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		<title>The rise of Spanish football</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pointk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two/three years ago, English club football on the top European stage was at its peak in recent years. With three out of the four semi-final spots in the Champions League taken up by English opposition in the 07/08 and 08/09 seasons, things were looking good. The 09/10 season though did not reap such results, with not one English team present in the semi-final, providing a true shock to most. The international stage on the other hand presented a failure to qualify for Euro 2008 and the ultimately dismal display at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland Has A Few Years To Save Its Pride and Joy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rosstheger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the opening decade of the European Cup, a Scottish club reaching the latter stages of the competition was to be expected. Hibernian reached the semi-finals in 1956, losing out to Stade-Reims of France. Four years later, the famous Rangers side of 1960 reached the semi-finals being convincingly knocked out by Eintracht Frankfurt, who won 12-4 on aggregate. Two years later, Dundee also reached the same stage but were defeated by eventual winners AC Milan. Then finally, the trophy came to Scotland with Celtic lifting the cup in 1967 against ...]]></description>
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		<title>Too Much of a Good Thing- The Rise of the Super Squad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyndon Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the start of the Premier League little over a month away, it feels as though football has not left us this summer, what with the events in South Africa being more magnified than ever , by the media and almost every shop, bar and takeaway in the land.

All eyes will now revert back to the so called normality of domestic football, following the panto season that was England’s World Cup. With Fabio Capello remaining in the hot-seat and no real action to speak of apart from a few money ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Future&#8217;s Bright &#8211; The Future&#8217;s Orange</title>
		<link>http://footballblog.co.uk/futures-bright-futures-orange.html</link>
		<comments>http://footballblog.co.uk/futures-bright-futures-orange.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tommarriott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Football]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://footballblog.co.uk/?p=4196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best Young Right-Back
Gregory Van Der Wiel
 
A graduate of the famed Ajax youth academy system, Gregory Van Der Wiel made his debut for Ajax in March 2007, but was forced to wait a little longer to demonstrate his full potential in the first team, as injury struck him down for the majority of the 2007/08 season.
He began his career as a right-sided centre back, until former coach, Marco Van Basten elected to switch him to an attacking right full-back role to fully utilise his speed. During the 2008/09 season, Van Der ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Star: Fabio Coentrao</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raelmason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes. This time last year, many Portugal fans would barely have heard of Fabio Coentrao. Fast forward twelve months and he’s the name on the lips of every Portuguese supporter.
The young defender began his career with hometown club Rio Ave, before joining Portuguese giants Benfica in July 2007 as a highly rated 19 year old. Having spent much of his first two years with the club either on the bench or out on loan, many may have questioned his potential to make the breakthrough at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mesut Ozil: The Small Man With A Huge Reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rushden-till-i-die</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever heard of &#8216;Rot-Weiss Essen&#8217;? Nope, me neither. The German 4th division side are a club in decline, but they still have one thing safe in their knowledge; they nurtured Mesut Ozil, arguably Germany&#8217;s most creative and influential squad member. The Turkish-born midfielder chose to represent Germany at U-17 level, a decision he has never looked back upon.
Ozil&#8217;s form has, deservedly, attracted a huge amount of interest from Europe&#8217;s greatest sides, including Arsenal, Manchester United, and Barcelona &#8211; but it is the Spaniards who the youngster admires the most. He ...]]></description>
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		<title>Schweinsteiger Comes To The Fore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markelliott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Michael Ballack limped off the Wembley turf, kicked out of the FA Cup Final and World Cup by Portsmouth’s Kevin-Prince Boateng, thousands of German’s groaned in horror. The leader, midfield general and guiding force of a talented but inexperienced side was out and it appeared a mortal blow to the team’s chances in South Africa.
The suggestion that Bastian Schweinsteiger was the heir apparent to Ballack would have provoked laughter and incredulity from many Germans. The Bayern Munich player had been seen to be talented but temperamental and had a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Shock win for Slovakia sends holders Italy out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yogibear111</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the most exciting game so far Slovakia made history by sending the holders  and four times world champions, Italy out of the World Cup. Italy astonishingly finished bottom of their group whilst Vladmir Weiss&#8217; brave men go through second with Paraguay in Group F. In a thrilling 3-2 encounter Slovakia shocked the world by beating 2006 winners Italy with two goals from Vittek and a debut goal for Kopunek whilst goals from impact substitute Quagliarella and Di Natale served as mere consolation. The goalless draw between Paraguay and New Zealand ...]]></description>
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		<title>United Fall Short of Champions League Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rosstheger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dundee United will participate in the UEFA Europa League next season after a 2-0 defeat to Celtic at Tannadice which secured the Hoops a Champions League qualification tie next season. Goals from Diomansy Kamara and Robbie Keane saw off a strong United challenge with the Arabs missing a few good opportunities.

Kamara was on the scoresheet for Celtic
Manager Peter Houston continued his usual 4-4-2 formation which has served United well in the last 11 games with Goodwillie and Daly leading the attack. One of the most exciting things about United&#8217;s setup ...]]></description>
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		<title>Barcelona to reach European Cup Final??</title>
		<link>http://footballblog.co.uk/barcelona-to-the-final.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K@i</dc:creator>
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Ibrahimovic must live up to the expectations and forget his last match performance in order to help Barcelona to defeat Inter&#8217;s Eto eager to show his value to his former employers and aim to score a goal with his pace.(Picture)
In the Group Stage, Barcelona won Inter in the last fixture &#8220;2-0&#8243; in the Nou Camp this season. Is it possble they can do it again?  Inter Milan beat holders Barcelona 3-1 in their 1st leg semi-final match. Could it be the extra-travelling factor affected their performance even though Pep Guardiola ...]]></description>
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