Toni Kroos, das wohl größte deutsche Talent, hat mal wieder eindrucksvoll seine Klasse bewiesen. Der beste Spieler der letztjährigen U17-WM traf im Freundschaftsspiel der deutschen U21-Auswahl gegen Italien in der 48. Minute mit einem fulminanten und technisch perfektem Schuss in den Winkel. Damit steht mein Favorit für das Tor des Jahres fest. Click to continue reading...

What can you say about Mario Balotelli? He may be arrogant, he may be overly confident, he may get too many yellow cards, but say what you want because the fact of the matter is that the 18 year old Inter striker is the real deal. Balotelli is easily Italy's best young talent and is definitely a future superstar.

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Finland's U21 team has a chance of achieving what would be the best achievement in Finnish football so far as they play Austria twice. The winner of the tie will qualify for the U21 European Championships to be held in Sweden next year. Markku Kanerva is unlikely to change his team compared to the group stage [. Click to continue reading...

Big rumor from TuttoSport today (which is a Turin-based paper) claiming that Juventus have struck a deal with Sampdoria to bring Antonio Cassano to Torino this summer. Cassano has always been linked with a move to Juve (Bari had given Cassano two options, Juve or Roma, and Cassano chose Roma because it was a better city) and then the Bianconeri have always shown a certain interest in El Pibe di Bari the past few years.

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Greece U21 side ended their qualifying campaign for the U21 Championships in Sweden with a 1-0 win over the Faroe Islands in Greece. The win was bitter sweet, after Greece had already learned they would not be making the trip to Sweden this coming June. Despite missing out on the Click to continue reading...

The UEFA 2009 U21 Championship qualifier that took place yesterday ended in a 1-1 draw. For a more in depth look at the game, click here for Francesco's excellent write up. A couple things which I found to be of note:

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After the delusion that was the Olympic games, the Azzurrini returned to the pitch to continue qualifying for the UEFA 2009 U21 Championships. The big story was the debut of Mario Balotelli, who after receiving Italian citizenship a few weeks ago was finally eligible to be called up. The Azzurrini needed a win to guarantee first place in the qualifying group, but anything less meant they would have to conquer qualification on Tuesday in Croatia.

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7' 1 - 0 Kirill Kombarov [Russia U21]



41' 2 - 0 Aleksandr Prudnikov [Russia U21]



63' 4 - 0 Aleksandr Salugin [Russia U21]

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Our beloved Serie A kicks off this weekend and it's preview time. After thinking that last season was a tough season to predict, this season it becomes even tougher. There are so many quality sides in the top flight this season that it is really hard to predict who will finish where this season.

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The respective U21 sides of Finland and Sweden had nothing between them as their friendly match in Turku drew to a close, and the result - one goal for each - reflected the proceedings quite well. The hosts started the game well, with Tomi Petrescu, Perparim Hetemaj, Berat Sadik and Tim Sparv all causing trouble to [. Click to continue reading...

Monday 18th August

19:45 Torquay Utd v Ebbsfleet, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
MyFan FC travel to the English Riviera. Doubts remain about the longevity of the Ebbsfleet project and around the future of their highly regarded manager Liam Daish. Especially given their modest start to the season. Click to continue reading...

After Sunday's 0-0 Community Shield, a friend of mine said it was probably the worst match ever. Refusing to believe the sport was at an all time low right now (as opposed to a few years/months ago), I quickly rattled of all the worse games that came to mind. The last two FA Cup finals, the League One and Championship play off finals this year, England's pointless encounters recently against the USA and Switzerland were among the first matches I spoke of. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal announced today that they have signed Amaury Bischoff, the 21-year-old Belgian U21 international. This player is an unknown to most Arsenal supporters; in fact, he has only played one match for his previous employers, Werner Bremen.

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In the long line of exciting Footballers from Romania, Gabriel Torje is emerging in the footsteps of the regions tradition. The youngest player of Romania's U21 squad at only eighteen years of age commands respect on the pitch for his creativity and flourish. Plying his trade for the illustrious FC Click to continue reading...

Italia 1 - Chile 0 It rained cats and dogs earlier this afternoon in Toulon, France, which made the final an extra delightful viewing experience. They may as well have played the game in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean, because it wouldn't have made any difference. The game was as you'd expect it, with the [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, tomorrow, Inter and Roma do battle yet again, this time in the Coppa Italia final at the Stadio Olimpico. This is the 4th year in a row that the final will be Roma-Inter, however this year because of the new format the final is only one leg, not two, and is played at a neutral venue. (Well it was supposed to be a neutral venue, but since Roma got to the final they are playing at home).

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This feature is long over due. Marko Marin is a 19 year old youngster playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He debuted in the Bundesliga late in the 2006/2007 season. He came on as a substitute in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his cameo with an assist, which helped Gladbach to a last minute 1-1 [. Click to continue reading...

For the past few days, many newspapers have been making predictions about what Roberto Donadoni's final roster for Euro 2008 will look like. These rosters are purely speculation and shouldn't be trusted at all. Although yesterday, the newspaper Informazione reported that television channel Antenna 3, a television station based in Lombardia, "discovered" Donadoni's real preliminary roster of 29 players.

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People aren't as stupid as you think they are. This appears to be a point that England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce has picked up on as he named his squad for a friendly against Poland. Pearce has "omitted" Theo Walcott, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Aaron Lennon from his main squad. Some may think this and odd [. Click to continue reading...