Tuesday matches
Stuttgart 1 v 2 Rangers
Lyon 2 v 2 Barcelona
Dynamo Kyiv 0 v 2 Roma
Man. United 3 v 0 Sporting Lisbon
Internazionale 2 v 1 Fenerbahçe
CSKA Moskva 0 v 1 PSV
Sevilla 2 v 2 Arsenal
Steaua 1 v 0 Slavia
Wednesday matches
Beşiktaş 0 v 1 Marseille
Liverpool 3 v 1 Porto
Rosenborg 1 v 3 Chelsea
Valencia 2 v 1 Schalke 04
Werder Bremen 2 v 2 Real Madrid
Lazio 0 v 1 Olympiacos
Celtic 2 v 1 Shakhtar
Benfica 1 v 1 Milan
An 'out of sorts' LA Galaxy were outclassed by a fit and rejuvenated Sydney FC tonight in front of 83,000 fans... most of whom were there to see 1 man and the class that he brought to the field. And all it took was one moment of inspiration to delight the inner-skeptic among us all. Yet only 15min prior to ‘the free-kick that lit up Sydney’, Becks had been tackled clumsily by Brendon Santalab and it almost ended his night prematurely... turns out though, that with a ho-bag of a wife like Victoria, 'premature' doesn't exist in his vocab, so he wasn't giving up without a fight; And true to character, in the last minute of the first half, Becks stepped up to the ball and showed Australia why he gets paid the copious amounts of money that he does.
It was a dose of high-quality football that will live long in the memory of those lucky enough to see it first hand. It was vintage Beckham.
David Beckham, the global phenomenon, landed in Sydney on the weekend and unless you've had your head up your arse you'd know that this man has pulling power. Women get hot and flustered at the site of him, young boys and girls wanna grow up to be just like him and men just wanna role with him… cars, hairdos and wife included!
Every boy wants to be in his boots and every man wants to be in his missus!
- Ali G interview with posh and becks
Last week, due to "Technical difficulties" PTP was temporarily sidelined… The thought of Bosnich coming back into Socceroo contention was enough to make me fall over backwards while laughing uncontrollably and fracture three ribs! Because of it I missed a full weekend of action, but don’t fret, cause my voice is louder than ever and I have a few bones to pick! After I stop laughing at these images of Bosnich... ha, ha *ouch*!
Dear diary,
My 5 month long distance relationship fiasco is finally over and I can't help but feel like a filthy whore, whose every orifice has been repeatedly violated like in some hard core orgy... truth is though, I've only been fucked by one Dick!
After-sex cigarette aside, I can't help but wonder where does this leave me now and who'll be next!? I only have two months to find someone new, which should be enough time for the Syhpilis and Gonorrhea to subside, so I just hope that the new guy lives up to his word and hangs around long enough to realise my full potential… desperately yours FFA.
In July of this year, the search began to find Australia’s new football manager that would take the team through to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In August, media reports suggested that Dick Advocaat, current coach of FC Zenit St. Petersburg, was the front-runner for the role and had agreed terms with the senior heads of the FFA. So today, we’re down to the dribble end of this 5 month piss take and still no decision has been reached by Dutchman Dick, Australia still has no head coach and is forced to go into their friendly match against Nigeria next week with their other Dutchman and technical director, Rob Baan, temporarily at the helm.
12th October - On his pending decision to join Australia:
A lot still will hinge on whether we win the league or not".
A decision has been made but it remains an internal affair. An announcement will be made soon," Advocaat said after the game.
Holy heart failure, Batman! Did you see the acrobatics in that!? Tim Cahill, the 'Boy Wonder' of Australian football has emerged from his Asian Cup injuries and is once again firing on all cylinders. His last minute equalizer against Chelsea was enough to bewilder even the most resilient of foes, let alone the unsuspecting Cudicini, who was in goals for injured Peter Cech. In doing so he earned the Toffees a hard fought point and probably secured his spot for goal of the season.
What I'll be interested in seeing is how nervous Everton manager David Moyes gets when Timmy lines up for the Socceroos next week against Nigeria. Seeing as his last competitive game, pre-injury, was for Australia in the Asian Cup, I'm guessing there'll be a few sleepless nights ahead for the manager and med. team at Everton. For everyone's sake, let's just hope that Batman’s 'Bad Tackle Repellent Spray' comes to good use and that Cahill emerges from the match unscathed!
Holy haberdashery, Batman! Watch this goal!
The Dutch master has rolled into Tinseltown and boy has he brought a wealth of experience along... maybe now we'll actually see the Galaxy play some football.
If Beckham is the the MLS's highest-profile player, arguably Dutchman Gullit, who was European Footballer of the Year in 1987, is set to become the league's highest-profile manager.
Nike has marketed these carbon rippers as ‘fast boots for fast players’. My question is, how much faster could someone like Cristiano Ronaldo possibly run!? His pace and featherweight feet make him one of the quickest players in the world at the moment… what kind of chance do defenders have in keeping up with him once he puts these puppies on!? It’ll be amazing to see him wear these during a match… which I’m surprised he hasn’t already done. These pics were of him training last week, yet on the weekend against Arsenal and during today’s UCL match he was wearing his trademark Argon Blue Nike Mercurial Vapor III. I know that the SL's haven’t officially been released yet, but shouldn’t someone of his status be showing them off already? Can anyone shed some light on this?
Maybe it's the steroids that make him faster? ;)
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Another match, another 4 goals… United are really cruising at the moment and as expected, they blew away Dynamo Kiev at Old Trafford. It was just a matter of how many goals they would score. Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo were once again on the score sheet and there was even a first in the competition by Gerard Piqué. With the win, they also qualified for the next stage of the competition.
Barcelona started their match with the intention of breaking down a 10 man defense and it didn’t take long for them to open the visitors up. Henry slid onto the end of a Messi header in the 6th minute, although the replay showed that it struck his hand on the way in… at the moment Henry will take’em anyway they come. The second goal was a schooling lesson on the edge of the box; teachers Ronaldinho and Messi. Their link up turned the Ger’s defense inside out and left them stranded in no mans land.
Inter started slow going behind to two hard fought goals by CSKA front pair Jo and Vagner Love, but were able to pull even before the break. In the second term, they really turned on their style and had a handful of opportunities just breeze across the face of the goal. On 67 minutes, Cambiasso bagged his second from close range and then Ibrahimovic launched a rocket that any Russian would be proud of, into the top right corner of the CSKA goals. Later that night reports from NASA indicated that the ball was traveling at speeds in excess of 11 km per second and at that rate would hit Mars in approximately 130 days… we’ll keep you posted on further reports and sightings.
Could this be a turning point for Liverpool? They were under pressure to perform and desperately needed to prove to their fans and them selves that even though they were down they weren’t out. And they couldn’t have done it in better fashion!… nobody in their wildest dreams would’ve imagined that they’d be scoring the UCL record for a win when Beşiktaş came to town which goes to show what they’re capable of achieving. On the weekend they face Fulham who have yet to score an away win this season, so I wonder if they can do the same to them.
Chelsea need just one win from their remaining two games to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament. Even though they enjoyed large spells of possession, their attacking flair which was recently reinvented by Avram Grant, was missing. Their biggest culprit; Didier Drogba, who wasted three clear-cut chances to provide Chelsea with a victory that would have assured them a place in the next phase after Rosenborg's shock win over Valencia in Spain.
Tuesday matches
Liverpool 2 v 0 Beşiktaş
Porto 2 v 1 Marseille
Valencia 1 v 1 Rosenborg
Schalke 1 v 3 Chelsea
Lazio 2 v 2 Bremen
Olympiacos 3 v 2 Real Madrid
Celtic 2 v 1 Benfica
Shakhtar 2 v 2 Milan
Wednesday matches
Lyon 3 v 1 Stuttgart
Barcelona 2 v 0 Rangers
Man. United 3 v 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Sporting 1 v 1 Roma
Internazionale 3 v 1 CSKA Moskva
Fenerbahçe 2 v 0 PSV
Steaua 0 v 1 Sevilla
Slavia 0 v 3 Arsenal
Liverpool need to get their campaign back on track so tonight will be the perfect opportunity for them to do so. Beşiktaş has been playing well lately and will be resilient.
A fortnight ago, Olympiacos lost out to a bag of tricks by the skillful Robinho; tonight they'll be a lot tougher to crack and may get their revenge; Madrid is coming off a 2-0 domestic loss to Sevilla.
Messi voiced his concern over the Rangers 'anit-footballing tactics' and had every right to do so. Barca will have done their homework for tomorrows match and will be ready to take on a team of 11 defenders.
Premier League: War of words takes a back-seat [ESPNsoccernet]
Serie A: All square in Turin [Eurosport]
A-League: Cruel game for brave Melbourne [MVFC Blog]
Scotland: Scott McDonald's goals help steal a win [Telegraph.co.uk]
Barca within a point of Real [FootyTube]
King Kong vs Godzilla, Ali vs Foreman, Agassi vs. Sampras… Gunners vs. Red Devils!
Like all good rivalries, this top of the table clash promises the making of a grand occasion and I have no doubt it'll live up to all the expectations. Both teams are in great form at the moment and seem to be scoring at free will; last count had Arsenal at 13-4 and Manchester at 16-4 for the last four games across all competitions so it’ll be interesting to see whose defense can hold out the longest.
Everything is coming together, as I thought it would, and in good time to take on Arsenal in what could be a key match," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "It's still an open race but Arsenal have had a great start and they're the ones we are chasing at the moment. The main thing is I know we will chase them with great fervor and determination."
Its estimated that the Premier League is worth, at the very least, £30 million to each club, which is a wad'o'cash you wouldn't want falling out of your back pocket! It also means that, given their current position on the ladder, Tottenham had no hesitation in acting first and then asking the questions later... or for that matter, thinking about the repercussions later. So they went ahead and wooed Juande Ramos to White Hart Lane by throwing copious amounts of moolah at him and have now found them selves in the Sevilla bad books because of their 'treacherous ways'.
I just got off the phone with George Lucas and he was saying that if this issue between Seville, Tottenham and Ramos continues any longer it could well be made into the next episode of Star Wars. Forget the corny love themes and fancy locations, this thing would be an all out action packed, Hollywood roller coaster ride with plenty of betrayal. He is yet to determine which teams will play 'The Dark Side' and 'The Force', but what you can be sure of is that Ramos will be cast as Luke Skywalker trying to prove to the world that he has good intentions and is aiming for bigger and better things. Whatever the case, it'll be interesting to see what effect Ramos has on the crew down at White Hart Lane and what exciting new worldly possessions he can bring to the table... my guess is: a detachable arm, those crazy fighter pilot goggles and a cape, cause all good minions need a cape!
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