FC BARCELONA STAR LIONEL MESSI CANDIDATE FOR FIFA WORLD PLAYER 2007

FIFA has announced its three candidates for this years FIFA World
Player 2007 award.
One of the 3 players is FC BARCELONA & young Argentine
Internatinal LIONEL MESSI. A great honour for such a young man
who has had a fantastic year, exploding onto the World scene to remind
many of the leyend Maradona. Big comparison indeed, but with so many
years ahead for Messi he has time to prove if he can reach that height
or not.

Check out why Messi is candidate with this VIDEO:

The other 2º candidates for FIFA World Player 2007 are Cristiano
Ronaldo of Manchester Utd & the hot favourite AC Milan player Kaka.














We will know who has won on the 17th of December when FIFA announce
the winner from Zurich.

















Another Spanish based Argentine, SERGIO AGUERO of ATLETICO
DE MADRID will be awarded that same night as the "Best Player of
the U-20 World Cup" played in Canada this year. Argentina & Aguero
proclaimed themselves World Champions & the players performance
was outstanding. He is now continuing his evolucion & exploding onto
the scene with Atletico. Grand future!

Here is a VIDEO of why FIFA has prized him:

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REAL MADRID NEWS: SCOUTING FOR NEW & YOUNG TALENT

Spanish daily "El Mundo" claims to have had access to a confidential
report from REAL MADRID CF, elaborated by its roamimg talent
scouts, recommending the directives of the players they consider best
fit the clubs philosophy, style & are the Worlds best young talent at this

moment for possible signnings.
Real knows it needs to renew vital positions, from the defence, midfield
& right through to the forward line, with young blood. Here are the names
being looked at, according to this report.

(Veloso: Sporting Clube de Portugal - Midfielder)

DEFENDERS
Garay ( 21 yr old) - Racing of Santander

Caceres (20 yr old Uruguayian) - Villareal on lease to Recreativo

Ivanovic ( 23 yr old ) - Lokomotiv Moscow
Breno ( 18 yr old Brazilian Intl.) - Sao Paolo

MIDFIELDERS

Kaka - AC Milan ( Real Madrids Dream come true - almost impossible)

Nasri - Olympic of Marseille* hot rumours, being tipped for a while now.

Veloso ( 21 yr old) Sporting Clube de Portugal

De Rossi ( 25 yr old Italian Intl.) - AC Roma

Modric ( 21 yr old ) - Dynamo of Zagreb

FOWARDS

Huntelaar (24 yrs old) - Ajax of Amsterdam
Vucinic ( 24 yrs old) - AC Roma
Mutu ( 28 yrs old) - Fiorentina

Others out of the list, but are being speculated are Diego, Drogba & Benzema
Stay tuned!

* thanks to "Mundo Deportivo" for the Real header

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"FRANCE FOOTBALL" GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2007: CESC FABREGAS IN TOP 10

Everyone is saying that this years "Golden Ball Award 2007" winner
is AC MILAN Brazilian star KAKA, however, "France Football" has
released its list of the Best Top 10 players in "the World". In that list
is young Spanish sensation CESC FABREGAS would belongs to
ARSENAL & is a Spanish International player. This is an extraordinary
achievement for such a young player whos future looks grand.
Other Spanish based players which are in the Top 10 list include:
Messi ( Fc Barcelona), Robinho & Van Nistelrooy ( Real Madrid).
























The other players on the list are Ibrahimovic ( Inter); Pirlo (Milan);
Drogba (Chelsea); C.Ronaldo (Man Utd) & F .Totti ( AC Roma).

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UEFA CUP RESULTS: ATLETICO DE MADRID 2-ABERDEEN 0 & GETAFE 1-H.TEL AVIV 2

The good news is that ATLETICO DE MADRID won its group B
game, while GETAFE lost its group G match, both part of the
UEFA CUP qualifiers played tonight.

AT.MADRID defeated comfortably Scottish side ABERDEEN 2-0.
DIEGO FORLAN ( pictured above) scored first for Atletico in the

45th min.

Then the 2º goal came from a SIMAO free-kick ( pictured above)
that hit the post & bounced onto the Scottish keepers back, LANGFIELD

& into the net. Could have been more goals for Atletico!
The win puts Atletico in 2º place in its group.

P.HERNANDEZ ( pictured above) scored GETAFE´s only late goal
in its 1-2 defeat against H.TEL AVIV. The Israelis scored thanks
to BADIER in the 4th min & DEGO in the 31st min.
Getafe are placed in 3º position in their group.

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RIQUELME LEAVES VILLAREAL FOR BOCA JUNIORS

Finally the RIQUELME saga comes to an end, as the VILLAREAL
player has agreed to accept the deal with BOCA JUNIORS &
become part of the Argentine team asap.

This ends months of speculation & ends Riquelme´s days "in
the desert", after not having played a single game this

season with Villareal. Riquelme is reported to be already in
Buenos Aires after leaving the club without saying goodbye to
his teammates.
The deal is said to be around 10M€ , with 3M€ going to Villareal.
SFS wishes him good luck!

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SPANIARD FERNANDO TORRES HELPS STEER LIVERPOOL

Great to see FERNANDO TORRES back in form with his 2 goals for
Liverpool in their 4-1 victory over Oporto in the Champions League.
Important victory for the English side as it keeps alive their hopes of
qualifying for the next stage.
Last nights performance from the Spaniard is also great news for the
Spanish national side, lets hope Torres gets games & avoids injury.

Here´s a VIDEO with one of Torres´s goals last night.

Champions League 2007 Liverpool vs Oporto : Goal Torres

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2007/08: VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF WERDER BREMEN 3 - REAL MADRID 2

In case you missed & wish to see all the goals of this interesting game
played yesterday, here is the Video.

Champions League: Werder Bremen 3 - Real Madrid 2: 28/11/07

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIERS 2007/08: WERDER BREMEN 3-REAL MADRID 2 & VALENCIA CF 0 - SCHALKE 04 0

Not good news for Real Madrid & worst for Valencia CF in tonights
Champions League group matches. Real needed a point to secure their
place in the next stage & failed to reach the objective, while Valencia
needed to win to keep alive the European Cup hope & failed.

WERDER BREMEN won REAL MADRID 3-2 in a good game for the
Germans & a disasterous match for the Spaniards, thanks to a horrible

defensive performance.

The quick goal by ROSENBERG ( pictured) for Werder in the 3rd min
was the omen.

Quickly ROBINHO drew & it looked like the German goal was a mistake,

however it was´nt, as the Madrid defenders Pepe & Metzelder played

their worst game to date, allowing SANOGA to score Werder 2º goal
(pictured below) in the 39th min & HUNT for the 3rd in the 57th.

It was all uphill from then onwards for Real & VAN NISTELROOY

managed to pull one back in the 70th min to give Madrid hopes of
drawing, but it was´nt to be.

Real Madrid now needs to grab 1º point in their next game against Lazio at
Madrid to secure their place in the next stage. If they win, they will secure the

top spot of the their group.

The below pictures of David Villa & Miguel tell the whole story of
VALENCIA CF after drawing 0-0 against German side SCHALKE

04.

Valencia needed to win to keep their very slim chances alive & failed

in their quest to move on in the tournament. Valencia now hopes slips into
the UEFA Cup tournament which is a good consolation prize, but we all
know that the European Cup is the ultimate prize & glory in European
Football.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF SEVILLA 3-ARSENAL 1& LYON 2 - FC BARCELONA 2

Highlights of yesterdays Champion League games with Sevilla & FC
Barcelona.

Sevilla 3-1 Arsenal Champions League 2007/08

Lyon (2-2) Barça

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIERS 2007/08: SEVILLA FC 3-ARSENAL 1 & LYON 2-FC BARCELONA 2

SEVILLA FC has secured its place for the next stage of the Champions
League with a 3-1 victory over ARSENAL which places them top of
Group H.
Great match by the Spaniards who ran riot along the right wing with
defender Alves & Navas very active all night.

Arsenal scored 1st via DA SILVA in the 10th min, but Sevilla had 3

men that put the ball into the Arsenal net. First was KEITA ( above)
who scored in the 23rd min, followed by FABIANO ( below) with a
perfect header & KANOUTE who converted a penalty near the end of
the game. Sevilla looked good!


















FC BARCELONA travelled to LYON for its Group E game which ended

in a deserved 2-2 draw. Barça remain on top of their table with 12 points
& are well on the way to move onto the next stage.

INIESTA scored first in the 3rd min to set the ball rolling, with the

extra highlight being the young 17 year old promise BOJAN ( pictured below)

debuting in Champions & sitting Ronaldinho on the bench.

MESSI (below) converted a penalty in the 57min for Barça´s 2º goal

of the night.

However, the other personality of the match was Lyon player JUNINHO
( pictured below) who scored twice; the first in the 7th min to equalize &
the second in the 79th min via a penalty to take away the victory from Barça
& draw the game.

Tomorrow night, Spain´s two other representatives Real Madrid &
Valencia play their group games.

Surf into SFS for all the details.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 13/ 2007 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Another great Sunday of Spanish Football today as Round 13 of
"La Liga" concludes, with plenty of goals, cliff hangers & missed
opportunities. Real Madrid continues to lead the ladder by 1º point,
although they drew yesterday ( see below posts for yesterdays´s match
details).
















VILLAREAL had the chance to lead the Spanish 1º Division for the
first time in its history if they defeated ALMERIA, after Real Madrid
drew yesterday. However, they could´nt take that chance at all
after they finished their game in a 1-1 draw.
Villareal started well after in form Turkish International NIHAT ( pictured
above ) scored in the 13th min. However, Almeria player NEGREDO
(pictured below) spoiled the day after equalizing in the 52 min.
Villareal stay 2º on the leader.
















ATLETICO DE MADRID won VALLADOLID 4-3 in an authentic
cliff hanger. Once again Atletico suffered as their impulse to attack
left continous holes in defence that cut them up with the Valladolid
counter-attacks. It looked like it would finish in a draw when in the
last minute an own goal by Valladolid gave Atletico the victory...
pure luck indeed.

MAXI RODRIGUEZ ( pictured above) lead his side with two goals

( 49th & 55th min), with MANICHE opening early in the 2nd min.

VALLADOLID played well & were unlucky to lose. Their goalscorers

were VICTOR ( pictured above) in the 39th min, SISI in the 47th &

LLORENTE in the 53rd min.

Then in the 91st min, an own goal by Valladolid player PEDRO LOPEZ

gave Atletico the victory.

Another high scoring game was the LEVANTE - REAL BETIS

clash with the former winning 4-3

It was another exhibition from Levante player RIGA ( pictured

above) who scored 2º goals, along with teammates TOMASI &
J. FUEGO.
REAL BETIS played well, but it was´nt enough with goals from
ARZU, EDU & PAVONE.

ESPANYOL continue on their merry way after they defeated

1-2 away OSASUNA.

Espanyol started strong with goals from ANGEL ( 29th m) &
VALDO ( 32nd), & PORTILLO pulled one back for Osasuna in

the 74th min , back it was´nt enough.

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO drew 2-2 against DEPORTIVO with a

see-saw affair with regards to the scoreline. At.Bilbao opened

via BARRAGAN ( 22m) followed by Deportivo player RIKI (52m),

then At.Bilbao again with LOPEZ ( 53m) & the equalizer for
Deportivo thanks to TABORDA ( 89m).

RACING DE SANTANDER played VALENCIA & won 1-0 thanks

to a goal from JORGE LOPEZ in the 69th min. This defeat keeps

Valencia in its personal "turmoil" as they are not able to get out

of the slump, independently of hiring new coach Koeman.

Last game played REAL ZARAGOZA - GETAFE has finished in a 1-1

draw, with goals from SOUSA for Getafe & the equalizer from a free-kick

from D´ALESSANDRO for Zaragoza.

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EUROPEAN INDOOR FOOTBALL FINAL: ITALY 1 - SPAIN 3

The current Indoor Football World Champions & European title
holders SPAIN, kept/regained the Euro title after defeating ITALY 1-3
in the final at Oporto ( Portugal) were the Indoor Euro Championships
were being held.
Spain has been dominating Indoor Football for years & its local league
is considered the best in the World, a league were all the best global
stars play. Congratulations Spain, well done!

(Marcelo celebrates Spain´s 1º goal)


















Match resume:

Italy 1: Feller, Pellegrini, Bertoni, Morgado, Forte -initial team-
Grana, Assis, Fabiano, Bacaro, Foglia & Zanetti
Spain 3: Luis Amado, Álvaro, Kike, Andreu, Marcelo -intial team-
Javi Rodríguez, Daniel, Ortiz, Torras, Eseverri & Borja.

Goals: 0-1, m.8: Marcelo. 0-2, min. 22: Daniel.
0-3, min. 26 Javi Rodríguez. 1-3. min. 29: Feller.





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WORLD CUP 2010: SPAIN DRAWS A NOT SO EASY QUALIFYING GROUP 5

SPAIN is placed in Group 5 of the World Cup 2010 qualifiers , after it
was decided this afternoon in the draw for South Africa.

Ex - Real Madrid & European Cup winner, plus French International
World Champion, Karembeu is pictured showing Spain, after it was

drawn out of the bowl as head of Group 5.

Spain will play Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia, Armenia & Estonia, as the
above graphic ( thanks to Marca) illustrates.
It´s not going to be an easy road for the Spaniards for South Africa

2010. Yet again, it never is for anyone if the best of the best are to
play the World´s much prestigious Football tournament. Good luck!

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - ROUND 13/ 2007: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF BARCELONA-RECREATIVO; SEVILLA-MALLORCA & MURCIA-REAL MADRID

Just in case you have not seen all the goals from yesterday´s 3 games
played of Round 13 from "La Liga", here they are on VIDEO, enjoy!

Barça 3 – Recreativo 0

Sevilla FC 1-2 Mallorca

Real Murcia 1 - Real Madrid 1

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 13/ 2007 SATURDAY RESULTS

The Spanish 1º Division was back tonight with 3 games of Round 13
played with interesting results.
























SEVILLA FC played MALLORCA & lost 1-2 that takes them further
away from the elite part of the table. The 2º goal for Mallorca was scored
by VARELA (pictured) in the 37 th min, while before in the 16th min
IBAGAZA opened the scoring.
For Sevilla KANOUTE managed to regain some pride for his team
with their only goal in the 46th min.

Young 17 year old upcoming Barça star BOJAN ( pictured) got in on

the 2º half & helped in FC BARCELONA ´s 3-0 win over

RECREATIVO.

After a tough week of internal debates & rumours Barça went all out
& scored its 3 goals thanks to MILITO in the 63rd min , BOJAN in the
65th & once again MESSI in the 81st min.

REAL MADRID started well with an 8th min header & goal from

ROBINHO against MURCIA.
However, Murcia grew throughout the game & grabbed the equalizer

via DE LUCAS ( below) in the 46th min.
Murcia took control & made Real nervious, so much so, that GUTI
received a Red Card after kicking back at a Murcia player after being

fouled.
With Real Madrid down to 10 men they were against the ropes until the

final whistle: Final result 1-1.

Surf into SFS late tomorrow night for all the images ,results & scorers

of the rest of Round 13 games scheduled for tomorrow.

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KAKA ANNOUNCED AS "FRANCE FOOTBALL GOLDEN BALL" 2007 WINNER

SFS congratulates Brazilian 25 year old football player KAKA for being
named "France Football Golden Ball" 2007 winner, according to all the
press rumours flying in at this moment.
























According to Italian press "Corriere della Sera" & Spanish paper
"El Mundo", the voting jury has got in contact already with the AC
MILAN player to let him know that he has been chosen. No doubt
the news will be made official soon.

SFS agrees with the decision, as its a reward for a fabulous year of
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SPAIN AN ALTERNATIVE TO HOST 2010 WORLD CUP IF SOUTH AFRICA FALLS BEHIND

The FIFA Secretary General, Jerome Valcke (pictured) is very concerned
about how things are going with the upcoming World Cup to be held in
South Africa in the year 2010.














Ongoing labour unrest & delays in the construction of the football
stadiums in worrying FIFA if the South Africans will be ready to host
football´s most prestigious tournament.

Fifa is preparing for the worst & has SPAIN as a possible alternative,
along with the USA, Japan & Germany. A final decision will be made
at the start of next year. Tweet

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SPAIN RANKED 4TH ON FIFA TABLE

SPAIN is ranked 4th on the released FIFA World Ranking table.
It´s last few good results has lifted Spain into the elite part of the
table, a frequent achievement that does not materialize in actual
International titles. Lets hope that changes in the next Euro 2008
tournament.


















FIFA World Ranking:

1.Argentina 1.523 points
2.Brazil 1.502
3.Italy 1.498
4.Spain 1.349
5.Germany 1.296
6.Chech Rep. 1.290
7.France 1.243
8.Portugal 1.241
9.Holland 1.170
10.Croacia 1.129

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LATEST SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM PHOTO

SFS has many fans around the World ( specially from Asia) who always
ask to have images of the Spanish National Team. Here is the very latest
from last Saturday against Sweden. This line up looks like it will be the
hard core of the final Euro 2008 squad.

From left to right: Iniesta, Silva, Villa, Capdevila, Marchena, Albelda,
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REAL MADRID NEWS: HOT TRANSFER RUMOURS

According to "Marca" Italian club INTER MILAN maybe about
to "crash" REAL MADRID ´s party.
Real Madrid is following closely & is in contact with 19 year old
OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE & French International SAMIR NASRI
(pictured). The young star has already voiced is preference for Real, but
Inter has also shown interest & wishes Nasri to be the replacement
for Figo. If Inter enters the picture it could cause a price upward
spiral & put both Real & Inter in conflict. Stay tuned!

JULIO CESAR BAPTISTA ( pictured below) is the talk of Italian
news, specially "Corriere dello Sport Stadio", where the players
representative has commented that the REAL MADRID player
looks favourably at the possibility of going to AC ROMA.
Baptista currently is out of favour & not able to play with Real Madrid
& may consider the Roma option as the most viable.

Staying with REAL MADRID, news from England via "The Mirror"

comments that Real Madrid is negotiating with CHELSEA forward

DROGBA & maybe willing to pay up to 40M€.
Rumour has it that Chelsea is considering signing Nicolas Anelka from
Bolton for January 2008 which will make living with Drogba difficult.
SFS will keep an eye on developments!

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VILLAREAL & BOCA JUNIORS HAVE AGREEMENT. BUT RIQUELME WANTS EVERY CENT

Spanish club VILLAREAL has an agreement with BOCA JUNIORS
for the transfer of its Argentine International RIQUELME ( pictured).
However, they need the actual player to OK the deal & here is were we
find the hurdle.














Riquelme comments that HE decides his future & that he wishes to
get paid every cent worth to him from his current 2009 contract
with Villareal. So much so, that he is will to stay at the club without
playing at all if its necessary. The relationship between player & club
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FC BARCELONA NEWS: EDMILSON OPENS A CAN OF WORMS

FC BARCELONA´s Brazilian midfielder JOSE EDMILSON has
broken the teams pact of solving problems inhouse & has caused
the squad to get together this afternoon for 30 mins ( without Coach
Rijkaard) to claim an explanation from Edmilson for the reasons behind

his declarations & shut files.

Edmilson made comments on TV3 ( Catalan TV) that has opened up
to all & confirmed what many already suspect, that there is bad feeling
in the squad & perhaps personal "problems" that explain the low form
of players & the team.
His comments range from. "...there are black sheep in the dressing room",
"...there is no union" & the reason for Ronaldinho´s low form could be a
personal problem. That in itself has lead to a whole lot of rumours.

These comments has created a blacklash at the club that has forced
Edmilson to public say his sorry & that he made a mistake.
However, the damage has been done & the outside world now suspects!
Added to this it has opened up a whole range of rumours that may damage
further the team in the mid to long term future.

*SFS thanks "Mundo Deportivo" for the Barça header

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