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Why Adrian Mutu could be the key for Fiorentina’s renaissance?

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After only six games Fiorentina are on a disappointing 17th place.

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If by last year Fiorentina was recognized as a force in Serie A the things have changed now and it looks like “La Viola” do not scare anyone.

Fiorentina scored only six goals but Sinisa Mihajlovic has some reasons to smile. Adrian Mutu‘s suspension will expire at the end of this month.

With Adrian Mutu suspended and Stevan Jovetic injured, goal responsibility falls on the shoulders of  Alberto Gilardino. Paolo Rossi, one of Juventus legends believes that Gillardino poor form will end with Mutu‘s return. Gilardino needs support up front and Mutu – Gilardino couple already proved to be one one the most lethal strike force.

Mihajlovic declared that he thinks that Mutu will need around 20 days to regain the form he had before suspension.

Mutu was close to leave Fiorentina this summer but eventually stayed in Florence. “Il Fenomeno” has big chances to become a key member of the squad if he will rediscover the good form.

Will Liverpool miss Champions League again?

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After seven games Liverpool are in the bottom three, and this is the worst start of the season since 1953-1954  when they relegated from first division.

The things seem to go increasingly worse for Gerrard and company. Everybody thought that after Benitez departure the things will start to work better but unfortunately it isn’t.

Besides the pathetic situation from the Premier League standings the financial problems are threatening the club. The financial problems could also cost Liverpool points.

The sum demanded by the American owners is considered too high by the potential buyers so that the crisis could continue.

If Liverpool will miss Champions League also this season then probably some of their star players will leave the club. Torres and Gerrard where the most hunted this season and considering the financial situation is hard to believe that they will stay for another year.

Liverpool will face Everton next game and this could be crucial for Roy Hodgson. Unfortunately for him Fernando Torres, the man that could make the difference, got injured last game.

Europa League group stage results – second game

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CSKA Moscova    3 – 0    Sparta Praga
CSKA Sofia    0 – 1    FC Porto
Dortmund    0 – 1    Sevilla
Hajduk Split    1 – 0    Anderlecht
Metalist Kharkiv    0 – 2    PSV
Odense        1 – 2    Stuttgart
PSG        2 – 0    Karpaty
Rapid Viena    1 – 2    Besiktas
Sampdoria    1 – 0    Debrecen
Steaua Bucureşti    3 – 3    Napoli
Utrecht        0 – 0    Liverpool
Young Boys    2 – 0    Getafe
Zenit        4 – 2    AEK
Atl. Madrid    1 – 1    Leverkusen
BATE        4 – 1    Alkmaar
Gent        1 – 1    Lille
Lech        2 – 0    Salzburg
Manchester City    1 – 1    Juventus
Palermo        1 – 0    Lausanne
PAOK        1 – 0    Din. Zagreb
Rosenborg    2 – 1    Aris
Sporting    5 – 0    Levski
S. Tiraspol    2 – 0    Din. Kiev
Villarreal    2 – 1    Club Brugge

Europa League group stage results – first game

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Alkmaar        2 – 1    S. Tiraspol
Aris        1 – 0    Atl. Madrid
Club Brugge    1 – 1    PAOK
Din. Kiev    2 – 2    BATE
Din. Zagreb    2 – 0    Villarreal
Juventus    3 – 3    Lech
Lausanne    0 – 3    CSKA Moscova
Leverkusen    4 – 0    Rosenborg
Levski        3 – 2    Gent
Lille        1 – 2    Sporting
Salzburg    0 – 2    Manchester City
Sparta Praga    3 – 2    Palermo
AEK        3 – 1    Hajduk Split
Anderlecht    1 – 3    Zenit
Besiktas    1 – 0    CSKA Sofia
Debrecen    0 – 5    Metalist Kharkiv
FC Porto    3 – 0    Rapid Viena
Getafe        2 – 1    Odense
Karpaty        3 – 4    Dortmund
Liverpool    4 – 1    Steaua Bucureşti
Napoli        0 – 0    Utrecht
PSV        1 – 1    Sampdoria
Sevilla        0 – 1    PSG
Stuttgart    3 – 0    Young Boys

Champions League group stage first game – 2010-2011

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Barcelona 5 – 1    Panathinaikos
Benfica 2 – 0    H. Tel Aviv
Bremen 2 – 2    Tottenham
Bursaspor 0 – 4    Valencia
FC Copenhagen 1 – 0    Kazan
Lyon 1 – 0    Schalke
Manchester Utd 0 – 0    Rangers
Twente 2 – 2    Inter
AC Milan 2 – 0 Auxerre
Arsenal 6 – 0 Braga
Bayern 2 – 0 AS Roma
CFR Cluj 2 – 1 Basel
Marseille 0 – 1 Sp. Moscova
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Ajax
Shakhtar 1 – 0 Partizan
Zilina 1 – 4 Chelsea