Congratulations to Slovenia, a pair of bad managers, strange cures and daylight robbery all feature in this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

Good

It's been a good week for Uruguay, Algeria, Portugal, Greece, France, New Zealand and Slovenia as they all booked their places in next year's World Cup finals with play-off victories over the past few days.

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To paraphrase Preki during his first TFC press conference - "he didn't blow smoke up anyone's... butt". Forgive Toronto supporters for smiling at that idea as we've been having our butts smoke blown (oh grow up) for three years plus. Most of that smoke has been blown by the other man at the press conference table today but in one of his main off-season duties, Mo Johnston succeeded. Click to continue reading...

CSKA star appears on Emirates Radar.

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Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are considering a move for CSKA Moscow winger Milos Krasic according to reports.

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Though it was against lower opposition, you have to be impressed by Gabriel Obertan's performance yesterday at Oakwell. He has pace, a lot of it, and you could not question his other areas of his game such as his dribbling or his passing ability.

It was very impressive considering that he just come back from a long lay-off in the sidelines.

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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During my chat with Persija midfielder Mustafic Fahruddin we got talking about the number of players from the former Yugoslavia in this part of the world. In Singapore there is of course Aleksander Duric as well as coach Raddy Avramovic and Woodlands Wellington coach Nenad Bacina.
DPMM had Ivan Jerkovic who also played with Pelita Jaya while Bojak had a long career in Singapore and most recently was coaching My Team in Malaysia
In Indonesia there is Mijo at Persiba while Robbie Gaspar, Mijo's former team mate and now with Persema, has Croatian ancestry. Click to continue reading...

After the 29th round of Brasileiro, it seems no one wants to take the title home. Like in the last round, when only one club on the top won, the leaders collectively failed again. Palmeiras, Sao Paulo and Atletico-MG lost. Inter and Goias tied at home. And, in this way, Flamengo, the 6th side on the table, was the first team on the top to win.

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Spanish sports daily "Marca" calls our attention that both VALENCIACF & ATLETICO DE MADRID are interested in MILAN JOVANOVICthe 28 year old STANDARD DE LIEJA player.The Serbian ends contract with his Club the 30 of June of 2010.Valencia is said to have offered the player a 3 year contract for1.5M€/year. Click to continue reading...

Sickly, twistedly, inexplicably, this should not surprise anyone. In fact it rather has a slight air of inevitability about it. And were this a compatriot, a Russian on Russian attack or a Serbian on Serbian manslaughter, the grasp of the story might have slight limits. But it didn't, and it doesn't. Click to continue reading...

The over-riding reaction at seeing Fiorentina's name being drawn in Liverpool's Champions League group was something of a surprise. Perhaps it is an indication of the falling standards of the Serie A that, where once Italian teams were feared now they are met with a feeling that is somewhat akin to relief. Click to continue reading...

Don't worry, it's going down.
And South Africa is happy to report it leading into the World Cup. Though robberies are up and that pushed the overall crime up.
Only slightly more than 18K were murdered last year. But I think when it comes to that stuff, no news is good news.
To the links:

• A little Carling Cup roundup.

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Velimir Terzic scored on a long-distance shot in the final 10 minutes, lifting United Serbian SC to...
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THE 'Football Gods' have a sense of humour, eh?
Yesterday's game against Brisbane was possibly one of Perth's worst performances this season and yet they managed to win 4-2.
That's football, folks.
Brisbane, admittedly, were nowhere near full strength, though they had a intimidating front three of Henrique, Reinaldo and Sergio Van Dijk. Click to continue reading...

Fabio da Silva is no longer a member of the San Jose Earthquakes. The Brazilian defender was on the Quakes' books less than a month, appearing in two exhibition games. He originally signed with San Jose on August 18th after spending 2009 with Brazil's Rio Branca. da Silva was part of Red Star Belgrade's Serbian Cup winning squad in 2007. Click to continue reading...

Reaching a third consecutive Champion's League Final won't be enough for Nemanja Vidic. Winning is everything to the Serbian.

United were aiming to be the first team to win back to back European titles last year but a lacklustre performance saw the title pass hands to a deserving Barcelona.

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Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien scored for Ghana in their 2-0 (YouTube link) win in a Goup D encounter over Sudan becoming the first African nation to book their place to the 2010 World Cup.

Serbian coaches have proved lucky for the Black Stars as Ratomir Dujkovic guided them to the 2006 World Cup.

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On the closing of the transfer window Marko Pantelic found a place in Amsterdam, where he will wear Ajax jersey in the next year. After it seemed that Serbian international will be forced to spend the next term in his former club Crvena Zvezda, Ajax management knocked on his door and they obviously made the right move by signing this excellent striker.

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Owen Hargreaves has been named in Manchester United's 25-man Champions League squad, as has new signing Obertan and plenty of youngsters, but there is no place for Zoran Tosic.

The Serbian winger featured heavily in our pre-season but hasn't played for United since the friendly at Old Trafford at the beginning of August.

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Serbian international, Zdravko Kuzmanovic signed the contract with Stuttgart that finished last season third in Bundesliga, thus reserving a place in Champions League group G. After the club's attempts to sign Gojko Kacar from Hertha failed, so they decided to bring another Serb from Fiorentina, who plays on the same position.

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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO there you go, Perth Glory come out on top in a very challenging encounter with Melbourne Victory last night.
But in many ways, this victory was more pleasing than last week's one against Newcastle.
Against the Jets, Perth dominated possession and open play, and came out with a 2-0 victory. Click to continue reading...

After much speculation, Chelsea finally signed this Nemanja Matic cat earlier in the week.

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I'll be the first to admit I've got nothing on the kid. All I know is� he's Serbian. And, at 6-foot-4, he may or may not be able to dunk a basketball. Teabags, son.

Going from what I've read, though, this appears a low risk move.

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I wish all agents would be abducted and placed on a planet made of raw sewage!

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Manchester United centerback Nemanja Vidic has been mooted as one of the names Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola is considering to reinforce his defensive area.

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The season has barely started and Blue-white fans already regret that Marko Pantelic left Berlin and want him back! Actually, the Berlin side struggled to reach the minimum win over Hannover and they did it thanks to Gojko Kacar. The fans booed striker Arthur Wischniarek off the pitch and then all 42 000 of them started shouting Marko Pantelic's name.

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Former University of South Florida defender Neven Subotic [pictured right] is being pursued by both Arsenal and Manchester City of the English Premiership according to reports.
The Serbian international has been a hot property since leaving USF for Germany in 2006. Subotic represented the USA at the youth international level, before committing his senior allegiance to his birthplace Serbia. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal is in the market for a center back and the club has set its sights on Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic.

Subotic is reportedly being pursued by the Gunners, who sold center back Kolo Toure to Manchester City last week. Subotic, 20, is coming off an impressive first season in the German Bundesliga, scoring six goals in 33 league games to help Dortmund to a� sixth place finish.

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Arsenal is in the market for a center back and the club has set its sights on Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic.

Subotic is reportedly being pursued by the Gunners, who sold center back Kolo Toure to Manchester City last week. Subotic, 20, is coming off an impressive first season in the German Bundesliga, scoring six goals in 33 league games to help Dortmund to a� sixth place finish.

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Hangzhou Greentown 2-8 Manchester United

It may have been an exhibition match but it was truly a magical performance, as Ryan Giggs scored his first ever hat trick but even more encouragingly, forwards Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen combined to make a devastating partnership up front which effectively ended the game for the hosts within the first forty minutes.

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Serbian striker decided, the offers from Spain, Germany, England weren't enough for him to leave Valencia. "I want the big things with the current club, I don't want to leave Mestalla", said Zigic, who might make a hell of a tandem with David Villa next season.

Nikola Zigic wants to stay in Valencia.

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Those who saw last night's World Football Challenge clash between Internazionale and Chelsea� must have noticed� a solid performance from a rapidly emerging star wearing the blue shirt. Branislav Ivanovic, who played fullback for 65 minutes of Chelsea's dominant 2-0 victory over the reigning Italian champions seemed to be the player who was more eager than anyone else to cement his reputation during the high-profile friendly at the Rose Bowl.

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This man could be very excited to see a fellow La Liga player if he passes his trial at Red Bull New York, according to our friends at Tribal Football. Please click here for the original and all the details.
After a heads up from the MLSR Editors and Tribal Football, it appears that the 6 foot tall 31 year old Serbian forward/attacking midfielder Veljko Paunovic is on trial with Red Bull New York. Click to continue reading...

The Serbian international Nemanja Vidic has revealed that Europe's finest were all after him, but he was uninterested. Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has revealed that he turned down offers Barcelona, Milan and Real Madrid in order to stay at Old Trafford. Vidic has become one of the most important players at the club, as evidenced by [. Click to continue reading...

The Serbian international Nemanja Vidic has revealed that Europe's finest were all after him, but he was uninterested. Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has revealed that he turned down offers Barcelona, Milan and Real Madrid in order to stay at Old Trafford. Vidic has become one of the most important players at the club, as evidenced by [. Click to continue reading...

Soccerphile Exclusive:
Manchester United & Serbia's Zoran Tosic

Manchester United's Serbian u21 star Zoran Tosic has said he will leap at the chance of replacing Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford next season if given the opportunity.

The skilful winger, signed by United from FK Partizan in January's transfer window, has been wowing the crowds in this summer's UEFA u21 tournament in Sweden, leading to talk that he might be about to step into Ronaldo's shoes now the Portuguese star has left for Real Madrid.

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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
PERTH Glory fans need to come out and support the club, said Glory coach Dave Mitchell yesterday.
Mitchell, speaking on local radio show Let's Talk Football , praised the work of Glory owner Tony Sage in acquring some big name players but warned that the fans needed to also support the club. Click to continue reading...

My last thought before the United-Barcelona final is this: can Nemanja Vidic handle Samuel E'too? To be sure, the Serbian has been brilliant this season for United. While Ferdinand has spent considerable time on the trainer table, Vidic has assumed the leadership void and turned in some impressive performances. Click to continue reading...