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Werder Bremen signed Mikael Silvestre

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August 30, 2010

Werder Bremen have announced the signing of veteran defender Mikael Silvestre on a free transfer.

Silvestre started his career at Rennes. After two successfully seasons At Rennes he was transfered by International Milano. The 33 years old defender failed to make an impact at Giuseppe Meazza so he moved to Manchester United at the end of that season.

He spent his best years at United, since 1999 to 2008, playing in 249 games. With Mancester United Silvestre has won almost every club trophy.

He moved to Arsenal at the end of 2008 season being one of the fewest football players who moved from Manchester United directly to Arsenal. It was known from the beginning that he will be a backup solution at Arsenal so he made only 26 appearances in this 2 years.

The player signed a two year contract with Werder that will end in 2012.

Europa League qualification last game

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August 27, 2010

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Aktobe 2 – 1    Alkmaar
Din. Minsk 2 – 3 Club Brugge
Dnepr M. 1 – 2    Villarreal
Karabakh 0 – 1    Dortmund
Lok. Moscow 1 – 1 Lausanne (after pen.)
Maritimo 1 – 2    BATE
HJK Helsinki 0 – 4 Besiktas
APOEL 1 – 0 Getafe (after ET)
Austria Vienna    1 – 1    Aris
Brondby    0 – 3    Sporting
Metalist Kharkiv 2 – 2    Omonia
Grasshoppers 1 – 0 Steaua Bucharest (after pen.)
Levski 2 – 1    AIK
Litex Lovech 1 – 2 Debrecen
PSV 5 – 0 Sibir Novosibirsk
Trabzonspor 1 – 2 Liverpool
Unirea U. 1 – 1    Hajduk Split
AEK 1 – 1 Dundee Utd
Gent 2 – 0 Feyenoord
M. Tel Aviv 4 – 3 PSG
Stuttgart 2 – 2    Slovan Bratislava
Tavriya    1 – 3    Leverkusen
Lech 0 – 0 Dnepr
Utrecht 4 – 0    Celtic
TNS 2 – 2 CSKA Sofia
Aston Villa 2 – 3 Rapid Vienna
Elfsborg 0 – 2    Napoli
Fenerbahce 1-0    PAOK (after ET)
Juventus 1 – 0    Sturm
Karpaty 1 – 1    Galatasaray
Lille 2 – 0    Vaslui
Manchester City 2 – 0    FC Timisoara
Maribor 3 – 2    Palermo
Motherwell 0 – 1 Odense
Din. Zagreb 2 – 1 Györ
FC Porto 4 – 2    Genk

Uefa Champions League playoffs second game 2010-2011

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August 25, 2010

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Ajax 2 – 1 Din. Kiev
Auxerre 2 – 0 Zenit
FC Copenhagen 1 – 0 Rosenborg
Tottenham 4 – 0 Young Boys
Zilina 1 – 0 Sparta Prague
Anderlecht 2 – 3 Partizan
H. Tel Aviv 1 – 1 Salzburg
Sampdoria 3 – 2 Bremen
Sevilla 3 – 4 Braga
S. Tiraspol 0 – 3 Basel

Milan close to sign Ibrahimovic

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August 24, 2010

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Despite being recognized as one of the stingy teams, which prefers to buy old players, easy to sign and with a lot of experience Milan are closer then ever to make the move of the summer on the transfer market.

It looks like Milan can not accept that also this ‘Scudetto’ to go to their rivals, Internationale Milano, and they are prepared to take Ibrahimovic from Barcelona.

The Rossoneri are aware that this move would not be an easy task for them but they seem determined to strengthen their attack with a super striker. Unfortunately for Ibrahimovic, Guardiola seem to have lost his faith in the Swedish striker and a returning to Serie A would be good for the player.

Ibrahimovic could have chose to play in Premier League for Premier League but the player would prefer Italy to England. Ibrahimovic had his best years in Serie A and playing with Milan in Champions League would also be an advantage.But in there he could face another problem the fans.

Ibrahimovic was and is still loved by the Inter fans and a move to their biggest rivals would be considered as the biggest betrayal.

Milan would like to loan the player for one year with the option to buy definitely next summer.

Christian Panucci retires from football

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August 23, 2010

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One of the most famous Italian defenders decided that it’s time to hang up boots after 20 years of activity at the highest level.

Panucci aged 37, played during his career at clubs like Internationale, Milan, Roma, Chelsea or Real Madrid.
The right back started his career his career at Genoa. He moved to Milan where he won the Serie A and Champions League and Uefa Super Cup titles.
At Real Madrid he won almost everything, being the first Italian who won the Champions League with Real Madrid. In fact he declared that his best moments were at Real Madrid.
At Roma he won the Coppa Italia and the Super Cup, the Italian trophies that were missing from his CV.
Panucci has not forgot to thank Fabio Capello, the coach that trained him at Real, Roma and Milan.
The former Italian defender signed for Parma at the beginning of this year after leaving Roma. The player declared that he still had offers fro SUA but that he decided that is best to retire.