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Tottenham vs Liverpool

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England

Off The Pitch 4

West Ham and Stoke draw

West Ham received and tied to

a ball on Monday against Stoke

City at the meeting that

marked the end of the 12th

round of the English League.

A goal by Jonathan Walters, in the

opening of the first part (13

minutes), put the outsiders ahead.

In the second part (48

minutes) Joey O'Brien has

scored and gave a point to

the'' hammers''.

At round 12th West Ham is

ranked at 7th, with 19

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Saturday, November 17, 2012 Arsenal - Tottenham, 5-2

WBA - Chelsea, 2-1

Reading - Everton, 2-1

QPR - Southampton, 1-3

Newcastle - Swansea City, 1-2

Man City - Aston Villa, 5-0

Liverpool - Wigan, 3-0

Norwich - Man Utd, 1-0

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Fulham - Sunderland, 1-3

Monday, November 19, 2012

West Ham - Stoke City, 1-1

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England

West Ham and Stoke draw

Rafa Benitez is the new coach of Chelsea

Rafa Benitez is the new

coach of Chelsea. The

Spanish coach, succeeds to

the Italian Roberto Di

Matteo, who led the team to

"Chelsea can confirm that

Rafael Benitez was appointed

interim coach until the end of

the season," reads a statement

posted on the club's official

website which explains the

choice of the Spanish for

"great experience in football at

the highest level."

The Madrilenian coach who

won two Spanish leagues with

Valencia in 2002 and 2004

now returns to the Premier

League two years after leaving

the bench of Liverpool team

that lifted a cup of

"Champions" in 2005.

Benitez, 52 has the difficult

task of taking charge of

Chelsea when the English club

European champions last

season no longer depends on

them to move forward in the

Champions League.

The "blues" announced the

termination with coach

Roberto Di Matteo, a day

after the defeat against

Juventus (3-0), who left the

British out of the zone of

qualification to the "final

16" Champions League in

football.

With the desire suffered in

Turin the European

champions fell to third

place in Group E with

seven points, behind

Ukrainian Shakhtar

Donetsk (10 points) and

Juventus (9 points).

Benitez, who at Stamford

Bridge will find his pupil

Fernando Torres is the

eighth coach who the

"boss" of Chelsea , Roman

Abramovich hires since the

departure of Portuguese

Jose Mourinho five years

ago.

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Man Utd suffers, but manages to defeat QPR (3-1)

The announcement of Harry

Redknapp as the club's new

coach seems to have done well

to Queens Park Rangers. The

London team left a good

image at Old Trafford and

forced Man Utd to run after

the damage caused by QPR.

The shock was not small, but

eventually reign the law of the

strongest.

QPR began to realize that they

could enjoy some relaxation of

the opponent and took the lead

on 52 minutes after a shot of the

striker J. Mackie.

Sounded the alarm, Ferguson

moved and outcomes were

immediate. Evans equaled at

64th minute , Darren Fletcher

turned immediately afterwards

(68') and Chicharito (again in

the role of a luxury substitute )

completed the scoring the 72nd

minute.

Despite the shock (last

week's defeat at home to

Norwich City, 1-0, was still

very fresh in the memory)

Manchester United won and

took the lead with 30 points,

putting pressure on Man

City, who moves to

Stamford Bridge tomorrow

to face Chelsea, now

managed by Rafael Benitez.

Regarding the other results ,

Everton let theirselfs draw at

home with Norwich City and

missed the chance to win

over the final whistle (1-1).

Stoke City beat Fulham by

the narrowest of margins (1-

0), while Wigan Athletic had

a super Jordi Gomes (hat-

trick) to get the better over

Reading (3-2).

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Sunday, November 25, 2012 Swansea City - Liverpool, 0-0

Southampton - Newcastle, 2-0

Tottenham - West Ham, 3-1

Chelsea - Man City, 0-0





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England

Man Utd suffers, but manages to defeat QPR (3-1)

Benitez debut with goalless draw at Man City (0-0)

Chelsea fans must be

praying that the journey

of Rafael Benitez in the

command of the blues is

not as gray as the display

today at the reception

Man City champion.

Away from home, the

citizens peered up the goal

of Petr Cech on several

occasions, but no one

could balance the nets of

others.

The Spanish coach decided

not to risk too much and

chose the formation that

Roberto Di Matteo used to

bet on in recent meetings.

And the result was

identical: Oscar, Hazard

and Mata showed some

tears and individual

Fernando Torres was near

void in attack.

In the second half,

entries Victor Moses

and Oriol Romeu not

change much the

gameplay Chelsea,

which had enormous

difficulties in

overcoming the trio of

midfield visitor,

consisting of Yaya

Toure, Gareth Barry and

David Silva. On this

side, Balotelli and Tevez

came during the match,

but were blank.

In the middle of such

anomie, which was to

memory were numerous

posters in support of the

outgoing coach Di

Matteo and repulsed the

Spanish Rafa Benitez.

The walk has barely

begun, but the former

coach of Liverpool and

Inter Milan knows he

must do for the life to

gain the confidence of

the public demanding

However, the division

points made Man City

cede the leadership of

Premier League rivals

Man Utd. With 13 rounds

played, the Red Devils

totaled 30 points and 29

citizens. WBA is third

with 26 points, one more

than Chelsea, ranked

fourth.

Saturday, November 24, 2012 Sunderland - WBA, 2-4

Wigan - Reading, 3-2

Stoke City - Fulham, 1-0

Man Utd - QPR, 3-1

Everton - Norwich, 1-1

Aston Villa - Arsenal, 0-0

Sunday, November 25, 2012 Swansea City - Liverpool, 0-0

Southampton - Newcastle, 2-0

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Chelsea - Man City, 0-0

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England France

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PSG crushes at the reception to Troyes

After three matches without

feeling the taste of victory,

Paris Saint Germain today

returned to winning in style,

dispatching Troyes with a

rout at the Parc des Princes.

Ibrahimovic scored twice

and was the spotlight.

The team guided by Italian

Carlo Ancelotti felt no

problems for most to defeat

the penultimate ranked in

Ligue 1, but the win came to

half-time only by the

narrowest of margins, thanks

to a goal from Brazilian

Maxwell (17 ').

In the second half, PSG took

Troyes and increased strife

naturally. The midfielder

Blaise Matuidi scored just

after the half hour and then

Zlatan Ibrahimovic shined.

The Swedish star scored twice

(70 ', 89') and consolidated its

leadership position in the table

of top scorers with 12 goals.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

St.Etienne - Valenciennes, 1-0

Saturday, November 24, 2012

PSG - Troyes, 4-0

Rennes - Evian TG, 0-1

Stade Reims - Stade Brest, 0-0

Bastia - Lorient, 2-1

Sochaux - Nice, 0-1

Nancy - Ajaccio, 1-1

Sunday, November 25, 2012 Montpellier - Bordeaux, 1-0

Toulouse - Lyon, 3-0

Marseille - Lille, 1-0





England

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Germany

PSG crushes at the reception to Troyes

Bayern Munich wins, Dortmund ascends to second place

Another calm round for

Jupp Heynckes team .

Bayern Munich dominated

Hannover without problems

and finished the match with

a conclusive 5-0. Borussia

Dortmund took advantage of

the draw in Frankfurt,

Schalke 04 (1-1) and won out

doors against Mainz (1-2),

ascending to second place in

the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich went to win

and from 0-0 to 3-0 was a

mere blink of an eye. The

Spaniard Javi Martinez

opened the "party" with four

minutes, Toni Kroos followed

his example (24 ') and

Frenchman Frank Ribéry

scored the third (37').

In the second half, Hannover

continued liability (the

Portuguese Sergio Pinto

played the full 90 minutes)

and scored two more goals,

between 60 and 70 minutes.

Dante (63 ') and Mario Gomez

(67') bit the point.

In another field, Borussia Dortmund won againt

Mainz in the first 45 minutes (M. Caligiuri,

Marco Reus, Lewandowski) scored and took

advantage of the division points between

Frankfurt and Schalke 04 (1-1). Both teams

followed ahead of Jurgen Klopp team , but the

victory of yellows handed them the second

position.

Thus, Bayern Munich is more and more leader

and now leads the Bundesliga with 34 points,

nine more than Borussia Dortmund and Schalke

04 and ten more then Frankfurt.

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Friday, November 23, 2012 Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hamburger SV, 2-0


SpVgg Greuther - Nürnberg, 0-0

Mainz - Dortmund, 1-2

VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen, 1-1

Schalke 04 - Frankfurt, 1-1

Bayern Munich - Hannover 96, 5-0


SC Freiburg - Stuttgart, 3-0

FC Augsburg - Mönchengladbach, 1-1

1899 Hoffenheim - Leverkusen, 1-2





England Portugal

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Benfica wins against Olhanense

A goal from Oscar Cardozo in

the 26th minute on a penalty

conversion, led the team in''

red '' 1-0 lead into the half-

time the returning central

defender Luisão - had played

for the Cup of Portugal and

Champions League -

expanded the count by scoring

at the 72th minute.

With this victory, Benfica

isolates itself provisionally in

the lead with 26 points, three

more than FC Porto, which

plays on Sunday against

Sporting Braga while

Olhanense dropped, for now,

to 10th with 10 points .

Friday, November 23, 2012

Beira Mar - Guimarães, 2-2

Saturday, November 24, 2012 Benfica - Olhanense, 2-0

Sunday, November 25, 2012 National - Estoril, 1-0

V. Setúbal - Rio Ave, 3-5

Academic - Gil Vicente, 2-2

SC Braga - FC Porto, 0-2


Moreirense - Sporting, 20:15

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Pacos Ferreira - Maritimo, 20:15

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Spain

Off The Pitch 12

Real Madrid locked in Seville against Betis (1-0)

Real Madrid slipped

again in the league and

was defeated 1-0 on

Saturday in the visit to the

land of Seville in a match

of the 13th round of the

competition.

Jose Mourinho's team in

third place, can get to be 11

points behind FC

Barcelona, in case the first

ranked triumph in today's

trip to Levante, in the

penultimate match of the

round , which will be

concluded on Monday, with

the Zaragoza-Celta de Vigo.

The last league defeat of

the'' Merengues'' happened

in Seville, September 15,

with Madrilenos unable to

prevent Sevilla FC shut the

meeting to the fourth round

1-0.

Today, one goal Etxebarria,

on 17 minutes, beating Real

Madrid, which increasingly

moves away from the goal

to revalidate the title of

Spanish champions.

Real Madrid created

scoring opportunities by the

end of the meeting, but

failed to achieve a single

occasion, also because Betis

Sevilla fought with vigor.

With Pepe, Cristiano

Ronaldo and Coentrao ,

Real Madrid added the

second consecutive game

without a win, disabling the

Portuguese coach José

Mourinho to add the 400. º

triumph in his career.

The defeat of Real Madrid

succeeds tie Wednesday at

Madrid's visit to the

stronghold of Manchester

City in the Champions

League.

Since October 24 that Real

Madrid did not lose, with

the'' Merengues'' to cede 2-1

in Germany, in the stadium

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Spain Spain

Malaga crushes Valencia

Malaga provisionally climbed

to fourth place, after the rout

of today (4-0) in the reception

to Valencia in game 13th of

the Spanish League football.

Eliseu was in the first goal of

the Andalusian team, eight

minutes, giving the ball to

Portillo who put Valencia in

disadvantage

Facing a Valencia without

ideas, Malaga has expanded to

75, with former Benfica's

Saviola shooting the finish and

not give chances to goalkeeper

Diego Alves.

After the team have wasted

numerous scoring situations,

Santa Cruz, at 81, made the

third goal of the collective of

Pellegrini, taking advantage of

a loose ball in the area of

Valencia.

At 84, the visitors were

reduced to 10 units, after the

expulsion of Rami, for

accumulation of yellow cards.

Isco, at 90 +2, fixed the result

of 4-0 in favor of Malaga, an

encounter in which Valencia,

which debuted a new outfit,

acted unrecognizable.

Before the Malaga-Valencia,

Mallorca beat Rayo

Vallecano 2-0, and Valladolid

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Friday, November 23, 2012 Real Sociedad - Osasuna, 0-0

Saturday, November 24, 2012 Rayo Vallecano - Mallorca, 2-0

Valladolid - Granada CF, 1-0

Malaga - Valencia, 4-0

Betis - Real Madrid, 1-0

Sunday, November 25, 2012 Espanyol - Getafe, 0-2

Athletic Bilbao - Deportivo, 1-1

Atlético Madrid - Sevilla, 4-0

Levante - Barcelona, 0-4


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Ukraine

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Dynamo Kiev crushes rival Arsenal Kiev (4-0)

Dynamo was much

stronger than Arsenal in

derby city of Kiev, capital

of Ukraine. The Nigerian

Ideye Brown was a danger

to loose the opponent,

earning two goals.

E. Khacheridi put Dynamo

Kiev in front near the break,

assisted by Miguel Veloso

while Ideye Brown doubled

the lead four minutes later.

The other two goals came just

under the final whistle and

were the responsibility of O.

Gusev (88 ') and again Ideye

Brown, back in injury time.

With this triumph, Dynamo

Kiev (fighting for the Europa

League in the group of FC

Porto in the Champions

League) took second place in

Ukrainian league, totaling 34

points, 14 less than crystal

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Dynamo Kiev crushes rival Arsenal Kiev (4-0)

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What is the reason you started playing

football?

In big matches, How do you handle the pressure?

Who is your favourite player and why?

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Interview with Godinho

I always played football at home with my

brother, at school with peers, friends, always

liked the sport and because of that I went to the

children's UD Oliveirense.

I try to think that it is more a game like any other, after kickoff

anxiety or nervous that may possibly exist flicks away.

I really like Javi Garcia, I identify a lot with him. He is a strong

player in marking, good vision of the game and he plays smart.

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In big matches, How do you handle the pressure?

Who is your favourite player and why?

One Football moment you can never forget in your

career?

How do you guys motivate each other in half time if you

are behind in scoreline?

I try to think that it is more a game like any other, after kickoff

anxiety or nervous that may possibly exist flicks away.

I really like Javi Garcia, I identify a lot with him. He is a strong

player in marking, good vision of the game and he plays smart.

The promotion to the portuguese second division with UD

Oliveirense

We talk about things that we think we have to improve, we

push the moral of each other and we play harder and better in

the 2nd half.

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Italy

Santa Clara continues recovery

Arouca today lost ground in the

fight to climb II League

football, Arouca was crushed in

the visit to Santa Clara (4-0)

The journey turned out to be bad to

Arouca, who squandered a chance

to get closer to the front (4th with

25 points), while Santa Clara

seems to have rehabilitated the

status of candidate for the I

Leagueth

Azorean club comes from a series

of three successive victories after

winning only the first round and

have been to 11th ª accumulating

draws and defeats.

The robust triumph today ends up

giving encouragement to Azoreans

who are on 11th Place, but now

only six points from the last place

of promotion,

Feirense breathed a little trail in

the fall, winning the Maritime B,

while Sporting Braga worsened

their situation (21th Thereof, in the

relegation zone), while losing

reception in Atletico (1-0).

In this 14th Matchday

further notes to the

victories of the "B's" of

Benfica and FC Porto. The

"dragons" today won

against Trofense (1-0) and

the "eagles" on Thursday

won against Covilha (3-1).

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Benfica B - Sp Covilha, 2-1


Feirense - Marítimo B, 1-0

Tondela - Penafiel, 2-0

Braga B - Atletico, 0-1

FC Porto B - Trofense, 1-0

Santa Clara - Arouca, 4-0


Naval 1 º Maio - Portimonense, 1-1

Freamunde - Guimarães B, 1-1

Desp. Aves - Leixões, 0-0

U. Madeira - Oliveirense, 2-1

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Belenenses - Sporting B, 18:00

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