October 12th, 2008 | By:
Jan
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An extraordinary result that in many ways compensates for the disappointments Swiss football has had to experience these past two months: in the first leg of the playoffs for the Swedish 2009 Euro U-21 the young "Nati" came from behind to defeat a tough Spanish side 2-1 in Aarau.
Switzerland
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Juan
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History has categorized Uruguayan as battlers and muckers all over the pitch who use will more than skill in order to get a favorable result. Modern football have made this style of play somewhat obsolete. In order for a team to be successful, there is a need have
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Dancy
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0 CommentsFernando Torres is back! After missing the last 2 WCQs, which left the Spanish attack missing his trademark hunger and spine, the squad that won the Euros is back together again for these two final WCQs before next spring. Silva is still missing, but Marchena and Torres are both back from injury.
Maybe they carried their bug back to camp with them, because all week long we heard injury reports to various players, including Capel having to leave camp altogether, Iniesta and Sergio missing trainings, and Albiol practicing by himself for a day or two. Sergio still seems to be carrying the knock that he got from the last international get-together, requiring massive amounts of tape on his shoulders/waist/legs to hold in check. This game being against Estonia, however, means that Del Bosque can afford another science experiment. The lineup:
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Afshin Afshar
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0 CommentsOK! As predicted the Brazilians remain invincible; no surprise there. But what surprised even most of us Iranian fans was how well our team fought against the indomitable Selecao. Our boys lost a well fought game 1-0 to a team that had steamrolled over all opposition having scored 49 goals
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Jan
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Bert van Marwijk knew exactly what Iceland's gameplan would be. The Icelandic team didn't come to entertain the masses, go for glory or take on the Dutch. They'd try to steal a point.
Van Marwijk's gameplan was clear as well. Possession. Dominating football. "Let the ball do the work" and be
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Carter Daly
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That image of Danny Szetela will haunt my nightmares forever.
From the same source that brought to you that Sacha Kljestan enjoys "emo chicks," Facebook, comes the first set in (hopefully) a series of ventures into the Facebook profiles of your favorite up and coming US National Team players and ravers.
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Kyle
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0 CommentsGreetings all,
I thank my U.S. blog mates who have a wonderful tool used for blogging soccer games. Since I love neat tools to use, well I'm bringing it for us Canucks tonight, and hopefully this will bring us some good luck ahead of the game versus Honduras tonight. The live
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October 12th, 2008 | By:
Rami
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3 CommentsWhile awaiting some full match analysis and video highlights, I thought I'd leave us all with this picture of our top scorer for today, Hichem Essifi, who opened his account in his first start with the Carthage Eagles by heading home a double.
Three other players scored for the first
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October 11th, 2008 | By:
Christian
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58 CommentsWe're moments away from fixture 9 of FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying between Argentina and Uruguay.
Argentina are desperate for a win to end a 5 match winless streak, and they will be facing a Uruguayan team with all the confidence heading into this match, and who currently trail los
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October 11th, 2008 | By:
James
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3 CommentsThe match started with Turkey pressing on the Bosnian goal. All of Turkeys attacks in the first half were played down the right side with Sabri and Kazim Kazim 1-2 passing. The attacks ended with sabri eventually crossing it in the box while the Bosnian defence kept on clearing the
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The debates keep rolling in The Offside Forums and we're going to try and bring the hottest topics to your attention with a Forum Topic of the Day post.
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have traded places with Germany to take second. I'm assuming the Olympics has no impact on FIFA's rankings because gold medalists Argentina and silver medlaists Nigeria's ranking remains ... 
Ronaldinho loves the nightlife, loves the ladies, so the Olympic Village was surely a special place for him. One of the most famous faces in the world of sport and he was at the world's biggest sporting event. But Dinho had his eyes set on one special lass, namely Swedish footballer Johanna ... 
No big surprise: while on international duty some players - the Polish trio of Artur Boruc, Dariusz Dudka and Radoslaw Majewski - decided to break curfew and have a drunken night on the town. Luckily they were only with Polish journalists, not prostitutes like the Czechs, so it wasn't that embarrassing. Though ... 
