The Guardian had a great collection of photos from Wednesday's action. I wanted to share a few of my favorites...
1. Setting the scene
2. Shevchenko's last stand?
3. Flash!
4. Setting fire to the competition
5. Fun day for the French
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Let's take a moment to reflect on the many different faces we've seen recently in World Cup qualifying action.

There's the good-old fashioned happy face, as seen (above), by Algerian keeper, Faouzi Chaouchi.

The "don't want you to see the tears" Face (Ukraine's Shevchenko)
The "I could give a shite if you see me cry, I'm a man and I have feelings" Face (Egypt's al-Hadary)
The "bish, I'll cut you" Face (Anyukov, Russia)
The "aggro-happy" Face (Pepe, Portugal)
The "my abs are overjoyed with emotion about this victory" Face (Perez, Uruguay)
And, our personal favourite, the "Who farted?

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Let's take a moment to reflect on the many different faces we've seen recently in World Cup qualifying action.

There's the good-old fashioned happy face, as seen (above), by Algerian keeper, Faouzi Chaouchi.

The "don't want you to see the tears" Face (Ukraine's Shevchenko)
The "I could give a shite if you see me cry, I'm a man and I have feelings" Face (Egypt's al-Hadary)
The "bish, I'll cut you" Face (Anyukov, Russia)
The "aggro-happy" Face (Pepe, Portugal)
The "my abs are overjoyed with emotion about this victory" Face (Perez, Uruguay)
And, our personal favourite, the "Who farted?

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A Parigi, ieri sera, un clamoroso "errore" arbitrale spezza definitivamente il sogno del Trap di portare l'Eire ai Mondiali e regala, invece, il pass per il Sudafrica ai galletti di Domenech. Ma la qualficazione della Francia ai Mondiali del prossimo anno è immeritata e, soprattutto, viziata da un fallo di mano pazzesco di Henry che consente a Gallas di realizzare il prezioso pari (gli irlandesi erano passati in vantaggio con Robbie Keane). Click to continue reading...

La de anoche fue una jornada de repesca llena de titulares. Por ejemplo, Eslovenia impuso su intachable trayectoria como local para eliminar a Rusia, un equipo a priori superior en cuanto a jugadores y juego, pero que sucumbió ante el orden esloveno en su feudo. Grecia fiel al estilo que le hizo campeona de Europa en 2004, arañó y se defendió (0-1) en Kiev ante una Ucrania que no podrá dar un broche mundialista a una gran generación liderada por Shevchenko. Click to continue reading...

(video gol, 0-1. Salpigidis)
Come l'Egtitto (che manca ai Mondiali dalle "notti magiche" del 1990), anche l'Ucraina di Shevchenko resta a casa. E'la Grecia di Rehhagel, vittoriosa per uno a zero a Donetsk a festeggiare (in virtù dello zero a zero dell'andata) la qualificazione ai campionati del mondo del prossimo anno. Click to continue reading...

Este miércoles se definen los últimos boletos para el mundial de Sudáfrica 2010. La primera sorpresa es el triunfo como visitante que Grecia consiguió en Ucrania.

Con un solitario gol al minuto 31, el equipo griego vuelve a un mundial desde 1994.

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Ukraine and Greece head into the 2nd leg encounter after a goalless draw at Athens. Ukraine's' captain Andry Shevchenko knows that this is the last chance for him for a final World Cup appearance and it's the best occasion to earn the qualification berth in front of the home fans. A nerve tingling encounter awaits the [. Click to continue reading...

Sabato scorso sono andati in scena i match di andata degli spareggi per i Mondiali del 2010. Benino Francia e Portogallo che, di misura e non facilmente, hanno avuto la meglio su rispettivi avversari. I galletti di Domenech hanno espugnato Dublino con un "gollonzo" di Anelka (conclusione nettamente deviata) e si apprestano quindi a completare l'opera in terra transalpina. Click to continue reading...

Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...] Click to continue reading...

Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Lyon)

Hugo Lloris showed Liverpool fans why he is France's number one keeper. While the Reds poured on the pressure he stood firm and made some brilliant saves early on against Kuyt, Torres, and Voronin. It took a wonder-strike from Babel to finally beat him.

Centre Back: Lucio (Internazionale)

Lucio showed why he is rated so highly around Europe.

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Atletico Madrid 2 - Chelsea 2
Mal primer tiempo, gran segunda mitad. Aburridos fueron los 45 minutos iniciales, todo muy esquematizado, muy poco fútbol. Increíble me resulta que en este Atlético no sea titular el Kun, especialmente si el inicial es Sinama Pongolle (todavía cree que juega en el Recreativo). Click to continue reading...

As I let you know back when I posted up this year's FFT100, I'm a bit of a junkie for lists. They are utterly meaningless, and yet compelling at the same time. With it being the end of the decade, there are tonnes of lists of the best albums, films, videos, celebrities etc floating around. [...] Click to continue reading...

(video gol, 1-0. Shevchenko)
(video gol, 1-1. Milito)
(video gol, 1-2. Snejider)
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1-0 Shevchenko 21'1-1 Milito 86'1-2 Sneijder 89'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Calcioplus non è responsabile del contenuto di tali siti web. Click to continue reading...

Inter Milan scored twice in the final five minutes to overcome Dynamo Kiev.

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1-0 Shevchenko

1-1 Milito

1-2 Sneijder

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I don't know if anyone else reads World Soccer but I have a subscription to the magazine and in the most recent issue, they raised the point of the best striker in the world. I'll explain how they came to their conclusion in a moment but I was wondering what other people thought was required in a striker and who they feel is the best.

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Although we are only 10 games into the season, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is starting to look more and more like a big flop. 15 million euro were spent on the Dutch striker, and even if he reaches 5 goals this season it would seem like a big achievement. Sure you can say that he needs time to adapt to a new style of play, new language, new culture, but it's already November almost and we still have not seen Huntelaar's name on the score sheet.

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Çok büyük bir ihtimalle Bernabeu'dan fark yiyip döneceğiz ama yine de umut olmadan bu oyunun bir zevki kalmıyor. Shevchenko, Rui Costa, Rijkaard,Donadoni,Gullit, Van Basten... Hiç birinin kalibresinde bir oyuncu yok. Takım olarak ise o takımların çok gerisinde bugün ki takım. Tarih tekerrür etsin istiyorum. Click to continue reading...

Zlatan will miss Barca's first meeting with the Russian Champions.

Barcelona vs FK Rubin Kazan:

Tuesday's forecast a massacre for Rubin Kazan. The Russians showed resiliency and quality against Internazionale but that was on their own turf. Barcelona is near unbeatable in their impregnable fortress of Camp Nou.

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Shevchenko
Novakovic
Robbie Keane
Dzeko
Hoje pelas 14.00 horas locais, em Zurique, na Fifa House, terá lugar o sorteio para os play-off. Analisando cada um dos adversários e os seus principais jogadores, pode chegar-se à conclusão que a Eslovénia será teoricamente a equipa mais acessível. Click to continue reading...

Things slowed just a little yesterday:

• Liverpool and Emily Heskey.
  
• Alex commits to Chelsea.
  
• No January move for Patrick Vieira.
  
• Shevchenko turned down United and Barca.
  
• Spanish team Cadiz after Michael Bradley.
  
• Robinho offers to be turned down?

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0-1 Shevchenko 22'0-2 Gusev 61'0-3 I.Lima (OG) 70'0-4 Rakytskyy 80'0-5 Seleznov 81'0-6 Yarmolenko 83'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Click to continue reading...

Ukraine needed to win to overcome Croatia and take second spot in the group and they did so with alarming ease.

0-1 Shevchenko

0-2 Gusev

0-3 Lima (o.g.)

0-4 Rakitskiy

0-5 Seleznyov

0-6 Yarmolenko

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Fabio Cannavaro -- the frustrated one -- has been cleared of his doping allegations.
Turns outs his bee sting alibi had legs.
I also heard he slammed Italian media and said he's retire if his country wins the World Cup again.
Now the links:

• Argentina dudes asked Peru to throw game?

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Apologies for the predictable headline. But Mr. Ferdinand's moment of Sunday league defending madness, which led to Robert Green's sending off and should have led to Ukraine's first goal (poor Shevchenko put the pen wide) seems to have more or less cost us this game.

As I say seems to, because I didn't watch.

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The claim by Croatia that we threw the game against Ukraine because we would prefer them to qualify just doesn't stack up. It might explain why Ferdinand appeared to be asleep at the crucial moment, and why the referee initially went to send him off , but Capello keeping Heskey on and Green completing the move by bringing down Milevski is a conspiracy theory too far. Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlights di Ucraina-Inghilterra)
Un tiro di Nazarenko, deviato dal terzino del Chelsea, Ashley Cole, inganna James e regala agli Ucraini un prestigioso e fondamentale successo contro la già qualificata Inghilterra di Fabio Capello (primo ko dopo 8 successi di fila). Da registrare un calcio di rigore assegnato ai padroni di casa e fallito dall'ex milanista Shevchenko, che spedisce la palla sul palo. Click to continue reading...

England's 100% FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying record came to an end today when they went down 0-1 at the Ukraine. Goalkeeper Robert Green was ejected after only 13 minutes for a foul on Artem Milevskiy. Former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko sent substitute goalie David James the wrong way on the ensuing penalty kick but struck the [. Click to continue reading...

Ukraine toppled an average England side and put themselves in a great position to overhaul Croatia and take second spot in Group 6.

Robert Green Sent off

Shevchenko Missed Penalty

Flares Thrown Onto Pitch

1-0 Nazerenko

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Ukraine toppled an average England side and put themselves in a great position to overhaul Croatia and take second spot in Group 6.

Robert Green Sent off

Shevchenko Missed Penalty

Flares Thrown Onto Pitch

1-0 Nazerenko

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Barcelona 2 - Dinamo Kiev 0
Partido muy sencillo para este Barcelona que con muy poquito demostró gran superioridad sobre el elenco ucraniano.Goles: Messi a los 26 y Pedro a los 76. Muy poco para destacar, excepto lo triste que me pone ver a un monstruo como Shevchenko en un equipo tan timido. Click to continue reading...

Did you miss the Champions League group stage action last night? Not to worry: we've compiled a short montage of the key moments.

And by key moments, we mean gratuitous shots of men focused on doing their jobs as professional athletes that we have turned into cheap tawdry moments of objectification for our own entertainment.

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Did you miss the Champions League group stage action last night? Not to worry: we've compiled a short montage of the key moments.

And by key moments, we mean gratuitous shots of men focused on doing their jobs as professional athletes that we have turned into cheap, tawdry moments of objectification for our own amusement.

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The Champions League resumes this week with the fancied teams looking to extend their good starts and improve on their Champions League betting odds. All four English clubs won their first matches in the tournament, along with La Liga giants Real Madrid, while Barcelona and perennial dark horses Inter Milan shared the spoils in their San Siro clash.

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