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Del Piero close to 50th European goal

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September 30, 2008

Del Piero was signed by Juventus in 1993 after initially turned down by Milan.

In his first full match he scored a hat-trick against Parma.
Del Piero established as a key player in the Juventus team.
His best season was in 1998-1999 when he scored 21 goals.
Del Piero has scored 48 goals in Europe so far, 38 of those in Champions League.
The Italian international scored the only goal of the game against Zenit and is hoping to repeat the performance tonight.
Juventus will face Belarus newcomers Bate Borisov.
Juventus are curently on seventh position in Serie A table while Bate Borisov leads the Belarus league, being unbeaten after twenty three matches.
The team attack wasn’t impressive so far scoring only 4 goals in 5 Serie A games.
The game with Bate will give Juventus the chance to shine again. It’s hard to believe that Bate will pose any serious problems to the Italian giants.

Rossi regains the MotoGP title

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September 29, 2008

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Rossi regained the MotoGP championship title after winning the Grand Prix of Japan on Sunday.

Stoner and Pedrosa came second and third respectively.
This is his eighth title, sixth of them in the premier class.
It is the eighth victory of the season for the Italian.
“Il dotore” needed only a podium finish to assure the title, his first since 2005.
With three more races to go Rossi leads the standings with 312 points, 92 more than defending champion Casey Stoner.
Rossi holds the record for most premier-class victories 70 at number. He is also second in premier-class titles, two behind Giacomo Agostini.
The Italian declared that he is not going to stop here but recogns that will be more difficult next year.

Can Cristiano Ronaldo become the best player in the world?

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September 29, 2008

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Cristiano Ronaldo has had a massive improvement in his football qualities since his transfer from Sporting to Manchester United.He has already won UEFA Champions League and the title with his club team Manchester United scoring and amazing 42 goals in all competitions last season.This summer he almost signed with all time UEFA Champions League winners Real Marid, but thanks to the Manchester’s United coach Sir Alex Ferguson, the devil fans will watch him play for their favourite club at least another season.

Sure his a very talented player, has won a lot of titles but still there where other players like him before.So what could make him become the best player in the world?Football legend Eusebio seems to know a lot more.He stated that Cristiano Ronaldo has everything it takes to become the best player in the world.

All he needs to do is, accordingly to Eusebio, is keep a good condition and keep his head in the right place.He has the advantage of being young and each year he can accumulate even more experience, and get better and improve on the pitch.Eusebio advices him to work on improving his pace and ball control and continue his ascending line.

Time will tell if Eusebio‘s ability to predict the future is true or not.

Derby in Milano, Inter versus Milan

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September 28, 2008

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Milano is a city that is mostly famous for it’s fashion, and this Saturday was the end of the fashion week, but that not’s the only thing the city is famous for.The big derby match Inter AC Milan is an event that catches the attention of not only the whole city but also the attention of the whole world.

It’s a special match that neither of the sides consider loosing and the rivalry between the two giants AC Milan and Inter has it’s roots deepened in history.

Currently José Mourinho‘s Inter are leading in serie A and gathered ten points from four matches, won their UEFA Champions league first match in this season, and also won the Italian super cup, so they are looking in top form and are considered to be favorites.

On the other hand AC Milan had an hesitating start in serie A having lost twice with Bologna and Genoa
before starting to improve with wins against Lazio and Regina.Also Milan has some injury problems Andrea Pirlo and Marco Borriello being currently injured, but this might be a chance for Andrey Shevchenko to play against his former manager at Chelsea José Mourinho.

Although Inter look like favorites and Inter‘s captain Javier Zanetti who played his 600th league appearance for the club in the last win match is confident of a victory, in a special match like this one with
the emotional and ambition charge from the two sides there’s no clear favorite and it can be anyone’s game.
Fans are looking forward to it.

Catalan Derby between FC Barcelona and Espanyol

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September 27, 2008

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These two teams FC Barcelona and Espanyol, have been there from the beginning, and there’s nothing more interesting than a local derby between two football teams from the same city.

The derby is a real special game one filled with history, passion and desire to defeat the opponent.This Saturday’s derby is just another episode,the 147 meeting between Espanyol and Barcelona.

Another particularity that makes this derby special is the fact that both of the teams coaches ,Bartolomé ‘Tintín’ Márquez and Josep Guardiola, are catalan and both of them where emblematic midfield players for the two sides, and participated in previous derbies as football players.Now Josep Guardiola and Bartolomé ‘Tintín’ Márquez will face each other from the bench.Although taking a visit to the both teams trophy room shows clearly that Barcelona has been more successful than their local rival Espanyol, this doesn’t affect the emotional charge between the game.

Guardiola stated that this match is a match that the whole city is enjoying and is looking forward
to.