Que dulce! Valencia kept to their promise to the fans last night and held Barca to a 1-1 draw with a 27th minute screamer from Jonas. Part of the promise was to play their best and not lose in front of the home fans, so this result is significantly better than a loss.

Benvenuto amici! Here's a perfect photo demonstrating the unglamorous side of football when you're on the pitch and it starts to rain. Believe us, it's absolutely horrible. Poor Claudio Ranieri had to stay on and watch as his Inter boys fought and sunk 0-1 to lowly Lecce at the Via del Mare stadium last night.

More than any other matchup, the coming together of Barcelona and Madrid forces apart the usually shared preferences of the cultfootball brain trust. So today's match was one where both sides could come away feeling they'd won some important battles, if not the war.

The game was not 90 minutes of pure flowing football.

Barcelona [2 : 2] Real Madrid
No. of Yellow Cards : 9
No. Of Red Cards : 1

Somewhere beneath this 'Blaugrana Happiness Pile' lies Pedro, who scored the opening goal in Barca's 2-2 draw with Real Madrid at the Nou Camp last night.

szólj hozzá: ]bg0-1c,o[Matchhighlight.com] A Nigel De Jong slide tackle uses results in broken legs and studmarks in some unusual places for those on the receiving end. But the reformed Manchester City midfielder is now using his powers for good. He managed to slide tackle in a 25-yard screamer in tonight's Carling Cup semi-final against Liverpool.

Clint Dempsey hit a second-half hat-trick to lead his Fulham side to an unlikely 5-2 victory over Newcastle United at Craven Cottage in one of the most eye-catching football scores of the day.
It was a typical case of a game of two halves as Fulham wrestled the initiative from Newcastle after a one-sided first half.

By Chris Wright

Manchester City's U18s whupped their Swindon Town counterparts 4-1 in the FA Youth Cup last night, with the game playing host to a trio of excellent (for one reason or another) goals.

After going two-nil up early on, City's third goal started the ball rolling when a 25-pass tippy-tappy (it's the English version of tiki-taka, i.

Darron Gibson has agreed a four and a half year deal with Everton today. His contract was due to expire in the summer and the club were not interested in offering him a new deal.

Gibson had been desperate to make a go of his Manchester United career and has waited until he is 24-years-old to make the move on after failing to hold down a regular place in the team.

After August's rioting in London, Tottenham full-back Benoit Assou Ekotto was one of the most vocal and active footballing voices suggesting that the game could be doing more to deal with social problems in their local area. The Cameroon international took to the streets to see some of the worst affected areas for himself after [.

Mirror: HT Liverpool 2-1 Oldham: Reds rally after Simpson screamer

Latics silence Anfield with opening goal but Bellamy and Gerrard reply

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The In The Stands goal of the week comes from Marseille winger Mathieu Valbuena after his screamer against Borussia Dortmund sealed a 3-2 win for the French giants. Marseille came from 2-0 down to bag an unlikely 3-2 win with Mathieu Valbuena grabbing the headlines after his injury-time belter, thus earning himself the moniker 'Mr [.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores a 40 yard screamer to give Portugal a 1-0 lead against Bosnia and Herzegovina in their second leg Euro 2012 play-offs.

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By Chris Wright

In which Nahki Wells, fresh off the bench, scores the only goal of the game to send League Two Bradford into the second round of the FA Cup at the expense of League One Rochdale with an 84th-minute screamer...

You can watch Wells' thunderous strike in the higher resolution it deserves here.

By Chris Wright

In which Nahki Wells, fresh off the bench, scores the only goal of the game to send League Two Bradford into the second round of the FA Cup at the expense of League One Rochdale with an 84th-minute screamer...

You can watch Wells' thunderous strike in the higher resolution it deserves here.

Iniesta's goal takes first leg of Copa del Rey 0-1 (Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A 42nd minute thunderbolt from Andres Iniesta proved enough to see Barcelona past modest third division rivals CE L'Hospitalet in the blaugrana's first Copa del Rey match of the season.

The game was moved up several weeks due to Barcelona's participation in the Club World Cup next month.

You'd never have thought their would be any links between struggling EPL side Wigan and the great Dutch midfielder Johan Cruyff but there is, Johan's Grandson Jessua Angoy plays with their reserves team and scored a screamer in his teams 1-0 win against Preston in the Lancashire FA Cup. Can't see him in a Dutch Shirt however despite his tender age of 18.

Just read this article from the Thackley website, Looks like they are looking forward to our visit on Saturday.Expect fireworks (of the legal and enjoyable kind) as the Seadogs hope to rocket up the league and the Dennyboys look to avoid a damp squib.Whilst there is still the League Cup to play for, the mantra of "concentrating on the league" is perhaps uppermost in Thackley minds as they look forward to entertaining Scarborough Athletic on Saturday.

It was so nearly a vital three points for Alex McLeish away from home thanks to goals from Stiliyan Petrov and what should have been a late winner from Richard Dunne to cancel out Conor Wickham's first half leveller.
Unfortunately, the familiar sight of a late goal coming from a set piece returned when 5'7″ Stéphane Sessègnon helped himself to a free header with one minute of normal time left on the clock.

Week 31 of MLS action was one to remember. Playoff positions were decided, old coaching friends squared off and Seattle set a record in attendance that likely wont be broken for years to come. Pedro Gomes has your recaps. Follow him on twitter @MLSSuperSub
Portland Timbers 0, Houston Dynamo 2
Portland hosted the Houston Dynamo in front of 20,323 fans at JELD-WEN Field in a crucial battle for post season life.

Patrik Berger was a fantastic player for Liverpool, and he scored some cracking goals through his career at Anfield, including a particularly memorable 30-yard screamer against Man United. In a recent interview with the club website, he gave his views on the best player he's ever played with, and revealed that Kenny Dalglish used to be his neighbour.

By Chris Wright

In which, with the clock running down to nothing, Cristiano Ronaldo keeps his 'one in every hundred' free-kick success ratio alive by pounding one of his trademark tomahawks into the top-corner from 30 metres rather than into the ribcage of some unlucky sod in the wall.

By Chris Wright

In which, with the clock running down to nothing, Cristiano Ronaldo keeps his 'one in every hundred' free-kick success ratio alive by pounding one of his trademark tomahawks into the top-corner from 30 metres rather than into the ribcage of some unlucky sod in the wall.

1. Much like the Project 2010 Blog, Oguchi Onyewu will rise from the ashes today, getting a rare start. He won't quite look like his old self (see: Oguchi Onyewu, Confederations Cup 2009), but it will be promising. He'll get beat where he shouldn't on a couple of occasions, but he'll show some ability to recover, which he's been lacking for a while.

1. Much like the Project 2010 Blog, Oguchi Onyewu will rise from the ashes today, getting a rare start. He won't quite look like his old self (see: Oguchi Onyewu, Confederations Cup 2009), but it will be promising. He'll get beat where he shouldn't on a couple of occasions, but he'll show some ability to recover, which he's been lacking for a while.

In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu jumps ahead of the queues, grabs a packet of milk and cookies and brings forth a comprehensive review of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 – it's a screamer! In a week which saw the release of the mightily impressive FIFA 2012, Konami's latest Pro Evolution Soccer release has much to [.

1. Much like the Project 2010 Blog, Oguchi Onyewu will rise from the ashes today, getting a rare start. He won't quite look like his old self (see: Oguchi Onyewu, Confederations Cup 2009), but it will be promising. He'll get beat where he shouldn't on a couple of occasions, but he'll show some ability to recover, which he's been lacking for a while.

1. Much like the Project 2010 Blog, Oguchi Onyewu will rise from the ashes today, getting a rare start. He won't quite look like his old self (see: Oguchi Onyewu, Confederations Cup 2009), but it will be promising. He'll get beat where he shouldn't on a couple of occasions, but he'll show some ability to recover, which he's been lacking for a while.

With a few tweaks to his game Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can star for England at Euro 2012

Of all the players built up after just a few games, Alex Oxlade-­Chamberlain is one to get excited about. Even at 18, he has a genuine chance of earning a place in the England squad before the season finishes.

Welcome to our new series! I'll be doing this for each and every game this season from now on because, well, it's kind of fun. Essentially what it is is a simulation put on by FIFA 12. I controlled none of the players instead allowing the computer to play as both the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps to get the fairest results.

Dare I suggest that we can concentrate on the league now? No? Didn't think so. Nevertheless, we are out of the Carling Cup thanks to a 2-0 loss at home to Bolton in what, by all accounts, was an utterly dismal performance.

Chris Eagles picked up on a Marc Albrighton mistake to score a screamer from 20 yards.

Nani goes on a mazy run before putting a screamer past a stranded Petr Cech for Manchester United's second goal.

Ruben Rochina scores a screamer from just outside the box to give Blackburn the lead at Craven Cottage.

The Screamer: What your club needs on deadline day

With transfer window closing on Wednesday night, Sportsmail assesses what each Premier League club needs, and what they are likely to get.

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At the close it looked easy enough. There were goals. Celebrations, too. The kind of win we should be recording against newly promoted sides at home if we are indeed harboring aspirations of another Premier League title. In truth, however, this was far from a convincing display. Much work is left to be done.

Tom Sullivan's screamer from 35 yard's helped Shamrock Rovers >bring pride back to Irish soccer at a time when it was much needed.

By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Aug 23, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Goals are not all created equal. Spanish-language TV announcers use the word golazo or bombazo to describe a great goal taken from outside the penalty area. The Brits like to refer to one as a screamer or a cracker. Either way, goals scored from outside the 18-yard box always get a rise in blood pressure from announcers.

Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland: Larsson screamer stuns Kop

Luis Suarez had earlier scored the first goal of the Premier League season

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Gerrard | What a hit son, what a hit!

AnfieldIndex Liverpool FC Stats | Liverpool FC Blog | Liverpool FC Forum New season, new players but hopefully a return to old ways for at least one aspect of our play, that was notably missing last year. This is of course the 25/30/35 yard screamer from one of our players, usually Steven Gerrard.

Manchester United made it 5 wins out of 5 as their US Tour came to an end last night with a 2-1 win over European Champions Barcelona, Nani gave United the lead before Thiago scored a screamer to level matters, however United regained the lead with Michael Owen showing he still has the scoring touch with a trademark finish of his.

Manchester United made it 5 wins out of 5 as their US Tour came to an end last night with a 2-1 win over European Champions Barcelona, Nani gave United the lead before Thiago scored a screamer to level matters, however United regained the lead with Michael Owen showing he still has the scoring touch with a trademark finish of his.