http://www.guardian­.co.uk/football/2008­/may/02/garethbarry

Portugal:

Foreign (4-3-3)

GK: Ricardo

D: Pepe

D: Carvalho

D: Meira

D: Andrade

CM: Tiago

CM: Maniche

CM: Deco

LF: Nani

F: Sim o

RF: Cristiano Ronaldo

Domestic

GK: Quim

LB: N lson

CB: Bruno Alves

CB: Tonel

RB: Jos Bosingwa

DM: Petit

DM: Miguel Veloso

AM: Jo o Moutinho

RW: Quaresma

ST: H lder Postiga

ST: Nuno Gomes

both teams pretty bad tactically (it seems like all the good

Portuguese defenders are abroad)

France

Foreign (lots of good fullbacks omitted, very offensive)

GK: Frey

LB: Abidal

CB: Gallas

CB: Thuram

RB: Sagnol

DM: Vieira

DM: Mak l l

AM: Malouda

AM: Rib ry

ST: Henry

ST: Trezeguet

Domestic

GK: Coupet

LB: Givet

CB: Boumsong

CB: Squillacci

RB: Clerc

CM: Toulalan

RW: Rothen

LW: Ben Arfa

AM: Nasri

ST: Benzema

ST: Gouvou

Ferguson and Abramovich's priorities will be the World Club

Championships, and they'll put their heart and soul into that.

That's THE objective for them.

2. The UEFA SBTFQ (So Bad They Failed to Qualify - aka the SBTFuqers)

Characteristics: maximum one player for teams that failed to qualify for the

WC

So if Ferguson values winning the EPL so much more than the UCL....why

were Fletcher, Silvestre, Nani, and Anderson starting instead of

Hargreaves, Evra, Ronaldo, and Scholes against Chelsea?

Matches -

Atletico(4,55) - Recreativo(16,40)

ref: Perez Lasa

The goals have dried up for Atletico as they try

to nail the coveted CL4 slot. The season is on

the line as they have 3 tough games after this.

Simao is missing, and Maxi hasnt done enough in

recent games. Forlan and Aguero will be shouldering

the responsibility for getting the goals. Recre

had Caceres back in defense for their 2-0 win last

round and will be hard to beat.

2-1

Zaragoza(18,38) - Deportivo(7,49)

ref: Teixeira Vitienes

Zaragoza's strong home form may have returned but

Deportivo are the best team at the moment. The

history of the meeting of these 2 sides is replete

with drawn encounters. Match of the round, and Diego

Milito has said they will have to run around like

mad. Just dont round around like headless chickens,

Diego!

1-1

Sevilla(6,52) - Valladolid(14,42)

ref: Mejuto Gonzalez

Sevilla rarely draw at home and Valladolid rarely

draw away, and though they have a excellent recent

form, will probably fall victim to a home side

keen to erase memories of that 1-4 thrashing by Almeria.

2-0

Almeria(8,48) - Betis(12,44)

ref: Iturralde Gonzalez

The Beticos have won their last 3 away games and

will travel across Andalucia hoping to make it

4 in a row. Not much left for these sides, though

Almeria have a faint chance of challenging for UC2.

Formwise both are doing ok, and this could be a low

scoring affair.

0-0

Villarreal(2,65) - Getafe(13,42)

ref: Fernandez Borbalan

Getafe will have been disappointed not to take all

3 last week against Atletico, and like Valladolid

are still not quite safe. Unlike Valladolid, they

are NOT playing well.

3-1

Levante(20,25) - Espanyol(9,47)

ref: Rubinos Perez

Does anyone care about this match? The worst team

of the liga entertain the worst team of the moment.

2-1

Athletic(11,46) - Mallorca(10,47)

ref: Ayza Gamez

Safely back in Basque country after getting predictably

hammered in Madrid, Caparros's charges will want to

make the familiar statement that no matter what happens

on the road, here we are kings! Guiza will want to

catch Fabiano at the top of the scorers chart.

2-1

Racing(5,53) - Murcia(19,30)

ref: Ontanaya Lopez

Racing will not get a better chance to establish a CL4

spot. They have just not been the same team since

Garay went off injured.

1-0

Barcelona(3,62) - Valencia(15,42)

ref: Undiano Mallenco

Do either of these sides want to play this game?

2-2

Osasuna(17,40) - Real Madrid(1,75)

ref: Medina Cantalejo

Last year no one hit 80 pts. Real Madrid should

do it this year. They have Levante and Osasuna.

The Madrid midfield is finally playing with some

style ( the long-forgotten word! ). Osasuna have

an easier run-in than Zaragoza and maybe Recreativo

and will be advised to save their energies.

1-4

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Table -

Real Madrid 75

Villarreal 65

Barcelona 61

Atletico 55

Racing 53

Sevilla 52

Deportivo 49

Almeria 48

Mallorca 47

Espanyol 47

Betis 44

Athletic 43

Getafe 42

Valladolid 42

Valencia 42

Ossasuna 40

Recreativo 40

Zaragoza 38

Murcia 30

Levante 25

Form Table -

1 Deportivo 5 5 0 0 12-2 15

2 Real Madrid 5 4 1 0 10-2 13

3 Mallorca 5 3 1 1 13-6 10

4 Valladolid 5 3 1 1 7-4 10

5 Betis 5 3 0 2 9-5 9

6 Villarreal 5 3 0 2 6-3 9

7 Almeria 5 3 0 2 10-9 9

8 Recreativo 5 2 2 1 6-6 8

9 Atletic 5 2 1 2 7-8 7

10 Sevilla 5 2 1 2 7-9 7

11 Racing 5 2 0 3 7-9 6

12 Osasuna 5 2 0 3 3-5 6

13 Levante 5 2 0 3 5-8 6

14 Zaragoza 5 1 2 2 5-6 5

15 Atletico 5 1 2 2 9-11 5

16 Murcia 5 1 1 3 3-8 4

17 Barcelona 5 0 3 2 4-7 3

18 Getafe 5 0 3 2 2-6 3

19 Valencia 5 1 0 4 5-11 3

20 Espanyol 5 0 2 3 1-6 2

Jornada 34 Details -

Real Madrid 3 0 Athletic

14' goal J. Saviola

32' card S. Ramos

37' card G. Heinze

39' card J. Garmendia

54' card A. Martinez

74' goal A. Robben

77' goal G. Higuain

Recreativo 2 0 Levante

10' goal E. Martin

42' goal J. Camunas

52' card E. Martin

53' card J. Fuego

66' card L. Alvaro 73' card Q. Alvarez

Valencia 3 0 Osasuna

17' card Ricardo

18' card F. Juanfran

20' goal D. Villa

52' goal J. Mata

64' card F. Punal

83' goal S. Joaquin

87' card C. Azpilicueta 90' card Edu

90' card M. Astudillo

Betis 0 1 Villarreal

16' goal M. Senna

35' card S. Eguren 74' card J. Juande

80' card J. Melli

88' card D. Lopez

90' card H. Pavone

Getafe 1 1 Atletico

14' goal J. Albin

36' card M. Pernia

39' card D. Belelguer

40' goal S. Aguero

42' card S. Aguero 49' card E. Granero

76' card M. Rodriguez

88' card F. Casquero

Valladolid 1 0 Almeria

33' card D. Cisma

40' card J. Baraja

45' card G. Sisi

81' card D. Camacho

87' card A. Crusat

90' goal J. Sesma

Mallorca 3 1 Racing

20' card D. Navarro

47' card Hector

49' goal J. Nunes

62' card H. Alvarez

83' goal O. Trejo

86' goal A. Duscher

89' card A. Basinas

90' goal D. Guiza

Espanyol 1 1 Zaragoza

43' card V. Valdo

46' card G. Fernandez 60' goal A. Riera

64' card H. Zabaleta

74' card H. Moises

84' card F. Rufete

85' goal R. Oliveira

86' card J. Soriano

Deportivo 2 0 Barcelona

54' goal J. Rodriguez

62' card Sylvinho

76' goal H. Amo

82' card A. Lafita 85' card R. Marquez

87' card J. Edmilson

88' card Deco

Murcia 0 0 Sevilla

7' card A. Mejia

26' card L. Fabiano

48' card E. Lucas

73' card G. Abel

77' card D. Coz

No idea. Try e-mailing UEFA. You should get a response, eventually.

http://soccer-europ­e.com

Rss feed : http://soccer-europ­e.com/RSS/News.xml

1-0, Scholes, assisted by Milito.

More bus parking from ManU (well, to their defense, they didn't have

to attack), more square passing from Barcelona. Messi had some great

runs with nothing to show for. Barcelona spent ages on the ball to no

good effect.

Blah.

4-0.

Soler will sell any players that find buyers:

http://sport.es/def­ault.asp?idpublicaci­o_PK=44&idioma=CAS&i­dnoticia_PK=505342&i­dseccio_PK=805

Best,

SMT

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Another change of leader:

1 Anders T 16.992224

2 Luiz Mello 17.002862

3 Michael Hynes 17.260710

4 Matthias M hlich 17.463280

5 Miguel 17.957976

6 Milivella 18.172601

7 Jesus Petry 19.047441

8 Agnostic 19.408121

9 Mark V 19.585530

10 Futbolmetrix 19.590760

Jussi Uosukainen 20.167866

11 Ruud 20.536707

Waiting for the final! The winner is NOT defined yet!

Subject : I'm switching to the Libertadores

From : symbiotrans@yahoo.c­om

I've just about had it with muscle and sweat football.

I am switching to the Lilbertadores for something different. I want to

see some football. The UCL, UEFA, the Spanish league have left me

hungry for football. I know it sounds absurd.

Best,

SMT