Football News | Football Gossips | Football Transfers | Football Saga | Football Rumours: 10/01/2009

Bordeaux climb to the top

Ligue 1 champions and leaders Bordeaux strengthened their grip on this season's title with a 1-0 home win over Monaco, who had gone into the game in second place. Laurent Blanc's side dominated the visitors with barely anything coming from the other direction but only Marc Planus'...

Eredivisie leaders FC Twente wrapped up their 10th win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Roda JC. Two goals in the space of seven first-half minutes from Bryan Ruiz and Miroslav Stoch put the visitors in control, but they had to endure a nervy finish after Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo...

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon feels he is in the form of his career. Buffon has drawn media praise for his performances this season and his form was highlighted when he was the only Italian player shortlisted for FIFA's World Player of the Year award. "There are always periods...

Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta has signed a new contract which will keep him at the Serie A club until 2011. The Italy international has penned a one-year contract extension with his previous deal ending next summer. A statement from the club read: "AS Roma and Simone Perrotta...

Cristiano Ronaldo believes his former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney should follow him to Real Madrid. Ronaldo left Old Trafford in the summer for a record £80million fee to complete a dream move to the Spanish giants. The Portuguese winger immediately impressed with Madrid...

Barcelona have confirmed captain Carles Puyol has signed a three-year extension to his current contract, keeping him at the Nou Camp until 2013. The club announced last week they had reached an agreement in principle with Puyol, whose current deal was set to expire next summer....

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has denied suggestions his form has been affected by transfer rumours linking him with Barcelona.Mascherano was linked with a move to the Nou Camp in the summer with Pep Guardiola a big admirer of the player.The Argentina international concedes...

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko's performances on the pitch are being affected by "psychological problems", his agent has claimed. The Russia forward failed to impress in the 2-0 Carling Cup win over Everton on Tuesday having been handed a rare start. Agent Oleg Artemov said...

Teenager Fran Merida netted his first Arsenal goal as Arsene Wenger's young Gunners beat Liverpool 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. Just back from the Under-20 World Cup with Spain, the 19-year-old former Barcelona trainee drilled in a fine first-half strike as...

Juventus close gap on Inter Milan

Juventus moved within a point of Serie A leaders Inter Milan as they hammered Sampdoria 5-1 this evening to leapfrog their opponents into second. Goals from Amauri (26) and Giorgio Chiellini (42) gave Juve a two-goal cushion at half-time and they extended that when Mauro Camoranesi struck five minutes after...

AC Milan threw away a two-goal lead in the dying moments at the Stadio San Paolo as battling Napoli earned a 2-2 draw. The Rossoneri appeared to be cruising to victory when goals from Filipo Inzaghi and Alexandre Pato put the 2-0 up inside the first five minutes - and Ignazio Abate's...

Juventus ran out comprehensive 5-1 winners against Sampdoria to take second place from their opponents in the Serie A table. Goals from Amauri (two), Giorgio Chiellini, Mauro Camoranesi and David Trezeguet ensured a one-sided scoreline at the Stadio Grande Torino. Giampaolo Pazzini...

Genoa returned to winning ways at the expense of Fiorentina, winning an action-packed encounter 2-1 at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris Raffaele Palladino put the home side ahead two minutes before the interval, but Marco Marchionni equalised in the 63rd minute. Giandomenico Mesto then...

Struggling Real Madrid will have to do without Cristiano Ronaldo for next week's Champions League clash with AC Milan after results of an MRI scan on the Portugal international's ankle injury revealed he is still not ready to return. Ronaldo, who first sustained the injury during...

Valencia have conceded they may have to sell key duo David Villa and David Silva amid talk Manchester United are ready to reignite their interest in the pair. The Spanish outfit have long-since been troubled financially but managed to fend off numerous suitors in the summer. Real...

Barcelona avoided a Real Madrid-style slip-up in the Copa del Rey as they won 2-0 at Cultural Leonesa . The day after Madrid lost 4-0 at third-tier side Alcorcon, Pedro Rodriguez scored both goals for Barca in the 41st and 62nd minutes, putting them comfortably in control of the...

A strong Real Madrid side was thoroughly humbled in a 4-0 defeat to Alcorcon in the first leg of the Copa del Rey fourth round. Madrid sent a decent side on the short trip north of the city to face the Segunda Division B side, but will return with their tails between their legs....

Second-half goals from Fernando Torres and David Ngog saw Liverpool end a run of four successive defeats with a 2-0 victory over Premier League champions Manchester United at Anfield. Torres latched on to a precise throughball from Yossi Benayoun and held off Rio Ferdinand before...

Arsene Wenger lamented the way Arsenal failed to hold off the late challenge of a battling West Ham side after letting a 2-0 lead slip at Upton Park. The Gunners had looked in complete control following first-half goals from Robin van Persie and William Gallas. However, Carlton...

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes pointed the finger of blame at his defenders after Fulham stormed back from 2-0 down to snatch a point at Eastlands. Hughes' men seemed to be coasting after goals from Joleon Lescott and Martin Petrov but Roy Hodgson's side hit back immediately through...

Juventus cut the gap at the top of Serie A to four points with a 1-0 defeat of Siena. After leaders Inter Milan claimed a 2-1 win over Catania and second-placed Sampdoria beat Bologna 4-1 on Saturday, Juve claimed a fifth win in nine games courtesy of Amauri's 72nd-minute header....

Alessandro Nesta scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner, as AC Milan came from behind to beat Chievo 2-1. Giampiero Pinzi put the home side ahead in the seventh minute but Chievo were unable to hold onto their advantage and succumbed to some heavy late pressure. Nesta scored...

Atalanta picked up a belated first home win of the Serie A season with victory over Parma on Sunday afternoon. Jaime Valdes put the hosts in front with a penalty two minutes before the break and Simone Tiribocchi doubled their advantage. Alberto Paloschi pulled one back for Parma...

Genoa defeated again

Genoa were beaten for the third time in a week as they twice threw away the lead before finishing with 10 men in a 3-2 defeat at Cagliari. A Daniele Dessena own goal put Genoa in front in the 20th minute, but Davide Biondini brought the hosts level 10 minutes into the second half. Sergio Floccari restored Genoa's...

A hat-trick from Seydou Keita helped Barcelona on their way to a 6-1 rout of Real Zaragoza as the defending champions regained their three-point lead at the top of the Primera Division. Keita struck after 25, 41 and 86 minutes at the Nou camp with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (29, 56) adding...

Villarreal moved off the bottom of the Primera Division with a win over fellow strugglers Malaga in what was a first league victory for Ernesto Valverde's side at the eighth time of asking. Villarreal had been expected to compete for a place in the Champions League despite changing...

Valencia moved into fourth place in the standings after netting three second-half goals to inflict a first home defeat of the season on 10-man Almeria, 3-0. Pablo Hernandez was the star man for Valencia, setting up David Villa for his side's first, then bringing about the foul that...

Schalke and Hamburg shared six goals in a dramatic encounter at the Arena AufSchalke on Sunday evening. Markus Berg and Kevin Kuranyi scored two goals each with Lucas Schmitz and Piotr Trochowski both on target in a 3-3 draw which had everything, including a red card for Hamburg's...

Werder Bremen extended their unbeaten Bundesliga run to 15 games by beating Bochum 4-1. Stanislav Sestak opened the scoring after just 38 seconds but Aaron Hunt equalised eight minutes later and Marko Marin put Bremen ahead 2-1 after 31 minutes. Tim Borowski made it 3-1 after 76...

Paris St Germain's Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday was postponed due to an outbreak of swine flu at the capital club. Ludovic Giuly and Mamadou Sakho were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday but the confirmation of a third case in the squad forced Ligue 1 authorities to act...

Eredivisie leaders FC Twente turned on the style against FC Groningen with two goals in each half seeing them to a handsome 4-0 win. The victory was a sixth successive success for Steve McClaren's side, while the visitors, who had goalkeeper Brian van Loo sent off on the hour, are...

Bordeaux climb to the top

Ten wins for Twente

G.Buffon feels Godlike

Simone Perrotta signs new deal at the capital club

Rooney should join Real Madrid - C.Ronaldo

Puyol pens new Barca deal

Mascherano denies Barca link

Roman Pavlyuchenko could exit White Hart Lane

Liverpool defeated by Gunner in Carling Cup

Juventus close gap on Inter Milan

Napoli manages to draw in dying seconds

Juventus crush Sampdoria

Genoa back to basics

Ronaldo to miss San Siro test

Villa and Silva could leave Valencia

Rodriguez strikes double for Barcelona

Real Madrid humiliated in Copa del Rey

Torres and Ngog help Scousers end their losing streak

Wenger furious with Gunners

Mark Hughes blames defenders

Juventus close in on Inter

Nesta does the damage in dying minutes

Three easy points for Atlanta

Genoa defeated again

Hat trick hero Keita sinks Zaragoza

Villareal find way past Malaga

Valencia climb up to Champions League spot

Kuranyi on target as Schalke draws against Hamburg

Werder Bremen extend to 15 unbeaten streak

Swine Flu breaks out in Marseille

FC Twente rout Groningen with handsome 4 goals

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