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The DRAW for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Group Stage took place today in Monaco. Soccerlens covered the event LIVE, giving you the groups as they unfolded.
We also got to see the winners of the 2008 UEFA Player of the Year awards.
Full results of the Draw & Awards after the jump.
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There’s not a great deal to report in today’s transfer roundup, since it’s Sunday, but with the Premier League season having kicked off, it’s about as clear an indicator that the transfer window is getting closer and closer to its end.
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There’s not a great deal of earth-shattering news to report on today, since it’s Sunday and all, but hey, to spice things up on a rest day, we do have a never-ending transfer saga to update you on.
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And then there were two - Spain slowed the game down and Russians were out of depth in the patience game. Hiddink’s team can go home with their heads held up high and Aragones will now lead Spain against Germany in the Euro 2008 final on Sunday.
Today’s column is a short one - let’s get started:
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Tottenham have agreed a deal with PSV Eindhoven to sign goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes for £7m, subject to personal terms, a medical and a work permit.
Gomes, 27, has played for Brazil and conceded only 24 league goals last season with PSV. Gomes made his name at Cruzeiro in Brazil before moving to PSV in 2004 where he has won four Dutch titles.
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With Euro 2008 winding down this week, a lot of transfer dominos are sure to start falling soon, so expect more signings to go with the daily spec. There are a few signings to report today, but there are quite a few interesting rumors as well, so get to reading!
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It is 20 years since Holland won the one major title in their footballing history, and many believe they finally have a squad talented and united enough to replicate their success in Germany back in 1988. Marco van Basten knows a thing or two about what it takes to score goals at the top level and he is lucky enough to be able to select from a talented array of attackers.
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In recent seasons, we have witnessed (and continue to witness), slowly but surely, the elegant destruction of what we know as the ‘big’ teams. Spain, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Russia, Greece, and Turkey have all fallen to the inevitable rise of the ‘middle’ teams. Let’s review the movers and shakers:
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It’s been a turbulent decade for Fiorentina, but it’s happy times in Florence again, as the Viola are winning both domestically and continentally.
Along with challenging for a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League, Cesare Prandelli’s side are set to face three-time defending Dutch champions PSV in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup next week.
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I write a lot about the English Championship and in that league the top four, Stoke City, Bristol City, Watford and West Brom, are all doing their level best not to get automatic promotion. Only Stoke have won in their last two games, and that is one in five for them. The rest of the teams can’t buy a win. Despite that, the chasing pack are making no inroads because they can’t win either.
I thought this was because it was a tough league and there were no outstanding teams in it. However, a glance around the top leagues in Europe will show that teams at the top everywhere are trying not to win their leagues.
What is going on? Worldwide corruption? Teams unable to handle the pressure?
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Our European tour starts in France, where Lyon, as is to be expected by now, are standing alone atop the Ligue 1 standings, but aren’t running away with their seventh straight title just yet.
With their upcoming Champions League clash with Rangers in mind, Lyon manager Alain Perrin sat several key players for Saturday’s tie at Caen, and as a result, may have sacrificed three points, as the home side used an early goal to pick up a 1-0 victory.
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With Shakhtar’s 2-1 home defeat against Benfica securing Celtic’s place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, that means that nine slots in the knockout round have been filled.
Five of the remaining open spots are in Groups A-D, which I previewed on Tuesday. The picture is a lot clearer in Groups E-H, but, there’s still something to play for in each group, which I’ll break down, starting with Group E.
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