ANALYSIS-Soccer-Germany’s Ballack dependency all too obvious (Reuters)
Germany’s chronic case of Ballackdependency must have made Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat by Englanduncomfortable viewing for coach Joachim Loew.
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PREVIEW-Soccer-Mourinho and Ranieri finally clash on the field (Reuters)
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinhoand Juventus counterpart Claudio Ranieri clash for real onSaturday (1930 GMT) after a number of verbal spats between theformer Chelsea bosses.
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PREVIEW-Soccer-Barcelona must capitalise on flying start - Messi (Reuters)
Barcelona continue to set thestandard in the Primera Liga with their best start to a leaguecampaign but it will only count with a title win, according toArgentina forward Lionel Messi.
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Bulgaria coach Markov says won’t quit despite critics (Reuters)
Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov hasshrugged off calls for his resignation following a humiliating6-1 loss to Serbia and said his departure would not improve theteam’s fortunes.
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Diego Maradona puts debut victory in perspective (AP)
Diego Maradona acknowledged there are things in life far more important than football — even as he enjoyed the fulfillment of his long-held dream of coaching Argentina. Maradona hugged each of his 11 players as they walked off the pitch following Wednesday’s 1-0 win at Scotland, but the gesture was as much for their support following his daughter’s transfer to a Madrid hospital because of…
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ANALYSIS-Soccer-England reap triple Capello payoff (Reuters)
A superb series of results, amassive lift in confidence and the development of fringe playersinto worthy front-line internationals is not a bad return forFabio Capello’s first year as England manager.
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CAS halve Atletico’s fine for crowd trouble (Reuters)
Atletico Madrid’s fine forfailing to control their fans was halved to 75,000 euros($93,940) by sport’s final court of arbitration (CAS) after aclub appeal against UEFA’s original punishment.
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England beats Germany 2-1 in exhibition (AP)
Captain John Terry scored on a header in the 84th minute, giving England a 2-1 victory over Germany on Wednesday in an exhibition game in which both teams were missing key players. Terry made up for an earlier mistake by rising over defender Heiko Westerman to meet a cross at the far post and head the ball into the net.
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Maradona happy with Argentina’s renewed confidence (Reuters)
Argentina did enough to dispelmemories of their poor recent form in a 1-0 friendly victoryover Scotland on Wednesday, coach Diego Maradona said after hisfirst match in charge of the team.
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Soccer match analysis: Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion, November 15, 2008
Knowledge: Soccer match analysis: Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion, November 15, 2008
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