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Yet More Champions League Fixtures! Matchday 4.2

November 3, 2010 — by Suman

With yesterday's first eight games of this Matchday completed (Matchday 4.1, if you will)--highlighted by Spurs demolishing defending champion FC Internazionale Milano by a score of 3-1 (which in turn was highlighted by young Welshman Gareth Bale "terrorizing" Inter with his streaks down the left side of the pitch)--we move on to Matchday 4.2. Eight more matches later today! We'll be gathering at CultFootball headquarters to watch Real Madrid playing Associazione Calcio Milan in the San Siro (though I'll also be lobbying for live look-ins on Arsenal playing FC Шахтар Донецьк in the fancy new Донбас Арена--which will host a number of Euro 2012 games, including it seems one quarterfinal match and one semifinal match).

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Antonio Cassano – WTF?

November 2, 2010 — by Sean

When in Rome...
Reports from Italy have been coming for about a week now regarding Sampdoria and Italy striker Antonio Cassano and his fallout with the president of the Serie A Club Riccardo Garrone. Cassano hasn't had a smooth and subtle career, not at Roma where he fell out with Totti, not at Real Madrid where he fought with Fabio Capello, not on the national team where he openly criticized Macello Lippi, and now not at Sampdoria, where he has apparently tweaked the president of the club the wrong way. It's not clear exactly what he did to raise such ire. Some say it all started when Cassano stood up Garrone at a public event, where he'd promised to make a showing in support of the president and his club. Other refer to verbal tirades and cursing fits directed at Garrone. What is known is that Cassano

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Champions League Matchday 4 Underway! Get Your Fixtures Fix Here

November 2, 2010 — by Suman — 2

Matchday 4 - Tues Nov 2 & Wed Nov 3
UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 has already started, with Panathinaikos v Rubin Kazan already underway in distant Kazan (Russia), then 7 more matches later today, and 8 more tomorrow.  With the first 3 Matchdays completed (on September 14-15, September 28-29, and October 19-20, respectively), we're now at the halfway point of the Group Stage, i.e., halfway thru the home-and-away round robin schedule within each of the 8 groups, with every team having already played the 3 other teams within its group over the course of those first 3 Matchdays. Now they turn around and play each other again, but at the other location. (For example, Barcelona hosted Panathinaikos on Matchday 1, played at Rubin Kazan on Matchday 2, and hosted København on Matchday 3. For Matchdays 4, 5, and 6, they play at København, play at

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Confessions of a New York Red Bulls Stalker (Part One)

November 1, 2010 — by AmyChiu

New York Red Bulls defeat San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Saturday.  Which means what? New York has an advantage when they play San Jose on Thursday, November 4th.  Lovely.  More importantly, a team of happy (and handsome) soccer players landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport the same time my flight from Miami finally decided to pull into the gate. A perfect coincidence. A few of my besties and I were tired and cranky after a sleepless weekend of Halloween fun.  To boot, our pilot did not make the best landing and took a liking to frequent intercom communication. Anger.  That is until the three of us exited the baggage claim restroom and collectively spun our heads around, halting all conversation. We somehow managed to shuffle ourselves among a group of ridiculously handsome men.  Who are these boys? Where did they come from? We channeled our high school selves and

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A Seleção: November 17 vs Argentina

November 1, 2010 — by Sean

From our Senior Correspondent in Brazil, Mark Gannon. Reporting from the trenches deep in the heart of futebol country. Here is Mano Menezes's list for the seleção that will face Argentina in Doha on the 17th of November. Goalies: Victor (Grêmio) Jefferson (Botafogo) Neto (Atlético-PR) Interesting that all three are playing in Brazil. A lot of people, including me, thought Victor might be the third goalie for the World Cup. Brazil very often takes a young goalie who might become the starter in the next World Cup. Wingbacks: Daniel Alves (Barcelona) Rafael (Manchester United) Adriano Corrêa (Barcelona) André Santos (Fenerbahçe) André Santos probably owns the left wingback position unless he really screws up. There are other players at his position who would be good choices, but Mano knows and trusts him from their days at Corinthians. Similarly, Daniel Alves seems to be Mano's guy at right wingback, and deservedly só.

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