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Geovanni and Brown

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Hull City’s Geovanni is undoubtedly a quality player. At Barcelona he was earmarked as the natural successor to Rivaldo, and in terms of creativity, trickery and goalscoring ability, there are obvious similarities. 

 

The Tiger’s spectacular start to the season was in no small part thanks to the Brazilian’s contribution. Hull boss, Phil Brown, sent his side out in a cavalier 4-3-1-2, with Geovanni given license to roam as the trequartista behind the front two.

 

 

 

The Lion King Llorente leads Bilbao to the final and Barcelona go through but it's Messi

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Thousands of delighted Basque fans flooded onto the pitch to celebrate Athletic Club Bilbao's first cup final in 24 years. The 'Lions' of Bilbao went into the game 2-1 down on aggregate but roared out of the blocks at home last night, instantly asserting their authority on this second leg, and soon finding reward with young Javi Martinez arriving into the box from midfield, as he so often does to effect, and slotting past Palop in the 3rd minute. 

 

Half an hour later Spain international striker and spearhead of this up and coming Atheltic side, Llorente, made it 2-0, rising highest to head in Yeste's pin-point cross from the left. Almost immediately after, he turned provider putting Toquero through on goal for Bilbao's third to secure a long awaited place in the Copa del Rey final. 

 

 

AZ or not to AZ? The Eredivisie is the Answer

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Now for an update on the Eredivisie, and a look at how the football giants of the Dutch lowlands have been fairing. To be honest there has been little change in the standings. As the weeks move on AZ Alkmaar continue to exuberate a dominance on Dutch football, which resembes Manchester Utd's current control in the Premiership.

 

 

 

Last weekend they again demonstrated how accomplished they have become, particularly at home, by the way in which they dominated and dismissed FC Groningen 3-0. The visitors are far from incompetent either, as they themselves are chasing a Uefa Cup spot in the table, and their defeat left them still in sixth place. For those who flutter on football, AZ Alkmaar for now are the Dutch equivalent of backing Celtic or Rangers to win a league game, particularly when at home.

The beautiful game?

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Football is a game, of two halves none the less, and it has spawned a raft of internet football games that can broadly be split into two halves.

 

The good and the downright piss poor.

 

In the first of a possible weekly feature, I’ll walk you through some of the football games the internet has to offer, rating them or more likely slating them along the way.

 

Holy goaly Batman!!

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If the Portuguese League were an episode of Batman Porto would be Catwoman, Benfica would be Batman and Sporting would be Robin.

Porto are always sleek, attractive, and have the classiest strip, while Benfica think they’re the star of the show but are surviving on the glory of past performances.

In contrast to the classy blacks of the Cat and the Bat Sporting stand out like a sore thumb in their green and white. They also spend most of the time looking like inadequate fannies.

 

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