Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Twente Enschede 2 - 2 Internazionale

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Dutch debutants trouble holders

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Samuel Eto'o celebrates Inter's second goal

Scoring Summary
Twente Enschede	Internazionale
Theo Janssen (19)	Wesley Sneijder (13)
Diego Milito (og 30)	Samuel Eto'o (41)

Match Stats
	Twente Enschede	Internazionale
Shots (on Goal)	12(5)	15(3)
Fouls	17	7
Corner Kicks	6	4
Offsides	1	0
Time of Possession	45%	55%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	1	4

Match Information

Stadium: Arke Stadion, Netherlands
Attendance:
Match Time: 18:45 GMT
Referee: Pedro Proença

Teams
Twente Enschede	Internazionale
13 Nikolay Mihaylov	1 Júlio César
19 Douglas Franco	25 Walter Samuel
4 Peter Wisgerhof	6 Lúcio
33 Dwight Tiendalli	4 Javier Zanetti
15 Rosales Roberto	13 Maicon
8 Theo Janssen	19 Esteban Cambiasso
6 Wout Brama	17 McDonald Mariga
9 Luuk de Jong	22 Diego Milito
22 Nacer Chadli	10 Wesley Sneijder
21 Marc Janko	9 Samuel Eto'o
10 Bryan Ruiz	27 Goran Pandev
Substitutes
1 Sander Boschker	Marco Materazzi 23
23 Bart Buysse	Luca Castellazzi 12
14 Bernard Parker	Ivan Cordoba 2
11 Emir Bajrami	Sulley Muntari 11
5 Rasmus Bengtsson	Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany 88
3 Nicky Kuiper	Davide Santon 39
7 Denny Landzaat	Philippe Coutinho 29
Substitutions
Emir Bajrami for Marc Janko (78)	Philippe Coutinho for Goran Pandev (61)
Denny Landzaat for Nacer Chadli (89)	Sulley Muntari for Diego Milito (87)
Yellow Cards
Douglas Franco (90)	Maicon (48)
· Club Squads: Twente Enschede \| Internazionale

Updated: September 15, 2010, 7:04 AM GMT

Rafael Benitez had an unconvincing beginning to his Inter Milan Champions league career as his side were held in Holland.Former Liverpool boss Benitez took over from Jose Mourinho, now with Real Madrid, but the Spaniard's bid to retain the Champions League title won by his Portuguese predecessor did not get off to the best of starts even if there was a goal for Dutchman Wesley Sneijder in his home country.
The visitors opened the scorer when Sneijder drilled his shot into the bottom-right corner of the FC Twente goal. But the home side were quickly back on level terms after Walter Samuel had fouled Luuk de Jong.
From the free-kick which followed, Theo Janssen hit an effort from 20 yards which went into the top-left corner of the Inter goal.
There was only half an hour on the clock when Twente completed the comeback by taking the lead in fortuitous circumstances.
An inswinging corner from right by Janssen was head into his own goal by Argentinian forward Diego Milito, who gave team-mate Julio Cesar no chance in the Inter goal.
Five minutes later Inter's Esteban Cambiasso saw his shot hit the Twente bar as the visitors pressed for an equaliser.
And Samuel Eto'o drew things level once more when he struck just before half-time. His shot from 25 yards found the bottom-right corner and gave Nikolay Mihailov no chance in the Twente goal.
Inter's Brazilian defender Maicon was shown a yellow card four minutes into the second half after he fouled Twente midfielder Nacer Chadli. Jansen tried his luck from 20 yards out but his shot was over the bar.
With 15 minutes to go Twente coach Michel Preud'homme, who took over from the departed Steve McLaren when the Englishman moved to Wolfsburg in the summer, replaced striker Marc Janko with midfielder Emir Bajrami as the home side appeared to settle for a share of the spoils.
Sneijder was Inter's most effective player as he led the visiting side's continued attempts to snatch a late winner.
With eight minutes to go Samuel's shot from the right was blocked by Bryan Ruiz as Twente fought off more Inter attacks.
Less then five minutes from the end Inter coach Benitez tried his last throw of the dice when he brought on midfielder Sulley Muntari for Samuel, but his side could not find a winner.

Monday, September 13, 2010

SNO HEART SCARE

Sno revived after heart attack

By ESPNsoccernet staff

September 13, 2010

Ajax midfielder Evander Sno has been taken to hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack during a reserve match.

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Evander Sno returned to Ajax in 2008

It has been confirmed that Sno, 23, collapsed on the field after 63 minutes of Monday night's game against Vitesse Arnhem and was taken to a hospital nearby.
Sno, who has previously played for Celtic and spent time on loan with Bristol City last season, was resuscitated on the pitch by the medical staff of both clubs. A defibrillator had to be used four times and the official Vitesse website says this "probably saved Sno's life".
The match was then called off, and Vitesse chairman Ted van Leeuwen said the player was in a stable condition when the ambulance arrived to take him away from the stadium.
An Ajax spokesman said: "He is now conscious. Evander is breathing again and can now talk again."
Several footballers have died of heart attacks in recent years, including Marc-Vivien Foe, Antonio Puerta and Dani Jarque.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Reina shines in stalemate

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Pepe Reina made several of crucial saves for Liverpool

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EVERTON NEWS

Moyes and Round charged

By ESPNsoccernet staff

September 13, 2010

The FA has charged Everton boss David Moyes and assistant Steve Round with improper conduct after Everton's 3-3 draw against Manchester United at Goodison Park.

Steven Pienaar, Martin Atkinson, Marouane Fellaini, David Moyes, Steve Round

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David Moyes and Steve Round were left furious over the incident

Moyes and Round confronted referee Martin Atkinson at the end of the game after he had blown the final whistle while Everton broke away on the counter-attack. Everton had scored twice in injury time to rescue the point.
After the game, Moyes said: "The two goals were scored after 90 minutes and they'd put up three minutes of extra time. He didn't get his time right because there was more time to add on for the goals and he played three minutes 30 seconds.
"They had the corner kick and we had a great counter-attack and he blew up with the ball 25 yards from their goal. It is a spectator sport with people coming to watch the game and not for him to be the main man and the one who wants to be seen making the decisions.
"That was a terrible decision in my book."
The FA has now confirmed that Moyes and his assistant face disciplinary action over their response to the incident.
A statement read: "Everton manager David Moyes and assistant manager Steve Round have both been charged with improper conduct.
"The charges relate to Moyes' and Round's conduct towards referee Martin Atkinson on the pitch following the final whistle at Everton's home match against Manchester United on September 11.
"Under the FA's new fast-track procedures, Moyes and Round have until Thursday, September 16, to respond to the charges and have both been offered a standard sanction of an £8,000 fine should they accept the charge.
"If either party denies the charge, the case will be heard by a regulatory commission within 10 working days."