Fiorentina 3-2 Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League 9 March 2010 Fiorentina grabbed a 2-0 lead but Bayern Munich stormed back to advance on away goals on Tuesday. The home side looked like it was heading for the quarterfinals with goals from Juan Vargas in the 27th minute and Steven Jovetic in the 54th minute. They would get one [...]
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Arsenal 5-0 Porto UEFA Champions League 9 March 2010 Arsenal came out aggressive and would grab an early lead they would never relinquish on Tuesday. The Gunners were clearly the better team for the match and scored two goals in the first half. The first was a through ball for Arshavin that deflected off a defender in the box [...]
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So Arsene Wenger is satisfied with his decision to re-sign Sol Campbell. In a press conference ahead of his side’s second leg tie with Porto he said: Sol wants to win and he can spread that through the team and give advice. We want to win this game but we also need to be patient [...]
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Manchester United v AC Milan Manchester United v AC Milan is available as a live blog below as well as an internet stream to watch live online. Manchester United v AC Milan UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg Old Trafford – Manchester, England 19:45 GMT – 10 March 2010 David Beckham will return to Old Trafford for the [...]
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Today’s rumours are a standfirst away from a job well done (if you don’t count the lack of rumours) You want the usual convoluted intro? Well, I want doesn’t get. It’s not 100% certain that Franck Ribéry will go to Real Madrid, insists Frank Ribéry’s agent, through the medium of Franck Ribéry. “Barcelona are also interested,” we’re [...]
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With a hint of inevitability, most of today’s newspapers still seem to prefer to preview David Beckham’s return to Old Trafford – a game in which he might not even feature in the starting line-up – than bask in the glory of a sensational Champions League display last night from Arsenal. But fear not, because [...]
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Today’s fluff seemed like a good idea at the time The Mill woke this morning determined to purvey this morning’s idle speculation in the form of rhyming verse. We got as far as ‘The Mill woke this morn in poetical mood/Porridge and muesli are both kinds of food/Some of these couplets may not quite ring true/gossip [...]
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Manchester United v AC Milan. Two of Europe’s most historic clubs going head to head. Rooney v Pato, Ronaldinho v Giggs, the Red Devils against the Rossoneri. But one figure remains the centre of focus as ever: David Beckham. Never far from the glare of the media, Beckham’s return to Old Trafford for the first time [...]
Continue reading...8. March 2010
With Fabio Capello claiming his is not looking forward to facing the players who don’t make the World Cup squad and England beating Egypt 3-1 at Wembley this week, Sunday’s columnists have indulged in a bit of prophesying. Who will be on the plane to South Africa? Is the topic of choice and opinion is certainly [...]
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John Terry clearly had a point to make when he showed off the captain’s armband after helping put Chelsea into the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Stoke on Sunday. For Dominic Fifield in the Guardian, it was a dominant display from the deposed England captain and a return to the form that [...]
Continue reading...7. March 2010
The band of brothers known as the ‘Red Knights’ looking to buy Manchester United have attracted plenty of attention in recent weeks. Sir Alex Ferguson was fairly scathing of his assessment of one of the group, Keith Harris, in his press conference on Friday but James Lawton, writing in the Independent, has nothing but praise for [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2010
Today’s flip leaves its address on its keys The Mill’s all for pay rises. Especially when it comes into work at 7am, has its half-hour peruse of the papers in the third-floor toilets, has its 40 minute breakfast in the fourth-floor toilets, goes to the toilet in the canteen, is ejected from the building and then [...]
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Today’s speculation used to deal in financial risks… Staring through the window of London’s horrible Kings Cross branch of Dixons late last night, booing happily to itself through its rubberised England’s Brave John Terry mask (sex face version), The Mill felt certain of one thing. There can be no doubt now that, as long as you [...]
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The fallout from England’s 3-1 friendly victory over Egypt continues, with journalists left, right and centre busily trying to predict who Fabio Capello will be selecting to join him on the plane to South Africa. Oliver Kay at the Times breaks down how England look in each position and comes to the conclusion that competition [...]
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