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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2010-2011 STANDINGS

Pos.	Team	GP	W	D	L	PTS
1	Chelsea	8	6	1	1	19
2	Manchester City	8	5	2	1	17
3	Arsenal	8	4	2	2	14
4	Manchester United	8	3	5	0	14
5	Tottenham	8	4	2	2	14
6	West Bromwich Albion	8	3	3	2	12
7	Bolton Wanderers	8	2	5	1	11
8	Aston Villa	8	3	2	3	11
9	Stoke City	8	3	1	4	10
10	Blackpool	8	3	1	4	10
11	Everton	8	2	3	3	9
12	Fulham	8	1	6	1	9
13	Wigan Athletic	8	2	3	3	9
14	Newcastle United	8	2	2	4	8
15	Sunderland	7	1	5	1	8
16	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	2	3	8
17	Birmingham City	8	1	4	3	7
18	Wolverhampton	8	1	3	4	6
19	Liverpool	8	1	3	4	6
20	West Ham United	8	1	3	4	6

Liverpool has dropped down one spot due to the loss of today game against Everton 0-2

Chelsea is still on the top even though they didn't score any goals yesterday.

HOLLAND VS SWEDEN 2012 EURO QUALIFYING MATCH

HOLLAND SHOWED NO MERCY TO SWEDEN

It wasn't that tough after all

Allmost filled to capacity, the Amsterdam ArenA was once again awash with bright orange.

Around 45,000 football enthusiasts, some sporting the most fantastic outfit, turned up for what was billed as one of the deciding qualifying matches for the 2012 European Championships. More than 4,000 of them had taken the plane or ferry from Sweden to watch their side, currently 32nd in the FIFA rankings, take on the World Cup runners up. And to generate as much noise as possible.

Both teams started the match with a perfect record and the ambition to snatch pole position in Group E by beating the other with attractive play. They didn’t disappoint their fans. On the contrary. As early as the fourth minute, Ibrahim Afellay bisected the Nordic centre-back, putting Klaas Jan Huntelaar into scoring position 12 metres from the goal-line: 1-0. A minute later, playmaker Wesley Sneijder hammered the ball high into the side netting. And in the 14th minute, another howitzer by the short midfielder forced a spectacular save by goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson.

Clearly shaken, the men in blue tried desperately to reach their big star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but John Heitinga kept him well marked. The greatest chance for the Swedes came in the 23rd minute when Ola Toivonen lifted the ball over Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and just centimetres wide. It brought back some life to the silenced blue and yellow section of the ArenA.

Rough play
The game became more physical, with the tall Swedes resorting to rougher play. An aggressive challenge by Behrang Safari left Dirk Kuyt limping off the pitch. His replacement, Jeremain Lens, brought more depth and speed into the game. The Dutch moved to up the pressure and a subtle Sneijder through-ball found leftwinger Ibrahim Afellay straying into the centre to tuck the ball into the net.

The two opening minutes to the second half saw as many chances for the Dutch. And then, suddenly and literally out of the blue, things turned nasty, with Zlatan attempting to slice his marker in two. It was certainly a bookable offence, but the French referee Stéphane Lannoy only cautioned the Sweden captain.

The Dutch responded swiftly and in style with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring after some gallery play by Ibrahim Afellay and repeating the goal in reverse order three minutes later: 4-0.

Gallery play
Game over. And time for more gallery play, which of course didn't go well with the demoralised Swedes. Hot-headed Ola Toivonen blew his chances of an speedy transfer to Bayern Munich after ramming his boot into Van Bommel's back. This time the ugly foul didn't go unnoticed and a yellow card was given.

Sweden's hoped were revived when Andreas Granqvist scored, paving the way for half a dozen chances in the final 20 minutes. It was all or nothing for the Nordic team, who had come to Amsterdam to cause an upset. Their upbeat coach, Erik Hamrén, didn't tire of telling the media about his dream: to beat the Dutch. That dream turned into something of a nightmare on Tuesday night.

Holland 4 - Sweden 0

Goals:
Klaas Jan Huntelaar (4", 55")
Ibrahim Afellay (37", 58")

NETHERLANDS VS MOLDOVA 1-0

ALL RIGHT!! HOLLAND HAS DONE IT AGAIN.

THEY BEAT MOLDOVA 1-0 ON THE EURO QUALIFYING MATCH ON 10/8/10

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar continued his prolific start to UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying, taking his tally to six goals in three games with the only goal as the Netherlands claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory in Moldova.

A match that was completely dominated by Netherlands they only managed to score once but it was enough for them to defeat Moldova and get 3 points still undefeated in the Euro Cup.

Group E favorites Netherlands are at the top of the Group and undefeated so far in this Euro Cup after defeating by the minimum Moldova. The match started off with the Orange coloured shirt team going for the goal and with only 15 minutes on the timer they had the first chance of the match when Inter play maker Sneijder rolled the ball over to Huntelaar who was on the edge of the box who later striked but his shot went a little too high.

EURO QUALIFYING MATCHES 10/8/2010

EURO QUALIFYING MATCHES

10/8/2010

Germany 3-0 Turkey

Portugal 3-1 Denmark

Moldova 0-1 Netherlands

Ireland 2-3 Russia

Wales 0-1 Bulgaria

Czech R 1-0 Scotland

Kazakhstan 0-2 Belgium

Georgia 1-0 Malta

Andorra 0-2 Macedonia

Luxembourg 0-0 Belarus

Armenia 3-1 Slovakia

Cyprus 1-2 Norway

Montenegro 1-0 Switzerland

OCT 8 FRIENDLY MATCH JAPAN VS ARGENTINA 1-0

Japan shocked Lionel Messi's Argentina 1-0 today in their first match under new Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni.

CONGRATULATION TO JAPAN. I still can't believe how well japan played today. They were fierce and there to win. Argentina had many chances to equalize but failed to do so.

Striker Shinji Okazaki stabbed home the winner in the 19th minute to give the Blue Samurai their first ever victory over the twice World Cup winners in front of 57,000 in Saitama.

"I'm delighted," Zaccheroni told reporters. "It was an important test facing such big opponents as Argentina. I told my players if they believed in themselves they could win."

Messi proved Argentina's most dangerous weapon despite only just recovering from an ankle injury but it was Japan who took a surprise lead with 19 minutes gone.

Captain Makoto Hasebe's long-range drive was parried by goalkeeper Sergio Romero and Okazaki pounced to force home the loose ball.

Messi and Carlos Tevez in particular came close on several occasions but Japan's defence stood firm to deliver their coach a famous win.

MILK DUNNY SHOW

The MILK MUNNY Show is not your normal benefit event for breast cancer awareness.Red Hot Robot and Acrylic Squid present this first of its kind custom MUNNY group exhibition.

There will be over 120 customs by a 62 diverse artists on display with proceeds benefiting the Keep A Breast Foundation. In line with Phoenix’s First Fridays and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MILK MUNNY will be debuting at the monOrchid Gallery in downtown Phoenix this Friday, October 1 - 3.

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