KF East Bengal: Arup Debnath, Wasim Firoze, Gobin Singh, Saikat Saharoy, Syed Rahim Nabi, Mehtab Hussain( Harmanjit Singh Khabra), Sanju Pradhan, Riston Rodriguez, Bekhokhei Singh, Edmilson(Goutam Khujur) and Subhas Singh. Chirag United : Sandip Nandy(Somenath Khara), Subhasish Roychowdhury, Du, Manas Das, Safar Sardar, Tulunga, Gauranga Biswas (Denson Debdas), Jayanta Sen, Lalkamal Bhowmik, Parveen Kumar(Lalam Puia) and Josimar. Goal scorer CHIRAG UNITED : M.Tulunga 7', 75', Parveen Kumar 18', Joshimar 90'+1' KF EAST BENGAL : Riston Rodrigues 21', Subhas Singh Yellow card – Lalkamal Bhowmick , Subhasish Roy Vhowdhury (both Chirag United) and Sanju Pradhan (KF East Bengal). Referee- Sreekrishna from Kerala. In an another match at Mohun Bagan Ground Senegal Team AS Dounaes lost to Pune F.C by 0 - 2. In the first half of the match Izumi Arata and Jeje Lalpekhlua scored for Pune F.C. But in this Group Air India already Qualified in the Semi Final. They will play against Churchill Brothers.

Rivalry of the Earth - Brazil Vs Argentina today

05.09.2009 :Argentina VS Brazil has always been a super hit Football rivalry,They will again face on Saturday in a critical World Cup qualifier, for the reason the tension will be even greater than previous ones.Brazil is the No. 1-ranked team in the world now and leads South America qualification with 27 points,followed by Chile with 26, Paraguay with 24 and Argentina on 22 just behind them are Ecuador with 20 points, Uruguay with 18 and Colombia and Venezuela with 17 each. Only the top four teams in the group advance automatically to the finals. The fifth-place team faces a playoff with fourth-place team from CONCACAF for another berth.If Brazil wins, it could guarantee its berth at next year's finals in South Africa. Of course, the five-time champions have played in every World Cup. If two-time winner Argentina loses, it could send the country, the team and coach Diego Maradona into complete panic, with a distinct possibility that Argentina could miss its first finals since 1970. "Argentina and Brazil is always a game different from the rest," Argentina and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi said. while Real Madrid and Brazilian Game maker Kaka Said "This game is just as pressurized and high-profile as any in history." Argentina Coach Diego Maradona said "We respect Brazil, they have great players, but we're going to attack them from every angle. But Maradona will come under immense pressure if his side fail to win. Argentina has some of the world's best players in their line up like Messi, fellow striker Carlos Tevez, captain Javier Mascherano and fellow midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron. On the ither side, Confederationa Cup winner , Brazil has Kaka, Robinho and Felipe Melo, and Maicon attacking down the right side. They have Julio Cesar in goal, who Maradona has called the "best in the world" at his position. The latest match between the two teams was for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers held on June 18, 2008 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Both teams drew with a final score of 0 - 0

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Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Brazil 14 7 6 1 25 6 27 Chile 14 8 2 4 23 14 26 Paraguay 14 7 3 4 20 13 24 Argentina 14 6 4 4 19 15 22 Ecuador 14 5 5 4 18 20 20 Uruguay 14 4 6 4 23 16 18 Colombia 14 4 5 5 7 11 17 Venezuela 14 5 2 7 17 24 17 Bolivia 14 3 3 8 19 30 12 Peru 14 1 4 9 7 29 7 Bagan brushes aside George Telegraph 04.09.2009 :: RATUL CHATTERJEE,KOLKATA : Mohun Bagan AC got off a perfect start in their IFA Shield campaign with a whooping 4-0 victory over minnows George Telegraph. Bagan sans Barreto, Ishfaq Ahmed, Habibur rahman and N.S. Manju looked far too good for their opponents as they should have won by a higher goal margin had they taken their opportunities which included a missed spot kick early. After the signing of Surkumar Singh, Bagan were able to deploy four of the national team players that also included Mohan Raj, Dipak Mondal and Rakesh Masih. They got off to the best possible start with Chidi Edeh being able to get a touch in scrambling the ball through into the net in the 3rd minute of play. Bagan took the game by the scruff of its neck by attacking their opponents from the word go. Bagan looked all over George like a rash from the very first minute as their attacking gameplay was mixed with short quick pass exchanges and overlapping wing play. Karim Bencherifa, the Mohun Bagan coach seemed to have preferred a modified 4-4-2 formation with Marcos Perreira playing behind Chidi as the shadow striker and also helping him in going upfront and serving the midfield as the second target man on occasions. It was very soon after the second goal that Bagan earned a clear penalty as Chidi was pulled down by the George defender. It was a golden opportunity to go 2-0 up but Chidi missed the target by blasting the ball over the bar. James was a live wire on the right wing as often his runs would leave the George defence startled. He soon went on to score the second in the last quarter of the first half with a looping header of a cross from the left. It was only a minute before Chidi scored his second and Bagan’s third with a clever finish on an attacking run down the centre. The second half produced just one goal towards the end with Subho Kumar scoring with a long ranger coming on as a substitute for Marcos Perreira. The George defence looked in shambles from the very beginning with the goalkeeper making mistakes and fumbling on a couple of occasions. George had its moments in the second half as they hit the crossbar once early on in the half. The midfield battle was clearly won by Bagan as they were in total control of the match. The defence would be very happy along goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee playing the skipper for the match for keeping a clean sheet. Mohan Raj looked a little ragged after national team duty but was still able to play a vital part alongside Dipak Mondal in keeping the cleansheet. Surkumar played brilliantly in the right flank combinig with James and providing the attacking impetus. The margin of this victory was vital for the club as a point from their game against Mahindra would be enough to see them through to the semis as due to a better goal diffrerence. Karim and the management staff would be very pleased with the performance and would look confident to go through to the semis. M.Mohun Bagan : Sangram Mukherjee, Deepak Mondol,Surkumar Singh, N.Mohonraj,Rakesh Masih,Marcos Pereira (Subho Kumar 73'),L.James Singh, Kalia Kulothungon, Snehasish Chakrbarty, Chidi Edeh (Suraj Mondol 86'), Micky Farnandez. C. George Telegraph:Sibram Dey, Pintu Manna, Amit Kundu, Debkumar Sasmal, Dipak Singh, Pintu Prodhan, H.G.Beirona, Jordin Lama, Prodip Roy, Aviola,Henry Churchill Brothers booked their semi-final berth in the 114th IFA Shield as top of Group 'B ' with four points. Carlos Pereira-coached side made it to the semifinals on a better goal difference than Mohammedan Sporting. Today in an another match at Barasat Vidyasagar Stadium they beat Shillong Lajong F.C by 2 - 0. Khantanh Paite scored for the winner in first half and odafa Okolie scored in the 2nd half through a penalty. GROUP - B M W D L GF GA GD PNT Churchill Brothers 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Mohammedan SC 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Shillong Lajong F.C 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 Magic of Kaka ...73 kickups in 30 sec..! United Nations backs Homeless World Cup 04.09.2009 : With just three days until the kick off of the 7th Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup, the United Nations have announced their support with a message from the special adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace. The Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup welcomes 48 nations to the Arena Civica, Sempione Park, Milan from 6-13 September 2009. The United Nations considers sport as a powerful tool to promote education, health, development and peace. Sport unites people of all social classes, cultures and religions in a positive and educational way. As the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wifried Lemke said: it is with great pleasure that I offer my support to the "Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup", a football initiative which has been uniting teams of homeless people to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever. The Homeless World Cup initiative is an extraordinary example of the application of sport as a tool for community development. The Homeless World Cup has triggered the establishment of over 50 local grass roots projects working with people who are homeless and excluded from society. The impact of the Homeless World Cup has been consistently significant with a large majority of players changing their lives for the better, by coming off drugs and alcohol, moving into jobs, education, homes, training, reuniting with families and some even going on to become players and coaches for professional or semi-professional football teams. Considering the increase in the number of participating teams from 18 national teams in the year 2003 to 48 national teams for the current event in Milan, the Homeless World Cup is well on the way to realizing its vision - a healthy, abundant, confident world where everyone has a home, a basic human right. The initiative has been a very successful means to raise awareness of issue surrounding the homeless and to improve the image of homeless people amongst the general public. The positive impact that this project has been able to have on individuals from more than 70 countries makes it an initiative that deserves any additional support it can obtain. I look forward to a continued collaboration with the Homeless World Cup initiative and wish all participants the very best in this life-changing experience!" SIKKIM GOVERNOR’S GOLD CUP FIXTURES 04.09.2009 : From Tomorrow Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup Invitational International Football Tournament will start. The Fixtures are : SIKKIM    FOOTBALL  ASSOCIATION     FIXTURE   31st ALL INDIA GOVERNOR’S GOLD CUP   FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2009   5th Sept  to 22nd  Sept 2009   Pre-Qualifying Round Qualifying  Round Pre-Quarter Quarter Final Semi Final Final                 Sikkim Police XI     Bombay Nagpur Railway XI     Tata Football Academy   Mumbai United FC     Vs 2.30 PM Vs. 12.15 PM Vs. 2 PM Vs. 2 PM     5.9.09 7.9.09 13.09.09 15.09.09     Sports Academy of Sikkim       Vs. 2 PM           19.9.09               D’zongri Club           Vs 2.30 PM Vs 2 PM Vs. 2.30 PM Vs. 2 PM     6.9.09 9.9.09 14.09.09 17.9.09     Dehradun XI Faria Strikers, GOA George Telegraph Three Star (Nepal)   Vs.1.30 PM             22.9.09             Sikkim United Club Royal Rangers, Delhi Punjab Police Chirag United     Vs 12.15 PM Vs 2.30 PM Vs. 2 PM Vs. 2 PM     5.9.09 8.9.09 11.09.09 16.9.09     Denzong Boys       Vs. 2 PM           20.9.09               SSB XI           Vs 12.15 PM Vs. 2 PM Vs. 12.15  PM Vs. 2 PM     6.9.09 10.09.09 12.09.09 18.9.09     Eastern Railways Calcutta Port Trust Bhutan XI Covenant FC, Lagos        All the matches will be played at Paljor Stadium, Gangtok.               TFA knock out East Bengal from IFA Shield 03.09.2009 :East Bengal knocked out of the IFA Shield following a shocking 1 - 3 loss to a young Tata Football Academy Boys in a Group A tie at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat. East Bengal took the lead in the 40th minute on the counter through skipper Syed Rahim Nabi.He scores from Saikat center. Saikat crossed from right side, which deflects off a TFA defender and goes to Subhash Singh who miscued, ball goes to Nabi, who brilliantly taps the ball to score. In the 2nd half, the Tata boys equalised and scored two goals in a space of two minutes at the death to virtually enter the next round. TFA, equalised in the 61st minute through Jagtar Singh From long throw of jersey Raju Gaikoad, while Irfan Khan's header in the 87th minute saw the youngsters go 2-1 up against the local favourites. Robin Singh struck the killer blow in the 89th minute to end East Bengal's IFA Shield campaign. Having played a 1-1 draw with Chirag United SC in their earlier match, TFA now lead Group A with 4 points to have a bright prospect of making it to the last-four. East Bengal, on the other hand, are out of the Shield as a win against United SC ould be insufficient for their progress into the semifinals. TEAMS: East Bengal:Abhra Mondol, Nirmal Chhetri (Saikat Saha Roy 37'),Yan Berger (Harmanjit 66') ,Edmilson Pardal, Subhash Singh,Mehrajuddin,Riston Rodrigues, Mehtab Hossain,Soumik Dey, Gobin Singh(Goutam Kujur 46') TFA:Ishan Debnath, Jagdeep Singh, Hardeep Singh, Gurjinder Singh, Raju Gaekwad, Subodh Kumar, P. Niroshan Mani(Irfan Khan 82'), Robin Singh,S.Siam Hanghal,Jagannath Sana, Jagtar Singh New Delhi Heroes FC kicks off new season 2009-10 03.09.2009 :With the football season starting New Delhi Heroes Football Club, Delhi’s premiere football club is starting their season with the prestigious 122nd edition of Durand Cup against ASC Centre Bangalore on 4th September, 09. The team which is being backed by IOS Sports, professional sports management group has reshaped its squad for the campaign ahead and has drafted a whole bunch of new talent. The new draft has with key players like Harvinder Singh, former National Player, Amjad Ali, Jiten Rai, Manoj Joshi and Bhuvan Chander Joshi to name a few. RC Deswal (GM, ND Heroes FC) said, “The new team looks a lot more balanced side and the squad has depth. We have players challenging for every position and that is really important. The new players have added strength to the team. We hope to do well this season”. ND Heroes FC will be seen playing in Governor’s Gold Cup (Sikkim), Federation Cup, Delhi League and NFL II Division this season. New plan, players and strategy aims in making the team a success this year. ND Heroes 2009-2010 Team Squad in full: Goalkeepers : Rashid Mehdi Defenders : Manoj Joshi, Baljeet Singh, Kumar Mangrat, Nitin Bhisht, Bijender Kumar Midfielders : Bhuvan Chander Joshi, Amjad Ali Khan, Manish Khatri, Amitava Ganguly, Rajesh Kumar, Shashank Sharma Forwards:Harvinder Singh, Jiten Rai, Apu Sanfui, Usman Mollah, Trilok Bhisht, Neeraj Pal Singh Karakoti. Odafe Okolie & Co. held by Mohammedan Sporting 02.09.2009 :Ratul Chatterjee , Kolkata :Mohamedan Sporting put up a spirited performance against favourites Churchill Brothers at Mohun Bagan AC ground today to hold them to a 1-1 draw. R.Vasum scored for the last season’s National league champions while Dipendu Biswas leveled for the black and whites in within a matter of minutes with a close range header. Both goals coming in the first half itself as effort wise, both sides matched each other. Mohammedan, in fact should have gone 2-1 up had it not been for a brilliant double reflex save from the Churchill goalkeeper. Odafe, the star striker for Churchill, was well marked by the sporting defenders although he had some shots from just outside the box which were not on target. The second half play was dictated by Churchill brothers as Mohammedan seemed to lose the midfield battle. Eduardo, was the lone striker who played upfront as Dipendu was substituted later on. Mohammedan looked to play on the counter as Churchill dictated possession. A late free kick from the edge of the area for Churchill gave them a chance to win it but Odafe only managed to hit the wall. Chances were hardly created as some rough tackles flew in from both sides. Odafe was booked for his rough behavior towards the referee. This leaves Mohammedan with a chance to go through provided Lajong FC are able to hold the league champions or better yet beat them as they are now on 4 points. Churchill will look to put it past the Shillong side as they will be looking to go through from their group convincingly. In an another match of Group "D" played at Howrah Stadium AS Dounaes of Senegal made a goalless draw against Mumbai based Air India. Air India is now leading in their group with 4 points. Mohammedan S.C::Nasim Akhtar,Peter Odafe,Farooq Haidar(Bijoy Das),Amrit Pal Singh ,Dipendu Biswas(Nilendra Dewan),Anupam Sarkar,Sovon Chakrabarty,Jyothi Kumar, Eduardo Escober, Joeeb Hassan ,Babin Biswas(Lalchwulwma). MATCH PREVIEW: East Bengal faces TFA in IFA Shield 02.09.2009 :Arunava Nag , Kolkata :On 3rd of September, 2009 the Kolkata giant, East Bengal Football Club is going to face the Tata Football Academy at Barasat Vidyasagar Stadium. The match will start from 3.00 PM. East Bengal who has already won the IFA Shield for 27 times will be looking to win it for the 28th time. The red and gold won their first IFA Shield in the year of 1943 after being established in the year of 1920. The players of East Bengal had a hard pre-season camp in Puri and played a series of friendly games in Myanmar. Their coach, Subhas Bhowmik made them clearly understand the need or practice by telling that “If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail”. After giving a rusty performance the players will be looking to prove themselves in the first match of the IFA Shield as well as the season. On the other hand, TFA has already started their journey in the IFA Shield by taking on Chirag United on 1st of September where they had a draw by the margin of 1-1. The goal scorer was Subodh Kumar. The team consists of players who are all young, enthusiastic and should have more stamina. This can be one of the main reason of their good performance. KEY PLAYERS:EAST BENGAL Alvito D' Cunha - He is skillful player with lots of experience and knows the taste of winning as he was one of the members of the East Bengal team when it won the LG ASEAN Cup in 2003. As he had a fall in his form and fitness was mostly kept among the substitutes in the previous year he will be looking to come back into his original form. He has an excellent left foot and can do anything with the ball. East Bengal will also be looking to utilize his experience. Abhra Mondal – This young goalkeeper came in the 1st team in replacement of Subrata Paul. He has shown his capability to keep the ball out of the net in the matches at the late season. He will be looking to keep his brilliant form this season and start that from the very first match of the season. KEY PLAYERS - TFA Subodh Kumar - This young enthusiastic midfielder could be the main reason in TFA's victory over East Bengal in the IFA Shield. Though the chance of victory over East Bengal seems to be unrealistic but it is possible as TFA has held on Chirag United on 1st September on a 1-1 draw. It was possible for this young midfielder as he scored a wonderful goal from free kick and the ball curved its way into the goal. Not only he scored but he also created beautiful chances by supplying the ball frequently to the forwards. Isan Debnath – He can another main reason for the result against Chirag, as he had made some beautiful saves and even saved a penalty. The East Bengal forwards might face a problem in sending the ball past the goal keeper inside the goal. However East Bengal is the favorite in the match against TFA. TFA hold Chirag United in IFA shield First match 01.09.2009 : Ratul Chatterjee, Kolkata : The first match of Group A between Chirag United and TATA Football Academy got underway this late afternoon at the Mohun Bagan AC Ground in the IFA Shield, 2009 which unceremoniously ended in a tie with goal a piece from each side.The match started with the much hyped team of Chirag United being the favourites against the underdogs TFA but soon it became even-stevens for the sparse crowd watching. Josimar, the highy anticipated striker for Chirag could’nt display even half the performance for which he was hyped.The game saw him miss a host of chances throughout the match including a penalty.The opening few minutes saw both sides trying to dominate the game possession wise but failed to convert the created chances.The game entered into a phase of cagy midfield battle as TFA looked to make it difficult for Chirag in the midfield. Chirag playing with a 4-3-3 could’nt break the TFA defence early on as Jayanta Sen and Lalkamal in the centre failed to find Josimar,the much hyped target man for Chirag. Josimar was well taken care of by the TFA defenders and his runs towards goal proved futile in most cases.The game was played in the midfield until an opening from the midfield saw Josimar through who was brought down in the box as the referee pointed to the spot. The striker who decided to take the penalty himself was denied by a brilliant save from Ishan debnath diving towards his left as the match remained at stalemate after that till halftime. TFA did’nt create as many chances as their attack fizzled out in the midfield with Robin Singh their target man having nothing to do than just to loiter around. The 49th minutes of second half saw TFA taking the match by the scruff of its neck.Their skipper Subodh Kumar, getting into the act as they earned a freekick near the box and the skipper slaughted the ball home brilliantly with a terrific bend (1 - 0 ) . The TFA skipper Subodh Kumar then proved to be the standout player for not only TFA but also for the second half of the match. His midfield orchestration and passing was one to watch out for. His presence of mind, sense of positioning was worth applauding as he justified the skippers role by leading from the front and tearing opponent’s defenses apart with precision passing and long balls. Chirag however did’nt take much to equalize as a defensive lapse saw Malswama Tulunga find space to get through and slaught home an aerial ball which was misjudged by the TFA defenders ( 1 - 1 ) in 80th minutes. Chirag went on to create a host of chances but failed to convert a single one with poor finishing from the players. Parminder Singh coming in for Lal kamal failed to create anything with Josimar missing a gifted opportunity yet again from a defensive lapse.The match ended with no player being booked but also no side proving to be better in scoring more than the opposition as Chirag failed to convert chances while TFA creating very few.Subrata Bhattacharya will have much worrying to do with his side’s finishing abilities as they will next take on East Bengal,a favorite for the competition. CHIRAG: Sandip Nandy, Manas Das, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Jayanta Sen, Joshimear, Gouranga Bisawas, Malswamma Tulunga, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Safar Sardar, Du, Denson Devdas. TFA: Isan Debnath, Raju Gaekwad,Jagdeep Singh, Jagannath Sana, Robin Singh, Jagtaar singh, Md. Mustakeen, Hardeep Singh, Gurjinder singh, Hanghal. In the other match of the day at Khardah Stadium defending Champions Mahindra United defeat Camellia George Telegraph 2 - 0. The First half was goalless. In 2nd half Devid Booth's boys scored two goals.Both the goals were scored by Mohammed Rafi.