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Thousands pay homage to Antonio Puerta

MVNsoccer posted 8/30/2007 from www.lastkick.com

Thousands of football fans gathered at Sevilla's stadium Wednesday to pay their last respects to defender Antonio Puerta...The body of the 22-year-old, who made his national team debut last season, was moved to the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium from the hospital where he died on Tuesday as supporters chanted: "Puerta, friend, Seville is with you".

Ajax miss out as Celtic advance

MVNsoccer posted 8/30/2007 from www.fifa.com

The UEFA Champions League third qualifying round continued on Wednesday with 12 second-leg games that swung in favour of the teams that impressed most two weeks ago. Aside from Ajax, all the big guns managed to steer clear of pitfalls at a stage of the competition that has become more and more fraught with danger in recent years.

Arsenal and Liverpool cruise to Champions League Group Stage

MVNsoccer posted 8/30/2007 from beta.bleacherreport.com

Bleacher Report: Liverpool and Arsenal's new era, overcoming Chelsea and Manchester United. The third and fourth place teams in last season's Premiership have cruised past their qualifiers and have shown they have vastly improved in terms of squad members.

The Daily Madness 8/30/07

domoarigotofool posted 8/30/2007 from nowimpypadsfootball.blogspot.com

Banned for running a forum?, Mancini takes frustration out on Roma, Hopefully Wenger not as naughty as Bin Laden, & more

The 2008 Champions League Draw is set

jay-2-the-z posted 8/30/2007 from www.theoffside.com

The little balls were all shiny, the men in suits looked like they hadn’t missed a plate of dessert in years and the excitement was almost palpable on the air conditioned stage in Monaco. The draw for the group stages of the 2008 Champions League took place on Thursday with all the perfectly scripted fanfare that you would expect from an image-conscious competition.