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England leaped to the head of the class with a huge 2-0 win over lowly Wales in Group G play.

 Three Lions were clearly superior on this day. Frank Lampard nailed the gimmie PK in the 7^th minute.

A great penetration dribble drive into the box set this sucker up by Ashley Cole.

Darren Bent hit the roof of the net in the 14^th minute to make 2-0 England.

Glenn Johnson spilt the Welch “D”. Ashley Cole release and gets the pass. A one timer to Bent. Buda bing buda boom game, set, and match to Three Lions.

England sits a top Group G with ten points.

The only downer for the English side Rooney picked up a stupid yellow card and this will cost Three Lions dearly. Rooney has to sit out the next match.

In the Taco Rio Botafogo and Boavista tied nil-nil. This is a hug turn of events for Flamengo.

Mengao is in third place in the Taco Rio Group A with ten points.

Rubro-Negro has a game in hand.

We have eight points.

On Sunday, Flamengo battles Madureira. Madureira is in 7^th place in Group B with three points.

They are one step of bottom feeder Bangu.

This is a must win for Mengao.

In the Clausura, River Plate picked up a huge 2-1 win over Newell’s Old Boys.

Los Millionaires are now in 4^th place with 12 points.

Later today, the top clubs will be in action.

Flamenguista for life.

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The big boys all won on this very cold day in the states. Some places are as hot as minus one. That’s a heat wave folks. You gotta love it. Not!

My guys from Arsenal fell behind 1-0 on a clearly offside goal by Louis Saha in the 24^th minute.

There was no quit in this dog as my Gunners scored the next two goals to win this sucker 2-1 at our house Emirates.

Andrei Arshavin point blank shot dead center of the box in the 70^th tied this puppy up at one all.

The match winner came in the 77^th minute. Robin Van Persie fired a great skip pass through the goal crease to Laurent Koscielny. Koscielny nailed a tight range header between the keeper Tim Howard and the left post.

Game, set, and match to Arsenal.

This “W” was huge for Gunner nation.

Man U blasted Aston Villa 3-1.

The Wayne man hit the daily double for Sir Alex and the guys.

Rooney’s first of the season.

Nemanja Vidic scored too.

This win kept the Red Devils a top the leader board with 54 points.

My Gunners are in the two spot with 49 points.

Chelsea destroyed Sunderland 4-2.

John Terry, Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou, and Nicolas Anelka ripped the twines for the Blues guys.

Chelsea stays in touch with the leader board in third place with 44 points.

This is it from The De Futebol Zone.

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Day one is the books for the EPL.

What have we learned?

Chelsea kicked ass in their 6-nil win over newly promoted West Brom.

So, what else is new?

Nada.

This result was entirely expected.

West Brom hung in there in the first half.

The Baggies were only down 2-0 at half before the floodgates opened in the second half.

Didier Drogba hit for the hat trick.

Mate Florent Malouda nailed the daily double.

Frank Lampard added a marker as well in this blow out city win.

Tottenham and Man City fought to a nil-nil draw.

Spurs had the best of it but Tottenham couldn’t crack the code.

This tie could cost them in the long run.

Newly promoted Blackpool pulled the upset special.

The Seasiders shut out Wigan 4-0.

Blackpool last played in the EPL 39 years ago.

1971 was the exact year.

Congrats, to the Seasiders in their first EPL win in many a moon.

Blackburn Rovers defeated Everton 1-0.

Tim Howard’s gaffe in the 14^th minute gave the Rovers their needed margin of victory.

Howard came off his line. Instead of grabbing the ball, he knocked the ball to Blackburn’s Nikola Kalinic who deposited the gift into the back of the net.

Game, set, and match to the Rovers.

How much did Howard’s playing in the USA friendly against Brasil on Wednesday hurt him?

Lots!

Stop this stupid friendly crap after the World Cup is done so players can get ready for the EPL.

Give me a freakin break.

The FIFA idiots should be shot.

Bolton and Fulham tied nada-nada.

Sunderland and Birmingham tied at two all.

Aston Villa killed West Ham 3-nil.

Wolves defeated Stoke City 2-1.

The biggie today is Liverpool and Arsenal.

Go Gunners,

Kick some major butt guys.

We need the big “W”.

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The United States was screwed out of a win. The goal by Maurice Edu in the 86^th minute was a good goal.

The dumb ref disallowed this sucker.

The USA scored two second half goals after falling behind 2-nil in the first half.

The USA and Slovenia tied two all.

Tim Howard was hung out to dry on both goals.

Valter Birsa nailed a long-range sniper shot top shelf left to gave Slovenia a 1-0 lead.

The goal by Zlatan Ljubijankic was a classic spilt the seam in the “D” score that forced Tim Howard to come off his line.

This forced Ljubijankic to shoot. He did. Zlatan Ljubijankic ripped the twines in the 42^nd minute to give Slovenia a 2-0 lead.

These goals were not Tim Howard’s fault.

The USA should be given great kudos for not quitting.

The guys toughed it up and scored two second half goals to level this sucker.

Landon Donovan finally proved he just might be a good player. He roofed a close range screamer in the 48^th minute to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Michael Bradley poked home a free ball in the 82^nd minute to level this baby up at two all.

This wasn’t futebol. It was the WWF on a pitch.

Slovenia was the king of the arm bar and sleeper hold.

Hulk Hogan and Johnny Valentine would be proud the way Slovenia performed their wrestling moves in the box.

What has happened to the mighty English?

Again, they played like clowns and tied with lowly Algeria nil-nil.

Where was Wayne Rooney?

How about Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard?

Fabio Capello needs to be shot.

His team sucks.

The English press will be calling for his head.

Heck, I am calling for his head.

I am not English.

This was disgraceful futebol.

Serbia beat the mighty German team 1-0.

So much for a 4-1 thrashing of Australia

The German Floppers finally got a taste of their own medicine when Miroslov Klose was given the heave-hoe in the 36^th minute.

This was not a red card but after years of Germany receiving the benefit of crap calls, they finally got one called against them.

Paybacks are a bitch.

Better yet Serbian keeper saved the match when he stone cold stopped Lukas Podolski PK shot in the 60^th minute.

Stick a dagger in the German’s heart. 

Serbia’s Milan Jovanovic ripped the twines in the 38^th minute.

All the USA has to do is win baby and we’re in like Flynn.

 Here was another day of upsets, crappy play, and horrible refereeing.

FIFA needs to straighten out the ref mess,

It looks like the fix is in.

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There are two days until the World Cup begins. I can’t wait. The idiots at ESPN will broadcast the entire tournament. I would rather watch paint dry then torture myself listening to the clowns at ESPN butcher futebol.

No, thank you I will watch the Spanish Stations instead.

Listening to Alexi Lalas spout his insane comments and idiotic ideas is bad enough on ESPN 2 during the EPL now I have put up with his dribble on greatest futebol stage-The World Cup.

I would rather eat cat shit and live.

It is my blog and I can say what I want.

You don’t like it tough do-do.

Give me a break.

Throw into the mix Tommie Smyth and the rest no wonder the world thinks America futebol is a joke.

The Americans are in the same group as England, Slovenia, and Algeria.

The USA should advance but anything is possible with this team.

Tim Howard needs to play lights out.

The “D” stinks.

Howard is the great eraser.

Landon Donovan finally needs to step up and show what he is made of.

He had a great short run at Everton.

Let’s see if this was a fluke or for real.

We will find out real quick.

England is hurting. The Rooney Man will hopefully be healed of all his nagging injuries.

Wayne Rooney is a world-class futebol player.

He is your typical power forward in the NBA.

You can’t stop him when he gets in the crease.

Frank Lampard, Shawn Wright Phillips, Jermain Defoe, and Jamie Carragher need to step up to the plate and knock it out of the park.

Super defender Rio Ferdinand is out due to injury.

This is not good.

He is the glue that holds the “D” together.

Just ask Sir Alex about that.

I still think the English squad has a better than fifty-fifty chance to win it all.

I am an American with a Brasilian heart.

I married a Brasilian.

I have always rooted for Brasil since I was knee high to a grasshopper.

Dunga and the guys are favorites but they have their work cut out for them.

We will talk about that on Friday.

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Pompey fought the gallant fight but in the end Chelsea’s superior firepower, won the FA Cup in a thrilling 1-0 win.

Chelsea had the most scoring chances but the Blues couldn’t pull the trigger until Didier Drogba’s deadly free kick from twenty yards out was squeezed between Portsmouth keepers David James out stretched hand the right post in the 59^th minute.

Prior to Drogba’s deadly strike Pompey had a golden chance to spin the match on its head but Kevin-Prince-Boateng’s PK was stone cold stopped by Blues keeper Petr Cech in the 56^th minute.

Wham bam just like that in a span of three minutes the match was twisted on its ear and the Blues stuck a fork in Pompey’s dream of winning the FA Cup.

Portsmouth is broke and given the heave-hoe all in one season, yet this was a glorious run by the foreclosed side.

The money made from reaching the FA Cup might help the bankrupt Pompey.

Frank Lampard had a chance to increase the Blues lead in the 89^th minute but Portsmouth keeper David James said “No way Jose” and shut em down.

Way to go garoto.

All in all Chelsea was in complete control of the match from beginning to end.

The Blues achieved the daily double winning the EPL and FA Cup titles.

Trust me when I say this Chelsea is heading down the backside of forty. This means Drogba and the boys are getting older. Their window of opportunity is rapidly closing.

They need to bring in younger players to replace the fading stars.

The “Special One” Jose Mourinho brought Drogba and the rest in but the management has not found replacements for them.

Mourinho is good a winning titles with other peoples talent but his ability to build a championship squad stinks.

This is not Mourinho’s strong suit.

Man U had a down year by their standards but remember the Red Devils lost the fake Ronaldo and few other players. The mighty boys from Old Trafford played a very young squad.

Watch out EPL!

My guys from Arsenal are in the same boat. We were besieged by injuries. Younger guys such as Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, and Carlos Vela were asked to step in big time to replace RVP and Cesc Fabregas who were hit by the injury bug.

My Gunners will be ready next year to win the title as well.

Flamengo battles Vitoria later today.

Lets hope Rubro-Negro doesn’t stink the joint out on the road in Salvador.

I wouldn’t bet on it.

Mengao is in shambles.

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Chelsea has pretty much wrapped up the EPL title today with a resounding 2-0 win over Liverpool.

The Reds played like crap.

Steven Gerrard stupid backwards pass in the 33^rd minute sealed the Reds fate.

Didier Drogba took the gift and scored what was essentially the match winner.

Frank Lampard added the seal of approval in the 53^rd minute.

The title is the Blues unless something really crazy happens next Sunday at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool was not going to give the title to the hated guys from Old Trafford.

Revenge is sweet.

The Reds gave the title to the Blues instead.

Nani scored the only goal of the match in the 28^th minute.

This win still gives Man U glimmer of hope for a historic four-peat.

I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.

Dimitar Berbatov wasted three great scoring chances. This guy stinks to high heaven.

The surprise of the match was this. Wayne Rooney played. I didn’t think this would happen.

The Rooney man manned up and played.

It all comes down to Sunday May 9^th.

All Chelsea has to do is beat Wigan at Stamford Bridge.

Wigan will not, I repeat will not beat Chelsea.

Man U needs beat Stoke City at Old Trafford and hope the Blues lose.

NOT!

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The Hammers may have saved their season. Yes, sir re Bob West Ham came away with a huge 1-0 win over Sunderland.

Brasilian striker Aruajo Ilan ripped the twines in the 51^st minute for the only tally of the match.

Ilan was inserted into the lineup last week against Everton. His goal earned the Hammers a much needed one all tie with the Toffees.

That goal earned Ilan a staring role. He responded with the match winner.

The win lifted the Hammers into 16^th place with 31 points.

Burnley ripped Hull City 4-1.

The win enabled the Clarets to pull even with the Tigers.

Both sides have 27 points apiece.

Hull City opened up the match with a nifty goal by Kevin Kilbane in the 3^rd minute.

The Clarets responded by scoring the next four goals to win going away 4-1.

Burnley’s Graham Alexander hit for the daily double via the PK route in the 65^th and 70^th minute.

Even though the Tigers lost, they have a game in hand. This game in hand will surely come into play.

So, what else is new. Chelsea ripped Aston Villa 3-0 in semifinals of the FA Cup.

Didier Drogba, Florent  Malouda, and Frank Lampard rammed the twines to lead the Blues in the massacre of Villa.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Chelsea will have an FA Cup Finals date with either Tottenham or Portsmouth. The Spurs and Pompey will play on Sunday.

The bad news for Portsmouth is this. Pompey was given their walking papers from the EPL.

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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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We got the result we needed. All we have to do is beat Stoke City at Britannia later today and we are in like Flynn.

Us Arsenal fans know we can always blow it but I sure hope not.

Three points will give the Gunners 58 points. We will be three points behind Chelsea.

Chelsea had their lunch handed to them by Man City 4-2.

Three players hit the daily double City’s Bellamy, Tevez, and Chelsea’s Lampard.

Chelsea started out strong.

The Blues took the early lead on a powerful strike by Frank Lampard in the 42^nd minute.

The match changer happened right at the end of the first half.

A great block by City’s Wayne Bridge and whamo we are off to the races. Tevez breaks free and beats two Blues defenders.

The Carlos man hits a weak shot that rolls past the keepers Henrique Hilario’s outstretched paw. The ball does a slow roll into the back of net to level this sucker up at one all at break.

City was in charge after that.

Bellamy’s goal in the 51^st   minute made it 2-1.

Bellamy’s goal was the classic counter attack futebol. In a flash City was off to the races into the Blues end of the pitch.

This was Katie bar the door.

The Blues were hung out to dry when they pushed everyone into the offensive end of the pitch.

Tevez made it 3-1 after he nailed the PK in the 76^th minute.

Bellamy hit for the daily double in the 87^th minute.

Lampard added a cosmetic PK in the 90^th minute.

You gotta love this.

Chelsea blows apart at home.

The race is on.

All we have to do is win baby.

This is not the start I was looking for. Arsenal gave up an easy goal off a great throw in by Stoke City’s Rory Delap in the 8^th minute. Shawcross headed the ball to Danny Pugh. Pugh nailed the bounce close range header into the open net. Pugh was camped near the far left post. 

We are down 1-0.

This stinks big time.

We need to regroup. We need to attack and score.

Finally, Arsenal gets the equalizer from Nicklas Bendtner in the 32nd minute off a great pass from mate Cesc Fabregas.

Bendtner showed some serious hops when out leaped a couple of Stoke City defenders to ram home the header.

So, whatever we do lets not have a repeat performance of what happened here at Britannia in the fourth round of the FA Cup. We tied it up and gave up three-second half goals.

We are at the break. Arsenal and Stoke City are knotted up at one all.

We need to come out in the second half and smoke em badly.

This is totally insane. Stoke City’s Shawcross made a stupid challenge on Arsenal forward Aaron Ramsey.

Ramsey is leveled. Shawcross is given the heave-hoe in the 66^th minute.

Ramsey is carted off and sent to hospital. Ramsey’s leg is broke.

This is a killer.

The good news it is still one all.

We have the man advantage.

We finally got the break we needed. The guys applied a ton of pressure on Stoke City’s “D”. It paid off when Bendtner fired a shot into the box. Whamo, bamo, a handball by Pugh. A PK is given. Fabregas nailed the gimmie in the 90^th minute to give us the 2-1 lead.

Seven minutes of added time are to be played.

We tickled the twines in the 94^th minute to make 3-1.

Fabregas fired a great ball to Thomas Vermaelen. Vermaelen knocks home the walk in goal to salt this baby away.

Instead of going for the whole enchilada, Fabregas saw his mate was in a better position to score.

Yep, guys it’s in the books.

Three points for us.

This is a huge road win for the Gunners.

It is 3-1 for Arsenal.

Paybacks are a bitch aren’t they.

The race for the title is on baby.

It will be a full sprint to the finish between the Blues, Man U, and the Gunners.

Chelsea has 61 points. Man U has 60 and Arsenal has 58.

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