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UEFA Refuse to rule out tragic anniversary game for Liverpool
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The 15th of April will be the the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, where 96 supporters died during an FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forrest in 1989. Liverpool traditionally hold a service to remember those lost on that day – just as Manchester United do on the anniversary of the Busby Babes Plane Crash. [...]
Category: Other News from EuropeWembley Favourite for 2011 Final
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Next week, UEFA will announce which Stadia will hold the 2011 final. According to a UEFA source it will “Almost certainly” go to Wembley. You might recall that Wembley was in the running for the 2010 final, but certain UK tax laws ensured that it would be held in Madrid instead.
In fact, the announcement [...]
Category: Other News from EuropeGreat News for Torres!…Oh….
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When the Champions League draw was made, alot of people thought, oooh, Athletico Madrid vs Liverpool, Fernando Torres will go back to the stadium that made his name, how exciting! But then, after some rascism, the stadium was moved to a netral venue to punish Atletico fans.
Fernando Torres said he was really dissapointed he [...]
Category: Other News from EuropeThe ramblings of a madman (Blatter, not me.)
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Sepp Blatter has described footballers on long-term contracts as “like modern slavery”. I’ll let you read that back. Players like C-Ron, earning Millions of pounds a year, are being compared to serfs. What an absolute joke. I never really wanted to jump on the anti-Blatter bandwagon (although i very very against 6+5) but this absolutely [...]
Barca tell The Dhino, “No Olympics for you”
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In another bizzare news story, Barcelona have told out-of-favour striker Ronaldinho he isn’t permitted to partake in the Summer Olympics, despite being named in Dunga’s squad as an overage player. This makes absolutely no sense.
Ronaldinho’s transfer saga is making C-Ron’s looks pathetic, but the Catalonia club are determined that the Brazil man not play [...]
Tags: AC Milan, Barça, Barcelona, Champions League, Manchester City, Olympics, Other News from Europe, R10, Ronaldinho, The DhinoSteaua to rejoin Champions League
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This season it looked like UEFA was going crazy, banning teams from the Champions League, left right and centre. First Porto, then CSKA Sofia and then Steaua Bucharest. Porto have been let back into the Champions League in strange circumstance, and now Steaua will make it too, after a court cleared them of any wrongdoing. [...]
Klinsmann’s 3 A’s can get Bayern “To the end”
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Its not often that you take over a club that has just won the domestic double, but Bayern Munich (Sometimes known as Hollywood FC) are not like normal clubs. After spending last season in the UEFA Cup (loosing to eventual winners Zenit St Petersberg) Klinsmann has been bought in to restore some pride in continental [...]
Porto Not Out of the CL just yet.
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After standing up to FC Porto and kicking them out of the Champions League, UEFA has decided to annull that descion and start again.
After the Portugese club appealed, Uefa’s apeeal’s body sent the issue back for consideration, meaning that the descion to kick them out of the next edition of the Champions League was completely [...]
Steaua to follow Porto out the CL door?
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This news is a few days old, but forgive me, there has been a small tournament going on that has my attention. Anyway, last week I reported that due to the Golden Whistle scandal, FC Porto would be banned from the Champions League next season. It seems UEFA have decided that Steaua Bucharest’s entry into [...]
Jose finally revealed as coach of Inter
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After months upon months of speculation, the Jose-Mourinho-Tombola has stopped to reveal the former FC Porto and Chelsea man as the new coach of Inter Milan. Former Inter coach Roberto Mancini had been sacked earlier in the month despite bringing the Milan club thier third Scudetto in a row. Jose will look to bring the [...]
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