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Crystal Palace Vs Chelsea Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Saturday, July 17th 2010
Kick Off : 15:00 BST
Venue : Selhurst Park, South Norwood/London – England

The friendly fixture between Crystal Palace and Chelsea will take place at Selhurst Park on Saturday 17th July 2010; kick-off set for 3:00 PM. It was only on June 1st that Palace fans could finally feel confident about their club beginning the new football season. That was the day when the threat of liquidation was lifted when a new deal was agreed in principle to buy the club and ground. As some may recall the club went into administration at the end of January and a consortium of wealthy Palace fans have come together to save the club, as the media reports. They are called the CPFC 2010 consortium.

Initially these buyers got in touch with the administrator and said they did not want anyone else to buy it because they did not want to see their club go out of business. Palace finished 21st in the Championship last season and have already played one friendly this month. That was against Crawley Town. The non league side beat the Eagles 1-0. Palace had their chances in the game, via Alessane N’Diaye, Adam Barrett and Wilfried Zaha all close.
Reports inform that Palace will be missing the likes of Darren Ambrose, Sean Scannell, Claude Davis and Nathaniel Clyne. Ambrose and Scannell are expected to play.

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Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins believes Michael Essien and John Mikel Obi will be fit for the start of the Premier League season on 14 August.

Ghana’s Essien picked up his injury while on international duty with his national side at the Africa Cup of Nations and, along with Nigeria’s Mikel, he missed the World Cup in South Africa this summer. Having the powerful presence of Essien in midfield and the defensive qualities of Mikel back should come as a welcome quality boost to Chelsea as they prepare to defend the league title they won last season. Additionally, they will have to face international obligations in Europe this season.

In other news, few days back controversial Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2012. It is expected that the Frenchman will want to prove his critics wrong this year. This is Chelsea’s first friendly game of July 2010. After the Palace game, the Blues will take on Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam a week from tomorrow. Palace on the other hand, will visit Dorchester Town after the friendly against Chelsea.

My prediction: 1-2

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Holland Vs Spain Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Sunday, July 11th 2010
Kick Off : 19:30 BST
Venue : Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg – South Africa

The World Cup most important fixture, the one that will decide who wins the trophy between Holland and Spain, will take place at the Soccer City Stadium on Sunday 11th July 2010; kick-off set for 7:30 PM. The first World Cup in Africa will produce a truly new champion when the two greatest footballing nations never to have won the game’s biggest prize meet on Sunday. The question is will the Spanish finally find their reward or is the future painted Oranje. Holland reached the 1974 and 1978 finals playing their own spectacular brand of the beautiful game, but now Total Football appears to have been consigned to history,

Bert van Marwijk’s class of 2010 have discovered a winning formula that is effective. The Dutch are on a 25-match unbeaten streak and are hoping to emulate the Brazilian side of 1970 as the only team to have a perfect record in both the qualifying phase and the tournament itself. For the likes of Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Rafael van der Vaart, Sunday’s final provides the perfect occasion for revenge too.
Holland coach Bert van Marwijk is expected to recall Gregory van der Wiel midfielder Nigel de Jong. Wesley Sneijder and goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg are both fit for the game.

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Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has to decide whether to recall Fernando Torres to the starting line-up or use Barcelona forward Pedro. Cesc Fabregas is reportedly fit.

Spain has already made history as its previous best finish at the World Cup was fourth place in 1950, but football’s traditional underachievers now have the opportunity to win their second major title in as many years to confirm their status as the greatest current team in the international football scene. Vicente del Bosque’s side have won 50 of their last 54 games playing a brilliant passing game, demoralising and eventually exhausting their opponents with possession football.

Spain are playing at their 13th World Cup, Holland is in their ninth, but remarkably they have never played each other in a major championship until now. Their biggest clash to date was their first contest when they met in Antwerp for the 1920 Olympic football silver medal. On Sunday, for one of football’s “oh, so close” sides the prize will finally be the gold and the chance to put to rest the memories of close defeats and disappointment once and for all. It will be the dawn of a new era.

My prediction: 2-1

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Every footballing top 10 that you can think of is included in the book, from the top 10 World Cup goalscorers to the top 10 most famous footballers wives. There is a list for almost everything, and so the book is a great point of reference for any football fanatic.

The book would be a great addition for the football related questions in pub quizzes, or would be great to use to impress (or annoy) your mates with down the pub.

Some of our own favourite top 10’s from the book include the top 10 celebrities who had trials for professional clubs, which included the likes of Angus Deayton, Mark Owen, Rod Stewart and Audley Harrison. Another favourite is the top 10 unfortunately named footballers, which included Chiqui Arce, Segar Bastard and Stefan Kuntz.

The Top 10 Of Football can provide hours of entertainment and although isn’t likely to be a book that you will read in one go from start to finish it is a book that you will be continually referencing from, with the book unlikely to gather much dust on your bookshelf.

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Germany Vs Spain Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Wednesday, 7th July 2010
Kick Off : 19:30 BST
Venue : Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban – South Africa

This exciting World Cup semi-finals match between Germany and Spain will be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Wednesday 7th July 2010, kick-off set for 7:30 PM. This is Germany’s 11th appearance in the World Cup semi-finals, but rarely have they played with such style and brilliance, thrashing first England and then Argentina in the previous two rounds. Surprisingly enough it has been Spain who have ground out results, winning their last three games by just a one-goal margin. Indeed Spain seems to have finally found a ruthless efficiency on the way to their first World Cup semi-final.

The obstacle is Joachim Loew’s young German side which enjoyed less possession than either England or Argentina, but were devastating when they did get the ball. They managed to fire 13 shots on target in those two games, eight of which produced goals. The Germans are the first side to score four or more goals in three different World Cup matches in the same tournament, matching Brazil’s feat in the 1970 World Cup.
Germany reports a fully-fit squad for the semi-final against Spain. Midfielder Sami Khedira has overcome a thigh injury, while Arne Friedrich has recovered from a foot problem.

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Spain must decide whether to persist with struggling striker Fernando Torres, who against Paraguay was substituted. His probable replacement, Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas, is a doubt.

Evidently the playing style of Spain will not change now and they will try to slow things down above anything else. The Spanish will look to pass their German opponents into submission, monopolizing ball possession in the hope of demoralizing and eventually exhausting them. But while Spain eventually wore down Portugal and Paraguay in their last two outings, Germany will be a side fame more dangerous on the counter-attack, as the English and Argentinean defenses have learned recently.

The Spanish feel respect for the Germans though; they are an always dangerous squad especially in big matches, a side that just knocked out Argentina with an impressive performance. The likes of Miroslav Klose and Bastian Schweinsteiger are hitting hard for them and Spain knows what to expect. The young German squad might not have been amongst the favorites at the beginning of the tournament but 13 goals later the whole world has received the message loud and clear.

My prediction: 2-1

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Uruguay Vs Holland Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Tuesday, July 6th 2010
Kick Off : 19:30 BST
Venue : Green Point Stadium, Cape Town – South Africa

The World Cup semi-finals fixture between Uruguay and Holland will take place at the Green Point Stadium on Tuesday 6th July 2010; kick-off set for 7:30 PM. Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez was clearly angry at the questioning of Suarez hand-ball against Gnana and said he was embarrassed by what has been asked. That it was a shameful manipulation of the facts. His side, he continued, are very proud and they are upset with the topic. They are happy with their performances and what they have contributed to the play and development of football at this World Cup in South Africa.

This could be explained by remembering that the glory years of Uruguayan football were a fast-fading memory before Tabarez’s side arrived in South Africa. Winners in the tournaments of 1930 and 1950, La Celeste’s last semi-final was 40 years ago and they have only appeared in two of the last five World Cups. But under Tabarez guidance, who also led them to the last 16 in 1990 in his first stint as coach, Uruguay have been rejuvenated.
Uruguay will be without the suspended Luis Suarez and Jorge Fucile. Suarez was sent off for blocking Dominic Adiyiah’s header with his hand in the quarter-final win over Ghana.

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Holland striker Robin van Persie has been cleared to face Uruguay following a hospital review of an elbow injury. Defender Joris Mathijsen is back from a knee injury.

A side often dismissed as football’s biggest chokers, Holland’s dream of a first world title is now within their grasp. This may not be the most spectacular Dutch side in recent memory, but arguably it is the most effective. Friday’s quarter-final victory over Brazil saw coach Bert van Marwijk’s side extend their record unbeaten run to 24 matches. They have won all five of their games in South Africa, beating their previous best record of four consecutive wins achieved at the 1974 finals.

Precisely that was the year when the Dutch introduced Total Football to the world stage via Johan Cruyff, opening the tournament with a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in West Germany. Then Holland cruised to the final, only to stumble at the final hurdle against the German hosts. Four years later it was a similar story as Argentina denied them again. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in South Africa and they just may be the team to book their place in next Sunday’s the 2010 World Cup final.

My prediction: 1-2

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At just £2 a ticket a massive £1.60 will go towards the Tibet charity fund with the remaining 40p going towards costs and you will have a great chance of winning the England shirt which has a value of £2,000.

There will be only 1500 raffle tickets sold so you will have a great chance of winning, and at the moment there are still loads of tickets left with the raffle finishing on the 13th of July.

The England shirt has kindly been donated by the FA and has been signed by the likes of Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch, Steven Gerrard and loads more! It also comes complete with a certificate of authenticity and a guide to recognising each players autograph.

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The book is a perfect introduction for football fans into the highly pressurised and political world of African football and does as the book title suggests: Africa United – How Football Explains Africa.

Although there is a lot of politics involved in African football the book itself provides an interesting but concise explanation of the relationship between the 2, and sticks to the topic of football as much as possible throughout, you rarely feel that you are getting bogged down with political information and so the book is very readable and very enjoyable too.

Parts of the book explain how when the author was caught in a very compromising situation by some very corrupt officials he managed to proove his nationality simply by stating the name David Beckham, in which case the armed official smiles back and says that he is a friend of Beckham’s too. Anecdotes like this come a plenty throughout the book, and at times it can really shock you at the extent at which football can bring an often argumentive continent together.

Africa United, How Football Explains Africa, is the perfect book for anyone interested in football or perhaps interested in part of the continent which has just brought us the 2010 World Cup Finals. Author Steve Bloomfield is highly specialised in talking about the subject of African football and his entusiasm towards the subject really comes through throughout the 299 page book, and it wont take you any time at all to have read it cover to cover.

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Paraguay Vs Spain Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Saturday, July 3rd 2010
Kick Off : 19:30 BST
Venue : Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg – South Africa

The World Cup quarter-finals fixture between Paraguay and Spain will take place at the Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday 3rd July 2010, kick-off set for 7:30 PM. Gerardo Martino’s South American side of Paraguay are entering new and unexplored territory by reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time, but they do have their work cut out against a Spanish team that are slowly improving and moving through the gears. However, they have not earned a well deserved reputation as the World Cup’s biggest disappointment in the past for nothing. 1950 is the only time when they have made it to the semi-finals.

On the other hand much was made of Paraguay’s striking options before the start of the World Cup, but thus far not one of their forwards have managed to find the back of the net. They were deprived of their main goal threat, Salvador Cabanas, after he was shot in the head back in January. His agent recently revealed that he has been watching the action from his hospital bed near Buenos Aires and he is in regular contact with the squad.
Paraguay could call back Victor Caceres to the team after he missed the match with Japan because of suspension. If he does play, he will probably take the place of Nestor Ortigoza.

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Spain midfielder Javier Martinez is said to have injured an ankle in training so may not play and even miss out on a place on the bench for this contest.

Spain are ready to make big history. Almost an unbelievable fact, they have never managed to win World Cup quarter-final before, only having reached the last four once in the 1950 Brazil World Cup when the tournament was decided on points and group results. Vicente Del Bosque is likely to ignore the media and fans clamour for Fernando Llorente to replace out of luck striker Fernando Torres. He sure knows that the dry spell could end for Torres in any minute and against Paraguay could just be the day.

Arsenal’s skipper Cesc Fabregas has strongly backed Spain team-mate Torres to play a key attacking role against Paraguay. Torres is without a goal at the finals and has so far failed to live up to the expectations stated before the Cup, earning heavy criticism from home. Fabregas added that Torres is accustomed to all these situations because he has been under pressure ever since he was a little boy, just playing for fun and developing his game in the youth squads of Atletico Madrid.

My prediction: 1-2

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Argentina Vs Germany Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Saturday, July 3rd 2010
Kick Off : 15:00 BST
Venue : Green Point Stadium, Cape Town – South Africa

The World Cup quarter-finals fixture between Argentina and Germany will take place at the Green Point Stadium on Saturday 3rd July 2010, kick-off set for 3:00 PM. The bitter memories of the Germany 2006 quarter-final match between Germans and Argentinians in Berlin are being evoked in the media lately and evidently there is a good deal of animosity to go around at Green Point on Saturday. In fact Germany’s penalty shoot-out win was followed by a nasty affair, the mass brawl involving former player Oliver Bierhoff and which earned two Argentine players FIFA bans.

Thus the post-match brawl which marred Germany’s penalty shoot-out victory over the Argentines four years ago has provided the emotional backdrop for this renewal of hostilities between two rather different squads, with the Germans talking of Argentine aggression and theatrics on the pitch and similar type of blows going back from the South American camp, delivered to the public by the press in both countries.
Argentina star Lionel Messi is expected to play against Germany despite having a cold. Walter Samuel has recovered from a thigh problem but is not expected to start.

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Germany will test Lukas Podolski, who is having a muscular problem. Playmaker Mesut Ozil is expected to start this fixture despite suffering from fatigue.

Two worlds apart in their personal background and professional temperament, Diego Maradona versus Joachim Low is a classic encounter between a former star player now transformed into a coach and cerebral strategist. While Maradona was winning a World Cup with Argentina, Low’s career as an attacking midfielder failed to scale peaks higher than that of a journeyman professional in the German Bundesliga with stops Freiburg, Frankfurt and other unremarkable German cities.

Clearly Low’s tactical plan overcame England rather emphatically in Bloemfontein last weekend, however this game will be a battle between his analytic skills and Maradona’s somewhat divine inspiration. Neither team is set up to defend first, but it will be a case of which side is best equipped to repel the attacking moves of the opposition, the talented and free willed Argentina or the young, disciplined and spirited German squad which seems unable to give up even if losing during a game.

My prediction: 1-1

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