La jornada sabatina en la LFP nos deja como líder de la competición al Madrid, que con un solitario gol de Higuain al 22 derrotó a un débil Racing por 1 a 0.

Tras la victoria del Real, el Barza no pudo ganar en casa de un Athletic que marcha bien y solo logró sacar el empate a 1 , y con esto pierde la cabeza en la tabla de puntos que le arrebatan los de Pellegrini justo antes del Derbi Español.

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For the third time in row Barca failed to win their La Liga match after an international break. They are known to carry their form in La Liga to the UEFA Champions League, and if that happen we will definitely see holders Barca getting knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez praised his side's character after they fought back for a 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
Yossi Benayoun's goal earned Liverpool a draw after goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland cancelled out Martin Skrtel's opener for the home side.
The draw means Liverpool have only won once in their last ten games in all competitions, but Benitez was happy with the attitude of his players. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid resumed their 2009-10 Spanish Primera Division (aka La Liga) season on Saturday, November 21, 2009 with a match against Racing Santander. They could temporarily go top of the table with a win as Barcelona were playing the late match on Saturday. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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Manchester United hosted Everton on Saturday, November 21, 2009 in the English Premier League. With Arsenal losing in the earlier matches, it was a chance for Man U to move back into second place in the league table while Everton is looking for any result on the road. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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The English Premier League returns on Saturday, November 21, 2009 with a full set of matches. One of the marquee match-ups includes Liverpool hosting Manchester City. Both clubs are looking for a top four finish but one is on the rise and the other on the decline. Liverpool has struggled this season and is in danger of missing the UEFA Champions League knockout stage and a top for finish in the Premier League.

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It is Friday, which means it is time to prepare for non-stop action from Spain with La Liga back in the fray.� After an intense week of World Cup qualifying playoffs, the focus turns back to the domestic responsibilities.

The times listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST) and include the pregame pleasantries, although sometimes the matches on the DIRECTV La Liga specific channels may not go to match coverage until right before kickoff.

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In the wake of Ireland's heartbreaking aggregate defeat to France, where Thierry Henry's handballed assist for William Gallas to score an equaliser in extra time denied a team who had performed magnificently to haul themselves level, we pay tribute to five of the greatest footballing heartbreakers in recent memory.

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El doctor holandés Van Dijk ha dado su aprobación para que Cristiano Ronaldo vuelva a las canchas.

Cuidado para todos los que le van al Barcelona porque recuerden que el jugador que en verdad revoluciona al Real Madrid es CR9.

A pesar de su lesión, sigue siendo el máximo goleador merengue con cinco tantos en liga y cuatro en Champions League.

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Queda ya 2 solo 2 Jornadas para finalizar la primera fase de la Champions en la que tendremos actividad en la semana entrante. Los grupos van de la siguinete forma.

En el Grupo A (Bordeaux y Juvens) y B (Manchester y Wolfsburg)� parecen las cosas casi definidas.

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Valencia has had a rough year in the books, but so far not on the pitch.� The perennial powerhouse squad has the potential to finish the season a top four squad with a birth in next year's UEFA Champions League.� But if Valencia is going to lock up that bid then they will most likely need to do it without many of their key players.

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Van Persie was stretchered off against Italy.

Going into the international break this weekend, I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. It's the feeling that many football fans have before every international week; the feeling of impending disaster as we wait to see who the victims of these meaningless matches are.

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Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has dismissed reports that he is looking to leave the club in January.
Babel has struggled to hold down a regular place in Rafa Benitez's plans, making just two starts in the Premier League this term.
While the 22-year-old is keen to be playing more regularly as he looks to seal a place in Bert van Marwijk's Holland squad for next summer's World Cup finals, he insists he does not want to make a move away from Anfield in search of more first-team action. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex looking to pick up two of Ligue 1's top stars.

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Reports in France suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to bring in Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh and Marseille's Benoit Cheyrou.

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If Week 14 of the 2009/10 Ligue 1 season took a little while to warm up in terms of 'goals scored', it was well and truly ablaze by the time it ended.
And end it did with the most dramatic game seen in the French top flight for many a long year. Lyon and Marseille faced each other having gained important UEFA Champions League results last week (a 1-1 draw for Lyon over Liverpool and a 6-0 thrashing by Marseille over FC Zurich) while looking to keep pace with Bordeaux at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Click to continue reading...

Con la conquista de la Copa Africana de parte del Tout Puissant Mazembe, de Lumumbashi, República Democrática del Congo (ex Zaire) se completaron los seis campeones continentales que disputarán el Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA en Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, entre el 9 y el 19 de diciembre.
El cuadro lo componen entonces Barcelona, de España, ganador de la UEFA Champions League; Estudiantes de La Plata, de Argentina, conquistador de la Copa Libertadores de América; Atlante, de la capital de México mudado a Cancún, monarca de la Concacaf; Auckland City, de Nueva Zelanda, vencedor en la O-League de Oceanía; Pohang Steelers, de Pohang, Corea del Sur; y el mencionado equipo congoleño. Click to continue reading...

John Terry

We never give too much attention to defenders in the weekly Top Performers, but last week John Terry not only led� the Blues to a shutout against a highly potent offense, but he also put in the lone goal of the match and a timely first� on the season for Terry.

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Glen Johnson believes Liverpool must stick together to bring an 'awful' sequence of results to an end.
The Reds had to come from 2-1 down to hold Birmingham to a draw on Monday night in a match at Anfield they were firm favourites to win.
Rafa Benitez's men have picked up just one victory in their last nine matches in all competitions, while they remain 11 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea and are in danger of being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League. Click to continue reading...

As a fan of Barcelona I was thinking the other day about the club's rich history as well as their successes in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona have won the UEFA Champions League three times in their history with two coming in the last four years which is extremely impressive.

It got me thinking; which Champions League winning side was better?

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is in the middle of a dispute between Real Madrid and Portugal.

Ronaldo was surprisingly called up by Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz for the two-legged FIFA World Cup play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite Real Madrid recently claiming that Ronaldo will not be fit for at least two more weeks.

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Buy Official Arsenal Merchandise at UKSoccershop.com

If you are looking to buy official Arsenal merchandise to make the perfect Christmas gifts this year for your friends and family, then you should head over to UKSoccershop – the leading UK online supplier of football shirts.

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I admit it. I was wrong. When Fox Soccer Channel announced in the Spring that they had acquired the US TV rights to the UEFA Champions League for the next three seasons, I recommended to the EPL Talk readers that Fox should hire the world feed that featured the UEFA commentary team instead of putting Fox's crew behind the mic.

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Está claro. Dejando de lado el rocambolesco partido entre Manchester United y CSKA, donde los rusos estuvieron a minutos de ganar en un campo histórico, la nota de la jornada ha sido la victoria Burdeos en tierras bávaras. Y sinceramente no estoy sorprendido en lo absoluto por el marcador final de 0-2 y el liderazgo del conjunto de Blanc en el Grupo A. Click to continue reading...

Unhappy midfielder could be interested in Barca exit.

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Manchester City captain Kolo Toure says he would like to see brother Yaya join him at Eastlands after admitting the Barcelona midfielder is unhappy at the Nou Camp.

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The timing could never had been better. Precisely ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, another barrier in Europe is being taken down: the wall between the strong and the weak of European football; between the Champions League and the Europa League; between the Big Four and the Little 16.

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If you are looking to buy official Arsenal merchandise to make the perfect Christmas gifts this year for your friends and family, then you should head over to UKSoccershop – the leading UK online supplier of football shirts.

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Thought some of the tackles made by male defenders were rough and nasty? Here is a video of New Mexico defender Elizabeth Lambert, who yanked BYU Cougars Kassidy Shumwa to the ground by pulling her ponytail. It took place in a Mountain West Conference Semifinal which was won by the Cougars 1-0. That is not the [. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona are reportedly preparing a bid for Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano, who the Merseyside club are preparing to offload during the winter transfer window according to Spanish publication El Mundo Deportivo.
The Argentine central midfielder, who holds an Italian passport, was a summer target for the Blaugrana and had showed signs of a desire to make the switch before Reds boss Rafael Benitez insisted he would not be leaving. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona-Mallorca

A great battle in this one as our number one squad faces off against our number five.� Barcelona has looked unbeatable so far this season and what do you know?� The treble winners still have� yet to lose a match and now the season is about 25% over.

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The English Premier League continues this weekend with another full set of matches. The biggest match of the weekend is Chelsea v Manchester United. They are currently the top two teams in the table and two of the favorites in the UEFA Champions League. Here's a list of predictions, previews, and USA/UK TV listings.

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Hotshot striker pleased to hear about potential interest from Stamford Bridge outfit.

Portsmouth vs Chelsea Tickets Still Available!

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Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero has admitted he is flattered to be linked with a move to Chelsea.

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Join former Arsenal player Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg for Episode 27 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.�

This week's bouncy banter focuses on Barcelona and Inter Milan's Champions League concerns, big money transfers that defy logic, and Stan Kroenke's bid to take control of Arsenal.

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Arsenal virtually booked their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, while Liverpool and Rangers' hopes continue to hang in the balance. Inter Milan staged a dramatic comeback win in Kiev while Rubin Kazan once again frustrated Barcelona.
Lyon 1 - 1 Liverpool
Lopez strikes at the death
Richard Williams Column
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Dynamo Kiev 1 - 2 Inter Milan
Late goals gain priceless victory
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Rubin Kazan 0 - 0 Barcelona
Blaugrana frozen out in Russia
Fiorentina 5 - 2 Decrecen
Viola cruise
Arsenal 4 - 1 AZ Alkmaar
F� bregas Masterclass
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A day after he played in A.C. Milan's 1-1 draw with Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, Clarence Seedorf answered readers'... Click to continue reading...

Champions League View: Bayern Munich and Liverpool FC could get 10 points and still not qualify.

An entertaining set of Champions League games threw up some unexpected results, great games and the odd ninja (but not a very effective one). Almost all of the big names have a chance to reach the knockout stages, even though the likes of Bayern and Liverpool have made it very, very difficult for themselves.

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