New Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko may face punishment from Tottenham because he's not learning English quickly enough according to the Russian newspaper, Tvoi Den. If the newspaper report is true, it's a bit unfair on Pavlyuchenko. He's only been with Spurs since September 1st and, in that time, he also played in Moscow for Russia aganst [. Click to continue reading...

TheChelseaBlog.org has given some of their time to answer a few questions from me on their biggest threat, that night in Moscow, John Terry's red card and predictions for tomorrow. 1. Who is your all time favourite Chelsea player? Has to be Gianfranco Zola, total professional on and off the pitch and a "clever little so-and-so" as [. Click to continue reading...

45' 0 - 1 Morten Nordstrand [FC Copenhagen] Rig.
90' 1 - 1 Aleksandr Samedov [FC Moscow]
90' 1 - 2 Libor Sionko [FC Copenhagen]



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Round 1: Leg 1: Uefa Cup FC Moscow are meeting FC Kobenhavn in their first match in the Uefa Cup, Thursday 18th. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site WATCH THE MATCH LIVE HERE! Click to continue reading...

Russia's World Cup qualifying begins with an important match against Wales on Wednesday in Moscow. As we head into each match I will be reviewing the opposition as well as tactical decisions Guus Hiddink will employ. In quick commentary of Group 4, clearly Russia's main competition is Germany which demolished Liechtenstein Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup draw was held this morning with eighty teams still in the competition. Winners of the next round, held on September 18 and October 2, will advance to the group stage round. FC Moscow will face FC Copenhagen (København) of the Danish Superliga in the next round. I will Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup draw was held this morning with eighty teams still in the competition. Winners of the next round, held on September 18 and October 2, will advance to the group stage round. CSKA Moscow will face Croatia's Slaven Koprivnica in the next round. Koni feature five members of Guus Click to continue reading...

Four clubs surprised the pundits by pulling off impressive victories against higher ranked outfits. Based on current rankings:

• Anorthosis Famagusta (ranked 193) defeated Olympiacos (ranked 44)
• FC BATE Borisov (unranked) defeated Levski Sofia (ranked 80)
• Atlético Madrid (ranked 67) defeated Schalke 04 (ranked 22)
• Dynamo Kyiv (ranked 74) defeated Spartak Moscow (ranked 61)

FC BATE from Belarus and Anorthosis from Cyprus are the first clubs from their perspective countries to ever qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

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Croatia's coach Slaven Bilic announced a 22-man squad on Wednesday for their opening World Cup Group 6 qualifiers next month. Croatia play two matches in Zagreb, hosting Kazakhstan on Sept. 6 and England four days later. Goalkeepers Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje (RC Lens) Defenders Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (Monaco), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha [. Click to continue reading...

Roman Pavlyuchenko has claimed that he is set to complete a move to Tottenham Hotspur.The 26-year-old Russia international striker has been linked with a move to Spurs all summer.Now it appears that the North London outfit have sealed a deal with his club Spartak Moscow.

Speaking to Uefa's Russian website, Pavlyuchenko confirmed he had not travelled with the rest of the Spartak squad for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kiev as he was finalising the details of his move to Spurs. Click to continue reading...

The Dutch team gave Bert van Marwijk a warm welcome in their first international game together against Russia in Moscow. Oranje dictated the game throughout but forgot to score enough goals to actually win. Guus Hiddink's team drew late in the game: 1-1. It was quite remarkable that Oranje performed so Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are today preparing for life without Dimitar Berbatov after the striker admitted he is desperate for a move to Manchester United. The Bulgarian international has been linked with a move to Old Trafford all summer long and it now appears as though things are beginning to take shape for his £25 million transfer. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

A quick check of sub's bench for Newcastle, versus the options last May in Moscow, show just how much the squad is being stretched at the moment:

Saturday

Kuszczak, Neville, Evans, Gibson, Possebon, Da Silva, O'Shea

Moscow

Kuszczak, Silvestre, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Giggs

*Gulp*

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One of the best sellers this summer, the book Football Dynamo was reviewed on here a couple of weeks back. Author Marc Bennetts must have liked the review because he kindly accepted to do an interview with us in which he talks about Russian football and how he had always expected Martin Skrtel to do well. Click to continue reading...

I just wanted to pass along some scores (home-teams first)and a funny cartoon: Click to continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to training with Manchester United

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson raised the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo signing a contract extension with the club on the day he returned to training.

Ronaldo confirmed earlier this week he would remain at Old Trafford this season at least, after Real Madrid failed in their attempts to sign the player this summer, although he did reaffirm his desire to play for the Spanish champions at some point in his career. Click to continue reading...

To help commemorate the spectacular UEFA Final events held in Moscow, Adidas made the Finale Sportivo Soccer Ball. If you want this great soccer ball for your own, order them at SoccerPro.com Image courtesy of Soccer Pro. Technorati Tags: adidas finale sportivo moscow,adidas soccer ball,adidas uefa soccer ball,adidas uefa ball,adidas uefa moscow Share This Click to continue reading...

Everybody loves getting trophies, even if they're for meaningless preseason tourneys. Though having more than 12 fans there celebrating with you (background), usually makes things a bit more exciting. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images) Click to continue reading...

Conceding five goals is rough, real rough. Whiffing on the ball that winds up as the sitter for the third is downright brutal, particularly when the game was televised for our enjoyment. But it's the death knell when you've dropped this little nugget to the press just days earlier: "Concerning the role of the keeper, I [. Click to continue reading...

Despite plenty of rumors linking him with a move, Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko doesn't want to move to Tottenham due to his desire to play Champions League football. The Spurs have reportedly made an offer of £10million for the... Click to continue reading...

Nicolas Anelka fills his boots against sluggish Italians Some clownish goalkeeping by Milan's giant Aussie, Zeljko Kalac, helped Chelsea rack up five goals against the Serie A team in Moscow at the weekend. Nicolas Anelka helped himself to four, with... Click to continue reading...

2008-09 Pre season match: Lokomotiv Moscow are meeting Chelsea in a friendly match Friday August 01th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today!  Click to continue reading...

Tottenham have today turned their attentions to CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love after admitting defeat in the race to sign David Villa. Love has been linked with a move to the Premier League before, with Chelsea said to be interested in him in the past. (footylatest)

The Brazilian international has attracted the attentions of Spurs boss Juande Ramos over the past few months with his performances for CSKA and Brazil. Click to continue reading...

Some interesting news from the French Football League as Paris St. Germain have signed both Claude Makelele and Ludovic Giuly for next season. On the surface these seem like good signings, but I think it might be about time that Paris St. Germain start to develop a more long term plan for success. They have the potential to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe by playing in Paris with virtually no competition in terms of other big clubs to draw fans away from them (unlike London or Moscow for example). Click to continue reading...

Two months after winning the Champions League final in Moscow it has been anything but a quiet summer at Old Trafford. With the long-running Ronaldo soap-opera plus assistant coach Carlos Queiroz leaving to take over at Portugal Sir Alex Ferguson has seen his pres-season plans thrown into turmoil. With United returning almost everyone from last year's [. Click to continue reading...

Ramos prepares for life without Dimitar as he looks to this Russian to fill the void! Spurs are set to turn to £12million-rated Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko as a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. Spurs' sporting director Damien Comolli was reportedly in Moscow at the weekend to watch the striker in action . Click to continue reading...

By Gunnerblue Ian Wright is one of Arsenal's true legends. His 185 goals in 288 appearances and his obvious love of Arsenal was all there to see. But ever since his son Shaun Wright Phillips opted to sign for another London club his allegiance to Arsenal has shown distinct signs of shaking. He is pictured here posing for photos in Moscow's Red Square prior to the Champions League Final Click to continue reading...

Some very strange comments from Alexander Hleb to kick the day off. The Belarussian has been linked with a move away from the club all summer and stories this morning suggest he's not going to be the most popular man in town.

He is reported as saying:

My view of how I should be playing didn't coincide with the manager's.

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As always, take this with a grain of salt, but supposedly United are looking for a commitment from Ronaldo to stay at the club. For ever and ever. Until the end of time. Which in today's volatile global oil market might only be a few months away.

Of course United are offering piles of cash in return.

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So, I've been feeling a little churlish all day, like may be the ramble below did not give Spain due credit. To be honest, I was so disappointed in Russia—who were worse today than the counterfeit Stolichnaya I drank in Moscow in 1996—that I was not sufficiently impressed by Spain. I just watched the highlights, and feel the need to make amends: la Furia was, at least a moments, great. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger might be taking a leaf out of Fagin's book this summer. The Charles Dickens character sings about 'picking a pocket or two' in the musical version of Oliver Twist and it appears that the Frenchman is looking to 'sign a Russian or two' after watching them at Euro 2008. But which Russians, if any, [. Click to continue reading...

Anyone who was at Innsbruck watching the Russians being taken apart by Spain in their opening group game would have advised them to start booking an early flight back to Moscow. But tournament football does not work like that. Holland and Portugal set Euro 2008 alight with some fabulous football which, when it came to booking a place in the semi-finals, proved no help at all.

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1972 saw Total Football become entrenched in Europe as Ajax tried to become the first club to repeat as continental champions since Inter Milan pulled the trick in 1964 & 1965 by facing that team in the finals. Two second-half goals by Johan Cruyff were all that were necessary, actually the first one was all that was necessary, as Ajax defeated Internazionale 2-0. Click to continue reading...