World Cup Preliminary Draw: France Got Spain

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We are not going to get into detail here, but will highlight a few things that we think you will be interested.

The draw happened in Brazil and as you can imagine, a lot of Brazilian players were invited to take part in the draw. So who did we see last night? We saw Pele, Ronaldo, Cafu, Neymar, Lucas Piazon and more.

Torres Scored for Chelsea and more Pre-season Match Results

Picture of the Day: David Villa Shared Some Quality Time with Teammates

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El Guaje just told everyone what he was doing in the USA, having dinner with Pedro and Busquets. One question immediately popped up in our mind, ‘Where are the rest of the teammates?’. While Dani Alves is still enjoying his holiday, we hope other Barca players are all having fun in the United State and we can’t wait to see them play against Manchester United later today!

Feature: Managers/Coaches are not Magician

This week is probably not a good week for coaches, Batista, coach of Argentina national team and Bradley, coach of the United States national team were both being sacked. We all aware that football world is very realistic, if you cannot provide good results, then sorry coaches, you will be removed from the position. Some coaches were horrible, they used their players in a wrong way, used ridiculous tactics, or just simply don't know how to coach, we get that, but along the way, we have also seen many good mangers/coaches being sacked.

Kitchee 0-4 Chelsea and more Pre-season Match results

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Picture of the Day: Becks met Ferguson Again

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We bet many of you can’t wait to see this game, Beckham to play against Manchester United again. This time representing the MLS All Star, together with Henry, wondering if Henry misses his old time rival? Too bad that US national team star Landon Donovan was ruled out from the game due to injury, if not the game is gonna be more EXITING!

Match to Catch: Kitchee vs Chelsea

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There are three Premier League teams in Hong Kong at the moment, Aston Villa, Blackburn and of course, Chelsea. They are there for the Barclays Asia Trophy, and it begins tonight. Blackburn will play Aston Villa; and our Hong Kong club Kitchee, will take on Chelsea. The tournament will be broadcasting live in more than 29 countries, including Malaysia. Winners of both games will play each other on the 30th July, the other two teams will fight for third place on the same day.

Do you know…..?

Giggs’s father was black; Messi loves alfajores (a traditional caramel-filled confection); many footballers support the Williams and some other facts that we picked up by reading books, magazines and stalking our player’s twitters.

Pictures of the Day: Footballer Models

We know many of our footballers involved in modeling, and thanks to Rio Ferdinand, we get to see these Manchester United players all suit up! Photos are taken backstage before they enter the runway.
Nani looks a bit awkward here, unlike Chicharito, who doesn’t love his smiles?

Picture of the Day: Alexis Sanchez

He looks a bit like Chicharito. Yes?
hmmm, who will be the next one standing in front of this Barca badge? Fabregas?

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King of South America: Uruguay

Paraguay’s magic stopped working in the COPA America’s Final, because nothing can stop the real king from reaching the top. Congratulations to this amazing Uruguay team, who lifted the COPA trophy for the 15th time this time, one time more than the host Argentina. This South America team, after so many years, has finally risen again.

Match Results: World Cup Qualifyings, Club Friendlies and COPA 2011

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Last night was a busy night for many Clubs and Asian countries, so now, it is our busy time. Just to let you guys know that we have added our Facebook likebox to the sidebar, so if you haven’t visited our page on Facebook, do check it out and of course, Like it! =) So you can keep up with our blog updates and some other news.

Bojan to AS Roma; Sanchez to Barcelona

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After Barcelona agreed a deal with Udinese to sign Alexis Sanchez, Bojan Krkic is even harder to see his place in Barcelona. So our boy decided to join Italian side Roma, hope Bojan will have a great future with the Yellow-Reds. A farewell press conference was held yesterday and Bojan ended his speech with ‘Visca el Barca i visca la Roma’(“Long live Barca and long live Roma” in Catalan). He is already on his way to Italy, but according to Skysports, Barcelona can buy Bojan back after two seasons with €13million. Fear of another Fabregas saga? ;)

Feature: What's Wrong with Argentina?

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It is very hard for us football fan to ignore Argentina's performance in the COPA 2011. Despite blaming Messi and asking to sack Batista, what really went wrong with the team?

La Liga and Other Player’s Twitters

So, here comes the second part of the list! We will soon move this two pages to the navigator so you guys can easily access it in the future. Lo siento, we didn’t cover all La Liga clubs because most of these players tweet in Spanish and our Spanish still at the very basic, but if you know any players who are not on the list and tweet really interesting things, DO TELL! =)

Premier League Player’s Twitters

More and more players joined the Twitter community and we know how hard it is to keep track on it. So we have made this amazing list for you to find out whether your favorite players are on Twitter or not. Not all these accounts are verified but we tried our best to make sure those on the list is the player himself =)

If there’s anyone we missed, please let us know.

Paraguay Won Another Penalty Shootout and More Friendlies Result

Picture of the Day: Ramos met James Bond

“Can I be your next Bond girl?”
Well, we hope that’s not what Ramos said to Daniel Craig when he met the James Bond actor in the United States.

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Uruguay into COPA2011 Final and more..

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When we think may be, we will see Peru in Final because of the recent trend in COPA 2011, Luis Suarez said, nah, no more surprises! Suarez brings Uruguay into the Final by scoring two goals himself. Peru had some close chances but Muslera’s continued to perform well. At 68 minutes, Peru’s Risco received a red card when he elbowed Coates, but scoreline didn’t change afterward. Uruguay to the Final and will face the winner of Venezuela-Paraguay match. What do you say? Uruguay vs Venezuela? or an all ‘guay’ Final?

Picture of the Day: Beck’s shoes

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What is so special about his shoes? Click the photo to enlarge, you will be able to see four names on his right shoe, near the ankle. Spotted Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper? A very sweet dad huh? =)

Hong Kong National Team Leaves for Saudi Arabia Tomorrow

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Hong Kong will face Saudi Arabia in the coming World Cup Qualifying match, and the team will leave for Saudi Arabia tomorrow to prepare for the away game on 24th July.

Brazil Humiliating Exit

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Everyone will nod their heads in agreement, if we say this is the most shocking penalty shootout we have ever seen. Due to the overlapping time, we did not switch to the Brazil game until the Women’s World Cup final had finished. It was already the end of extra time, and we witnessed this horrifying shootout.

Women’s World Cup Champion – Japan!

A big congratulation to JAPAN! They did it. They have become the first Asian country that lifted the World Cup trophy. These ladies have made their country proud and all Asian proud.

van Persie Likes His Chinese Name

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All Arsenal players wore a shirt with their Chinese name on it, while playing against Greentown. van Persie seems to like his Chinese name so much that he took a photo and put on Twitter. We wonder if Persie knows that this is Not his only Chinese name, he has a different name in Hong Kong, which is '雲佩斯' :D

Say Bye Bye to 'Full-Strength Teams' Rule

The Premier League has a rule that most  football clubs would rather see it goes then stays. It is the E20 rule which states: 'In every league game, each participating club shall field a full-strength team.' The problematic rule will be loosened next season, according to an announcement by the Premier League earlier this week. We agreed that this rule is problematic too, if the rule didn't exist, the relegated clubs might have been different.

Argentina, Colombia OUT and More Friendlies, WWC Match Results

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Feature: What is Loyalty?

Hello guys! Miss us? Yes, we missed you, so we are back. Remember we promised you something different? When we started the blog, we said ALL things football, therefore except news, photos, matches, here is something new, a feature. Oh, and you will continue to see more. Shall we?

Want More Transfer Rumors?

Before we tell you what are new on the transfer market, here we are going to break you a news first. Which, if you haven’t read our ‘About’ page yet, then you probably do not know our site will not be update on Friday (BOOO…). Sorry guys, but please be excited about what we will have for you on Sat, after some good sleep, yummy ice cream and cafe con leche. We will still be on Twitter tomorrow =)
So here we go:

Pre-season, WWC and COPA 2011 Match Results

There were a number of matches going on last night and what do you guys want to begin with? Alright, let’s start with the pre-seaon friendlies.


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Matches to Catch: WWC and COPA 2011

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Picture of the Day: Casillas and Beckham

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“I have been thinking about what should I name my future kid, Becks. How do you think about uno?"Well, thanks Iker, that kind of explains Donovan’s awkward face.

Casillas Still Captain of Real Madrid

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We were in shock when we saw the news about Mourinho wants Ronaldo to be the captain of the team, but yesterday during an interview with RealmadridTV and Realmadrid.com, the Portuguese coach finally clarified things.

West Brom Interested in Hargreaves and Other Transfer Rumors

More and more footballers use Twitter or Facebook to communicate with their fans, but none of them know the power of the internet as good as Owen Hargreaves. Hargreaves recently registered an account on Youtube and started posting his training videos, hoping this could give him a new contract. And in fact, it does work.

Argentina Grabbed their First Victory

 
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After two draws, Argentina finally manage to tango on the pitch. Credits to Batista’s changes in lineup, the Argentina coach dropped Banega, Cambiasso, Lavezzi and  Tevez, for Gago, Di Maria, Aguero and Higuain. Although we did not manage to catch the match, due to different time zone (an excuse for not being able to wake up early =P), we did catch up on the game by watching the highlight.

Match Result for COPA 2011 and WWC

  
After two penalty shootouts, one extra time and a 90 minutes game. These are the semi-finalists for Women’s World Cup 2011, France, Japan, Sweden and USA. France will play USA and Japan will play Sweden in the semifinals.

Have You Met Colonel Howard?

Everton seems to be obsessed with trying new styles. After the pink away kit last season, this time they introduce green camouflage. Above is their new goalkeeper home kit. Their goalkeeper away kit has the same design, only darker.

Picture of the Day: Llorente met Ronaldo

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‘Tell me your secret in scoring goals, so I can beat David Villa.’
Is this what Llorente said, when he met the legendary Ronaldo? =D

What's Villa, 'El Guaje' up to?

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While most players still enjoying their holiday on a beach somewhere, David Villa took his time to play football with these kids, in his home town.
All these 'guajes' were wearing a shirt with our 'El Guaje' on it!

The Pre-season begins

So most clubs have named their pre-season squad, some disappointing (like Arsenal), some pretty exciting (Manchester United. Yes?).

Without signing any big names and a number of players threatening to leave the team, Arsenal is apparently having a pretty bad summer, or should I say Arsene Wenger is having a really bad summer? Clichy already moved on; Fabregas looks determined to leave the Gunner after so many transfer-window-dramas; Nasri, seems to be another player on his way out. Luckily, in the Asia Tour squad we can still see Nasri, van Persie, Wilshere, Walcott. But if Arsenal don’t manage to sign some players, will them be able to fight against Manchester United, Chelsea, and probably a stronger Liverpool? Maybe Wenger should start making some moves in the transfer market.

Look Who is Back with The Hammer

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Scott Parker's future remains a question mark, but he is back with West Ham at the moment and is going to Switzerland with the team for pre-season training.

Asia Tour Disappointments

Fabregas just announced on Twitter that he will not be on the tour. After Gerrard being ruled out from Liverpool pre-season tour, here comes another disappointment to all Asian fans.

With all the transfer rumors going on lately, will the fans have another chance to see Fabregas in Arsenal shirt right in front of them? after they have missed this chance?

Can’t help but wonder, how is he going to make up for this. =D Thoughts?

The Unpredictable COPA 2011

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While the major leagues are having their summer break, COPA 2011 definitely ease the boredom of all football fanatics. The fact that teams like Brazil and Argentina performed so badly, has actually make this tournament more interesting to watch.

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