So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don't even need Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo Almeida, we've not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese striker helping himself to a double.

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And it's L for Laura Guimarães! Nilmar scored a beauty of a header in Brazil's 1-0 victory over England yesterday (let's not talk about that Fabulouso penalty shall we, the sky fell down when that happened!) and aptly dedicated the goal to his wife!

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Yes, the photo explains it all! Mauro Camoranesi scored a molto veloce double in Juve's 5-2 thumping of Atalanta last night. Say what you will about his hair, but this dude still has it. Inviamo i fiori (we send flowers) to this Senor!

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Belleza! Napoli's Marek Hamsik and The Pied Piper of Higuain both netted in unexpected braces to steer their teams to a neat victory last night. Both of them deserve our Sunday Senor cap for this week... especially Hamsik who scored the decisive winner against Juventus.

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Ah, it's been a while since we last heard from zio-hermano. Yeah, Amauri's just one of those who prefers to let his feet do the talking (maybe not for Dunga) so it was nice to see him score in the bianconeri's 1-1 draw against Fiorentina, yesterday.

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The Pied Piper of Higuain may have opened the scoring for Los Albicelestes but it was Martin Palermo's close-range effort that secured a crucial win 2-1 win over Peru last night. The Dona actually dived into the wet grass on his stomach in celebration.

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Sorry folks, no Sunday Senor today because none of them made quite an impact as the Santos female squad last night. And with Marta and Cristiane in the same team, uma vitória é garantida! Our favorite mulher in futbol, Cristiane, struck twice in Santos' Copa Libertadores opening game to earn a 3-1 win over White Star for her side.

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Ah, Maxi! Nothing like a solid last-minute goal from Jose Manuel Jurado's cross to rescue your team from a loss to Valencia ... Atletico's coach Abel Resino has been under tremendous pressure lately and a loss would have dealt a blow to the Rojiblancos.

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For all those midweek allegations of stamping on Robin van Persie and diving (among other things) Eduardo should be sent back to his comfortable London home with a hot pot of soup cooked by old friend, Gilberto Silva. But who doesn't like controversy, these days?

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Inter's favourite Betrayer of Humanity (ha-ha) scored the opening goal against Getafe last night and set up the Messiah's second in the 78th minute.

"I am very pleased to have scored two goals, but the most important thing is to reach the rhythm," he said.

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Don't you love it when strikers deliver as promised? It's what you'll get if you listen to David Villa! In La seleccion's triumphant 5-0 victory over Belgium last night, he reminded the world of his prowess by scoring a double despite a missed penalty in the first half.

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What would Madrid have done without Lassana Diarra?!! It's easy to look at their stars of course, but our Sunday Senor of the week is one of their less-known players who scored the winning goal for Madrid in their 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna last night.

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El Duck struck twice yesterday to give Milan a win in their league opener against Siena. And with that, ombre is our first Sunday Señor of the start of the 09/10 season. Now now, let's all sit down and roast beans by the fire!

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Awwww, why are they all crying?! That's not a very nice way to welcome Nilmar, isn't it?

Anyway, doesn't cara look fineeeeee in the Villarreal kit? Maybe we're so used to seeing him in the Brazilian colours, so yellow is practically second nature to him.

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Manuel Pellegrini commenced pre-season training with Los Blancos on Thursday and based on that photo above, he knows his job pretty well. Be nice to Raul, smile at Raul and look fondly in Raul's direction.... or you're out next season!

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We've seen so many of them lately at the Confederations Cup ... futbolitas who go all out for the teams they love! So let's pay a little tribute to these lovely lindas from the Spain-South Africa game yesterday. They're our Sunday Señoritas because.

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After a ludicrous week of transfers, David Villa is the latest name to be associated with Real Madrid. Villa turned down a move to Chelsea (well done, papi!) and his spokesperson Juan Cruz Sol insists that there's a high possibility the Valencia hitman will go to Madrid next season. Click to continue reading...

Now where have we seen that face before? [AFP]

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Before his players ran out into the Stadio Olimpico pitch on Wednesday night, Pep Guardiola - along with Catalan journalist, Santi Padro - put together a video clip that showed his players at their finest moments with scenes from the film, Gladiator.

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After that dismal performance by Milan yesterday, Inter were crowned Serie A champions for the fourth straight year. Fans celebrated outside the team's Pinetina training grounds in Appiano Gentile yesterday as the team bus passed by Duomo square in downtown Milan, where celebrations continued through the night! Click to continue reading...

Brazil's meninos defeated their Argentinean counterparts to claim the nation's ninth U-17 South American Championship last night. The Brazilians were leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Martinez and Coutinho, but threw away their lead in the second half, allowing Argentina to equalise. Click to continue reading...

Hear, hear! Carlos Vela is our Sunday Señor for this week after Arsenal's 3-0 victory over Pompey last night. Sr. Guapo, as he is otherwise known here, will now serenade you with a great selection of photos under the cut. Enjoy!

CREDIT : Big Soccer Boards, AS & Google

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