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Well, Wycombe lost 4-0 to Chelsea (5-1 aggregate), but it was no disgrace for a squad that cost £80,000 versus one that cost £265,000,000, I'm a bit disappointed but it's still been a great season for Wycombe getting to the semi-finals and still in a play-off spot for promotion.

Bah, I really, really don't like Chelsea, hopefully Arsenal or Spurs will thump them in the final anyway. :oh

EDIT: The MLS All-Star game opposition will be Celtic apparently, should be interesting enough, Beckham et al will turn out, they're supposedly holding it in a 20,000 seater though which seems a bit tiny.
 

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Binky said:
Well, Wycombe lost 4-0 to Chelsea (5-1 aggregate), but it was no disgrace for a squad that cost £80,000 versus one that cost £265,000,000, I'm a bit disappointed but it's still been a great season for Wycombe getting to the semi-finals and still in a play-off spot for promotion.
Yeah.. no shame at all that they lose the match to Chelsea. Chelsea is too big forthem, but sadly enough, Wycombe can't retain the first leg performance against them. Plus, finally Shevchenko is scoring goals, huh?
 

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bax said:
Plus, finally Shevchenko is scoring goals, huh?
And I'm glad he did. I'm definitely not a Chelsea fan, but to see Sheva waste his career there after not being able to score as much as he should is just not what i want to see. :D

And now for football news:

Oddo in San Siro
Milan finally got their hands on the 30 year old winger Massimo Oddo. Besides settling a 7.5 million euro, Milan also gave up their right over the 23 year old Pasquale.

Semi-Final Jitters
AC Milan will be hosting the Coppa Italia semifinal match against Roma. Ancelotti and his players might be in for a good fight, considering Roma currently have a pretty good home record with 10 games without losing, only to be beaten by Inter. Meanwhile, Inter will be travelling to Luigi Ferraris for a match against Sampdoria. After 13 league win, will Mancini and his players pwned Sampdoria? :D

Another brick in Spurs wall
Tottenham Hotspurs just finished a transfer for the 28 year old Benfica defender, Richardo Rocha for 3.3 million pounds. Spurs' Sport Director Damien Comolli said that the addition of Rocha to the team will be benificial since he can play as centerback and right fullback.

Onyewu turning Blues?
Chelsea is currently seeking a transfer for Standard Liege's 24 year old American central defender, Oguchi Onyewu. The Nigerian born player are currently being targeted by several clubs, such as Middlesborough, Fulham (which both he turned down), and Lyon (more nightmare, Xoph?).

Ronaldinho in another jersey?
Ronaldinho's brother/manager, Roberto Assis, revealed a possibility that his two time world player of the year brother might move to another club if the price is right (is 1 billion euro right enough?). Though there's no bad blood between Ronaldinho and Barca, his brother claims that a certain MLS team is currently targetting Ronaldinho, along with Chelsea and AC Milan.

No-naldo
Real is furious about AC Milan boasting to bring Ronaldo to San Siro once the (former) brazillian phenomenon ends his contract with Real. Milan is not the only one aching for Ronaldo. Al Ittihad and LA Galaxy are also looking to get Ronaldo to their side.

Rijkaard got a thing for Saviola
After spending some time in Barca's bench, Argentinian striker Javier Saviola finally proved himself to coach Frank Rijkaard. The Dutch coach, at the start of the season, claimed that he have no use for Saviola. But after scoring 7 out of 11 games, and waiting for Eto'o to return, Rijkaard is now showing some interest towards "the bunny". :D
Saviola himself said that he's currently enjoying his time in Barca and he will keep proving himself for the team. :D

Beck wants out
After only starting 5 matches under Fabio Capello's leadership in Real, former England skipper and right only winger David Beckham wants to move to Galaxy immediately. Real's Sport Director Pedrag Mijatovic said that the player still have 6 more months in his contract and it's up to the coach to pick his team, but Becks is expected to respect the contract he made with the devilReal Madrid. :D

Beckenbauer: "Ballack should have moved to Manchester United." Me: "Stay away, Ballack!"
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer is concerned about Bayern's former captain, Michael Ballack's form in Chelsea. Der Kaizer said that Ballack's playing under Frank Lampard's shadow and he should have taken up Man United's offer last season, which Ballack turned down saying that Man Utd is not big enough for him.

Baros wants Chelsea?
Recently acquired Lyon striker, Milan Baros said that he was supposed to move to Chelsea after both representative from Villa and Chelsea met to discuss a possibility of him wearing a Blues' shirt. The deal fell through after Shawn Wright-Phillips refused to be traded with Baros. I guess he dont like Lyon that much. :D

Juve's shopping list
Juventus is waiting in line to get Werder Bremen's forward Miroslav Klose. Juve also managed to buy Hasan Salihamidzic who'll be joining Juve next season. Juve's also setting their sight on Torsten Frings, which Bremen will sell if Juve makes a 3.5 million pounds offer.

Davies left Everton for Fulham
Simon Davies signed a contract that will keep him in Craven Cottage until 2010. The Welshmen arrival in Fulham is highly expected by former player now coach Chris Coleman.

Updates: Tottenham are currently up 2-0 against Arsenal in the League Cup, while Barca is a goal down against Betis in La Liga and Lyon needs two goals to catch up with Bordeaux.
 

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ichimaru_gin_n_tonic said:
Baros wants Chelsea?
Recently acquired Lyon striker, Milan Baros said that he was supposed to move to Chelsea after both representative from Villa and Chelsea met to discuss a possibility of him wearing a Blues' shirt. The deal fell through after Shawn Wright-Phillips refused to be traded with Baros. I guess he dont like Lyon that much. :D
Who does ? :D

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Lyon needs two goals to catch up with Bordeaux.
They lost 1-2 ! Banzai ! Banzai ! Banzai ! :pmg Not that this will prevent them from winning the Ligue 1 but still, me am very happy, especially since they lost at home :nuts
 

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Xophien said:
They lost 1-2 ! Banzai ! Banzai ! Banzai ! :pmg Not that this will prevent them from winning the Ligue 1 but still, me am very happy, especially since they lost at home :nuts
Well its a start, right? Everything can happen in football. Hopefully some other team will snatch the title from Lyon, but I personally doubt it... :darn

2-2 against Spuds! Good to see the youngters at Arsenal doing so well, especially in a local-derby. Its very strong to come back after being down by two goals away from home. Now we will take them down at Ashburton, and then thrash the rubelboys in the final! ;)
 

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Lyon lost, Saint-Etienne won (2-0 against Nancy yesterday), and Michel Platini (former Saint-Etienne player^^) just got elected as president of the UEFA... That's a good week for french football, yay :pmg
 

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Platini said that he'll only allow a maximum of three teams from any league to compete in the Champions' League, this is very good news I think for every football fan of a European team outside of the "Big Five" (Spain, England, Italy, France, Germany) and pretty good news for France and Germany, since I believe they currently get three teams (?).

Woooh, go Platini!

EDIT: Ha, hilarious game today, Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 - 2 Celtic, we scored the winner in the 91st minute, Vennegoor of Hesselink with a nice volley and then he got sent off for his celebration. ICT totally outplayed us, we're actually the worst team in about 90% of matches but end up winning somehow in the last minute, the only teams we've really outplayed this season are Man Utd, Benfica, Copenhagen and Rangers.
 

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Yeah platini is doing great at the moment but he better not change the Champions' League format too much because the current format is working fine in my opinion.
 

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Materrazzi got another headbutt this week in Inter's game. What a lucky guy :p :smoke
 

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venicia777 said:
Materrazzi got another headbutt this week in Inter's game. What a lucky guy :p :smoke
Yep, I saw it. It wasn't as bad as Zidane's tough...
14th straight victory for Inter in Serie A.
Sampdoria - Inter 0-2
 

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Again?! He must have said something harsh again....
 

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Again?! He must have said something harsh again....
Nope, he just said "what the hell are you doing?" after the other player kicked Inter's goalkeeper Julio Cesar on purpose.
 

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i tell you-- this guy will get more head butts before he quits soccer. and it will be something that will leave his name in the record books.
 

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That was an absolutely terrible transfer window, I wonder why young Celtic players constantly feel the need to ruin their own careers by signing for pointless English teams for like 2% pay rises. Liam Miller had one good season with Celtic and went to Man Utd, where he disappeared without trace and is now playing for Leeds at the bottom of the Championship. At least he showed some ambition and got to move to a big club, Shaun Maloney has just moved to Aston Villa where he'll probably never win anything in his career. I don't get it, if you're 22-24, you sign a three-year deal, keep up a high level of performance, win some medals, play in the Champions League, in front of 60,000 every second week, then when you're 27 you can go sign your money-making contract and enjoy the glorious fight for 13th place in the Premiership every year in front of a half empty stadium. :mad

On the amusing side, Motherwell player Richie Foran just left Motherwell and he said: "I'm sure Nakamura is gutted I'm no longer playing against him in the SPL. He made a habit of nutmegging me every time I faced him. In the last game at Parkhead I was determined not to let it happen again but my hopes only lasted seven minutes."
 

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Let's face it, the EPL is a much better leagure than the SP and the EPL is much more popular. These could be some of the reasons. I would llike to think that footballers likes to play in the bests league against the best players so what better place than the EPL?
 

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the best League would be either th EPL and the spanish League

Go BARCELONA and MAN UTD
 

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thegreatest06 said:
the best League would be either th EPL and the spanish League

Go BARCELONA and MAN UTD
Yo! I am an Man utd fan too! Juz want to ask, does anybody know what is going on with the transfer of Gareth Bale? I heard it was a done deal with man utd but yesterday i read he is going to spurs instead. anybody have info on this?
 

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Wow, looks like there are more Man Utd fans here! Alright! :thumbs
I cant believe i missed the game against watford and the rerun. :D
 

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yeah man utd d watford 4-0
 
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