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Chivas Guadalajara v Manchester United, Pre-Season Friendly, July 30, 2010 Manchester United complete their 2010 summer tour on Friday night as the Red Devils travel from North to Central America to take on Mexican powerhouse Chivas Guadalajara. (Manchester United are 3.50 to win the 2010/11 Premier League, 1.72 to finish in the top two.) While the high-profile friendly was organised months ago to coincide with the opening of Chivas brand new stadium, Estadio Chivas, all the immediate pre-match talk has centred on new Manchester United forward Javier Chicharito Hernandez who transferred to the Premier League at the start of the summer from the Mexican powerhouse. (Javier Chicharito Hernandez is 67.00 to be the 2010/11 Premier League top goalscorer.) Being a Chivas fan from birth, Chicharito will begin the first half lining up for current employers Manchester United while in the second half hell don the Chivas shirt. Chicharitos homecoming has been spiced up by Uniteds last pre-season...

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Back in 1994, Bruce Dyer was hyped as the most promising English striker of his day. After coming through the ranks at Watford, the then 19-year-old Dyer was snapped up by Crystal Palace to become Britains first ever 1m teenager. All the hullabaloo soon fizzled out and Dyer never reached the heights which his transfer fee had alluded too. Instead spend the majority of his career on the brink of the top flight without ever establishing himself as one of the stars of his generation. Fast forward to the present day, and Dyer is now a 35-year-old ex-pro whom is scarcely heard of in Blighty. That changed this week during the Yorkshire Five-a-Side Masters competition as he scored a terrific goal to show off the promise he never truly developed. Playing for Barnsley against Hull, Bruce Dyer rolled back the years as he executed, on the angle, a picture-perfect overhead-volley that saw his unstoppable shot crash into the far post. Bruce Dyers super strike can be seen here. *** Footage of Bruce...

Federico Macheda scored two quick goals in the match Manchester United vs MLS All Star game. Federico Macheda played a key role in Manchester United 5-2 victory over MLS All Stars. Federico Macheda became a hot topic in the soccer world after scoring two goals. Federico Macheda scored his first goal in 24 seconds soon after the start of the match and he made his second goal at the 13th minute. With this, the score of Manchester United reached to 2-0 against MLS All Stars. Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson was happy about the fantastic performance of Federico Macheda. Earlier, there was news that Federico Macheda is loo king to leave Manchester United as he was offered by Real Sociedad, Palermo and Inter Milan. Later, he denied all the speculations and confirmed that he will continue with Manchester United. In the English Premier League last season, Federico Macheda has scored only one goal in the last five matches. Federico Macheda is an Italian football player and currently,...

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day : The debt has come through the club being bought out by an owner. You know very well that no matter which business is bought nowadays, its usually bought with debt. Because its a football club it seems to attract a different type of negative reporting particularly from some of our fans. When Manchester United Football Club went plc, it was inevitible somebody was going to buy it. Its unfair that because a particular family like the Glazers bought it, they should come under criticism when anybody could have bought it. I have to say theyve done their job well. They support me as manager and theyve supported the players. Ive never been refused when Ive asked for money for a player so what can I do other than carry on the way were doing it. Ive no complaints. - Sir Alex Ferguson. Runner-up : Its similar to how it was at United when we won that first title. We just need a trophy to get us on a roll. When we won the League Cup in 1992, every...

Club America 1 - Manchester City 1* (Penalties. 1-4) (Pre-season friendly, July 29, 2010) Following a foul on Adam Johnson in the box, Emmanuel Adebayor fired Manchester City in front nine minutes before the break. The home side levelled the match two minutes after half-time through Enrique Esqueda who capitalised on a long ball over the top. Manchester City scored all four of their penalties, through Emmanuel Adebayor, Jo, Vladimir Weiss and Patrick Vieira. Padro Pavel was Club Americas only scorer with Shay Given saving two. Football Betting Tips, Odds, Asian Handicap, Oicks, Preview & Prediction

Earlier this month Santos starlet Neymar copied Sebastian El Loco Abreus now famous Panenka style penalty that saw Uruguay past Ghana in the World Cup finals. The highly-rated youngster may now be regretting the fact that he rolled out the party piece of a chipped penalty in a meaningless friendly again Ferroviaria. (For more see this article.) Last night Neymar was made to look a little bit silly by Vitoria goalkeeper Lee in the first leg of the Brazilian Cup final. Neymar had opened the scoring at the back post on 14 minutes and with 17 minutes remaining of the match won a penalty with some trademark trickery in the box. As Santos regular penalty taker, Neymar stepped up and chipped the ball down the middle. Lee simply stood still and caught the ball. Following the match, which Santos won 2-0, coach Dorival Junior confirmed Neymar will continueas the clubs penalty taker. And Robinho, playing his last game whilst on loan from Manchester City, backed the youngster, saying: It happens ...