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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Pep Guardiola’s press conference: I need to find myself again

Pep Guardiola’s four years at the helm of one of the greatest side in this sport’s history wore him...
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Pep Guardiola exits: The end of an era?

Pep Guardiola is suffering a burn out This has been a hard season for Barcelona when you think of...
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Europa Cup semi-finals: Llorente fires Athletic past Sporting Lisbon, 3-1 (agg 4-3)

szólj hozzá: Athletic Bilbao – Sporting 3-1 This was a hugely entertaining match. End to end breathless action at...
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Chelsea vs Bayern gets down to football brasstacks

Will Arjen Robben come to haunt Chelsea? Banquo puts the shivers in Macbeth. A Barcelona vs Bayern Munich final...
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Champions League semi-finals: Bayern overcome Real on PK’s as Neuer shines

szólj hozzá: Real-Bayern Full highlights HD David Alaba’s handball should never have been. It was inadvertent for which the...
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Champions League semi-finals: Ramires’s brilliance lifts Chelsea over Barca, 2-2 (agg 3-2)

szólj hozzá: Barca Chelsea 2:2 EXTENDED HIG Ramires is the man. The Brazilian provided that laser like cross to...
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Europa Cup semi-finals: Sporting Lisbon comes back against Athletic, 2-1

szólj hozzá: Sporting – Athletic Bilbao 2:1 The all Iberian showdown between the Lusos and the Basques kept up...
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Europa Cup semi-finals: Falcao’s magnificent brace as Atletico downs Valencia, 4-2

szólj hozzá: ATL. MADRID 4-2 VALENCIA Diego’s stock plummeted after his underwhelming Juventus stint where he fell out with...
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RIP: Piermario Morosini

Today was Piermario Morosini’s funeral. The Livorno midfielder died tragically five days ago on the pitch of unknown causes...
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Champions League semi-finals: Chelsea play a perfect match in 1-0 Barca upset

szólj hozzá: Chelsea – FC Barcelona 1:0 On Wednesday evening, Barca in a rare moment of self doubt, looked...
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Champions League semi-finals: Bayern outclass Real Madrid, 2-1

szólj hozzá: Bayern – Real 2-1 We’re back! After more than a week of suffering from flu like symptoms...
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Real Madrid vs Valencia: Pepe showing evolution passed him by

Pepe provides the best argument against creationism. He is also badly in need of foe vs friend identification. The...
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Mancini: Mario Balotelli to be sold in the summer

Mario Balotelli not quite taking a good hard look at the mirror Well, that was quick. Less than an...
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Arteta’s late strike sinks City and its title hopes, 1-0

szólj hozzá: Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City FT An old enemy gives Man Utd the gift they crave. Yes, Arsenal...
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Helped by bumbling officials, Utd tighten grip beating QPR, 2-0

szólj hozzá: Manchester 1-0 QPR This has been a bad weekend for the men in charge of match proccedings....
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Juventus leapfrog over Milan with a 2-0 win over Palermo

szólj hozzá: JUV Can anyone doubt Juve’s quality in midfield when you have the creative spark of Andrea Pirlo,...
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Barcelona’s 4-1 Zaragoza win narrows the gap with Madrid

szólj hozzá: Zaragoza 1:4 Barcelona Goals La Liga has a title race. It’s on after being off since the...
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Dempsey’s double does in Bolton as Fulham win, 3-0

szólj hozzá: Bolton vs Fulham 0:3 MOTD Clint Dempsey’s 19th and 20th goal for Fulham sent the Wanderers back...
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Hall of shame: Dave Bryan

Dave Bryan looks on stonily as Roberto Martinez gives him a piece of his mind Wigan was robbed of...
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Cruel and wrong onside decisions sink Wigan against Chelsea, 1-2

szólj hozzá: ce2-1wi Tom Hennings Ovrebo has nothing on Dave Bryan or Mike Jones. Bryan is the linesman who...
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This is what Roberto Mancini would really like to do to Balotelli

Roberto Mancini channels his inner Muhammad Ali on someone who can’t even drive a car straight, doesn’t know how...
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Sol Campbell’s poorly timed article reveals little

Sol Campbell is a class player. The best Arsenal centre back and probably one of England’s best in that...
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Spurs and Sunderland slumber to a dull 0-0 draw

Sunderland 0-0 Tottenham www.sporsun.com by sporsun Lets characterize this match as one that you would not choose to introduce...
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Un-Cisseable: Newcastle’s sensation sinks Swansea, 2-0

It was the Papiss Demba Cisse show again! Another brace and the second one had genius written all over...
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Calciopoli2: Antonio Conte denies match fixing allegations

Antonio Conte denies match fixing allegations while at Siena calling it a “hoax” The Juventus manager has been in...
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Get your motor runnin’: Juventus pens deal with Fiat SpA

The Bianconeri enter into a three year sponsorship deal with Fiat which will see Alessandro Del Piero and his...
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Europa Cup: Sporting Lisbon ride their luck with Metalist, 1-1 (agg 3-2)

szólj hozzá: SPO A penalty miss by Cleiton Xavier in the 64th minute made all the difference to Sporting...
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Europa Cup QF: Athletic Bilbao edge past Schalke, 2-2 (agg 6-4)

szólj hozzá: ATH Probably the most entertaining quarter-final on display with a plethora of attack minded players on both...
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Europa Cup QF: Atletico waltz past Hannover, 2-1 (agg 4-2)

szólj hozzá: ATL Adrian Lopez led a multitude of defenders in a merry romp around the box as Hannover’s...
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Europa Cup QF: Valencia crush AZ Alkmaar, 4-0 (agg 5-2)

szólj hozzá: VAL Valencia became the first of three Spanish clubs to march to the Europa Cup semi-finals. The...
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Calciopoli2: AC Milan and Roma under investigation

Andrea Maseillo, the former Bari defender and a central figure in Calciopoli2 As many of us have heard, Calciopoli...
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John Terry doubtful after suffering cracked ribs

John Terry’s ribs cracked after they were used to make Eve John Terry revealed he had a terrible time...
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Fabrice Muamba walks for the first time since cardiac arrest

This is very encouraging. Fabrice Muamba continues to make steady progress to recovery. Still a long, long road ahead....
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Champions League QF: Apoel hold their head high as Real win, 5-2 (agg 8-2)

szólj hozzá: Real Madrid 5-2 APOEL (HD) The best moments came in the 67th minute and the 82nd minute...
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Champions League QF: Chelsea underwhelm in their Benfica victory, 2-1 (agg 3-1)

szólj hozzá: Chelsea 2-1 Benfica ALL GOALS Many missed chances. And nerves jangling right to the end for Chelsea....
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Champions League QF: Ramires miss of the season

szólj hozzá: Ramires a gólvonalnál ront Ramires, I confess, made a mess, right in front of goal, no less.
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Tactical inflexibility cost the US U23 an Olympics spot

Caleb Porter’s tactics came under fire in the U23 failure The CONCACAF region will be represented by Mexico and...
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Champions League QF: Bayern cruise past Marseille, 2-0 (agg 4-0)

szólj hozzá: Bayern – Marseille 2-0 Ivica Olic got both of Bayern’s goals as Franck Ribery stamped his authority...
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Champions League QF: Barcelona get past AC Milan, 3-1 (3-1 agg)

szólj hozzá: Barca 3:1 Milan Fullhighlights Barcelona and especially Lionel Messi did not wear their shooting boots today. And...
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Not the right time for an Arsenal swoon

Just when Arsenal thought it had gotten rid of that fish head The weekend did not prove to be...
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Man Utd get it done against Blackburn, 2-0

Now five points clear of Man City. Two late goals. A rocket by Valencia from an acute angle. Ashley...
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New England Revs paste LA Galaxy, 3-1

This has to go down as one of the most pathetic expositions of defending. The Galaxy could have propped...
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Sami Hyypia becomes Bayer Leverkusen’s interim coach

Old Liverpool hand Sami Hyypia becomes Leverkusen’s interim coach A string of poor results including a weekend loss to...
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Kirin Cup: Alex Morgan’s score ties US with Japan, 1-1

The Nadeshiko were the better team in the first 45 minutes getting a number of chances with their quick...
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Mexico beat Canada, 3-1 to qualify for the 2012 Olympics

Marco Fabian was the standout player scoring a goal and assisting in Alan Pulido’s goal as Mexico brushed aside...
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Thierry Henry’s hat trick leaves an impact on Montreal, 5-2

A fine hat trick and a clever assist for Mehdi Ballouchi’s goal capped a busy evening for the Arsenal...
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Stramaccioni wins debut in thrilling Inter vs Genoa goalfest, 5-4

szólj hozzá: INT This match had everything. Nine goals. Two red cards. Three penalties. Pepe Reina wasn’t the only...
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Balotelli and Kolarov get into it over a free kick

szólj hozzá: Balotelli kolarov Mario Balotelli busted into Andrea Stramaccioni’s press conference unannounced last week and against Sunderland yesterday...
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Adebayor’s hang time dooms Swansea, 3-1

T3-1S www.fasthighlights.com by fasthighlights-2012 A fantastic Brad Friedel save, a quick throw to jump start a blistering counterattack as...
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Cisse and desist: Reina sees red as Liverpool crumble, 0-2

N2-0L footyroom.com by footyroom Papiss Demba Cisse is the best winter transfer maybe of all times in the Premier...
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Giorgio Chinaglia passes away

The heady days of the NY Cosmos: Ahmet Ertegun, Mick Jagger, Giorgio Chinaglia at Studio 54 Giorgio Chinaglia, the...
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Chelsea smother Aston Villa, 4-2 including a Torres goal!

An emotional prelude to the match as Villa’s captain, Stiliyan “Stan” Petrov diagnosed with acute leukemia was given a...
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Sunderland’s tear City’s title hopes asunder, 3-3

The Sunderland result just might prove crucial in deciding City’s title hopes. Utd face Blackburn, a match they are...
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