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The English Championship ended their regular season. Reading and Southampton have punched their ticket to the big boys league. West Ham, Birmingham, Blackpool, and Cardiff City will have a playoff to see who will be third side to get their ticket punched to the EPL.

Jack Colson hit the daily double to lead West Ham to a 2-0 win over Cardiff City.

These two sides will meet again on Monday to decide which one advances to the championship game.

Later today Blackpool battles Birmingham in their first leg at the Seasiders house. The return leg will take place on Wednesday. Both Blues and Blackpool were sent down last year.

Instituto de Cordoba is still the top dog in Nacional B with 62 points. River Plate is hanging onto second place with 59 points. Rosario Central has 59 points também but Los Millionaires has a plus 33 while Los Canallas is plus 14. The top two teams will advance to D-1 ball in Argentina.

Last time out River Plate and Aldosivi tied one all. Tiburon is in sixth place.

Instituto defeated Gimnasia 1-0.

Both La Gloria and Los Millionaires have hot dates on Saturday. River Plate- Gimnasia hooks up while Instituto de Cordoba Guillermo Brown tangle.

Three points separate Los Millionaires, La Gloria, and third place club Los Canallas.

Rosario Central and Huracan battle on Sunday.

This is nut-cutting time for these clubs.

Boca Juniors is the main man in the Clausura with 24 points. Velez Sarsfield is in second place with 23 points. Newell’s Old Boys are third with 22 points.

Los Xeneizes defeated Colon de Santa Fe 1-0. La Lepra and All Boys tied at one all. El Fortin tore apart Estudiantes 2-0.

The Clausura ends on June 24^th.

River Plate and Boca Juniors are the two most decorated clubs in Argentinos futebol history Both Los Millionaires and Los Xeneizes have a combined 63 domestic titles.

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The Blues have stuck a fork in their chances to finish in the top four of the EPL. A daily double by Cisse killed Chelsea. Toons 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1986. This is the second day in a row that side has won at place they haven’t won at for a long time or for the first time. Fulham did it at Anfield for their first win at Liverpool’s house.

Spurs stopped the bleeding. Tottenham destroyed Bolton 4-1 at White Hart Lane. Emmanuel Adebayor hit the daily lotto twice. His mates Luka Modric and Rafael van Der Vaart each scored.

The win inches Spurs closer to my guys Arsenal. My Gunners are in third place with 66 points. Spurs are fourth at 65 and Toons are fifth with 65 também. Tottenham is a plus Newcastle is only a plus nine. Chelsea is in sixth place with 61.

The only chance the Blues have to make to the Champions League next season is to win the title on May 19^th. I think this is a rip off. The Champion needs to earn their berth back to defend their title like it is done all major sports.

This rule needs to be changed.

All teams in the EPL are level. Yes, Liverpool and Chelsea will meet in the FA Cup final but they will meet in the make up match on Tuesday May 8^th.

There are two matches left in the season.

Wolves are history but Bolton and Blackburn need to win their last two matches and hope that QPR. Wigan and Aston Villa lose.

The Rovers will probably head south but Wanderers have a chance to stay afloat. Blackburn has 31 points. Bolton has 34. The Rovers are tied on points with QPR. The Wig guys have 37 and Villa has 37 também.

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The title is for all intensive purposes is over. City will be crowned the Champions. I don’t care what anyone says. Man U is cooked. They will get second place. Yet, there is a glimmer of hope. The Citizens have a superior goal difference. The only way Sir Alex and the Boys can win is one of two ways. City has to lose against Newcastle this Sunday. The Red Devils need to clean Swansea City clock big time. The final score needs to be something like 8-0. If City wins it has to be a score like 2-1 or 1-0.

The Citizens are a plus 61. The mighty boys from Old Trafford are a plus 54.

Roy Hobgson was named England’s headman. I think this is a good choice for the Brits.

He is the current manager of West Brom. He will remain as the head guy for the last two matches. The Baggies are sitting in tenth place.

Fulham picks up their first win over Liverpool at Anfield in the clubs history. The only goal of the match came in the fifth minute. The Cottagers Stephan Kelly nailed a shot into the box. The Reds Martin Skrtel put the ball into the back of his own net. Game, set, and match to Fulham.

Liverpool rested most of their big boys against the Cottagers. The Reds have a hot date with Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

Everton and Stoke City tied at one all.

The Toffees are in seventh place with 52 points. Liverpool is in eighth place with 49. Fulham is in ninth place with 49 points também. The Reds are plus five while the Cottagers are a minus two.

Later today Chelsea and Newcastle hook up and Spurs and Bolton. These are the games in hand for these clubs.

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The City boys are for real folks. City took care of business defeating Sir Alex and the Boys 1-0. The Citizens took to Man U the entire match. One mistake cost the Red Devils. This sucker happened just before half. Vincent Kompany out leaped Chris Smalling and nailed the header in the 45^th minute plus one.

Look folks Man U is having a down year. The mighty boys from Old Trafford are weak on the “D”. They make too many defensive mistakes. These mistakes cost em big time. This problem was evident from day one.

Roberto Mancini is in Sir Alex’s head. This is Jose Mourinho part two.

This is great. Yours truly wrote that Man City would run the table. The Citizens are halfway there.

I am not a huge City fan but I like the dogs. Dogs are good for the game. The Citizens haven’t won squat since 1968.

City out played Man U from the get go. Rooney was not involved in the attack. Why wasn’t Chicharito used by Sir Alex?

There are two matches left and anything can happen.

Man U needs to regroup and score a ton of goals. City has superior goal difference.

The Citizens are a plus 61. Man U is a plus 54.

What killed Sir Alex was the loss to Wigan and the tie to Everton last weekend.

Don’t give City the title yet anything can happen in the last two matches. Newcastle is up next for the Citizens. Toons are reeling from their blowout loss at the hands of Wigan. Newcastle is still in the running for a place in the Champions League.

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched City.

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The Blues took care of business. Chelsea destroyed Queens Park Rangers 6-1. Fernando Torres finally earned his keep. Torres led the attack with a hat trick. The win give the Blues 61 points plus the all important goal difference. Chelsea has a plus 23.

This years top four spots could come down to goal difference. The race for the last two you’re outta here places could come down to goal difference também.

Chelsea has two titles they are fighting for The FA Cup and the Champions League crown.

Chelsea and Liverpool will play back-to-back games next week. They’ll battle for the FA Cup on Saturday and then hook up again on Tuesday in an EPL match.

Spurs picked a huge 2-0 win over Blackburn. This was one of those must win situations for Tottenham. This win snaps a two match-losing streak. The bleeding is stopped for now.

Rafael Van der Vaart and Kyle Walker ripped the twines for Spurs.

Tottenham is now in fourth place on goal difference. Both Spurs and Toons have 62 points but Tottenham has a plus 20 while Newcastle is a plus seven. Chelsea is in sixth place with 61 points.

Spurs, the Blues, and Toons will play on Wednesday. Tottenham- Bolton and Chelsea-Toons are the wars to be waged.

The big match will be City and Man U later today. It would be cool if the Citizens win this sucker and thus throw the title race into a wide-open affair.

Crazier things have happened.

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My guys from Arsenal once again found a way to stink the joint out. Sure we tied one all with Stoke City but this getting beyond ridicules.  This is three straight matches without the “W.” Arsenal can thank their lucky stars that Newcastle ran into a buzz saw at Wigan. The Wig guys kicked Toons ass 4-0.

My Gunners now have a four-point lead over Newcastle.

Arsenal has 66 points and Toons have 62.

The Potters started off the match with a goal by Peter Crouch in the 9^th minute. Crouch noodled home the strike dead center of the box. Mathew Etherington set this puppy up with a great cross into the box.

My Gunners found the answer in the 14^th minute. Robin Van Persie booted home the close range bomb to level this sucker at one all.

This was all she wrote. Game over. A tie for Arsenal but this is not going well right now.

The guys look outta sorts. There seems to be a lack of effort and drive to get the win. Sure we are locked in third place but with two matches left after this week my Gunners could wind up on the outside looking in.

Wenger said this after the tie. All quotes taken from www.arsenal.com

“I believe that it was a game where we have shown great character, great battling qualities. It was a game of two different approaches – one very direct in the air and one who tries to play on the ground. Both teams are good at what they do and that’s why I think it was still an interesting game. We had good chances, especially in the first half. In the second half I felt our fluency dropped a bit in midfield – we still had chances though, especially a penalty that was not given. Overall we deserved at least a point and I can only give credit to my players for their battling qualities and the way they responded to what Stoke offered us – full commitment, well-organised, direct. We did not always cope with it but today I felt we did.”

Wenger on the fans giving him a hard time and mocking him.

“I focus on what I love in my job and the way my players behave on the pitch. I am not responsible for the way people behave in the stands. If you want to stop that it is easy to stop but I cannot influence it. I have had so much [criticism] in England, I have been here for 15 years, and basically I don’t hear it because I am focused on the game.”

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-showed-great-battling-qualities-

Spurs plays Blackburn later today. Chelsea is at home against Queens Park Rangers.

A win by Tottenham would put the Spurs at 62 points. Tottenham, Toons, and the Blues each have a game in hand. This game will be played on Wednesday.

A Blues win would give them 61 points.

Everton killed Fulham 4-0. Wolves came back from a 4-2 deficit to tie Swansea City four all. Sunderland and Bolton tied at two all. West Brom and Aston Villa battled to a nil-nil draw.

Liverpool stopped the bleeding with a 3-0 win over Norwich City. Luis Suarez hit the hit trick for the Reds.

Wolves are eighty-sixth. Blackburn sits in 19^th place with 31 points. It looks like the Rovers are whale meat. Bolton is one step to safety with 34 points.  QPR is almost in the bye-bye zone with 34 points. The Latics have 37 points and they are in 16^th place.

Villa sits in 15^th place with 37 points.

After this week there are two matches left. Wigan, Aston Villa, and The Hoops are still in danger of getting the heave-hoe.

If Bolton wins their last three matches and either one of the three the Wigs guys, Villa, and QPR stumble the Rovers can pull the great Houdini.

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The biggie match of the weekend is Man U battling Man City at the Citizens house on Monday. If Sir Alex and the Boys win the title is theirs. If City wins they will have to run the table. If a tie occurs the mighty boys from Old Trafford will have the inside track with two matches left.

My guys from Arsenal have a hot date with Stoke City at the Potters house. We suck at their place. My Gunners have only won once in their last four matches. Arsenal can’t afford a loss or a tie. Newcastle is breathing down our necks. Toons have 62 points. We have 65 points. Spurs are fourth with 59. Chelsea is fifth with 58 points.

Newcastle, Tottenham and Chelsea have a game in hand and this will be played on Wednesday.

Wenger said this about the match with the Potters. The guys have to play their own game.

“We have to combat in the air because with [Peter] Crouch up front, he is technically good, he can bring other people in, but as well we cannot forget to put the ball down and play our game.

“We are ready to win. If you think are we ready to win petty, it depends what you call petty, but we will be faithful to the way we play football, that is for sure.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview/_/id/317971?cc=5901

Britannia has been a graveyard for Arsenal. Wenger said this. All quotes taken from www.arsenal.com

“That’s what we want to show,” he said. “I believe that Stoke is always a difficult opponent for us and everybody. Every big team who goes to Stoke knows they get a game.

“From our side we are in a position where we want to win our remaining games. That is the only chance to master our future. We have our future in our own hands but only if we win the three games.”

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-will-be-better-equipped-for-stoke

Newcastle is at Wigan later today.

On Sunday Chelsea is at home at Stamford Bridge against QPR. Tottenham has some home cooking against Blackburn.

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“The hangovers hurt move than they used to,” Hank Junior sung many moons ago. This is probably how Barca and Real Madrid feel after their crash and burn out in the Champions League semifinals.

The idiotic pundits proclaimed these two futebol giants as the best ever. However Chelsea and Bayern Munich upset the whole apple cart. I love this stuff.  I like rooting for the dogs except when it’s my teams Arsenal and the Philadelphia Eagles. Did ya notice my two clubs always break your heart. This is the life of an Eagles and Gunners fan.

This coolest thing would be if Man City runs the table to win the EPL. The Citizens haven’t won a first division title since 1967-68. Are Man City due? We will find out this coming Monday when Sir Alex and the Boys hook up with Man City at the Citizens house.

Let the fun and games begin.

River Plate got the win they needed over Instituto de Cordoba last Saturday. Los Millionaires defeated La Gloria 1-0. This win over the top dog in Nacional B kept River Plate in second place and still one point behind Instituto de Cordoba.

Rosario Central defeated Deportivo Merio 1-0 to keep the pressure on Los Millionaires to keep on winning.

La Gloria sits atop the leader board with 59 points. River Plate is second with 58 and Los Canallas is third with 56. The top two clubs are headed to the big leagues.

Boca Juniors is the main man in the Clausura with 21 points. Newell’s Old Boys are second with 21 points também but Los Xeneizes is plus nine while La Lepra is a plus seven. Tigre is third with 20, Arsenal de Sarandi is fourth with 19, and All Boys are fifth with 19

Three points separate the top five spots in the Clausura.

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Real Madrid all but had their flight booked for the Champions League final. Jose Mourinho had the cards stacked in his favor. This puppy was played at Real’s house. Los Blancos had the all-important away goal yet the German side gave the Spanish guys all they could handle and then some. Cristian Ronaldo two goals gave Los Blancos the early 2-0 lead but Bayern Munich struck back and scored in the 27^th minute. Arjen Robben nailed the PK to cut the gap to 2-1.

This is how it stayed until the PK shootout. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were leveled at three all on aggregate. Then all hell broke loose in the PK shootout.

The fake Ronaldo showed his real colours once again when he missed the PK. Choke City.

His mate Kaka missed one as well too.

The Germany side nailed their first two shots. Bayern missed their next two to keep Los Blancos in it. Up stepped Ramos for Real Madrid to level this sucker at two all. Ramos wore the choke collar. He spilt the uprights. In football the shot would have been good but not in futebol.

Munich’s Bastian Schwaeinsteiger nailed this puppy and that was all she wrote. Bayern Munich won 3-1 in the PK shootout and now they are on to the Champions League finals to face Chelsea

Two of the most unlikely sides to battle it out in finals are the Blues and Der FC. The idiot pundits told us it would be Real and Barca in the finals. Dogs rule the roost.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation of Barcelona being the best futebol club in the world.  Someone forgot to tell Chelsea. The Blues were down a man yet Chelsea hung in there and beat the mighty Camp Nou guys 3-2 on aggregate.

The goat of the match was Lionel Messi. He wore the choke collar. Messi missed a PK in the 49^th minute. Clank off the cross bar. This was the match changer. Barca applied a ton of pressure but couldn’t push the rock past the keeper Petr Cech.

Barca took a 2-0 lead however the Blues scored that all-important away goal just before the half. Chelsea’s Ramires hit a wonderful chip shot over the keeper’s head in the 43^rd minute to cut the lead to 2-1. This leveled the aggregate score at two all but the Blues had the advantage on away goals.

Stupid John Terry committed the ultimate sin when he nailed Barca’s Sanchez in the back in the 39^th minute. Terry was sent to the sin bin. This moronic play could have cost Chelsea big time but the Blues hung on to advance to the Champions League finals.

Fernando Torres put this sucker away with a break away goal in the 90^th minute to send the Blues to finals.

Ramires and Torres are the heroes. John Terry should have been the goat but his mates saved his silly ass.

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid play later today to see who fills the other finalist spot.

The German side leads 2-1 but Los Blancos have the all-important away goal.

This puppy will be played at Real’s house.

Ashley Cole said this after the upset city. ”When you lose quality centre-halves like that against a great team, it’s going to be hard.

”But we all believed. Not many people did but we did as a group of players, and that’s what happened.

”It’s hard, but we defended well as a team, got a bit lucky, and Petr (Cech) made some good saves.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/quotes?id=340835&cc=5901 

As pure fan of the game I love it. Chelsea stuck a fork in Barca. Messi is over rated. When it counts this bum doesn’t show up. Messi is a choke artist when the Championship is on the line. Pele is right. Messi is over rated. A good regular season player however when it’s nut-cutting time he’s a woosie.

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