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Argentina v Nigeria - who’ll win the gold?
 

Published 2 hours ago by Soccerlens at Soccerlens

Nigeria v Argentina Saturday, 23 August 2008 2008 Olympic Football Final Argentina and Nigeria will meet in Beijing on Saturday evening to decide who’ll walk away as Olympic football champions. Argentina are the defending champions and turned in a classy performance to dispose of Brazil in the semi-finals but Nigeria are no slouches either. Nigeria can rightfully claim to have ...

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Arsenal get Silvestre, Manchester City get Kompany - what the ….?
 

Published 3 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

While Arsenal bagged a 31-year old defender who couldn’t make the grade at their fiercest title rivals, Manchester City went ahead and snapped up one of the hottest young defenders in Europe . Something tells me that someone messed things up here. You’d expect Kompany to be going to Arsenal, Silvestre heading to City. Has Wenger made a mistake or did he get it right and ...

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Floating Football Pitch - Singapore points to the future of sports entertainment
 

Published 5 hours ago by Soccerlens at Soccerlens

Singapore’s ‘Marina Bay Floating Stadium’ is a fascinating idea - to quote Times Online : “…an intriguing feature in an area which is set to become a waterfront city following its current redevelopment. The floating stadium is currently carrying the title of ‘the world’s largest’ and, although the 30′000 capacity seating area is housed on land, the ‘pitch’ itself does in fact ...

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Transfer Rumors (21 August 08): Arsenal tie up Silvestre deal, One out, two in at Chelsea, Sunderland ink Cisse, and more
 

Published 7 hours ago by Eddie Griffin at Soccerlens

I’m back to give you all the latest in transfer news and rumors from around Europe and elsewhere, and after we all take a moment to digest/laugh at/make some sort of remark on the coincidence of Dimitar Berbatov signing a Manchester United shirt, you can get start getting caught up on today’s headlines. England Arsenal have completed the signing of Manchester United (how many times are ...

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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - the fairytale football club?
 

Published 22 hours ago by Bevan Bolland at Soccerlens

A quick glance at the Bundesliga table will show you that after the first round of matches, an unfamiliar name currently parades at the top of it – 1899 Hoffenheim. The story of the club rooted in the village of Hoffenheim in the South-West Germany is a remarkable one. For the romantics it is a fairytale; the cynics on the other hand will argue that the rise of Germany’s most controversial ...

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United don’t want Huntelaar, Madrid aren’t interested either
 

Published 24 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

The rumours linking Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to Manchester United are doing rounds all year long and have been doing so ever since Ruud van Nistelrooy was rumoured to be leaving the club. This season they’ve linked Huntelaar to Real Madrid as well, presumably because people think Madrid are thinking of replacing RvN or at least getting in a replacement ahead of time. Is there any other ...

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Queiroz fingers Ronaldo as future Portugal striker - will that work for United?
 

Published 24 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

Portugal’s new manager Carlos Queiroz has said that expects Cristiano Ronaldo to lead Portugal’s front line when he returns from his post-surgical rest. “I see only one position for Cristiano Ronaldo to play. And I hope he will be playing 90 percent of the game on the attacking line.” Could Ronaldo play the same role for Manchester United? " Queiroz fingers ...

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Bentley v Beckham - Which David would you pick for England?
 

Published 30 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

England play the Czech Republic today in their last ‘friendly’ before the World Cup 2010 qualifiers begin. The time for experimentation is over and the team you’ll see lining up for England tonight will in all likelihood be 80-90 percent the same as the one set to line up against Andorra and Croatia in September (see all England qualifying fixtures here ). You know the ...

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Hoffenheim score 20 in a game - what can English teams learn from them?
 

Published 30 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

1899 Hoffenheim scored 20 goals past lower league opposition SC Reilingen in a friendly on Tuesday. Now that’s probably not better than what Australia did a few years ago but it does have a lesson in it somewhere? Is it: Pick your pre-season opponents really carefully to boost your team’s confidence (Arsenal)? Rotate for maximum effect (Liverpool)? Have a rich owner ...

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So Mr. Blatter - are Real Madrid slavers too?
 

Published 30 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

Sepp Blatter was happy to call Ronaldo a ‘modern-day slave’ when asked about Manchester United’s refusal to let the player follow his ‘dream’ to play for Real Madrid. Now that Real have done the same for Robinho and ‘killed’ his ‘dream’ to move to Chelsea (to Ronaldo’s credit he took it like a man and best of all his agent kept out ...

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What’s worse - United selling to City or to Arsenal?
 

Published 31 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

Usually selling a player to your fiercest rivals would be considered a controversial decision at best, and an absolute travesty at worst. Think of the outrage at Tottenham when Sol Campbell went to Arsenal, Fergie’s insistence on keeping Heinze away from Liverpool, the stick Lampard gets (ok, that’s a different story but still), the stick Figo got or the nation-wide (worldwide) ...

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What’s worse - selling Silvestre to Manchester City or to Arsenal?
 

Published 31 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

Usually selling a player to your fiercest rivals would be considered a controversial decision at best, and an absolute travesty at worst. Think of the outrage at Tottenham when Sol Campbell went to Arsenal, Fergie’s insistence on keeping Heinze away from Liverpool, the stick Lampard gets (ok, that’s a different story but still), the stick Figo got or the nation-wide (worldwide) ...

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How to scare Arsenal fans to death
 

Published 31 hours ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

…link a 31-year old, injury-prone, error-prone defender to the club and make him look like Wenger’s first choice partner for another 31-year old, injury-prone, error-prone defender. They’re both pretty fast though (fast enough to escape from Man City / Sunderland and Chelsea, respectively), although it’ll be interesting to see if Wenger says ‘I didn’t see ...

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Transfer Rumors (20 August 08): Robinho’s Chelsea move not happening, Arsenal move for Silvestre, West Brom splash club-record cash on Valero, and more
 

Published 31 hours ago by Eddie Griffin at Soccerlens

It’s a pretty short day in transfer tidbits, since most of the focus today is on the international action going on everywhere, but there is still a decent amount of news to report on, so let’s hop to it, shall we? England Thanks to Real Madrid’s insistence on not wanting to even entertain the possibility of selling Robinho , something they were all too willing to do not that long ...

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Meet Galaxy’s new boss…same as the old boss
 

Published 34 hours ago by Dan Leo at Soccerlens

Bruce Arena is a tired retread who ran out of ideas ages ago. Bruce Arena is just the tonic the LA Galaxy needs to salvage its disastrous two and a half year run, during which it has managed to miss the play-offs in each year. Or both, depending upon whom you ask. Tim Leiweke, the President and the CEO of the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) surely hopes it’s the latter. He has to. ...

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Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
 

Published 37 hours ago by Marco Pantanella at Soccerlens

Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash. Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football Olympics, and boy did we not get disappointed. Three goals to nil are a fierce but realistic ...

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Terry is England Captain
 

Published 2 days ago by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens

Fabio Capello has named John Terry as England captain - and this appointment is expected to last at least till the end of the World Cup qualifiers, and most like through to the end of John Terry’s career / Capello’s reign as manager). I’m not happy - of course not - but I can take it on the chin. John Terry is a very good defender and a very good leader, hopefully he can ...

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Why do Arsenal players criticise their teammates?
 

Published 2 days ago by Soccerlens at Soccerlens

This isn’t a slight against Arsenal , any Arsenal player or the Arsenal manager - more a question about Wenger’s management methods. At times in the last two seasons it’s almost as if William Gallas never stopped talking to the press. He’d talk about the players , the team , himself, the manager - anything that was put to him, he’d have a nice chat about it.  ...

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Does Shinawatra even care about Manchester City?
 

Published 2 days ago by Soccerlens at Soccerlens

Manchester City are being thrashed in the press because of Thaksin Shinawatra - and as long as the owner keeps silent about what’s going on and the financial situation surrounding the club, he’s going to keep getting thrashed. A billionaire taking out 30m loans against future TV earnings to manage operations is clearly suffering from severe cashflow restrictions. It’s not ...

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Who’s Better: Finnan or Arbeloa?
 

Published 2 days ago by Soccerlens at Soccerlens

Rafael Benitez has preferred Alvaro Arbeloa in the right-back position in recent times over Steve Finnan, and to be honest, it’s not a move that’s made much sense. On ability they are roughly equal, and Finnan has the added advantage of experience that helps him read the game better and not only defend better but be more effective going forward. So why is Rafa picking Arbeloa ...

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