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Injury hit AZ welcome Ajax to Alkmaar; AZ-Ajax Preview
AZ Alkmaar face Ajax in the first “Super-Sunday” encounter of the season with both sides looking to recover from tough away trips in Europe in the UEFA Cup last Thursday evening. The timing of this first “Super-Sunday” match day couldn’t have been worse for both sides as both teams have several injuries as well as the potential tiredness of return trips from Portugal and Croatia to still work out of their legs.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 21st September 2007
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Camoranesi blow for Juve; AS Roma-Juventus Preview
In the first match-up of one of the big four in this season’s Serie A unbeaten and table topping AS Roma host Juventus, who currently occupy the fourth place after two wins and a loss. Juventus’ main injury concern centres around Mauro Camoranesi, who will miss the match after being sidelined with an injury that will keep him out until late Octoberby Walter Townsend on Friday, 21st September 2007
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Bremen and Stuttgart look to bounce back; Werder Bremen-VfB Stuttgart Preview
On Saturday afternoon Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart meet in the 6th round of the Bundesliga season at the Weserstadion hoping to recover from the Champions League losses that both sides suffered midweek to Real Madrid and Rangers respectively. Both sides are struggling to find their form from last season with Bremen in particular suffering from loosing key striker Miroslav Klose to Bayern as well as a series of highly unfortunate injuries.by Walter Townsend on Thursday, 20th September 2007
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Magnificent Messi tames Lyon; Barcelona 3-0 Olympique Lyon
Thanks to an outstanding performance from Lionel Messi Barcelona got off to a flying start in Group G thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win against French Champions Lyon. Barcelona had to wait until the final ten minutes to round off the game having gone a goal up half way through the first half. Messi in particular was hugely influential in helping his side bamboozle and outwit Lyon, who by the end of the match looked thoroughly dejected and miserable.by Walter Townsend on Thursday, 20th September 2007
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Woeful Inter crash in Istanbul; Fenerbahce 1-0 Inter Milan
Group G kicked off yesterday evening with Inter failing to register barely even a shot on target let alone a point in the group after failing to produce any sort of performance against an increasingly confident Fenerbahce, who were inspired by their left footed midfielder Alex.by Walter Townsend on Thursday, 20th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Dnipro; Aberdeen face tough task
Aberdeen play Dnipro on Thursday night in an attempt to qualify for the UEFA Cup Group Stages, but couldn’t have drawn a much tougher team in the shape of Dnipro. Whilst on paper there are more well known teams in the seeded side of the draw and even better known teams from the Ukraine, Dnipro are hugely ambitious, sit in a fine second place in the current Ukrainian league and have expensively invested in the squad over the summer.by Walter Townsend on Wednesday, 19th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to FC Metalist Kharkiv; Caution required from Everton
Everton’s first opponents in the UEFA Cup on Thursday hail from the Ukraine, and after Celtic’s game against Shakhtar and Aberdeen’s match against Dnipro fans of British football will be a lot more familiar with Ukrainian football at the end of this week! Metalist are probably the least well known of all three sides but after a fine third place finish last season behind Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar, Metalist qualified for Europe for the first time since the Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union.by Walter Townsend on Wednesday, 19th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Sevilla; Arsenal’s main rival for group honours?
Sevilla come to London on Wednesday night to take on Arsenal in what promises to be a potentially decisive encounter even on the first match day. With both sides expecting to go through against Slavia Prague and Steaua Bucharest both Sevilla and Arsenal will be looking to strike an early blow against the other major opposition in the group.by Walter Townsend on Tuesday, 18th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Sporting Lisbon; United bring old faces back to haunt Sporting
On Wednesday evening Manchester United travel to Sporting Lisbon to play their first game in the group stages of the Champions League, with the home side fearful that a trio of familiar faces could come back to hurt them. United have in their ranks, both in playing and management staff some old names. Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo both launched their careers at the club whilst Carlos Quieroz had a one season spell in charge of Sporting in the mid-nineties.by Walter Townsend on Tuesday, 18th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Shakhtar Donetsk; A tough trip to the Ukraine awaits Celtic
Celtic make their second trip in quick succession to Eastern Europe in the Champions League this time travelling to the Ukraine to play Shakhtar Donetsk, having already overcome Spartak Moscow in the qualifying stage of the tournament. Shakhtar have become a force to be reckoned with in the Ukraine providing credible opposition to Dynamo Kiev in recent seasons and are now looking to flex their muscles on the European front.by Walter Townsend on Monday, 17th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to VfB Stuttgart; German test awaits Rangers
German Champions Stuttgart await Rangers in their first group stage match at Ibrox on Tuesday evening and despite not containing the big name players such as Bayern Munich or Werder Bremen, Stuttgart coach Armin Veh has nevertheless created an excellent team thanks to a combination of talented youngsters and canny purchases from the foreign market.by Walter Townsend on Monday, 17th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Porto; Life after Jose
Liverpool travel to Portugal tonight to meet opposition that should be familiar to observers of the Premiership, FC Porto. Porto have played several British teams in recent seasons, and only as recently as last year were in London to play Chelsea and Arsenal. This season it is Liverpool’s turn to play the Portuguese giants, who have caused some problems for British sides in the past.by Walter Townsend on Sunday, 16th September 2007
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Borussia beat woeful Werder; Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Werder Bremen
In a slightly surprising result a lacklustre Werder Bremen side crashed to a heavy 3-0 defeat this evening to an industrious Dortmund side, who won thanks to a brace from new signing Petric, sandwiching his goals was the pick of the bunch from Argentinean striker Diego Klimovicz.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 14th September 2007
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Clash of the titans; Bayern-Schalke Preview
Undoubtedly the biggest match of the weekend takes place tomorrow afternoon in Munich when Bayern and Schalke go toe to toe in the Bundesliga as top of the table and unbeaten Bayern entertain the runners up from last season’s league Schalke.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 14th September 2007
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Monaco look to build on impressive start; Monaco-PSG Preview
On Sunday evening Monaco-PSG will play each other at the Stade Louis II in the biggest match-up of the French league programme this weekend. Monaco have started the season in excellent form winning four of the opening 7 matches and occupying 4th place in the league table just three points off the pace being set by Nancy. Meanwhile Paris St. Germain have had a troubled start to the season, after narrowly missing out on relegation last season, they have so far managed to record only 1 win.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 14th September 2007
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Time to seal the deal for Euro 2008; European Championship Qualifying Preview
The journey to Austria and Switzerland is expected to take more twists and turns this evening with several key games in all the groups. Furthermore all the home teams are in action with England facing a particularly important game against Russia this evening at Wembley.by Walter Townsend on Wednesday, 12th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to Russia; Hiddink brings stability
Russia face England tomorrow at Wembley in two crucial matches that will go along way to deciding the outcome of Group E as they sides meet first tomorrow and then later next month. Russia currently sit second in the group two points behind group leaders Croatia with England a further point behind.by Walter Townsend on Tuesday, 11th September 2007
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The About A Ball Guide to France; France-Scotland Preview
Of all the About a Ball guides that have so far appeared on www.aboutaball.co.uk the French probably need the least amount of introduction and the two times winners of the European Championships contain some of the most well known players in Europe. In fact the squad listed for the last match against Italy plus the forthcoming game against Scotland contains no fewer than seven Premiership based players, plus three more who have at some point or another been involved with English football. The French currently top the group but after the results at the weekend, the Scottish are now only a point behind clinging onto the French coat tails.by Walter Townsend on Monday, 10th September 2007
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Crucial match day of qualifying in the race for Euro 2008
With only the hosts (Austria and Switzerland) of the forthcoming Euro 2008 tournament certain of their participation next summer this match day of crucial European Championship qualifiers will go a long way to determining the make-up of the other 14 sides due to arrive in the Alpine region.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 7th September 2007
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Leverkusen hold out for point at Schalke; Schalke 1-1 Leverkusen
A pulsating Bundlesliga match this Friday evening finished 1-1 between Schalke and Leverkusen at the Veltins Arena although both sides, most notably the home team had several chances to snatch all three points in what was a thoroughly entertaining match between the sides that finished 2nd and 5th last season in the league.by Walter Townsend on Friday, 31st August 2007
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