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Tottenham was sliced and diced by Real Madrid. The 4-0 thrashing administered by Real showed that Spurs are way in above their heads.

Sure, this sucker was close for about a minute.

Former Arsenal guy Emmanuel Adebayor ripped Tottenham’s “D” apart in the 4^th minute.

The rout was on.

Peter Crouch was given the heave-hoe in the 15^th minute but even with the robot man in there for Tottenham, Spurs was dead in the water anyway.

Only a miracle is going to save Tottenham at White Hart Lane on April 13^th.

The fake Ronaldo even found the back of the net in 87^th minute.

The real shocker was Schalke manhandling Internazional 5-2.

Internazionale is the defending Champions League Title holders.

Then fun one will be later today when bitter foes Chelsea and Man U square off at Stamford Bridge.

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It sure looked like my guys from Arsenal were going to get blown out by the mighty Barcelona guys.

My heart was in my throat when David Villa blasted a close range bomb that found its mark in the 26^th minute.

Barca had it pedal to the medal.

We had several really good chances but Arsenal couldn’t crack the code.

Instead of quitting the guys took the game by the scruff of the net and pressed the attack.

The dividends paid off handsomely in the second half.

Robin Van Persie found a crease between the keeper’s left hand and the short post.

Whamo bamo the ball finds it destination in the 77^th minute.

The match winner came in the 83^rd minute.

Jack Wilshere set it up with a great pass to mate Cesc Fabregas. Then it was Katie bar the door.

We are off to the races.

Andrei Arshavin nailed it to give Gunner nation a huge 2-1 win over invincible Barcelona.

Game, set, and match to Arsenal.

This was a huge win for us.

Now the Gunners are in the drivers seat for the second leg.

Barca and Arsenal will play March 8^th at Camp Nou.

Arsene Wenger said about the second leg- Tonight’s result gives us a chance to go to Barcelona with belief. We know it will be a very difficult game but we will prepare well. We will be highly focused and we go to win our game. It is a special lift for my team. Our players have shown exceptional strength tonight and togetherness. This will enforce that.

This was Arsene Wenger’s first win against Barcelona.

The headman had this to say about the “W”- I am highly delighted because it was a special football match. The game promised a lot and absolutely fulfilled the promises between two exceptional football teams who always try to play. We were not only strong on the physical side but on the mental side, we kept resilient. We took advantage of one special piece of skill from Van Persie and the goal for the second was after some good build-up play. It was a special night. When we suffered, the fans were still very positive.

Tottenham picked a huge first leg away 1-0 win over AC Milan.

Peter Crouch nailed the match winner in the 80^th minute.

He unleashed a blast from 12 yards out to seal the deal for Harry me Boy Redknapp and his Spurs chargers.

Gunner nation rules.

Gunner for life.

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We are in the idiot season. It is called the friendly international matches that have no bearing on nothing except filling the coffers of FIFA.

The World Cup ended earlier this year in July. Yet, the clowns at FIFA are stilling playing these crap matches.

How many world class players have to go down before some one stands up and shouts “ ENOUGH OF THIS BULL SHIT.”

The clubs these players work for need to stop the likes of Carlos Tevez, Messi, Torres, and Robinho from playing in them.

Yet, this will never happen. FIFA and the clubs have a ton of money tied up in these FIFA friendly matches.

Follow the money.

All these matches do is serve, as a training ground to see which players will fit in the system the individual coaches have.

This stuff needs to stop now.

The players need to form a union.

They need to walk out.

The players need to demand time off.

Compensation and proper medical care.

They need to have a retirement fund.

This is all part of what is lacking in futebol today.

The proper model should be the NFL players union or MLB players union.

Enough said.

Argentina defeated Brasil 1-0 when Lionel Messi scored a late goal (90^th minute) to seal the deal.

This goal was the result of a great give and go between Messi and Lavezzi.

Globo Esporte on the brilliant Messi goal- A fera acordou. Com um golaço de Lionel Messi aos 46 minutos do segundo tempo, a Argentina derrotou a Seleção por 1 a 0, no Khalifa International Stadium, em Doha, no Qatar, e acabou com um jejum de cinco anos sem triunfos sobre o arquirrival. Além disso, “La Pulga” acabou com o tabu de nunca ter vencido o time canarinho atuando pela equipe principal dos hermanos. Pelo lado brasileiro, Ronaldinho foi o destaque, mas foi substituído no segundo tempo

This was Argentinos first win over Brasil since 2005.

This was Brasil’s first loss under new headman Mano Menezes.

He is reshaping the squad.

Menezes is now playing the head case Ronaldinho Gaucho.

This is a huge mistake.

The team lacked teamwork and scoring punch.

Sure Ronaldinho had some great chances but the team still lacked what it takes to win.

Stop going back to older players. Let Robinho, Neymar, Danny Alvez, and the rest play.

Ronaldinho Gaucho was great.

They key word was.

France defeated England 2-1.

The frogs took an early 2-0 lead.

The English couldn’t hit the broadside of barn with a cannon.

They decided to become masons.

Peter Crouch was their only saving grace when he ripped the twines in the 86^th minute.

Here is the skinny on the English national team Fabio Capello needs to go.

This is the plain simple truth.

He is a joke.

Fire his ass.

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Manchester United finally got their act together. The Red Devils scored an impressive 3-0 win over Bursaspor in their house.

Way to go garoto.

Second half goal busters Darren Fletcher, Gabriel Obertan, and Bebe sealed the deal for Sir Alex and the guys.

The bad news is this.

Growing superstar Nani was taken out in the 29^th minute.

He limped off the pitch with a pulled groin.

This sucker hurts big time.

Nani will probably miss Saturday’s match with Wolves.

Nani is a key to Man U’s attack.

Ouch.

Spurs flat out took it to the defending Champions League titleholders Internazionale 3-1.

This was a classic kick ass and take names kind of a deal.

Revenge is sweet.

Spurs fell behind 4-0 before rallying to make it a close and respectable 4-3 loss at Internazionale’s house two weeks ago.

Tottenham turned the tables on the Italian giants.

Goals by Rafael Van der Vaart, Peter Crouch, and Roman Pavlyuchenko sent Internazionale home packing.

This win puts Spurs in the top spot in Group A on goal difference over Internazionale.

Man U is top dog in Group C with 10 points.

The Red Devils should be on to the next round.

Tottenham will join them too.

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My guys from Arsenal won on the road.

This was a huge 2-1 win over the pesky Blackburn Rovers.

We did good but there were several mix-ups and sloppy “D” that could have cost us the big “W”.

Theo Walcott ripped the twines in the 20^th minute to give us Gunners a 1-0 lead.

This baby was the direct result of a great counter attack.

Robin Van Persie took the ball and drove the left sideline.

Persie set up mate Walcott with a beautiful pass. All Theo Walcott had to do was deposit the ball into the back of the net.

Walcott’s rocket literally ripped the twines off the left side of net near the left post.

This was truly a rocket.

Blackburn nailed the equalizer in the 27^th minute.

Rovers Hadji Diouf made the Gunners defender Laurent Koscielny look like a schoolgirl.

Wham. Bam. Diouf hands Koscielny his jock.

Hadji hits mate Mame Diouf who jams the ball into the back of the net.

I thought here we go again.

Get a crap tie on the road.

But no! My Gunners picked themselves up by the bootstraps and scored the winner in the 51^st minute.

Andrei Arshavin nailed the rebound off a miss by mate Cesc Fabregas to give us the all-important road win.

The bad news is this.

Our top player Robin Van Persie left the match in the 35^th minute with an ankle injury.

Headman Arsene Wenger thinks RVP will miss about ten days.

This was a huge road win for the Gunner Nation.

The biggest surprise of the day was when lowly Wigan pulled the upset city match of the day by beating Tottenham 1-0 at Spurs house-White Hart Lane.

What did I tell ya!

Spurs are in above their heads.

Tottenham didn’t play worth a crap.

Spurs key scorer Jermain Defoe is playing with an injured groin.

Peter Crouch isn’t worth a damn.

Sure, Tottenham had most of the possession but the name of the game is to put the ball into the back of the net.

Maybe Spurs should take lessons from my guys in Brasil Flamengo who couldn’t find an acorn with a GPS system.

Welcome to the real big leagues Tottenham.

This is a different animal.

Other than that business as usual in the EPL, Chelsea beat up little sisters of the poor Stoke City 2-0.

Blackpool and Fulham tied two all.

Newcastle and Wolves kissed their sister one all.

Manchester United blasted West Ham 3-0 on Saturday. We’ll talk about that more on Monday.

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On the brink of disaster, Tottenham exploded at White Lane to rout Young Boys 4-0 to advance to the group stage of the Champions league.

This is the first trip for Spurs in the quest of ultimate prize in club futebol-the Champions League.

It looked bleak for Tottenham after they fell behind 3-0 on the road to the Swiss side Young Boys before rallying to score two goals to make the final score a respectable 3-2.

These two away goals were of utmost importance.

Harry Redknapp had his chargers breathing firing at home.

Peter Crouch dented the nets in the 5^th minute.

Jermain Defoe added a controversial goal in the 32^nd minute.

Defoe controlled the ball with his arm before depositing it in the back of the net.

The Crouch Man added to more markers to complete his hat trick.

Way to go Harry me boy.

The only downer was superman Jermain Defoe needs to go under the knife to repair a torn groin.

This will set the Spurs back.

Defoe is one of the key players for Tottenham.

Let’s see how Spurs will handle the loss of a very good player.

I have a hunch Spurs will drop back to at least mid table.

The loss of Jermain Defoe hurts big time.

Now Harry and his guys will now find out first hand what it is like to juggle Champions League, EPL, Carling Cup, and FA Cup in a season.

Just ask Sir Alex, Wenger, and Carlo Ancelotti about this. These men face this year in and year out.

Welcome to the big time Harry me Boy.

This is not an easy task.

Players will play about 75 matches in a single season and this will lead to lots of wrecks.

Harry me Boy you’ll find out first hand.

You have when Jermain Defoe will miss at least a month or so.

Hats off to Tottenham for getting to the group stage of the Champions League.

Kudos.

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Tottenham did it. They beat fast spending and hard driving Manchester City 1-0.

Peter Crouch poked home a scramble ball in front of the City net in the 82^nd minute to send the Spurs to the Champions League.

City spent millions to buy a title in the end they got nothing, Zippo. Nada. Bupkis.

Tottenham has 70 points.

City is four points back at 66.

Tottenham has a chance to move into third place.

Spurs need to beat Burnley and my guys from Arsenal need to lose to Fulham.

The way my Gunners have been playing as of late, they could stink the joint out at home against Fulham.

I mean anything is possible. 

Arsenal has packed it in.

If we are not careful, we could wind up in fourth place.

Spurs trail us by one point.

We need to win.

Fabianski needs to be shot.

On a side note, Sir Alex Ferguson knows what he is doing when he gave Tevez his walking papers.

I questioned him. I thought it was a huge mistake.

I was wrong.

Tevez is now unhappy at Man City. The Carlos man wants outta here.

He and head honcho Robert Mancini are at odds with each other.

Tevez to his credit gave it his all.

But this clown is nuts. He won two titles with Man U and Tevez still wanted out.

Tevez jumped ship to City. He was rewarded with bucks but wound up with nada.

Now Tevez wants his walking papers.

Voce vai.

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You can cut this seventy-five ways to Sunday the USA is king of hill in North America but when it comes to the rest of the world, we are a day late and a dollar short.

The final score will indicate a closer match than what it was. Netherlands defeated the United States 2-1.

Netherlands was in total control from the outset.

The saving grace for the USA in this match was Tim Howard. He gave up two goals. The first was a PK.

The second was a solid deflection off the USA defender Jonathan Bornstein from a shot by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Howard was hung out to dry.

This was not Howard’s fault.

Tim Howard single handily kept the USA in the match. He prevented at least three shots from finding the back of the net.

The USA is a just a step slower than the fourth ranked team in the world the Netherlands.

Tim Howard is the only world-class player on the USA roster.

Argentina got by Germany 1-0. Gonzalo Higuan scored the only goal of the match in the 45^th minute. Gonzalo Higuan scored an easy gimmie goal when the German keeper wandered 45 yards out of goal to stop Higuan. Zippo Higuan does a dipsy do past him and this was all she wrote.

England fell behind early to Egypt 1-0. The English stepped up the pressure to cruise to a 3-1 win.

Peter Crouch hit the daily double. Crouch tickled the twines in the 56^th and 80^th minute.

Before Crouch’s score, in the 56^th minute, the English side was playing like crap. They were stinking the joint out.

Crouch’s first goal was the match changer.

Shawn Wright Phillips punted the ball towards the goal. The keeper Essam Hadari totally goofed up the play. The ball does a holy roller into the back of the net.

So what have we learned from these final tune-ups.

Nothing much. Brasil will still be the favorite entering into 2010 World Cup competition. Spain and the Netherlands will have very strong teams. Either of these two teams can win it all.

German will be a long shot.

England has chance but they need to put the John Terry incident behind them.

Argentina has a very strong team. Messi and Tevez will pose a double threat. But it all comes down to the idiot Argentinos have as a head coach Maradona.

Maradona is the wild card. Will he have a wild hair up his butt when the final squad is picked?

I sure hope Maradona puts Messi and Tevez on the pitch together.

These are big ifs.

I still think that Argentina needs to fire Maradona and bring in a real coach.

Argentinos have the players to win it all.

The USA is still an also ran. The USA can make it out of the group stage but that is about it.

Not until United States has their best athletes play futebol, the USA will always be a second-class citizen in futebol.

The best athletes in the USA play football and basketball.

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Even when I make jokes, I get it right. Who would have thunk it.  I said what is the worse thing that could happen to Manchester United was a loss to Fulham. Well guess what? The mighty boys from Old Trafford got their butts whipped by Fulham 3-0.

This was a classic massacre or if you would like to say a take me to the woodshed butt whopping.

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This was one of those oh, excuse me, we have a ton of injuries what do you expect me to do?  Win. At least put up a fight and show some heart.

This was bad folks.

The Cottagers just flat at took to the mighty Red Devils and kicked some major butt. This is about all you can say about the match.

Danny Murphy led off the slaughter with a wicked shot that beat the keeper Kuszczak in the 22^nd minute to give Fulham the 1-0 lead.

The rout was on baby.

Bobby Zamora found the back of the net in the 46^th minute to give the Cottagers a 2-0 lead.

In the 75^th minute, Damien Duff ripped the winner to put the finishing touches on a huge masterful killing of the boys from Old Trafford.

Manchester United played like crap.

I haven’t seen this bad of a performance from a Man U squad in years.

There is heap big trouble in Manchester United land.

Way to go garoto to the guys at Fulham.

I just love this stuff.

Dogs ruled on this day.

Before you cats go nuts on me, let me explain. Yes, I am a fan of Manchester United. A fan is correct but not a fanatic.  I root for the Red Devils. I am partial to them but I don’t live and die with their fortunes on the pitch.

My heart is in Brasil. I am a die hard Flamenguista. I am also a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan. The NFL baby.

I also have a very found spot in my heart for Arsenal.

My wife thinks I am a nut, which I am. I do have the papers to prove it.

I became a Gunners fan when I saw the movie Fever Pitch starring Colin Firth.

I have seen Fever Pitch ten times.

Oh, guess what I saw at Emirates. The Philly fanatic dressed in a Gunners uniform was whipping up the crowd into a fever pitch.

The Philly fanatic is the Philadelphia Phillies team mascot.

I am a huge futebol fan but what floats my boat is Jesus. Without Him, I am a dead man.  I am a messianic Jew.  

Tottenham didn’t suffer a let up against Blackburn. Spurs beat em 2-0.

Peter Crouch hit the daily double to lead the Spurs to an impressive win.

The Rovers had a golden chance at the outset of the match to grab the early lead but the shot clanged off the cross bar.

Whew was that close.

Two back-to-back good performances by Spurs have put them back into the title hunt.

Aston Villa held serve in their 1-0 win over Stoke City.

John Crew scored the match winner in the 61^st minute. This goal saved Villa’s hide. This was a total lackluster performance by Aston Villa.

Maybe Bobby Darin’s Dream Lover might best describe the way Villa played on this day.

Still a win is a win and this is all that counts.

Liverpool lost to lowly Portsmouth 2-0. The Reds are dead.

Rafa will get sacked.

Liverpool has quit playing.

I have seen this before.

The players will not play for Rafa anymore.

Rafa needs to go.

After a close, first half the Gunners turned on the Afro burners and kicked some booty killing Hull City 3-0.

The first match changer was this. There was a near bitch-slapping brawl between several Arsenal and Hull City players near the end of the first half.

There was a lot of huffing and puffing signifying nothing. I wish futebol players would learn how to fight.

A few moments later Brasilian Denilson rifled home a great free kick in the 45^th minute to make 1-0 Arsenal at the break.

His shot flat out made the keeper Boaz Myhill look really silly. Denilson’s shot was a ball buster.

This was turning point number two in the match. Hull City had a chance for the equalizer when Gunner defender Silvestre knocked down Craig Fagan in the 56^th minute. Up steps Geovanni for Hull City. The run up. The shot. The diving save by Almunia. The header by Hunt off the rebound. Almunia gobbles the ball. Whew was that sucker close.

The Gunners kicked it into high gear.

Eduardo finally got in the scorebook in the 59^th minute. This gave the Gunners a 2-0 lead.

This was a great example of how short passes in the box ate up the Hull City “D”. 

The ball was on the wing. A great entry pass into Diaby. Diaby passed up the shot and hit Eduardo. Eduardo was standing at the goals doorstep. A simple poke into the net finished up the play.

A great give and go from Arshavin and Diaby cooked Hull City’s goose in the 80^th minute. All Diaby had to do was deposit the gift into the back of the net.

This was all she wrote.

This win by Arsenal squarely puts a ton of pressure on Chelsea to beat lowly West Ham. Will the dogs rule on Sunday? 

We will find out.

The table shapes up this way. Chelsea is the top dog with 40 points. Manchester United hangs on to second place with 37 points. Arsenal is third with 35 points. Aston Villa is fourth with 35 points. Arsenal has a better goal difference than Villa. The Gunners are plus 13 while Villa is only a plus 8. Spurs are in fifth place with 33.

Let fun and games begin.

I love it.

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