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gets ready to
take on the
world
The big-name signings and young
talent who will shine in 2013-14

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SCANDAL
Were the Germans on
drugs in 1966 and 1974? MARIO
RONALDINHO
Libertadores
GOTZE
THE BAVARIAN MESSI?
Cup triumph
for Atletico
Mineiro
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People in the news...on and off the pitch
47 Seventy ve players to watch 12
4 In pictures
The big-name signings and young 8 From the Editor
talents who will shine in 2013-14 12 Matches that mattered
13 Jim Holden all to play for in the Premier League
14 Obituaries
15 Paul Gardner a tribute to Phil Woosnam
16 Ins & Outs people on the move
17 Gerardo Martino Barcelonas new coach
18 Glanville not the Bill Shankly that I knew

SPECIAL REPORT 17
22 West Germany, football and drugs
A government report has lifted the lid on 60 years
of doping in German sport

WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN

44 The qualiers
South Korea

PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
64 Mario Gotze 44
Prole of the Bayern Munich and Germany striker,
featuring a unique guide to his playing career

INFOGRAPHICS
70 Teams in European competition this season

TACTICS
74 A bumpy ride for Guardiola at Bayern
64
FACE TO FACE
76 Rudi Garcia
78 Safet Susic

28 INSIDER
80 The heat is on
Keir Radnedge looks at the growing pressure on
FIFA to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
106
STADIUM TOUR
82 Juventus Stadium, Turin

6 OF THE BEST
85 Libertadores Cup stars
Exclusive reports from our worldwide
network of correspondents
GREAT TEAMS
106 Nottingham Forest 1978-80
28 Brazil Atletico Mineiro win the Libertadores
31 Mexico World Cup worries for El Tri
32 Spain nancial woes spark La Liga exodus
34 Turkey Galatasaray set to defend title
92 Internationals
35 Germany early criticism for new Bayern boss 98 Previews
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The global game caught on camera

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HONG KONGManchester Citys
Yaya Toure (in blue) does his best
on a rain-sodden pitch in the
pre-season Premier League Asia
Trophy Final against Sunderland

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BRAZILLeonardo Silva
celebrates scoring Atletico
Mineiros second goal in
the Libertadores Cup Final
second leg against Olimpia

HOLLANDFeyenoords
Graziano Pelle (left) volleys
spectacularly past defender
Rasmus Bengtsson of Twente

ECUADORthe cofn of Christian

Benitez is carried to the cemetery
after his funeral service in Quito

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TURKEYits a battle
of the hairstyles as
Salzburgs Kevin Kampl
(in white) is challenged
by Raul Meireles of
Fenerbahce in the
Champions League

MALAYSIAa local
Barcelona fan wears
a mask as he watches
the team train while on
tour in Kuala Lumpur

RUSSIAZenit fans march

towards the Petrovsky
Stadium to attend their
teams home match against
Kuban Krasnodar

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This is the second edition of World Soccer to be

published during the 2013-14 European season and we QECUADOR
still dont know where Gareth Bale and Wayne Rooney
will be playing when the Champions League group
Benitez died from
stage kicks off in mid-September. undetectable heart defect
Bale and Rooney have not been included in our Christian Benitez, the 27-year-
Players to Watch (page 47), old former Birmingham City and
for obvious reasons. While Club America forward, died
the length of the summer Limiting the from a heart problem that could
transfer window is a minor transfer window not have been detected before
his sudden death, shortly after
inconvenience for the to a month in July playing his rst game for Qatari
production schedule of a would see clubs club El Jaish.
monthly magazine, the wider Initial reports claimed
issue needs to be addressed. kick off the league Benitez had died from
The window was originally season in August peritonitis, a serious stomach
disorder. However, a second
conceived to bring transfers in with settled autopsy carried out in Ecuador
line with UEFAs competition squads con rmed that Benitez suffered Benitez...Ecuador international
deadlines. But it has succeeded from an arterial heart ailment.
only in boosting the bank There are no suggestions that the summer heat in Qatar
played any role in contributing to his death.
balances of agents, while unsettling most clubs.
Benitez, who played a crucial role in Ecuadors World
The sensible thing to do would be to limit the Cup qualifying campaign, had joined El Jaish in a 10million
window to the month of July, or even a fortnight within transfer from Club America after winning the Mexican league
July, thereby allowing clubs to kick off the league last season.
season at the start of August with settled squads, and
everyone else with their sanity intact. QENGLAND
Bale or no Bale, we will
publish our guide to
the Champions League
next month. As always,
it will also be available
in digital format
(right). See you then.
Gavin Hamilton, Editor

No repeat...Chelsea and Aston Villa met in last seasons NextGen Final

Atletico Mineiro win Libertadores Cup for the rst time ........... page 28 NextGen Series suspended
Doping scandal in Germany............................................................... page 22 The NextGen Series, the youth competition featuring under-19
Gerardo Martino replaces Tito Vilanova at Barcelona ..................page 17 players from some of Europes top clubs, has been suspended
USA win the CONCACAF Gold Cup ................................................. page 40 for the 2013-14 season. Mark Warburton and Justin Andrews,
co-founders of the tournament, claimed a lack of funding had
Borussia Dortmund gain their revenge and beat Bayern Munich in
forced them to cancel this seasons competition.
German Super Cup ............................................................................. page 35 It is hugely disappointing that an event of this nature,
Anzhi owner puts players up for sale .............................................. page 38 designed to assist with the development of Europes elite
Ecuador international Christian Benitez dies aged 28 ..................page 8 players, should have to take such action, said a statement
Internazionale look for foreign investment.................................... page 36 from Warburton and Andrews. But we hope to be back next
season with an even better tournament.
Europes biggest stars snub the Premier League in favour of France
The move comes amid plans by UEFA to launch a youth
and Germany......................................................................................... page 50 league for under-19s, featuring teams that qualify for the
A winter World Cup in 2022 moves closer ................................... page 80 Champions League group stage. Some clubs are believed to
have had concerns over whether they could actually compete
in both competitions.

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It was a routine intervention which will

not affect his performances on the eld

Roberto Assis, the agent and brother of Ronaldinho, admits the

Brazilian has had dental work on his famous toothy features

QATAR 2022
HEROES VILLAINS
MONACO
The newly promoted French club paid for
the France homeless team to play in their
World Cup nals in Poland this summer.

STOKE CITY
The club are offering free coach travel for
supporters to all of their Premier League
away games this season.

Winter of discontent...Scudamore against switch Hofmann...not the best of starts

MAXIMILIAN HOFMANN
Scudamore attacks The Rapid Vienna teenager gave away a

winter proposals penalty and was sent off 90 seconds into his
senior debut for the club in their 4-2
Austrian Bundesliga win against Sturm Graz.
The Premier League clubs are likely to Cheap away days...free travel for Stoke City fans
oppose any move towards a winter THE GLAZER
World Cup in 2022 after chief executive WOODROW WEST FAMILY
Richard Scudamore said it would be & IAN GAYNAIR The Manchester
nigh on impossible to play the The two Belize players admitted rejecting United owners
tournament in the winter months to bribes ahead of their countrys rst-ever engaged lawyers who
avoid the summer heat in Qatar. CONCACAF Gold Cup game, which they tried, unsuccessfully,
Theyve decided to hold the World lost 6-1 to the USA. to prevent a bid by
Cup in the summer in Qatar thats the clubs supporters
their decision, Scudamore said. trust to list Old
If FIFA decide and its their Trafford as a
decision not ours as to where they hold community asset,
the World Cup then they need to move which would protect
the location if it cant be held in the the stadium in the
summer. They cant just on a whim event of a future sale The Glazers...upsetting
decide to move it to the winter, thats a of the club. fans once more
very different issue. Its extremely
difcult, nigh on impossible in our view. ANDRANIK ARSENYAN
The FIFA executive committee will & HOVHANNES AVAGYAN
discuss the issue in October and a The Armenian referee and assistant were
working party could be set up to suspended by UEFA after they admitted
examine possible options. trying to manipulate the outcome of Julys
In Germany, opinion is divided. FIFA Europa League tie between Inter Turku and
ExCo member Theo Zwanziger said of the Vkingur in which they ofciated. Vikingur
decision to award the nals to Qatar: It won the second leg of the rst-qualifying
was a blatant mistake. However, Bayern round game 1-0 to go through 2-1 on
Munich president Karl-Heinz Incorruptible ...West (left) and Gaynair aggregate.
Rummenigge, chairman of the European
Club Association, has declared his BORISLAV BALDZHIYSKI
support for a winter switch. MAURICIO VIANA The 22-year-old former Bulgaria Under-21
I think its quite attractive, especially The Santiago Wanderers goalkeeper saved and Slavia Soa midelder has been
for us in Germany, he said. This means a last-minute penalty in a Chilean league charged with murder after a man was
that you could play a World Cup in match against Audax Italiano, unaware that beaten to death in front of a casino in Soa.
January and February and when maybe he had perforated his intestine earlier in Baldzhiyski could face up to 20 years in jail
the 2026 World Cup comes back to the game. if found guilty.
Europe, you could play it in the summer.

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They were developed better physically,

but everybody always said that was
because they drank more beer
Hollands Johan Cruyff on the claims of systematic doping
by West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s RONALDINHO
Became the sixth
player to win the
Libertadores Cup
To see video footage of these goals, and many more and Champions
that we have selected, scan the QR code using any League, joining
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on to http://bit.ly/1cvgoia Samuel and
Carlos Tevez.

wed like to 1

see again USA

Victory in the
CONCACAF Gold
Cup Final set
a new national
record of 11
consecutive

1
KARIM BENZEMA
Real Madrid v Los Angeles wins for the US.
Galaxy
This is all about the 30-yard
pass with the outside of his boot
BURUNDI &
MAURITANIA
by Isco. Benzema then does the Qualied for the
easy part of controlling the ball African Nations

4
and side-footing home from just MATHIEU VALBUENA Championship
inside the penalty area. Marseille v Sampdoria 5 their rst
A great passing move by appearance in a

2
VLADIMIR MARIN Marseille ends with Valbuena major tournament.
Deportivo Cali v Once Caldas chipping the goalkeeper.
A swerving left-footed

5
free-kick from just short of the KAREL PITAK
centre circle ies past goalkeeper Jablonec v Stromsgodset
Jose Cuadrado and bounces in off A delicate lob from the HIBERNIAN
The Scottish sides
the underside of the crossbar. edge of the penalty area secures
7-0 defeat at
victory in this Europa League tie. home to Malmo

3
KEVIN DE BRUYNE in the Europa

6
Chelsea v Malaysia XI MORTEN NORDSTRAND League was their
Times his run perfectly Nordsjaelland v heaviest ever
to receive a knock-down from Copenhagen loss in Europe.
Romelo Lukaku before volleying Meets a cross from Mario
from the edge of the penalty area Ticinovic on the edge of the
past the goalkeeper. six-yard area with a bicycle kick. ADMIRA
WACKER
Were 1-0 up,
3 but had three
players sent off
and conceded
three penalties
as they lost 7-1
away to Grodig.

WERDER BREMEN
& BORUSSIA
MONCHENGLADBACH
The two Bundesliga
teams lost to third
division sides in the
German Cup, beaten
by Saarbrucken
and Darmstadt
respectively.

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They have bazookas, but we wont

respond with only bows and arrows.
We will try to nd an answer
Marseille coach Elie Baup takes aim at
Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco

15 MATCHES THAT MATTERED Recent crunch games

from around the globe

ZAMBIA 2 UTRECHT 3 ATLETICO MINEIRO 2 AZ 2

ZIMBABWE 0 DIFFERDANGE 3 OLIMPIA 0 (aet) AJAX 3 (aet)
Victory over the defending After a 2-1 rst-leg win, the club (Atletico won on penalties) Ajax came from two goals down
champions saw Zambia lift from Luxembourg caused one of Atletico overturned a 2-0 decit to beat AZ in the Dutch Super
the COSAFA Cup on home the early upsets of this seasons from the rst leg in Paraguay to Cup. Club captain Siem De Jong
soil equalling the record Europa League by scoring three take the Final to penalties and scored the winner in the 13th
of four tournament wins. times in Holland. win their rst Libertadores Cup. minute of extra time.

SOUTH KOREA 1 USA 1 FRANCE 0 NEW YORK COSMOS 2

JAPAN 2 PANAMA 0 SERBIA 1 FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS 1
Japan won their rst ever East A 69th-minute goal from A goal from midelder Andrija Playing their rst competitive
Asian Cup. A 2-1 victory over substitute Brek Shea in the Final Lukovic secured victory in the match for 29 years, the newly
the host nation in their nal game in Chicago was enough to seal Final of the European Under-19 reformed Cosmos won their
was enough to see them top the the USAs fth victory in the Championship in Marijampole, opening game of the new
four-team group. CONCACAF Gold Cup. Lithuania. NASL season.

AL AHLY 0 BORDEAUX 0 PORTO 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 2

ORLANDO PIRATES 3 MONACO 2 VITORIA GUIMARAES 0 WIGAN ATHLETIC 0
The South African club produced Monacos 60m Colombia striker First-half goals from Lica, Two goals from Dutch striker
a massive shock when they Radamel Falcao grabbed a late Jackson Martinez and Lucho Robin Van Persie at Wembley
comprehensively ended Al Ahlys goal on his Ligue 1 debut after Gonzalez were enough to give handed new United manager
run of 23 home games unbeaten Emmanuel Riviere had opened Porto a 20th Portuguese Super David Moyes his rst trophy
in the CAF Champions League. the scoring for the visitors. Cup success. the Community Shield.

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AT THE HEART OF THE GAME

New men make new Premier

League the most open yet
The hype has been even more frenzied than combination football. Think of Brendan
usual ahead of the new Premier League Rodgers at Liverpool and Andre Villas-Boas
season, not least because another TV channel at Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Roberto
this time BT Sport is trying to muscle in on Martinez at Everton and Paul Lambert at Aston
the long-term hegemony of Sky. Villa. They are all progressives. So is the less
That particular battle will be a thrilling celebrated Mauricio Pochettino, a manager
sideshow to the media analysts and those who was appointed amid much scepticism last
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 4 obsessed by the nuances of television politics. season at Southampton, but who transformed
BAYERN MUNICH 2 For the rest of us, it is the sight and sound of the club and won the loyalty of his players.
Marco Reus scored twice as new managers at each of the top three clubs It leaves the impression that Arsene Wenger
Dortmund gained some revenge that truly res the fascination. is now almost the dinosaur of English football.
for Mays Champions League How will David Moyes fare in replacing An amazing statistic is that he has been in charge
defeat with victory in the German the irreplaceable as the successor to Alex of Arsenal (17 years) for longer than the total
Super Cup. Ferguson at Manchester United? Can Manuel time all the other 19 Premier League bosses
Pellegrini make an instant impact at have been at their current clubs. On the other
Manchester City with no hand, will all the changes at
experience of English
football? Will Jose Mourinho
Wenger has been rival teams help Wenger to end
a run of eight seasons without
be the prodigal son returned at Arsenal longer a trophy for Arsenal?
at Chelsea, or will he be just The question highlights the
another man who proves the than all the other genuine intrigue among fans.
old football wisdom that you Premier League It looks likely to be the most
never go back to a club? unpredictable campaign for
The trio all have superb managers at their many a year and so much
credentials, and they all talk
a wonderful game, but that
current clubs put the better after a couple of
mediocre seasons. Even
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 2 is no guarantee of success. together educated guesswork about
BORDEAUX 1 They also arrive at a the favourites to win the title
An injury-time winner from moment when English clubs have been will have to wait until the end of the transfer
Brazilian defender Alex gave PSG overtaken in the Champions League by window and a conclusion to its many sagas of
victory in the French Super Cup, the talent of Barcelona, Bayern Munich, disloyalty, discontent, potential record fees and
which was held in the Gabonese Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, and allegedly emphatic Not For Sale notices.
capital of Libreville. threatened further by the new wealth of Rarely has there been a summer with so
Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. much chatter, even if most of it was a hurricane
It has been a shock to see English clubs of hot air on corporate promotional tours,
outbid for the brightest players, such as Mario signifying nothing but nevertheless endlessly
Gotze, Edinson Cavani, Radamel Falcao, Thiago scrutinised for hidden meaning.
Alcantara and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. One day there was Mourinho putting on a
The EPL, as it is known outside the British front of calm maturity, hoping to appear almost
Isles, needs the rejuvenation that is coming this avuncular. Another day there was Pellegrini
season. Actually, we might more accurately call speaking with gentle authority, trying to y
it the EWPL, (the England and Wales Premier in quietly under the radar.
League) now that 10 per cent of its clubs are Moyes was obliged to answer more
Welsh. Swansea City continue to improve under questions than all the rest combined, and
the astute management of Michael Laudrup, confessed to feeling talked out even before
FLUMINENSE 2 while Cardiff City will be hoping to make his rst real match in charge of Manchester
FLAMENGO 3 a similar impression to their neighbours United, the traditional Community Shield xture
Former Brazil coach Mario on their Premier League debut. against FA Cup winners Wigan at Wembley.
Menezes saw his team come The sense of renewal is also evident in the The 2-0 victory was routine, then the
from behind to win the Fla-Flu fact the Premier League is now awash with questions began once more for Moyes. They
derby at the newly refurbished ambitious, intelligent, youthful managers will take nine months to answer, no matter how
Maracana. demanding their teams play pass-and-move often they are asked. WS

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Its my decision. We cant reach our

objectives with these players

Levski Soa executive director Nasko Sirakov res four of the team following
Europa League elimination at the hands of Kazakh side Irtysh Pavlodar

OBITUARIES

ANTONI RAMALLETS
(1924-2013)
Won six La Liga titles, ve Spanish Cups
and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups with
Barcelona, and was also a ve-times
winner of the Zamora trophy the prize
awarded to the goalkeeper with the
lowest goals-to-games ratio during the
Spanish season.

SELCUK YULA
(1959-2013)
Former Turkey captain who scored 134
goals for Fenerbahce between 1979
and 1986 before becoming a TV pundit.

CHRISTIAN BENITEZ
(1986-2013)
The former Birmingham City and
Ecuador striker died from heart failure,
hours after making his debut for Qatari
side El Jaish following a 10million move
from Club America of Mexico.

BERT TRAUTMANN
(1923-2013)
Former German prisoner of war who
Santos...the rst Brazilian to play 100 times for his country
settled in England and kept goal for
DJALMA SANTOS distinction of being the only Brazilian to Manchester City as they won the FA
(1929-2013) appear in a Rest of the World side that Cup in 1956, beating Birmingham City
One of Brazils greatest right-backs, a lost 2-1 to England at Wembley. 3-1 in the Final. He played the last 17
World Cup winner in 1958 and 1962 Djalma Santos was never sent off in minutes with what was later revealed
who also played at the 1954 and 1966 his career. Ive always tried to lead a to be a broken neck.
nals, he died aged 84 after suffering normal life, he said in 2010. I always
from pneumonia. respected my opponents too, and the
The scorer of three goals for his fans who came to watch. Thanks to God
country, he was the rst player to reach I went through my whole career without
100 caps for Brazil and made the last of getting sent off. Why? Because there
his 110 appearances in a 2-0 defeat of was respect and because I played fairly.
Uruguay in 1968. Five years earlier, in Obviously, doors were opened to me
a match organised by FIFA to as a result. I cant deny that. Im able to
commemorate the English Football do what I do today because of that time,
Leagues centenary, he had the when Brazil became world champions.
The respect has lasted to this day and I
feel nothing but gratitude for football.
He was one of only two players
along with Franz Beckenbauer to
be included in three World Cup All-Star
teams (in 1954, 1958 and 1962).

PHIL WOOSNAM
(1932-2013)
The ex-Wales international and former
USA coach was commissioner of the
North American Soccer League, from
1969 to 1982, during the height of
its popularity when the New York
Cosmos recruited Pele and a host
of other global stars.
Woosnam...pioneer of football in the USA Appreciation, see Paul Gardner (right) Trautmann...broke his neck during the 1956 FA Cup Final

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OBITUARIES
THE WORLDWIDE VIEW

Remembering Woosnam, the maverick

Welshman who shook up US soccer

To football purists, Phil Woosnam was another Brit ex-Fleet Street journalist
guilty of selling out the game to American Clive Toye somehow revived the corpse
commercial interests. But the American until it recovered to boast a roster of 24
businessmen who backed the North teams in 1979.
American Soccer League in the 1970s, Of course, FIFA had come around, and
were often bitterly critical of Woosnam, the league famous for the swashbuckling
who they viewed as...a football purist. He New York Cosmos was now legitimate.
was someone who kept raising football Woosnam, though, had new problems with
objections to their sales schemes aimed at FIFA. The American owners did not like the
popularising soccer in the United States. offside rule it killed the game they
Vincent...French legend
Woosnam, who died recently at the age moaned. So Woosnam came up with the
of 80, spent 14 years trying to maintain a 35-yard-line (a cross eld line at each end
JEAN VINCENT balance between those vital opposites, in his of the eld, 35 yards from the goal line, that
(1930-2013) job as commissioner of the NASL between was where offside began, no longer at the
One of the central gures in French 1969 and 1983. halfway line). FIFA gave it
footballs outstanding era of the 1950s, A surprising job for an Woosnam the green light in 1973 (it
when he won four Ligue 1 titles, with Lille ex-footballer, but Woosnam could go ahead as an
and Reims, and scored 22 goals in 46 was anything but conventional. understood that experiment) and it lasted
games for France, died aged 82. A Welshman with a degree in the future of the until 1981, when FIFA put
Vincent made his name as a young, physics, he didnt turn pro and an end to it.
speedy left-winger with the Lille team who until, 26-years old, he was modern game It was pure Woosnam,
won two cups and a league title in the signed by West Ham United an attempt to liven up the
mid-1950s. He was then sold to the Reims in 1958.
had to be based game, infused with soccer
club, who joined the likes of Real Madrid His biggest break with on a merger of reasoning, backed up by
and Milan in pioneering the revolutionary convention came in 1966 the sort of geometrical
European Champions Cup. when he emigrated to the football and stats to be expected from
Vincent, and outstanding inside-left
partner Roger Piantoni, won three further
USA to join the new National
Professional Soccer League.
commercial a physics graduate and,
of course, by the usual
league titles (in 1958, 1960 and 1962) Woosnam knew this was a interests Woosnam dynamism.
and were European runners-up against pirate league, not recognised Ted Howard, the NASLs
Alfredo Di Stefanos Real Madrid in 1956 by FIFA, and must also have been aware of executive director, worked closely with
and 1959. In the latter Final, his late tackle what happened to Englands star defender Woosnam for many years and thought
on Raymond Kopa left his France team- Neil Franklin, who had joined a similar him the most dedicated and determined
mate an angry, limping passenger. Weeks league in Colombia in 1950 and who, on his enthusiast the sport has ever seen in North
later Kopa returned to Reims but, return to England, found that no top club America. He just would not take no for an
reportedly, barely ever spoke to Vincent. would sign him. answer until he grew the league to a core of
Vincent was also a member of the Did that not worry Woosnam? No, he 18 teams.
France side that took third place at the told me at the time, FIFA has no right to It was that almost manic energy that
1958 World Cup nals in Sweden. stop us; they will come around. The enabled Woosnam to ignore the reality of
After retiring he built an equally con dence was overwhelming, as was the disaster in 1969 and to become one of
successful career as a coach. He guided enthusiasm and excitement that Woosnam the most in uential pioneers of soccer
Nantes to two league titles and one cup, poured into his new job as player/coach for in the USA. More than that, Woosnam was
and took them to the semi- nals of the the Atlanta Chiefs. one of the earliest football executives to
Cup-winners Cup in 1980. He went on to Just three years later, Woosnam ended understand that the future of the modern
coach the national teams of Cameroon and his playing career and with little game had to be based on a merger of
Tunisia before retiring in 1987. experience for the job became the man football and commercial interests.
We have lost a legend of French who was running the league. Not much of a The NASL collapsed in 1984, but by that
football, said Nantes in a statement league, for sure, as it had only ve teams, time Woosnams 1970s vision of football as
announcing Vincents death. down from 17 in 1968, and looked headed an amalgam of sport and sponsors was fast
Keir Radnedge for quick oblivion. But Woosnam, along with becoming reality throughout the world. WS

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What do you think theyre smoking

over there at the Emirates?
Liverpool owner John W Henry dismisses
Arsenals chances of signing Luis Suarez

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Appointments, sackings and loans

EUROPE SERGEI TASHUYEV
replaced Yuriy Maksymov
Libertadores Cup winner as coach of Metalurh
BERNARD left Atletico Donetsk after a 1-0 loss
Mineiro for Shakhtar Donetsk to Chornomorets left the
in the Ukraine for a reported Ukrainian side with four
fee of 25million, while LUIZ points from their opening
GUSTAVO left European four league games.
champions Bayern Munich
for Wolfsburg. For all the SOUTH AMERICA
transfer-window moves go
to http://www.worldsoccer. Former France and
com/features/transfers- Juventus striker DAVID
summer-2013 TREZEGUET joined this
or bit.ly/15ZGQvf years Argentinian Torneo
Final winners Newells Old
Former Besiktas Boys on a 12-month loan
and Fenerbahce boss from River Plate. Former
Trezeguet...loan CHRISTOPH DAUM replaced assistant ALFREDO BERTI
move to Newell's Hikmet Karaman as coach replaced his boss as coach
of Bursaspor following the of Newells after Gerardo
Luxemburgo...looking to improve Fluminenses fortunes
Turkish sides 3-0 home Martino took charge of
defeat by Vojvodina of Serbia Barcelona in Spain. Flus new boss
in the Europa League.
Brazil international JULIO Fluminense appointed VANDERLEI LUXEMBURGO as
BAPTISTA left Malaga in coach after last years title winner Abel Braga was sacked
Spain and returned home following a run of ve league defeats that left the Brazilian
to join Cruzeiro. champions in the relegation zone.

Paraguay appointed
VICTOR GENES as national CONCACAF VAGNER LOVE, who
coach. He has signed a scored for defending
deal to lead the side until Goalkeeper JAIME champions CSKA Moscow
the end of their World Cup PENEDO, who helped in their opening game of the
qualifying campaign. Genes Panama reach the Final of the Russian Premier League
served as coach of Paraguay's CONCACAF Gold Cup, joined season, joined Chinese side
team at the recent Under-20 Los Angeles Galaxy on a free Shandong Luneng for 12m.
Munteanu...Krasnodar-bound World Cup in Turkey. He from Municipal of Guatemala.
replaces Gerardo Pelusso, Holland midelder
Romanian DORINEL who stepped down in June In the Mexican apertura, ORLANDO ENGELAAR,
MUNTEANU took charge following defeat to Ecuador. RUBEN OMAR ROMANO 33, joined A-League side
of Russian side Kuban replaced Manuel Lapuente Melbourne Heart from
Krasnodar. at Puebla PSV Eindhoven.

Bulgarian champions ASIA

Ludogorets replaced coach
Ivaylo Petev with STOYCHO Former Brazil star ZICO
STOEV following a 1-0 defeat signed a two-year deal to
by Lyubimets on the opening coach Al Gharafa. Argentinian
day of the new season. striker LISANDRO LOPEZ
STOYCHO MLADENOV, who joined the Qatari side from
was sacked by CSKA Soa in Lyon for 7million.
January, returned for a fourth
spell in charge of the club. JORVAN VIEIRA was
Lokomotiv Soa replaced Emil named coach of Kuwaits
Velev with STEFAN GENOV national side. The Brazilian
after they failed to win any of led Iraq to success in the
Genes...leading Paraguay
their rst three league games. 2007 Asian Cup. Lisandro...joining Zico in Qatar

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 GLOB A L FO OT B A L L I N T E L L IGE NCE

The current treasury situation falls short

of our expectations
Aurelio Martinez, the Valencia president, goes for the understatement
of the century when talking of the clubs 275million debt burden

SPAIN

EUROPE
Barcelona turn to Martino
Without a club since being
released by Lazio at the end
after illness forces
of last season, former France
striker LOUIS SAHA retired
at the age of 35.
Vilanova to step down
ags were banned at the

T
he Barcelona president
TONI POLSTERs top-ight Sandro Rosell didnt stadium and opponents to
coaching debut lasted just have a phone number the regime were banned,
three league games before he for Gerardo Tata Martino. beaten and even shot at.
was sacked at Admira Wacker So, leaning on his contacts While Lopez ruled at
after he suffered three defeats from his days with Nike, Newell's, Martino opted to
at the start of the new Rosell called Horacio Cartes. build his reputation in
Austrian season. The new president of Paraguay, rst winning
Paraguay, in a previous league titles and then taking
Former Rangers manager incarnation, was Libertad the national team to the
WALTER SMITH quit after club president and director World Cup quarter-nals and
Au revoir...Saha
less than three months as of Paraguays national team. the Final of the 2011 Copa
chairman of the club, who Martino had been coach of America. His job was made a
are now in the third tier of both, winning three league little easier by several foreign Martino...Newells icon
Scottish football. titles with Libertad and players whose paperwork to
enjoying a fair share of become nationalised FACT FILE
CONCACAF international success. Paraguayans was rushed
But it is merit and not through and even Martino Gerardo Martino
Cuba goalkeeper ODELIN networking skills that admitted getting to the Copa Age 50 (20.11.62)
MOLINA announced his secured Martino the job of America Final was down to Country Argentina
retirement after his side replacing Tito Vilanova, who incredible luck. Playing career
were knocked out of the was forced to step down as Newells Old Boys (three spells),
CONCACAF Gold Cup in Barcelona coach in July in Back to his roots Tenerife (Spa), Lanus
the quarter-nals. order to undergo further In 2011, with Lopez Coaching career
treatment for cancer. departed and the club on the Platense, Instituto, Libertad
(Par), Cerro Porteno (Par), Colon,
Yet rumours suggested verge of relegation, Newells Paraguay national side, Newells
that Rosell only acted after turned to Martino. Within Old Boys
Lionel Messis family gave two years, he had them on Honours as a player
their approval. Messis father, the verge of a treble. Argentinian league 1987-88,
Jorge, idolised Martino, who Gabriel Heinze, Maxi 1990-91, 1992
played over 500 games for Rodriguez and Nacho Honours as a coach
Newells Old Boys and was Scocco all rejected lucrative Paraguayan league 2002,
2003, 2004, 2006,
Marcelo Bielsas captain in offers in Europe to join Argentinian League 2013
the glorious team from the Martino's new project
early 1990s. Martino instilled a criollo
There is now the Gerardo version of the Barcelona Martinos work was done. He
Tata Martino Stand at model, based around announced he would leave
Newells ground in Rosario respect and loyalty to the Newells in the close season.
Digao...contract terminated
a stadium that is named clubs heritage, and moulded He refused to comment
New York Red Bulls after the man who inspired a passing, attacking and on his future plans, but it
cancelled the contract of Martino and a generation of incisive team. Newells fell soon emerged he would be
defender DIGAO, who is the coaches, Marcelo Bielsa. short in the Inicial 2012, but heading to Barcelona as
younger brother of Real However, for over a went on to win the Final in Vilanova's replacement.
Madrids Kaka. decade both were estranged 2013 as the highest scoring Newells fans gathered
from the club where they champions in nine years. outside Martinos house in
ASIA made their names. For 14 Although the Rosario to wish him well, and
years up until 2008, the Libertadores campaign no doubt beg him to return
Omiya Ardija sacked coach president or dictator, as stumbled at the semi-nal one day. Will they do the
ZDENKO VERDENIK after a most fans put it Eduardo stage and the Argentinian same in Barcelona once his
run of ve defeats saw them Lopez ran the club, and he Cup run abruptly ended the time is up?
slip from rst place to fourth. ran it into the ground. Bielsa week after securing the title, Joel Richards

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 THE VOICE OF FOOTBALL

David Peaces eulogy the end of a torrid game in Turin in the

European Cup in 1974, where Juventus One anecdote [in the book], in which I
does not portray the beat Cloughs Derby County, Clough
emerged from the dressing room to myself was centrally involved, was
Bill Shankly I knew tell the waiting Italian journalists: No gratuitously distorted
cheating bastards will I talk to; I will not
There was once a famous French writer talk to any cheating bastards.
who, writing to a friend, said: I am sorry Cosha detto, cosha detto? [what has wont always nd them here, not
this letter is so long but I havent had he said] the journalists demanded of least when they might give a different
time to make it shorter. Would that his me; to which I feigned diplomatic dimension to his character.
editors have applied such logic to the ignorance. Whereupon, the door opened He can treat you like dirt, Alec
715 count them, 715 pages of again and Clough demanded: Tell them Lindsay, the Liverpool left-back once
David Peaces new tome, Red or Dead, what I said, Brian. Which I duly did, with told me. And it was well known that
the story (well, part of it) of Bill Shankly. the inevitable, explosive consequences. Shankly would refuse to speak to an
Peace is a much praised, versatile But in Peaces book, we just have the injured player.
and, I suppose, experimental writer. He Italian phrase, correctly spelled, then When managing Hudders eld Town,
has won acclaim for his novels about Clough responding with an expletive before his historic 15 years at Liverpool
crime in his native Yorkshire and, more which he never used. in which he transformed both team and
recently, in Tokyo, where he has now Peace plainly likes Shankly, who is club, there was once a signi cant
made his home. presented as a kind of folk hero, a good incident after training.
He has already written one book deal more than he ever liked Clough, but Shankly told nine of his players to
about football, The Damned United, for those of us who knew Shankly over stay behind. You ve, white shirts! he
chronicling Brian Cloughs disastrous many years, the portrait is misleading. told them, giving them white jerseys.
44 days as manager of Leeds United. Nor is the tale fully told. There is Youre England! You four and me, in
Not a book which convinced or appealed nothing about Shanklys impressive Peace story...Red or blue, were Scotland! The game, with
Dead by David Peace
to me, though at least it was not as career as a Scottish international (Faber and Faber) is mini-goals, began. Mike OGrady, a
maddeningly stylised as this one, and Preston North End wing-half. out now in hardback young outside-left whod play for
where repetition runs wild. Not a word either about the way England, easily slipped past Shankly
There was no doubting the originality Internazionale cheated Liverpool out of twice to score. He was just about to do it
of the Clough book, but I doubted its the European Cup semi- nals of 1965 once more when Shankly snarled: Do
objectivity. Not least because one when a corrupt Spanish referee, Ortiz that again and Ill break your ****ing leg!
anecdote, in which I myself was centrally De Mendibil gave Inter two illicit goals. In the Liverpool dressing room at
involved, was gratuitously distorted. At Anecdotes abound of Bill but you Wembley after they had just lost the
1971 FA Cup Final to Arsenal, Emlyn
Hughes approached him and said: Im
sorry boss, Im very, sorry boss. That last
goal was down to me, I was knackered.
Thats all right Emlyn, Shankly said.
Everybody makes mistakes. As a
relieved Hughes walked away, Shankly
observed: And thats the **** who lost
us the Cup Final!
No one really seems still to know just
why Shankly resigned so prematurely.
Peace suggests in a presumably
imagined conversation between Bill
and his wife that he was simply tired. It
has also been suggested that he had
unfounded nancial worries. It was a sad
conclusion to a remarkable career, and it
would be Bob Paisley, not Bill, who
would keep winning the European Cup.
Am I jealous! Youre damn right Im
jealous, said Bill. But it was he whod
Damned and loved...Clough (left) and Shankly lead out Leeds United and Liverpool respectively for the 1974 Charity Shield at Wembley laid the foundations.

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 Lambert and Wilshere
offer some hope for
England
And so it came to pass that Rickie
Lambert made an astonishing debut for
England against Scotland at Wembley.
A splendid headed goal, a shot against
a post, another low shot saved by the
Scottish keeper Allan McGregor. There
was some consolation in this memorable
performance for Roy Hodgson, who put
a brave face on his teams deciencies.
Wembley long ago was termed The
Goalkeepers Graveyard, and so it was
again when the unpredictable Joe Hart
abysmally let in James Morrisons
hopeful shot. The other Scottish goal was
hardly more reassuring, as Kenny Miller
embarrassingly jinked away from Gary
Doped...many of the West Germany team that won the 1954 World Cup Final had illicit injections before the game
Cahill to beat Hart. How England missed
Cahills Chelsea team-mate John Terry,
Almost 60 years later, not to mention Rio Ferdinand, who have
In those remote days both retired from international football.
Germanys drugs shame there were no such thing
Forced substitutions, as manager
Gordon Strachan complained, broke
is conrmed as post-match dope tests up the Scottish rhythm. I was especially
disappointed to see James Forrest leave
Well, as if we didnt know. We knew for a the pitch after an excellent and condent
long time about 1954, though only now of what had so long been surmised. display on Scotlands right ank.
are we told about 1966. About the West The Humboldt study also tells us that Wayne Rooney was inevitably not
Germany teams being doped, that is to three unnamed members of the West match t though he did have a perfectly
say. Now a formidable and shocking Germany team which lost the 1966 good goal disallowed. Jack Wilshere,
study by Berlins Humboldt University World Cup Final at Wembley against limited to half a game, still looks the
makes it horrifyingly clear that for many England were found to have tested best, brightest and perhaps only England
years, dating from the 1940s, West positively for the drug ephedrine. playmaker of quality.
German sport was as guilty as the It should, however, be noted that, It was a patchy, unconvincing and
notorious East Germans, with their by sharp contrast with 1954, there sporadic display by England, making
drug-fuelled women swimmers and was no subsequent outbreak of jaundice qualication for Brazil where, to give
shot-putters, of the widespread and among the 1966 German nalists who, him his due, Hart excelled earlier this
relentless use of drugs. if anything, seemed more exhausted summer increasingly uncertain. But
Yes, the scandal of 1954 and the as Alf Ramsey pointed out to his with Wilshere up and running again, and
way the West Germans, beaten 8-3 men than Englands team at the Lambert such a surprising new force,
by the Hungarians earlier in the end of the 90 minutes. hope more or less remains. WS
competition, has long been common
currency. In fact, it was pretty well
known at the time. There were tales of
Ferenc Puskas, captain of the Hungary
team beaten in the Final in Berne, going
into the German dressing room after the
match and nding the German players
vomiting over the oor.
How highly signicant it was that
more than half that German team
dropped out of football for months
on end with jaundice. But in those
remote days there were no such thing
as post-match dope tests, and although
the evidence was pretty plain, FIFA
what a surprise did nothing to
examine it. And so the Germans kept
their ill-gotten title, having in that
dramatic Final shown remarkable
powers of stamina and recuperation.
Quite recently, a dressing-room
attendant at that game revealed he had
found syringes under the oorboards
which simply seemed further evidence Old boys own...Lambert heads England to a 3-2 victory over Scotland with his rst touch of the game at Wembley

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 SPECIAL REPORT

The shadow over

Football is among the German sports convulsed by
accusations of systematic doping throughout the
second half of the 20th century. Keir Radnedge reports

Doped...the West Germany team that upset Hungary in the 1954 World Cup Final in Berne

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Berne and 1966
F
ranz Beckenbauer was eight years old
when the Miracle of Berne took place.
The boy who would become the only
man to captain and coach World Cup-winning
sides (in 1974 and 1990) and also organise a
nals (2006) watched from his Munich home
as Fritz Walter led West Germany to an unlikely
3-2 victory over Hungary at the Wankdorf
Stadium in Switzerland.
The Hungarians, the Mighty Magyars,
were the undisputed masters of international
football and favourites to win the 1954 World
Cup. But West Germanys victory against
the odds captivated a generation, helping to
kick-start a golden era for football in a country
still recovering from the ravages of war.
For years, rumours have circulated that
the German team had used drugs ahead
of the 1954 Final and West German teams
reportedly refused to play any side containing
Ferenc Puskas after Hungarys captain made
allegations about doping in Berne. Real
Madrids 1960 European Cup Final against
Eintracht Frankfurt only went ahead after
Puskas apologised for his comments.
These rumours resurfaced two years ago
when parts of an ongoing government report
into doping within German sport were revealed.
The report claimed that rather than being
injected with vitamin injections, the 1954
team were unwittingly administered Pervitin
a methamphetamine also known as panzer
chocolate that was given to wartime pilots to
keep them awake and battle ready for longer.
In August 2013, following another set of
leaks, the German government was forced to
release further details but by no means all
of the 800-page study titled Doping in
Germany from 1950 to Today.

Systematic doping
The report, compiled by researchers at Berlins
Humboldt University, concluded that
systematic doping had been going on in West
Germany at least in the 1970s and 1980s, not
to mention the decades both before and after.
A swathe of senior politicians, administrators
and athletes were implicated.
While football was by no means the only
focus of the report, the use of doping by the
1954 team was conrmed, along with the
revelation that, 12 years later, three members
of the West Germany team which nished
runners-up to England in the 1966 World Cup
tested positive for ephedrine the substance
which betrayed Diego Maradona in 1994.
Beckenbauer, a junior member of the
1966 side, was swift to dismiss the allegations,
saying: No and I was actually there. We
didnt even know back in those days what
doping was. We didnt even know the word.
I would have known if something was being

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given out. I might have been the inventive manager Frank Buckley.
youngest there but I wasnt naive. The Football League carried out an
Yet the Humboldt report also investigation into the treatment, which
claims that the use of panzer supposedly invigorated players, but
chocolate continued through the ultimately declined to outlaw it.
1960s, right up until the 1974 World As well as the allegations
Cup Final, won by West Germany on surrounding the West Germany national
home soil in Munich. team, the 1950s also saw rumours of
The allegations made in the report doping in Italian football, eventually
with possibly more to come if culminating in a major scandal during
the full details are ever revealed the 1963-64 season when half the
amount to the biggest example of Bologna team were accused, banned Under suspicion...the 1966 West Germany World Cup squad
doping at a World Cup nals. Yet FIFA and cleared of doping, all inside one
insists that no systematic doping month. It didnt stop them, however, the national team and had his Adidas
culture exists in todays football. from winning Serie A. contract cancelled after claiming in an
That marked the beginning of the autobiography that doping was rife in
Keeping up with the cheats end of the age of doping innocence as the Bundesliga.
No sport is free of doping and all far as all sport, and not only football, was In 1991, the worlds most famous
sports live in fear of it. All Olympic concerned. Up until then doping was player, Diego Maradona, was banned
events, including football, seek with generally considered to be naughty from Italian football after testing positive
varying degrees of success and rather than a crime that seriously for cocaine, amid reports he had been
with varying degrees of concern to endangered sports credibility. set up for crossing the Camorra crime
combat the threat of drug use. But FIFA introduced dope tests at the organisation. Then, in 1994, most
what chance do they stand when even World Cup nals for the rst time in notoriously, Maradona was kicked out of
executives of the World Anti-Doping 1966, but the shadow of doping has the World Cup after failing a dope test
Agency (WADA) acknowledge that continued to icker around football. for ephedrine following a 2-1 win over
they are always running to try to keep Italys World Cup-winning team of Nigeria in the group stage.
up with the cheats, never ahead of 1982 along with many top Serie A But while football has had some
them, never even level with them? clubs was reported to have been issues with doping, other sports
Football is no different. In the late prescribed a synthetic copy of the especially athletics and cycling
1930s Wolverhampton Wanderers human nutrient creatine. Five years later, have experienced huge difculties.
players were given so-called monkey the West Germany goalkeeper Harald In the 1970s, riches offered by new
gland injections at the behest of their Toni Schumacher was expelled from marketing contracts tempted more

Wembley, 1966...three members of the West Germany team that made the World Cup Final tested positive for ephedrine

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and more sportsmen and women into
becoming dope cheats. Doping scandal unsettles Bach
And it was not only for nancial gain.
East Germany more than any of their
campaign to be IOC boss
Iron Curtain allies turned sports
doping into a scientic weapon in the
cause of Cold War propaganda. The T homas Bach, the German
National Olympic Committee
(DOSB) chief responsible for
German Democratic Republic collapsed,
along with the Berlin Wall, in 1990, but commissioning the doping
seven of its athletes track and eld report, has been placed in
records still stand. a tricky position just weeks
Occasionally the cheats were before he could become
exposed. Ben Johnson tested positive the next president of the
for stanozolol after winning the 100m at International Olympic
the 1988 Seoul Olympics. An increasing Committee (IOC).
number of cyclists were picked up in As the president of the
successive years at cyclings Tour de DOSB, Bach helped to initiate
France. And, in 2003, Victor Contes the investigation and he also
BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co- urged the reports immediate
operative) sports drugs factory in publication following the Bach...looking to land the top job in world sport
California was exposed, along with expose by Suddeutsche president Sepp Blatter. Just as the DOSB since its creation in
clients such as Olympic champion Zeitung. However, the depth Blatter was hired by FIFA at the 2006 and a senior gure in the
sprinter Marion Jones and baseball and breadth of the scandal has behest of Adidas supremo Adi Court of Arbitration for Sport.
superstar Barry Bonds. cast a shadow over his hopes Dassler, so Bach was brought He is a football fan and was
As a consequence, increased testing, of becoming the next IOC boss. into Adidas by Dassler as a a member of Germanys local
both in and out of competition, has been In many ways, Bachs bright young lawyer. organising committee for the
lobbied for and introduced by WADA. career mirrors that of FIFA Bach has been president of 2006 World Cup.
Just as the drugs and their masking
agents had become more complex so
the tests became more sophisticated. of Sport Science (BISp) and under the found its way into the hands of
Every now and again a footballer was auspices of the German interior ministry, Suddeutsche Zeitung, a newspaper with a
picked up though, increasingly, almost commissioned a report from Humboldt reputation for serious coverage of sports
as often for recreational drugs as for University into sports doping in the politics. On August 3, it went public with
stamina enhancers. former West Germany. the reports most explosive revelations
In 2006, speculation about doping The idea was that the new Olympic and, after two days of panic and turmoil,
within cycling and Spanish sport in sports federation could draw a line the ministry and the institute had no
general was conrmed sensationally under whatever misdemeanours might option but to publish a redacted version
when police raided the surgeries and have occurred in the old days. of the report, with all identication of
ofces of Eufemiano Fuentes. The The Humboldt researchers found individuals largely removed (and hence
so-called Operacion Puerto took a around 600 pages with it).
nonsensical seven years to come to trial
At the 1974 World Cup, the Germans
but, by then, Fuentes had been exposed Tough choices
as the medical expert at the centre of
gave infusions to their players. That was The Ministry was caught between a rock
cyclings blood-doping ring which led, a shock for us and hard place. Such a report
indirectly, to last years exposure and French sports doctor Jean-Marcel Ferret demanded publication in the public
downfall of seven-times Tour de France interest, but the allegations against
winner Lance Armstrong. the challenge so daunting that many individuals would inevitably have
At Fuentes trial, WADA was infuriated they were forced to seek additional courted legal action in the spheres of
that the Spanish judge refused to permit assistance from the University of libel and data protection.
an open-court view of a list of all his Munster. With so many witnesses Among the most sensational
clients including, it was suspected, (ofcials, competitors, politicians) to conclusions was that the programme
several leading Spanish footballers. interview the work took time; so much had been run by the BISp itself
time that German sport forgot about it. and with the approval of the interior
Drawing a line Every now and again the odd tale would ministry. Initially, they had launched
In 2006, German sport decided to leak out such as a doping shadow over a programme seeking to disprove the
reorganise its administration. The old the 1966 World Cup team but it was performance-enhancing qualities of
national Olympic committee which swiftly written off as rumour. anabolic steroids, testosterone and
had been a power platform for the By 2012 a draft report was ready, oestrogen. But when the converse
internationally respected Willi Daume, running to more than 800 pages, became obvious, such substances
the man who persuaded the IOC to recording the study process, the started to be issued to competitors
bring the summer Games to Munich interviews, the major incidences and including athletes and rowers.
in 1972 was subsumed into a new the conclusions. The nal version was The extent was not comparable with
federation, the Deutsche Olympische then submitted to the ofce of German what went on in East Germany, but it
Sportbund (DOSB). The man selected interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich was serious and widespread enough.
to head Germanys new supreme sports in April 2013. One witness told researchers of a
authority was Thomas Bach, a former And then, nothing. There was conversation before the 1972 Munich
Olympic fencer and a lawyer for the growing frustration among the research Olympics when a senior sports ministry
Adidas sportswear rm. that the report remained hidden from ofcial said: One thing matters above
Two years later, Bachs DOSB, in public view, as if it had been buried. all else: medals.
partnership with the Federal Institute Finally, a copy of the 2012 draft Researchers complained that they

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had been denied access to the German Andrejevics own insight persuaded him
football federations archives, but this that the dosages were not signicant
did not deter them from focusing on enough to indicate deliberate doping
football. The report alludes to stimulants and suggested the source might have
given to players in club football in the been an over-the-counter cold cure.
late 1940s, before West Germany Hence the issue was not noted by
re-entered international competition. the FIFA medical sub-committee and
Then it turns to the West German any suggestions of deliberate doping
national team at the 1954, 1966 have been vehemently denied by 1966
and 1974 World Cups. stars such as Beckenbauer, Uwe Seller
Within months of their sensational and Wolfgang Overath.
1954 World Cup Final victory over Seeler, captain of the 1966 team
Hungary, many of the German players and one of Germanys most respected
had been taken seriously ill; jaundice was players, has said of the claims: I knew
the common diagnosis. According to the nothing about any doping. I never took
Humboldt report, most of the players any substances and I dont know of any
had been dosed with Pervitin using the Strong denial...West Germanys 1974 World Cup-winning captain Beckenbauer player who did. We worked hard, we ran
same shared needle and syringe. Only prohibited substances. These included hard and never needed anything extra.
a minority, among them Alfred Pfaff the amphetamine group which would If these claims are serious then
later captain of Eintracht Frankfurts have included ephedrine. people should name names.
legendary 1960 European Cup nalists FIFA has said: According to the Beckenbauer, now as captain, and
refused the jabs. ofcial minutes of the World Cup Bureau Overath were both still there when
The claim that three of the West 1966 held on February 25, 1967, in West Germany won the World Cup
German team that lost to England in the 32 matches no player was found against Holland eight years later in
the 1966 World Cup Final had tested to have used doping substances. 1974 another tournament at which
positive for ephedrine is even more However, three months earlier on the Humboldt report says panzer
controversial especially as no ofcial chocolate was used. Researchers were
report on doping was ever compiled or told by a French team doctor that he
deemed worthy of submission to FIFA. We can interview the players...but I cant understood such a substance had been
FIFA had actually issued its rst imagine an honest sportsman like Uwe given to some members of the West
anti-doping regulations just a few Seeler had anything to do with doping German squad.
months before the 1966 tournament DFL president, Reinhard Rauball Overath says: Its absurd to throw
kicked off. These had been formulated around such sweeping accusations. For
on the lines of the principles agreed November 29, 1966, Mihajlo my part, I can only say that I had nothing
at an international medical and legal Andrejevic, head of FIFAs medical to do with doping.
conference organised by the European sub-committee had written to Max
Council at Strasbourg in September Danz, president of the German athletics Clamping down
1965. Team delegations were informed federation (DLV) saying that tests on But doping in football undoubtedly
ahead of the nals of seven groups of three German players had shown faint did, and still does, exist with players
traces of the stimulant ephedrine. This under increasing pressure to seek any
was detected by simple urine checks advantage they can nd.
And what about 1982? which were the only form of dope FIFA banned Peru midelder Joel
testing in the early, naive days of Sanchez for two years in March after he
sports war on cheating. tested positive for a banned stimulant
The three Germans must have been following a World Cup qualier in Bolivia
picked up after at least two or more last October; a member of the Tahiti
matches since FIFAs dope-test rules squad thrashed 8-0 by Uruguay at the
involved choosing only two players of Confederations Cup in Brazil has been
each side at random after a match. suspended provisionally after failing a
So why werent these positive dope test; so has a Jamaican who tested
tests ofcially reported? positive after a World Cup qualier in
Certainly Danz, judging from his Honduras in June.
own career record, would not have Elsewhere, a French senate inquiry
been tempted to take the issue any has raised questions about dope testing
further. In 1968 the president of the at the 1998 World Cup, while FIFA have
DLV excused accusations of steroid run the rule over Turkish football after
Goal...Paolo Rossi puts Italy ahead in the 1982 Final use by West German athletes at the a swathe of doping cases among other
Mexico Olympics on the grounds that sports in the country.
W hile the Humboldt report focuses on doping within
German sport in the 1960s and 1970s, there is no
mention of the West Germany side which lost to Italy
such substances were just minor,
harmless stimulants.
Back in Germany, Bach, now a
candidate for the presidency of the
in the 1982 World Cup Final. Andrejevic, on the other hand, was a International Olympic Committee,
widely respected FIFA veteran who had has wasted little time in praising the
The German team arrived in Spain accompanied
been present at every World Cup since authorities for working so diligently in
by stories that they were using a newly developed
its debut in 1930. A former general helping to lay to rest the ghosts of the
drink called MS-61, which contained ginseng and
secretary and president of the Yugoslav countrys doping history. In Switzerland,
biocatalysts and which was supposed to help ward
federation, he was also a highly qualied Blatters FIFA has expressed condence
off any fatigue.
medical specialist and is considered to that no systematic doping culture
Ironically, it was the Germans who looked tired in
have been one of the rst senior sports exists in football.
the Final, going on to lose 3-1 to Italy in Madrid. Only time and more leaks will
ofcials to sense the dangers of doping.
The obvious conclusion is that tell if Blatter and Bach got it right. WS

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BRAZIL MEXICO SPAIN TURKEY

Atletico Mineiro come from National coach Jose Manuel De la Financial problems for all but Drogba and Sneijder are set
behind to win the Libertadores Torre has a year to forget as El the Big Two are forcing a mass to lead the way once more as
Cup on penalties. Tri stutter in their World Cup bid. exodus of players from La Liga. Galatasaray defend their title.

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GERMANY ITALY RUSSIA USA

New coach Guardiola faces up to With Massimo Moratti seeking Anzhis dreams of glory are over Jurgens Klinsmanns second
a barrage of criticism as he takes foreign investment in Inter, is this as the owner pulls the plug on string win the CONCACAF
charge at Bayern Munich. the way forward for Serie A? his clubs lavish spending. Gold Cup on home soil.

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Success at a regional under-20 tournament
could provide fresh hope for the national side.

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 BRAZIL
TIM VICKERY
in Rio de Janeiro

Atletico triumph in Libertadores

Cucas side come from behind to win Final on penalties

W
ithout a major title since Leandro Donizete, whose no-frills
they won the Brazilian distribution knitted the team together,
championship in 1971, was a big blow. Without him, they relied
Atletico Mineiro, and too often on the long ball. This coincided
their coach Cuca who had consistently with Ronaldinho going off the boil
produced attractive sides only to miss the pause for the Confederations Cup
out on the serious silverware have perhaps having an effect on his tness.
nally laid all their hoodoos to rest. And then there was the tension and
On a pulsating night of tension in pressure that was piled on as the
Belo Horizonte, Cucas side overcame stakes kept rising. In round after round
Olimpia of Paraguay on penalties to Atletico fought their way through by the
win the Libertadores Cup. narrowest of margins and the Final
Atletico had been the standout side was no exception.
of the group phase, their game based on
the passing range and capacity for the Balancing the books
unexpected of a revitalised Ronaldinho. In nancial terms, the showdown should
With Bernard and Diego Tardelli have been a walkover as Olimpias entire
supplying pace and guile from the wage bill would not even come close to
anks, and centre-forward Jo providing paying for Ronaldinho. The Paraguayan
penalty-area presence, there was hardly club was mired in nancial crisis at one
a defence that could cope with them. stage going nine months without paying
But then, in the knockout rounds, its players. During the Confederations
Atletico appeared to lose their way. Cup pause, captain Richard Ortiz was
An injury to central mid elder even sold to Mexican side Toluca in a

BRAZILS SOUTH AMERICAN DOMINANCE

Joy...Atletico skipper Rever sparks mass
celebrations as he lifts the Libertadores Cup
Libertadores Cup winners 2004-13
bid to balance the books.
But if Atletico had all the money,
Olimpia at least had the tradition. This
was the rst Final for the Brazilian side,
while their opponents had three titles to
their name and the quest for a fourth
inspired a fairly limited squad to punch
well above its weight.
Olimpias tradition was symbolised
by their coach, Ever Almeida, the clubs
former goalkeeper and a Libertadores
legend. At the start of the competition
Atletico Mineiro

few gave his team a chance, and fellow

Internacional

Internacional

Paraguayan sides Libertad and Cerro

Boca Juniors
Once Caldas

Estudiantes

Corinthians

Porteno looked far better bets. But

LDU Quito
Sao Paulo

Almeida fashioned a side capable of

Santos

dogged defence and dangerous breaks.

Clever Uruguayan support striker
Juan Manuel Salgueiro looked for holes
to be exploited by rangy striker Fredy
08
04

12
10

11
05

06

13
07

09

20

20
20

20
20
20

Bareiro and blunderbuss Argentinian

20
20

20

20

centre-forward Juan Carlos Ferreyra,

who was often introduced as a sub at

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half-time. Olimpia always seemed to to back pedal from the wall and get in their patient possession game in the
have a goal in them when it was needed. the way of goalkeeper Victor leaving return, but keeper Martin Silva and the
In the home leg of the Final in the ball to dip in below the crossbar. In woodwork kept them down to a 1-0 win.
Asuncion, that goal came from their a further blow, Atletico defender Atletico, meanwhile, came up with
secret weapon, Uruguayan utility man Richarlyson had been sent off minutes another disappointing away performance,
Alejandro Silva, who crashed through earlier for a second bookable offence, against Argentinas Newells Old Boys,
the defence to open the scoring with a which would keep him out of the return. who were deserved winners with goals
left-footed shot in off the post. However, With Olimpia two up and Atletico two from Maxi Rodriguez and a wonderful
he was booked for taking his shirt off in down going in to the second leg, both Ignacio Scocco free-kick.
celebration and would therefore be In the return against Newells in Belo
banned for the second leg. Horizonte, it took Atletico less than two
Atletico, without the suspended This club has more than eight million minutes to pull one back, Ronaldinho
Bernard, were caught between two supporters and had never won an slipping the ball through for a Bernard
stools and their usual 4-2-3-1 had been important title before. This is a huge burst. But further chances were few and
traded for a 4-3-1-2. Pushed forward, far between and an equaliser looked less
Tardellis speed caused occasional
triumph for this club and less likely.
problems, but the team neither attacked Atletico Mineiro coach Cuca Cuca admitted afterwards that he
nor defended with conviction. To make was helped by the late partial oodlight
matters worse, Ronaldinho could not put sides were in exactly the same position failure that held up play for 10 minutes
a foot right and was withdrawn early in they had been in after the rst legs and he used his thinking time to bring on
the second half. of their respective semi-nals. The Guilherme, who levelled the tie with six
Olimpia doubled their lead with the Paraguayans had beaten Santa Fe of minutes left. In the penalty shoot-out,
nal kick of the rst game. Wilson Pittoni Colombia after changing the game with four consecutive kicks were missed
dinked a free-kick from the edge of the the half-time introductions of Ferreyra before Ronaldinho stopped the rot.
box which caused Atleticos Alecsandro and Alejandro Silva. Santa Fe showed off Victor then saved from Rodriguez and

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BRAZIL THE RISING COST OF BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL

defensive blunder. A slip from Pittoni

turned an innocuous ball from the right
into a chance for the tournaments top
scorer, Jo, who swivelled to score his
seventh goal of the campaign.
The Paraguayans now offered little
threat and Alejandro Silva and Salgueiro
were withdrawn as Olimpia sought to
hang on. They did have a great chance,
however, when Pittonis ball caught out
Atletico captain and centre-back Rever.
Ferreyra, once again brought on at half-
time, poked the ball past the advancing
Victor. But, with the goal gaping, the sub
fell over and the chance was gone.
The next Atletico attack was halted
by a bodycheck from Olimpia defender
Julio Manzur, earning him a second Paying the price... Atletico fans at the Libertadores Final
yellow card. And two minutes later
general sale (club members
Star...Ronaldinho is embraced by coach Cuca

Atletico were in the Final.

his presence at the far post was badly
missed as Bernard curled in a cross
from the right. As time seemed to stand
T he Libertadores Cup was
won by a Brazilian side
for the fourth consecutive
and students pay half price)
was just below the 30
There was no early goal to ease the still, big centre-back Leonardo Silvas year. But given the nancial mark. But the match did not
nerves in the second leg of the Final. looped header back across the goal advantage Brazilian clubs come close to selling out,
Atletico had wanted to stage the dropped just inside the post. Atletico now enjoy over the rest of with take up especially
match at the recently reopened Estadio had saved themselves once more.
the continent, it could be poor for the most expensive
Independencia, but the 23,000 capacity
Penalty prize
argued that the country seats at the side. This had
Atletico started quickly in extra-time. is underperforming. After a negative effect on the
I came back to Brazil Revers header from a corner came all, were it not for Victors atmosphere and, moreover,
for this back off the bar and Olimpias Martin stoppage-time penalty save did not look good on the
Ronaldinho on his rst Silva pulled off save after save. Even against Tijuana of Mexico, television images.
Libertadores winners medal when he was beaten shots were Brazilian interest in the Outside the ground
cleared off the line. In a rare Olimpia competition would have supporters of both clubs
was not considered enough by attack, Pittoni had a free-kick deected ended at the quarter-nals. joined in a protest that was
CONMEBOL, who ordered them just wide.
The second leg of the witty, creative, intelligent
to use the newly refurbished World Cup And so once more, Atletico had a
Final threw up a powerful and timely. They dressed up
venue, the Mineirao. chance to redeem themselves in a
For all Atleticos attempts to take penalty shoot-out. Olimpias penalty example of Brazils nancial in the tuxedos, top hats and
the initiative, Olimpia had the better specialist Herminio Miranda had the force. The Atletico-Olimpia monocles of the aristocracy
rst-half chances. Twice the visitors rst kick saved and then four Brazilians match in Belo Horizonte in order to make the point
were clean through, with Salgueiro placed their shots inside Martin Silvas took almost 5million at that such a ticket policy
slipping Bareiro and then Alejandro right-hand post. When Matias Gimenez the box ofce, which is an was inevitably pricing the
Silva bursting across the defence, leant back and hit the angle, there was astonishing sum beyond masses out of Brazils mass
but Victor made the save both times. no need for Ronaldinho to take Atleticos the wildest dreams of clubs entertainment.
The breakthrough came just after last penalty. Atletico and Cuca had
elsewhere on the continent. Both the Mineirao and
the break when Olimpia made a rare succeeded at last. WS
It means that the the Maracana are run by
average ticket price was private consortia in itself
around 75. Yet while a cause of protest. But it
that may be considered seems increasingly clear
acceptable for such a that, after spending so
special occasion this much money to build the
was the biggest game in World Cup stadiums, the
Atleticos history as more government will nd some
of the new 2014 World Cup way to get involved to
stadiums come into regular ensure that cheaper
use it is clear that Brazilian tickets are available.
football faces a dilemma One of FIFAs arguments
about pricing. for awarding the 2014 World
In Rio de Janeiro in late Cup to Brazil was the need
July, the newly reopened to raise average crowds in
Maracana played host the country which is not
to a local derby between going to happen with ticket
Flamengo and Botafogo. prices beyond the reach of
The cheapest ticket on the majority.
Final equaliser...Atleticos Leonardo Silva loops his header over Martin Silva to level the scores

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 MEXICO
MARTIN DEL
PALACIO LANGER
in Mexico City

Tough year
for El Tri
From Olympic glory to World
Cup jitters and Gold Cup disaster

A
s Mexico saw in the New
Year, con dence in the
countrys national football
teams could not have been
higher. Jose Manuel de la Torres senior
side had breezed through the rst phase
of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with
a 100 per cent record, the under-23s
had won Olympic gold at London 2012
and sights were being set on victory at
the forthcoming Confederations Cup. Going wrong...De la Torre looks for answers during Mexicos shock draw at home to Jamaica
But fast forward six months and the penalty had been saved by Mexico team they had never previously been
picture now looks completely different goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. But beaten by and then to the same team
for El Tri and the under- re De la Torre. in general De la Torres team have been in the semi- nals, after which the crowd
This year has turned out to be one boring, predictable and uninspired. sang Fuera Chepo [Chepo out].
of the worst in the history of Mexicos That has been especially true when The media echoed the protest with
national team. It all started to go wrong playing at the Azteca, where Mexico the front page of the biggest sport
back in February with a goalless draw have not scored a single goal in the newspaper, Record, stating: Chepo, in
against Jamaica at the Estadio Azteca latest round of quali ers. Visiting teams which language do you want us to tell
in a World Cup quali er; a game which simply park the bus, leaving home you? Resign! The main journalists on TV
the visitors who only picked up one players seemingly paralysed by the channels, the Internet and social-media
further point in the entire competition pressure in front of a desperate public sites were already speculating about
deserved to win. From thereon in who boo them at the rst setback. possible successors, with Argentinian
free-fall ensued. Mexico won only one coach Marcelo Bielsa, along with local
of their remaining ve quali ers and their Lack of enterprise names Tomas Boy and Miguel Herrera,
ticket to Brazil is now at serious risk. The teams weak performances have heading the potential candidates.
Some of the results in qualifying can not been limited just to the CONCACAF But the Mexican FA had other plans.
be attributed to bad luck Honduras quali ers. The Confederations Cup is Just days later, despite all the popular
equalised late on when Jerry Bengtson taken very seriously in Mexico and the unrest, they con rmed that De la Torre
followed up after his controversial teams elimination in the rst round this would remain in charge for the crucial
summer was poorly received by the fans. World Cup quali ers against Honduras
Although results followed the form book and the USA in September.
MEXICOS SLUMP THIS YEAR defeats to Italy and Brazil, victory Realistically, if Mexico are to make
over Japan the general perception it to Brazil 2014 they need to win
Matches played by the national team was that the team had abandoned its that Honduras game and then beat
usual attacking and enterprising style, Panama in October. Both matches will
2012 2013
replacing it instead with a fearful, be played at the Azteca, and in previous
defensive focus. campaigns these would have been
LOST The situation reached boiling point in classed as home bankers.
16.7% WON LOST
25% 25% Julys CONCACAF Gold Cup, a regional Roared on by 100,000 passionate
tournament that Mexico have won six fans, El Tri have only lost one of more
WON times, including the last two. De la Torre, than 50 previous home World Cup
83.3% DRAWN
50% commonly known as Chepo decided quali ers. But, given Mexicos recent
to rest his usual starters and opted for form, the fans could turn on them if they
a squad that included several 2012 fail to score early on. Chepo and his
Total matches 12 Total matches 16* Olympic champions. charges must hope the Azteca crowd
(* up to and including 12.08.13) The outcome was a disaster. Mexico remain behind them as they seek to take
lost in a group game to Panama a their place in next years nals. WS

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 of talent at their disposal barely
SPAIN believable. No wonder everyone was
excited. Well, not quite everyone.
Beyond the bombastic headlines,
another story was unfolding, one that
SID LOWE was far more worrying. For all that two
in Madrid of the worlds best players were heading
to Spain, this was the summer of exodus
from La Liga. Everywhere you turned,
players were moving abroad.
Colombian striker Radamel Falcao
left Atletico Madrid for Monaco, meaning
that La Liga had lost last seasons third
top scorer, while Argentinian hit man
Gonzalo Higuain joined Napoli from Real

Debts force Madrid. Perhaps, as non-Spaniards they

could be expected to move around, but
Spaniards were going too and in their
player exodus droves. By the time the Confederations
Cup Final came round, the Spain squad
included nine players who were at
foreign clubs, with Roberto Soldaldo
Other than a handful of big deals, joining the exiles shortly afterwards.
Spanish football is in crisis And it is not just the big players who
were moving on, the Spanish diaspora

A
was repeated at virtually every level and
s July rolled into August, one every destination. Among Spaniards
man dominated the news in new homes were Italy, Germany, Greece,
Madrid and, so it seemed, Belgium, Israel and Holland. There are
virtually all of Spain. Gareth also Spanish players in Russia, Portugal
Bale was everywhere. TV news bulletins and Cyprus. But the one that stands out
followed his every move and the above the rest is England, where there
countrys biggest-selling newspaper, were 32 Spaniards in the Premier
Marca, led with him for seven of the League at the last count.
last nine days of the month. Over in
Barcelona, they were talking about him Heading for the Premier League
too, although the man that most excited Jesus Navas and Alvaro Negredo at
them was their new signing Neymar. Manchester City, along with Soldado
The Brazilian had been bought for at Tottenham Hotspur, were the ones
58million, while the Welshman, they getting all the headlines, but others
said, might cost as much as 100m. were making the same journey. Jose
And nor was Bale alone, with Isco and Campana at Crystal Palace, Antonio
Asier Illarramendi already signed by Luna at Aston Villa, Adrian at West Ham
Real Madrid for a combined total of over United, Marc Muniesa at Stoke City,
60m. Another summer, another splash. and Alejandro Pozuelo, Jose Canas Exodus...Pozuelo is the latest Spanish player
The battle between the big two is set and Jordi Amat at Swansea City. to join Swansea in the Premier League
to be huge once again, with the roll call The success of Michu last season
made it logical that Swansea should
return to the Spanish market. It made
SPAINS TOP PLAYERS ARE LEAVING LA LIGAS ALSO-RANS it logical for others to follow suit, too.
The mechanics of the move made
Where the Spanish squad play their club football it worrying for Spanish clubs. Swansea
Barca/Real Madrid manager Michael Laudrup had
Barca/Real Madrid expressed his surprise that no one in
8 Spain had moved to sign Michu when he
was a Rayo Vallecano player. The reality
13 12 was that few felt they could afford to. Yet
In England Michu only cost 3m and what is the
27-year-old striker worth now? Five, six,
maybe seven times what he had been
signed for?
3
1 This summer, Celta Vigo striker Iago
Aspas signed for Liverpool. He had been
In England In Germany in line for a move to Valencia, until they
decided that they could not afford the
10m release clause.
7 1 Valencias nancial crisis is well
At other documented; they are the club with two
At other
La Liga clubs
La Liga clubs 1 In Italy stadiums: one they cant sell and one
they cant afford to nish building. David
Villa, David Silva and Juan Mata have all
2010 World Cup squad 2013 Confederations Cup squad long gone and Soldado followed them
out of the exit this summer. Meanwhile,

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 that subscriptions are plummeting, and state for sport, Miguel Cardenal. Or
stadiums are not lling. It is not a new we could take this seriously.
When people ask what clubs could phenomenon: between the rst and Were not letting them get away
go out of existence, I reply only three second division, 24 clubs are, or have with anything [now] and the clubs are
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic been, in administration. Deportivo La understanding that. We cannot stretch
Coruna, league champions a little over a this out any further.
Bilbao are not in some kind of danger decade ago, narrowly avoided going out The footballing cost is clear and
Spanish football economist Jose Maria Gay de Liebana of business this summer. Each season, that means selling players and stripping
clubs are paying a combined 120m down their costs. It also means that,
just to cover the interest on their debts. bar the tiny handful of clubs who can
Malagas big-money project is also continue to spend, the exodus from
being dismantled. Getting serious Spain will continue.
That Spanish players left for England, Administration was often a way of wiping Footballers are going, Cardenal
Italy or Germany in search of bigger out debts without a sporting penalty says. And they should go. WS
opportunities and bigger wages might and at one level it still is but the
not be cause for concern, but the fact landscape has changed. Of a total debt
that they also headed for Belgium or estimated at 4billion, Spanish clubs
Bulgaria is a different issue. The bottom owed 752m to the Inland Revenue a
line is simple: Spanish football, like Spain year ago. That gure has come down to
in general, is in crisis. a little over 660m which reveals one
Players are seeking stability and thing: the state is getting serious.
decent wages, but clubs cannot afford to And so are the clubs, who are now
keep them. This season, budgets have being forced to balance their books.
been cut by an average of around 15 We could give away money like we
per cent. TV revenue is low, with both used to so that no one turns the lights
the countrys major operators admitting out on the party, said the secretary of Soldado...quit debt-ridden Valencia for Spurs

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 TURKEY
MEHMET
DEMIRCAN
in Istanbul

Istanbuls Big Two

are favourites again
Galatasaray and Fenerbahce look
set to dominate once more

T
here were some exciting
arrivals during the close
season, with Ryan Babel
(Kasimpasa), Sebastian Frey
(Bursaspor), Cicinho (Sivasspor) and
Florent Malouda (Trabzonspor) all signing
up to play in the Super Lig. But despite
the impressive newcomers, it is all about
Galatasaray and Fenerbahce again. Leadership...Drogba (left) and Sneijder can be relied upon to show Galatasaray the way this season
Gala coach Fatih Terim has bought
in just two new faces so far Cameroon on their books and no more than six round of the Champions League, where
defender Aurelien Chedjou from Lille for playing at once. But while this caused they beat Salzburg of Austria 4-2 on
6.3million and mid elder Erman Kilic some pre-season headaches for the aggregate, without knowing if they would
from Sivasspor although Felipe Melo defending champions, all was brie y be eligible for the group stage should
of Juventus and Umut Bulut of Toulouse forgotten as Gala won the Emirates Cup they progress any further.
made last seasons loans permanent. in London, with imports Didier Drogba Such upheaval has made it dif cult
There are new rules in place this and Wesley Sneijder in ne form. for new coach Ersun Yanal to plan for
term which limit sides to 10 foreigners A goal from Drogba saw Galatasaray the forthcoming campaign, but he has
retain the Turkish Super Cup with a 1-0 brought in defenders Bruno Alves from
win againt Fenerbahce. Zenit for 6.3m and Michal Kadlec from
Bayer Leverkusen for 4.3m. Nigeria
Summer distractions striker Emmanuel Emenike also rejoined
Fener had their own distractions in the the club, returning from Spartak Moscow
summer. Banned from Europe for two for 13million after he left two years ago
years due to match- xing allegations, without playing a single game.
they took their case to the Court of Besiktas, who are in a similar
Arbitration for Sport and the suspension situation to Fenerbahce in the Europa
was lifted temporarily. This meant they League, will be sharing Kasimpasas
Newcomer...Feners Portuguese centre-half Alves took their place in the third qualifying Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium in
Istanbul for the next two years while
their own Inonu Stadium undergoes
TURKISH SUPER LIG CLUBS 2013-14 reconstruction. They have a new coach
in Slaven Bilic and, despite nancial
problems, the Croat has recruited
1 Akhisar Belediyespor
2 Antalyaspor Canada mid elder Atiba Hutchinson
3 Besiktas from PSV, goalkeeper Tolga Zengin from
3 10 5 Fenerbahce Trabzonspor and Colombian defender
14
Galatasaray
Kasimpasa
Pedro Franco from Millonarios.
4
9 4 Bursaspor One team to watch out for could be
7 13
5 Caykur Rizespor Trabzonspor after new boss Mustafa
6 Elazigspor
1 7 Eskisehirspor
Akcay bought in France international
11 6
8 Gaziantepspor Malouda and Portugal full-back Jose
9 Genclerbirligi Bosingwa. The pair signed up in front
12
10 Karabukspor
11 Kayseri Erciyesspor
of 10,000 supporters, with the clubs
2 8 Kayserispor newly elected club president Ibrahim
12 Konyaspor Haciosmanoglu announcing: People
13 Sivasspor
14 Trabzonspor
said the stars wont be willing to come to
Trabzon. Here are the stars; our present
to the city of Trabzonspor. WS

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 the media was akin to that of a VIP guest system itself. As Juan Moreno in Der
GERMANY at a swanky hotel; fawned over for his
success with Barcelona, his avant-garde
Spiegel put it: Pep Guardiola is turning
the most successful team in the history
ideas, his charisma and his obvious of Bayern Munich on its head.
efforts to get to grips with the German Club directors love the enthusiasm
NICK BIDWELL language. However, bit by bit, the tidal of their new coach but worry whether it
in Munich wave of reverence for the Catalan boss will all turn out well.
reduced to a trickle; a proposal for A widespread view of Guardiolas
sainthood being replaced by a hard- tactics is not only are they too cavalier
nosed focus on his so-called but they are also too complicated. The
shortcomings and on his suitability over-elaborate approach of former
for keeping last terms European and Bayern coach Louis Van Gaal played
German champions on the up and up. a key part in his sacking in 2011, and
Top of the list of accusations levelled its feared that Guardiola may be going
against Guardiola is his sides apparent down the same rocky road.

Critics take lack of defensive organisation. In both

the 4-2 loss to Borussia Dortmund in
Over the next few months, Guardiola
will be performing his own personal

a pop at Pep the German Super Cup and a 5-0

German Cup victory over the amateurs
of Rehden, Bayern were alarmingly
high-wire act as he tries to nd the
right balance between his fresh ideas
and the all-conquering blueprint of his
New Bayern boss gets off to vulnerable to the counter-attack.
According to the critics, the Guardiola
predecessor, Jupp Heynckes.
These will also be interesting times
a less-than-impressive start philosophy was entirely to blame. It was for Bayern mid eld standard-bearer,

A
said that his switch from two holding Bastian Schweinsteiger. Following the
new coach knows he has a mid elders to one, and the insistence on clubs recruitment this summer of
tough job if not an the full-backs constantly going forward, Barcelona schemer Thiago Alcantara,
impossible one when his resulted in too much pressure on the some believe Schweini could be in
honeymoon period comes to central defenders to win their duels danger of losing his place in the side.
a shuddering halt before the end of (see Tactics, page 74). It must therefore have come as quite
pre-season. Just ask Bayern Munichs Rather than accepting that it will take a boost to the Nationalmannschaft
Pep Guardiola, who went from Messiah time for Bayerns players to become mainstay to have recently been voted
to meddler in a very short space of time. word-perfect in Guardiolas language, Germanys player of the year.
For his rst few weeks in the Allianz many in the German media seem to The 28-year-olds election was not
Arena hot seat, Guardiolas treatment by think the problem is the new coachs merely in recognition of his fundamental
role in Bayerns historic triple last season
or his stellar work as the sides back-line
screener and creative hub. The award
was just recompense for his career as
a whole; the journey from wilful and wild
youth-team product to responsible pro
team leader.
In my time in football Ive had
setbacks, but was brought up never
to give up and always try to ght on,
he told Kicker magazine. Typical
Schweinsteiger and a clear shot across
the bows of Alcantara.

Goal-line controversy
Despite Hoffenheim striker Kevin
Volland being denied a perfectly valid
goal in a 2-2 draw with Nuremberg
on the opening day of the new season,
the German football authorities remain
determined not to rush headlong into
the arms of goal-line technology.
Volland thought he had put his side
2-0 up with a neat chip, only for the
of cials to miss the ball crossing the
line and then spinning back out again.
Referee Thorsten Kinhofer
acknowledged the mistake after
consulting TV replays at half-time,
but the German Football League (DFL)
has no intention of speeding up its plans
for the use of microchip and video,
arguing that it needs at least two more
years of extensive tests.
As far as were concerned theres
still no perfectly functioning system,
declared DFL managing director
Andreas Rettig. FIFAs accepted margin
Short honeymoon...Guardiola is already attracting criticism at Bayern of error is simply too big for us. WS

WORLD SOCCER 35
 the pitch, he explained. But nancially,
ITALY economically, it has been playing a
domestic home game and it has lost.
Our football has survived on TV
PADDY AGNEW rights and the odd big market transfer.
in Rome Obviously, those issues are important
since they give the fans a sense of
identity and cohesion, and the fans are
a clubs rst patrimony. But today we
nd ourselves incapable of generating
worldwide interest with our rundown
stadia and without a winning format.
We need to create a solid foreign
market and that is a long, dif cult and
expensive operation. By bringing on

Inter seeking board an Asian partner you bring that

fundamental market right into the club.
That will force us to change managerial
nancial boost direction and old habits, and it will open
us up to the world and to new resources.

from Asia Future prospects

Inside the Inter camp, people point out
Massimo Moratti is negotiating that the potential sale of the club is a
matter that has been handled almost
the revolutionary sale of his club exclusively by Moratti himself. It has
been very much his decision, and one
to an Indonesian tycoon based not so much on the clubs current

F
nancial situation more on how he
or a large part of this summer, views its future prospects.
one football story held more Moratti says he is not worried by the
sway in Italy than any other. fact that, for example, the club has lost
Namely, the revelation that 86m and 77m respectively in the
millionaire Massimo Moratti might sell last two years. In the past, as the clubs
a 65-70 per cent shareholding in main shareholder, he has picked up the
Internazionale to Indonesian tycoon major part of this tab, thanks obviously
Erik Thohir for around 350million. to the Moratti family wealth generated
In the wake of the Di Benedetto- by the Saras oil re nery business.
Palotta US group takeover of Roma two The losses are also covered by other
years ago, it is clear that even in stuffy, Inter shareholders such as tyre giant
old, conservative Serie A the times they Pirelli, whose 2012 balance sheet
are a-changing. records a 6.7m loss for the companys
It was Inter owner Moratti, a involvement in the football club.
man who is estimated to have spent Curiously, it seems to have been the
1.5billion on the club over the last 18 magical year of 2010 which prompted
years, who spelt it out loud and clear Morattis desire to change direction and
in an interview with sports daily Gazzetta look for fresh nancial input. Looking Golden year...Moratti is thrown into the air by
Inter players after the 2010 Serie A triumph
dello Sport. Responding to remarks back on a season which saw Inter win
made by Ernesto Pellegrini, his the Champions League, the Serie A title, fortunes, both on and off the eld.
predecessor at Inter who had bemoaned the Club World Cup and the Italian Cup, In 2010 the club generated 251m
the fact that the club of my heart is Moratti now describes that year as both of turnover, but by 2012 that gure had
going to end up in the hands of a a time of immense joy and of an dropped to 170m. Obviously, global
foreigner, Moratti delivered a brilliant immense opportunity wasted. recession does not help, but Moratti
analysis of modern Italian football in his The balance sheet would seem to seems to feel that Inter failed to make
typically elegant way. support Morattis reasoning. the most of their magic moment.
Look, for years Italian football and Rather than prompting an economic Our real problem is our turnover,
I accept my own responsibility for this upturn, that victorious campaign was he argues. Much bigger resources are
has been winning internationally on the prelude to a decline in the clubs needed if we are to develop. This is
commercial, not to say industrial
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN EUROPES BIG FIVE LEAGUES reasoning, which always sounds bad in
the football context. What I am worried
Top-ight clubs owned by non-natives about is the teams future and that has
to begin with the growth of the brand
ENGLAND FRANCE ITALY SPAIN GERMANY on the international market.
Premier League Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga
The basic idea of trying to sell Inter
10% 5% 5% to the Thohir family was to combine local
55% 0%
Italian football knowledge and contacts
with dynamic Asian marketing skills.
Erick Thohir, who is the son of the
Astra International automobile groups
Teddy Thohir, has entrepreneurial
11 of 20 foreign owned 2 out of 20 1 out of 20 1 out of 20 0 out of 18 experience of the world of sport, having
been part of a consortium which in 2011

36 WORLD SOCCER
 any new set-up. Inter, of course, are
Morattis vision for the future [of Italian football] intimately linked to the Moratti family,
should become a polar star for all of us with Massimos father Angelo having
Serie A president Maurizio Beretta owned the club through its glory years
of the 1960s, when Inter won two
European Cups and three Serie A titles.
bought an NBA team, the was on the point of buying a 15 per cent While acknowledging the vital
Philadelphia 76ers, while along with holding in the club for 55m. importance of maintaining the Moratti
basketball agent Joseph Levien he is a The deal was intended to see the link with the club, if you own a 65 to 70
major shareholder in the MLS side DC Chinese contribute to the building of a per cent controlling share of a club you
United. Thohir Jnr is also a media new stadium for Inter, but unconrmed are bound to want to call the shots.
tycoon, with his holdings including media reports suggest that they pulled At present, the majority of
lifestyle and sports magazines such out of the deal after they had a good commentators seem to think that
as Parents Indonesia and Golf Digest, look at both the Inter books and the Moratti is making the right move in
newspapers Harian Sin Chew Indonesia overall state of Italian football. attempting to sell to the Asian tycoon.
and Republika, as well as TV station One of the biggest problems in Former Inter great Sandro Mazzola
JakTV and various radio stations. In arriving at a deal with the Thohir family sees it as a positive opportunity both
short, he looks like just the man for job. concerns the question of Inters for Inter and Italy. Another former Inter
constant haemorrhaging of money, player Evaristo Beccalossi says that, while
New player...Thohir
Chinese whispers with the Indonesians concerned that is already the major it is difcult to envisage Inter without the
Inter and Moratti have been down the cash they inject into the project shareholder at MLS Moratti family, the potential inux of
this road before but to no useful would end up paying off losses rather outt DC United foreign money comes as no surprise.
effect. For much of last summer, than being used for recapitalisation. Could Italian football nally be set to
media speculation claimed that the And then there is the delicate matter benet from its very own Abramovich/
China Railway Construction Company of just what role Moratti would play in Mansour effect? WS

WORLD SOCCER 37
 expensive legionnaires, with signings from where he used to take a private
RUSSIA such as Brazilian mid elder Willian, for
35m from Shakhtar Donetsk, and
helicopter to the club training camp
just outside the capital.
salaries like that of Samuel Etoo, at Denisov has already left, joining
21m a year, a thing of the past. Dynamo Moscow along with former
VICTOR GUSEV A 2-2 draw with Lokomotiv, in which Chelsea mid elder Yury Zhirkov
in Moscow Etoo missed a last-minute penalty, was and striker Alexander Kokorin, while
followed by a loss to Dinamo, a draw mid elder Oleg Shatov is off to Zenit.
with Kryliya Sovetov and a home defeat In all likelihood, Kerimovs team
by Rostov. But it was events off the eld, will also move back to Makhachkala
involving a con ict among the teams more than 1,000 miles away from
leading players, which was the nal straw their current base in Moscow where
for the 47-year-old Kerimov.
National captain Igor Denisov, who
was signed from Zenit for 15m earlier Rumours that Suleyman
Anzhi reloading this summer, has clashed with
Cameroonian striker and club captain
Kerimovs decision to
cut his investment in
the dream Etoo, blaming him and several other
foreign players for not contributing Anzhi was due to illness
enough to the team effort on the pitch. have been denied
Owner slashes the budget The shake-up has already begun,
with Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, who
of the countrys richest club had been on 8.3m a year, leaving just they have been training for security

F
two games into the new campaign. He and comfort reasons. The unstable
our games into the new season was succeeded by fellow countryman political situation in the mountainous
and Anzhi were fourth from Rene Meulensteen, who was in the hot area bordering on Chechnya means
bottom of the Premier League, seat for less than a month before being Anzhi are still banned from hosting
with billionaire owner Suleyman replaced by Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, with the UEFA games there, although a
Kerimov set to pull the plug on his sides 67-year-old returning for his fourth spell 50,000-seat arena has just been built
extravagant adventure. in charge of the club. with Kerimovs money, of course.
Having spent an astronomical The Anzhi story is symptomatic of
234.2million on players since January End of the dream the general situation in Russian football
2011, Kerimov has announced an of cial With the glamour and European today. Unable to survive on sponsorship,
reload of the club . ambitions of the project now gone, the TV rights, gate money and players sales,
According to Konstantin Remchukov, majority of Anzhis big names will soon clubs are forced to depend on an
who is the chairman of the clubs board be saying goodbye to their short but owners generosity. Although spending
of directors, Anzhis budget will be cut lucrative Russian stay. Among those has been nowhere near the scale of
from 140m to around 50m which almost certain to be on their way Anzhi, the collapse of top- ight sides
will now be less than that of Zenit, CSKA is Etoo, who will have to leave his FC Moscow and Saturn in recent years
and Spartak. The latest strategy will 80,000-a-month four-storey should serve as a warning to others who
rely on home-grown talent rather than penthouse in the centre of Moscow dare to dream. WS

Pulling the
plug...Kerimov

Back to reality...Anzhi captain Etoo (right) is likely to be one of the rst out of the door as the club slashes its budget over the current season

38 WORLD SOCCER
 CURACAO

Youngsters set
to lead the way
Coach hopes under-20s success
could inuence senior decisions

W
hen the senior squad is
named for Curacaos
next international, in
November, the impact Point taken...Curacao (in white) gained a 2-2 draw away to Haiti in a qualier for next years World Cup
of this years CONCACAF Under-20
championship may become evident. the island but remained loyal to Curacao. Europe without visa problems.
Last summer, the countrys juniors We did not invite players who have To prove the point, striker Liandro
surpassed all expectations by winning already played for Dutch national teams, Martis went to Feyenoord for four
their qualifying group to reach the 2013 only players with roots in Curacao who months after the tournament, following
nals. Experienced Dutch coach Hendrik had never played, explains Schrijver. in the footsteps of Dutch-based
Jan Schrijver was recruited for the I approached those players teenagers in the squad such as Ajax
tournament in Mexico and he opted and we had a training camp in the mid elder Derwin Martina and striker
to go with a side made up of home- Netherlands. Then I went to Curacao. Denzel Slager of RKC Waalwijk.
grown players and those who had left We had a training camp there and I Curacaos last senior international
combined the best players from each games were in the 2012 Caribbean
group; about 60 per cent from Holland, Cup quali ers when they lost all three
40 per cent from Curacao. games. They have not played since
The basic level of the players a 4-0 thrashing by St Vincent & the

From 1954 until 2010, Curacao competed as part

of the Netherlands Antilles, a constituent country
which also included Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint
Eustatius and Sint Maarten

who are at academies in the Grenadines in October, and following

Netherlands is better, their positioning the game Argentinian coach Manual
Future...the successful under-20 side that reached the continental nals is better, but the players from Curacao Bilches stepped down.
played with heart and were good too. The Curacao Football Federation
The two groups of players met for estimates that there are 30 players
WHERE IN THE WORLD? the rst time in the airport at New York playing professionally in Europe who
on route to Mexico, where playing at would have been eligible to represent
high altitude for the rst time would the national side. These range from
be another disadvantage. those with roots on the island, such
CURACAO Schrijvers side lost 3-0 to the as Paris Saint-Germains Gregory Van
hosts and 2-1 against El Salvador, but der Wiel and Jetro Willems of PSV
as both of their opponents quali ed for Eindhoven, to those who moved abroad,
Willemstad
this summers Under-20 World Cup the such as Newcastle United mid elder
Caribbean
Sea
results were no disgrace. Vurnon Anita.
20miles
All of those mentioned above have
20km Gaining experience opted to play for Holland, but Curacaos
The experience gained in Mexico should success at the CONCACAF Under-20s
Curacao is the largest of the Population 142,000 help to accelerate the development could see more young players go to
three Leeward Islands in the Size 171 sq miles of a promising batch of island-based Europe but remain loyal to the island.
Caribbean and a country within Capital Willemstad players who have options unavailable The best young players in Curacao
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Language Dutch, English to most Caribbean players. As part of will follow this route, says Schrijver.
It is in the southern Caribbean and Papiamentu
Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. Religion Catholic Holland, Curacao residents have Dutch In four or ve years, Curacao can
passports so players can move to be very good. WS

WORLD SOCCER 39
 although Matt Besler has staked a
UNITED STATES strong claim. With Eddie Johnson
partnering Altidore, the nal place must
clearly go to Landon Donovan. His ve
PAUL GARDNER goals for the Gold Cup team revealed
in New York that he has returned from a self-
imposed 10-month absence from the
game in tremendous form.
The US won all six of its games in
the Gold Cup, beating Panama 1-0
in the Final, but, in a sad footnote, the
generally positive performances of
Klinsmanns side were undermined by
an injury to Stuart Holden. Easing his
way back into the national set-up after

Gold Cup success being sidelined for almost 18 months,

he damaged his right knee in the Gold
Cup Final and is set for another lengthy
for the hosts recovery period.
Klinsmann also faces something
of a quandary following the shock
Klinsmanns second string help US$9million return of Dempsey from
Europe to play for Seattle Sounders.
boost condence for Brazil 2014 It is a move that ies in the face
of the coachs oft-repeated advice

I
to American players that they should
t has been a busy summer for always be seeking to move up a level,
national coach Jurgen Klinsmann always seeking a challenge. Indeed,
and his USA national team. Or Klinsmanns voice had been one of
should that be teams? Klinsmann the loudest urging Dempsey to leave
has now called on over 50 players Fulham and join Tottenham Hotspur.
during his two years in charge and there With six of his likely rst-choice
is still uncertainty over who makes up his line-up now playing in the States, maybe
rst-choice selection. he will have to modify his preference for
The playing of two important players with European clubs and tone
tournaments this summer, separated by down his normally critical opinion of the
only three weeks, more or less forced standard of play in MLS.
him to eld two different sides: one for And while the possibility of the Qatar
the World Cup quali ers and a B team 2022 World Cup being moved to the
for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. winter has the European nations fuming,
Taking the World Cup games as the it is an idea that would work very nicely
more important, Klinsmanns nucleus for Major League Soccer.
would seem to be Tim Howard in goal;
Omar Gonzalez at centre-back; Michael Here comes the summer
Bradley, Clint Dempsey and Jermaine As MLS is a summer league, a winter
Jones in mid eld; with Jozy Altidore up World Cup would prove no disruption.
front. Brad Evans may well have nailed While FIFA president Sepp Blatter
down the right-back spot, with either has urged the US to switch to a winter
DaMarcus Beasley or Geoff Cameron league, this is advice from someone
at left-back. who does not understand American
Cameron also gures as an option geography, climate or its sports scene.
Going for gold...Joe Corona is surrounded by
to partner Gonzalez in central defence, Competition from wealthy, powerful Panama defenders in the USAs 1-0 triumph
pro sports such as gridiron, baseball and
basketball, plus the appeal of ice hockey, from $77 to $788.
CONCACAF GOLD CUP WINNERS presents a hostile ambience not found Having coped with this welter of
in any other nation. Playing MLS in the competing games, MLS hardly did itself
summer may not be ideal, but it is any favours in the All-Star Game, which
generally seen as presenting fewer traditionally marks the half-way point
problems than a winter season. of the season. The MLS All Stars
Perversely, some of the summer made up of players who, of course, had
problems are caused by football itself. never played together before were
This season, MLS has been battling for outclassed 3-1 by Roma in a game
attention against the Confederations that was not a true re ection of the MLS.
MEXICO Cup, the European Under-21 Like any other league, MLS is a
championship, the Under-20 World Cup, mixture of the good, the bad and,
6 USA three CONCACAF competitions that occasionally, the ugly. Its better teams
5 feature MLS teams and players, plus the
US Open Cup, which involves all 19 MLS
are all capable of playing excellent
football. At the All-Star break, the top
As well as ve
wins, the USA
teams. And that is to say nothing of the teams were Sporting Kansas City and
CANADA now routine invasion by European teams. New York Red Bulls in the Eastern
have also been
runners-up on
four occasions 1 This year an eight-team tournament
featured Real Madrid, Juventus, Chelsea
Conference, with Real Salt Lake and
Vancouver Whitecaps leading the way
and Milan, with admission prices ranging in the Western Conference. But those

40 WORLD SOCCER
 current champions Los Angeles Galaxy,
It has meant a lot to all of us. We had a dream and a Dallas and Seattle Sounders.
goal, and I think we once again showed the American Sounders continue to draw
enormous crowds, with an average
experience home attendance this season of 40,521
Landon Donovan on winning the Gold Cup
almost twice that of the second-best,
Galaxy. But the pressure is on coach Sigi
positions will surely change before initial spurt, Impact tailed off. Whether Schmid to bring home the title. At the
the end of the season. the veterans were feeling the strain is up beginning of this season, Seattle seemed
Red Bulls, who are too reliant on an for question, but a team that had looked to have reached desperation point when
injury-prone Thierry Henry, veer from so good early on could easily return to they ditched Colombian striker Fredy
looking like champions to playing like winning ways. Montero, one of the most skilful players
amateurs, while Kansas City have shown Real Salt Lakes form has also had its in the league, and replaced him with the
a similar inconsistency, though without bumpy moments. Coach Jason Kreis has bustling Obafemi Martins. But they have,
the Red Bulls melodramatics. had harsh words for referees, but the of course, pulled off an astonishing coup
problems surely come from his players with the signing of Dempsey.
Montreal make an impact failings. The team is capable of playing For MLS commissioner Don Garber
The season began with a ne run of wins the best football in the league and the Dempsey deal is a loud statement
for Montreal Impact under their new it will need to do that because the that MLS is to be taken seriously. It is
coach, Marco Schallibaum, and with Western Conference houses three good also a logical step along the path that
Italian veterans Alessandro Nesta and sides in lowly positions who are likely to Garber says will make MLS one of the
Marco Di Vaio to the fore. But after their move up as the season progresses: the worlds top leagues by 2022. WS

WORLD SOCCER 41
WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN
WORLDCUP
WORLD CUPCOUNTDOWN
COUNTDOWN

For the record

THE QUALIFIERS SOUTH KOREA
QUALIFICATION CAMPAIGN
THIRD ROUND, GROUP B

Tough task for new boss 02.09.11

06.09.11
11.10.11
11.11.11
Lebanon (h)
Kuwait (a)
United Arab Emirates (h)
United Arab Emirates (a)
6-0
1-1
2-1
2-0
15.11.11 Lebanon (a) 1-2
Asian legend Hong Myung-bo may have the backing 29.02.12 Kuwait (h) 2-0

of the nation...but for how long? By John Duerden South Korea

P
6
W
4
D
1
L F A Pts
1 14 4 13
Lebanon 6 3 1 2 10 14 10
Kuwait 6 2 2 2 8 9 8
UAE 6 1 0 5 9 14 3

FOURTH ROUND, GROUP A

08.06.12 Qatar (a) 4-1
12.06.12 Lebanon (h) 3-0
11.09.12 Uzbekistan (a) 2-2
16.10.12 Iran (a) 0-1
26.03.13 Qatar (h) 2-1
04.06.13 Lebanon (a) 1-1
11.06.13 Uzbekistan (h) 1-0
18.06.13 Iran (h) 0-1

P W D L F A Pts
Iran 8 5 1 2 8 2 16
South Korea 8 4 2 2 13 7 14
Uzbekistan 8 4 2 2 11 6 14
Qatar 8 2 1 5 5 13 7
Lebanon 8 1 2 5 3 12 5

in the camp, between domestic and overseas

players, led to the contents of Ki Sung-yeungs
private Facebook account being made public.
The Swansea City midelder was revealed to
have taunted Choi before and after his rst
Fall guy...Park Joo-ho takes a tumble during South Koreas 3-0 nal qualifying win over Lebanon game in charge, in February 2012, and warned
him not to mess with the European stars.
A young player criticising a respected, elder

T
he celebrations that greeted South Korea inability to defend set-pieces also underlined
reaching an eighth successive World Cup problems at the back. Choi chopped and coach did not go down well and, with the media
nals werent muted just because a 1-0 changed from game to game, increasingly baying for blood, Ki swiftly apologised. It
defeat at home to Iran meant the Taegeuk turning to older players despite having plenty of may have been enough for him to escape
Warriors had only qualied ahead of Uzbekistan younger options. He vowed to go if South Korea punishment from the South Korean FA, but
on goal difference; the entire road to Brazil had lost their nal qualier against Iran and, sure it did not do him any favours with the fans.
been, to say the least, a bumpy one. enough, the day after the 1-0 loss he quit. The East Asian Championship in July, which
A 2-1 defeat to Lebanon in November is for Asian-based players only, gave Hong
2011 cost coach Cho Kwang-rae his job, and Asian legend an opportunity to look at some local talent.
although his replacement Choi Kang-hee began On July 1, Hong Myung-bo took up the reins. However, despite enjoying home advantage,
comfortably enough, with two convincing wins The captain of the 2002 World Cup team and South Korea failed to win any of their three
in the nal group phase, he also struggled. the man who led the 2012 Olympic team to games against Australia, China and Japan
The football became increasingly predictable bronze, he is successful, charismatic and a and managed just one goal in the process.
and direct. Choi seemed more comfortable with genuine Asian football legend. The 44-year- With a need to tighten the defence, restore
domestic players and he looked unsure about old is also extremely popular. But how long that team spirit, introduce some creativity and nd
how to use Son Heung-min, who had been lasts will depend on results over the next year. a leader and a goalscorer, there is a tough task
scoring regularly in the Bundesliga. And there have already been problems. ahead. But the Korean public believes that if
Just two clean sheets in eight games and an Comments from the departed Choi about splits anyone can do it, Hong can. WS

Players used in qualiers

FOURTEEN GAMES SEVEN Jung-woo (104 mins), YOON Bit-garam SCORERS IN QUALIFIERS
JUNG Sung-ryong (1,260 mins) PARK Chu-young (526 mins) (27 mins) SIX GOALS
TWELVE SIX TWO PARK Chu-young
LEE Keun-ho (773 mins) KIM Bok-yung (422 mins) JUNG In-whan (180 mins), KIM Chang-soo FIVE
ELEVEN FIVE (180 mins), LEE Myung-joo (180 mins), PARK LEE Keun-ho
JI Dong-won (491 mins) LEE Yong-rae (450 mins), HONG Jeong-ho Won-jae (180 mins), PARK Jong-woo (167 TWO
TEN (431 mins), LEE Chung-yong (345 mins), mins), KIM Do-heon (132 mins), LEE Seung-ki JI Dong-won, KIM Bok-yung, KOO Ja-cheol,
KWAK Tae-hwi (891 mins) NAM Tae-hee (232 mins) (115 mins), YEOM Ki-hun (115 mins), HA LEE Dong-gook
NINE FOUR Dae-sung (96 mins), KIM Jae-sung (84 mins) ONE
LEE Jung-soo (810 mins), KI Sung-yueng CHA Du-ri (287 mins) ONE KIM Chi-woo, KIM Jung-woo, KIM Shin-wook,
(688 mins), LEE Dong-gook (598 mins), THREE JANG Hyun-soo (90 mins), KIM Nam-il KWAK Tae-hwi, SON Heung-min
SON Heung-min (365 mins) CHOI Hyo-jin (270 mins), KIM Chi-woo (270 (90 mins), KO Yo-han (90 mins), SHIN
EIGHT mins), KIM Young-gwon (270 mins), OH Kwang-hoon (90 mins), YUN Suk-young * plus three own goals
KOO Ja-cheol (613 mins), KIM Shin-wook Beom-seok (270 mins), PARK Joo-ho (270 (90 mins), KIM Sang-sik (79 mins), HAN
(495 mins) mins), HONG Chul (245 mins), SEO Jung-jin Sang-wun (65 mins), HAN Kook-young
(222 mins), KIM Kee-hee (189 mins), KIM (50 mins)

44 WORLD SOCCER
The coach The unanswered questions
Kim Young-gwon Will a year in charge be before the World Cup. He has to
Italian coach Marcello Lippi, whip the team into shape fast.
enough for the coach?
who is his boss at Guangzhou
Hong may be familiar with
Evergrande in China, says Are there splits within
Korean football but he is still
the versatile defender is the camp?
coming into an unhappy team
good enough to play for When Ki plays for the national
with less than 12 months to go
Manchester United. He team, how will he fare with the
should get a run in the team fans, the media and especially
under Hong and could be with his team-mates? The team
the man to nally solve the spirit is legendary, but if Ki
Challenge...new coach Hong central defensive problems. becomes a divisive gure it will
present a serious problem.
Hong Myung-bo
Having played in four World
Can Hong nally sort out
Cups, reaching the semi- nals
the defence?
in 2002, the highly rated new
The 2012 Olympic backline was
coach may be loved by players
everything the senior team isnt:
and supporters alike, but this
organized, disciplined and well
is by far his biggest challenge
drilled. This is Hongs rst and
to date.
Tense...Brazil will call for cool heads biggest task.
The key players
Koo Ja-cheol Reasons to be cheerful
The 2012 Olympic captain
has struggled with injuries
since the London Games,
but the Bundesliga-based
midelders aggression, hard
work and ability to get forward Ki...controversial gure
could be crucial.
Ki Sung-yeung
Currently seen as a potential
threat to team spirit but, at
his best, the Swansea City
mid elder makes South
Korea tick.

Son Heung-min
Joined Bayer Leverkusen
from Hamburg for 10million
in the summer and now
needs Hong to give him Nucleus...Hong will integrate some of those who won bronze at the Olympics
the chance to replicate his
Aggressive...mideld dynamo Koo club form for his country. Young but experienced have a genuine match winner
The current crop of players if they can nd the best way
may be youthful but they to use him.
are also full of European
and tournament experience. Olympic foundation
The nucleus of players who
Son Heung-min won bronze at the 2012
For the rst time in many Olympics are there for
years, South Korea may Hong to build upon.

Reasons to be fearful

Set-piece syndrome a senior gure on the pitch,

South Korea have been weak with Park Ji-sung resisting all
in the centre of defence ever attempts to lure him back into
since Hong retired as a player the fold.
after the 2002 World Cup, with
set-pieces a particular problem. No genuine goalscorer
Theres plenty of attacking
Lack of a leader talent, but scoring goals can
Front man...a big hit in the Bundesliga, Son is Hongs best chance of goals This young team currently lacks be a problem.

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COVER STORY 75 PLAYERS TO WATCH

PLAYERS
TO WATCH
In a special feature, World Soccer writers analyse the most signicant transfers
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 75 PLAYERS TO WATCH

BIG-MONEY MOVES The major summer transfer deals

Manchesters latest
boy from Brazil
Fernandinho
Manchester City

The producer of the documentary clutch of top-class Brazilian stars

charting the wonderful eight-year such as Willian, Jadson and Douglas
stint of Brazilian mideld ace Costa, Fernandinho and company
Fernandinho at top Ukraine side have long thought their geographical
Shakhtar Donetsk certainly got his position has led successive Brazil
timing right when releasing Ferna 7 coaches to ignore them and the
this spring. With the subject of the theory is not solely sour grapes. A
movie joining Manchester City a few decade since shooting to fame after
months later, the only way to keep his heading the winner in Brazils World
memory alive at the Donbass Arena Under-20 nal triumph of 2003,
has been for fans to rush out and buy Fernandinho only has ve full caps

If I only wanted money I would have stayed

in the Ukraine...I came here to win
Fernandinho on his move to Manchester City

the DVD. And since his departure, and, for someone so talented, that
sales continue to rocket. is a crying shame.
Little wonder supporters and club While sound distribution, technical
coach Mircea Lucescu were so sad to polish and the ability to score goals
see the 28-year-old head for the should make him a most valuable
Premier League. A mixture of warrior commodity, he could be the undoing
and creative hub, Fernando Luiz Roza of many an opponent longside City
has been instrumental in Shakhtars focal point Yaya Toure.
success story of the past few years; Almost a decade has passed since
an achievement-packed epoch Kleberson like Fernandinho an
featuring six Ukraine championships, ex-Atletico Paranaense midelder
four national cups, the 2009 UEFA opped at Manchester United.
Cup and a string of ne performances Fernandinho is unlikely to suffer the
in the Champions League. same unhappy fate.
Despite Shakhtar being home to a Nick Bidwell

Mario Gotze Paulinho Alvaro Negredo

Bayern Munich Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City

After European Spurs paid City may have

champions Bayern Corinthians spent last season
paid the 37m 17m for one treading water in
release clause of the stars the Premier
in his Borussia of Brazils League, but they
Dortmund Confederations got their summer
contract, Gotze Cup side. Paulinho transfer deals done
became Bayerns is like a black early this year.
record transfer Lampard, said Negredo was
signing. Missed Juan Riquelme signed in mid-July
last seasons after playing with for 16.4m and
Champions Paulinho in the joined Jesus Navas
League Final Libertadores Cup and Fernandinho
through injury. last year. The only as City look to
difference being he reinforce under
See Biography, scores goals with new coach
page 64 his head too. Manuel Pellegrini.

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A true number nine
Roberto Soldado
Tottenham Hotspur

At the Confederations Cup, Roberto Soldado at Getafe following a move from his rst club A sideshow to the Premier League battle
was the only member of the Spain squad not Real Madrid. will be Soldados own personal campaign to
with Barcelona, Real Madrid or playing For all the talk of false nines in Spanish be included in Spains World Cup squad,
abroad. Now, following his 26million move football, Soldado is a classic number nine: a assuming they qualify.
from Valencia to Tottenham for a club penalty-box predator who will score goals if Soldado missed out on Spains Euro 2012
record he is no longer the odd man out. supplied with the ammunition. success after he was omitted from the nal
Of all the Spanish players joining the Spurs have spent heavily but impressively 22 in favour of Fernando Torres.
exodus from La Liga to the Premier League, this summer, with Soldado, Paulinho, Etienne Irrespective of whether Chelsea nish
the 25-year-old is the most likely to bring Capoue and Nacer Chadli all looking like they above Spurs in the Premier League, Soldado
goals. He scored 59 in 101 La Liga matches will make a contribution to Spurs push for a could have the last laugh.
for Valencia, having previously made his mark Champions League place. John Holmesdale

Neymar Andre Schurrle James Rodriguez

Barcelona Chelsea Monaco

Fresh from his Chelsea will hope The 40m paid

starring role at the that their 18m to Monaco is a lot
Confederations signing from Bayer of money for a
Cup, the Brazilian Leverkusen fares 22-year-old, so it
arrived in Europe better than Marko will be interesting
from Santos Marin, the last to see if Rodriguez
following a 57m German youngster can deal with
deal. The move to to arrive at the attendant
Barcelona had long Stamford Bridge pressures in his
been expected and with a reputation rst season in
his relationship as an exciting France. His
with Lionel Messi attacking talent. transfer fee made
will be fascinating, Marin has been him the second-
although he will be packed off on most expensive
expected to play loan to Sevilla but Colombian of all
second ddle to Schurrle appears time after team-
the Argentinian. to be a cut above. mate Falcao.

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The players who turned their backs on offers

PREMIER LEAGUE REFUSENIKS from the Premier League and moved elsewhere

Isco
Real Madrid

Capped by Spain at
under-21 level, the
midelder starred
for Malaga in the
Champions League
last term, and a
transfer to help
alleviate the clubs
nancial woes was
a given. Manuel
Pellegrini seemed
set to take him to
Manchester City,
but Isco opted to
stay in Spain,
joining Real
Madrid, where he
will compete with
Mesut Ozil for a
starting place.

Younes Belhanda
Dynamo Kiev

East European is a class act One of the stars of

Montpelliers 2012
French league
Henrikh Mkhitaryan triumph, he was
Borussia Dortmund reported to have
rejected an offer
All my life Ive been learning. When you chances. He really does impress me. from Arsenal
stop learning you are dead. Armenian As much as they adore players of air in favour of the
goalscoring midelder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and enterprise, Dortmund fans also have Ukraine. The move
at 27.5million Borussia Dortmunds a soft spot for committed wearers of their was a surprise as
record signing, not only showcases his colours, and they are unlikely to be he had stated his
uncommon intelligence on the eld of play, disappointed with Mkhitaryan on that score. desire to play in
but he is equally smart off it. Clever enough He prides himself on his dedication to his the Champions
to have studied business and law to a high profession and during his three years at League.
standard, he is uent in no fewer than ve
languages: Armenian, Russian, French,
English and Portuguese.
Although a number
Dortmunds attempts to prise the 24- 10, he also makes a big Edinson Cavani
year-old away from Shakhtar Donetsk this Paris Saint-Germain
summer were anything but straightforward;
contribution defensively
needing patience and perseverance to Andriy Shevchenko on Mkhitaryan The hot-shot
nally get their man. Liverpool were keen on striker was linked
a deal, but Dortmund have acquired with Chelsea but
arguably the most talented young eastern Shakhtar he was so focused on his job chose France. The
European player of the moment. that he had a at at the training ground. 63m fee is an
Regarded as a national treasure back Never mind the trappings of fame, all he eye-watering sum
home in Armenia, Mkhitaryan looks a wanted to do was improve as a footballer. of money for PSG
perfect t for the attacking hurricane that is The son of ex-Armenia international to pay, but Cavani
Dortmund. A proven maker of chances, he striker Hamlet Mkhitaryan who died of is a proven
is also a dangerous nisher, topping the a brain tumour in 1996 at the age of 33 goalscorer at the
Ukraine league goalscoring charts last Henrikh sees each and every one of his very highest level.
season with 25. achievements in the game as a tribute to Hell need to be,
You always have to pay attention to his father. I always wanted to follow in his though, given that
him, says Dynamo Kiev legend Andriy footsteps and his example has fuelled the the club have
Shevchenko. He attacks the spaces very realisation of my dream, he says. I believe bought him to win
well. Like a Frank Lampard, he is an expert my father is watching over me and is proud. the Champions
at turning up in the box and putting away Nick Bidwell League.

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Radamel Falcao Thiago Alcantara
Monaco Bayern Munich

Heavily linked with Chelsea and Real Manchester United

Madrid this summer, but Monaco were keen to land
announced their intention to compete the star of Spains
with the very best when they paid Atletico European Under-21
Madrid 60m. His battle with Cavani to triumph, but Bayern
be Ligue 1s top striker will be the talk of had other ideas. Both
the French season. clubs were prepared
to trigger the 18m
release clause in the
players Barcelona
contract, but Bayerns
offer of 20m, rising
to 25m, was the
one nally accepted.
Thiagos agent is Pere
Guardiola, brother of
new Bayern coach Pep.

Gonzalo Higuain
Napoli

Napolis purchase of 25-year-old Napoli career, scoring an opportunist tap-in

Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain was one of goal in a home friendly against Benca. He
the most interesting summer deals in Italian then scored a splendid goal in Argentinas
football, not least because Arsenal were 2-1 friendly win over Italy at the Olimpico
condent of landing the striker from Real Stadium in Rome, in early August, in a game
Madrid for 23m. However, the English club played in honour of Pope Francis. But it will
found themselves gazumped by Napoli, who be in Serie A that he is judged.
spent a signicant proportion of the fee For Higuain, the past will always be with
received from Paris Saint-Germain for him; not just because of the importance
Edinson Cavani. of his immediate predecessor, Cavani, but
When Higuain arrived in late July at arguably even more so because, as an
Romes Fiumicino airport, which is three Argentinian, he will immediately run into
hours north of Naples, he was greeted by the Maradona effect.
around 2,000 Napoli fans keen to get a rst It is inevitable that, with his every failure
glimpse of the man who has to ll the void or success, he will be mercilessly compared
left by the departure of Cavani to Paris. to his illustrious compatriot.
Higuain made a promising start to his Paddy Agnew

Luiz Gustavo
Wolfsburg

The Brazilian
defensive
midelder
was squeezed
out at European
champions Bayern
Munich by the
arrival of Thiago
Alcantara.
However, he
chose to stay
in the Bundesliga,
reportedly on a
salary of 8m
which was more
than Arsenal were
prepared to pay.

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YOUNG TALENT Up and coming youngsters who are tipped to break through this season

Oliver Torres
Atletico Madrid

An outstanding
midelder with
Spain Under-20s,
his playing style
has often been
compared to that
of Barcelonas Xavi.
There is a rumour
that David Villas
departure from
Camp Nou to
Atletico has given
Barca rst option
on signing Torres.
Has been with
Atletico since
the age of 13.

Thorgan Hazard
Zulte Waregem

The younger
brother of
Belgium and
Chelsea star
Flyer set to make his mark Eden Hazard,
the 20-year-
old attacking
Christian Atsu midelder also is
Porto the property of the
Stamford Bridge
Ghana has a rich tradition for producing capital Accra before being lured away by club. Now in his
wonderful young players of technical Kasoa-based second division club Cheetah. second season on
prowess, vitality and self-condence. Renowned for their global scouting loan at the Belgian
But even in a land ush with footballing network, Porto arrived on the scene to run club, he won his
diamonds, this 20-year-old left-winger the rule over the teenager and duly signed rst full cap for
is a special case, the sort of spine-tingling him during the January 2010 transfer his country against
prospect that makes fans and talent- window. Once he overcame a run of injuries the USA in May.
spotters just glad to be alive. which held him back in the early stages of
In common with Ghanaian legend his career at the Portuguese giants, Atsu
Abedi Pele the creative heartbeat of
the national team in the 1980s and 1990s For [Ghana] he has Aleksandar Dragovic
Atsus biggest asset is the ease with which Dynamo Kiev
he can take on and beat defenders. Pacy, been incredible. If he
elusive and dexterous, his close control is carries on like this, he Promising Austrian
so awless that he seems to have the ball centre-back who
attached to his feet by an invisible thread. will be a star recently became
With his instantaneous changes of direction Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan his countrys most
and plethora of tricks, opposition defenders expensive player
are often left groping at thin air. began to hit his European stride, going when he left Swiss
Quite magnicent when going off script on to be voted the youth teams player side Basle for the
and inventing moments of magic with the of the season. He then also displayed Ukraine in a 9m
outside of his left foot, he does, however, exceptional form during a 12-month loan deal. Now 22, he
have much more to his game than the spell at Rio Ave in 2011-12 as he gained his has been capped
instinctive and the individualistic. His rst taste of Portuguese top-ight action. 21 times by Austria
decision-making, movement off the ball and A full Ghana international since June of after being ignored
eye for a pass shows more maturity and last year - marking the occasion with a goal by Serbia the
intelligence than most players his age. against Lesotho - Atsu now is a fully- country of his
Born in the Ghanaian coastal town of edged Black Star, a young west African parents and his
Ada, he began his footballing education at champion from tip to toe. original preferred
the Feyenoord academy just outside the Nick Bidwell option.

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Matthias Ginter Jurgen Locadia
Freiburg PSV

Among the best Physical power,

prospects playing two good feet
in the Bundesliga and bags of
today, this polished composure are
and intelligent what makes this
central defender or 19-year-old
holding midelder striker such a hot
wisely prefers property. Scored
taking on more a hat-trick on
responsibility at his his Eredivisie
mother club to a debut with PSV
big-money move last term after
abroad. At 19, coming on as
he is a current a sub against
Germany VVV-Venlo with
Under-21 only 22 minutes
international. left to play.

Clement Grenier Luis Alberto Martin Montoya

Lyon Liverpool Barcelona

Already with one Able to play With Dani Alves

full cap for France provide punch now the wrong
- awarded against and guile anywhere side of 30, this
Uruguay at the end across the front- attack-conscious
of last season - to line, the 20-year- right-back could
his name, the old described well be in a
classy number 10 himself as the position to enjoy
is the new great happiest man more Camp Nou
hope of Gallic on earth after playing time in
football. One of completing an the coming season.
Ligue 1s most 8million switch A key member of
skilled performers, from Sevilla to Spains winning
he is a sumptuous Liverpool in the side at this years
mix of creativity, off-season. Spent Euro Under-21
spectacular last term on loan to championship, he
shooting and Barcelona B where has also been in
free-kick wizardry. he scored 11 goals. the full squad.

Gerard Deulofeu Florian Thauvin Lucas Digne

Everton Lille Paris Saint-Germain

In common One of the stars of PSG have

with all the most Frances triumph petro-dollars
accomplished in the World to burn and
graduates of Under-20 this did not hesitate
Barcelonas La summer. Back in paying a cool
Masia academy, in January the 15million for the
this winger scores highly gifted left- left-back who is
top marks for sided attacker another of Frances
balance, ball- agreed to swop Under-20 stars.
manipulation and Corsican side PSG beat rivals
quickness over the Bastia for Lille for Monaco to the
ground. Surprised the forthcoming highly rated
many when he was season, but now 19-year-old
farmed out on loan he regrets the left-back and
to Premier League decision and is he now has to
Everton this agitating for justify the
season. something better. price tag.

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GOOD BUSINESS The deals that could make a difference at the seasons end

Back to where he started

Benat Etxebarria
Athletic Bilbao

After a season piled high with expedition to Brazil next year.

bust-ups, sloppy defending and His move to Bilbao is a return to
general underachievement, Athletic source. Basque born and bred, he
Bilbao were in dire need of a tonic learnt his trade in the Athletic youth
during the summer intermission ranks, subsequently featuring for both
and they appear to have found such the third string and the reserves.
a pick-me-up in the shape of Real However, after just one rst-team
Betis midelder Benat Etxebarria. outing a six-minute run-out as a
A snip at 9.5million, including substitute against Osasuna in
add-ons, Benat would have cost far October 2006 he was cut loose
more in normal circumstances, but in 2009. Opting for a fresh start, he
with Betis heavily in debt and the moved down south to join Betis and,
contract of the 26-year-old due following an initial stint with the
to run out in January, Athletic got Andalucian clubs B team, he played

Im grateful to Betis for believing in me so I

can return [to Bilbao]. Its a dream Ive had
since I was a child Benat Etxebarria

themselves a bargain. And they a starring role in the clubs promotion

have every right to feel they have to the top ight in 2011 and helped
pulled off a market-place coup. to re-establish them as a respected
A prompter of awe-inspiring La Liga outt.
technical ability, vision, inventiveness, I think the key to his development
dead-ball prowess and spectacular into a top player was the time he
goals, Benat has proved himself to be spent with us in the second division,
one of the most creative players in says Betis coach Pepe Mel. He made
Spain. Awarded his rst full cap by so much progress that season, taking
Spain in May 2012, in a friendly on board his failings and really
against Serbia, he might not enjoy the learning his profession.
global reputation of the majority of Determined to live his dream of
his international colleagues, but he is Basque Country headliner, Benat is
a class act nonetheless and has to be primed and ready for redemption.
a real contender for the World Cup Nick Bidwell

Dmitri Payet Kevin Strootman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Marseille Roma Borussia Dortmund

Arrived at Lille One of the biggest With or without the

from Saint-Etienne deals of the Italian repower of Polish
in 2011 with summer transfer striker Robert
expectations market saw the Lewandowski,
of making his dynamic Dutch Dortmund will
new club serious midelder join be guaranteed
competitors on Roma from PSV goals this season
the European for 16.5m. Roma following their
stage. However, saw off competition 23m capture
the attacking from Serie A rivals of the pacy Gabon
midelder left for Milan to sign a international. The
Marseille two years player who last 24-year-old
later with the jury year became the forward excelled
still out on whether youngest-ever in France with
he really is worth player to captain Saint-Etienne last
all the praise that Hollands senior season, scoring 21
he receives. national side. goals in 44 games.

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Iago Aspas
Liverpool

The hero of Celta

Vigos successful
battle to stay in La
Liga last season
joined Liverpool
in a 7.7m deal
during the summer.
Comparisons with
Luis Suarez are
inevitable, but it
remains to be
seen whether
the 26-year-old
will partner the
Uruguayan striker
at Aneld or
replace him.

Wilfried Bony
Swansea City

The top scorer in

the Dutch league
last season with
31 goals in 30
games, he became
Swanseas record
signing this
summer when the
Welsh club paid
Vitesse 12m for
Taking a big step up
his services. The
Dries Mertens
Napoli
Premier League
side have already
had a return on Only the third Belgian to ever wear the sky more than he can chew by moving to the
their money with blue of Napoli following in the footsteps of second-best team in Italy, he says: I dont
his goals in the full-back Bertrand Crasson and goalkeeper have any fear at all about the competition
Europa League. Olivier Renard the amboyant left-winger for places Ill face at Napoli.
or deep-lying forward was a 9million Im ready to ght every week for a spot
purchase from PSV Eindhoven who looks
tailor-made for the Serie A side.
Emanuele Giaccherini Napoli fans are among the most My transfer was fully
Sunderland passionate in the world and they have an thought out. Id played
affection for attackers of an effervescent
The Italy and audacious bent. Equally adept at in Holland for the last
international nishing as concocting chances, the seven years and it was
arrived in England diminutive 26-year-old should t the bill
having been sold perfectly, destabilising defences with his a conscious decision to
by Juventus in a one-on-one air, powers of invention, go for something new
surprise 6.5m subtlety of pass and powerful shooting.
transfer. The Some might argue that accumulating Dries Mertens
diminutive goals and assists by the truckload in the
Giaccherini made Eredivisie does not necessarily mean he will in the team. I dont think Ive put my role
it to Serie A in reap similar rewards in the more defensively with the Belgian national team at risk. New
2011 after playing disciplined environment of Italian football. Napoli coach Rafa Benitez knows me quite
his way around But if anyone has the game to thrive in tight well and what my qualities are.
Serie C1 and B Serie A spaces, it is this jack-in-the-box, Once discarded by Anderlecht for being
before making whose low centre of gravity and dribbling too small, his switch to Napoli and his 23
Italys squad for the skills can render him a slippery customer. caps for Belgium are proof positive that
2012 European He is a condent individual too, and for even the best can slip through the net.
Championship. all those who suggest he has bitten off Nick Bidwell

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SOUTH AMERICAN TALENT The continents brightest lights who are ready to shine in Europe

Eder ALVAREZ
River Plate

Part of the River

squad that won
the Under-20
Libertadores Cup
last year, he has
been likened to
the great Daniel
Passarella by club
coach Ramon Diaz.
Full of crunching
tackles and
powerful surges,
a big money move
to Europe surely
beckons for the
20-year-old
central defender.

FRED
Shakhtar Donetsk

Not to be confused
with the big
Brazilian striker,
this Fred is a busy,
little midelder
who is nippy
around the pitch
and quick to move
the ball. Made
his breakthrough
last year with
Internacional

Shakhtars new mini-marvel and has made an

instant impression
among his new
clubs big Brazilian
BERNARD contingent.
Shakhtar Donetsk

The revelation of last years Brazilian Happy on either ank, he combines

championship, who has followed on pace, technique and intelligence, making Yordy REYNA
this year with a triumphant Libertadores the pitch wide, crossing from the right or Salzburg
Cup campaign and inclusion in the cutting in from the left. One of the nest
Confederations Cup squad, the little winger sights in South American football over the Bullet-fast little
has made big strides in a short space of time. past year has been his partnership with striker who is at
And the 20-year-old now begins the his best when
next stage of his career in the Ukraine, He has joy in his legs, played in behind
having joined Shakhtar Donetsk from the defensive line.
Atletico Mineiro for 25million in August. Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Made his name
All this has come quickly for a player Scolari on Bernard with Alianza Lima
who was once considered too small for and has already
top-class football. His father nanced Ronaldinho, with the veteran playmaker won senior Peru
hormone-growth treatment based on supplying the passes for Bernard to catch caps. Has now
supplements, rather than the injections the eye with the clever timing of his runs. moved to Europe
Lionel Messi was subjected to but, It will be fascinating to see how he copes in a bid to establish
even after the programme, he still without such an illustrious gure to serve as himself as the
cuts a diminutive, almost childlike gure. his supply line and whether the reduced successor to the
Yet, as Bernard himself says: Spain, space and extra intensity of the European generation of
with a team full of little guys, have shown game will make him look like a lightweight. Jefferson Farfan
that football is not all about strength. Tim Vickery and co.

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Giorgian DE ARRASCAETA Nicolas LOPEZ
Defensor Udinese

Attacking One of the recent stars

midelder who, of Uruguays under-20
at 19, was the side, he left Roma for
revelation of the Udinese this summer
last Uruguayan as part of the deal that
championship, took Mehdi Benatia in
taking on more and the opposite direction.
more responsibility Moved to Italy from
during the course Nacional in 2012 and
of the campaign. although he played only
Strikes the ball a handful of games for
well, glides past the Rome side, it may
his marker and well turn out that
enhanced his Udinese have done
growing reputation a tidy piece of business
further at the in signing this highly
World Youth Cup. promising forward.

Carlos BACCA Juan QUINTERO DORIA

Sevilla Porto Botafogo

The 26-year-old This talented, Hugely promising

arrived in Spain 20-year-old left-footed
after a hugely playmaker was centre-back who
successful year in a star of the has been rst
Belgium with Club recent World Youth choice at his club
Brugge where he Cup, scoring three for the past year.
scored 24 league times. After making At the tender age
goals. At 7million some impressive of 18, he is mature
and a reported cameos for beyond his years:
30m buyout Atletico Nacional quick, combative
clause in his new in last years and classy. Chelsea
contract he isnt Libertadores, he have already made
cheap, but could ll went on loan to a bid and there are
the void created by Italian side Pescara likely to be plenty
the departure of before joining of other suitors
Alvaro Negredo to Porto this summer among the
Manchester City. in a 5million deal. European elite.

Luciano VIETTO Cristian CUEVAS

Racing Club Vitesse

The most Teenage left-wing-

impressive of back or winger who
an interesting made his debut
generation of for Chilean side
Racing youth, he OHiggins just a
is a technically month after his
gifted 19-year-old 16th birthday, in
striker or attacking 2011. Penned
midelder. Neat a ve-year deal
and skilful, he with Chelsea this
combines well summer following
and has become a successful trial,
a proven scorer but will spend this
in both club season on loan,
football and for honing his talents
the Argentina in the Eredivisie
under-20 side. with Vitesse.

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ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL Players with plenty to prove this season

German striker offers a
different kind of threat
Mario Gomez
Fiorentina

Rome sports daily Corriere Dello Sport acknowledges that part of the
recently asked a panel of 50 experts problem may be that his side are
made up of coaches, agents and not accustomed to playing with an
club directors to name the team out-and-out centre-forward. The
who might challenge champions coach freely concedes that much
Juventus this season. And while will depend on the extent to which
everyone seems to agree that Juve full-back and captain Manuel
remain the side to beat, they also Pasqual, as well as Gomezs attacking
seem convinced that the main partners Giuseppe Rossi and Serb
challenge will come from either talent Adem Ljajic can lay on the
Napoli or Fiorentina. crosses for the German.
For that to happen for the latter, Gomez has made it clear that his
move to Italy had been prompted
above all by the desire for a new
It is very easy to experience, a new challenge. In
play with Mario reality, he wanted to get away from a
situation which saw him spend a lot of
Gomezs new Fiorentina
time on the bench at Bayern Munich.
team-mate Giuseppe Rossi
Former Italy internationals, Franco
Causio and Francesco Graziani are
much will depend on one of the just two commentators who argue
most interesting summer purchases that Gomez may do well in Serie
in Italian football, namely 28-year- A, where the classic central target
old striker Mario Gomez. man has become something of
Gomez already knows something an endangered species. Certainly,
of the pressures peculiar to Italian Fiorentinas opponents will nd an
football. When he was ofcially attack led by Gomez a very different
presented to the Fiorentina fans at business from a strike force which
the Stadio Franchi in July he found in recent seasons has largely been
himself autographing balls and oriented around the mercurial,
kicking them into a 25,000 crowd. play-making skills of Montenegrin
However, he may take time to Stevan Jovetic, who is now with
adapt to life in Serie A. Fiorentina Manchester City.
coach Vincenzo Montella Paddy Agnew

Jeremy Toulalan Fernando Llorente Eric Abidal

Monaco Juventus Monaco

While Monacos The former Athletic Earning himself a

marquee signings Bilbao striker lucrative three-
have grabbed all capped 22 times year deal with the
the headlines this by Spain may new money men
summer, their have difculty of French football
French defensive claiming a at the age of 33
midelder Toulalan rst-team place especially after
remains very in a side where a liver transplant
underrated. And Carlos Tevez and in 2012 was a
his return home Mirko Vucinic quite remarkable
from Malaga may could be rst achievement
well prove to be choice. But he will for the former
one of the close be helped by the Barcelona
seasons shrewdest fact that Juve are defender, who
pieces of business competing for the has recently
especially as Champions League returned to
hes still just 29. and Serie A. the France side.

58 WORLD SOCCER
Carlos Tevez
Juventus

It is all too obvious,

yet all too true,
that this could be
a crucial season for
the 29-year-old
Argentinian. He will
end up out on his
ear if he attempts
any of the stunts
he pulled at
Manchester City.
The Old Lady
of Italian football
does not forgive
either bad manners
or poor quality
football.

Iker Casillas
Real Madrid

Spains captain and

record cap-holder
began La Liga on
the bench for Real
A fresh challenge awaits
Madrid, with Diego
Lopez being
preferred in goal
Spains record scorer
by new coach David Villa
Carlo Ancelotti. Atletico Madrid
Casillas remains
his countrys rst- David Villa was all set for England until that was the principal reason for leaving the
choice but in a Atletico turned up. And then, suddenly, it Camp Nou, and getting more time on the
World Cup season, was done. It took barely three days, says pitch was a key consideration in his decision
he will want to be the striker of a deal which took him to his to join Atletico. They offered the chance to
playing regularly fth La Liga side, via Sporting Gijon, Real to stay in the country and compete in the
for his club in the Zaragoza, Valencia and Barcelona. Champions League, with the World Cup at
build-up to Brazil. When Spains record international scorer the end of the season. Vicente Del Bosque,
was presented at the Vicente Calderon, the Spain coach, has waited for Villa before,
20,000 fans were there to see him. The but he would be under pressure to look
club had lost Radamel Falcao, sold to elsewhere if the striker did not play
Stefan Kiessling Monaco, and lost out on Alvaro Negredo, sufciently often.
Bayer Leverkusen who was bought by Manchester City, but There appeared to be an emotional side
now they had signed one of the few men to his decision too: that need to feel
The Germany that could turn the pessimism on its head.
striker extended Villa cost an initial 2.1million and if he Atletico gave me the
his contract with stays another season, Atletico will pay 2m
Leverkusen this more, with a further 1m for a third year affection that perhaps I
summer after
being linked with
which is a great investment for a player
who has scored a goal almost every other
needed at that moment
big-money moves game in his career. David Villa
to Premier League What little doubt there is centres on his
sides Chelsea and tness and his age. Villa is 31 now and he important, central. Barcelona had
West Ham United. played 28 league games last season, usually made little real effort to keep Villa. They
But he still needs off the bench, and 15 the year before. His had Alexis Sanchez already and Neymar
to persuade career was interrupted by the broken leg he arrived too.
national coach suffered at the World Club Cup in Japan Villa would have moved to the Premier
Joachim Low that and since the injury some were concerned League but it was not a prospect that really
he will be the man about his recovery. appealed as he wanted to remain in Spain
in next summers He insists hes fully t and now he wants as his third child is less than a year old.
World Cup. to play on a regular basis. Villa has admitted Sid Lowe

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 75 PLAYERS TO WATCH

SURPRISE DEALS The summer transfers that took everybody by surprise

Pepe Reina
Napoli

The 31-year-old
Spanish goalkeeper
is once more
playing under
his old boss Rafa
Benitez, but he
has claimed that
he was unaware of
Liverpools plan to
loan him to Napoli
for the season. With
Simon Mignolet
signed from
Sunderland,
Liverpool do not
expect Reina to
return to Aneld.

Leroy Fer
Norwich City

The Dutch
midelder was all
set to join Everton
in January, only for
him to fail a medical
because of a long-

MLS springs shock return standing knee

injury. But Norwich
had no such
Clint Dempsey reservations this
Seattle Sounders summer when they
signed the 23-
Sounders pulled off an astonishing coup with because the allocation process does not year-old on a four-
the announcement that they had signed Clint apply to national team players who return year deal for a fee
Dempsey from Tottenham Hotspur in a deal as Designated Players. A logical exception, believed to be 7m.
that no one thought possible. maybe, but one that did not appear in the Has two full caps
After all, top players in their prime do not MLS Rules posted online. for Holland.
leave the Premier League and return to MLS. So Tottenham will receive a US$9million
However, there will be arguments that, at 30, transfer fee (to be paid by MLS, not Seattle)
maybe Dempsey is already past his best; just while Sounders will pay Dempsey around
as there are rumblings that MLS manipulated Jose Campana
its regulations to allow him to sign for Seattle. Crystal Palace
The leagues explanation was only
I didnt want to come
partially satisfactory. Normally, when an back when I was past it Another example of
MLS player leaves to go to Europe and then the Spanish exodus
chooses to return to MLS, the rights to his
because I wanted to to England. Spains
contract belong with the club he left. In make an impact Under-20 captain
Dempseys case, this was New England refused to sign a
Revolution, who he left in 2007 to join Clint Dempsey new contract at
Fulham. However, the ruling only applies to Sevilla and was sold
free agents, which Dempsey was not. Fulham US$5.2m a year for the next three-and- to Premier League
paid a transfer fee for him, which meant a-half seasons. new boys Palace
Revolution no longer held his registration. That is money that is right up there at in a 1.75m deal.
So far so good. But MLS also has an the David Beckham level. It means that The midelder, who
allocation process for returning national- Dempsey will be earning three times as has also played in
team players, with a ranking of clubs in order much as team-mate and strike partner the Euro Under-19
of priority. The top-ranked club is not Seattle, Obafemi Martins, and around 142 times Championship
but the Portland Timbers. According to the as much as the lowest-salaried player in twice, signed a
allocation process, Portland should have the Sounders dressing room. four-year deal with
had rst shot at Dempsey. Not so, said MLS, Paul Gardner the London club.

60 WORLD SOCCER
Daniel Carvajal Massimo Ambrosini
Real Madrid Fiorentina

A product of Having won the

the Real Madrid Champions League
youth system, twice and collected
the right-back four Serie A
moved to Bayer winners medals,
Leverkusen last the veteran
summer after midelder left Milan
nding rst-team this summer after
opportunities hard 18 years with the
to come by under club. But instead of
Jose Mourinho. taking up an offer
However, after an to move abroad,
excellent season including a proposal
in the Bundesliga, from West Ham
Madrid paid 6.5m United, he signed a
to bring him back one-year deal with
to Spain. Fiorentina.

Antonio Cassano Raul Albiol Luca Caldirola

Parma Napoli Werder Bremen

Another season, Napoli spent most Italys captain at the

another club for of the cash from Euro Under-21
the maverick the sale of Edinson nals where they
31-year-old who Cavani to Paris nished runners-up
fell out with Saint-Germain to Spain made a
Internazionale on a new group of surprising switch
coach Andrea Spanish-speaking to the Bundesliga,
Stramaccioni last players in Naples. joining Bremen
season. Parma are Spain centre-back for 2m. The
his fourth club in as Albiol arrived from centre-back had
many campaigns. Real Madrid for a limited rst-team
As part of the deal fee of 12m and opportunities at
that took the Italy joins new team- Internazionale
international to mates Jose Maria and spent time
Parma, Algerias Callejon, Gonzalo on loan at Brescia
Ishak Belfodil Higuain and Pepe and Vitesse
moved to Inter. Reina. Arnhem.

Jeremain Lens Marquinhos Marc Muniesa

Dynamo Kiev Paris Saint-Germain Stoke City

After three seasons After just one The versatile

at PSV, the Dutch season with Roma Barcelona-raised
international the 19-year-old defender opted
forward followed Brazilian defender to join Stoke as
the money to arrives in Paris with Mark Hughes
the Ukraine after a 27m price tag tries to change
Dynamo Kiev and has a whole the clubs playing
agreed a fee of lot to live up to. style in the
10m. Jeremain Says of his move post-Pulis era.
has made a to France: I am Muniesa found
nancially very delighted to be rst-team
attractive move joining PSG, a club opportunities
which is good for where so many limited at Camp
both him and the Brazilians have Nou and suffered
club, said PSV played and helped a cruciate knee
technical director write the clubs injury in the
Marcel Brands. history. summer of 2012.

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 75 PLAYERS TO WATCH

STAYING PUT Players linked with summer transfers who remain in situ
Chelsea quickly established as a major
developer of talent saw the club hoover up
youngsters from across Europe and South
America, but few have made the rst team.
Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne
are two exceptions. Having excelled at
West Brom and Werder Bremen respectively
last season, they are in Chelseas rst-team
squad for the forthcoming campaign.
This year, many others have been
dispatched to clubs across Europe. They
include Marko Marin, on loan in La Liga at
Sevilla and Thorgan Hazard, younger brother
of Eden, in his second season at Zulte
Waregem in Belgium.
There is a clutch of players at Vitesse
Arnhem, including Cristian Cuevas the
promising Chilean teenager spotted at the
South American Youth Championship earlier
this year Gael Kakuta, Patrick Van Arnault
and Lucas Piazon, who spent last season
at Malaga.
Wallace, a recent signing from Brazils
Fluminense, has been sent to Internazionale
for the season, while Oriel Romeu is at
Valencia. Croatian Stipe Perica was signed

Chelseas loan brigade but then sent off to NAC Breda.

Chelsea also have a batch of mostly
young English players parked at the likes of
Thibault Courtois Colchester United, Blackburn Rovers,
Atletico Madrid Brentford, MK Dons and Walsall. They hope
to follow in the footsteps of Nathaniel
Thibault Courtois is staying put. In Madrid, that It remains unclear if or when Courtois will Chalobah, who excelled in Watfords
is, for his third successive season on loan at be recalled by Chelsea. The club have more promotion challenge last season, and Josh
Atletico from parent club Chelsea. Two years young players out on loan than any other McEachran who nally earned some playing
ago, the Belgium international goalkeeper, leading English, Spanish or German club. Last time at Middlesbrough.
then aged 19, was signed by Chelsea from season, Chelseas interim manager Rafa Whether any make it into the Chelsea rst
Genk and immediately sent out to Spain. Benitez complained about the number of team, or achieve the success of Courtois in
During his time in La Liga, Courtois has players out on loan 23 at its peak in what Spain, remains to be seen. But Chelseas loan
consistently been rated as one of Europes was effectively a criticism of club owner system, controversial though it may be, is
top keepers, often higher than Chelseas Roman Abramovich. paying dividends for Roman Abramovich.
incumbent number one, Petr Cech. The desire of the Russian billionaire to see Gavin Hamilton

Christian Benteke Ilkay Gundogan Juan Mata

Aston Villa Borussia Dortmund Chelsea

The Belgian A crucial gure in The Spain

striker enjoyed Dortmunds run to internationals
a revelatory rst the Champions future at Stamford
season playing League Final, he Bridge appeared
in the Premier had been linked uncertain following
League and he with a move this the return of Jose
seemed all set summer. But Mourinho. Mata
to leave Villa following the was reported to
after he submitted departure of Mario have been offered
a transfer request. Gotze to Bayern to Manchester
However, money Munich, Gundogan United in part
talks in football will be Dortmunds exchange for
and after most important Wayne Rooney. But
agreeing an creative gure this it soon became
extension, until season, and the clear that Mata will
2017, he withdrew club resisted all play an important
his demand. offers for him. role this season.

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Pole barred from dream Bayern move
Robert Lewandowski
Borussia Dortmund

In alliance with his agents, Dortmunds brooding, sulking diva going through the
outstanding Polish striker Robert motions prior to packing his bags?
Lewandowski tried every trick in the book It might well be that the second scenario
to force through a transfer to Bayern Munich is the most likely. Lewandowski believes
this summer. The refusal to enter into Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke and
contract renewal negotiations, the tip-offs to general manager Michael Zorc reneged on a
friendly journalists, the ever-present fresh verbal agreement for him to join Bayern and
challenge rhetoric, the nods and winks certainly pulled no punches when he said:
behind the scenes. Yet it was all to no avail. One thing was said to my face, only for it to
After proving powerless to prevent the turn out very differently to what was agreed.
recent departure of attacking midelder When I promise something I keep my word. I
Mario Gotze for Bayern, the Dortmund always gave 100 per cent.
movers and shakers simply could not allow Lewandowski even went as far as to
a second key man to depart for their arch
domestic rivals, going on to inform
Lewandowski he would have to stay in the Perhaps betrayal is too
Ruhr for the nal year of his current deal. harsh a word, but I was
Dortmunds hard-headed stance was not
exactly the softest of options. By forcing the very disappointed by a
would-be nest-eer to see out his contract, couple of people at the
Borussia will not receive any transfer fee
when the Pole moves on in 2014 and there club Robert Lewandowski
has to be a question mark about
Lewandowskis readiness for the battle in suggest that there could come a time at
the campaign ahead. Despite a clutch of Dortmund when I come to a game
top European sides showing interest in him, in a bad mood and while his working
Lewandowski only had eyes for Bayern and relationship with coach Jurgen Klopp seems
with this avenue now closed at least for intact, the alarm bells have to be ringing.
the moment he very much nds himself Dortmund can only hope and pray that
in a state of limbo. their main source of goals quickly calms down
So just which Lewandowski will we see this and accepts his lot. Obviously he is very
term? The brilliant marksman who could not disappointed and especially with me, says
stop scoring last term (24 Bundesliga goals Watzke. But I had to make a decision for the
and 10 in the Champions League, including good of the club as a whole. We needed our
a memorable four-strike salvo against Real plans to be clear-cut and settled.
Madrid in the semi-nal rst-leg), or a Nick Bidwell

Sergio Aguero Hulk Julian Draxler

Manchester City Zenit Schalke

The Argentinian This time last Unlike most young

forward was widely year, the Brazil pros, the German
linked with a move international attacking mideld
to Real Madrid striker headed sensation has a
earlier this to St Petersburg precise career
summer. But the after a surprise plan, and rather
offer of a contract 60m transfer than say yes to
extension from from Porto. offers from
City soon Chelsea made Manchester City,
persuaded him enquiries about Chelsea or Real
otherwise and new bringing the Madrid, he is
coach Manuel 27-year-old stubbornly sticking
Pellegrini is now back to western to his schedule
insisting that the Europe this of remaining in
South American summer, but he Gelsenkirchen for
is crucial to Citys has insisted he will at least another
plans this season. stay in Russia. season.

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 Gotze...welcome to Bayern

Mario Gotze
Germanys latest wunderkind has the world at his feet. By Nick Bidwell

T
hose Borussia Dortmund fancied working with Bayerns iconic new
fans who believe that coach, Pep Guardiola.
Mario Gotze committed Gotze, a money-grabbing
an act of high treason mercenary? Not if his down-to-earth
when he decided to end lifestyle is anything to go by. Despite his
his 12-year association with the Ruhr high-pro le and his achievements so far
club this spring and sign for deadly notably his 22 caps for Germany and
rivals Bayern Munich tend to forget the back-to-back Bundesliga titles with
ambition and emotion which induced Dortmund in 2011 and 2012 his
Germanys Messi to join the newly public image is very much of the anti-
crowned European champions for a superstar, someone who, until recently,
staggering 37million. was happy to live with his parents and
A widely held view among those of a watch the pennies.
yellow-and-black persuasion is that the Every week and month I set myself a
21-year-olds sole motivation for moving limit on what I spend, revealed Gotze a
on was the 100 per cent pay increase couple of years ago. Its not good to go
Bayern put on the table, taking his salary from one to a hundred in one fell swoop,
to 10m a year. But supporters scorned to overdo it.
do have a history of burning at the stake If, aged 19, I went out and bought a
those they previously worshipped. And, Ferrari, what would come next? I drive a
trapped in a world of for or against, normal car. I dont need status symbols.
many of the Borussia faithful would
rather walk over hot coals than accept Bavarian boy
an alternative thesis: that either Gotze Born in the mountainous Allgau area of
simply could not say no to the club southern Bavaria, and raised there for
he had supported as a boy, or he just the rst half-dozen years of his life, the

TIMELINE: EVERY MATCH, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY GOAL

Apr 30, 2011 celebrates
WC World Cup qualier UC UEFA Cup/Europa League winning the Bundesliga title
ECF Euro Championship nals GC German Cup with Dortmund team-mates
ECQ Euro Championship qualier GSC German Super Cup following a 2-0 win at home
CL UEFA Champions League to Nuremberg.
KEY
Kickers Off'bach (GC) 0-0

KAZAKHSTAN (ECQ) 4-0

W. Burghausen (GC) 3-0

Borussia Dortmund
AZERBAIJAN (ECQ) 3-1
Bor Mon'gladbach 3-0

Bor Mon'gladbach 4-1

Bor Mon'gladbach 0-1

Karpaty Lviv (UC) 3-0
Karpaty Lviv (UC) 4-3

Werder Bremen 2-0

Werder Bremen 0-2

Germany
Werder Bremen 2-1

Bayern Munich 2-0

Bayern Munich 3-1

Kaiserslautern 5-0
B. Leverkusen 0-2
Bayern Munich 1-3

Qarabag (UC) 4-0

Paris SG (UC) 0-0

B. Leverkusen 3-0

B. Leverkusen 3-1
Hertha Berlin 0-0

Qarabag (UC) 1-0

Kaiserslautern 1-1
Paris SG (UC) 1-1

Sevilla (UC) 2-2

Nuremberg 2-0

Nuremberg 2-0
Hoffenheim 0-1
Sevilla (UC) 0-1
Nuremberg 4-0

E. Frankfurt 0-1

E. Frankfurt 3-1
AUSTRALIA 1-2
E. Frankfurt 2-3

Nuremberg 3-2
Hoffenheim 2-1

Hoffenheim 1-1

URUGUAY 2-1
Hoffenheim 1-1

Wolfsburg 2-0

Wolfsburg 3-0
SWEDEN 0-0
Hamburg 2-0
Wolfsburg 3-1

Wolfsburg 1-1

Hanover 4-0
Hamburg 1-0

Stuttgart 3-1

Hamburg 1-1
Freiburg 3-0
Hanover 4-1
Schalke 0-0
Cologne 3-2

Cologne 2-1
Bochum 4-1

Freiburg 2-1
Stuttgart 1-4

Hanover 4-1

Cologne 1-0
Stuttgart 1-1

St Pauli 2-0
Schalke 3-1
Freiburg 1-0

St Pauli 3-1
Freiburg 1-3
Schalke 1-2

Mainz 2-0
Mainz 0-0

Mainz 0-1

Mainz 1-1
ITALY 1-1

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Schalke (GSC) 0-0
Sandhausen (GC) 3-0
Hamburg 3-1

Jul Aug
BRAZIL 3-2

2011-12
Hoffenheim 0-1
Nuremberg 2-0
B. Leverkusen 0-0
AUSTRIA (ECQ) 6-2

Sep
POLAND 2-2
Hertha Berlin 1-2
Arsenal (CL) 1-1
Hanover 1-2
Mainz 2-1
Marseille (CL) 0-3
Augsburg 4-0

Oct
TURKEY (ECQ) 3-1
Werder Bremen 2-0
Olympiakos (CL) 1-3
Cologne 5-0
Dynamo Dresden (GC) 2-0
Stuttgart 1-1
Olympiakos (CL) 1-0

career, during the

Bayer Leverkusen.

Nov
Wolfsburg 5-1

Bundesliga game away to

UKRAINE 3-3

card for the rst time in his

Aug 27, 2011 shown a red
HOLLAND 3-0
Bayern Munich 1-0
Arsenal (CL) 1-2
Schalke 2-0
Bor Mon'gladbach 1-1

Dec
Marseille (CL) 2-3
Kaiserslautern 1-1
Freiburg 4-1
Fort Dusseldorf (GC) 0-0
Hamburg 5-1
Hoffenheim 3-1
Nuremberg 2-0

Jan Feb
Holstein Kiel (GC) 4-0
B. Leverkusen 1-0
Hertha Berlin 1-0
Hanover 3-1
Mainz 2-1

Mar
Augsburg 0-0
Werder Bremen 1-0
Greuther Furth (GC) 1-0
Cologne 6-1
Stuttgart 4-4
Wolfsburg 3-1

Apr
Bayern Munich 1-0
Schalke 2-1
Bor Mon'gladbach 2-0
Kaiserslautern 5-2
Freiburg 4-0

May
Bayern Munich (GC) 5-2
SWITZERLAND 3-5
ISRAEL 2-0
GREECE (ECF) 4-2

Ju M
in Euro 2012 in Gdansk.
so far, playing 10 minutes in
Jun 22, 2012 makes his only
senior tournament appearance

Germanys 4-2 win against Greece

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BIOGRAPHY

Champions...Gotze celebrates the Bundesliga title

65
BIOGRAPHY

FACT FILE football-mad kid naturally developed

an af nity for the regions number one
myself: If he carries on like this, he can
do something special.
Mario Gotze club, Bayern Munich and according Under the in uence of their father
to his grandfather, Willi Gotze, the Jurgen, an information technology
Nationality
youngster often used to sleep in professor, and mother Astrid, all three
German
Bayern-themed bedclothes. Gotze boys the eldest, Fabian, is
Age
21 (03.06.92) As a little boy at his rst club in now a professional with Munich side
Ronsberg, hed be the smallest one on Unterhaching, while the youngest, Felix,
Place of birth
Memmingen, the pitch, but would still make all his currently plays for Dortmunds under-15
Germany opponents dizzy with his skills, recalls side were brought up on a rich diet
Height his grandfather. When he was small, of sporting pursuits. Tennis and skiing
5ft 9in (1.76m) hed always be on the move and have a were particular favourites in the Gotze
Position ball at his feet. There wasnt a day when household, and when his father took the
Winger hed be without a ball. In the yard or on family with him for a 12-month posting Young sub...Gotze makes his Germany debut
Teams the street, he was always kicking a ball. at a university in Houston, Texas, the
Borussia Dortmund He was a rascal though and did adolescent Mario had the chance to try children was incredible, says Friedel-
(2009-13) 116
games/31 goals
break the lights on my garage by his hand at baseball and basketball. Heinz Knoch, Marios former junior-
Bayern Munich shooting at them. I used to say to What the Gotze family did for their school teacher. On weekends, the
(2013-present) mother would accompany one child to
0 games/0 goals* their chosen activity, the father would
Germany
(2010-present)
go with another to a sports eld and a
22 games/5 goals* friend of the family would take the third
Honours to his match.
Borussia Dortmund But as their father insists: It was not
Bundesliga 2011, a case of my wife and I pushing our
2012 children in a certain direction.
Germany
European Under-17 We just supported them in whatever
Championship 2009 they wanted to do and that essentially
(* up to and meant driving them to games and
including 26.07.13) training sessions. We let them nd their
own way. Their achievements belong
to them alone. Thats the best part of it.
The higher they have gone in football,
the more fun theyve had.
In contrast to his fathers vocation as
a rational thinker, a juggler of modern
technology, data and mathematical
formulae, Mario has built his career on
instinct, natural air and imagination
all of which was in evidence from the
earliest of ages.
At Hombrucher SV, the suburban
Dortmund club the six-year-old joined
following his dads acceptance of a
position at a local university, young
Prodigious talent...the 16-year-old Gotze in action for Dortmunds junior team in 2008 Marios obvious love of Bayern Munich

KEY
Borussia Dortmund
Germany Dec 19, 2012 celebrates with Apr 30, 2013
team-mate Marco Reus after substituted due to injury
scoring his rst and only hat-trick in the Champions League
for Dortmund. semi-nal at Real Madrid.
FAROE ISLANDS (WC) 3-0

Shakhtar Donetsk (CL) 3-0

Shakhtar Donetsk (CL) 2-2
Bayern Munich (GSC) 1-2

KAZAKHSTAN (WC) 3-0

Bayern Munich (GC) 0-1

KAZAKHSTAN (WC) 4-1

Bayern Munich (CL) 1-2

Oberneuland (GC) 3-0

Bor Mon'gladbach 5-0

Bor Mon'gladbach 1-1

Real Madrid (CL) 2-2

Real Madrid (CL) 0-2

Real Madrid (CL) 2-1

Real Madrid (CL) 4-1

Werder Bremen 5-0
Werder Bremen 2-1

Fort Dusseldorf 2-1

SWEDEN (WC) 4-4

Greuther Furth 3-1

Greuther Furth 6-1

Fort Dusseldorf 1-1
AUSTRIA (WC) 2-1

Bayern Munich 1-1

Bayern Munich 1-1

B Leverkusen 3-0

B Leverkusen 3-2
Hanover (GC) 5-1
Man City (CL) 1-0
Man City (CL) 1-1

Malaga (CL) 0-0

Malaga (CL) 3-2

ARGENTINA 1-3

Nuremberg 3-0
Hoffenheim 3-1

E Frankfurt 3-0

Hoffenheim 1-2
E Frankfurt 3-3

HOLLAND 0-0
Aalen (GC) 4-1
Nuremberg 1-1

Wolfsburg 2-3

Wolfsburg 3-3
Augsburg 4-2
Hamburg 2-3

Augsburg 3-1
Stuttgart 0-0

Hamburg 1-4
Ajax (CL) 4-1
Ajax (CL) 1-0

Stuttgart 2-1
Freiburg 2-0

Hanover 3-1

Freiburg 5-1
Hanover 1-1

Schalke 1-2

Schalke 1-2

Mainz 2-0
Mainz 2-1

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Bayern new boys...Gotze and coach Pep Guardiola

initially grated with team-mates. But it on the style anywhere in the attacking-
did not take long for them to realise that You could look world wide for a third, Gotze attributes his success on the
he was something special. eld of play to an accident of destiny, to
Straight away I was struck by Marios youngster of his quality and still what he calls the will of God.
feel for the game, his intelligence and not nd anyone But dont be fooled by his modesty.
his unbelievable technique, explains While over-endowed with extraordinary
Christian Droese, his coach at Lars Ricken, Dortmunds head of youth ability, he still had to make the most
Hombrucher. He was at his strongest development, on Gotze of it, and even as a schoolboy he
just behind the strikers and scored the showed remarkable dedication to
bulk of our goals. Unlike others, he his craft, preferring the honing of his
never needed to look down at the ball. most vocal it would seem. Droese football skills to class skiing trips or
He always knew where it was. remembers Gotze turning down the swimming sessions.
He was the most ambitious boy at club captaincy after coming top of a You didnt notice it at the time, but
the club. He had no problem playing player ballot. Leading the team out and now I appreciate how disciplined he was
with older boys. On the pitch it doesnt issuing orders were apparently of little in following his passion, says school
matter how old you are. Only that you importance. All he wanted to do was teacher Knoch.
can play. And Mario was the best. create and pile up the goals. After two seasons with Hombrucher,
The most accomplished, but not the the eight-year-old Gotze was inducted
Team player into the Borussia Dortmund academy in
Prodigiously gifted youngsters can be 2001 and would be off and running in
quite insufferable as individuals, too full no time at all. He starred in every age
of their own importance and intolerant of category from schoolboys to juniors,
the efforts of lesser mortals. But not the twice winning the Fritz Walter gold
grounded Gotze. Mario was never an medal for the countrys most promising
egomaniac, points out Gerd Bredthauer, player (the under-17 prize in 2009 and
his old PE teacher at the Helene-Lange the under-18 award the following year)
school in Dortmund. He wasnt one to and inspiring Germany Under-17s to the
push himself forward. Despite others in European title in 2009.
the side not being of the same standard Twisting and turning, prompting and
as him, he treated them with respect. He probing, the youngster could do no
was team-orientated and you continue to wrong, and for his coaches at Dortmund
see that in his game today. it was simply a matter of wrapping him
Family support...Gotze (far left) with his parents and brothers A ball-playing artist capable of turning up warmly, giving him his head and

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 BIOGRAPHY

Mario is one of those

players who operates
on instinct. He does
everything by feel
and makes it look
so easy
Gotzes grandfather, Willi

would go on to open his scoring

account in August 2011 in a 3-2 friendly
victory over Brazil, his well-taken goal
and all-round vibrancy and inventiveness
earning him the nickname of Gotzinho.
Three weeks later, thanks to a
goal in a 6-2 thumping of Austria
in a European Championship qualier,
he would become the youngest-ever
Nationalmannschaft scorer in a
competitive match.
The trend in modern football is for
increasingly less space and a similar lack
of time for those in possession, says
Low. In attack, the need is for players
who work the ball well in tight areas.
A reference, no doubt, to the magic
of Mario Gotze.

Major talent
Agonisingly forced to sit out Dortmunds
First of many...Gotze takes the ball around Brazil keeper Julio Cesar to score his rst international goal
2013 Champions League Final against
waiting for him to mature physically. league title in nine years. Bayern because of a hamstring injury,
When I see Mario turn it on, I cant Only the chosen few are able to Gotze can console himself with the
help but think that I was playing another deliver so much, so soon. Twice a thought that over the course of his
game entirely in my era, smiles Bundesliga champion before exiting his career, he has every chance of featuring
Dortmunds head of youth development teens, he was just 18 years and 167 in showpieces galore.
Lars Ricken, who back in the 1990s was days old when coach Joachim Low Two years ago, during his time as
a club hero himself, earning himself a handed him his rst senior cap against German federation technical supremo,
place in club legend by coming off the Sweden in November 2010. The Bayern director of sport Matthias
bench to score a spectacular goal in the youngest international debutant for Sammer described Gotze as the talent
3-1 Champions League Final win over Germany since centre-forward Uwe of the century. Now he has the perfect
Happy days... playing
Juventus in 1997. Seeler broke through in 1954, Gotze for Dortmund stage to prove Sammer right. WS
For us at Dortmund, it was clear
very early on that Mario would end up
as a prominent professional.
Players like him are exceptional
talents. You wont nd anyone at this
club who claims they discovered Gotze
or made him what he is today. He always
was going to make the grade.

Tender age
Gotze was nally deemed ready to rub
shoulders with the Dortmund rst team
in November 2009, at the tender age
of 17 years and ve months, coming off
the bench for the last few minutes of a
goalless Bundesliga draw with Mainz.
Careful to ease the youngster in gently,
rst-team coach Jurgen Klopp thought
it wise to restrict him to a paltry total
of just 46 minutes of action in the
2009-10 season.
But it would be a completely different
story in the following campaign and
Gotze missed just one xture as
Dortmund clinched their rst German Double glory...Gotze and team-mate Dede celebrate a second successive Bundesliga title for Dortmund in 2012

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Europe: who goes where

2013-14 UEFA Champions League
KEY
32 Champions
4 Total number of 4
teams in round
BATE Borisov (Bls) Maribor (Sln)
Birkirkara (Mlt) Molde (Nor)
Number of teams Q1
2 progressing to next round
Celtic (Sco)
Cliftonville (NI)
Neftchi (Aze)
Nomme Kalju (Est)
1ST QUALIFYING ROUND
Daugava (Lat) Partizan (Ser)
Matches on Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo) Shakhter Kgandy (Kaz)
Jul 2/3 & 9/10 Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) Sheriff (Mol)
Ekranas (Lit) Skenderbeu (Alb)
Elfsborg (Swe) Sligo Rovers (RoI)
4 Champions
FH (Ice) Slovan Bratislava (Slk)
EB/Streymur (Far) 2 Fola Esch (Lux)
Gyor (Hun)
Steaua (Rom)
Sutjeska (Mne)
Lusitanos (And)
HJK (Fin) The New Saints (Wal)
Shirak (Arm)
Legia Warsaw (Pol) Vardar (Mac)
Tre Penne (SaM)
Ludogorets (Bul) Viktoria Plzen (CzR)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr) Zeljeznicar (Bos)
34
Q2
2ND QUALIFYING ROUND

Matches on
Jul 16/17 & 23/24
9 Runners-up

Fenerbahce (Tur)
Grasshoppers (Swi)
17
Metalist Kharkiv (Ukr)
Nordsjaelland (Den)
PAOK (Gre)
PSV (Hol) 10 20 3 Champions
Salzburg (Aut)
Zenit (Rus) Q3 Q3 APOEL (Cyp)
Austria Vienna (Aut)
Zulte Waregem (Blg)
3RD Qualifying Round 3RD Qualifying Round Basle (Swi)
BEST-PLACED ROUTE CHAMPIONS ROUTE
3rd-placed
1 team Matches on Matches on
Jul 30/31 & Aug 6/7 Jul 30/31 & Aug 6/7
Lyon (Fra)

5 10
3rd-placed
2 teams

Milan (Ita) 10 10
Pacos de Ferreira (Por)
Q4 Q4
4TH Qualifying Round 4TH Qualifying Round
BEST-PLACED ROUTE CHAMPIONS ROUTE
4th-placed
3 teams
Matches on Matches on
Aug 20/21 & 27/28 Aug 20/21 & 27/28
Arsenal (Eng)
Schalke (Ger)
Sociedad (Spa)
5 5 12 Champions

1 Holders Ajax (Hol)

Anderlecht (Blg)
Bayern (Ger) 6 Runners-up Barcelona (Spa)
Copenhagen (Den)
Benca (Por) 32 CSKA (Rus)
Dortmund (Ger) Galatasaray (Tur)
Man City (Eng) Juventus (Ita)
3rd-placed Marseille (Fra) Group stage Man United (Eng)
3 teams Napoli (Ita) Olympiakos (Gre)
Matchdays Porto (Por)
At Madrid (Spa) Real Madrid (Spa) Sep 17/18, Oct 1/2, Oct 22/23, PSG (Fra)
Chelsea (Eng) Nov 5/6, Nov 26/27, Dec 10/11
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Leverkusen (Ger)

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All the entrants and entry points of
this seasons European club competitions
2013-14 Europa League

Fairplay 3rd-placed Cup winners

winners
3 teams 29 19 Cup winners 15 Runners-up 12
* not cup winner * cup winner
Astana (Kaz) but listed in UEFA access
Gee (Swe) Aktobe (Kaz) Flora Tallinn (Est) list as such Anorthosis (Cyp)
Mariehamn (Fin) Astra (Rom) Glentoran (NI) 76 Beroe (Bul) Hacken (Swe)
Tromso (Nor) Bala Town (Wal) Hibernians (Mlt) Debrecen (Hun) Hap Tel Aviv (Isr)
Botev Plovdiv (Bul) Jeunesse Esch (Lux) Q1 Derry City (RoI) Hibernian (Sco)*
League Celik Niksic (Mne) KR (Ice) 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND Dila Gori (Geo)* Pandurii (Rom)
runners-up
25 Celje (Sln) Laci (Alb) Gothenburg (Swe) Red Star (Ser)
Chikhura (Geo) La Fiorita (SaM) Matches on Hajduk Split (Cro) Rijeka (Cro)
AUK Broughton (Wal) Differdange (Lux) Prestatyn (Wal) Jul 4 & 11 Hodd (Nor) Shakhtyor (Bls)
Breidablik (Ice) Dinamo Minsk (Bls) Pyunik (Arm) Honka (Fin) Slask Wroclaw (Pol)
Crusaders (NI) Gandzasar (Arm) Rudar (Mne) Jagodina (Ser) Sparta Prague (Cze)
Dacia (Mol) HB Torshavn (Far) Teteks (Mac) Lech Poznan (Pol)* Stromsgodset (Nor)
Domzale (Sln) Honved (Hun) Tiraspol (Mol) Minsk (Bls) Trencin (Slk)
Drogheda (RoI) IBV (Ice)
Inter Baku (Aze)
UE Santa Col (And)
Vaduz (Lie)
38 Olimpija (Sln)*
Petrolul (Rom)
Dudelange (Lux)
FC Santa Col (And) Kruoja (Lit) Ventspils (Lat) Senica (Slk)*
Fuglafjordur (Far) Liepajas Mgs (Lat) Vikingur (Far) Siroki Brijeg (Bos) 3rd-placed
Lineld (NI) Xazar Lankaran (Aze) teams
6
Inter Turku (Fin)
Irtysh Pavlodar (Kaz) Malmo (Swe) Zalgiris (Lit) 80 42
Kukesi (Alb) Milsami (Mol) 4th-placed Loko Zagreb (Cro)
Levadia Tallinn (Est) Rosenborg (Nor)
Q2 teams 6 Maccabi Haifa (Isr)
Levski Soa (Bul) Sliema (Mlt) Omonia (Cyp)
St Patricks (RoI) 2ND QUALIFYING ROUND Piast Gliwice (Pol)
Libertas (SaM) Aalborg (Den)
Metalurg Skopje (Mac) Teuta (Alb) Skoda Xanthi (Gre) Slovan Liberec (Cze)
Matches on
Mika (Arm) TPS Turku (Fin) Jul 18 & 25 Standard Liege (Blg) St Johnstone (Sco)
Mladost Pgorica (Mne) Trans Narva (Est) Sturm Graz (Aut)
Qarabag (Aze) Turnovo (Mac) Thun (Swi)
Vojvodina (Ser) 5th-placed
Sarajevo (Bos) Trabzonspor (Tur)
teams 3
Skonto (Lat) Zilina (Slk)
Suduva (Lit) Zrinjski (Bos) 40 Chornomorets (Ukr)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Geo)
Rubin Kazan (Rus)
Valletta (Mlt)
Utrecht (Hol)
Videoton (Hun)
18 58
Cup winners 4th-placed 3rd-placed
* not cup winner 3 teams 3 teams 6 Q3
but listed in UEFA Losers from the 10
3RD QUALIFYING ROUND
access list as such Champions League 4th
Kuban Krasnodar (Rus) Asteras (Gre)
qualifying round
Hap Ramat Gan (Isr) Metalurh (Ukr) Bursaspor (Tur) Matches on
Jablonec (Cze) Vitesse (Hol) Club Brugge (Blg) Aug 1 & 8 Either Or
Motherwell (Sco)* Randers (Den) Din Zagreb (Cro)/ Austria Vienna (Aut)
Rapid Vienna (Aut) Fenerbahce (Tur)/ Arsenal (Eng)
5th-placed
6th-placed teams 3 Zurich (Swi) Ludogorets (Bul)/ Basle (Swi)
3
teams
* League Cup winner
29 Lyon (Fra)/ Sociedad (Spa)
Estoril (Por) Pacos de Ferreira (Por)/ Zenit (Rus)
Sevilla (Spa) St Etienne (Fra) PSV (Hol)/ Milan (Ita)
Stuttgart (Ger) Udinese (Ita) Schalke (Ger)/ PAOK (Gre)
Swansea (Eng)*
33 62 Shakhter Kgandy (Kaz)/ Celtic (Sco)
Steaua (Rom)/ Legia Warsaw (Pol)
Q4 Viktoria Plzen (CzR)/ Maribor (Sln)
Losers from Cup winners 4th-placed
the Champions
15 * not cup winner
9 teams
3 4TH QUALIFYING ROUND
League third but listed in UEFA access
qualifying round list as such Matches on Cup winners
Braga (Por) Aug 22 & 29 7
* not cup winner
Apollon (Cyp) Fiorentina (Ita)
APOEL (Cyp) but listed in UEFA access
Nice (Fra)
Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo) Atromitos (Gre) list as such
Elfsborg (Swe) AZ (Hol)
FH (Ice) Besiktas (Tur)* Anzhi (Rus)*
Grasshoppers (Swi) Dnipro (Ukr) 3rd-placed
teams 3 31 Bordeaux (Fra)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr) Esbjerg (Den) Freiburg (Ger)*
Molde (Nor) Genk (Blg) Lazio (Ita)
Pasching (Aut) Dynamo Kiev (Ukr)
Nomme Kalju (Est) Valencia (Spa)*
Feyenoord (Hol)
Nordsjaelland (Den)
PAOK (Gre)
St Gallen (Swi)*
Spartak Moscow (Rus) 48 17 Vit Guimaraes (Por)
Wigan (Eng)
Partizan (Ser) 5th-placed
teams 3 Group stage
Salzburg (Aut)
Sheriff (Mol) Matchdays
Skenderbeu (Alb) E Frankfurt (Ger)
Sep 19, Oct 3, Oct 24,
Zulte Waregem (Blg) Real Betis (Spa) Nov 7, Nov 28, Dec 12
Tottenham (Eng)

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Guardiolas transition from Barcelona to the Bundesliga may not be
as smooth as some are predicting, says Jonathan Wilson

In charge...Guardiola will be seeking to stamp his own mark on last seasons all-conquering Bayern Munich side

As coach of Barcelona, Pep Guardiola bulky players. In this case, Barcelona took the German Super Cup seriously.
demonstrated a healthily idiosyncratic bene tted from the stretching of the He set Bayern up not in the 4-2-3-1
streak within the parameters of the game brought about by the change in that was so successful last season, but in
clubs prevailing philosophy. And, as the the offside law that effectively made a 4-3-3. The distinction is not as sharp
new season begins in western Europe, an offside trap impossible to employ as is often made out. When Toni Kroos
the most pressing tactical question as a consistent tactic. played as the central creator in Jupp
this term is what will he do at Bayern This allowed their phalanx of 57 Heynckes side he often dropped back.
Munich? How will he react to a club And if Bastian Schweinsteiger advanced
that is not so steeped in those principles with Luiz Gustavo holding, the result was
and one that won almost everything People expect us to win by six or a mid eld triangle that could easily turn
there was to win last season, much of 4-2-3-1 into 4-3-3 and back again.
it in record-breaking style? seven nil, and thats just not possible
The basic theory of Jupp Heynckes Bayern coach Pep Guardiola Alcantara controversy
side was much the same as that of Guardiolas side against Dortmund in the
Guardiolas Barca, and that is one of Super Cup was surprisingly attacking.
the reasons why he should be such a geniuses to pass the ball among Gustavo, the most defensive of Bayerns
good match. Bayern sought to dominate themselves at great pace and without mid elders, was the odd man out as
possession and pressed high up the fear of being buffeted by bigger Thiago Alcantara arrived from Barcelona
pitch, but were more aggressive and opponents. Bayern and Borussia amid much controversy.
physical than Barcelona. Its tempting Dortmund employed similar principles, Given his agent is Guardiolas elder
to see this as an inevitable part of the but did so using more muscular players. brother, Pere, the risk was always there
evolutionary cycle; a new way of playing Its important, of course, not to read that Alcantara would come to be seen
that rede nes the game and is played at too much into pre-season games, but as, at best, a teachers pet and, at worst,
an ever-increasing pace by increasingly there can be no doubt that Guardiola a dangerous con ict of interests. In the

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4-3-3 V DORTMUND, GERMAN SUPER CUP, 27.07.13

Starke

Boateng Van Buyten

Lahm Alaba

Alcantara

Muller Kroos

Shaqiri
Robben
Mandzukic

Super Cup...Alcantara (left) and Bayerns mideld were overrun at times as Dortmund won 4-2

Super Cup, he sat in front of Bayerns most cavalier days of Louis Van Gaal
back four in what might be considered the man worryingly (in this context)
to be the Sergio Busquets role, with described by Guardiola as the coach
Kroos to one side of him and Thomas who has had the biggest in uence on
Muller on the other, in a surprisingly his career.
attacking mid eld. The result was a Martinez seems to be seen almost
collapse in the second half as Dortmund entirely as a central defender and so
swarmed through time and again to win ful ls a key tenet of the Guardiola/Van
4-2. The pendulum that had swung in Gaal/Marcelo Bielsa school of thought,
favour of Bayerns mid eld last season which is that one of the centre-backs
seemed to have swooped back the other should be a passer to initiate attacks.
way, less because of the scoreline than Frank Rijkaard played this role for
the way the mid eld contest was so Van Gaals Ajax, while at Barcelona
comprehensively won by Dortmund. Guardiola used Javier Mascherano,
The biggest worry was the vast space Gerard Pique and, at times, Busquets,
to the left side of the back of mid eld as the distributor from deep. Martinez
that was constantly exploited by the played the role himself at times in
surges of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Bielsas rst season at Athletic Bilbao,
That sort of space simply wasnt there but while he has the ability to do this, his
last season when two of Gustavo, Javi presence perhaps slightly weakens the
Martinez and Schweinsteiger were in Triple-winner... defensive quality of a back four that last
tandem. This was reminiscent of the Heynckes season thrived with Jerome Boateng and
Versatile...Martinez is set to play at centre-back
Dante in the centre.
4-2-3-1 V DORTMUND, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL, 25.05.13 most of pre-season with a groin injury
No guarantee so there was no chance to see how he
Schweinsteigers position is also a cause would perform as a false nine, which
Neuer for concern. He himself has already said is how Guardiola is expected to play
that he doesnt know what Guardiola him, but Muller, such an adept nder of
has planned for him and his role in space, has operated in such a way and
pre-season was restricted by an ankle it seems likely that is how Bayern will try
Boateng Dante injury but there seems no guarantee to play next season.
Lahm Alaba
that he will be a regular. He may lack It would be absurd, of course, to
the rari ed technique of Xavi or Andres be too critical. No side, whoever their
Iniesta, but his dynamism and ability coach, can ever sustain the sort of
Martinez Schweinsteiger to play either as a holder or a more success Bayern enjoyed last season
box-to-box player was central to inde nitely, and Guardiola is still getting
Bayerns success last season. to grips with his new side as the players
Other Guardiola selections using become accustomed to him.
Robben Muller Ribery Phillip Lahm as a central mid elder or He showed himself at Barcelona to
Mario Mandzukic on the ank have be intelligent and innovative, able to
been baf ing, but what has emerged react to circumstance, so there is no
Mandzukic
is the likelihood that Croatian forward reason why he should not nd a way
Mandzukic, whose energy was so of playing that suits Bayern and the
important in springing Bayerns pressing Bundesliga. But what we are seeing,
game last season, will play a secondary already is that the transition may not
role this season. Mario Gotze missed necessarily be entirely smooth. WS

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 RUDI GARCIA

Money makes things easier...but you

still need to know how to spend it
After being in charge of Lille for the last ve years, the French coach has
swapped Ligue 1 for Serie A and Roma this term

What are your rst win matches you need to score goals and the team. And the players who form part
impressions of the fan have a solid defensive plan as well. of the Conseil des Sages should be players
culture in Rome? A little who are recognised by the others for their
different to Lille? At Lille you won the double in experience, their qualities on the eld and
Sure. Its clear that its a place where you 2011 despite competing against their qualities as people.
feel the passion of the supporters. You far wealthier clubs. What was the
cant compare it to Lille, really. Its more secret to your success? How does it work? Do you speak at
like Marseille to the power of 10. Money makes things easier...but you still regular intervals?
need to know how to spend it. For a team No, its less formal than that. During some
You have said before that a football like Lille, which doesnt have the budget of spells I might not speak to the Conseil for
coach is also an actor. What did you Paris Saint-Germain, the important thing a month, two months at a time. But there
mean by that? is to make sure you are always bringing are other periods, right after a signicant
I think that one of the qualities a coach through young players and making good incident, when I might speak to them
needs is to be able to adapt himself to assessments of which ones have potential. twice a week.
different situations. He has to understand The other crucial thing is to have a great
his different audiences and know how to team spirit, a shared soul which makes One player that could expect to
adjust the rule that he plays. sure you always pull in the same direction. be part of that Conseil is Francesco
Totti. How has it been for you to work
So who is your favourite actor? Can you now do something similar with him?
[Laughing] I like a lot of different actors! with Roma? Francesco is not only a formidable player
You can take different things from each From what Ive seen so far at Roma, we a fuoriclasse as you say in Italy but
one. I read a lot of biographies and have a nice group of players who enjoy also a man with great qualities outside of
articles about football managers, but also each others company and work well football. For me he is one of the very best
high-achieving sports people in general. together. From that perspective, we players in the history of the sport. What I
There are valuable things to be learned have good foundations to build on. would really love is to win something with
from all kinds of different personalities; its him at Roma.
up to me to interpret those things in my At Lille you had a Conseil des Sages
own way. I dont have one manager who [council of the wise men] made up of There are those who believe his
I try to model myself on, but I have a huge ve or six players who you consulted presence is a double-edged sword.
respect for all my colleagues who have on team issues. Will you have the Totti is idolised by the fans, and with
succeeded in reaching the top level of the same thing in Rome? such an intense media spotlight might
game. In the end, everyone needs to have We will do the same here, but I havent it be hard for you to leave him out if
their own personality. I have mine, so chosen that group yet. I want to wait until he started playing poorly?
I dont need to copy anybody else. I have a better idea of how the players No. For me the important thing is to
interact and which ones are best attuned always be clear with the player. The stuff
How would you describe your to the collective mood of the group. going on around the outside of the club
footballing philosophy? is not important. The important thing is
I think football is a spectacle and people What does the Conseil give you as my relationship with the player. So with
come to watch a spectacle. At the same a coach? Francesco, just as with anybody else, the
time, we must not forget that they will be To use a French expression, it allows me important thing is just to be clear about
happiest if we are winning games. But to take the temperature of the group. the situation.
personally I think that playing well gives We also have a better chance of achieving
us the best chance to win matches and success if the players feel like they are Your rst Rome derby is scheduled for
give a good spectacle at the same time. leading actors in our project. mid-September. After Lazio beat
Roma in the Italian Cup Final last year
Your predecessor at Roma, Zdenek Is there a risk of alienating the their fans held a fake funeral for your
Zeman, had a similar philosophy players who are not involved? team near the Stadio Olimpico...
about football as entertainment. No, thats not important. Five players The xture list has given us
Is your vision different to his? might be part of the Conseil des Sages, but the opportunity to rise from
Im not interested in what happened in the other 20 are just as important to me the dead very quickly.
past years here. What I can say is that to and just as important to the daily life of Interview by Paolo Baldini

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On Roma fans jeering
his side at pre-season
training...
Those who criticise the club and the
players are not Roma fans. At worst,
they are Lazio fans

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 SAFET SUSIC

We play to score more goals than the opposition

and it has paid off so far
Voted Paris Saint-Germains best player of all time by France Football in 2010, the
58-year-old is now national coach of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia are top of their ourselves too much and that there is a and it is logical that it reects on our
group, still unbeaten huge risk in a way we play using one football, but I think that playing in Brazil
and are probably the defensive midelder and opening up huge would help in both directions. Even now
biggest surprise in space for an opponent but it would be this team brings people together. A few
Europes World Cup qualiers. Many unfair to the fans, to the game and to us years ago you couldnt imagine Bosnian
people think you are already in Brazil. if we were to suppress such a talent and Serbs or Croats supporting the team, but
Do you? such a skill. We know that it can cost us, that has changed now. When it comes to
Do I believe? Yes. Are we done with but that is the price we are willing to pay. In the league the crucial thing is money, and
our work? No, not even close. I believed the end, we play to score more goals than if we get to the World Cup the FA will have
in winning this group from the day the the opposition and it has paid off so far. more money to distribute to the clubs. We
campaign began because of our quality would invest that money in infrastructure,
and talent. But it is far away from job Critics say that your group with organisation, stadiums, academies and
done. It is actually quite simple. I am Greece, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia that would improve the league.
convinced Greece will win 12 points from and Liechtenstein is the weakest in
four matches, so we must win at least nine Europe and therefore the qualiers With a quarter of the population
points to be the rst in the group. Crucial are not the true face of your eeing during the war, there are
matches against Slovakia are on their way capabilities. What do you think? around a million Bosnians spread
and we must stay focused. Its nice that It is true that we had some luck in the around the world. Ibisevic, Pjanic,
people think that we are good enough draw, avoiding Germany, Holland and Salihovic, Begovic and many others
to play at the World Cup, but well think Spain. But is there really someone grew up and started their careers
about that after we win nine more points. out there who believes that Greece or in other countries, but opted to
Slovakia are easy to beat? Or any other represent Bosnia. What do you think
What do you see as the key to your team in Europe? I dont think a lot would about players changing nationality?
teams success in the qualiers so far? change if we were in some other group. Most people did not voluntarily leave the
Quality. We have a great generation of We have quality and that is our strongest country; it was the result of a terrible war.
players that have been together for some weapon. Weve played France, Germany, Now we are forced to chase players with
time now and everything has clicked. Brazil and Portugal in the last two years Bosnian roots to play for our team. It is
The other very important thing is the and shown that we are in the same league. very complicated and I understand when
support of our fans. It is unbelievable that other countries are angry, but we dont
thousands of supporters follow us all over Two years ago the national team was have a choice. We are a small nation and
the world. Most of our matches we play on the verge of suspension after a cant afford to lose players like Zlatan
in front of a majority of our fans like series of issues within the football Ibrahimovic [to Sweden]. The problem will
in Riga, in June, when we had more than federation. Some of the ofcials come in 10 years from now, with third or
5,000 supporters in an 8,000-capacity ended up in jail for corruption and fourth generation Bosnians who are living
stadium. That is just fantastic and it is a the federation had to appoint a new abroad. It will be hard to pursue them to
huge motivation for all of us. We want to leadership. Are the dark days behind play for the country of their grandfathers.
bring a joy to the people. you now? That is one more reason why we need to
We did have big problems and they reach this World Cup and other major
You have scored 23 goals in six affected the national team as much as tournaments, because kids will identify
qualiers, which is more than anyone the league. In the last two years people, with the country.
else in Europe. Is that what we can led by Ivica Osim, brought big changes
expect from Bosnia in the future and now we have a new [federation] As a former Paris Saint-Germain
an attacking and attractive side? president, Elvedin Begic, and things are player, how do you feel about all the
I do not have any choice [laughs]! Look going in the right direction. Of course, changes over the last three years?
at my team. We have two top strikers nothing can be done over night, but I think What the new owners did brilliantly was
in Dzeko and Ibisevic, a couple of we have made a huge step forward in the the branding of the club. Nowadays, when
very creative but also attack-minded last two years and we are all proud of that. you mention PSG, people in every corner
midelders like Misimovic or Pjanic, then of the world know about them. It was not
Lulic, Salihovic, Mujdza. We have to play The state of domestic football in like that when I used to play. Now they are
like we do now. It may sound tactically Bosnia is still poor. Would qualifying on a good path to establish
immature, I am fully aware of that, but for the World Cup change things? PSG as one of the best
I just think that it would be wrong to play It would certainly help. The country is torn clubs in Europe.
differently. We know that we expose apart by political and economic problems, Interview by Sasa Ibrulj

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On PSG and Europe...
If they continue to work to bring in
top players every year, I am convinced
that in a couple of years from now PSG
can become what Barcelona or Real are
to Spanish and European football: a
powerhouse that is capable of winning
the Champions League

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 Keir Radnedge
The expert view on
events off the pitch

The heat is on
Pressure is growing to switch the 2022 World Cup to the winter
FA have been uneasy bedfellows; one of
the reasons the FA has struggled at times
to progress issues has been its internal
imbalance of power between the
professional and grass-roots game.
The Premier League has always
expected that the other members of
Europes Big Five France, Germany,
Italy and Spain would line up with it
because they supply a signicant majority
of the nest players at the nals.
But German football leaders have
been shifting their position. Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge, chief executive of Bayern
Munich and chairman of the inuential
European Club Association, has indicated
that a winter World Cup is perfectly
feasible. Indeed, Rummenigge is not
averse to seeing the European season
run permanently from spring to autumn.

Political nightmare
Qatar, the smallest nation ever chosen as a
World Cup host, was awarded the nals in
2010 after FIFAs disastrous decision to run
simultaneous bidding for both the 2018
and 2022 nals. This proved commercially
successful but was a political nightmare.
Russia was awarded 2018 and Qatar saw
off opposition from Australia, Japan, South
Korea and the USA for 2022.
Within weeks of the award, Platini
Climate change...a winter World Cup in 2022 could disrupt three Premier League seasons, according to some sources
who had voted for Qatar began to
Six months ago the smart money was on Most countries in the world run a agitate. Blatter has said the issue will be
FIFA not taking a decision on the timing competitive season from spring to autumn on the agenda for the FIFA executive
of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar until and the hyperactive Christmas/New Year committee at its next meeting, which
after the presidential election in 2015. match programme is only a British means October. Most likely the ExCo
Now, all of a sudden, the political tradition and British traditions are never will order up yet another task force to
perspective has changed. avour of the month within FIFA.
Whether president Sepp Blatter FA chairman Greg Dyke has set
became a convert just to pull one election himself up for a confrontation with the Even if all the stadia are air-conditioned, I
rug out from under Michel Platinis feet Premier Leagues Richard Scudamore by think it will be impossible for the fans. My
seems questionable. Surely there are advocating a timing switch, although FA position will be: You cant play [the 2022
few votes to be lost or won from a stance general secretary Alex Horne was quick to World Cup] in the summer.
on the timing of a World Cup? Indeed, insist that this was Dykes personal opinion FA chairman Greg Dyke
it might be considered that conceding as predecessor David Bernstein had been
climatic restrictions on the staging of a against a switch.
World Cup is a snub to many long-term The league believes unlike Platini consider the pros and cons with a decision
hosting hopefuls. who claims disruption would be minimal possibly to be taken in the spring of next
The Qataris do not mind, one way that a switch would impact on all three year. The one decision it will not take is to
or the other. The World Cup provision is domestic seasons around the tournament, order a rerun of the voting, although even
merely one building block within many in upsetting TV and sponsorship deals as altering the timing could risk legal action
a long-term national development plan. well as players contracts. The three- from any of the defeated bidders.
Six months either way matters little at season snag has been disputed by Harold Mayne-Nicholls the Chilean
nine years distance. Platini and, most recently, by Britains who was head of the commission that
More and more, the Premier League is FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce. assessed the 2018 and 2022 bids had
out on its own in opposing a timing switch. For years the Premier League and the cautioned about the temperatures issue

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in his report which was set before
the ExCo members ahead of the vote.
However, the ExCo plainly paid more
Dyke could be
attention to political concerns and to the
Qataris promise to air-condition stadia,
a mini-Blatter
training camps and fan zones.
Switching to winter would almost Greg Dyke will prove a lot of fun for the
certainly mean taking out all elite club media. The chairman of the Football
football in November and December of Association is a dramatic contrast to
2022. Television companies and sponsors his predecessor, David Bernstein, who
would oppose the World Cup being run in projected an almost visible diplomacy
January and February at the same time lter whenever tasked with answering
as the winter Olympic Games. And then a provocative question. Bernstein did
there is the complication of staging the not appreciate being a patsy for media
Confederations Cup a year in advance... mischief, whereas Dyke, throughout his
Other constraints affecting a timing business life and perhaps because of
switch would include a likely refusal of his own media career, has no fear of the Contender...the IOCs Thomas Bach at the London 2012 opening ceremony
lower-division clubs across Europe to halt repercussions from saying what he thinks.
their seasons. Indeed, they would envision
a pause in premier activity as a chance to
Indeed, Dyke is reminiscent of FIFA
president Sepp Blatter. Both are football
IOC vote matters
prot in terms of domestic broadcasting
and sponsorship opportunities.
Switching to winter is not the
fans, both are condent in their own
abilities and both are perfectly ready
to articulate their latest idea or opinion
for football
only option, and Mayne-Nicholls has without stopping to worry about the likely Six men (no women) are IOC vice-chairman and
resulting controversy. contesting the presidency Olympic gold-medal
Dyke, having spoken up about a need of the International fencer), Sergey Bubka
to shift the 2022 World Cup out of the Olympic Committee, with (Ukraine, ex-Olympic pole
summer months, conceded he had been the election to succeed vault champion), Richard
surprised by the fuss he has provoked. As Jacques Rogge taking Carrion (Puerto Rican
he adjusts to the demands of his role at place in Buenos Aires. banker), Ng Ser Miang
the head of the FA he may fall over other (Singapores senior IOC
Devotees of the elitist
such issues which press the headline
Olympic movement a vice-president), Denis
buttons more rmly than he expected.
royal title is a shortcut to Oswald (Switzerland,
Anything and everything he says will
appointment as one of the international rowing
Model...one of Qatars proposed World Cup stadia be pulled and pushed from one angle
or another. Hence his comment that he 100-plus voting members boss) and Wu Ching-
suggested that matches in Qatar could would not rule out appointing another proclaim the president kuo (Taiwan, inuential
be played in the usual June-July slot but foreigner as England manager will now as the most important amateur boxing supremo).
from mid-evening, when temperatures be enshrined in the shadow debate about man in world sport. This Bach is favourite and
drop sharply, with the third match of what happens when Roy Hodgson leaves. is a misnomer. Nowhere has the support of Ahmad
the day kicking off just before midnight. That is assuming, of course, that in the world do you see Fahad Al Sabah, the
Representatives of several federations Dykes tenure he has four years before youngsters wearing shirts inuential Kuwaiti sheikh
in South America, Africa, Asia and hitting the retirement cut-off of 70 will emblazoned on the back who played a key role in
southern Europe have pointed out outlast that of the current England boss. with IOC or Rogge. popping Sheikh Salman
that their players are used to playing To young sports fans, into the Asian Football
in very high temperatures. They believe its all about clubs and Confederation presidency
that Platini and his supporters have superstars and that, earlier this year.
approached the issue from a purely mostly, means football. Blatter might back
Francophone perspective. But which contender Oswald, out of Swiss
Hence one suggestion to play the
would best t footballs sympathies, in the rst
World Cup in 2022 in May and June. This
needs and attract the vote round of voting but, after
would mean no mid-season disruption
of Sepp Blatter, an IOC that, Bach would be his
and only minimal timing adjustment.
Or is that too awkward for mischief- member by virtue of his logical choice not only
makers who still harbour dreams of FIFA presidency? because of his signicant
seeing Qatar stripped of hosting the The candidates are business connections into
World Cup altogether? WS Dyke...says what he thinks Thomas Bach (Germanys the Arab world and Russia.

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 Stadium tour
Juventus Stadium
TURIN

Peterjon Cresswell visits the venue that will stage

next years Europa League Final

I
taly will play at the Juventus Stadium the stadium from the council, for
for the rst time when they face 25million, and set about redeveloping
the Czech Republic in a World Cup Italys rst club-owned, football-focused
quali er on September 10, and the arena on the site of the Stadio delle Alpi.
venue which also hosts the 2014 Europa Giving priority to environmentally
League Final is the model that many friendly and energy-conserving methods
Serie A sides are now looking to copy. of construction the Juventus Stadium
Teams such as Fiorentina, Bologna generates heat through solar panels and
and Atalanta still play at municipal irrigates its pitch by reusing rainwater
grounds that were erected during the the club were able to build a new
Mussolini era, and for decades Juves stadium from scratch for a relatively
Stadio Comunale now known as the modest 120m.
Stadio Olimpico and home to city rivals
Torino was typical of the genre. English roots
For the 1990 World Cup, the city of Construction took two years and the
Turin built a new arena, the Stadio delle Juventus Stadium note the English
Alpi, on the northern outskirts of town. name was unveiled in September
Backdropped by the Alps, the ground 2011 with a friendly against Notts
was shared by Juventus and Torino. But County, who were the inspiration behind
exposed to the elements and with poor the Italian clubs black-and-white shirts
visibility, it was to become one of the a century ago.
least-loved arenas in European football. Holding 41,000 fans, this intimate
Although Juventus were winning venue is the perfect solution to the
domestic and continental titles at the clubs long-standing stadium woes.
time, their 70,000-capacity home A string of 49 games unbeaten at
was often only half full and the club their new home ended in November
experimented with staging the 2012, with a defeat by Internazionale,
occasional game elsewhere in Italy, but Juve have won the Serie A title in
even leaving the mainland entirely both seasons in which they have played
to play in Palermo. at the stadium and they are now looking
In 2003, the club took the to win three titles on the trot for the rst
unprecedented step of buying time since the 1930s. WS

TICKETS Impressive...Juventus have won the Serie A title twice at their new home
Tickets go on sale 10 days before a
game and non-members will need
a valid passport to purchase one. There
are two ticket of ces at the stadium by
ingresso C, one by ingresso B and three
by ingresso D, E and F on Via Druento.
Tickets can also be bought online from
use www.listicket.it
Sectors are colour coded: green
(Sud, Corso Grosseto) and yellow
(Nord, Via Druento) behind the goals;
blue (Ovest) and red/orange (Est
Centrale, Strada Comunale di Altessano and Area12 mall) along the side.
Visitors are allocated four sectors in the north corner between the Nord
and Est stands, with entrance through Via Druento.
History...a museum charts the rise of the club since its formation in 1897

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Environmentally friendly...the stadium used energy-conserving methods of construction Appetising...one of the restaurants situated within the stadium complex

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 Stadium tour JUVENTUS STADIUM

HOW TO GET THERE

Venaria
On match days, tram 9 runs from
Piazza Bernini on the metro line then
back as far as Porta Nuova station.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Tram 3 from Piazza Repubblica runs E61
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close by. On non-match days, buses
62, 72 and 75 take the best part of Juventus
Juventus Stadium Settimo Stadium Via Drue
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an hour to reach the stadium from Venaria Torinese vin
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so
various parts of the city. From Porta an

Strada Com
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Corso Grosseto Via
Nuova station, take the metro to E64 Corso Grosseto
Citta Di
XVIII Dicembre then bus 72.

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SS25

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EATING & DRINKING SS10

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On Strada Comunale di Altessano, Stadio Olimpico North...Juves new home is on the city outskirts
Parco
at the crossroads with Via Sansovino, 89 Beinasco Europa
LElite features photos of the stadium Moncalieri STADIO OLIMPICO
being built, while New York opposite E70 Situated in the Santa Rita district in the
is lled with TV screens. Nearer the south of Turin and now home to Torino,
stadium, Alby and Millegusti are Juventus old ground was opened in
E55
standard cafe choices behind the E70 1933 as the Stadio Municipale Benito
East Stand. Mussolini. Later known as the Stadio
The best option, the Stadium, is Comunale, it was renovated in 2006
just round the corner on Via Druento. and now has a capacity of 28,140.
SS29
This is a friendly bar/pizzeria with Now back in Serie A after promotion in
SS20
photographs of Old Trafford, the 2012, Torino have won the league title
Stadio delle Alpi and the current seven times, most recently in 1976.
Juventus Stadium. Rivals...the Stadio Olimpico to the south of Turin is home to city rivals Torino
If youre after a quality pre-
match meal, the Ristorante delle Alpi
(www.ristorantedellealpi.com) is a
15-minute walk away, just off Strada
Comunale di Altessano.
Across from the stadium, at
the junction of Strada Comunale
di Altessano and Corso Grosseto,
the Hotel Master (www.
masterhoteltorino.it) is a three-star
hotel, with 46 rooms, and it is not
always full on match weekends.

MUSEUM & TOUR

Tours (10) last 70 minutes and
run Mon-Fri at 10am, noon, 2pm
and 4pm, and half-hourly Sat-Sun
10am-6pm, except before and after
matches. There are no tours on
match days. The tour takes in the
recently opened Juventus Museum
(Mon-Sat 11am-7pm) behind
the East Stand which offers a
contemporary take on 115 years
of club history. It currently features Popular...built on the site of the old, unloved Stadio delle Alpi, the new Juventus Stadium has been welcomed by the clubs fans
a temporary exhibition tracing the
relationship between the club and
the Agnelli family.
The stadium stands beside the
equally new Area12 mall which
houses the Juventus megastore and
is behind the East Stand on Strada
Comunale di Altessano. It is the
biggest of its kind in Italy and is open
Mon 12.30pm-9.30pm, Tue-Sat
8.30am-9.30pm and Sun 9am-9pm.
In town, there is a Juve store
on the corner of Garibaldi and XX
Settembre by the Garibaldi stop
on tram line 4. Massive...the Juve megastore is the biggest of its kind in Italy Hi tech...the new stadiums ultra-modern home dressing room

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 Libertadores
Cup stars
Tim Vickery picks
the players who
made their mark in
this years South
American club
competition

1 JO
ATLETICO MINEIRO (BRA)

When Jo and Ronaldinho teamed up at Atletico, the consensus was that the pair would
make more headlines for excessive partying than for anything they did on the pitch. Instead,
winning the Libertadores was redemption for both and perhaps more so for the lanky,
left-footed centre-forward than the veteran playmaker. While Ronaldinho already had a
showcase full of medals, Joao Alves de Assis Silva had less to show for his talent. But as
the competition got serious, Jo was the more important of the two.
In the return leg of the Final, the 26-year-olds capacity to hold the ball up with his back
to goal made life much easier for his team-mates, and his ability to win ick-ons in the air
was a constant problem for the Olimpia defence. By occupying both central defenders, he
also opened up space for Bernard and Diego Tardelli down the anks.
He scored in the second leg with a deft piece of opportunism taking advantage of a
defensive slip to swivel and score with his weaker right foot and recorded his seventh goal
of the competition, which made him the campaigns top marksman.
The Libertadores was the tournament in which Jo nally looked like a mature version of
the highly promising 16-year-old who broke into the Corinthians rst team a decade ago
and not the off-the-rails gure who, for years, behaved as if football was not high on his list
of priorities.
A late call-up to this summers Confederations Cup squad, to replace Leandro Damiao
who pulled out with injury, means that a shot at glory with the national team next year might
yet be a possibility for the former Manchester City and Everton op.

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2
VICTOR
ATLETICO MINEIRO (BRA)

Most of the plaudits for Atleticos triumph went

to the teams exciting attacking unit, but the man
at the other end of the eld was just as crucial.
Victor, who was briey Brazils rst-choice
goalkeeper as the side was rebuilt following the
2010 World Cup, is usually known for the safe and
solid rather than the spectacular. But without his
penalty-saving skills, the Belo Horizonte club would
still be waiting for their rst Libertadores title.
His ability was in evidence from the rst kick
of the Final shoot-out when Herminio Miranda,
Olimpias specialist penalty taker, stepped up and
stroked his spot-kick straight down the middle of
the goal. Holding his nerve, Victor stayed put to
make the save, and from that point on the initiative
was with Atletico.
In the semi-nal shoot-out against Newells
Old Boys it had also been Victor who brought
closure to the proceedings, diving to his left to
parry a shot from Maxi Rodriguez.
However, his most important save came in
the previous round. Atletico looked like crashing
out in the quarter-nals when Tijuana of Mexico
were awarded a stoppage-time penalty. Victor
plunged to his right, Duvier Riascos placed his shot
centrally and the 30-year-old keeper stuck out
a leg to make the block and sent his side through
on away goals.

3 Martin SILVA
OLIMPIA (PAR)

Olimpias great goalkeeping tradition continued with

a ne campaign from Uruguays Martin Silva, whose
performances caught the eye of clubs in Spain and
Brazil. Perhaps the biggest mystery is that it took him
so long to be discovered.
Now 30, he spent almost a decade with Defensor
in Uruguay before joining Olimpia in 2011. He had played
in international competitions before without ever looking
out of his depth, but it was in this Libertadores campaign
that he was especially impressive. Calm under pressure,
he stood up strong to make important saves not least
in the second leg of the Final, where he looked the
coolest man on the pitch as he saw off wave after
wave of Atletico attacks with his sound positioning
and sharp reexes.
All through the campaign he came out for crosses,
commanding his area with a quiet condence that
is not always seen from Fernando Muslera, the
Galatasaray goalkeeper who is Uruguays rst choice.
Silva has been in the national squad for a while
he was third-choice keeper in the South Africa
World Cup but his appearance against Tahiti in
the Confederations Cup was only his second cap.
His displays in this years Libertadores may see him
represent his country against more exacting opponents
very soon.

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 Ignacio SCOCCO
4 NEWELLS OLD BOYS (ARG)

It is highly likely that Gerardo Martinos promotion

from coach of Newells to Barcelona has something
to do with the way he handled Nacho Scocco.
In the Argentinian sides loose 4-3-3- system,
Scocco excelled as both false number nine and
genuine centre-forward, but what most caught the eye
was the intelligence and sleekness of his movement;
dropping deep to participate in the build-up before
drifting in on the blind side or breaking behind the
defensive line to latch on to a through pass.
The quality of his nishing also stood out. Of his
six goals in the competition, two will live long in the
memory. Against Deportivo Lara of Venezuela he
glided past three defenders before blasting home an
unstoppable long-range rocket, then in the semi-nals
against Atletico he bent a superb low free-kick around
Wilder MEDINA
5
the defensive wall.
A product of Newells youth system, Scocco
returned to the club last year after spells in Mexico, SANTA FE (COL)
Greece and the United Arab Emirates. His comeback
was an instant success and the 28-year-old has now
been signed by Internacional of Brazil. Coached by Wilson Gutierrez, Santa Fe of Colombia
played some of the best passing football of the
tournament. The cutting edge, however, came from
Wilder Medina, a skilful striker with the gift for the
unpredictable who supplied the vital change of rhythm
in the nal third of the pitch.
Now 32, Medinas rise has been hampered by a
difcult background and a suspect temperament. He
admits football rescued him from a life of delinquency
and his career has suffered from suspensions handed
out for his use of social drugs. Sacked by Deportes
Tolima, he was top scorer in the Colombian
championship as Santa Fe reached the apertura Final
in July and one of the highlights of the Libertadores
was his goal that eliminated Brazils Gremio.
As the mideld probed for an opening, Medina
injected a burst of pace, played a quick one-two, took
out two defenders and poked the ball home.
Goals like that highlighted why Medina was signed
by Barcelona of Ecuador this summer.

6 Braian RODRIGUEZ
HUACHIPATO (CHL)

The burly Uruguayan striker seemed little more than a journeyman

until nding his form in Chile. Having worked his way through a
number of clubs in his homeland, and spells in Argentina and Peru,
he joined Union La Calera two years ago, where a successful season
earned him a move to fellow Chilean side Huachipato, with whom he
won the domestic title at the end of last year.
With key players moving on, hopes of a good Libertadores run
were not high, but Rodriguez got Huachipato off to a stunning start
with a man-of-the-match performance in a shock 2-1 away win
against Gremio in Brazil. He provided the cross for the rst goal and
scored the second with a towering header.
While the team were inconsistent, he could always be relied upon
to supply physical strength, a spirit of sacrice, direct running and an
aerial threat. Rodriguez made himself a real handful for defenders
and, although Huachipato narrowly failed to make the knock-out
stage, his ve goals established him as the top scorer of the group
phase and earned a move to Real Betis of Spain in July.

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INTERNATIONALS
92 CONCACAF Gold Cup
93 East Asian Cup
93 COSAFA Cup
94 Asian Cup
94 Friendlies
96 World Cup qualiers (xtures)

PREVIEW
98 World Cup qualiers: Africa

CLUB RESULTS
100 UEFA Champions League
100 Europa League
100 European leagues
103 Recopa
103 Libertadores Cup
103 Sudamericana Cup
103 South American leagues
104 Central & North America
104 Africa
105 Asia
105 Oceania
105 Forthcoming xtures

Preliminary...Steed Malbranque (right) of Lyon holds off Grasshoppers Toko Nzuzi in their Champions League qualier in Zurich Six appeal... Schalke (in blue) and Hamburg drew 3-3

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INTERNATIONALS

ARGENTINA BRAZIL Cesar and central defender

David Luiz absent.
Visitors feel at home Unbeaten run over Scolari gave a rst cap
New Napoli signing Gonzalo The Confederations Cup to Paris Saint-Germains
Higuain, was one of seven winners were beaten for 31-year-old defender
Serie A-based players in the rst time in 11 games Maxwell, who came
Argentinas starting line-up when an own goal from on as a substitute.
as they beat Italy 2-1 at Dani Alves gave Switzerland
Romes Olimpico Stadium. a 1-0 win in Basle. ENGLAND
Higuain opened the Luiz Felipe Scolari
scoring and then set started the friendly with Lamberts dream debut
up Ever Banega for the nine of the side who had Southampton striker Rickie
second, before Lorenzo beaten Spain in the Final, Lambert scored the winning
On target...Higuain Wrong end...Alves
Insigne replied for the hosts. with only goalkeeper Julio goal in a 3-2 victory over

Internationals
July 15 - Houston Belize: West - Pandy (Lennan 60), Gaynair, Eiley,
El Salvador 1 (Zelaya 74) Tasher (D Makin 24), Smith, E Trapp, A Makin
Haiti 0 (Roches 73), Mariano, McCaulay, Salazar.
HT: 0-0. Att: 21,783. Ref: Santos (PR)
El Salvador: Portillo - Garcia, Henriquez, Turcios, July 16 - East Hartford
Posadas, Ceren, A Flores, Romero (Santamaria 64), Cuba 4 (Martinez 37, 61, 83, Y Marquez 90+2)
Menjivar, Blanco (Burgos 59; Mayen 87), Zelaya. Belize 0
Haiti: Montrevil - Alcenat, Jerome, Aveska, Jaggy, HT: 1-0. Att: 25,432. Ref: Wijngaarde (Sur)
Louis (Joseph 66), Constant, Desmarets (Pierre Cuba: Molina - Urgelles (Perez 62), Clavelo (Lopez
CONCACAF GOLD CUP July 14 - Denver
76), Alexandre, Saint-Preux (Peguero 16), Maurice. 67), Corrales, Y Colome, Malblanche, Martinez,
Martinique 1 (Parsemain pen 42)
Mexico 3 (Fabian 20, Montes 33, Ponce 89) Gomez, J Colome, Y Marquez, Alfonso (Puga 76).
In the United States July 15 - Houston Belize: West - Velasquez, Pandy, Eiley, Gilharry
HT: 1-2. Att: 30,000. Ref: Geiger (USA)
Martinique: Olimpa - Babin, Arnolin, Linord Honduras 0 (E Trapp 67), Smith, Gaynair, D Trapp, Mariano
Group A Trinidad & Tobago 2 (K Jones pen 48, Molino 66) (L Torres 49), Salazar (Lennan 70), McCaulay.
July 7 - Pasadena (Abaul 35), Germany, Herelle, Gustan, Parsemain,
Thomert, Reuperne (Treseld 78), Delem HT: 0-0. Att: 21,783. Ref: Rodriguez (Mex) Sent off: Gaynair 80min.
Canada 0 Honduras: Hernandez - Velasquez, Rodas (Rojas
Martinique 1 (Reuperne 90+2) (Cretinoir 56).
Mexico: Munoz - Layun, Valenzuela, Huiqui, 62), Peralta, Johnny Palacios (Garcia 50), Medina, July 16 - East Hartford
HT: 0-0. Att: 56,822. Ref: Brea (Cub) Berrios, Fuentes, Lopez, Jerry Palacios, M Martinez United States 1 (Shea 81)
Canada: Borjan - Edgar, De Jong, Henry, Aldrete, Castro, Montes, Pena (Velarde 68),
Fabian (Ponce 87), R Jimenez, Marquez Lugo (O Chavez 42). Sent off: Velasquez 37min. Costa Rica 0
Ledgerwood, De Guzman, Johnson (Jackson 51), Trinidad & Tobago: Williams - Mitchell, Cyrus, HT: 0-0. Att: 25,432. Ref: Campbell (Jam)
Piette, Teibert, Haber (Osorio 85), Ricketts. (Javier Orozco 80).
Abu Bakr, J Jones (David 79), Boucaud, Hyland, United States: S Johnson - Orozco Fiscal,
Martinique: Olimpa - Babin, Arnolin, Cretinoir, Molino, Glen (Gay 67), K Jones, Roberts (Edwards 71). Goodson, Beasley, Parkhurst, Torres (Shea 76),
Zaire, Herelle (Reuperne 79), Thomert (Germany CONCACAF GOLD CUP GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts Diskerud, Bedoya (Corona 79), Holden, Donovan,
75), Parsemain, Gustan, Arquin (Coureur 80), CONCACAF GOLD CUP GROUP B Wondolowski (Gomez 76).
Piquionne. Panama (Q) 3 2 1 0 3 1 7
Mexico (Q) 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 P W D L F A Pts Costa Rica: Pemberton - Umana, Diaz, Johnson,
Martinique 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 Honduras (Q) 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 Gonzalez, Miller (Meneses 67), Cunningham, Borges,
July 7 - Pasadena Trin & Tob (Q) 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Wallace (O Rodriguez 71), Tejeda, Arrieta (Saborio 77).
Mexico 1 (Fabian 45+2) Canada 3 0 1 2 0 3 1
El Salvador (Q) 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Panama 2 (G Torres pen 7, 48) Haiti 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 CONCACAF GOLD CUP GROUP C
HT: 1-1. Att: 56,822. Ref: Quesada (CR) Group B
July 8 - Harrison P W D L F A Pts
Mexico: Jonathan Orozco - I Jimenez, Huiqui, Group C USA (Q) 3 3 0 0 11 2 9
Pereira (Valenzuela 46), Aldrete, Fabian, Enriquez, El Salvador 2 (Zelaya 21, 68)
Trinidad & Tobago 2 (Daniel 10, K Jones 72) July 9 - Portland Costa Rica (Q) 3 2 0 1 4 1 6
Velarde (Brizuela 74), Castro (Pena 46), Marquez Costa Rica 3 (Barrantes 50, 76, Arrieta 71) Cuba (Q) 3 1 0 2 5 7 3
Lugo, R Jimenez. HT: 1-1. Att: 20,000. Ref: Rodriguez (Mex)
El Salvador: Portillo - Garcia, Turcios, Purdy Cuba 0 Belize 3 0 0 3 1 11 0
Panama: Penedo - Chen, C Rodriguez, R Torres, HT: 0-0. Att: 18,724. Ref: Bonilla (ESv)
Parris, Sanchez, Godoy, Gomez (J Perez 84), (Henriquez 87), Posadas, Ceren, Romero, Menjivar,
Zelaya, Corea (A Flores 61), Burgos (Blanco 79). Costa Rica: Pemberton - Madrigal, Miller, Top 2 in each group and the 2 3rd-placed teams
Quintero, G Torres (Cummings 87), Waterman Meneses, Umana, Barrantes, Tejeda, Wallace with the best record qualied for quarter-nals
(Blackburn 70). Trinidad & Tobago: Williams - Hoyte, Power,
J Jones, Mitchell (Cyrus 84), Theobald, Carter (Cunningham 57), O Rodriguez (Borges 63),
(Roberts 69), Hyland, Daniel (Gay 84), Edwards, Saborio (Ruiz 78), Arrieta. Quarter-nals
July 11 - Seattle Cuba: Molina - Malblanche, Urgelles, Clavelo, July 20 - Atlanta
Panama 1 (G Torres pen 83) K Jones.
Corrales, Y Colome, Martinez, Gomez (Coroneaux 77), Panama 6 (G Torres pen 25, 38, C Rodriguez 68,
Martinique 0 J Colome (Perez 69), Y Marquez, Puga (Alfonso 63). B Perez 78, 87, Jimenez 84)
HT: 0-0. Att: 28,354. Ref: Castro (Hnd) July 8 - Harrison
Haiti 0 Cuba 1 (Alfonso 21)
Panama: Penedo - R Torres, Chen, Parris, July 9 - Portland HT: 2-1. Att: 54,229. Ref: Geiger (USA)
C Rodriguez, Quintero (Jimenez 82), Gomez, Honduras 2 (R Martinez 3, M Chavez 77)
HT: 0-1. Att: 20,000. Ref: Cruz (CR) Belize 1 (Gaynair 39) Panama: Penedo - Parris, C Rodriguez, R Torres,
Godoy, Sanchez, G Torres (J Perez 85), Waterman United States 6 (Wondolowski 11, 36, 40, Chen, Gomez, Godoy (Jimenez 70), Quintero (Miller
(B Perez 64). Haiti: Montrevil - Jerome, Alcenat, Aveska,
Guerrier, Joseph (Maurice 55), Herold, Louis Holden 57, Orozco Fiscal 71, Donovan pen 75) 81), Sanchez, B Perez, G Torres (Bonaga 79).
Martinique: Olimpa - Cretinoir, Arnolin, Berdix, HT: 1-3. Att: 18,724. Ref: Rodriguez (Hnd) Cuba: Molina - Y Colome, Corrales (Puga 77),
Babin, Herelle, Thomert, Coureur (Germany 75), (Peguero 59), Desmarets (Saurel 75), Alexandre,
Saint-Preux. Belize: Orio - A Torres (Salazar 76), Lennan (Tasher Malblanche, Urgelles, J Colome, Gomez, Lopez
Parsemain, Piquionne (Arquin 78), Gustan. 63), E Trapp, Smith, Pandy, Gaynair, Jimenez, (Perez 62), Y Marquez, Martinez, Alfonso.
Sent off: Berdix 72min. Honduras: Escober - Johnny Palacios, Beckeles,
O Chavez, Garcia, Delgado, Najar, Claros, Rojas McCaulay, Mariano, Roches (D Trapp 46). Sent off: Martinez 58min.
(M Chavez 52), M Martinez (Lopez 68), R Martinez United States: Rimando - Orozco Fiscal,
July 11 - Seattle Parkhurst, Goodson, Beasley, Corona (Bedoya 65), July 20 - Atlanta
Mexico 2 (R Jimenez 41, Fabian pen 56) (Fuentes 83).
Beckerman (Holden 46), Diskerud, Torres (Shea Mexico 1 (R Jimenez 85)
Canada 0 59), Donovan, Wondolowski. Trinidad & Tobago 0
HT: 1-0. Att: 28,354. Ref: Aguilar (ESv) July 12 - Miami Gardens
Trinidad & Tobago 0 HT: 0-0. Att: 54,229. Ref: Aguilar (ESv)
Mexico: Jonathan Orozco - Aldrete, Huiqui, Layun, July 13 - Sandy Mexico: Jonathan Orozco - Aldrete, Huiqui, Layun,
Velarde, Valenzuela, Enriquez (Castro 53), Fabian Haiti 2 (Maurice 16, 53)
HT: 0-1. Att: 28,713. Ref: Solis (CR) United States 4 (Donovan pen 45+1, Corona 56, Valenzuela, Castro, Fabian, Montes (Velarde 88),
(Javier Orozco 77), Montes, R Jimenez, Marquez Wondolowski 65, 84) Pena (Cardenas 68), R Jimenez, Marquez Lugo
Lugo (Ponce 72). Trinidad & Tobago: Williams - Mitchell, Hoyte
(Molino 70), J Jones (David 60), Power, Edwards, Cuba 1 (Alfonso 35) (Javier Orozco 74).
Canada: Borjan - Edgar, De Jong, Henry, HT: 1-1. Att: 17,597. Ref: Gantar (Can) Trinidad & Tobago: Williams - Abu Bakr, Cyrus,
Ledgerwood, Nakajima-Farran (Porter 61), Bekker Daniel (Gay 56), Theobald, Hyland, K Jones, Roberts.
Haiti: Montrevil - Jerome, Alcenat, Aveska, Jaggy, United States: Rimando - Castillo, Beltran, David, Edwards (Carter 88), Power, Boucaud
(Aleman 82), De Guzman, Osorio, Piette, Haber Onyewu, Orozco Fiscal, Beckerman, Corona, (Birchall 87), Daniel, Glen, K Jones, Roberts.
(Ricketts 46). Desmarets, Constant, Louis (Joseph 90+1),
Alexandre, Maurice (Pierre 80), Peguero Holden (Diskerud 57), Shea (Torres 46), Donovan,
(Lafrance 63). Gomez (Wondolowski 57). July 21 - Baltimore
July 14 - Denver Cuba: Molina - Clavelo, Corrales, Y Colome, Urgelles, United States 5 (Goodson 21, Corona 29,
Panama 0 Malblanche, J Colome (Sanchez 77), Gomez (Perez E Johnson 60, Donovan 78, Diskerud 84)
Canada 0 July 12 - Miami Gardens
Honduras 1 (Claros 90+1) 66), Y Marquez, Martinez, Alfonso (Zuasnabar 61). El Salvador 1 (Zelaya pen 39)
Att: 30,000. Ref: Quesada (CR) HT: 2-1. Att: 70,540. Ref: Wijngaarde (Sur)
Panama: Mejia - Dixon, Cedeno, Cummings, Chen, El Salvador 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 28,713. Ref: Marrufo (USA) July 13 - Sandy United States: Rimando - Beasley, Besler (Orozco
Sanchez, Bonaga (Godoy 88), Jimenez, J Perez Costa Rica 1 (Eiley og 49) Fiscal 73), Goodson, Parkhurst, Beckerman,
(Gomez 72), Blackburn (Waterman 75), B Perez. Honduras: Escober - O Chavez, Velasquez,
Garcia, Beckeles, Berrios (M Chavez 66), Najar Belize 0 Corona, Diskerud, Torres (Shea 65), Donovan,
Canada: Borjan - Morgan, De Jong (Porter 63), HT: 0-0. Att: 17,597. Ref: Wijngaarde (Sur) Wondolowski (E Johnson 59).
Edgar, Henry, Ledgerwood, Osorio, Bekker (M Martinez 78), Lopez, Claros, Delgado,
R Martinez (Rojas 64). Costa Rica: Pemberton - Umana, Diaz, Johnson, El Salvador: Portillo - Garcia, Henriquez, Posadas,
(Nakajima-Farran 80), De Guzman, Pacheco Gonzalez, Borges, Barrantes (Castillo 59), Turcios, Ceren, A Flores, Menjivar, Romero (Burgos
(Ricketts 57), Haber. El Salvador: Portillo - Turcios, Garcia, Henriquez,
Posadas, Romero (Santamaria 83), Ceren, Menjivar, A Rodriguez, Cunningham (O Rodriguez 67), 46), Blanco (Santamaria 46), Zelaya (Mayen 72).
Burgos (Blanco 64), Zelaya, Corea (A Flores 58). Arrieta, Saborio (Ruiz 88).

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Scotland with his rst touch all four divisions of the 2012, winning his 62nd cap when they drew 3-3. Since
in international football, just English league and once for Les Bleus in a goalless then, France have won 24
166 seconds after coming supplemented his income draw with Belgium. games to Belgiums 29.
on as a substitute. with a spell working in a Samir Nasri, who had
Theo Walcott and Danny beetroot factory. not played for the French ISRAEL
Welbeck had cancelled out national side since being
goals from the visitors FRANCE suspended for insulting a Captain equals record
James Morrison and Kenny reporter at Frances Euro Currently without a club,
Miller before the 31-year- Abidal and Nasri return 2012 quarter-nal, was a national captain Yossi
old Lambert entered the Eric Abidal, who twice second-half substitute. Benayoun equalled Arik
fray in the 67th minute. underwent surgery on a The game in Brussels Benados record of 94
Thats the way Ive been liver tumour, returned to was the 72nd meeting appearances for Israel when
dreaming it all my life, said international action for the between the sides, stretching appearing as a substitute in
Lambert, who has played in rst time since February back 109 years, to 1904 Back in the fold...Nasri (right) the 2-0 loss to Ukraine.

July 21 - Baltimore July 21 - Seoul COSAFA CUP Quarter-nals

Honduras 1 (Najar 49) Japan 3 (Kurihara 32, Kakitani 59, Kudo 60) (Council of Southern Africa Football Associations) July 13 - Lusaka
Costa Rica 0 China 3 (Wang Yongpo pen 4, pen 80, Sun Ke 86) Zimbabwe 1 (Mambare 13)
HT: 0-0. Att: 70,540. Ref: Campbell (Jam) HT: 1-1. Att: 3,500. Ref: Williams (Aus) In Zambia Malawi 1 (Nyamupanedengu og 85)
Honduras: Escober - O Chavez, Beckeles, Garcia, Japan: Nishikawa - Komano, Makino, Kurihara, No et. HT: 1-0. Ref: Sikazwe (Zam)
R Martinez (Rojas 90+1), Medina, Najar, Lopez Morishige, Yamaguchi, Aoyama (Takahashi 65), Group A Zimbabwe 3-1 on pens
(Berrios 70), M Chavez (Fuentes 70), Claros, Delgado. Takahagi, Kudo, Haraguchi (Saito 71), Kakitani July 6 - Lusaka Sent off: Sangala (Malawi) 44min
Costa Rica: Pemberton - Borges, Gonzalez, Madrigal, (Osako 87). Namibia 2 (Shitembi 20, Jakob 44)
Diaz, Cunningham (O Rodriguez 65), Barrantes China: Zeng Cheng - Li Xuepeng, Rong Hao, Mauritius 1 (Pierre 85) July 13 - Lusaka
(Castillo 75), Tejeda, Miller, Arrieta (Ruiz 71), Saborio. Du Wei, Zhang Linpeng, Wang Yongpo, Zheng Zhi, HT: 2-0. Ref: Sikazwe (Zam) South Africa 2 (Shongwe 47, Kekana 62)
Huang Bowen, Qu Bo (Zhang Xizhe 54), Gao Lin, Namibia 1 (Stephanus pen 71)
Semi-nals Yu Dabao (Sun Ke 63). July 8 - Lusaka HT: 0-0. Ref: Bondo (Bot)
July 24 - Arlington Namibia 4 (Urikhob 25, Gebhardt 40, 46,
United States 3 (E Johnson 11, Donovan 27, 53) July 24 - Hwaseong Tjiueza 88) July 14 - Kitwe
Honduras 1 (Medina 52) South Korea 0 Seychelles 2 (Zialor 14, 38) Angola 1 (Mabululu 25)
HT: 2-0. Att: 81,410. Ref: Quesada (CR) China 0 HT: 2-2. Ref: Koto (Les) Lesotho 1 (Tale 40)
United States: Rimando - Beasley, Besler, Att: 23,675. Ref: Kovalenko (Uzb) No et. HT: 1-1. Ref: Gomes (SAf)
Goodson, Parkhurst, Beckerman (Diskerud 66), South Korea: Jung Sung-ryong - Kim Min-woo, July 10 - Kitwe Lesotho 5-3 on pens
Bedoya, Holden, Torres (Shea 66), Donovan Jang Hyun-soo, Hwang Seok-ho, Lee Yong, Yeom Mauritius 4 (Calambe 14, Pierre 23, 72, Pithia 36)
(Wondolowski 71), E Johnson. Ki-hun (Go Moo-yul 78), Yun Il-lok (Lee Seung-gi Seychelles 0 July 14 - Kitwe
Honduras: Escober - O Chavez, Beckeles, Garcia, 60), Cho Young-cheol, Park Jong-woo, Han HT: 3-0. Ref: Gomes (SAf) Zambia 3 (Mwape pen 13, Chisenga 26, Phiri 77)
Medina, Claros, Delgado, Lopez (Jerry Palacios 46), Kook-young, Seo Dong-hyeon (Kim Shin-wook 64). Sent off: Henriette (Seychelles) 35min Mozambique 1 (Sonito 86)
Najar, Reyes (M Chavez 46), Rojas (R Martinez 68). China: Zeng Cheng - Rong Hao, Du Wei, Zhang HT: 2-0. Ref: Camille (Sey)
Linpeng, Wang Yongpo (Wu Lei 58), Zheng Zhi, COSAFA CUP GROUP A
July 24 - Arlington Sun Ke (Zhang Xizhe 64), Huang Bowen, Yang Hao, P W D L F A Pts 5th-place play-offs
Panama 2 (B Perez 13, R Torres 60) Gao Lin, Yu Dabao (Qu Bo 80). Namibia (Q) 2 2 0 0 6 3 6 5th-place semi-nals
Mexico 1 (Montes 26) Mauritius 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 July 16 - Kitwe
HT: 1-1. Att: 81,410. Ref: Campbell (Jam) July 25 - Hwaseong Seychelles 2 0 0 2 2 8 0 Malawi 2 (Simkonda 4, Ito og 48)
Panama: Penedo - Parris, C Rodriguez, R Torres, Japan 3 (Saito 25, Osako 55, 79) Angola 3 (Mabululu 11, 54, Abdul 84)
Chen, Sanchez, Gomez (Cummings 89), Godoy, Australia 2 (Duke 75, Juric 78) Group B HT: 1-1. Ref: Koto (Les)
Quintero (Jimenez 65), B Perez, G Torres HT: 1-0. Att: 1,458. Ref: Tan (Chn) July 7 - Kitwe
(Waterman 75). Japan: Gonda - Moriwaki, Tokunaga, Suzuki, Chiba Botswana 0 July 16 - Kitwe
Mexico: Jonathan Orozco - Layun, Huiqui, (Kurihara 81), Takahashi, Ogihara (Yamaguchi 61), Swaziland 0 Namibia 0
Valenzuela, Aldrete, Montes, Pena (Enriquez 46), Yamada, Osako, Saito (Kudo 73), Toyoda. Ref: Camille (Sey) Mozambique 1 (Sonito 43)
Castro (Javier Orozco 65), Fabian, Marquez Lugo Australia: Galekovic - Thwaite, McGowan, North, HT: 0-1. Ref: Matemera (Zim)
(Brizuela 72), R Jimenez. Franjic, Milligan, Zadkovich, McKay (Goodwin 88), July 8 - Kitwe
Thompson (Juric 75), Vidosic (Nichols 57), Duke. Kenya 2 (Kiongera 84, Atudo pen 89) 5th-place Final
Final Lesotho 2 (Mokhahlane pen 43, Tale 45) July 18 - Kitwe
July 28 - Chicago July 28 - Seoul HT: 0-2. Ref: Gomes (SAf) Angola 0
United States 1 (Shea 69) Australia 3 (Mooy 30, Taggart 89, Duke 90+3) Mozambique 1 (Sonito 44)
Panama 0 China 4 (Yu Dabao 5, Sun Ke 56, Yang Xu 87, July 9 - Kitwe HT: 0-1. Ref: Nguluwe (Mwi)
HT: 0-0. Att: 57,920. Ref: Aguilar (ESv) Wu Lei 88) Kenya 2 (Lavatsa 5, 50) Sent off: Abdul (Angola) 62min
United States: Rimando - Besler, Goodson, HT: 1-1. Att: 10,526. Ref: Kim (SKo) Swaziland 0
Parkhurst, Beasley, Beckerman, Bedoya (Gonzalez Australia: Birighitti - Brillante, McGowan, HT: 1-0. Ref: Chirinda (Moz) Semi-nals
88), Holden (Diskerud 23), Corona (Shea 68), Cornthwaite, McKay (Pain 66), Mooy, Paartalu, July 17 - Ndola
Donovan, E Johnson. Duke, Nichols (Taggart 74), Goodwin, Juric July 9 - Kitwe Zimbabwe 2 (Ndoro 14, 24)
Panama: Penedo - Parris, C Rodriguez, R Torres, (Thompson 87). Lesotho 3 (Mokhahlane pen 60, Lerotholi 69, Lesotho 1 (Mofolo 3)
Chen, Sanchez, Gomez (Blackburn 73), Godoy, China: Yang Zhi - Sun Xiang, Wu Xi, Zhang Tale 90) HT: 2-1. Ref: Chirinda (Moz)
Quintero, B Perez, G Torres (Jimenez 64). Linpeng, Cui Peng (Liu Jianye 46), Zheng Zhi, Sun Botswana 3 (Ramatlhakwane 5, 51, 79)
Ke, Yang Hao (Shi Ke 88), Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe, HT: 0-1. Ref: Nguluwe (Mwi) July 17 - Ndola
Previous winners Yu Dabao (Yang Xu 63). South Africa 0
(7 most recent) July 11 - Kitwe Zambia 0
2000 Canada July 28 - Seoul Kenya 1 (Olerile og 88) Aet. Ref: Bondo (Bot)
2002 United States South Korea 1 (Yun Il-lok 33) Botswana 2 (Tshireletso 12, Ramatlhakwane 90) Zambia 5-3 on pens
2003 Mexico Japan 2 (Kakitani 25, 90+1) HT: 0-1. Ref: Camille (Sey)
2005 United States HT: 1-1. Att: 47,258. Ref: Williams (Aus) 3rd-place match
2007 United States South Korea: Jung Sung-ryong - Kim Jin-su, Kim July 11 - Lusaka July 20 - Ndola
2009 Mexico Young-gwon, Hong Jeong-ho, Kim Chang-soo, Lee Lesotho 2 (Letsie 23, Seturumane 44) Lesotho 1 (Tlali Maile pen 22)
2011 Mexico Seung-gi (Go Moo-yul 80), Yun Il-lok, Go Yo-han Swaziland 0 South Africa 2 (Masango 43, Kekana 53)
(Kim Shin-wook 89), Lee Myoung-joo, Ha HT: 2-0. Ref: Matemera (Zim) HT: 1-1. Ref: Matemera (Zim)
EAFF EAST ASIAN CUP Dae-sung, Kim Dong-sub (Cho Young-cheol 71).
(East Asian Football Federation) Japan: Nishikawa - Komano, Makino (Tokunaga COSAFA CUP GROUP B Final
51), Kurihara, Morishige, Yamaguchi, Aoyama, P W D L F A Pts July 20 - Ndola
In South Korea Takahagi (Toyoda 87), Kudo (Yamada 69), Lesotho (Q) 3 1 2 0 7 5 5 Zimbabwe 0
Haraguchi, Kakitani. Botswana 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Zambia 2 (Ngonga 5, Chongo 90+1)
July 20 - Seoul Kenya 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 HT: 0-1. Ref: Camille (Sey)
South Korea 0 EAFF EAST ASIAN CUP FINAL Swaziland 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 Zimbabwe: Nyamupanedengu - Zvirekwi,
Australia 0 P W D L F A Pts Mushure, Chipeta, Guyo, Mambare, Chafa, Sibanda
Att: 31,571. Ref: Nishimura (Jap) Japan (C) 3 2 1 0 8 6 7 Group winners qualied for quarter-nals (Sadiki 60), Chibwiro (Chitiyo 60), Chindunwe,
South Korea: Jung Sung-ryong - Kim Jin-su, Kim China 3 1 2 0 7 6 5 Ndoro.
Young-gwon, Hong Jeong-ho, Kim Chang-soo, Lee South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 Byes to quarter-nals: Zambia: Munyau - Chisenga, Munthali, Mtonga,
Seung-gi, Yun Il-lok (Yeom Ki-hun 59), Go Yo-han Australia 3 0 1 2 5 7 1 Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Kalume (Chaila 74), Kapumbu, Chama, M Mulenga,
(Cho Young-cheol 70), Lee Myoung-joo, Ha Zambia, Zimbabwe Mbewe, Ngonga (Phiri 85), Mwape (Chongo 62).
Dae-sung, Kim Dong-sub (Kim Shin-wook 81). Previous winners
Australia: Galekovic - McGowan, North, Franjic, 2003 South Korea
Thwaite, Milligan (Paartalu 46), Zadkovich, McKay, 2005 China KEY TO TABLES
Thompson, Vidosic (Nichols 75), Duke (Juric 89). 2008 South Korea (C) = champions (Q) = qualied for next stage
2010 China

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IVORY COAST JAPAN named most valued player.

Having already qualied
Drogba is back East Asian Cup win for next years World Cup
Didier Drogba scored from Yoichiro Kakitani scored in nals, Japan lost 4-2 in a
the penalty spot in his rst injury-time as Japan beat friendly to Uruguay, who
game for the national team South Korea 2-1 to claim were described by Japan
since the African Nations the East Asian Cup for the coach Alberto Zaccheroni
Cup. However, he could not rst time. Kakitani, who as one of the best teams
prevent his side losing 4-1 scored Japans opener in the world.
to Mexico a game in against the hosts, nished
which Anderlecht striker as the tournaments top MACEDONIA
Zoro Cyriac made his rst scorer with three goals. His
appearance for the Ivory Cerezo Osaka club-mate, Barca boys rst cap
Beaten...Drogba returns Coast, as a substitute. Hotaru Yamaguchi, was Winner...Japans Yuichi Komano Just a month after making

2015 ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS FRIENDLIES Aug 14 - Zhodino Aug 14 - El Gouna

Belarus 1 (Kornilenko pen 16) Egypt 3 (Koka 22, M Salah 57, I Salah 83)
Group A Saturday, July 6 Montenegro 1 (Vucinic 62) Uganda 0
Aug 14 - Singapore July 6 - Lilongwe HT: 1-0. Att: 3,500. Ref: Tohver (Est) HT: 1-0. Att: 300. Ref: Abdel Rahman (Sud)
Singapore 0 Malawi 0 Belarus: Veremko - Dragun (Olekhnovich 80), Egypt: Sobhy (Awad 83) - Fathy, Hegazy (Refaat
Oman 2 (Said 15, Al Farsi 45) Mozambique 1 (Josimar 40) Martynovich, Trubilo, Kornilenko (Skavysh 56), 46), El Abd, Farag, M Salah (Samir 72), El Nenny
HT: 0-2. Att: 5,849. Ref: Iemoto (Jap) HT: 0-1 Zhavnercik (Filipenko 81), A Hleb (Volodko 56), (I Salah 72), Ashour, Temsah (Al Sulaya 46), Ghaly,
Putsilo, Kislyak (Bressan 56), Verkhovtsov, Koka (Hamoudi 61).
Aug 15 - Tehran, Iran Tuesday, August 6 Kalachev (Balanovich 78). Uganda: Odongkara (Onyango 46) - Wadada,
Syria 1 (Sahyouni 47) Aug 6 - Amman Montenegro: Poleksic - Savic, Basa (Kecojevic Mwesigwa (Kasagga 46), Isinde, Walusimbi,
Jordan 1 (Al Lahham 57) Jordan 4 (Abdelfattah 24, Hayel 27, Murjan 35, 67), Dzudovic (V Bozovic 46), Krkotic (Pekovic 67), Mutumba (Majwega 46), Guma, Wasswa, Massa
HT: 0-0 Al Zawahreh 76) Zverotic (Novakovic 84), Simic, Bakic (Kasalica 46), (Kalanda 46), Mawejje (Mpande 64), Okwi
Palestine 1 (Ismail 49) Boskovic (Beciraj 76), Vucinic, Jovetic. (Ssentongo 75).
ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP A HT: 3-0
P W D L F A Pts Aug 14 - Brussels Aug 14 - London
Oman 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Friday, August 9 Belgium 0 England 3 (Walcott 29, Welbeck 53, Lambert 70)
Jordan 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 Aug 9 - Amman France 0 Scotland 2 (Morrison 11, K Miller 49)
Syria 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Jordan 2 (Hayel 37, Murjan 38) Att: 41,000. Ref: Thomson (Sco) HT: 1-1. Att: 80,485. Ref: Brych (Ger)
Singapore 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 Libya 1 (Al Turabi 30) Belgium: Courtois - Alderweireld, Kompany, England: Hart - Walker, Cahill, Jagielka (Jones 84),
HT: 2-1 Van Buyten (Lombaerts 76), Pocognoli (Van Baines, Cleverley (Milner 67), Gerrard
Next xtures Damme 79), Fellaini, Witsel, Chadli (Mirallas 70), (Oxlade-Chamberlain 62), Wilshere (Lampard 46),
Oct 15: Jordan v Oman; Singapore v Syria. Wednesday, August 14 De Bruyne (Dembele 85), Lukaku (Benteke 60), Walcott (Zaha 75), Rooney (Lambert 67), Welbeck.
Aug 14 - Tirana E Hazard (Mertens 73). Scotland: McGregor - Hutton, Martin, Hanley,
Group B Albania 2 (Rama 21, Kace 67) France: Lloris - Sagna, Koscielny, Abidal, Clichy, Whittaker, Snodgrass (Conway 67), Morrison
Armenia 0 Kondogbia (Capoue 62), Guilavogui, Payet (Rhodes 82), Brown, Forrest (Mulgrew 67),
ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP B HT: 1-0 (Nasri 62), Valbuena (Grenier 73), Ribery, Maloney (Naismith 86), K Miller (Grifths 73).
P W D L F A Pts Albania: Berisha - Cana, Teli (Mavraj 46), Agolli, Benzema (Giroud 73).
Iran 2 1 1 0 6 1 4 Dallku, M Basha (Kace 66), Roshi (Gjasula 56), Aug 14 - Tallinn
Kuwait 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 Abrashi (V Basha 76), Rama (Lila 46), Januzi, Aug 14 - Sarajevo Estonia 1 (Kruglov 68)
Lebanon 2 1 0 1 5 7 3 Kapllani (Gashi 56). Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 (Dzeko 8, 90, Ibisevic 30) Latvia 1 (Zjuzins 73)
Thailand 2 0 0 2 3 8 0 Armenia: Berezovsky (Kasparov 46) - Hayrapetyan United States 4 (E Johnson 55, Altidore 59, 84, HT: 0-0. Att: 5,686. Ref: Lerjeus (Swe)
(Avagyan 71), Haroyan, Khachaturov, 86) Estonia: Pareiko - Jaager, Morozov (Reintam 49),
Next xtures Hovhannisyan, Ghazaryan (Aslanyan 76), HT: 2-0. Att: 24,000. Ref: Skomina (Sln) Klavan, Teniste, Kink (Ojamaa 63), Dmitrijev,
Oct 15: Iran v Thailand; Lebanon v Kuwait. Artur Edigaryan (Papikyan 66), K Mkrtchyan, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Begovic - Bicakcic, Spahic Vassiljev, Luts (Kruglov 46), Ahjupera (Vunk 46),
Ozbiliz, Pizzelli (Sarkisov 59), Movsisyan. (Sunjic 46), Rahimic (Zahirovic 46), Zukanovic Anier (Zenjov 46). Sent off: Dmitrijev 43min.
Group C (Visca 63), Misimovic, Salihovic (Stevanovic 46), Latvia: Vanins - Maksimenko, Bulvitis, Gorkss,
Aug 14 - Blida Lulic, Pjanic (Medunjanin 61), Dzeko, Ibisevic Gabovs (Kamess 69), Zjuzins (Zigajevs 81), Lazdins
ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP C Algeria 2 (Guedioura 11, Djabou 24) (Vrsajevic 46). (Fertovs 62), Rugins, Sinelnikovs (Kovalovs 56),
P W D L F A Pts Guinea 2 (Cisse 55, Kalabane 60) United States: Howard - Evans (Wood 87), Sabala (Verpakovskis 46), Rudnevs (Rakels 59).
Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 HT: 2-0. Ref: Lemghaifry (Mra) Cameron, Brooks, F Johnson (Parkhurst 80),
China 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Algeria: Doukha - Khoualed, Mesbah, Bougherra, Bradley, Jones (Kljestan 70), Bedoya (Corona 63), Aug 14 - Turku
Iraq 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Halliche, Lacen (Agouazi 85), Mostefa (Taider 46), Diskerud (Castillo 46), E Johnson (Johannsson 63), Finland 2 (Moisander 35, Hamalainen 82)
Indonesia 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 Guedioura (Medjani 65), Djabou (Brahimi 46), Altidore. Slovenia 0
Soudani (Belfodil 46), Ghilas (Slimani 72). HT: 1-0. Ref: Evans (Wal)
Next xtures Guinea: K Camara (N Yattara) - Kalabane, Mara, Aug 14 - Brondby, Denmark Finland: Maenpaa - Arkivuo (Halsti 69), Pasanen
Oct 15: Indonesia v China; Iraq v Saudi Arabia. Sankoh (Bah 46), Sylla, L Camara, Diallo (Traore Chile 6 (Mena 8, Sanchez 22, 29, Beausejour 37, (J Ojala 79), Moisander, Lampi, Ring, Tainio,
56), Constant (Soumah 78), Conte, M Yattara (Cisse 45+1, Henriquez 79) Schuller (P Hetemaj 61), Riski (Hamalainen 46),
Group D 46), Bangoura. Iraq 0 R Eremenko, Pukki (Pohjanpalo 79; Zeneli 85).
HT: 5-0. Att: 7,000. Ref: Johansen (Den) Slovenia: S Handanovic - Brecko (Milec 75),
ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP D Aug 14 - Salzburg Chile: Bravo - Isla (Jara 62), Medel, Rojas, Mena, Maroh (Andjelkovic 63), Kelhar, Jokic (Struna 52),
P W D L F A Pts Austria 0 Diaz (Carmona 72), Aranguiz (F Gutierrez 62), Vidal Krhin, Birsa (Bezjak 46), Kurtic, Kirm, Dedic
Bahrain 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Greece 2 (Mitroglou 39, 67) (Pizarro 69), Beausejour (Rabello 62), Sanchez (Filipovic 57), Matavz.
Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 HT: 0-1. Att: 23,400. Ref: Trutz (Slk) (Fernandes 62), Henriquez.
Malaysia 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 Austria: Almer - Garics, Dragovic, Pogatetz (Prodl Aug 14 - Queluz, Portugal
Yemen 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 46), Fuchs (Suttner 74), Harnik (Ivanschitz 46), Aug 14 - Santo Domingo Gabon 1 (Ecuele Manga 53)
Baumgartlinger (Leitgeb 46), Alaba (Hosiner 74), Dominican Republic 0 Cape Verde Islands 1 (Heldon 22)
Next xtures Arnautovic (Jantscher 65), Junuzovic, Weimann. Costa Rica 4 (Borges 47, 70, Herrera 76, HT: 0-1
Oct 15: Malaysia v Bahrain; Qatar v Yemen. Greece: Karnezis - Torosidis (Vyntra 77), Castillo 86)
Papastathopoulos, Siovas (Manolas 63), Holebas, HT: 0-0 Aug 14 - Kaiserslautern
Group E Kone (Fortounis 85), Maniatis (Ninis 62), Costa Rica: Pemberton (Moreira 80) - Gamboa, Germany 3 (Gundogan 18, T Muller 31,
Katsouranis (Tziolis 63), Tachtsidis, Duarte, Gonzalez (Acosta 83), Diaz, Tejeda L Bender 75)
ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP E Christodoulopoulos (Spyropoulos 85), Mitroglou. (Rodriguez 46), Barrantes (Herrera 65), Borges, Paraguay 3 (Jose Nunez 9, Pittoni 13,
P W D L F A Pts Y Ruiz (Nunez 56), B Ruiz (Castillo 76), McDonald Samudio 45+1)
UAE 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 Aug 14 - Baku (Calvo 65). HT: 2-3. Att: 47,522. Ref: Bebek (Cro)
Hong Kong 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Azerbaijan 3 (Dadashov 5, 71, Aliyev 63) Germany: Neuer - Lahm, Mertesacker (Boateng
Uzbekistan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Malta 0 Aug 14 - Guayaquil 46), Hummels, Schmelzer (Jansen 81), Khedira,
Vietnam 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 HT: 1-0. Ref: Aliyev (Kaz) Ecuador 0 Gundogan (L Bender 27), T Muller (Schurrle 81),
Azerbaijan: Agayev - Garayev (Amirguliyev 62), Spain 2 (Negredo 24, Cazorla 62) Ozil, Reus (Podolski 62), Klose (Gomez 54).
Next xtures Budak (Allahverdiyev 46), Huseynov (Medvedev HT: 0-1. Att: 45,000. Ref: Roldan (Col) Paraguay: Villar (Fernandez 46) - Candia, Aguilar,
Oct 15: Hong Kong v UAE; Uzbekistan v Vietnam. 88), Abishov, Ramaldanov, Ismayilov, Shukurov Ecuador: Banguera - Paredes, Guagua, Achilier, Da Silva, Ayala, Pittoni (Romero 62), R Ortiz,
(R F Sadygov 76), Abdullayev, Dadashov (Asgarov W Ayovi, Valencia (Ibarra 61), Castillo (Bagui 82), Samudio (Melgarejo 54), Fabbro (Rojas 62),
Each team plays 6 times 80), Aliyev. P Quinonez (Noboa 51), Rojas (Saritama 69), Jose Nunez (C Riveros 46), Santa Cruz
Malta: Haber - Scerri (Borg 46), Camilleri, F Caicedo (N Mina 71), Mendez (Arroyo 63). (Sanabria 82).
Top 2 in each group and the 3rd-placed team with A Agius, Failla, Briffa (R Muscat 76), Sciberras Spain: Casillas (Valdes 49) - Arbeloa, Albiol, Sergio
the best record qualify for nals, to which hosts (Mintoff 88), Herrera (R Fenech 62), Schembri Ramos (Inigo Martinez 66), Jordi Alba, Cazorla
Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and the (P Fenech 72), Cohen (Gatt 68), M Mifsud. (Koke 76), Javi Martinez, Iniesta (Thiago 46), Tello,
2014 AFC Challenge Cup winner qualify automatically Sent off: A Agius 67min. Negredo (Llorente 46), Silva (Jesus Navas 46).

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his debut for Barcelonas B August 2011 as they beat SERBIA keeper Predrag Rajkovic
side, David Babunski won his Russia 1-0 in a World Cup of Jagodina, who was
rst international cap, qualier in Belfast. Youngsters success one of the stars of Serbia
appearing for the last half The game at Windsor Ljubinko Drulovics side under-19s success, made
hour of the 2-0 victory Park provided Michael won the European Under-19 his debut for the senior side
against Bulgaria in Skopje. ONeill with his rst victory Championship in Lithuania, 13 days later.
as manager of the national beating France 1-0 in the After appearing as
NORTHERN team. The 44-year-old Final with a goal from Rad a substitute for Damir
IRELAND former Shamrock Rovers midelder Andrija Lukovic. Kahriman in the closing
ONeill celebrates boss had failed to win Defending champions stages of the friendly against
A header from Martin any of his previous nine Spain were beaten 2-1 Colombia, Rajkovic was
Paterson of Hudderseld games in charge since in extra-time by France beaten by a last-minute goal
Town gave Northern Ireland his appointment in in the semi-nals. from the visitors midelder
their rst victory since December 2011. Shock...Paterson Seventeen-year-old Fredy Guarin.

Aug 14 - Budapest Aug 14 - Tripoli Aug 14 - Tangiers Aug 14 - Durban

Hungary 1 (Dzsudzsak pen 57) Libya 0 Morocco 1 (Barrada 64) South Africa 0
Czech Republic 1 (Kozak 23) Central African Republic 0 Burkina Faso 2 (B Traore 8, A R Traore 50) Nigeria 2 (Nwofor 49, 68)
HT: 0-1. Att: 14,000. Ref: Webb (Eng) HT: 0-1. Att: 10,000. Ref: Diedhiou (Sen) HT: 0-0. Att: 16,000. Ref: Ruzive (Zim)
Hungary: Bogdan - Vanczak, Korcsmar (Guzmics Aug 14 - Vaduz Morocco: Amsif (Bounou) - Bergdich, Obbadi South Africa: Khune - Masilela, Nthethe,
69), Juhasz, Kadar, J Varga, Pinter (Hajnal 46), Liechtenstein 2 (M Christen 31, Polverino 77) (Essaidi), Jebbour (Noussir), El Kaoutari (Kantari), Hlatshwayo, Mathoho, Furman, Letsholonyane
Koman, I Kovacs (Bode 46), Dzsudzsak, Szalai Croatia 3 (Eduardo 21, 86, Rebic 67) Benatia, El Adoua, Belhanda (Labyad), Barrada, (Chabangu 72), Phala (Nomandela 60), Tshabalala,
(Szabics 89). HT: 1-1. Att: 2,800. Ref: Amhof (Swi) Amrabat (El Kaddouri), Hamdallah. Parker (Manyama 80), Rantie.
Czech Republic: Drobny - Gebre Selassie, Sivok Liechtenstein: Jehle (Bicer 52) - Quintans, Martin Burkina Faso: Diakite - Kof, B Kone, Yago Nigeria: Ejide - Ambrose, Egwuekwe (Okwuosa
(Prochazka 46), Suchy, M Kadlec (Limbersky 82), Stocklasa, Frick (Kaufmann 46), Oehri (Yildiz 90), (Yabre), Panandetiguiri (Bambara), Kabore, D Kone, 77), Oboabona, Echiejile, Mba (Moses 46), Ogu,
Plasil, Darida (Horava 58), Husbauer (Vanek 66), D Hasler, Polverino, Wieser (T Beck 90), N Hasler, A R Traore, B Traore, Mandela (Koulibaly), Zongo. Onazi, Ameobi (Nwofor 46), Obinna (Musa 46),
Jiracek, Vydra (V Kadlec 58), Kozak (Rabusic 58). Burgmeier (A Christen 46), M Christen. Oduamadi (Ideye 77).
Croatia: Pletikosa - Srna, Corluka (Lovren 85), Aug 14 - Gdansk
Aug 14 - Reykjavik Vida, Milic (Pivaric 46), Modric (Halilovic 66), Poland 3 (Klich 4, Sobota 59, Zielinski 60) Aug 14 - Suwon
Iceland 1 (Sigthorsson 65) Badelj (Vukojevic 46), Eduardo, Rakitic, Olic (Rebic Denmark 2 (Eriksen 18, Braithwaite 45+1) South Korea 0
Faroe Islands 0 63), Mandzukic (Jelavic 46). HT: 1-2. Att: 34,952. Ref: Yamamoto (Jap) Peru 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 4,815. Ref: Hansen (Nor) Poland: Szczesny (Boruc 46) - Jedrzejczyk Att: 36,021. Ref: Abdul Bashir (Sin)
Iceland: Gunnleifsson - Jonasson (Laxdal 46), Aug 14 - Luxembourg (Celeban 75), Szukala, Glik, Wawrzyniak, South Korea: Kim Seung-gyu - Lee Yong, Hong
Arnason, Ottesen (R Sigurdsson 46), K Jonsson Luxembourg 2 (Joachim 48, Bensi 80) Blaszczykowski, Krychowiak, Kazmierczak Jeong-ho, Hwang Seok-ho, Kim Min-woo, Lee
(A F Skulason 46), B Bjarnason, Hallfredsson Lithuania 1 (Matulevicius 15) (Zielinski 46), Klich (Salamon 86), Sobota Myoung-joo (Jang Hyun-soo 86), Lee Keun-ho
(Gudjohnsen 46), Danielsson (O Skulason 75), HT: 0-1. Att: 958. Ref: Hunter (NIr) (Mierzejewski 89), Lewandowski (Sobiech 78). (Lee Seung-gi 80), Ha Dae-sung (Han Kook-young
J B Gudmundsson, Finnbogason (Smarason 66), Luxembourg: Joubert - Jans, Chanot, Philipps, Denmark: Andersen - Jacobsen, Kjaer 51), Cho Chan-ho (Baek Sung-dong 68), Yun Il-lok
Sigthorsson. Janisch, Payal (May 78), Gerson, Bensi (Luisi 90), (Vestergaard 64), Bjelland, Boilesen (Ankersen 46), (Lim Sang-hyub 55), Kim Dong-sub (Cho
Faroe Islands: Gunnar Nielsen - J Davidsen, Mutsch, Turpel (Bastos 71), Joachim. Kvist, M Jensen (Sloth 78), Eriksen, Braithwaite Dong-geon 46).
Gregersen, Naes, Vatnsdal (Lokin 86), Hansson, Lithuania: Arlauskis (Zubas 18) - Andriuskevicius, (Kusk 46), Pedersen (Bille Nielsen 46), Fischer Peru: R Fernandez - Rodriguez (Flores 46), Ramos,
Benjaminsen, Baldvinsson, A Hansen (Klettskard Kijanskas, Mikuckis, Borovskij (D Cesnauskis 33), (Krohn-Dehli 72). Advincula, Retamoso (Hurtado 46), Manco (Alvarez
68), Edmundsson (Justinussen 68), Mouritsen Stankevicius, Kalonas (Luksa 75), Ivaskevicius 46), Ramirez (Lobaton 74), Yotun (Ampuero 52),
(Niclasen 83). (Kuklys 82), Novikovas (Mikoliunas 52), Sernas Aug 14 - Faro Cruzado, Guerrero (Farfan 67), Pizarro.
(Razulis 84), Matulevicius. Portugal 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 87)
Aug 14 - Surakarta Holland 1 (Strootman 17) Aug 14 - Stockholm
Indonesia 2 (Nwokolo 31, Roby 66) Aug 14 - Skopje HT: 0-1. Att: 29,021. Ref: Mazzoleni (Ita) Sweden 4 (Ibrahimovic 2, 28, 57, A Svensson 75)
Philippines 0 Macedonia 2 (Ibraimi pen 83, Trajkovski 86) Portugal: Beto - Joao Pereira, Pepe, Neto (Bruno Norway 2 (Abdellaoue pen 38, Johansen 43)
HT: 1-0 Bulgaria 0 Alves 82), Fabio Coentrao (Silvio 90), Danny HT: 2-2. Att: 13,438. Ref: Oliver (Eng)
HT: 0-0. Att: 4,000. Ref: Vukadinovic (Ser) (Pizzi 64), Ruben Micael (Paulo Machado 46), Sweden: Isaksson - Lustig (A Johansson 77),
Aug 14 - Rome Macedonia: Pacovski - Georgievski (D Ivanovski Miguel Veloso, Ruben Amorim (Andre Martins 74), P Nilsson (J Olsson 25), Antonsson, M Olsson
Italy 1 (Insigne 76) 80), Shikov, Noveski (Mojsov 59), Ristovski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Helder Postiga (Nelson (P Bengtsson 46), S Larsson (Zengin 65),
Argentina 2 (Higuain 20, Banega 48) Stjepanovic, Pandev (Babunski 59), Gligorov Oliveira 64). Wernbloom (Hiljemark 73), Ekdal (A Svensson 60),
HT: 0-1. Att: 43,000. Ref: Stark (Ger) (Trajkovski 71), Ibraimi, Jahovic (Kostovski 59), Holland: Vorm - Verhaegh (Van Rhijn 47), De Vrij, Durmaz, Ibrahimovic, Elmander.
Italy: Buffon (Marchetti 53) - Maggio (Cerci 72), Trickovski (M Ivanovski 61). Martins Indi, Blind, Lens (Schaken 82), Wijnaldum, Norway: Jarstein - Elabdellaoui (Ruud 72),
Chiellini, Antonelli, Verratti, De Rossi, Montolivo Bulgaria: V Stoyanov (Mihaylov 46) - Y Minev Van der Vaart (Van Ginkel 46), Strootman, Robben, Hangeland, Forren (Semb Berge 46), Hogli,
(Aquilani 46), Marchisio (Florenzi 46), Candreva (Y Hristov 46), Bodurov, I Ivanov, Zanev, Nedelev Van Persie (Huntelaar 58). Henriksen (Gashi 46), Eikrem (Nordtveit 61),
(Insigne 46), Giaccherini (Diamanti 53), Osvaldo. (Mitsanski 79), Dyakov, Gadzhev, Manolev Braaten, Johansen, Elyounoussi (King 73),
Argentina: Andujar - Campagnaro, Garay (G Milanov 46), I Popov (V Hristov 56), Tonev Aug 14 - Bucharest Abdellaoue (Pedersen 82).
(Coloccini 72), F Fernandez, Basanta, Di Maria (Ognyanov 66). Romania 1 (Stancu 44)
(Alvarez 82), Mascherano (Maxi Rodriguez 75), Slovakia 1 (Sestak 57) Aug 14 - Basle
Biglia, Lamela (Banega 46), Palacio (A Fernandez Aug 14 - East Rutherford, USA HT: 1-0. Att: 6,738. Ref: Doyle (RoI) Switzerland 1 (Daniel Alves og 49)
89), Higuain (Lavezzi 61). Mexico 4 (Boka og 11, Peralta 28, 45+1, Romania: Tatarusanu - Matel (Nica 71), Gaman Brazil 0
Reyna 90) (Goian 46), Chiriches, Latovlevici, Lazar (Pintilii 46), HT: 0-0. Att: 31,100. Ref: Aytekin (Ger)
Aug 14 - Rifu Ivory Coast 1 (Drogba pen 62) Hoban, Torje (Nicolita 62), Maxim (Grozav 46), Switzerland: Benaglio - Lichtsteiner (Lang 62),
Japan 2 (Kagawa 54, Honda 71) HT: 3-0. Att: 35,671. Ref: Gantar (Can) Tanase (Marica 76), Stancu. Senderos (Schar 46), Klose, Rodriguez, Shaqiri
Uruguay 4 (Forlan 27, 29, Suarez 52, Mexico: Corona - Meza (Layun 78), Reyes, Slovakia: Mucha - Pekarik, Cisovsky, Durica, (Mehmedi 86), Dzemaili (Schwegler 75), Behrami,
A Gonzalez 58) Moreno, Salcido (Torres Nilo 63), Torrado (Zavala Breznanik (Salata 63), Kona (Pecovsky 62), Kucka, Stocker (Barnetta 46), Xhaka, Seferovic
HT: 0-2. Att: 45,883. Ref: Marciniak (Pol) 63), Arce, Reyna, G Dos Santos (Alvarez 56), Sestak (Depetris 78), Hamsik (Stefanik 65), Weiss (Gavranovic 74).
Japan: Kawashima - Uchida (Komano 83), Yoshida Gimenez (Fabian 77), Peralta (R Jimenez 66). (Mak 69), Jakubko (Nemec 46). Brazil: Jefferson - Daniel Alves (Jean 68), Thiago
(Inoha 56), Konno, G Sakai, Hasebe (Yamaguchi Ivory Coast: Barry - Aurier (Drogba 46), Bamba, Silva, Dante, Marcelo (Maxwell 56), Paulinho,
75), Endo, Okazaki, Honda, Kagawa, Kakitani Boka, Zokora (Dja Djedje 46), Gosso, Razak, Sio Aug 14 - Kigali Luiz Gustavo (Fernando 56), Oscar (Hernanes 59),
(Toyoda 64). (Kalou 46), Bony (Gervinho 72), Doumbia (Angoua Rwanda 0 Hulk (Lucas Moura 62), Neymar, Fred (Jo 56).
Uruguay: Muslera - M Pereira, Lugano, Godin 46), Bolly (Cyriac 58). Malawi 1 (Nyondo pen 30)
(Coates 81), Caceres (Fucile 78), A Gonzalez HT: 0-1 Aug 14 - Khujand
(Stuani 67), Gargano (Eguren 62), C Rodriguez Aug 14 - Chisinau Tajikistan 3 (Davronov 12, Fatkhulloev 18,
(A Pereira 67), Lodeiro (Ramirez 62), Forlan, Moldova 1 (Dedov 42) Aug 14 - Barcelona, Spain Khamrakulov 90+3)
Suarez. Andorra 1 (Sonejee 16) Serbia 0 India 0
HT: 1-1. Att: 4,724. Ref: Kozyk (Ukr) Colombia 1 (Guarin 89) HT: 2-0. Att: 10,000
Aug 14 - Astana Moldova: S Pascenco - Bulgaru, Golovatenco, HT: 0-0. Att: 5,000. Ref: Estrada (Spa) Tajikistan: Tuychiev - Radzhabov, F Vasiev
Kazakhstan 1 (Khizhnichenko 17) Epureanu, Gatcan, Ionita, Antoniuc (Cheptine 66), Serbia: Kahriman (P Rajkovic 88) - Ivanovic (Nazarov 63), Ulmasov, Suvankulov, D Ergashev,
Georgia 0 Dedov (Gheorghiev 71), Suvorov (A Pascenco 60), (Rukavina 61), Subotic, S Rajkovic, Tomovic, Fejsa, D Vasiev, Fatkhulloev (J Ergashev 59), Rabimov
HT: 1-0 Grossu (Doros 68), Sidorenco (Carp 76). Radovanovic (Petrovic 61), Basta, Djuricic (Krsticic (Makhmudov 65), Davronov (Choriev 75), Tokhirov
Kazakhstan: Sidelnikov - Muldarov, Kislitsyn, Andorra: Pol - Martinez (Clemente 79), Vales, 61), Sulejmani (Tadic 46), Mitrovic (Scepovic 46). (Khamrakulov 59).
Nurdauletov, Dmitrenko, Zhumaskaliyev Sonejee (E Garcia 46), I Lima, Pujol (Peppe 69), Colombia: Ospina - Zuniga, Valdes, A Mosquera India: Nandy (K Singh 43) - N Chhetri, G Singh,
(Baizhanov 79), Shomko (Yurin 90+2), Bogdanov, San Nicolas, Ayala (Maneiro 89), Lorenzo (Moreno (Yepes 46), Armero, Cuadrado (Quintero 72), Mondal, Gaikwad, F Fernandes, Hossain (R Singh
Khizhnichenko (Ostapenko 62), Korobkin, 63), Gomez (Riera 46), M Garcia. Sanchez (Mejia 66), Aguilar (Guarin 79), Rodriguez 77), Rodrigues (Ralte 46), Miranda
Shchetkin (Engel 69). (A Ramirez 59), Muriel (Bacca 59), J Martinez. (Malswamtluanga 68), Jewel Raja (Izumi 46),
Georgia: Revishvili - Kashia (S Grigalashvili 82), S Chhetri (D Fernandes 68).
Khizanishvili, Amisulashvili, Grigalava, Kobakhidze,
Kankava, Okriashvili (Mchedlidze 46), Targamadze
(Gelashvili 68), Ananidze (E Grigalashvili 46),
Sirbiladze (Dvalishvili 46).

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SINGAPORE SPAIN SWEDEN

Struggling to qualify Old and new Fourth three for Ibra

Bernd Stange lost his rst Cristian Tello of Barcelona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored
competitive match in charge Real Sociedads Inigo his fourth international
of Singapore as his side Martinez and Atletico hat-trick as Sweden beat
went down 2-0 at home Madrids Koke all made their Norway 4-2. The other goal
to Oman. senior debuts as Spain beat was scored by 37-year-old
Goals from Qasim Said Ecuador 2-0 with goals Anders Svensson.
and Eid Al Farsi left Stanges from Alvaro Negredo and
side bottom of their group Santi Cazorla. USA
ahead of their next Asian Iker Casillas made his
Cup qualier, at home to 149th appearance in goal Hat-trick hero
Bottom...Singapore (in red) Flying start...Martinez (in blue)
Syria on October 15. for Spain. Jozy Altidore became the

Aug 14 - Rades 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Group D Group G

Tunisia 3 (Khazri 7, Jemaa 13, 83)
Congo 0 EUROPE SECTION WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP D WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP G
HT: 2-0 O 13 nals places available P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts
Holland 6 6 0 0 20 2 18 Bosnia-Herz 6 5 1 0 23 3 16
Aug 14 - Istanbul Group A Hungary 6 3 2 1 13 8 11 Greece 6 4 1 1 7 4 13
Turkey 2 (Burak 7, Umut 28) Romania 6 3 1 2 10 10 10 Slovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 9
Ghana 2 (Gyan 61, 76) WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP A Turkey 6 2 1 3 7 7 7 Lithuania 6 1 2 3 4 8 5
HT: 2-0. Ref: Jug (Sln) P W D L F A Pts Estonia 6 2 0 4 3 9 6 Latvia 6 1 1 4 6 14 4
Turkey: Volkan - Omer, Semih, Hasan Ali (Caner Belgium 7 6 1 0 13 2 19 Andorra 6 0 0 6 0 17 0 Liechtenstein 6 0 2 4 3 16 2
73), Hamit Altintop, Alper, Selcuk Inan, Sahin (Emre Croatia 7 5 1 1 10 4 16
Belozoglu 68), Arda (Erdinc 86), Umut (Olcay 68), Serbia 7 2 1 4 9 9 7 Remaining games Remaining games
Burak. Wales 6 2 0 4 6 14 6 Sep 6 Estonia v Holland; Romania v Hungary; Sep 6 Bosnia-Herzegovina v Slovakia; Latvia v
Ghana: Kwarasey (Braimah 46) - Afful, Jonathan Scotland 7 1 2 4 4 9 5 Turkey v Andorra. Lithuania; Liechtenstein v Greece.
Mensah (Chibsah 60), Sumaila, Inkoom (Opare 54), Macedonia 6 1 1 4 3 7 4 Sep 10 Andorra v Holland; Hungary v Estonia; Sep 10 Greece v Latvia; Lithuania v Liechtenstein;
Atsu (Gyan 46), Agyemang-Badu (K Asamoah 52), Romania v Turkey. Slovakia v Bosnia-Herzegovina.
R Mohammed (Otoo 60), Asante, Wakaso, Adiyiah. Remaining games Oct 11 Andorra v Romania; Estonia v Turkey; Oct 11 Bosnia-Herzegovina v Liechtenstein;
Sep 6 Macedonia v Wales; Scotland v Belgium; Holland v Hungary. Greece v Slovakia; Lithuania v Latvia.
Aug 14 - Kiev Serbia v Croatia. Oct 15 Hungary v Andorra; Romania v Estonia; Oct 15 Greece v Liechtenstein; Latvia v Slovakia;
Ukraine 2 (Rotan 29, Seleznyov 71) Sep 10 Macedonia v Scotland; Wales v Serbia. Turkey v Holland. Lithuania v Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Israel 0 Oct 11 Croatia v Belgium; Wales v Macedonia.
HT: 1-0. Ref: Kruzliak (Slk) Oct 15 Belgium v Wales; Scotland v Croatia; Group E Group H
Ukraine: Pyatov - Fedetskyi, Kucher, Rakitskyi, Serbia v Macedonia.
Shevchuk (Mandzyuk 90+1), Tymoshchuk WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP E WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP H
(Dedechko 46), Rotan, Edmar (Hrechyshkin 85), Group B P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts
Husiev (Kovpak 80), Konoplyanka Switzerland 6 4 2 0 8 1 14 Montenegro 7 4 2 1 14 7 14
(Khomchenovskyi 46), Devych (Seleznyov 46). WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP B Albania 6 3 1 2 7 6 10 England 6 3 3 0 21 3 12
Israel: Aouate - Shpungin, Tibi (Keinan 86), P W D L F A Pts Iceland 6 3 0 3 8 9 9 Ukraine 6 3 2 1 10 4 11
Ben Haim, Gershon, Kayal (Radi 46), Natcho Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 14 Norway 6 2 2 2 7 7 8 Poland 6 2 3 1 12 7 9
(Benayoun 73), Melikson (Ezra 46), Yeini (Alberman Bulgaria 6 2 4 0 11 4 10 Slovenia 6 2 0 4 8 10 6 Moldova 7 1 2 4 4 11 5
46), Ben Basat, Shechter (Refaelov 61). Czech Rep 6 2 3 1 6 4 9 Cyprus 6 1 1 4 4 9 4 San Marino 6 0 0 6 0 29 0
Armenia 6 2 0 4 6 8 6
Aug 14 - San Cristobal Denmark 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 Remaining games Remaining games
Venezuela 2 (Martinez 15, Orozco 84) Malta 6 1 0 5 2 14 3 Sep 6 Norway v Cyprus; Slovenia v Albania; Sep 6 England v Moldova; Poland v Montenegro;
Bolivia 2 (Cardozo 17, Chavez 70) Switzerland v Iceland. Ukraine v San Marino.
HT: 1-1. Att: 25,885. Ref: Machado (Col) Remaining games Sep 10 Cyprus v Slovenia; Iceland v Albania; Sep 10 San Marino v Poland; Ukraine v England.
Venezuela: D Hernandez - A Gonzalez, Sep 6 Czech Republic v Armenia; Italy v Bulgaria; Norway v Switzerland. Oct 11 England v Montenegro; Moldova v
Vizcarrondo, Chichero, Rosales, C Gonzalez Malta v Denmark. Oct 11 Albania v Switzerland; Iceland v Cyprus; San Marino; Ukraine v Poland.
(Orozco 61), Lucena (Aristeguieta 71), A Flores Sep 10 Armenia v Denmark; Italy v Czech Slovenia v Norway. Oct 15 England v Poland; Montenegro v Moldova;
(Rincon 46), Arango, S Rondon, Martinez. Republic; Malta v Bulgaria. Oct 15 Cyprus v Albania; Norway v Iceland; San Marino v Ukraine.
Sent off: Arango 90+1min. Oct 11 Armenia v Bulgaria; Denmark v Italy; Switzerland v Slovenia.
Bolivia: Galarza (D Vaca 46) - Raldes, Zenteno, Malta v Czech Republic. Group I
Cabrera, Rodriguez, Azogue (Arrascaita 62), Oct 15 Bulgaria v Czech Republic; Denmark v Group F
Veizaga (Danny Bejarano 55), M Bejarano, Malta; Italy v Armenia. Aug 14 - Belfast WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP I
Chavez (Rios 77), Arce (Ramallo 82), Cardozo Northern Ireland 1 (Paterson 43) P W D L F A Pts
(Castellon 88). Group C Russia 0 Spain 5 3 2 0 8 2 11
HT: 1-0. Att: 11,178. Ref: Hagen (Nor) France 5 3 1 1 8 4 10
Aug 14 - Cardiff WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP C Northern Ireland: Carroll - Hughes, McAuley, Finland 5 1 3 1 4 4 6
Wales 0 P W D L F A Pts Cathcart, D Lafferty, McGinn (C Evans 82), Georgia 5 1 1 3 3 7 4
Republic of Ireland 0 Germany 6 5 1 0 22 7 16 Norwood, Davis, Ferguson, Ward, Paterson Belarus 6 1 1 4 4 10 4
Att: 20,000. Ref: Kralovec (Cze) Austria 6 3 2 1 15 5 11 (Grigg 86).
Wales: Myhill - Gunter, A Williams, Ricketts, Sweden 6 3 2 1 11 7 11 Russia: Akinfeev - Anyukov, Ignashevich, Remaining games
B Davies, Collison (C Davies 82), Ledley (King 60), Rep Ireland 6 3 2 1 12 10 11 V Berezutsky, Kombarov, Bystrov, Shirokov, Sep 6 Finland v Spain; Georgia v France.
Allen (Crofts 86), Robson-Kanu (N Taylor 74), Kazakhstan 6 0 1 5 2 15 1 Denisov, Faizulin, Dzagoev (Cheryshev 46; Sep 10 Belarus v France; Georgia v Finland.
J Williams, Bellamy (Vokes 60). Faroe Islands 6 0 0 6 2 20 0 Samedov 52), Kerzhakov (Dzyuba 46). Oct 11 Spain v Belarus.
Rep Ireland: Westwood - Coleman, OShea (ODea Oct 15 France v Finland; Spain v Georgia.
60), Clark, Wilson, Walters (Sammon 84), McCarthy, Remaining games WC QUALS: EUROPE GROUP F
Whelan (Green 60), Brady (McClean 46), Hoolahan Sep 6 Germany v Austria; Kazakhstan v Faroe P W D L F A Pts Each team plays 10 times (except Gp I, 8 times)
(Madden 69), Long (Keogh 74). Islands; Republic of Ireland v Sweden. Portugal 7 4 2 1 12 6 14
Sep 10 Austria v Republic of Ireland; Faroe Islands Russia 6 4 0 2 8 2 12 O The 9 group winners qualify for the nals
Aug 14 - Saint-Leu-la-Foret, France v Germany; Kazakhstan v Sweden. Israel 6 3 2 1 15 8 11 O The 8 runners-up with the best record1 will be
Zambia 1 (J Mulenga 2) Oct 11 Faroe Islands v Kazakhstan; Germany v N Ireland 6 1 3 2 4 7 6 paired in 4 2-leg play-offs (Nov 15 & Nov 19), the
Senegal 1 (D Ndoye 8) Republic of Ireland; Sweden v Austria. Azerbaijan 7 0 4 3 3 9 4 winners of which will also qualify for the nals
1
HT: 1-1. Att: 1,600 Oct 15 Faroe Islands v Austria; Republic of Ireland Luxembourg 6 0 3 3 3 13 3 Determined by number of points gained in the
Zambia: Mweene - Munthali (Nkausu 19), Chama v Kazakhstan; Sweden v Germany. games against the teams nishing 1st, 3rd, 4th
(Himoonde 46; Chongo 63), Sunzu, Musonda, Remaining games and 5th in the respective groups
Tembo, Mtonga, Sinkala, Kalaba (Musakanya 82), Sep 6 Northern Ireland v Portugal; Russia v
J Mulenga, Mayuka (Kangwa 75). Luxembourg.
Senegal: C T Ndiaye (I Ndoye 46) - Cissokho Sep 7 Israel v Azerbaijan.
(Gassama 46), Mbodj (Kouyate 46), L Sane Sep 10 Luxembourg v Northern Ireland;
(Djilobodji 46), Souare (Mbengue 46), Diame Russia v Israel.
(A Ndiaye 46), S Sane (I Gueye 46), Badji (Saivet Oct 11 Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland; Luxembourg
46), D Ndoye (I Balde 46), Sougou (M B Diouf 46), v Russia; Portugal v Israel.
Sow (S Mane 46). Oct 15 Azerbaijan v Russia; Israel v Northern
Ireland; Portugal v Luxembourg.

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rst player to score in ve unbeaten run to a national game were defender John a single-game play-off
consecutive games for the record of 12 games. Anthony Brooks of Hertha will decide who goes
US with his hat-trick against Former Iceland Berlin and Munich 1860 to Russia.
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The under-21 international striker Bobby Wood.
Sunderland striker, who Aron Johannsson, a striker Although the USA won YEMEN
struck three times in 27 who plays for AZ in Holland, this years Gold Cup, they
minutes, is only the third made his debut for the US have not automatically Defender dies
player to have scored more in the game. Johannsson, qualied in the 2017 International defender
than one treble for the who is now 22, was born Confederations Cup. The Omar Al Sayed was killed
senior side. in Alabama but moved result of the 2015 Gold in a car accident on his way
The US were trailing back to his parents native Cup will also be taken into to training. The 26-year-old
2-0 to Bosnia at half-time Iceland when he was three. account, and if a team played for his country in the
before coming back to Also gaining their rst other than the United 2014 World Cup qualier
Triple...Altidore (right)
win 4-3 and extend their senior caps in the Bosnia States wins that one then against Iraq.

SOUTH AMERICA SECTION AFRICA SECTION Group F ASIA SECTION

O 5.5 nals places available, one of which goes O 5 nals places available O 4.5 nals places available
automatically to hosts Brazil WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP F
2nd round P W D L F A Pts 4th round
(single, round-robin group) Group A Nigeria 5 2 3 0 5 3 9 Group A
Malawi 5 1 4 0 4 3 7
WC QUALS: SOUTH AMERICA WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP A Namibia 5 1 2 2 2 3 5 WC QUALS: ASIA 4TH ROUND: GP A FINAL
P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts Kenya 5 0 3 2 3 5 3 P W D L F A Pts
Argentina 13 7 5 1 25 9 26 Ethiopia1 5 3 1 1 6 5 10 IRAN (F) 8 5 1 2 8 2 16
Colombia 12 7 2 3 21 7 23 South Africa 5 2 2 1 8 4 8 Remaining games STH KOREA (F) 8 4 2 2 13 7 14
Ecuador 12 6 3 3 17 12 21 Botswana 1
5 2 1 2 7 6 7 Sep 7 Kenya v Namibia; Nigeria v Malawi. Uzbekistan (QP) 8 4 2 2 11 6 14
Chile 13 7 0 6 21 21 21 Cent Af Rep 5 1 0 4 4 10 3 Qatar 8 2 1 5 5 13 7
Uruguay 12 4 4 4 18 21 16 1
Ethiopia beat Botswana 2-1 on June 8 but have Group G Lebanon 8 1 2 5 3 12 5
Venezuela 13 4 4 5 10 14 16 had the game awarded 3-0 against them because
Peru 12 4 2 6 12 17 14 they elded an ineligible player WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP G Group B
Bolivia 13 2 4 7 15 24 10 P W D L F A Pts
Paraguay 12 2 2 8 9 23 8 Remaining games Egypt (Q) 5 5 0 0 12 5 15 WC QUALS: ASIA 4TH ROUND: GP B FINAL
Sep 7 Central African Republic v Ethiopia; Guinea 5 3 1 1 10 4 10 P W D L F A Pts
Remaining games South Africa v Botswana. Mozambique 5 0 2 3 1 9 2 JAPAN (F) 8 5 2 1 16 5 17
Sep 6 Chile v Venezuela; Colombia v Ecuador; Zimbabwe 5 0 1 4 3 8 1 AUSTRALIA (F) 8 3 4 1 12 7 13
Paraguay v Bolivia; Peru v Uruguay. Group B Jordan (QP) 8 3 1 4 7 16 10
Sep 10 Bolivia v Ecuador; Paraguay v Argentina; Remaining games Oman 8 2 3 3 7 10 9
Uruguay v Colombia; Venezuela v Peru. WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP B Sep 8 Zimbabwe v Mozambique. Iraq 8 1 2 5 4 8 5
Oct 11 Argentina v Peru; Colombia v Chile; P W D L F A Pts Sep 10 Egypt v Guinea.
Ecuador v Uruguay; Venezuela v Paraguay. Tunisia 5 3 2 0 10 6 11 O The top 2 in both groups have qualied for the
Oct 15 Chile v Ecuador; Paraguay v Colombia; 1
Cape Verde Is 5 3 0 2 9 4 9 Group H nals
Peru v Bolivia; Uruguay v Argentina. Sierra Leone 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 O The 2 3rd-placed teams (Uzbekistan & Jordan)
Eq Guinea1 5 0 2 3 4 12 2 WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP H will meet in a 2-leg play-off (Sep 6 & Sep 10), the
Each team plays 16 times 1
Equatorial Guinea beat Cape Verde 4-3 on Mar 24 P W D L F A Pts winner of which will meet the 5th-placed South
but have had the game awarded 3-0 against them Algeria (Q) 5 4 0 1 12 4 12 American team in a 2-leg play-off (Nov 15 &
OThe top 4 qualify for the nals because they elded an ineligible player; Mali 5 2 2 1 7 6 8 Nov 19) for a place in the nals
OThe 5th-placed team will meet the winner of Equatorial Guinea elded the same ineligible Benin 5 1 2 2 6 9 5
the Asia section play-off in a 2-leg play-off player in their 2-1 defeat by Cape Verde on June 8 Rwanda 5 0 2 3 3 9 2 OCEANIA SECTION
(Nov 15 & Nov 19) for a place in the nals the game has now been awarded as a 3-0 win to O 0.5 nals places available
Cape Verde Remaining games
CONCACAF SECTION Sep 8 Benin v Rwanda. 3rd round
O 3.5 nals places available Remaining games Sep 10 Algeria v Mali.
Sep 7 Sierra Leone v Equatorial Guinea; WC QUALS: OCEANIA 3RD ROUND FINAL
4th round Tunisia v Cape Verde Islands. Group I P W D L F A Pts
(single, round-robin group) N Zealand (QP) 6 6 0 0 17 2 18
Group C WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP I New Caledonia 6 4 0 2 17 6 12
WC QUALS: CONCACAF 4TH ROUND P W D L F A Pts Tahiti 6 1 0 5 2 12 3
P W D L F A Pts WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP C Cameroon1 5 3 1 1 7 3 10 Solomon Is 6 1 0 5 5 21 3
United States 6 4 1 1 7 3 13 P W D L F A Pts Libya 5 2 3 0 5 2 9
Costa Rica 6 3 2 1 7 3 11 Ivory Coast (Q) 5 4 1 0 14 4 13 DR Congo 5 1 3 1 2 1 6 O New Zealand are the Oceania section winners
Mexico 6 1 5 0 3 2 8 Morocco 5 2 2 1 8 7 8 Togo1 5 0 1 4 2 10 1 and will meet the 4th-placed CONCACAF team in
1
Honduras 6 2 1 3 6 7 7 Tanzania 5 2 0 3 8 10 6 Togo beat Cameroon 2-0 on June 9 but have had a 2-leg play-off (Nov 15 & Nov 19) for a place in
Panama 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 Gambia 5 0 1 4 2 11 1 the game awarded 3-0 against them because they the nals
Jamaica 6 0 2 4 2 8 2 elded an ineligible player
Remaining games CONFIRMED FINALISTS TO DATE
Remaining games Sep 7 Gambia v Tanzania; Ivory Coast v Morocco. Remaining games Brazil (hosts)
Sep 6 Costa Rica v USA; Mexico v Honduras; Sep 8 Cameroon v Libya; Togo v DR Congo. Australia
Panama v Jamaica. Group D Iran
Sep 10 Honduras v Panama; Jamaica v Costa Group J Japan
Rica; USA v Mexico. WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP D South Korea
Oct 11 Honduras v Costa Rica; Mexico v Panama; P W D L F A Pts WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP J
USA v Jamaica. Ghana 5 4 0 1 16 2 12 P W D L F A Pts O The World Cup nals draw will be held on
Oct 15 Costa Rica v Mexico; Jamaica v Honduras; Zambia 5 3 2 0 10 2 11 Senegal 5 2 3 0 8 4 9 December 6, 2013 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Panama v USA. Sudan 5 0 2 3 2 11 2 Uganda 5 2 2 1 5 5 8
Lesotho 5 0 2 3 1 14 2 Angola 5 0 4 1 4 5 4
Each team plays 10 times Liberia 5 1 1 3 3 6 4
Remaining games
O The top 3 qualify for the nals Sep 6 Ghana v Zambia. Remaining games
O The 4th-placed team will meet New Zealand Sep 8 Sudan v Lesotho. Sep 7 Angola v Liberia; Senegal v Uganda.
(the Oceania section winners) in a 2-leg play-off
(Nov 15 & Nov 19) for a place in the nals Group E Each team plays 6 times

WC QUALS: AFRICA 2ND ROUND: GROUP E O The group winners qualify for the 3rd round
P W D L F A Pts
Congo 5 3 1 1 5 1 10 3rd round
Burkina Faso 5 3 0 2 6 4 9 O The 10 qualiers will be paired in 5 2-leg ties
Gabon 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 (to be played between Oct 11 & Nov 19), the
Niger 5 1 0 4 4 10 3 winners of which will qualify for the nals
KEY TO WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TABLES
Remaining games (F) = qualied for nals
Sep 7 Burkina Faso v Gabon; Niger v Congo. (Q) = qualied for next stage
(QP) = qualied for play-off

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PREVIEW

Seven play-off places up for grabs

KEY DATES game against the Central African
Last round of group games Republic. Should Ethiopia lose,
September 6, 7, 8 and 10 South Africa can leapfrog them
Third round play-offs into rst place by beating
October 11 to 15 Botswana in Durban. If Botswana
and November 15 to 19 win and Ethiopia lose, Botswana
will top the group.
In Tunisias case, they have
been made to wait to conrm their
Although ve teams had seemingly progress because their closest
booked their places in the play- rivals in Group B, Cape Verde
off stage of Africas World Cup Islands, were handed two 3-0
qualifying campaign after the wins over Equatorial Guinea, who
penultimate round of group games used an ineligible player, Emilio
in June, that gure is now back Nsue, in both earlier games. Cape
down to three going into the last Verde Islands are now two points
round of matches. Seven of the behind Tunisia, who they visit on
10 places remain up for grabs. September 6.
Ethiopia and Tunisia both Algeria (Group H), Egypt
had their progress checked (Group G) and Ivory Coast (Group
by the folly of teams elding C) are already in the play-offs
ineligible players. draw, which will take place in
In the case of Ethiopia, it Cairo on September 16.
was all their own doing. Their
previously unassailable lead in Ghana need a draw
Group A was stripped of three In Group D, Ghana lead Zambia
points because Minyahil Teshome by one point and need only to
played in the 2-1 win in Botswana draw against the 2012 African
when he should have been serving champions to go through. Vital...Biadgelegn Elias (left) helped Ethiopia come from behind to beat South Africa 2-1
a one-match suspension due to an There are three countries still
accumulation of cautions. in with a shout in Group E after their last two games. They still the winner of Burkina Faso and
Ethiopia now lead South Africa Congo threw away what looked lead Burkina Faso by a point, but Gabon advance.
by two points ahead of their away like an unbeatable lead by losing failure to win in Niger could see Nigeria have nine points to
Malawis seven in Group F and host
the meeting between the pair
in Calabar. It should be a routine
assignment for Stephen Keshis
African champions, although they
have done little to impress since
taking the continental title in
February. Such is the condence
of Malawis caretaker coach, Tom
Saintet, that he has said he will
forfeit his win bonus if the team
is victorious in Nigeria.
Having had their suspension
lifted, Cameroon are now able to
host Libya in a winner-takes-all
clash in Group I on September 8.
Senegal are top of Group J and
need only a draw against Uganda,
who are one point behind them.
The match is being staged in
neutral Morocco because Senegal
are currently banned from playing
on home soil.
The nal line-up of 10 will be
divided into two pots, based on the
latest FIFA rankings, and drawn
into ve play-off ties, which will
be staged over two legs. The ve
winners will automatically qualify
for Brazil next year.
Decider...Ugandas Brian Umony is watched closely by Roger Gomis (left) and Papa Gueye of Senegal in a 1-1 draw earlier in the campaign
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 ALBANIA return, Kukesi reached the GEORGIA GERMANY
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play-off round in their debut

New European record season of continental action. Dinamos six and out Back with a bang
Kukesis 2-0 win at home to Dinamo Tbilisis 6-1 win Hertha Berlin celebrated
Metalurh Donetsk in the rst FRANCE at home to EB/Streymur their return to the top ight
leg of their Europa League of the Faroe Islands in the with a 6-1 win at home to
third qualifying round game Points taken back Champions League second Eintracht Frankfurt on the
made it ve games without The two-point penalty qualifying round was their opening day of the season.
defeat in their debut imposed on Monaco biggest-ever win in Pierre-Emerick
European campaign and following violent incidents European competition. Aubameyang of Borussia
set a record for the longest involving supporters during Dinamo won 9-1 on Dortmund became only the
unbeaten record of any last seasons Ligue 2 title aggregate but then went sixth player in Bundesliga
Albanian side in Europe. celebrations has been out to Steaua Bucharest history to score a hat-trick
Celebration...Herthas return
Despite losing 1-0 in the cancelled on appeal. in the next round. on his league debut.

3rd qualifying round BELGIUM

Club Results 1st legs - Aug 1; 2nd legs - Aug 8

(teams with country abbreviation entered at this stage)
Aktobe v Breidablik
1-0, 0-1 (aet) (agg 1-1, Aktobe 2-1 on pens)
Asteras (Gre) v Rapid Vienna (Aut)
1-1, 1-3 (agg 2-4)
Botev Plovdiv v Stuttgart (Ger)
Regular season
July 26: Club Brugge 2 Charleroi 0.
July 27: Genk 3 Oostende 0; Kortrijk 1 OH Leuven
0; Lierse 1 Zulte Waregem 2; Mons 1 Cercle
Brugge 1; Waasland-Beveren 1 Gent 1.
July 28: Anderlecht 2 Lokeren 3; Mechelen 0
1-1, 0-0 (agg 1-1, Stuttgart on away goals) Standard 2.

EUROPE EUROPA LEAGUE

2nd qualifying round
Chornomorets v Red Star Belgrade 3-1, 0-0 (agg 3-1)
Dinamo Minsk v Trabzonspor 0-1, 0-0 (agg 0-1)
Estoril (Por) v Ramat Gan (Isr) 0-0, 1-0 (agg 1-0)
Aug 2: Cercle Brugge 0 Anderlecht 4.
Aug 3: Charleroi 1 Waasland-Beveren 1; Zulte
Waregem 1 Kortrijk 0; OH Leuven 1 Genk 4;
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1st legs - July 16/18; 2nd legs - July 25 Hacken v Thun 1-2, 0-1 (agg 1-3) Lokeren 2 Mons 1.
Anorthosis (Cyp) v Gee (Swe) 3-0, 0-4 (agg 3-4) Hajduk Split v Dila 0-1, 0-1 (agg 0-2) Aug 4: Gent 2 Mechelen 1; Standard 3 Lierse 0;
2nd qualifying round Astra (Rom) v Omonia Nicosia (Cyp) Jablonec (CzR) v Stromsgodset 2-1, 3-1 (agg 5-2) Oostende 1 Club Brugge 2.
1st legs - July 16/17; 2nd legs - July 23/24 1-1, 2-1 (agg 3-2) Kukesi v Metalurh Donetsk (Ukr) 2-0, 0-1 (agg 2-1) Aug 9: Kortrijk 3 Lokeren 3.
BATE Borisov (Bls) v Shakhter Karagandy (Kaz) Beroe (Bul) v Hapoel Tel Aviv (Isr) 1-4, 2-2 (agg 3-6) Minsk v St Johnstone Aug 10: Oostende 1 OH Leuven 1; Lierse 1 Cercle
0-1, 0-1 (agg 0-2) Breidablik (Ice) v Sturm Graz (Aut) 0-0, 1-0 (agg 1-0) 0-1, 1-0 (aet) (agg 1-1, Minsk 3-2 on pens) Brugge 1; Mons 1 Charleroi 2; Waasland-Beveren 0
Birkirkara (Mlt) v Maribor (Sln) 0-0, 0-2 (agg 0-2) Chornomorets (Ukr) v Dacia Chisinau (Mol) Motherwell (Sco) v Kuban Krasnodar (Rus) Mechelen 0.
Cliftonville (NIr) v Celtic (Sco) 0-3, 0-2 (agg 0-5) 2-0, 1-2 (agg 3-2) 0-2, 0-1 (agg 0-3) Aug 11: Club Brugge 1 Zulte Waregem 1;
Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo) v EB/Streymur (Far) Differdange (Lux) v Utrecht (Hol) 2-1, 3-3 (agg 5-4) Pandurii v Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1, 2-1 (agg 3-2) Anderlecht 4 Gent 1; Genk 0 Standard 2.
6-1, 3-1 (agg 9-2) Dila (Geo) v AaB Aalborg (Den) 3-0, 0-0 (agg 3-0) Petrolul v Vitesse Arnhem (Hol) 1-1, 2-1 (agg 3-2)
Ekranas (Lit) v FH Hafnarfjordur (Ice) Dinamo Minsk (Bls) v Lokomotiva (Cro) Qarabag v Gee 1-0, 2-0 (agg 3-0) BELGIUM REGULAR
0-1, 1-2 (agg 1-3) 1-2, 3-2 (agg 4-4, Dinamo Minsk on away goals) Randers (Den) v Rubin Kazan 1-2, 0-2 (agg 1-4) P W D L F A Pts
Elfsborg (Swe) v Daugava Daugavpils (Lat) Hajduk Split (Cro) v Turnovo (Mac) 2-1, 1-1 (agg 3-2) Rijeka v Zilina 2-1, 1-1 (agg 3-2) Standard 3 3 0 0 7 0 9
7-1, 4-0 (agg 11-1) Hodd (Nor) v Aktobe (Kaz) 1-0, 0-2 (agg 1-2) Saint-Etienne (Fra) v Milsami 3-0, 3-0 (agg 6-0) Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
Fola Esch (Lux) v Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) Honka (Fin) v Lech Poznan (Pol) 1-3, 1-2 (agg 2-5) Sevilla (Spa) v Mladost Podgorica 3-0, 6-1 (agg 9-1) Lokeren 3 2 1 0 8 6 7
0-5, 0-1 (agg 0-6) IFK Gothenburg (Swe) v Trencin (Slk) Siroki Brijeg v Udinese (Ita) 1-3, 0-4 (agg 1-7) Z Waregem 3 2 1 0 4 2 7
Gyor (Hun) v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr) 0-0, 1-2 (agg 1-2) Slask Wroclaw v Club Brugge (Blg) Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 10 4 6
0-2, 1-2 (agg 1-4) Irtysh Pavlodar (Kaz) v Siroki Brijeg (Bos) 1-0, 3-3 (agg 4-3) Genk 3 2 0 1 7 3 6
HJK Helsinki (Fin) v Nomme Kalju (Est) 3-2, 0-2 (agg 3-4) Slovan Liberec v Zurich (Swi) 2-1, 2-1 (agg 4-2) Kortrijk 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
0-0, 1-2 (agg 1-2) Jagodina (Ser) v Rubin Kazan (Rus) 2-3, 0-1 (agg 2-4) Swansea (Wal) v Malmo 4-0, 0-0 (agg 4-0) Charleroi 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
Neftchi (Aze) v Skenderbeu (Alb) KR Reykjavik (Ice) v Standard Liege (Blg) Trencin v Astra 1-3, 2-2 (agg 3-5) Gent 3 1 1 1 4 6 4
0-0, 0-1 (aet) (agg 0-1) 1-3, 1-3 (agg 2-6) Tromso v Differdange Waasland-B 3 0 3 0 2 2 3
The New Saints (Wal) v Legia Warsaw (Pol) Kukesi (Alb) v Sarajevo (Bos) 3-2, 0-0 (agg 3-2) 1-0, 0-1 (aet) (agg 1-1, Tromso 4-3 on pens) Cercle Brugge 3 0 2 1 2 6 2
1-3, 0-1 (agg 1-4) Levadia Tallinn (Est) v Pandurii (Rom) Ventspils v Maccabi Haifa 0-0, 0-3 (agg 0-3) Mons 3 0 1 2 3 5 1
Sheriff (Mol) v Sutjeska (Mne) 1-1, 5-0 (agg 6-1) 0-0, 0-4 (agg 0-4) Vojvodina v Bursaspor (Tur) 2-2, 3-0 (agg 5-2) Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 4 1
Shirak (Arm) v Partizan Belgrade (Ser) Maccabi Haifa (Isr) v Khazar Lankaran (Aze) Xanthi v Standard Liege 1-2, 1-2 (agg 2-4) Lierse 3 0 1 2 2 6 1
1-1, 0-0 (agg 1-1, Partizan on away goals) 2-0, 8-0 (agg 10-0) Zalgiris v Lech Poznan OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 2 6 1
Sligo Rovers (RoI) v Molde (Nor) 0-1, 0-2 (agg 0-3) Malmo (Swe) v Hibernian (Sco) 2-0, 7-0 (agg 9-0) 1-0, 1-2 (agg 2-2, Zalgiris on away goals) Oostende 3 0 1 2 2 6 1
Slovan Bratislava (Slk) v Ludogorets (Bul) Mladost Podgorica (Mne) v Senica (Slk) 30-round regular season (15x2); top 6 will form
2-1, 0-3 (agg 2-4) 2-2, 1-0 (agg 3-2) AUSTRIA championship group, 7th to 14th will enter Europa
Steaua Bucharest (Rom) v Vardar Skopje (Mac) Olimpija Ljubljana (Sln) v Zilina (Slk) League-place play-offs, 15th & 16th (bottom 2) will meet
3-0, 2-1 (agg 5-1) 3-1, 0-2 (agg 3-3, Zilina on away goals) July 20: Austria 2 Admira 0; Grodig 0 Ried 0; in the relegation play-off series (the loser going down
Viktoria Plzen (CzR) v Zeljeznicar (Bos) Petrolul (Rom) v Vikingur (Far) 3-0, 4-0 (agg 7-0) Wiener Neustadt 1 Salzburg 5; Wolfsberger 2 automatically, the winner entering rel/prom play-offs)
4-3, 2-1 (agg 6-4) Qarabag (Aze) v Piast Gliwice (Pol) Rapid 2.
2-1, 2-2 (aet) (agg 4-3) July 21: Wacker 2 Sturm 2. SUPER CUP
3rd qualifying round Red Star Belgrade (Ser) v IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Ice) July 27: Rapid 4 Wiener Neustadt 0; Ried 1 July 21 - Brussels
1st legs - July 30/31; 2nd legs - Aug 6/7 2-0, 0-0 (agg 2-0) Wolfsberger 0; Salzburg 5 Austria 1; Admira 1 Anderlecht 1 (Bruno 45+2)
(teams with country abbreviation entered at this stage) Rijeka (Cro) v Prestatyn (Wal) 5-0, 3-0 (agg 8-0) Wacker 2. Genk 0
APOEL Nicosia (Cyp) v Maribor Rosenborg (Nor) v St Johnstone (Sco) July 28: Sturm 0 Grodig 2. HT: 1-0. Att: 18,000. Ref: Van de Velde
1-1, 0-0 (agg 1-1, Maribor on away goals) 0-1, 1-1 (agg 1-2) Aug 3: Wiener Neustadt 2 Wolfsberger 1; Grodig 7
Austria Vienna (Aut) v FH Hafnarfjordur Shakhtyor (Bls) v Milsami (Mol) Admira 1; Wacker 1 Salzburg 1; Austria 3 Ried 3. CYPRUS
1-0, 0-0 (agg 1-0) 1-1, 1-1 (aet) (agg 2-2, Milsami 4-2 on pens) Aug 4: Sturm 2 Rapid 4.
Basle (Swi) v Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0, 3-3 (agg 4-3) Skonto Riga (Lat) v Slovan Liberec (CzR) Aug 10: Wolfsberger 1 Wacker 1; Ried 1 League xtures: opening round
Celtic v Elfsborg 1-0, 0-0 (agg 1-0) 2-1, 0-1 (agg 2-2, Liberec on away goals) Wiener Neustadt 1; Salzburg 4 Grodig 1; Admira 1 Aug 30-Sep 1
Dinamo Tbilisi v Steaua Bucharest Slask Wroclaw (Pol) v Rudar Pljevlja (Mne) Sturm 1. Alki v Aris
0-2, 1-1 (agg 1-3) 4-0, 2-2 (agg 6-2) Aug 11: Rapid 0 Austria 0. Anorthosis v Omonia
Dinamo Zagreb v Sheriff 1-0, 3-0 (agg 4-0) Sparta Prague (CzR) v Hacken (Swe) APOEL v ENP
Ludogorets v Partizan Belgrade 2-1, 1-0 (agg 3-1) 2-2, 0-1 (agg 2-3) AUSTRIA Apollon v Ermis
Lyon (Fra) v Grasshopper (Swi) 1-0, 1-0 (agg 2-0) Stromsgodset (Nor) v Debrecen (Hun) P W D L F A Pts Doxa v Nea Salamina
Molde v Legia Warsaw 2-2, 3-0 (agg 5-2) Salzburg 4 3 1 0 15 4 10 Ethnikos v AEL
1-1, 0-0 (agg 1-1, Legia on away goals) Thun (Swi) v Chikhura (Geo) 2-0, 3-1 (agg 5-1) Rapid 4 2 2 0 10 4 8 Kouklia v AEK
Nomme Kalju v Viktoria Plzen 0-4, 2-6 (agg 2-10) Trabzonspor (Tur) v Derry (NIr) 4-2, 3-0 (agg 7-2) Grodig 4 2 1 1 10 5 7
Nordsjaelland (Den) v Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) Tromso (Nor) v Inter Baku (Aze) 2-0, 0-1 (agg 2-1) Wacker 4 1 3 0 6 5 6 CZECH REPUBLIC
0-1, 0-5 (agg 0-6) Valletta (Mlt) v Minsk (Bls) 1-1, 0-2 (agg 1-3) Ried 4 1 3 0 5 4 6
PAOK Salonika (Gre) v Metalist Kharkiv (Ukr) Ventspils (Lat) v Jeunesse Esch (Lux) Austria 4 1 2 1 6 8 5 July 19: Plzen 5 Bohemians 1905 0; Dukla 1
0-2, 1-1 (agg 1-3) 1-0, 4-1 (agg 5-1) W Neustadt 4 1 1 2 4 11 4 Znojmo 1; Slavia 1 Ostrava 1.
PSV Eindhoven (Hol) v Zulte Waregem (Blg) Vojvodina (Ser) v Honved (Hun) 2-0, 3-1 (agg 5-1) Wolfsberger 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 July 21: Teplice 3 Slovacko 2; Jablonec 0 Brno 0;
2-0, 3-0 (agg 5-0) Xanthi (Gre) v Lineld (NIr) Sturm 4 0 2 2 5 9 2 Olomouc 1 Liberec 2; Jihlava 1 Sparta 4.
Salzburg (Aut) v Fenerbahce (Tur) 1-1, 1-3 (agg 2-4) 0-1, 2-1 (agg 2-2, Xanthi on away goals) Admira 4 0 1 3 3 12 1 July 22: Mlada Boleslav 1 Pribram 1.
Shakhter Karagandy v Skenderbeu Zalgiris (Lit) v Pyunik Yerevan (Arm) 36-round season (9x4); bottom team will be relegated July 26: Znojmo 0 Teplice 0; Pribram 2 Plzen 4.
3-0, 2-3 (agg 5-3) 2-0, 1-1 (agg 3-1) July 27: Slovacko 2 Jihlava 1; Ostrava 2 Mlada
Zrinjski (Bos) v Botev Plovdiv (Bul) 1-1, 0-2 (agg 1-3) Boleslav 1; Dukla 4 Olomouc 0.
July 28: Sparta 2 Jablonec 1; Liberec 2 Slavia 1.
July 29: Brno 5 Bohemians 1905 1.
Aug 2: Jihlava 4 Znojmo 0; Bohians 1905 2 Pribram 0.

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HOLLAND ITALY Constant walked off the

pitch during a pre-season
Teen strikers hat-trick Racist banned friendly against Sassuolo
At the age of 17 years Matera midelder Gaetano following racial abuse from
and 196 days, PSV striker Iannini was sent off against the crowd.
Zakaria Bakkali became the Sudtirol for racially abusing Constants actions
youngest player to score a an opponent as his side lost mirrored those of his Milan
hat-trick in the Eredivisie, 2-0 in the rst round of the team-mate, Kevin-Prince
with three goals in his sides Italian Cup. Iannini, who Boateng, whose departure
5-0 victory over NEC. plays in the Italian fth from the eld in protest at
The Belgian youngster tier, has been banned for racism caused a friendly
was making only his second 10 games by the leagues against Pro Patria to be
appearance in the Dutch disciplinary board. abandoned at the start of
Impressive start...Bakkali Abused...midelder Constant
top ight. Milan midelder Kevin this year.

Aug 3: Plzen 4 Ostrava 0. FRANCE GERMANY HOLLAND

Aug 4: Teplice 2 Dukla 1; Mlada Boleslav 4
Liberec 0; Jablonec 2 Slovacko 1; Brno 1 Sparta 3. Friday, August 9 Friday, August 9 Aug 2: Ajax 3 Roda JC 0.
Aug 5: Slavia 2 Olomouc 3. Montpellier 1 (Cabella 10) Bayern Munich 3 (Robben 12, Mandzukic 16, Aug 3: Den Haag 2 PSV 3; Heerenveen 4 AZ 2;
Aug 9: Dukla 0 Slavia 1. Paris Saint-Germain 1 (Maxwell 60) Att: 27,717 Alaba pen 69) NEC 1 Groningen 4; Twente 0 RKC 0.
Aug 10: Pribram 2 Brno 1; Slovacko 0 Monchengladbach 1 (Dante og 41) Att: 71,000 Aug 4: Cambuur 0 NAC 0; Utrecht 1
Mlada Boleslav 2; Olomouc 2 Teplice 2; Sparta 2 Saturday, August 10 Go Ahead Eagles 1; Vitesse 3 Heracles 1;
Bohemians 1905 1. Bordeaux 0 Saturday, August 10 Zwolle 2 Feyenoord 1.
Aug 11: Liberec 1 Jihlava 0; Znojmo 0 Plzen 1. Monaco 2 (Riviere 82, Falcao 87) Att: 32,158 Augsburg 0 Aug 9: Roda JC 2 Cambuur 0.
Aug 12: Ostrava 0 Jablonec 4. Borussia Dortmund 4 (Aubameyang 24, 66, 79, Aug 10: Heracles 1 Zwolle 3; NAC 0
Evian TG 1 (Ehret 4) Lewandowski pen 86) Att: 30,660 Heerenveen 2; Go Ahead Eagles 2 Den Haag 1;
CZECH REPUBLIC Sochaux 1 (Contout 54) Att: 10,287 PSV 5 NEC 0.
P W D L F A Pts Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Kiessling 22, Son 47, Aug 11: Feyenoord 1 Twente 4; AZ 3 Ajax 2;
Plzen 4 4 0 0 14 2 12 Lille 1 (Origi 13) Sam 52) Groningen 2 Utrecht 0; RKC 4 Vitesse 2.
Sparta 4 4 0 0 11 4 12 Lorient 0 Att: 36,362 Freiburg 1 (Hanke 40) Att: 27,136
Liberec 4 3 0 1 5 6 9 HOLLAND
Teplice 4 2 2 0 7 5 8 Lyon 4 (Lacazette 13, 69, Grenier 55, Eintracht Braunschweig 0 P W D L F A Pts
M Boleslav 4 2 1 1 8 3 7 Gourcuff 90+2) Werder Bremen 1 (Junuzovic 82) Att: 23,000 PSV 2 2 0 0 8 2 6
Jablonec 4 2 1 1 7 3 7 Nice 0 Att: 23,552 Groningen 2 2 0 0 6 1 6
Dukla 4 1 1 2 6 4 4 Hanover 2 (Andreasen 17, Huszti 84) Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 6 2 6
Brno 4 1 1 2 7 6 4 Nantes 2 (Djordjevic 23, Palmieri og 90+1) Wolfsburg 0 Att: 44,800 Zwolle 2 2 0 0 5 2 6
Slavia 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 Bastia 0 Att: 24,727 Twente 2 1 1 0 4 1 4
Pribram 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 Hertha Berlin 6 (Ramos 18, 71, Brooks 32, RKC 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
Olomouc 4 1 1 2 6 10 4 Rennes 2 (Pajot 9, Erdinc 84) Allagui 58, 60, Ronny 89) Go Ahead 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Ostrava 4 1 1 2 3 10 4 Reims 1 (Krychowiak 45+1) Att: 17,068 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Meier pen 37) Att: 54,376 Ajax 2 1 0 1 5 3 3
Jihlava 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 5 5 3
Slovacko 4 1 0 3 5 8 3 Valenciennes 3 (Melikson pen 37, Saez 52, Hoffenheim 2 (Abraham 34, Modeste 51) AZ 2 1 0 1 5 6 3
Bohemians 4 1 0 3 4 12 3 Pujol 90+3) Nuremberg 2 (Frantz 54, Ginczek 57) Att: 25,730 Roda JC 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Znojmo 4 0 2 2 1 6 2 Toulouse 0 Att: 12,261 Utrecht 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
30-round season (15x2); bottom 2 will be relegated Sunday, August 11 Cambuur 2 0 1 1 0 2 1
Sunday, August 11 Mainz 3 (N Muller 14, 78, Okazaki 65) NAC 2 0 1 1 0 2 1
DENMARK AC Ajaccio 0 Stuttgart 2 (Ibisevic 16, Harnik 82) Att: 30,279 Den Haag 2 0 0 2 3 5 0
Saint-Etienne 1 (Brandao 34) Att: 7,948 Feyenoord 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
July 19: AGF 0 Midtjylland 2. Schalke 3 (Huntelaar 2, 45+2, Szalai 72) Heracles 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
July 20: Viborg 2 Randers 2. Guingamp 1 (Yatabare 74) Hamburg 3 (Van der Vaart pen 12, Beister 24, NEC 2 0 0 2 1 9 0
July 21: OB 1 SonderjyskE 1; Brondby 1 Marseille 3 (Gignac 2, Payet 4, 16) Att: 18,159 Sobiech 49) Att: 61,973 34-round season (17x2); bottom team will be
Vestsjaelland 1; AaB 2 Copenhagen 1. relegated, 2nd & 3rd bottom will enter rel/prom
July 22: Esbjerg 4 Nordsjaelland 0. FRANCE GERMANY play-offs
July 26: Nordsjaelland 1 Viborg 1. P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts
July 27: Vestsjaelland 0 AGF 2. Lyon 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Hertha 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 SUPER CUP
July 28: Randers 1 OB 1; SonderjyskE 1 Valenciennes 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Dortmund 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 July 27 - Amsterdam
Brondby 0; Midtjylland 1 Copenhagen 0. Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Bayern 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Ajax 3 (Gouweleeuw og 69, Sigthorsson 75,
July 29: Esbjerg 1 AaB 2. Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 De Jong 103)
Aug 2: Midtjylland 2 SonderjyskE 1. Nantes 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Hanover 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 AZ 2 (Gudmundsson 51, Johannsson 67)
Aug 3: AGF 2 Nordsjaelland 1. Rennes 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Mainz 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 Aet. HT: 0-0. 90mins: 2-2. Att: 48,000.
Aug 4: OB 4 Viborg 2; Copenhagen 1 Randers 3; Lille 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Werder 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Ref: Liesveld
Brondby 0 Esbjerg 2. Saint-Etienne 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Hamburg 1 0 1 0 3 3 1
Aug 5: Vestsjaelland 2 AaB 1. Evian TG 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Schalke 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 ISRAEL
Aug 9: Viborg 2 Brondby 2. Montpellier 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Hoffenheim 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
Aug 10: Esbjerg 5 AGF 1. PSG 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nuremberg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 League xtures: opening round
Aug 11: Randers 1 Midtjylland 3; AaB 0 OB 0; Sochaux 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Stuttgart 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 Aug 24/25
Nordsjaelland 2 Copenhagen 2. Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Braunschweig 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Acre v Maccabi Tel Aviv
Aug 12: SonderjyskE 0 Vestsjaelland 0. AC Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Freiburg 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Beitar v Beer Sheva
Lorient 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Mgladbach 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Bnei Yehuda v Ashdod
DENMARK Guingamp 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Wolfsburg 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv v Bnei Sakhnin
P W D L F A Pts Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 Maccabi Haifa v Kiryat Shmona
Midtjylland 4 4 0 0 8 2 12 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 Raanana v Maccabi Petah Tikva
Esbjerg 4 3 0 1 12 3 9 Toulouse 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 34-round season (17x2); bottom 2 will be relegated, Ramat HaSharon v Hapoel Haifa
AaB 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 Nice 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3rd bottom will enter rel/prom play-off
OB 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 38-round season (19x2); bottom 3 will be relegated ITALY
AGF 4 2 0 2 5 8 6 Leading goalscorers
Randers 4 1 2 1 7 7 5 Leading goalscorers 3 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund) League xtures: opening rounds
SonderjyskE 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) 2 Sami Allagui (Hertha Berlin) Aug 24
Vestsjaelland 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 Dimitri Payet (Marseille) 2 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) Sampdoria v Juventus
Viborg 4 0 3 1 7 9 3 2 Nicolai Muller (Mainz) Verona v Milan
Brondby 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 SUPER CUP 2 Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin) Aug 25
Nordsjaelland 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 Aug 3 - Libreville, Gabon Cagliari v Atalanta
Copenhagen 4 0 1 3 4 8 1 Paris Saint-Germain 2 (Ongenda 83, Alex 90+5) SUPER CUP Fiorentina v Catania
33-round season (11x3); bottom 2 will be relegated Bordeaux 1 (Saivet 38) July 27 - Dortmund Internazionale v Genoa
HT: 0-1. Att: 34,658. Ref: Efong Nzolo (Blg) Borussia Dortmund 4 (Reus 6, 86, Lazio v Udinese
ENGLAND Van Buyten og 56, Gundogan 57) Livorno v Roma
Bayern Munich 2 (Robben 54, 64) Napoli v Bologna
COMMUNITY SHIELD HT: 1-0. Att: 80,645. Ref: Drees Parma v Chievo
Aug 11 - London Torino v Sassuolo
Manchester United 2 (Van Persie 6, 59) Aug 31
Wigan 0 Chievo v Napoli
HT: 1-0. Att: 80,235. Ref: Clattenburg Juventus v Lazio

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CLUB FOOTBALL

Hibernians 3-2 with three Concordia Chiajna, who

Sub settles Super Cup rst-half goals from Demba lost a relegation play-off More Hearts problems
Second-half substitute Toure, Franc Temile and against Rapid at the end of Bottom of the league after
Filip Petrov scored the only Zach Muscat. last term, were readmitted starting the season with a
goal of the game as Vardar to the top ight after taking 15-point decit for going
beat Teteks 1-0 to win the ROMANIA their case to the Court of into administration, Hearts
Macedonian Super Cup. Arbitration for Sport. They problems increased with an
Rapid are demoted argued that Rapid should extension of their transfer
MALTA Rapid Bucharest were have been automatically embargo. The club, who
relegated two weeks after relegated as they were are 29million in debt, are
Title holders triumph the season began, with the refused a licence to barred from signing any new
League champions results of their games continue in Liga I after ling players aged 21 and over
Embargo...struggling Hearts
Birkirkara won the Maltese against Viitorul Constanta for insolvency in November. until February 1 next year.

Sep 1 Aug 3: Widzew 2 Korona 1; Legia 4 ROMANIA RUSSIA

Atalanta v Torino Podbeskidzie 0. P W D L F A Pts
Bologna v Sampdoria Aug 4: Gornik 2 Piast 1; Slask 0 Wisla 0; July 19: Poli 2 Dinamo 0. Spartak 4 3 1 0 10 4 10
Catania v Internazionale Zaglebie 0 Lech 0. July 20: Pandurii 3 Brasov 1; Sageata 1 Rostov 4 3 1 0 8 3 10
Genoa v Fiorentina Aug 5: Lechia 2 Jagiellonia 0. Gaz Metan 0; Steaua 2 Ceahlaul 1. CSKA 4 2 2 0 6 4 8
Milan v Cagliari Aug 9: Podbeskidzie 0 Zaglebie 0; Wisla 1 July 21: Botosani 0 CFR 0; Universitatea 0 Lokomotiv 4 2 1 1 8 6 7
Roma v Verona Jagiellonia 1. Petrolul 1; Viitorul 0 Astra 4. Zenit 4 2 1 1 7 5 7
Sassuolo v Livorno Aug 10: Widzew 0 Gornik 3; Lechia 3 Cracovia 1; July 22: Corona 0 Otelul 1. Dynamo 4 2 1 1 6 7 7
Udinese v Parma Ruch 2 Legia 1. July 26: Gaz Metan 1 Botosani 2; Ceahlaul 3 Rubin 4 1 3 0 3 2 6
Sep 14/15 Aug 11: Pogon 2 Slask 2; Lech 2 Korona 0. Corona 0. Kuban 4 1 3 0 6 5 6
Fiorentina v Cagliari Aug 12: Piast 1 Zawisza 1. July 27: Otelul 2 Universitatea 1; CFR 2 Poli 2. Amkar 4 1 2 1 4 3 5
Internazionale v Juventus July 28: Dinamo 2 Vaslui 0. Volga 4 1 1 2 6 8 4
Lazio v Chievo POLAND REGULAR July 29: Brasov 1 Sageata 1; Petrolul 1 Pandurii 1. Krasnodar 4 1 1 2 6 8 4
Livorno v Catania P W D L F A Pts Aug 2: Universitatea 1 Ceahlaul 1. Ural 4 1 1 2 5 7 4
Napoli v Atalanta Gornik 4 3 1 0 7 2 10 Aug 3: Botosani 1 Sageata 1. Anzhi 4 0 2 2 4 6 2
Parma v Roma Legia 4 3 0 1 13 3 9 Aug 4: Corona 2 Astra 5; Petrolul 0 Brasov 0; Krylia Sovetov 4 0 2 2 3 5 2
Sampdoria v Genoa Lechia 4 2 2 0 8 4 8 Pandurii 2 Otelul 1. Terek 4 0 2 2 2 4 2
Torino v Milan Piast 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 Aug 5: Poli 2 Gaz Metan 1; Viitorul 0 Dinamo 0; Tom 4 0 0 4 2 9 0
Udinese v Bologna Jagiellonia 4 2 1 1 5 5 7 Vaslui 4 CFR 0. 30-round season (15x2); bottom 2 will be relegated,
Verona v Sassuolo Lech 4 1 3 0 4 2 6 Aug 9: Brasov 1 Botosani 2. 3rd & 4th bottom will enter rel/prom play-offs
Wisla 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 Aug 10: Sageata 1 Poli 2; CFR 2 Viitorul 1;
NORWAY Widzew 4 2 0 2 5 10 6 Concordia 1 Corona 0. SCOTLAND
Ruch 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 Aug 11: Ceahlaul 1 Pandurii 0; Otelul 1 Petrolul 2;
July 27: Aalesund 2 Sandnes Ulf 3; Lillestrom 2 Pogon 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 Astra 3 Universitatea 1; Dinamo 1 Steaua 2. Regular season
Molde 0. Cracovia 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 Aug 12: Gaz Metan 1 Vaslui 1. Aug 2: Partick 0 Dundee United 0.
July 28: Stromsgodset 6 Honefoss 1; Brann 1 Slask 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 Aug 3: Aberdeen 2 Kilmarnock 1; Celtic 2
Rosenborg 4; Odd 3 Tromso 1; Sogndal 1 Zawisza 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 ROMANIA Ross County 1; Inverness 3 St Mirren 0.
Haugesund 1; Viking 3 Start 0. Zaglebie 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 P W D L F A Pts Aug 4: Hibernian 0 Motherwell 1; St Johnstone 1
July 29: Valerenga 5 Sarpsborg 3. Podbeskidzie 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 Poli 4 3 1 0 8 4 10 Hearts 0.
Aug 3: Molde 2 Brann 0; Start 0 Odd 1; Viking 2 Korona 4 0 1 3 3 7 1 Astra 3 3 0 0 12 3 9 Aug 10: Dundee United 0 Inverness 1;
Lillestrom 2. 30-round regular season (15x2); top 8 will form Botosani 4 2 2 0 5 3 8 Ross County 1 Partick 3.
Aug 4: Sarpsborg 2 Stromsgodset 4; Rosenborg 2 championship group, bottom 8 will form relegation Petrolul 4 2 2 0 4 2 8 Aug 11: Hearts 1 Hibernian 0; Kilmarnock 0
Sogndal 0; Haugesund 3 Sandnes Ulf 1; group (from which the bottom 2 will go down) Ceahlaul 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 St Johnstone 0; Motherwell 1 Aberdeen 3.
Honefoss 2 Aalesund 5; Tromso 2 Valerenga 2. Pandurii 4 2 1 1 6 4 7
Aug 9: Brann 1 Lillestrom 1. PORTUGAL Steaua 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 SCOTLAND REGULAR
Aug 10: Sogndal 1 Molde 2; Odd 1 Viking 1. Otelul 4 2 0 2 5 5 6 P W D L F A Pts
Aug 11: Aalesund 3 Sarpsborg 1; Sandnes Ulf 2 SUPER CUP Sageata 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 Inverness 2 2 0 0 4 0 6
Tromso 1; Stromsgodset 2 Rosenborg 2; Aug 10 - Aveiro CFR 4 1 2 1 4 7 5 Aberdeen 2 2 0 0 5 2 6
Haugesund 1 Honefoss 0; Valerenga 1 Start 3. Porto 3 (Lica 5, Martinez 17, Gonzalez 45) Dinamo 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 Partick 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
Guimaraes 0 Vaslui 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 St Johnstone 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
NORWAY HT: 3-0. Ref: Soares Dias Concordia 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Celtic 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
P W D L F A Pts Brasov 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 Motherwell 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Rosenborg 19 12 5 2 36 17 41 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Gaz Metan 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 Kilmarnock 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Stromsgodset 19 12 3 4 43 19 39 Universitatea 4 0 1 3 3 7 1 Dundee Utd 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
Aalesund 19 10 4 5 42 28 34 July 19: Bray 1 Bohemians 3; Shamrock 1 UCD 1; Viitorul 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 Hibernian 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
Viking 19 8 7 4 25 19 31 Shelbourne 2 Limerick 1; Cork 2 Dundalk 2. Corona 4 0 0 4 2 10 0 Ross County 2 0 0 2 2 5 0
Haugesund 19 9 3 7 25 25 30 July 26: Bohemians 1 Drogheda 1; Dundalk 1 34-round season (17x2); bottom 4 will be relegated St Mirren 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Brann 19 8 3 8 29 29 27 Bray 0; St Patricks 2 Cork 1; UCD 1 Shelbourne 2. Hearts1 2 1 0 1 1 1 -12
Odd 19 7 4 8 23 20 25 July 27: Sligo 0 Shamrock 0. RUSSIA 33-round regular season (11x3); top 6 will form
Valerenga 19 7 4 8 29 33 25 July 28: Limerick 0 Derry 1. championship group, bottom 6 will form relegation
Molde 19 6 6 7 29 27 24 Aug 2: Bohemians 1 UCD 3; Derry 1 Sligo 2; July 14: Dynamo 2 Volga 2; Anzhi 2 Lokomotiv 2; group (from which the bottom team will go down and
Lillestrom 19 6 5 8 24 28 23 Dundalk 3 Shamrock 1; Limerick 2 Cork 1; Kuban 1 Rubin 1. the 2nd bottom will enter rel/prom play-offs)
1
Sogndal 19 5 8 6 25 30 23 St Patricks 0 Drogheda 0. July 15: Rostov 2 Terek 1. 15pts deducted for going into administration
Sandnes Ulf 19 6 4 9 22 33 22 Aug 4: Bray 1 Shelbourne 1. July 16: Amkar 2 Tom 0; Krylia Sovetov 1
Tromso 19 5 6 8 29 29 21 Aug 9: Cork 1 Bohemians 0; Drogheda 3 Limerick Spartak 2. SWEDEN
Start 19 4 6 9 25 38 18 0; UCD 1 Derry 3; Shamrock 0 St Patricks 4; July 17: Ural 2 CSKA 2; Krasnodar 1 Zenit 2.
Sarpsborg 19 4 5 10 25 42 17 Shelbourne 1 Dundalk 2. July 19: Dynamo 2 Anzhi 1. July 15: Helsingborg 3 Oster 0.
Honefoss 19 3 7 9 21 35 16 Aug 10: Sligo 2 Bray 0. July 20: Tom 1 Kuban 2; Volga 1 Lokomotiv 2; July 21: Djurgarden 1 Norrkoping 2.
30-round season (15x2); bottom 2 will be relegated, Terek 1 Amkar 1. July 22: Hacken 2 AIK 3.
3rd bottom will enter rel/prom play-off REPUBLIC OF IRELAND July 21: Rubin 2 Zenit 1; Ural 0 Spartak 2; July 24: Halmstad 0 Helsingborg 1.
P W D L F A Pts Rostov 2 Krasnodar 2. July 27: Oster 1 Mjallby 1; Kalmar 2
POLAND St Patricks 23 15 5 3 40 12 50 July 22: CSKA 2 Krylia Sovetov 1. Brommapojkarna 2; Atvidaberg 1 Elfsborg 1.
Dundalk 24 15 4 5 39 25 49 July 26: Zenit 1 Kuban 1. July 28: Gee 2 Malmo 0; Gothenburg 2
Regular season Sligo 23 13 7 3 38 15 46 July 27: Dynamo 1 Spartak 4; Ural 1 Volga 2; Helsingborg 4.
July 19: Zaglebie 0 Pogon 2; Wisla 0 Gornik 0. Derry 23 14 3 6 44 25 45 Rostov 3 Tom 0. July 29: Halmstad 1 Syrianska 1.
July 20: Zawisza 0 Jagiellonia 1; Legia 5 Shamrock 24 8 12 4 28 19 36 July 28: Lokomotiv 1 CSKA 2; Krylia Sovetov 1 Aug 3: Oster 0 Brommapojkarna 0; Kalmar 1
Widzew 1. Limerick 24 7 8 9 31 33 29 Anzhi 1; Terek 0 Rubin 0. Syrianska 0; AIK 2 Elfsborg 1.
July 21: Korona 0 Slask 0; Cracovia 2 Piast 3; Cork 24 7 6 11 26 35 27 July 29: Krasnodar 2 Amkar 1. Aug 4: Atvidaberg 1 Gee 1; Halmstad 1 Malmo 3;
Ruch 1 Lech 1. Drogheda 23 5 11 7 31 32 26 Aug 2: Anzhi 0 Rostov 1. Gothenburg 3 Hacken 1.
July 22: Lechia 2 Podbeskidzie 2. UCD 24 6 4 14 36 55 22 Aug 3: Volga 1 Zenit 3; Tom 1 Ural 2; Dynamo 1 Aug 5: Norrkoping 3 Mjallby 2; Djurgarden 2
July 26: Ruch 1 Lechia 1; Widzew 2 Zawisza 1. Shelbourne 24 5 5 14 17 35 20 Terek 0. Helsingborg 1.
July 27: Podbeskidzie 1 Gornik 2; Pogon 0 Bray 24 5 5 14 28 51 20 Aug 4: Rubin 0 CSKA 0; Amkar 0 Krylia Sovetov 0; Aug 10: Brommapojkarna 3 Djurgarden 0;
Legia 3. Bohemians 24 4 6 14 19 40 18 Kuban 2 Spartak 2. Elfsborg 1 Kalmar 0; Atvidaberg 0 Halmstad 1.
July 28: Piast 2 Zaglebie 1; Slask 2 Jagiellonia 3; 33-round season (11x3); bottom team will be Aug 5: Lokomotiv 3 Krasnodar 1. Aug 11: Helsingborg 0 Norrkoping 0; Syrianska 0
Lech 1 Cracovia 1. relegated, 2nd bottom will enter rel/prom play-off Gothenburg 2; Gee 2 Mjallby 1; Hacken 0 Oster 2;
July 29: Korona 2 Wisla 3. Malmo 1 AIK 0.
Aug 2: Cracovia 2 Ruch 1; Zawisza 1 Pogon 1.

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SERBIA Chernomorets Odessa they lost in the next round, BRAZIL

of the Ukraine three going out 3-0 on aggregate
Pressure mounts days earlier. to Qarabag of Azerbaijan. Keeper saves the day
Red Star Belgrade lost Elfsborg striker Simon Portuguesa goalkeeper
their opening league game SWEDEN Hedlund suffered a Lauro scored with an injury-
of the season for a fourth punctured lung after time header to earn his side
successive campaign. Quick treble for Gee chesting the ball during a 1-1 draw with Flamengo.
A shock 4-2 defeat Gee scored twice in the his sides 1-0 win against Four days later he saved a
at Javor Ivanjica increased last ve minutes to overturn Kalmar. The 20-year-old spot-kick kick from Rogerio
the pressure on Red Stars a 3-0 rst-leg decit and had to be carried from Ceni the 40-year-old
Slovenian coach Slavisa beat Anorthosis of Cyprus the Boras Arena pitch on keeper who has scored
Stojanovic, who oversaw 4-0 at home in the second a stretcher and was taken more than 100 goals in his
their elimination from qualifying round of the to hospital with chest pains career in his teams 2-1
Hurt...Hedlund was hospitalised
the Europa League by Europa League. However, and breathlessness. victory over Sao Paulo.

SWEDEN Aug 2: Illichivets 1 Karpaty 1. 2nd leg ARGENTINA

P W D L F A Pts Aug 3: Hoverla 1 Metalurh Zaporizhya 1; Arsenal 1 July 24
Helsingborg 19 11 5 3 40 15 38 Vorskla 1; Zorya 2 Metalist 2; Volyn 1 Dnipro 3; Atletico Mineiro 2 (Jo 46, Leonardo Silva 87) 1st tournament
Malmo 19 11 5 3 35 21 38 Sevastopol 1 Tavriya 0. Olimpia 0 Aug 2: Godoy Cruz 3 Argentinos Juniors 1;
AIK 19 10 5 4 31 20 35 Aug 4: Shakhtar 3 Dynamo 1; Chornomorets 1 Aet. HT: 0-0. 90mins: 2-0. Ref: Roldan (Col) Arsenal 1 Estudiantes 1.
Gothenburg 19 10 5 4 30 19 35 Metalurh Donetsk 0. Agg 2-2; Mineiro 4-3 on pens Aug 3: All Boys 1 Atletico Rafaela 1; Colon 1
Elfsborg 19 8 7 4 32 18 31 Aug 9: Metalurh Zaporizhya 2 Sevastopol 2. Mineiro: Victor - Michel (Alecsandro 72), Leonardo Racing 1; Tigre 1 Velez Sarseld 2.
Kalmar 19 8 7 4 22 15 31 Aug 10: Vorskla 1 Illichivets 0; Karpaty 0 Zorya 0; Silva, Rever, Junior Cesar, Pierre (Rosinei 46), Aug 4: Gimnasia 1 River Plate 0; Lanus 3 Belgrano
Atvidaberg 19 8 4 7 23 20 28 Tavriya 0 Shakhtar 4; Metalist 4 Volyn 0. Josue, Diego Tardelli (Guilherme 80), Ronaldinho, 0; Rosario 2 Quilmes 0; San Lorenzo 2 Olimpo 1.
Norrkoping 18 7 5 6 27 27 26 Aug 11: Dnipro 1 Hoverla 0; Metalurh Donetsk 2 Bernard, Jo. Aug 7: Argentinos 2 Colon 0; Belgrano 1 Boca 2;
Mjallby 19 7 4 8 32 29 25 Arsenal 0; Dynamo 1 Chornomorets 2. Olimpia: M Silva - Mazacotte, Manzur, Miranda, Estudiantes 1 All Boys 0.
Gee 19 4 9 6 22 28 21 Candia, Benitez, Pittoni, Aranda, A Silva (Gimenez Aug 8: Quilmes 1 Godoy Cruz 0; Rafaela 2 Lanus 1;
Hacken 19 6 2 11 22 31 20 UKRAINE 71), Salgueiro (Baez 83), Bareiro (Ferreyra 46). Velez 0 Arsenal 0.
Djurgarden 18 5 4 9 14 31 19 P W D L F A Pts Sent off: Manzur 85min. Aug 9: Olimpo 0 Tigre 0; Racing 0 San Lorenzo 3;
Oster 19 4 6 9 16 25 18 Shakhtar 5 5 0 0 13 2 15 Penalty shoot-out (Olimpia 1st) River Plate 1 Rosario 0.
Brommkarna 19 4 6 9 21 36 18 Metalist 5 4 1 0 11 3 13 Miranda x (saved), Alecsandro + (0-1);
Halmstad 19 3 8 8 17 28 17 Dnipro 5 4 0 1 10 4 12 Ferreyra +, Guilherme + (1-2); ARGENTINA 1ST TOURNAMENT
Syrianska 19 2 4 13 14 35 10 Zorya 5 2 3 0 7 3 9 Candia +, Jo + (2-3); P W D L F A Pts
30-round season (15x2); bottom 2 will be relegated, Vorskla 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 Aranda +, Leonardo Silva + (3-4); San Lorenzo 2 2 0 0 5 1 6
3rd bottom will enter rel/prom play-off Chornomorets 5 2 2 1 5 4 8 Gimenez x (missed) (3-4) Rafaela 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Metalurh D 5 2 1 2 5 4 7 Estudiantes 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
SWITZERLAND Dynamo 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 SUDAMERICANA CUP Velez 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
Metalurh Z 5 1 3 1 6 4 6 Lanus 2 1 0 1 4 2 3
July 20: Aarau 4 Lucerne 2; Lausanne 1 Sevastopol 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1st round Godoy Cruz 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
Young Boys 3. Hoverla 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 1st legs - July 30-Aug 1; 2nd legs - Aug 6-8 Boca 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
July 21: Thun 3 St Gallen 2; Sion 0 Zurich 0; Arsenal 5 1 1 3 4 8 4 Blooming (Bol) v River Plate (Uru) 0-1, 0-4 (agg 0-5) Rosario 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
Grasshopper 1 Basle 1. Illichivets 5 1 1 3 2 6 4 Cobreloa (Chl) v Penarol (Uru) 0-0, 2-0 (agg 2-0) Gimnasia 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
July 27: Basle 2 Lausanne 0; Grasshopper 4 Aarau 2. Volyn 5 1 1 3 3 11 4 Deportivo Pasto (Col) v Melgar (Per) Argentinos 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
July 28: Sion 0 St Gallen 1; Lucerne 3 Zurich 2; Karpaty 5 0 3 2 2 6 3 3-0, 0-2 (agg 3-2) River Plate 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
Young Boys 3 Thun 2. Tavriya 5 0 0 5 1 11 0 El Tanque Sisley (Uru) v Colo Colo (Chl) Quilmes 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
Aug 3: St Gallen 1 Basle 1; Lausanne 0 30-round season (15x2); bottom 2 will be relegated 0-1, 0-2 (agg 0-3) Arsenal 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
Grasshopper 0. Guarani (Par) v Oriente Petrolero (Bol) All Boys 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Aug 4: Zurich 1 Young Boys 3; Thun 2 Aarau 2; Leading goalscorers 0-0, 4-1 (agg 4-1) Olimpo 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Lucerne 1 Sion 0. 5 Marko Devych (Metalist) Independiente del Valle (Ecu) v Anzoategui (Ven) Tigre 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Aug 10: Grasshopper 0 Sion 0; Aarau 0 4 Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar) 0-0, 2-0 (agg 2-0) Colon 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
Young Boys 4. 4 Dieumerci Mbokani (Dynamo) Inti Gas (Per) v Atletico Nacional (Col) Racing 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
Aug 11: Thun 1 Lucerne 1; St Gallen 2 Lausanne 0; 4 Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro) 0-1, 0-4 (agg 0-5) Newells 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Basle 1 Zurich 2. Itagui (Col) v Juan Aurich (Per) 3-0, 3-2 (agg 6-2) Belgrano 2 0 0 2 1 5 0
SWITZERLAND
P W D L F A Pts
SOUTH AMERICA LDU Loja (Ecu) v Deportivo Lara (Ven)
2-0, 1-1 (agg 3-1)
Mineros de Guayana (Ven) v Barcelona (Ecu)
19-round tournament (19x1); no relegation after
1st tournament
Young Boys 5 5 0 0 15 4 15 RECOPA 2-2, 2-0 (agg 4-2) BRAZIL
Lucerne 5 3 1 1 9 7 10 (2012 Libertadores Cup winners, Corinthians v Montevideo Wanderers (Uru) v Libertad (Par)
Grasshopper 5 2 3 0 7 3 9 2012 Sudamericana Cup winners, Sao Paulo) 1-2, 0-0 (agg 1-2) July 20: Criciuma 2 Gremio 1; Sao Paulo 0
Basle 5 2 2 1 8 5 8 Nacional (Par) v The Strongest (Bol) Cruzeiro 3; Botafogo 2 Nautico 0.
St Gallen 5 2 1 2 6 6 7 2nd leg 0-0, 1-1 (agg 1-1, Nacional on away goals) July 21: Vitoria 0 Bahia 0; Internacional 1
Zurich 5 2 1 2 8 9 7 July 17 Real Potosi (Bol) v Universidad de Chile (Chl) Flamengo 0; Paranaense 1 Corinthians 1;
Thun 5 1 2 2 10 11 5 Corinthians (Bra) 2 (Romarinho 36, Danilo 69) 3-1, 0-5 (agg 3-6) Santos 2 Coritiba 2; Fluminense 1 Vasco 3;
Aarau 5 1 1 3 9 15 4 Sao Paulo (Bra) 0 Sport Huancayo (Per) v Emelec (Ecu) Goias 2 Portuguesa 1.
Sion 5 0 2 3 0 4 2 HT: 1-0. Att: 36,050. Ref: De Oliveira (Bra) 1-3, 0-4 (agg 1-7) July 25: Sao Paulo 0 Internacional 1.
Lausanne 5 0 1 4 1 9 1 Corinthians 4-1 on agg Trujillanos (Ven) v La Equidad (Col) July 27: Vasco 3 Criciuma 2; Ponte Preta 1
36-round season (9x4); bottom team will be relegated Corinthians: Cassio - Edenilson, Gil, Paulo Andre, 0-1, 0-0 (agg 0-1) Santos 0; Portuguesa 2 Paranaense 3.
Fabio Santos, Ralf, Guilherme, Romarinho (Renato Universidad Catolica (Chl) v Cerro Porteno (Par) July 28: Corinthians 0 Sao Paulo 0; Gremio 2
TURKEY Augusto 81), Danilo, Emerson Sheik (Ibson 89), 1-1, 1-0 (agg 2-1) Fluminense 0; Nautico 3 Internacional 0;
Guerrero (Alexandre Pato 86). Cruzeiro 4 Mineiro 1; Flamengo 1 Botafogo 1;
SUPER CUP Sao Paulo: Rogerio Ceni - Douglas, Lucio, 2nd round draw Bahia 2 Goias 1; Coritiba 1 Vitoria 1.
Aug 11 - Kayseri Rafael Toloi, Juan (Maicon 68), Rodrigo Caio, (teams with country abbreviation entered at this stage) July 31: Fluminense 1 Cruzeiro 0; Mineiro 1
Galatasaray 1 (Drogba 99) Wellington (Aloisio 46), Denilson, Ganso, Osvaldo, Belgrano (Arg) v Velez Sarseld (Arg) Paranaense 2; Portuguesa 1 Criciuma 1;
Fenerbahce 0 Luis Fabiano. Criciuma (Bra) v Ponte Preta (Bra) Coritiba 5 Ponte Preta 3; Corinthians 2 Gremio 0;
Aet. HT: 0-0. 90mins: 0-0. Ref: Yildirim Deportivo Pasto v Colo Colo Bahia 3 Flamengo 0.
Sent off: Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce) 63min LIBERTADORES CUP Guarani v Atletico Nacional Aug 1: Botafogo 2 Vitoria 0; Goias 1 Vasco 1.
Itagui v River Plate Aug 3: Cruzeiro 1 Coritiba 0.
UKRAINE Final La Equidad v Cobreloa Aug 4: Flamengo 3 Mineiro 0; Gremio 1
1st leg LDU Loja v Nacional Internacional 1; Ponte Preta 1 Fluminense 1;
July 15: Metalist 1 Metalurh Donetsk 0. July 17 Libertad v Mineros de Guayana Criciuma 0 Corinthians 2; Paranaense 2 Goias 0;
July 19: Illichivets 0 Dnipro 2. Olimpia (Par) 2 (A Silva 23, Pittoni 90+4) Portuguesa (Bra) v Bahia (Bra) Vasco 2 Botafogo 3; Vitoria 2 Portuguesa 1.
July 20: Hoverla 1 Dynamo 2; Arsenal 1 Metalist 2; Atletico Mineiro (Bra) 0 Racing (Arg) v Lanus (Arg) Aug 7: Vitoria 1 Fluminense 1; Criciuma 1 Cruzeiro
Metalurh Donetsk 1 Karpaty 1. HT: 1-0. Ref: Pitana (Arg) San Lorenzo (Arg) v River Plate (Arg) 2; Flamengo 1 Portuguesa 1; Paranaense 1
July 21: Sevastopol 1 Shakhtar 3; Volyn 1 Olimpia: M Silva - Manzur, Miranda, Candia, Sport Recife (Bra) v Nautico (Bra) Bahia 0; Goias 2 Nautico 1; Mineiro 2 Botafogo 2;
Tavriya 0; Chornomorets 1 Vorskla 1. Pittoni, A Silva, Aranda, Benitez, Gimenez (Ferreyra Universidad Catolica v Emelec Santos 1 Corinthians 1.
July 22: Zorya 0 Metalurh Zaporizhya 0. 46), Bareiro (Prono 90+1), Salgueiro (Paredes 89). Universidad de Chile v Independiente del Valle Aug 8: Vasco 1 Ponte Preta 1; Gremio 0 Coritiba 1.
July 26: Metalist 2 Illichivets 0. Mineiro: Victor - Marcos Rocha, Rever, Leonardo Vitoria (Bra) v Coritiba (Bra) Aug 10: Botafogo 1 Goias 1; Nautico 0 Mineiro 0.
July 27: Karpaty 0 Arsenal 2; Vorskla 1 Metalurh Silva, Richarlyson, Pierre, Josue, Diego Tardelli, 1st legs - Aug 13-22; 2nd legs - Aug 27-Sep 5 Aug 11: Portuguesa 2 Sao Paulo 1; Fluminense 2
Donetsk 2; Dnipro 1 Zorya 3; Metalurh Zaporizhya Ronaldinho (Guilherme 65), Luan (Rosinei 64), Flamengo 3; Corinthians 2 Vitoria 0; Cruzeiro 0
3 Volyn 0. Jo (Alecsandro 79). Sent off: Richarlyson 90min. Bye to 3rd round: Sao Paulo (Bra; holders) Santos 0; Coritiba 0 Vasco 1; Bahia 0 Gremio 3;
July 28: Tavriya 1 Hoverla 3; Shakhtar 1 Internacional 2 Paranaense 2; Ponte Preta 3
Chornomorets 0; Dynamo 2 Sevastopol 0. Criciuma 1.

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defeat in the continental

Atletico win apertura Keeper is cup hero competition when going
Atletico Nacional beat Deportivo Saprissas Donny down 3-0 to Orlando
Independiente Santa Fe Grant saved two spot-kicks Pirates of South Africa.
2-0 on aggregate in the as his side beat Carmelita Forced to play behind
Apertura play-off Final. on penalties to win the closed doors in El Gouna,
Having drawn 0-0 in Costa Rican Cup Final. Ahlys loss was their rst
their home leg, Atletico at home in the group stage
won the title at the Estadio EGYPT since 2002 a run of 23
Nemesio Camacho with matches unbeaten.
goals from Jefferson Holders big defeat Thandani Ntshumayelo,
Duque and sub Luis CAF Champions League Andile Jali with a penalty
On target...Mosquera Lost...Ahlys Saad Samir (right)
Fernando Mosquera. holders Al Ahly suffered and Siso Myeni scored for

BRAZIL Group 4 MEXICO USA REGULAR: EASTERN CONFERENCE

P W D L F A Pts Aug 7: San Miguelito (Pan) 0 America (Mex) 1. P W D L F A Pts
Cruzeiro 13 7 4 2 25 10 25 Apertura Kansas City 24 11 6 7 36 24 39
Botafogo 13 7 4 2 21 13 25 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 4 Regular season New York 24 11 5 8 36 31 38
Coritiba 13 6 5 2 18 13 23 P W D L F A Pts July 19: Queretaro 1 Morelia 3; Tijuana 3 Atlas 3. Philadelphia 24 10 7 7 36 32 37
Corinthians 13 5 6 2 13 6 21 America 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 July 20: Cruz Azul 1 Monterrey 0; Veracruz 2 Montreal 22 10 5 7 34 34 35
Paranaense 13 5 5 3 23 20 20 Alajuelense (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chiapas 2; Leon 1 Atlante 0. Houston 22 9 6 7 26 22 33
Internacional 12 5 5 2 21 18 20 San Miguelito 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 July 21: Puebla 1 Pumas 1; Toluca 0 Pachuca 1. Chicago 22 9 4 9 29 32 31
Gremio 13 5 4 4 15 12 19 July 26: Morelia 3 Toluca 4; Santos 3 Cruz Azul 2. New England 23 8 6 9 27 23 30
Vitoria 13 5 4 4 17 15 19 Group 5 July 27: Monterrey 1 Puebla 1; Pachuca 2 Tigres Columbus 23 7 5 11 27 30 26
Bahia 13 5 4 4 13 14 19 Aug 7: Montreal Impact (Can) 1 San Jose 1; Atlante 2 Veracruz 4; Chiapas 1 Guadalajara 1; Toronto 23 4 8 11 21 31 20
Vasco 13 5 3 5 19 22 18 Earthquakes (USA) 0. Atlas 1 Leon 2. DC United 23 3 4 16 13 38 13
Flamengo 13 4 5 4 16 15 17 July 28: Pumas 0 Queretaro 3. 34-round regular season (7x3 & 2x2 in own
Goias 13 4 5 4 12 17 17 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 5 July 30: Cruz Azul 1 Chiapas 1; Atlante 1 Atlas 1; conference, 9x1 in western conference)
Ponte Preta 12 4 3 5 17 18 15 P W D L F A Pts Tijuana 1 Pachuca 0.
Fluminense 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 Montreal 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 July 31: Guadalajara 0 Veracruz 2; Queretaro 3 USA REGULAR: WESTERN CONFERENCE
Santos 11 3 5 3 13 11 14 Heredia (Gtm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monterrey 3; Puebla 1 Santos 1; Toluca 0 Pumas 0; P W D L F A Pts
Mineiro 12 3 3 6 11 18 12 San Jose 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Tigres 1 Morelia 2; Leon 1 America 1. Salt Lake 24 12 5 7 39 26 41
Portuguesa 13 2 6 5 15 20 12 Aug 3: Veracruz 3 Cruz Azul 2; America 3 Atlas 0; Vancouver 23 10 6 7 36 30 36
Criciuma 13 3 2 8 15 25 11 Group 6 Morelia 2 Tijuana 1; Santos 2 Queretaro 0; Monterrey Colorado 25 9 9 7 31 27 36
Sao Paulo 12 2 3 7 12 16 9 Aug 6: Toluca (Mex) 3 Caledonia AIA (T&T) 1. 1 Toluca 1; Pachuca 1 Leon 1; Chiapas 4 Puebla 2. Portland 22 8 11 3 32 21 35
Nautico 11 2 2 7 8 18 8 Aug 4: Pumas 0 Tigres 2; Guadalajara 1 Atlante 0. Los Angeles 23 10 4 9 35 30 34
38-round season (19x2); bottom 4 will be relegated CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 6 Aug 9: Queretaro 1 Chiapas 1; Tijuana 2 Pumas 0. Seattle 21 10 4 7 29 23 34
P W D L F A Pts Aug 10: Cruz Azul 3 Guadalajara 1; Tigres 3 Dallas 23 8 9 6 30 33 33
COLOMBIA Toluca 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Monterrey 1; Atlante 2 America 4; Leon 0 San Jose 24 8 6 10 25 35 30
Comnes (Gtm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morelia 0; Atlas 1 Pachuca 1. Chivas 23 4 6 13 20 40 18
Apertura championship play-offs Caledonia 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Aug 11: Puebla 0 Veracruz 0; Toluca 2 Santos 2. 34-round regular season (8x3 in own conference,
Final, 1st leg 10x1 in eastern conference)
July 14 Group 7 MEXICO APERTURA: REGULAR Top 5 in both conferences will enter championship
Atletico Nacional 0 Aug 6: Luis Angel Firpo (ESv) 0 Tijuana (Mex) 0. P W D L F A Pts play-offs; no relegation from this league
Independiente Santa Fe 0 Veracruz 5 3 2 0 11 6 11
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Independiente Santa Fe 0 Vitoria (Hnd) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 America 3 2 1 0 8 3 7
Atletico Nacional 2 (Duque 38, Mosquera 83) Chiapas 5 1 4 0 9 7 7 Group A
HT: 0-1. Att: 36,300. Ref: Machado Group 8 Tijuana 4 2 1 1 7 5 7 July 20: Orlando Pirates (SAf) 0
Nacional 2-0 on agg Aug 8: Isidro Metapan (ESv) 2 Cartagines (CR) 4. Cruz Azul 5 2 1 2 9 8 7 AC Leopards (Con) 0.
Tigres 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 July 24: Zamalek (Egy) 1 Al Ahly (Egy) 1.

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Metapan 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 Monterrey 5 0 3 2 6 9 3 P W D L F A Pts
Group 1 Atlas 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 Orlando Pirates 2 1 1 0 3 0 4
Aug 8: Arabe Unido (Pan) 3 W Connection (T&T) 1. Remaining matchdays: Aug 20-22, Aug 27-29, Pumas 5 0 2 3 1 8 2 AC Leopards 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Sep 17-19, Sep 24-26, Oct 22-24 Atlante 5 0 1 4 5 11 1 Zamalek 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 1 17-round regular season (17x1); top 8 will enter Al Ahly 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
P W D L F A Pts Group winners qualify for quarter-nals apertura championship play-offs; no relegation
Arabe Unido 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 after apertura Group B
Houston (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARUBA July 21: Recreativo Libolo (Ang) 1
W Connection 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 UNITED STATES Esperance (Tun) 0.
CHAMPSHIP PLAY-OFFS FINAL SERIES FINAL Aug 3: Sewe Sports (IvC) 3 Recreativo Libolo 1;
Group 2 P W D L F A Pts Regular season Esperance 2 Coton Sport (Cam) 0.
Aug 7: Real Esteli (Nic) 0 Kansas City (USA) 2. La Fama (C) 4 2 1 1 7 4 7 July 17: Colorado 2 New England 1; Chivas 1 Aug 10: Coton Sport 1 Sewe Sports 0.
Britannia 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 Toronto 0.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 2 July 20: Seattle 1 Colorado 1; Toronto 0 New York 0; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP B
P W D L F A Pts BARBADOS Montreal 0 Dallas 0; Columbus 0 New England 2; P W D L F A Pts
Kansas City 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Philadelphia 0 Portland 0; Chicago 4 DC United 1; Sewe Sports 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
Olimpia (Hnd) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BARBADOS FINAL Salt Lake 1 Kansas City 2; Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 1. Esperance 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
Real Esteli 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 P W D L F A Pts July 27: Toronto 2 Columbus 1; Montreal 1 Kansas Recreativo 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
BDF (C) 18 13 4 1 51 12 43 City 0; Vancouver 0 Philadelphia 1; New York 4 Coton Sport 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
Group 3 Brittons Hill 18 11 2 5 44 21 35 Salt Lake 3; DC United 1 New England 2; Colorado 2
Aug 8: Valencia (Hai) 1 Herediano (CR) 6. Weymouth W 18 9 5 4 37 19 32 Los Angeles 0; Houston 1 Chicago 1; San Jose 2 Remaining matchdays: Aug 16-18,
Pride of GH 18 8 7 3 40 25 31 Portland 1. Aug 30-Sep 1, Sep 13-15, Sep 20-22
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP 3 Notre Dame 18 9 3 6 33 26 30 July 28: Seattle 2 Chivas 1.
P W D L F A Pts Paradise 18 7 4 7 20 26 25 Aug 3: Kansas City 2 New York 3; DC United 3 Top 2 in both groups qualify for semi-nals
Herediano 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 Cosmos 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 Montreal 1; Philadelphia 1 Chicago 2; Colorado 2
Cruz Azul (Mex) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dayrells Road 18 5 3 10 22 49 18 Salt Lake 2; Houston 3 Columbus 1; San Jose 2 CONFEDERATION CUP
Valencia 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 St Johns (R) 18 3 2 13 13 52 11 Chivas 0; Seattle 3 Dallas 0; Portland 1 Vancouver 1.
Youth Milan (R) 18 2 3 13 21 43 9 Aug 4: New England 0 Toronto 1. Group A
Aug 10: Toronto 1 Seattle 2; Vancouver 2 July 21: CS Sfaxien (Tun) 1 Etoile Sahel (Tun) 0;
San Jose 0; Columbus 2 New York 0; Philadelphia Saint George (Eth) 2 Stade Malien (Mli) 0.
2 DC United 0; Chicago 2 Montreal 1; Kansas City 3 Aug 3: Etoile Sahel 2 Saint George 1.
New England 0; Salt Lake 1 Houston 0. Aug 4: Stade Malien 1 CS Sfaxien 2.
Aug 11: Dallas 3 Los Angeles 3; Chivas 1 Colorado 1.

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was sent off for the hosts. Svay Rieng were crowned striker Elroy Van der Hooft. Samuela Drudru scored SCANDAL
Were the Germans on
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C-League champions for nine goals in Suvas 15-0 RONALDINHO GOTZE
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IVORY COAST the rst time after they IRAN thrashing of Tavua in the Cup triumph
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RUDI GARCIA CONCACAF GOLD CUP

ASECs 18th success 1-0 in the play-off Final. Boss attacked by fans However, Suvas 3-1 September 2013 Vol 53 No 13

ASEC Mimosas won the Khoun Laboravy scored the Mojtaba Taghavi resigned as loss to Rewa next time out
Ivorian Cup for a record only goal of the game to coach of Mes Kerman just handed the title to Ba, who EDITOR
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18th time, beating the nish the season as league days before the start of the have now won 12 of the last ART EDITOR
Gary Payne
holders, Stella Club, 5-4 top scorer with 20 goals. new season after he was 15 championships. Nadi ASSISTANT EDITOR
on penalties in the Final Phnom Penh Crown attacked by fans of his own then beat Ba 3-1 to pip Nich Hills
PICTURE EDITOR
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NEWS EDITOR
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Nottingham Forest 1978-80
The second division also-rans were transformed by
Brian Clough into double European Cup winners

THE STARTING XI
Peter Shilton
Goalkeeper
Signed for a record
250,000 from Stoke City
in 1977 and went on to win
a record 125 England caps.
Viv Anderson
Right-back
Nottingham-born and
nicknamed Spider, he
was the rst black player
to play for England.
Larry Lloyd
Centre-back
Former Liverpool defender
snapped up for 60,000
from Coventry during the
promotion season.
Kenny Burns
Centre-back
Scotland international who
had played as a striker
before Forest redeployed
him at the back.
Frank Clark
Left-back
Defender who joined
from Newcastle United
Cup masters...inspired by the unique Clough-Taylor partnership, Nottingham Forest twice overcame the best Europe had to offer
and would later manage
Forest in the early 1990s.

F
ounder members of set a new record since beaten only two additions: Trevor Francis
the Football League, by Arsenal by going 42 league and Peter Shilton. John McGovern
Nottingham Forest were games unbeaten. They then went Admittedly, Malmo were poor Midelder
Captain who previously
oundering in the second tier on to win the European Cup at opponents, but the following played for Clough at
of English football when Brian the rst attempt, a feat only year Forest retained the trophy, Hartlepool United, Leeds
Clough arrived in 1976. previously achieved by Real beating Hamburg in Madrid, United and Derby County.
With his long-time con dante, Madrid and Internazionale. again by a 1-0 scoreline. Trevor Francis
Peter Taylor, Clough repeated They beat reigning European The side had broken up by Right winger
the feat he had achieved with champions Liverpool on the way the 1981-82 season, with both English footballs rst 1m
player when signed from
Derby County: winning the to a 1-0 Final victory over Malmo Francis and Shilton sold on, but Birmingham City in
Second and then First Division in May 1979. The team that Forests achievements continue February 1979.
titles in successive seasons. triumphed in Munich was almost to stand the test of time only
Ian Bowyer
Between November 1977 the same as the one that won Milan, in 1990, have since Midelder
and December 1978, Forest promotion two years earlier, with retained the European Cup. WS Goalscoring midelder
nicknamed Bomber.
Father of Blackburn
THE COACH AND HIS TEAM Rovers manager Gary.

Brian Clough Tactics John Robertson

Shilton Left winger
A charismatic and Clough claimed to care little Scotland international who
brilliant motivator, for tactics and formations, joined Forest from school.
after winning the but had a clear gameplan Scored the only goal in the
title at Derby in European competition. Burns Lloyd 1980 European Cup Final.
County he had Forest defended deep Anderson Clark Tony Woodcock
become a TV and would attack on the Forward
McGovern Born locally, he went on
personality with counter, with creativity
to become an England
ambitions to coming from the wings and regular and play for
manage England but it was at Forest full-backs. John Robertson Bowyer Cologne in Germany.
Francis Robertson
where he enjoyed his greatest success. played a crucial role on the Garry Birtles
His long-time assistant Peter Taylor left, supplying the cross for Woodcock Forward
retired in 1982, and the souring of their Francis used as a deep- Signed from non-league
Birtles
relationship, combined with alcoholism lying outside-right in Long Eaton, he went on to
play for Manchester United,
and allegations of transfer irregularities, Munich to score the before a return to Forest.
blighted Cloughs later years. only goal against Malmo.

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