog than usual as I'm heading Londonwards this morning for the game.
There's nothing new to report in terms of the team. Wenger confirmed Fabianski's injury and said
he'd be missing for "three to four" weeks, which is no doubt a blow to him. He was giving nothing
away when pressed about who would play today.
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A total of 9 games were played tonight in the SPANISH CUP withsome surprise results. Here are the
results & scorers(photo: At Bilboa lament the bad night_marca.com)2ºDivision Madrid team RAYO
VALLECANO "whipped" ATHLETIC DEBILBAO 2-0, thus the former has all the advantage for the 2º leg
game.The scorers were SUSAETA (4th min) & PACHÓN (19th min)GETAFE 2 (ALBIN 60th m & GAVILÁN 70th
min) -
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While USS S365 is on the fritz, I'll drop some bits. A few may be a little behind, but I'll include
them just in case somebody missed one...#1 - ESPN ace Steve Davis looks at the state of the USMNT
defense. And if you're unaware, Jay DeMerit needed eye surgery for an infection.Both owww and ewww.
Get well, JayD!
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SFS may have already put up this video in its SFS FLASHBACK section,however it is worth a repeat as
tonight we have a spectacular RealMadrid vs AC Milan clash in Champions League at the mitical
"SantiagoBernabeu" Stadium in Madrid.It was 1989; the semi final of the European Cup & AC MILAN
won5-0 REAL MADRID in a game that still has left a deep mark on theSpanish Club in their recent
history.
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Respecto a una nota publicada ayer por el periódico Noroeste en el
sentido de que se está empezando a generar algo de inquietud dentro del plantel Dorados de Sinaloa
por retrasos en los pagos, el técnico del equipo Ricardo Rayas dice que "no hay que hacer drama" y
que solo se trata de un ligero retraso, de 5 días, dice.
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Martin Laursen is gone but Aston Villa's set piece threat remains. Villa's "Twin Towers" were
brilliant defensively and also scored two thunderous headers to win the game for the home
side.Dunne and Collins goals propelled Aston Villa to joint third with Tottenham and Man City with
16 points.The 2-1 defeat in Villa Park would be a psychological blow to Chelsea, who had lost twice
in as many away
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Fantasy EPL 12 October @ 12:03 PM EST
via Yahoo!Sports:Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has revealed that Robinho could be ready to
make a return to first-team action in ten days time.A stress fracture of the ankle has kept the
Brazilian forward out of action since City's game with Portsmouth at the end of the August, but
Hughes is hopeful that he could return against Scunthorpe United in the League Cup.
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It was a matter of time that the supposed "Witch-Doctor" beginto cash in on the coincidental injury
of REAL MADRID starCRISTIANO RONALDO. SEE VIDEO:PEPE - "The Witch" ( now that´s a Hollywood name)
claims he has been contracted by a non-European women to cause injury toCristiano Ronaldo. As you
may now Ronaldo was diagnosed yesterdaya serious strained ankle that will keep him out of Football
for
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It was reported that a "Shaman" was hired by an anonymous personto practice "witchcraft" on
CRISTIANO RONALDO & cause him seriousinjury. The anonymous person was later speculated to be Paris
Hiltonafter she considered the REAL MADRID player to be a bit "gay" ¬ enough man for her, & her
sexual appetite.
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ARSENAL Manager & Coach Arsene Wenger has ordered that young19 year old Spanish International &
current Arsenal FC player FRANMERIDA have is contract with the Club renewed & extended.According to
local Spanish daily "Mundo Deportivo" it is planned thaton the 28th of October both player & Club
will sit down to discuss theissue & the player will find out what are the plans for his future.
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Okay, so I followed everyone's lead and started using Twitter. HillcrestRoad does it, Downthebyline
does it, even Robb Heineman has started. Robb's "zolie goalie!!!" tweet after Zoltán's goal was an
instant classic...I will Tweet blog updates but I will also Tweet stuff that I would not take time
to write a post about.
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Interesting article from Graham Spiers on the Times website following the Old Firm match on Sunday.
Spiersy is wrestling with a dilemma: Should he report the sectarian abuse he heard from a Rangers
fan at Ibrox on Sunday?He's in two minds:"But journalists getting involved? It is one thing for
someone in my position to report it and comment on it, but quite another to wade in and become an
active
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Back again. Another week of European misery. Rangers humbled – penalty or no penalty they got a
"doing" – and Celtic drawing at home in a game that they would have expected to do better in.
Still, at least they've both got a quiet weekend to look forward to.Onwards:Hamilton v St Johnstone
It would be churlish not to start with the weekend fixture that most catches the eye.
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Good old Tim :
Everton midfielder Tim Cahill dedicated his winning goal in the
Europa League game against BATE Borisov to the victims of Tuesday's Pacific tsumani.
The Australian international mimed rowing a canoe after scoring in
the second half of the match in Belarus.
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On Wednesday, we posted a video of Andrei Arshavin's nifty (and very offside) back-heel goal
from the weekend. Apparently the play inspired some others to break out the back-heel tricks, with
two back-heel beauties highlighting Wednesday's UEFA Champions League action.
FC Porto's Radamel Falcao scored this gem:
FC Zurich's Hannu Tihinen delivered this flying, ballet-like game-winning back-heel to knock
off AC Milan:
What do you think of these goals?
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Photo by ISIphotos.com
From the "Not that guy again" department comes word that the referee for the U.S. Under-20
national team's crucial Under-20 World Cup match against Cameroon on Tuesday (12:40pm, ESPN2) will
be none other than Jorge Larrionda.
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Fantasy EPL 26 September @ 06:45 AM EST
FYI - My team is Given, Verm, Heitinga, SeaBass, Lamps, O'Hara, Lennon, Jordi Gomez, Hunt, Drogba,
Rooney <p><a
href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=e87ac8df74"
>The Barn Door Live - Sept. 26</a></p>
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Después de haber sido llamado por Juan Carlos Chávez para
concentrarse en la Ciudad de México con la selección sub-18 regresó a incorporarse a los
entrenamiento de Dorados el defensa Dionicio Escalante.
Fue un llamado a visorías se podría decir donde Escalante fue
observado por Juan Carlos Chávez quien seguramente ya tendrá una idea sobre las cualidades del
jugador lo que podría provocar un llamado formal a la selección para partidos oficiales en un
futuro.
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