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We’re two weeks into the season. There are a few surprises but other than that nothing much.

Chelsea has kicked ass. The Blues destroyed two really inferior sides Wigan and West Brom.

Manchester United took it Newcastle but stumbled against Fulham.

The Cottagers have a history of driving Sir Alex nuts.

Arsenal played great at home and pulled a rabbit of the Gunners hat in a miracle one all tie with Liverpool at Anfield.

My Gunners have played well so far.

Both Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas are nursing injures.

Theo Walcott has stepped up big time.

Capello decided to kick Walcott off the national team.

This was a huge mistake.

Capello needs to go.

Liverpool eked a tie against my Gunners but stunk the joint out against Man City.

Liverpool is on the way down.

Sure, the Reds are missing Fernando Torres but Liverpool has plenty of other good players such as Dirk Kuyt, David Ngog, and Joe Cole.

Liverpool is near the butt end of the table.

The Reds are in 17^th place with one point.

Man U killed the Magpies but Newcastle turned the tables on Aston Villa. Newcastle destroyed Villa 3-0.

Blackpool picked up their first win in the EPL in 39 years but came crashing down to earth when my guys from Arsenal rang up six goals.

Wigan is headed down.

Blackpool will probably go too.

Don’t be surprised if Liverpool hovers in the bottom half of the table.

These are my thoughts after two matches but remember this can change in an instant.

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Our road woes continue.

We need to find an answer to why Arsenal struggles on the road.

The Gunners escaped with a one all tie with Liverpool at Anfield.

This BS has to stop.

Liverpool was down to ten men.

Then lightening struck when Reds David Ngog broke free just outside the box. Ngog fired a perfect top shelf bullet. This laser beat keeper Manuel Almunia in the 46^th minute.

We had the advantage but Arsenal couldn’t crack the Reds “D” code.

At several times in the second half it looked like Liverpool was playing twelve guys.

Then magic presto the match changed in an instant.

The clock was going tic, tic, tic. Time was winding on the match. A loss looked for certain. Gunners Rosicky fired a great cross into the teeth of the goalmouth. Chamakh bumps the ball towards the goal. Chamakh gets tangled with Reds keeper Reina. Reina bats the ball into the back of his own net in the 90^th minute to us the equalizer.

Thanks be to God for the Abbott and Costello routine by Pepe Reina.

This huge gaff saved our bacon on this Sunday afternoon at Anfield.

This was a totally underserved one point.

If Arsenal is going to win the title, we need to win on the road.

If not we are sunk big time.

The champs always find ways to win on the road.

Last year EPL Champions Chelsea had the best road record.

Next up for us is newly promoted Blackpool.

The Seasiders are coming off a huge win 4-0 win over Wigan.

The only saving grace is that we are home.

It was good to see both Robin Van Persie and Liverpool’s Fernando Torres return to action.

From what I saw, our guys played too much one on one and didn’t work the ball around for a good shot.

Several times Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri, and Tomas Rosicky had good scoring chances but they could close the deal.

We have to learn how to finish.

Not a good start but I’ll take the one point.

Arsenal needs to improve.

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There is one day left before we begin EPL play. I can’t wait. Yes, I love Brasileiro futebol but my passion is the EPL.

So you can say I am an American with a Brasilian heart and the passion of an Englishman who loves watching the EPL.

My two passions are Brasileiro futebol, and the EPL.

My wife loves futebol but she would like to have a Saturday free of futebol.

Oh yea, my wife had that since May but heck, who is counting.

There are some huge opening round matches. Tottenham battles Manchester City on Saturday. On Sunday, Liverpool takes on my Gunners.

Sure, these are huge opening salvos.

The outcome may have a lot to say on who will win the title and be in the race for the Champions League spots.

However, when the durst settles the usual suspects, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool will battle it out for the EPL crown.

Yes, I did say the Reds.

Why?

Last year was a fluke.

A new manager will make all the difference but the only problem I see is the injury to Fernando Torres. Torres was last seen collapsed on the pitch in Spain’s last match- the finals of the World Cup.

His is world-class player and if Torres can’t play, Liverpool will struggle.

I think Spurs will be a mid table side.

Last year was a fluke for Tottenham.

Man City is a good squad but I think they will finish seventh or eighth.

I think Carlos Tevez is a head case. He is a great player but he hates playing for Roberto Mancini. Tevez will cause problems for Mancini.

How will this translate onto the pitch?

This is the sixty four thousand dollar question.

City will not compete for the title.

This is too much garbage in this clubs closet.

On Saturday, I will talk about my Gunners, Man U, and Chelsea.

Here is a hint.

The Blues are good but they are on a downhill slide.

The glory days are about over for Chelsea.

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I am sorry but this is pure stupidity. Let’s play international friendly’s a month after the World Cup is finish.

This makes as much sense as a fart in church.

Give me a break.

FIFA and the rest of national futebol organizations have shit for brains.

Guys, let’s look at the facts.

European regular season futebol is gearing up.

The EPL begins play on August 14^th.

The USA takes on Brasil.

Keeper Tim Howard is the only world-class player the USA has is being used in a stupid good for nothing match.

Howard plays for EPL side Everton.

EPL begins regular season play in less than four days.

Howard could get hurt.

Everton should have told the USA federation to go to hell.

This is nuts.

No wonder players like Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Fernando Torres, and other great players are breaking down.

You can’t play 150 matches a year for three straight years and not have your body to break down.

Any idiot with a lick of sense knows without rest the body breaks down.

The National Federations are worse than dumb.

 Sure Brasil looked good in a win over a horrible USA squad but so what?

Who cares?

Robinho played for Brasil.

Robinho could have been hurt. He plays for Brasil side Santos.

Campeonato is thirteen weeks into the season.

I wish these folks would have a lick of sense and stop this stupid shit.

Let the players rest and get ready for the season.

How many of the top players have had their careers cut short because of this insane schedule.

I can’t wait for the EPL to start.

The count down has begun.

Three days and counting.

Go Arsenal.

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Finally the nation of Spain can breath a huge sigh of relief.

Spain defeated Germany 1-0 to advance to their World Cup final.

In reality, the Spanish last played in the World Cup semifinals.

Get this it was way back in the way back machine.

Try 1950.

Huge Kudos to Spain for their steady march towards their first title.

Spain is like a snake playing with its prey before killing it.

The Spanish are trying become the first team who lost their first World Cup match and win the title.

Italy lost their opener and made to the 1994 finals but lost to Brasil.

The German’s sat back and tried to play a defensive chess match with Spain.

Absorb the attack and then counter attack. It sounds good on paper but reality it is stupid.

Spain played with Germany thru the entire match.

The Spanish should have scored at least four times before Xavi nailed a perfect corner kick into the center of the box. Mate Carles Puyol poked home the header in the 73^rd minute to send Spain to the finals against the Netherlands.

Puyol had plenty of hops. He out leaped a defender and one of his mates.

What makes this feat even more amazing is this Spain played without its two big time players Fabregas and Torres.

Both were hurt.

Fabregas and Torres will be ready for the final on Sunday against the Netherlands.

If the Netherlands uses this blue print to beat Spain, you can kiss your butt good-bye.

The Dutch have the firepower to match Spain’s.

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt, Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, and the old stand bys Arlen Robben and Wesley Sneijder.

This match features two teams who have not won a World Cup title.

The last time this happened was in 1978 between Argentina-Netherlands. Argentina won the whole enchilada.

This will be a barnburner.

You gotta love it.

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The Dutch have made to the World Cup Finals. This marks the first time the Netherlands have made to the Word Cup Finals since 1978.

The Dutch lost Argentina in the 1978 finals.

Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2.

The Dutch drew first blood when Giovanni Van Bronckhorst nailed a long  range missile in the 18^th minute.

Uruguay tied this baby up one all in the 40^th minute. Forlan hit the sweet spot in the back of the net off a deadly free kick from 25 yards out.

Uruguay put a strong fight against the mighty Dutch for most of the match.

Goals by Wesley Sneijder in the 70^th minute and Arjen Robben in the 73^rd minute broke wide open a one all match.

Sure, Uruguay added a cosmetic goal by Maxi Pereira in the 90^th minute to make it a respectable 3-2.

The Uruguayans had two really good chances in the 93^rd minute but missed it by that much.

The Netherlands has never won the World Cup.

With they finally break into the win column?

We will find out Sunday.

Germany-Spain will be played later today.

This will be a classic.

Germany is going for their fourth World Cup while Spain has never made this far.

The Germans last won the title in 1990.

Spain has lots of talent but nothing to show for it.

Will Cesc Fabregas, Xavi Hernandez, David Villa, and Fernando Torres.

Germany has the pedigree.

Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, and Phillip Lahm will provide lots of trouble for the Spanish.

These two teams met in the European championship.

Spain won.

This will be a classic.

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Spain was one of the teams favored to win the World Cup. However, a funny on the way to being crowned champ Spain lost to Switzerland 1-0.

Gelson Fernandez ripped the winner in the 52^nd minute.

Spain keeper Iker Casillas was forced to leave his line. He blocked the initial shot but the ball squirted free. Then a scramble ball ensued. Gelson Fernandez knocked home the gimmie ball.

This was all she wrote baby.

A real good win for the Swiss.

A little side note, no team that has lost its opening World Cup match has won the World Cup title.

We will see.

Spain was missing Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas.

This was a real kick in the nuts.

I still think Spain will make it out of the group stage and challenge for the title.

Chile shut out Honduras 1-0.

Jean Beausejour scored on a nifty goal in the 34^th minute.

His mate Sanchez threaded the needle with a perfect pass that spilt the seam in the defense.

Uruguay blasted the home side South Africa 3-0.

The Africans had their lunch handle to them.

In plain and simple English South Africa stunk the joint out.

Diego Forlan hit for the daily double. He struck for pay dirt in the 24^th and 80^th minutes.

Alvaro ripped the twines in the 90^th minute for Uruguay’s other tally.

What a day full of surprises.

Let’s what tomorrow holds.

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The mighty boys from Old Trafford had a chance to move to the top of the table in the EPL. But no, Man U stunk the joint out on the road in a nil-nil tie with Blackburn.

The Red Devils had at least ten chances to get the full three points.

Dimitar Berbatov was the main culprit. This sorry excuse for a striker missed three point blank shots on goal. Berbatov should join the mason for he is better at making bricks than goals.

This tie may have surely cost Man U a shot at the historic four peat.

You can sum up Man U’s performance in two words- you stink.

Nil-nil ties were the order of the day.

Liverpool had a chance to stay within striking distance of Man City but no the Reds blew it big time at home in Anfield. Liverpool and Fulham tied nil-nil.

Sure big time scorer Fernando Torres was absent but jeez give me a break will someone step to the plate and find the back of net.

Not on this day.

Liverpool dominated play but what good does that do if you can’t hit pay dirt.

You can stick a fork in the Reds chances of returning to the Champions League.

Manchester City took care of business against Birmingham winning 5-1.

Emmanuel Adebayor hit the daily double-43^rd and 88^th minutes.

Carlos Tevez scored via the PK route in the 43^rd minute.

Mate Nedum Onuoha had the twin kill as well too- 40^th and 73^rd minutes.

Wolves and Stoke City kissed their sister nada-nada.

Manchester City now has a four-point lead over Tottenham in the race for fourth place in the EPL.

Man City has 62 points. Tottenham has 58 with a game in hand. Spurs take on my guys from Arsenal on Wednesday.

We need a huge “W” just like Tottenham does.

Do you believe in miracles?

You are not going to believe this. Send em packing from the EPL Pompey pulled a huge upset 2-0 win over Tottenham in the FA Cup semis.

Portsmouth needed extra time to score twice to send the Spurs packing.

Frederick Piquionne ripped the twines in the 99^th minute.
Mate Kevin –Prince Boateng added a PK in the 117^th minute to send Pompey to the finals of the FA Cup where they will face Chelsea.

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Bruno saved Flamenguistas bacon. Flamengo barely got by Vasco 1-0.

Superman stopped Dodo twice from finding the back of the net on PK’s in the 36^th and 66^th minutes.

Dois pênaltis para o Vasco. Dodô na bola. E Bruno defendeu ambos. O atacante vascaíno saiu de campo vaiado e, em má fase, com um futuro nada animador na Colina. Mas o clássico para o outro camisa 10 teve um gosto diferente, de reconciliação. Adriano não jogou bem, tocou pouco na bola. Mas mostrou para o cruzmaltino como se faz. O Imperador não desperdiçou o pênalti mal marcado pelo árbitro Péricles Bassols a favor do Flamengo. E garantiu a vitória do Rubro-Negro por 1 a 0, neste domingo, no Maracanã, pela quarta rodada da Taça Rio, o segundo turno do Campeonato Carioca.

Yes, the basket counts, and a foul.

Adriano scored on a non-existent penalty in the 51^st minute.

Vinicius Pacheco took it to the rack. Pacheco and Vasco keeper Fernando Prass collided. It should have been no harm no foul. The ref said no way Jose.

This was the difference in the match.

Globo Esporte http://globoesporte.globo.com/  had this to say about the penalty that led to the only score of the match-  Aos quatro minutos, em um contra-ataque, Vinícius Pacheco arrancou com a bola e tocou na saída de Fernando Prass, que defendeu com os pés. Mas o árbitro Péricles Bassols marcou, de forma equivocada, pênalti no choque do goleiro vascaíno com o meia rubro-negro. Fernando Prass ficou inconformado com a marcação. Mas não teve jeito.

Adriano foi para a cobrança. E ao contrário de Dodô bateu bem. Goleiro para um lado, bola entrando carinhosamente no outro. Flamengo 1 a 0. Na comemoração, o Imperador tirou a camisa e mostrou uma mensagem: “Que Deus perdoe essas pessoas ruins”. O atacante recebeu cartão amarelo.

This was a huge win for Flamengo.

Yes, we played like crap but we picked up the all-important “W”.

UOL www.uol.com.br reported that this match between Gigante da Colina and Mengao was a showdown between Dodo and Adriano. UOL said Adriano was the winner. Flamengo e Vasco entraram em campo para tentar fazer com que seus principais jogadores – Adriano e Dodô, respectivamente, isolassem a má fase. Quem levou a melhor foi o Imperador que, mesmo sem ter uma atuação de encher os olhos, marcou de pênalti o gol do triunfo rubro-negro por 1 a 0 nesta chuvosa noite deste domingo no Maracanã, pelo Estadual do Rio. Pior para Dodô, que perdeu dois pênaltis, ampliou o momento turbulento e viu o goleiro flamenguista Bruno deixar o campo consagrado.

Liverpool took care of business at Anfield. The Reds demolished lowly Portsmouth 4-1. Fernando Torres hit the sweet spot twice. He nailed two winners in the 26^th and 77^th minutes.

This was a huge win for the Reds.

Liverpool is now squarely back in the race for the final Champions League spot.

Tottenham is in fourth place with 52 points in 29 matches. Liverpool is in fifth spot with 51 points in 30 games.

City is in sixth place with 50 points in 28 matches.  

This is it from the far side.

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Flamengo was missing their best attacker Adriano.  The Emperor was on loan to the national team. Adriano will play in Brasil’s final World Cup tune up against Ireland on Tuesday March 2^nd.

Kleberson missed to due national team duty as well. Petkovic and Alvaro are out due to injuries.

Globo Esporte had this to say http://globoesporte.globo.com/ O técnico rubro-negro, Andrade, foi obrigado a escalar um time misto. Adriano e Kleberson tiveram de se apresentar à seleção brasileira para o amistoso contra a Irlanda, na terça-feira. Álvaro e Petkovic sentiram dores musculares e foram vetados. Bruno Mezenga, Fernando e David, respectivamente, os substituíram. Mas tudo deu certo, e o técnico ainda pôde observar os estreantes Ramon, que tabelou com Love em um dos gols, e Rodrigo Alvim.

Mengao struggled with Macae before turning on the jets to pull away for a 4-1 win.

Mengao was outplayed most of the match by Macae.

Vagner Love hit the daily double for Flamengo. He nailed a PK in the 28^th minute. Love later nailed the close range power shot in the 68^th minute.

Vinicius Pacheco hit for the daily double too. Pacheco scored off a quick free kick by mate Vagner Love in the 58^th minute. Pacheco had an easy one on one with the keeper Jeferson. This was no match.

Pacheco fired a long rang sniper shot from the top of the box in the 73^rd minute that flat out beat the keeper through the wickets.

The difference maker in the match for Mengao was Vagner Love.

For most of the match, Flamengo stunk the joint out. UOL put it this way www.uol.com.br  O Macaé jogou melhor a maior parte do confronto, mas Vagner Love fez a diferença em favor do Flamengo. O atacante marcou duas vezes e deu dois passes, um deles usando da ‘malandragem’, na goleada por 4 a 1 do time neste sábado, no Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, na estreia da equipe na Taça Rio, segundo turno do Campeonato Estadual. Enquanto Vinicius Pacheco fez os outros gols dos visitantes, Laio marcou o solitário dos mandantes.

I will take it. A win is a win but this Flamenguista is not a happy camper with the way my guys are playing against the smaller clubs. If Mengao does not improve, we will not compete for the two peat.

Liverpool scored a huge win 2-1 over Blackburn at Anfield. Fernando Torres started his first match for Reds since January 13^th.

Torres also ripped the twines in the 44^th minute. Steven Gerrard  started the Reds off right with a huge goal in the 20^th minute. This gave Liverpool an early 1-0 lead.

Tottenham picked up a huge 2-1 over Everton at White Hart Lane.

Sunderland and Fulham were deadlocked nil-nil.

The EPL race shapes up this way Chelsea is top gun with 61 points. Man U is second with 60 and Arsenal is third with 58. Spurs and Man City each have 49 points but Tottenham is fourth on a better goal difference. Spurs are a plus 23 while City is a plus 17.

Liverpool is sixth with 48.

The Miracle worker Wayne Rooney came off the bench to score the match winner in the 74^th minute. Man U just got by Aston Villa 2-1 to win the Carling Cup.

The match started off on an ominous note for the Red Devils. A dumb foul in the box by Vidac. He should have been given the heave-hoe but the ref said no way boys.

Play on.

Villa’s James Milner nailed the PK.

This made 1-0 Aston Villa.

Michael Owens hit the equalizer in the 12^th minute.

Villa defender Richard Dunne lost the ball to Berbatov. Dunn makes a brilliant recovery. He strips the ball from Berbatov. Somehow, the ball comes loose and Owens scopes up the garbage and scores.

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