I don't care much for the JV competition in Europe. But here are the raw scores in case you have any interest.Anderlecht 3-1 FC Timisoara
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam
Genoa 3-2 Lille
Slavia Prague 2-2 Valencia
Hamburg SV 0-0 Celtic
Rapid Vienna 0-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Heerenveen 2-3 Hertha Berlin
Sporting Lisbon 1-1 FK Ventspils
AS Roma 2-1 Fulham
FC Basel 3-1 CSKA Sofia
Dinamo Bucuresti 0-3 Galatasaray
SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Panathinaikos
Levski Sofia 0-1 SV Salzburg
Villarreal 4-1 Lazio
Fenerbahce 3-1 Steaua Bucuresti
Twente Enschede 2-1 Sheriff Tiraspol
AEK Athens 2-2 BATE Borisov
Everton 0-2 Benfica
Partizan Belgrade 2-4 Club Brugge
Toulouse 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-3 Sparta Prague
FC Copenhagen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven
CD Nacional de Madeira 1-1 Athletic Bilbao
Werder Bremen 2-0 Austria ViennaFun stuff. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pelas Oitavas-de-Final do Mundial Sub-17, na cidade de Lagos, no Teslim Balogun Stadium, com uma temperatura de 29º C, as seleções da Suiça (13º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Alemanha (5º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram a seguinte quantidade de jogos:
Copa do Mundo:
4 jogos, 2 vitórias da Alemanha, 1 empate, 1 vitória da Suiça, 10 gols da Alemanha, 06 gols da Suiça. Click to continue reading...

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05.11.2009 - Europa League
Werder Bremen - Austria Wien 2:0

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3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B... no wait.

Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.

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The UEFA Europa League continued on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with 16 group stage matches. A few teams struggled including Celtic who have only 2 points in the group stage. Roma defeated Fulham in one of the other matches and is now in good position to advance to the knockout stage. Overall, there are two matches left with the top two from each group advancing.

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The UEFA Europa League has a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Some of the key matches include Genoa v Lille, Werder Bremen v Austria Vienna, Fenerbahce v Steaua Bucharest, and Toulouse v Shakhtar Donetsk. Free Live Sports TV will be providing live streams and coverage of all these matches.

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• An English intern at German footie magazine 11Freunde talks about German and English football. (11Freunde)
• Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about footballers who suffer/ed from depression. (ESPN Soccernet)
• Bayern have an "on" switch and they have a far more popular "off" switch as well.

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Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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Consistently good displays have put Aaron Hunt on course for a cap or two. But will they be for Germany or England?
Is Fabio Capello on the Hunt for Werder Bremen's young attacker? Click to continue reading...

He's twenty-three, has a German father and an English mother, and his double on the weekend against Nurnberg to steal a 2-2 draw for Werder Bremen has all of a sudden put this man on the radar of Fabio Capello. Just one small problem, Aaron Hunt...
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Werder Bremen forward Aaron Hunt has rejected England's advances and has said that he will only play for Germany at senior level. The 23 year old has represented Germany at U-16, U-17 and U-21 levels, but is eligible to play for the Three Lions because his mother is English. Hunt is expected to be called by [. Click to continue reading...

Zico takes Japan in vintage early 90's style. Roman spends enough on lunch to feed someone for life. (Bild) Reason #8 billion social networking was a bad idea. (The Spoiler) The American foul roundup. (Climbing The Ladder) Don't set your sheep suit on fire. (The Beautiful Game) Bulgarian football is the new awesome. Click to continue reading...

The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming about Bundesliga survival but not much more.

Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy.

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Interesting story in Bild recently, suggesting that Fabio Capello has been asking Stuart Pearce to keep an eye on Werder Bremen's 23 year old attacking mid/forward Aaron Hunt, who you can see above scoring twice for Werder Bremen (in white) this weekend. The second goal (which tied the game at 2-2) is an absolute cracker of a chest-volley combo.

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Önceki senelerde kendi ülkelerinde kendi alt yapı çarklarında yetiştirdikleri futbolcuları başta Türk milli takımı olmak üzere diğer ülke takımlarına kaptıran Almanlar son yıllarda gerek Futbol Federasyon'u gerekse de Alman hükümetinin başarılı baskı politikası ile pek çok futbolcuyu Alman Milli takımına kazandırlar. Click to continue reading...

Nuremberg's goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer and Bremen's creative midfielder Marko Marin exchange a few words during their sides' 2-2 draw on Saturday.

(Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

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For the record, the photo accompanying this article is from Thursday's Boca Juniors match with Chacarita Juniors at the Bombonera. It had no effect on the rankings, but I wanted to post a photo of my own to the entry.

For the first time in over a month, a club remained at the top spot of the rankings for consecutive weeks as Chelsea solidified its position at the top with a pair of 4-0 victories over Bolton Wanderers this week.

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All the top European leagues were in action on Saturday, October 31, 2009 including the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A. In Spain, Real Madrid won while FC Barcelona conceded a late own goal to get a draw. In England, Arsenal crushed Tottenham while Liverpool lost again.

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Two goals from Aaron Hunt rescued a point for Werder Bremen at Nurnberg.

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Jogaram em Abuja, no National Stadium, com uma temperatura de 30º C, as seleções da Alemanha (5º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Honduras (35º no ranking da FIFA).
Esse foi o primeiro jogo entre as 2 seleções na história.
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi escalado assim:
Árbitro: Carlos AMARILLA-PAR
Primeiro Assistente: Emigdio RUIZ-PAR
Segundo Assistente: Nicolas YEGROS-PAR
Quarto Árbitro: Pablo POZO-CHI
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The time is now for Kenny Cooper if he wants to get Bob Bradley's attention for 2010. With two friendlies on the horizon in November, steady play from the tall forward would likely earn up at least a spot when the rosters are announced next month.

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The time is now for Kenny Cooper if he wants to get Bob Bradley's attention for 2010. With two friendlies on the horizon in November, steady play from the tall forward would likely earn up at least a spot when the rosters are announced next month.

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It's starting to get interesting in the Bundesliga. With the weekend being eclipsed by a thrilling 3-3 draw. Schalke needed a last gasp goal from Kevin Kuranyi to make the game even stevens after Hamburg had led, 2-0, 2-1 then 3-2. Markus Berg and Kevin Kuranyi scored two goals each with Lucas Schmitz and Piotr Trochowski both on target in a 3-3 draw which had everything, including a red card for Hamburg's David Rozehnal.

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So Dopey officially called up 24 homensfor the selecao's upcoming friendly matches next month. Ooooh yes, we mean that exciting one against England in Qatar on the 14th and the other one against Oman in Muscat.

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Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he wasn't the only surprise.

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Liverpool's win over Man Utd got all the Premier League attention this weekend, so Ivan Klasnić giving us yet more proof of his indestructibility went a little more under the radar than perhaps it deserved to. You probably remember Klasnić as the Croatian striker who suffered kidney failure while playing for Werder Bremen in 2007, and [. Click to continue reading...

Hulk, Michel Bastos, Fábio Aurélio, Carlos Eduardo

Dunga has called up 24 players to face England on November 14th in Doha, Qatar, and Oman three days later in Muscat.

The squad includes Liverpool's Lucas and Fábio Aurélio� plus Manchester City's Robinho. Porto frontman, Givanildo Vieira de Souza (Hulk), gets his first call-up.

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Jogaram em Abuja, no Nacional Stadium, o quarto jogo do Mundial Sub-17, as seleções da Nigéria (32º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Alemanha (5º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
11-08-1985 - Alemanha 0x2 Nigéria (Mundial Sub-17)
22-04-1998 - Alemanha 1x0 Nigéria (Amistoso)
07-04-1999 - Nigéria 2x0 Alemanha (Mundial Sub-20)
06-09-2007 - Nigéria 3x1 Alemanha (Mundial Sub-17)
07-10-2009 - Alemanha 3x2 Nigéria (Mundial Sub-20)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Ravshan IRMATOV-UZB
Primeiro Assistente: Rafael YLIASOV-UZB
Segundo Assistente: Bahadyr KOCHKORORV-KGZ
Quarto Árbitro: Stephane LANNOY_FRA
Aos 21 minutos, a Alemanha, abriu o placar com um gol do camisa 9, Lennart THY, jogador do Werder Bremen-GER. Click to continue reading...

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Tough challenges lie ahead for Leverkusen, Hamburg and Schalke in this weekend's Bundesliga action...
Friday
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund
Saturday
Bayern Munich - Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia M'gladbach - Koeln
Hannover - Stuttgart
Mainz - Freiburg
Hoffenheim - Nuernberg
Sunday
Hertha Berlin - Wolfsburg
Schalke - Hamburg
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2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 victory.

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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading. Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the matches on Thursday.

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22.10.2009 - Europa League
Austria Wien - Werder Bremen 2:2

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• The merits and shortcomings of football's hire and fire practices. (Deutsche Welle)
• The merits and shortcomings of a controlled offense. (Guardian)
• The merits of Werder Bremen and the shortcomings of Bayer Leverkusen. (Some People are on the Pitch)
• The merits of having millers as ancestors.

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