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Ronaldinho In AC Milan!

AC Milan and FC Barcelona officials have come to an agreement on the sale of Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho will play in the Italin Serie A next year. The sale of the Brazilian mega star will only cost AC Milan 30 million Euros, which is surprisingly low. This was a good move for Ronaldinho because he will definitely be a starter for AC Milan as he had some major problems with Barcelona's coach Frank Rijkaard. Barcelona will not be struggling in this position as they still have Xavi, Krkic and dos Santos.

Miralem Sulejmani Goals

Serbian left winger currently playing for SC Heerenveen is having a great season. He scored 14 goals so far and assisted 12 times.





Take a Look at Miralem Sulejmani Goals:

Beli-Orlovi Website

Take a look at this website. It is the premium website for Serbian national sports teams. Including soccer, basketball, tennis and more. BELI ORLOVI

Italy Serie A Results:

AS Roma - Genoa 3:2 (Taddei, Vucinic, De Rossi; Rossi, Dailey)

AC Milan - Cagliari 3:1 (Kaka, Inzaghi, Inzaghi; Conti)

Serbian Derby Ends In a Draw!

In today's Serbian Derby played at FK Partizan stadium the two arch rivals FK Partizan and FK Crvena Zvezda only managed a 1:1 draw. For Partizan this like a win as they are still 5 points in front of Zvezda with 9 games left to play. Crvena Zvezda will pray for a miracle where Partizan will have to lose 2 games as Crvena Zvezda will have to win all of their 9 remaining matches. Which is very unlikely.

The visitors, Crvena Zvezda were the first team on the score board as Igor Burzanovic scored a nice goal in the 22 minute. Partizan's Brazilian midfielder made it 1:1 only 5 minutes later. Both clubs started the game with a more defensive formation which was clearly the wrong move for Crvena Zvezda.

Juca's Goal for 1:1

UEFA Cup Results:

Bayer Leverkusen - Zenit St. Petersburg (1:4)
Bayern Munich - Getafe (1:1)
Fiorentina - PSV Eindhoven (1:1)
Rangers - Sporting Lisbon (0:0)

Historic Win For Fenerbahce, Arsenal and Liverpool Draw!

One more exciting UEFA Champions League matchday behind us. Yesterday we say Manchester United beat Roma 2:0 and Barcelona bearing Schalke 1:0.

Today's matches were even more exciting than yesterday's. Arsenal took on Liverpool on the Emirates Stadium today. Arsenal took the lead in the 23rd minute from a well taken corner and Adebayor headed it in the goal with style. Only 3 minutes later Liverpool managed to equalize with Dirk Kuyt's goal. Afterwards, Arsenal was attacking through out the whole match but were not able to score. Arsenal had about 70% ball possession. Liverpool will be going home with a slight advantage as these two will face off for a second leg in Liverpool.

Another, more exciting match today took place in Istanbul, Turkey as Fenerbahce hosted Chelsea. Chelsea were the first team on board thanks to an own goal (Deivid). At half time the score was still 1:0 in Chelsea's favor. Fenerbahce made a few changes early in the second half including Kazim Kazim, who scored the equalizer in the 64th minute. In the 80th minute a miracle. The man that scored the own goal (Deivic), scores a beautiful goal from 30 yards beating Cuducini. The fans went ballistic, and 60,000 fans made it sound as if 600,000 fans were there at that moment. Fenerbahce won all of their home games in the Champions League this year including: Inter Milan, PSV, CSKA Moscow, Sevilla and now Chelsea. Which is quite an accomplishment. Chelsea will try to fix their mistakes next week in London and 1:0 win would take Chelsea through to the next round. Or will Fenerbahce make history.

Kazim Kazim's Goal, Take a Look

Manchester United and Barcelona Go Home With 3 Points Each

As UEFA Champions League resumed today, away teams were more successful.

Manchester United defeated Roma in Rome with the score 2:0 (C. Ronaldo, W. Rooney). The Red Devils demonstrated once again that they are very serious in this year's Champions League campaign. Crisitiano Ronaldo proved once again that he is World's best soccer player at the moment and Wayne Rooney confirmed good form as of lately. It will be very tough for Roma to score 2 goals in Manchester because Manchester United is not known for conceding many goals, especially not at home. Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand are 2 tough monsters to pass through.



FC Barcelona ended a negative streak by winning a very crucial match today in Gelsenkirchen as they defeated Schalke 1:0 (B. Krkic). Barca has shown once again that they are competing for Champions League final every year. At times Barcelona defense looked a bit sleepy but Schalke was not able to capitalize. Well deserved win for Barcelona as they await a rematch next week. No one that is not a die hard fan has ever heard of Bojan Krkic untill this year. This young man had already managed to be the youngest player ever to play in the Champions League, to be the youngest ever Barcelona player to score and today was one of the youngest players ever to score in a Champions League Match, a very important one as well.

Schalke 04 vs FC Barcelona (Higlights)

Barca Ready to Sell Ronaldinho For 18 Million Euros!

According to Spanish media, Barcelona is ready to sell super, mega star Ronaldinho for only 18 million Euros. Barcelona officials say that they have had enough of Ronaldinho's inconsistency. This could be a true reason, but I have a different theory.

Barcelona is doing this so that they get like 20 offers for Ronaldinho and when so many teams bid for Ronaldinho the sale od Ronaldinho could exceed 80 million Euros. Good move by Barca though, as they have 2 new Ronaldinhos in their squad: Bojan Krkic and Giovanni dos Santos.

I predict Inter Milan or Chelsea ending up buying Ronaldinho as they both need a playmaker.

Jovetic in Fiorentina!?

Fiorentina have accepted Partizan counteroffer for Stevan Jovetic. The transfer is said to be worth 10 millions Euros. The deal will be finalized in the summer transfer window. Fiorentina keeps on buying young talented players and surely is not making a mistake by signing Stevan Jovetic. Soccer expers believe that Stevan Jovetic is much better than his Montenegro friend, Mirko Vucininc who currently plays for Roma. How many more super star strikers will Partizan produce? Predrag Mijatovic, Savo Milosevic, Mateja Kezman, Danko Lazovic and now Stevan Jovetic. These are all players that have played for Partizan. Mijatovic, Milosevic, Kezman and Lazovic have all impressed and Jovetic has the abilities to do as good, if not better.

Note: Partizan will only make 5 million Euros on this deal because they have sold 50% of future sale of Stevan Jovetic to a Scandinavian business man for a loust 150 thousand Euros while Partizan was in financial crisis.

Top 5 Future Stars:

Bojan Krkic (Barcelona)

• Wonderful, rare soccer talent. Experts believe that he will be more successful than Ronaldinho and Messi put together. This young mega star has already achieved a few big things. He was the youngest player to play in UEFA Champions League and he was the youngest Barcelona player to score in the Spanish Primera. In Barcelona's last match he scored 2 goals. He is only 18 years old.
  

Giovanni dos Santos (Barcelona)

Another great talent. Possibly the most talented Mexican player ever. Giovanni dos Santos is a very creative attacker that enjoys playing cental attacking midfielder and center forward. Only 18 years old but every matchday this young man is competition to Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry for the starting forward.







Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)

At only 19 years old, Sergio Aguero is one of the leading scorers in the Spanish Primera. Aguero is explosive forward with wonderful dribbling abilities. Definitely a player to look out for in the future.








Miralem Sulejmani (Heerenveen)

At age 19 this young man is carrying the dutch side Heerenveen on his back. This season he already has 12 goals and 10 assists and is a star ready to shine. Miralem Sulejmani is a natural left winger with ability to adapt to central style of play as well.








Stevan Jovetic (Partizan)

At age 19 Stevan Jovetic is the most desired young striker in Europe. Scoring goals comes with ease to him. Giant clubs such as Real Madrid and Manchester United are cutting each other's throats to sign this super talented "pure" striker. Jovetic is probably the only great natural striker of his generation and will be a great asset to who ever signs him.

Henry and Benzema Out, Trezeguet In!

A little irony before the France vs England friendly match. Just as David Beckham was recalled to the England squad the French veteran, David Trezeguet was also recalled in the France Squad. It's been more than a year since David Trezeguet played for the French national team.

Thierry Henry and Karim Benzema both have beenruled out with injuries and Raymond Domenech had no choice but to call up David Trezeguet. David Trezeguet had been playing excellent soccer for Juventus this season and is one of the leading scorers in the Italian Serie A. Domenech and Trezeguet were having some problems lately. Hopefully Trezeguet forgives Domenech for not giving him a national team call up for over a year.

Chelsea Beats Arsenal @ Stamford Bridge

Chelsea defeated today a very strong Arsenal side. Just when it looked that Arsenal was going to go home with 3 points in their pockets Chelsea was able to go in front again and win very valuable 3 points. Arsenal took the lead in the 58th minute with Sagna's goal. 15 minutes later Drogba equalized for Chelsea. Didier Drogba confirmed high form by adding his second goal and Chelsea's winner in the 81st minute. Chelsea won 2:1. Avram Grant's job will be secure for at least a while, that's for sure.

Chelsea vs Arsenal Goals

Manchester United Destroys Liverpool @ Old Trafford

Manchester United confirmed their dominant form against a very good Liverpool team today. Manchester United took a 1:0 lead with Brown's goal in the 34th minute. Ten minutes later Liverpool were down to 10 men after Javier Mascherano was sent off with a second yellow card. Cristiano Ronaldo continues to shine this season and has scored yet another goal for Manchester United and made it 2:0 in the 79th minute. Portuguese Luis Nani concluded the game only a minute later and made it 3:0. Manchester United is looking very powerful and are looking for a back to back title being 5 points ahead of Chelsea and 6 points ahead of Arsenal with only 7 matches to go.

Manchester United vs Liverpool Highlights

Valencia Beats Real Madrid At Santiago Bernabeu

Real Madrid vs Valencia was an excellent match to watch and definitely very outraging for Real Madrid fans. Valencia took a 1:0 lead with David Villa's goal. Real Madrid managed to equalize and take a 2:1 lead with two goals from Raul. Valencia's David Villa equalized with a penalty. Valencia's Arizmendi shocked Real Madrid with a goal in the 88th minute and Valencia won 3:2. Valencia is looking very good since eliminating Barcelona from Copa Del Rey.

Real Madrid vs Valencia Highlights:

Spanish Primera Results:

Mallorca - Reportivo La Coruna 1:0
Sevilla - Atletico Madrid 1:2
Barcelona - Valladolid 4:1
Levante - Villareal 1:2
Osasuna - Real Betis 0:1
Racing Santander - Recreativo Huelva 2:0
Real Murcia - Espanyol 4:0
Zaragoza - Almeria 1:1
Real Madrid - Valencia 2:3
Athletic Bilbao - Getafe 1:0

Beckham's 100th Cap?

After some key injuries to the England national team in midfield, Italian coach Fabio Capello had no choice but to recall David Beckham for their next friendly fixture against France. David Beckham did not reach full fitness this season yet, but is still a world class player. England could always use a playmaker of his talents. Even though Joe Cole will probably start, Beckham does deserve to play his 100th game for England. My instinct is telling me that Beckham will play at least 15 minutes in this match. If he impresses, maybe becomes a standard player for England once again.

Italy Serie A Results:

AS Roma - Empoli 2:1
Atalanta - Catania 0:0
Fiorentina - Lazio 1:0
Palermo - Genoa 2:3
Reggina - Napoli 1:1
Sampdoria - Cagliari 1:1
Siena - Parma 2:0
Torino - AC Milan 0:1
Udinese - Livorno 2:0
Inter Milan - Juventus 1:2

Juventus surprises Inter in Milan:

Today's clash between the home side Inter Milan and visiting Juventus was a wonderful match to watch. Many chances, a lot of creativity on both ends. Also a lot of roughness on both sides. Juventus took a 1:0 lead in the 49th minute with a beautiful goal by Camoranesi. 15 minutes later, Trezeguet made it 2:0. Inter Milan was able to cut the lead in half with Maniche's goal in the 83rd minute but Juve were a bit too much for Inter Milan to handle today.

Big Upcoming Soccer Matches:

Italy:

Inter Milan vs Juventus

• A few years ago, Juventus were able to beat Inter Milan with not much sweat. Now it is a different story. Now Inter Milan dominates Serie A. Everyone can agree that Inter Milan is a favorite to win this match but Juventus is always capable of a surprise. Definitely a soccer match to see.

Fiorentina vs Lazio

• Fiorentina is in wonderful form this year and they are looking to compete for one of the 4 spots that can take them in the Champions Leage. On the other hand, Lazio has disappointed all season long with poor results. The beauty of this match is that when a top team plays a bottom team anything can happen. Another must see game.

Spain:

Real Madrid vs Valencia

• Real Madrid lost their best striker for rest of the season, Ruud van Nistelrooy due to a surgery. Valencia will be coming into this match with a win against Barcelona that took them in the final of Copa Del Rey. Even though Real Madrid is a slight favorite in this match, Valencia shall be going for a win in this match. Valencia has the players, has the talent, lets see with what kind of a strategy Valencia comes with in this match.
  

March 21, 2008 Scores:

Netherlands:

Vitesse Arnhem - NAC Breda 3:3

Belgium:

Racing Genk - Mouscron 3:1

Turkey:

Fenerbahce - Kasimpasa 3:0

Weird and Strange Penalty Kick

Take a look at this, very funny.

Juventus vs Napoli Report:

Yesterday, in a very exciting and entertaining game Juventus managed to defeat Napoli 1:0. Juventus dominated the first half, only to see Napoli take initiative in the second half. However, in the closing minutes Iaquinta secured Juve's 1:0 win with a wonderful goal from Del Piero's excellent cross.

Here is a video that shows chances and Iaquntia's goal.

Juventus-Napoli

European Soccer Teams: Good Form/Bad Form

Good Form:

Fenerbahce (Turkey)

1. Finally adapted to Zico's Brazillian mindset and style of play.
2. Strikers Semih and Kezman are simply on fire.
3. Roberto Carlos injured, but Fenerbahce is not showing any weaknesses on left back position.

Manchester United (England)

1. Playing wonderful soccer at the moment.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo is simply not from this planet, amazing winger that keeps on improving exponentially.
3. Red Devils are favored to win the Champions League this year.

Heerenveen (Netherlands)

1. Selling Alfonso Alves to Tottenham did not weaken this team, instead the Serbian youngster Miralem Sulejmani (Mickey Mouse) got a chance to lead this team and he's doing pretty damn well. (12 goals, 8 assists)
2. Contenders for a place that could take them to Champions League or UEFA Cup. (Currently 3rd)
3. With money received from the sale of Brazilian Alfonso Alves, Heerenveen is likely to even further strengthen their squad. (No transfer rumours yet)

Bad Form:

Barcelona (Spain)

1. Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o are Injured.
2. Frank Rijkaard doesn't seem to allow Thierry Henry a free role that he had in Arsenal, instead Henry only plays on the left wing which seems to be sucking the game out of him.
3. Ronaldinho is only 30-50%, not quite the old Ronaldinho yet.

AC Milan (Italy)

1. Simply put, team is too old. They better find a new Maldini and Inzaghi or they are history.
2. On the good side, Brazilian youngster Pato seems to have found his form and place in the starting eleven and is doing really well.
   

Valencia (Spain)

1. Valencia is in deep trouble. Nothing is working for them at the moment.
2. Arguably 2 players that should be in starting elven (Zigic and Joaquin) are not!
3. Only solutions seems to be getting a new coach, possibly one with a modern strategy.
   

This Week's Top Soccer League Results:

Spain

March 15

Deportivo La Coruna 1 - 0 Real Madrid
Susp.Real Betis 1 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Recreativo Huelva 4 - 2 Real Murcia
Valencia 1 - 2 Sevilla

March 16

Espanyol 2 - 1 Mallorca
Getafe 2 - 1 Racing Santander
Valladolid 0 - 0 Osasuna
Villarreal 2 - 0 Zaragoza
Almeria 2 - 2 Barcelona
Atletico Madrid 3 - 0 Levante

Italy

March 15

Udinese 2 - 2 Lazio
AS Roma 2 - 1 AC Milan

March 16
Atalanta 4 - 1 Empoli
Cagliari 3 - 0 Torino
Fiorentina 3 - 1 Genoa
Inter Milan 2 - 1 Palermo
Livorno 1 - 1 Parma
Reggina 4 - 0 Siena
Sampdoria 3 - 1 Catania
Juventus 1 - 0 Napoli

England (Premiership)

March 15

Derby County 0 - 1 Manchester U.
Liverpool 2 - 1 Reading
Portsmouth 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Sunderland 0 - 1 Chelsea
West Ham U. 2 - 1 Blackburn R.
Arsenal 1 - 1 Middlesbrough

March 16

Fulham 1 - 0 Everton
Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Bolton W.
Manchester C. 2 - 1 Tottenham H.

Soccer Betting Picks For This Weekend:

Liverpool-Reading (Draw) (Lose)
Portsmouth-Aston Villa (Portsmouth) (Win)
Udinese-Lazio (Lazio) (Lose)
AS Roma-AC Milan (Draw)
Valencia-Sevilla (Valencia)
Bochum-Stuttgart (Stuttgart) (Lose)

Benzema Extends Contract:

Karim Benzema has extended his contract with Lyon until 2013. Giants, such as Real Madrid and Manchester Uniter will have to wait a little before that can acquire this super talented attacker. Everyone knows that it is unlikely for Benzema to actually stay in France for another 5 years. One this is for certain though, Lyon will get some serious cash for this due.

Kuzmanovic Finally Scores!!!

Zdravko Kuzmanovic, as a result of recently becoming a standard first team player, added his name to the score board. Fiorentina, yesterday beat Catania 2:1 as Kuzmanovic opened the scoring night only for Catania to equalize a few minutes after. Adrian Mutu scored Fiorentina's winner in the 70th minute.

Kezman On Fire!!!

Mateja Kezman has confirmed his champion form yesterday against Rizespor. Kezman scored 2 goals in Fenerbahce's 4:1 win. One thing is certain; Kezman has fully recovered from his knee injury and reminds of the PSV days. Maybe, just maybe he finally get to play for the Serbian national side. Kezman has now scored in his last 4 games for Fenerbahce.

My Analysis of International Soccer:

Hello Everyone and Welcome to My Analysis of International Soccer,

I will be talking about 3 very successful national soccer teams and 3 not so successful national teams.

Brazil: They are successful because they have an excellent organization first of all. Most importantly they try to leave out politics out of sports. Another reason why Brazil national soccer team is so good an successful is because at every given time only players in top form receive a call from the manager. This rule even goes for Ronaldingo and Kaka. If they are playing like shit for their clubs, players such as: Vagner Love and Pato will get a call instead. Last but not least, Brazilians love playing creative, attractive soccer which allows for players to express themselves on the field. Lets not forget that Brazil can probably make 3 separate national teams that could win a world cup, they are just to damn talented!

Argentina: Why is Argentina currently ranked number 1 in the FIFA Rankings??? I will tell you why. Even though it's an undisciplined team (many yellow and red cards) it is also a team that does not stop running at you. Their natural ability to control the midfield is what kills their opponents, only team they are not superior to is Brazil because "they are too damn talented".

Italy: They are not talented, not fast, not technically gifted.... So how come they have won the last world cup and a couple before that as well??? Nooooo, the mafia does not threaten other teams... haha... Italy is very disciplined in defending, they pass the ball very well and they control the possession. Most importantly out of 2-3 chances that they get to score a goal in a game they score 2-3 goals.

England: So what's wrong with English national team??? Don't they have the strongest and most attractive domestic league in the world. You bet they do... So what's wrong? Well, lets just say their creativity level is at about 0% compared to their running being at a 100%. Even though they beat many opponents who just cannot literally run with them, most of the games that England team loses is due to lack of creativity. I don't know how dump of a coach you gotta be not to notice that if the wings are failing that you better start taking some chances in the middle... Otherwise, the talent is there, money is there.

Serbia: Once known as Brazilians of Europe, Serbian national soccer failed to qualify for yet another European Championship. Lets just say that they did not lose against the 2 teams Portugal and Poland who qualified. Instead, they lost to Kazakhstan and not so great Belgium team. So what's wrong with them??? The problem is that Serbia does not have a soccer style instead they always adapt to other team's style of play (which is very difficult) but they manage to do it. If they had a bit of their own identity they would be once a gain a world power. Hopefully, the new coach Miroslav Djukic adds a new flavor to the team.

Spain: Spanish domestic league, in parallel with English Premiership is the best league in the world. Which means that talent is there, money is there. What can possibly be wrong?? The problem with Spanish national team is that they are too soft and affraid to go for a win. Also, I have to be honest to say that they just don't have luck in many situations and we all know that luck can sometimes be a main factor between winning and losing.

Other teams: Portugal is looking good but they immediately need to find new strikers. C. Ronaldo and R. Quaresma cannot always score for the wings. Pauleta is too old, Postiga is not turning out to be what was expected. Sabrosa is not bad. Germany is looking strong, no negative remarks against them other that they play a very boring style of soccer. Croatia is also looking powerful and France seem to have regained their champion form.

Soccer Fantasy:

I just wanted to share a couple of excellent soccer fantasy communities and all are free of course.

http://soccermanager.com
http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

Back From The Dead!!!

Hello Everyone,

After not writing for some time I decided to start writing again. As we know a whole lot has happened in the soccer world over the months. Many transfers, scandals, yada, yada, yada.
Antonio Rukavina transfered for Partizan to Dortmund ($3.5 mil), Branislav Ivanovic transfered from Lokomotiv Moscow to Chelsea ($17 mil). Nicolas Anelka also moved to Chelsea ($22 mil). D. Berbatov is still at Tottenham even though the Red Devils had an eye out for him. Jonathan Woodgate switched clubs as he moved from Middlesbrough to Tottenham.

Internazionale are looking very good at the top of Serie A. 8 points in front of Roma and 12 points in front of Juventus. Fiorentina has been a surprise this year as they are in the last spot that leads to Champions League who are 2 points in front of AC Milan. Christian Vieri and Adrian Mutu have been on fire for Fiorentina, as a matter of fact midfielders Ricardo Montolivo and Zdravko Kuzmanovic have contributed a lot with their excellent midfield play.