Happy and proud. Those are two words that came to mind when Otman Bakkal heard he was called up to replace the injured Wesley Sneijder at Oranje. It will be his first appearance in the big team. Right after receiving the call, the PSV midfielder jumped in his car to Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez is considering a move for Rafael van der Vaart after the Dutchman hinted that he is becoming more and more frustrated at Real Madrid.
The Liverpool manager is keen to add to his attacking options and the former Hamburg star could be made available at a knock-down price in January by Los Merengues, according to The Mirror. Click to continue reading...

I didn't put up a Weekend Round-up yesterday because I figured with the midweek round tomorrow, it would be pointless to update everything twice. So we'll dive in straight to Goals of the Week. Not as great as last week, but still some good goals, especially Daniele Mannini's one-time volley vs.

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Goal highlights and videos from the Inter Milan ( Internazionale) vs Catania Serie A game on Saturday, October 24, 2009. Kickoff at 19.45 UK time. Half time score :- Inter Milan 2-0 Catania ( Sulley Muntari 13′, Wesley Sneijder 31′) Inter Milan 1-0 Catania ( Sulley Muntari 13′ goal) A long range effort from Sulley Muntari goes in. Click to continue reading...

Genoa v Inter Milan
Saturday 17 October 2009
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Kick-Off: 20:45 CET

Inter Milan

Diego Milito is likely miss the opportunity to face his former club as Inter Milan travel to Genoa for Saturday night's match.

Milito's attempted comeback against Udinese was short-lived (25 minutes to be exact) and it is feared that the Argentine will be sidelined for an additional two weeks with a muscle strain, and miss this match.

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Rafael Benitez will be furious after Dirk Kuyt came off injured at half-time in Saturday's friendly for Holland against Australia.
Liverpool were already less than happy that Kuyt and Ryan Babel had to play the match in Sydney in what was a commercially-driven deal done by the Holland FA. Click to continue reading...

Redknapp gets closer to getting his man.

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Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Inter Milan regarding a move for Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari in January, according to the player's agent.

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It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Mourinho. So when Wesley Sneijder scored an injury time winner against Udinese on Saturday, Jose went a little nuts as he celebrated the goal and the release of all that pent-up anger and stress he's been holding in lately.

Unfortunately, not everyone appreciated that namely, Inter president Massimo Moratti.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Redknapp has another former player on his radar.

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Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari is yet again being linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window.

The 25-year-old sealed a £12.

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Spain
A Cristiano-less Real Madrid suffered its first loss of the season, 2-1 to Sevilla. That means Barcelona has the sole lead in La Liga.
Italy
We had a Ronaldinho's sighting as the Brazilian super sub netted an incredible late-game equalizer to give AC Milan a 1-1 draw against 10-man Atalanta. Click to continue reading...

The Italian Serie A has had an interesting start with Sampdoria leading the table. Inter Milan or Internazionale hosted Udinese on Saturday looking to recover from last week's loss against Sampdoria. The match took place at the San Siro. Here's a recap along with vdieo highlights for the match on Saturday, October 3, 2009.

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FC Barcelona started their UEFA Champions League defense with a goal-less draw at San Siro. This is never a bad result but with the chances we had we could have come out with three points with ease. It was a clash of the best atatck in the world against one of the most organised defense in the world. Click to continue reading...

It was honours even at San Siro as Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan in a match the European champions dominated but failed to crown with a goal their performance deserved.

The Spanish outfit created numerous chances to break the deadlock, particularly in the first half, the best of which fell to Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was unable to score against the side he left in the summer.

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FC Barcelona will kick start their defense of Champions League crown officially with the visit to San Siro tonight. This match is set to bring out some stunning re-unions, most importantly Eto and Ibrahmovic. Zlatan Ibrahmovic is set to have a very hostile reception from the Inter fans; meanwhile Eto will feel a bit awkard playing against players who were his team mates for long six years. Click to continue reading...

While Emmanuel Adebayor's infamous lack of sportsmanship this past weekend has overshadowed Manchester City's emphatic 4-2 victory over his former club Arsenal, it is impossible to overlook the strong impact he has made at the Eastlands already.

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The latest Serie A season is now three games in and although it is of course too early to make any firm predictions, some clear markers have already been laid down. Before the close of the window it was Juventus who took the lead as the big spenders in Italy, bringing in a number of players to strengthen the squad, not least of all the Brazilian Diego from Werder Bremen for £21.

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Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 Netherlands 1: 0 Scotland today at Hampden Park (here's the minute-by-minute report).

As George Burley said, Scotland deserved at least something from the match at home in which they threatened the woodwork serially.

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In the first half of Saturday's friendly between the Netherlands and Japan, Inter newboy Wesley Sneijder made an ugly two-footed tackle on Japan's Makoto Hasebe that brought the visibly annoyed referee to swipe the ball out of his hands and show him a yellow card.

In the second half, the football gods issued their cosmic revenge as Sneijder got tangled up with an outstretched defender upon taking a shot minutes after scoring.

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Melanie Slade is the new face of Helly Hansen. Hey, sailor.
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Huge congratulations to Manchester United/England NT keeper Ben Foster. He's become a father to a healthy, new baby boy!
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Pep Guardiola gets a standing ovation at the Coldplay concert
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God bless you, Chelsea team photographer.

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After a stalemate first half where Japan dominated, Holland came out as eventual winner with three goals in the second half. Robin van Persie scored his first goal of the season, albeit in an international friendly when he received a cross, controlled it with his chest and volleyed it close-range. Wesley Sneijder curled one from the [. Click to continue reading...

Goals from Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie and former Real Madrid duo Wesley Sneijder and Klaas Jan Huntelaar helped Holland to a straightforward win over Japan.

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While most teams were busy with 2010 World Cup Qualification on Saturday, there were a few friendlies as well. Most noticably were South Korea v Australia and Netherlands v Japan. Here's a recap of the both matches along with video highlights.

South Korea beats Australia 3-1 Video Highlights

South Korea cruised past Australia behind goals from Seol Ki-hyeon, Park Chu-young, and Lee Jang-soo were the difference.

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So which summer transfers were the best? Cristiano leaving Man United? Johnson arriving at Liverpool? Adebayor moving from Arsenal to Man City. Goal.com conducted a big fat poll, want to see who won?

Earlier this week, Goal.com asked the readers to vote on the best deal of the transfer window.

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A step too far?

Apparently Tottenham made a last minute approach to Real Madrid to snap up one of the last remaining Dutch footballers at Real Madrid, the one and only Ruud Van Nistlerooy, would such a move have been tolerated or perhaps even welcomed by Liverpool to help ease their relative lack of striking options?

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Thanks to 101 Great Goals for helping us get to the bottom of the mess that unfolded at the San Siro on the weekend.

Those who saw Gennaro Gattuso angrily gesturing to his own bench after he was given his second yellow card probably didn't understand what the messy haired Tasmanian Devil was going on about.

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Milan vs. Inter

Could the Derby della Madonnina, the first big derby of the 09-10 season in any European league, live up to the hype? Inter came into the game favorites to win the scudetto after mostly adding to the squad that has won the Serie A four years running. AC Milan did not add much in the offseason, and suffered the huge losses of Carlo Ancelotti, Paolo Maldini and Kaka.

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For AC Milan in Saturday's fabled Derby della Madonnina, Gennaro Gattuso's nightmare came true. If not for Inter's new-look, new-effect attack, poor Captain Rino would be carrying all responsibility for the unbalanced result (AC Milan 0:4 Inter).

Inter earned three (and perhaps all four) of their strikes, yet more could not have gone wrong in one half of play for the feisty AC Milan defensive midfielder as he returns from long-term injury to snatch back his position from the interloping Galaxy star, a certain D Beckham.

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I am not a number I am a free man!

Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has been told he still has a future at Real Madrid.

The Spanish giants needed to cut their squad after their lavish summer spending spree, which brought in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Xavi Alonso.

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In the first Milan derby of the season Inter Milan sent out a clear warning not only to AC Milan but also to any potential title challengers that they don't plan to give up their title without a fight.

Inter Milan run out 4-0 winners at the San Siro as the new look Inter Milan side showed that they have not lost any goal threat after the sale of Ibrahimovic.

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What a difference a week makes.

Seven days ago it was the red and black side of Milan who were flush with optimism, stunned at a reversal in fortunes that had seen their hopes shattered in pre-season and then steadily rebuilt in Siena.

They had witnessed the first tentative steps of the apparent rebirth of Ronaldinho, they had seen Alexandre Pato set himself up for what many to believe will be "his" season with two clinical goals, and they had seemingly allayed any fears that the ageing and aching limbs of Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Zambrotta and Marek Jankulovski were a bridge that not even the confident and bullish Leonardo and the downright brash Silvio Berlusconi could cross.

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Forgive me, fellow Manchester United fans. I am still not convinced by our beloved Red Devils despite two impressive (at least on paper) wins over Wigan and Arsenal. It's great to be winning when you're not playing at your best, and especially beating a Gunners side that is playing the best football by far of any team on that side of the planet.

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In the first half of Saturday's Milan derby, Rino Gattuso picked up an ankle injury that he attempted to play through. Hurt and disgruntled, Gattuso went on to unleash his aggression on the opposition, giving both Samuel Eto'o and Wesley Sneijder violent welcomes to Serie A and getting booked twice in a matter of four minutes.

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Arjen Robben announced his Bundesliga arrival by scoring a brace in Bayern's 3-0 win against Wolfsburg.

Wesley Sneijder was put into action right away by Jose Mourinho in Inter's blowout of Milan. Later, Mou praised him saying that Sneijder was an essential part of bringing balance to the club.

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In many ways a new year of Serie A doesn't truly begin until it features one of thee Big Matches. It is often said that over the course of the season it's the the "little games", those against teams battling for relegation, that pave the road for a championship title. Often true, but the "little games" certainly are not those everyone is waiting to see.

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