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Should Giovinco leave Juventus?

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September 20, 2008

Giovinco is considered one of the biggest young talents but unfortunately he doesn’t get the chance to play too often.

Giovinco played only 25 minutes of the last official 5 games, in the Champions League preliminary round against Artmedia.
Giovinco was not even on the bench in the Champions League Group game against Zenit.
Despite having a great season last year with Empoli were he was loaned, Giovinco couldn’t establish in the Juventus first team.
Besides that fact that he doesn’t play too often, Giovinco is not satisfied with his contract also.
Knowing that Arsene Wenger is big admirer of him, it is probably that he will accept to join Arsenal if there will be a bid in January.
Arsenal already tried to lure him to Emirates this summer but Juventus refused to negotiate.

Does Inter really need Maradona?

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September 20, 2008

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There are more and more voices sugesting that Maradona will be rewarded with a job in Inter‘s coaching staff.

It is well known the good relation between Morratti and Maradona.
Besides the impact that this potential move would have, there might be another interest.
Maradona could be used to convince Atletico’s wonderkid Kun Aguero to join Inter. It is well known that Morratti is an admirer of Aguero. Inter already tried to get Aguero to San Siro this summer but their offer was refused.
Aguero who’s contract expires in 2012 has a € 55m release clause.
Aguero has a superb start of the season with Atletico in both Primera and Champions League, in last one managing to score two goals in magnificent victory from Philips Stadium 3-0 with PSV.

Football girls

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September 19, 2008

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Uefa Cup first round results

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September 19, 2008

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Hertha BSC Berlin    2-0    Saint Patrick’s Athletic FC
APOEL FC    1-4    Schalke
FC Nordsjælland    0-2    Olympiacos
NK Slaven Koprivnica    1-2    CSKA Moskva
FC Moskva    1-2    København
PFC Litex Lovech    1-3    Aston Villa FC
PFC Cherno More Varna    1-2    VfB Stuttgart
H. Tel-Aviv    1-2    AS Saint-Etienne
FC Baník Ostrava    0-1    Spartak Moskva
VfL Wolfsburg    1-0    FC Rapid Bucureşti
Hamburg    0-0    AFC Unirea Urziceni
Feyenoord    0-1    Kalmar FF
AC Omonia    1-2    Manchester City FC
Nancy    1-0    Motherwell FC
Brann    2-0     Deportivo
Portsmouth FC    2-0    Vitória SC
Slavia    0-0    SC Vaslui
Austria Wien    2-1    Lech Poznań
MŠK Žilina    1-1    Levski
Beşiktaş    1-0    FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Timişoara    1-2    Partizan
NEC Nijmegen    1-0    Dinamo Bucureşti
Bellinzona    3-4    Galatasaray AŞ
BSC Young Boys    2-2    Club Brugge
Kayserispor    1-2    PSG
Real Racing Club Santander    1-0    FC Honka Espoo
UC Sampdoria    5-0    FBK Kaunas
Brøndby IF    1-2    Rosenborg
Milan    3-1    Zürich
Dinamo Zagreb     0-0    Sparta
Sevilla    2-0    Salzburg
BV Borussia Dortmund    0-2    Udinese
Rennes    2-1    FC Twente
FK Borac    1-4    Ajax
SSC Napoli    3-2    Benfica
Everton    2-2    R. Standard de Liège
Tottenham    2-1    Wisla Kraków
Braga    4-0    Artmedia
Vitória FC    1-1    Heerenveen
CS Marítimo    0-1    Valencia

Manchester United and Arsenal poor start in Champions League

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September 18, 2008

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Top favorites to winning this season’s Uefa ChampionsLeague, the two teams from the British isles failed to confirm the expectations and settled both for draws in the opening matches in this years competition.

Arsenal had a poor performance against former soviet team,Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine, and instead of winning a match in which they were considered favourites, they barelly rescued a point thanks to the late equaliser from captain William Gallas.
Although Emmanuel Adebayor, Robin van Persie, twice, and Cesc Fabregas all had good first-half chances for the Gunners
the game finished 1-1.

The second team that was expected a win from, former Uefa Champions league winner, Manchester United ended a goalless match against Villarreal, and also settled for one point.The return of Cristiano Ronaldo as a second half sub didn’t make any difference in the final result, and ended the their 11-match winning streak on home soil in uefa Champions League.More than that Villarreal‘s Guille Franco hit the woodwork and could have caused a surprisingly result.

Having these latest results it’s too early to draw conclusions and say that Arsenal and Manchester United will not be able to repeat the last seasons results , however their poor start raises questions that will probably be answered in the forthcoming matches.