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The 2010 Football World Cup News
The scoring feats of Messrs Bendtner, Crouch and Villa feature in FIFA.com's latest statistical review, along with landmarks for England and River Plate. Sunday will witness the 292nd meeting between Vienna's two great rivals: Rapid and Austria. FIFA.com looks at this fixture's origins and history. Arsenal overturned a narrow first-leg defeat with a 5-0 thrashing of Porto, while Bayern Munich edged Fiorentina on away goals for a quarter-final place. Estudiantes were held away to Bolivar as a lively Chilean derby ended all square, while Racing and Deportivo Cuenca beat Cerro Porteno and Morelia. Korea DPR’s recent win in the AFC Challenge Cup is not only a timely boost ahead of South Africa 2010 but has seemingly unearthed raw new talent. Get your thinking caps on, create a slogan for one of the nations qualified for South Africa 2010 and you could win a fantastic prize: a Hyundai i10 car! With the title battles wide open in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, FIFA.com would like to find out which five teams you are tipping for glory. Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he expects Federico Macheda to be back in action in two weeks to help ease Manchester United's current striker crisis. Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli has spoken of his bitterness at La Viola's dramatic Champions League exit against Bayern Munich. As one of South Africa’s top tourist attractions, Cape Town’s Table Mountain, and the cable car which ferries visitors to the top, has been preparing for the influx of World Cup visitors this year. Franck Ribery has said that Bayern Munich's dramatic Champions League triumph against Fiorentina proves that the German giants are unified. The Football for Hope movement has received the award for Philanthropy and Cooperation through Sports at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona 2010. Juventus and Liverpool will both seek to pick up the pieces of their respective disappointing campaigns in Thursday's UEFA Europa League action. Arsene Wenger hailed the mental strength of striker Nicklas Bendtner after the Dane scored a hat-trick in Arsenal's 5-0 UEFA Champions League rout of Porto. Barcelona have been hit with a one match ban for coach Pep Guardiola and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic following the weekend match against Almeria. A late winner from Yasushi Endo gave J.League champions Kashima Antlers a dramatic 2-1 AFC Champions League victory over Jeonbuk Motors. Uzbek giants Bunyodkor have maintained their 100 per cent record in the AFC Champions League with a 2-1 win over Al Wahda thanks to a Denilson double. Bayern Munich's Brazilian defender Breno, on loan at Nuremburg, has been ruled out for the season after suffering a horror tackle at the weekend. Qatar's Al Gharafa scored a comeback 3-2 win against Al Ahli to maintain their perfect start and condemn the Saudis to a second consecutive defeat. Birmingham City gained revenge on their FA Cup conquerors with a 2-1 win at Portsmouth, while Sunderland ran out easy 4-0 winners over Bolton.
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England World Cup Qualifiers
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