AC Milan defeated 4 - 2 to Boca Juniors, with a lot of old and experienced men on the field. Gatusso, Maldini, Nesta, Cafú, among others, could be fathers of various of the Boca Juniors players. But experience won this time. Kaká was a fundamental player for Milan. He was involved in three if the four goals. With his speed he was the only one who penetrated the defense of Boca. The Golden ...

South America’s grip on the Club World Cup tournament was broken in the revamped competition’s third edition on Sunday, with European champions A.C. Milan running out 4-2 winners over Boca in easily the most entertaining final since the tournament was re-launched in 2005.

Two goals by Pippo Inzaghi was the difference as Rodrigo Palacio and Alessandro Ambrosini (own goal) kept Boca in the hunt. Kaka and Nesta also scored. Congratulations to the Rossoneri for "officially" becoming the best club in the world.

Urawa Reds made a match of it against AC but the Rossoneri proved to be too good at the end with Seedorf making the winning connection through a nifty pass by Kaka. Yesterday, Boca Juniors put one past L'Etoile Sahel to march into the CWC finals where they will as expected meet AC Milan. Sahel and Urawa Reds will decide third place.

The Club World Cup has its first finalist, after Boca Juniors saw off African champions Etoile Sahel with a performance that was more convinving than the 1-0 final score suggested. Etoile looked like cause for concern before the match, having unexpectedly dumped North American champs, Mexican club Pachuca, out in the previous round, but Neri [...]

Urawa Reds reached the semi-finals of the Club World Championship beating Sepahan of Iran. They will now play AC Milan on Thursday. Earlier L'Etoile Sahel of Tunisia beat Pachuca of Iran, 1-0 to reach the other semi-final. ( Video ) In a few hours they will take on Boca Juniors.

Another championship is over, and as the players (except Boca’s) head off on their summer holidays, it’s time to reflect again on yet another thrilling short tournament. Unexpected champions was the least of it - we’ve seen an avalanche of goals, players pushing themselves into the limelight and yet more booing from the stands of the Monumental [...]

Links galore from around World Cup Blog, The Offside and some other places too… Etoile doing Tunisia proud at the Club World Cup ( Tunisia Blog ) Travel back in time to the birth of the European Championships ( Pitch Invasion ) Is Dutch football falling behind? ( Netherlands Blog ) Chronicling Andriy Shevchenko’s shot at redemption ( Run of Play ) Highlights of a ...

Borussia Dortmund 6 - Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Bundesliga, December 7, 2007) (Longer highlights here .) Tinga gave the hosts the lead before Schuler’s own-goal doubled their advantage. Dortmund went goal-crazy in the second-half with Petric nabbing the third before they killed the game off with three goals in 12 minutes from Valdez, Kringe and Federico. Kirch scored a consolation. *** ...