UEFA President Michel Platini voices concern over player pay inflation.

If you’re not a club that can spend like Manchester United or Real Madrid you may as well not even try to compete. And where is all of this money coming from? Well European soccer has just been hit by a wave of Middle Eastern investors who stumbled on excess cash after the oil boom. This at the same time when western industries went down and under. With ING pulling out sponsorship with Man. United someone has to fill the void, right?

Well that’s not all. Higher prices and decreased funding means that allot of clubs are turning to loans to help pay the inflating prices for good players. What this mean in the long run is that fewer clubs will be able to compete at all and will have to fold.

Interesting that soccer has kind of become a game of Monopoly. And, like Monopoly soon there will be no one else to play with on the board and it’s Game Over!

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The game was 1-1 for the lonest time causing them to go into extra time yesterday evening. In a quick shake of luck and skill Shakhtar Donetsk’s midfielder Jadson, put in the winning goal making the final score 2-1.

Congratulations Shakhtar Donetsk!

Just in case you didnt hear, the second tier league that the UEFA Cup crowns champions will be renamed the Europa League next season.

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Tomorrow game is important as it will be the UEFA Champions Leagues quarter –final match. However, the decision is final and could be extended if rules of the probation are broken.

Ferreira was suspended after making gestures to a referee for not making a penalty call against his team, causing a goal to be scored.

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The Bayern Munich team are making a surprisingly great push to come in third place for the Championship League Power Rankings. In this action shot Bayern Munich’s Tim Borowski tackles Fablio Grosso of Lyon for Group F match. FC Munich ended up defeating Lyon 3:2. Read match report for Bayern Munich & Lyon Match.

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux defeated CFR 1907 Cluj for the second time in as many matches to put themselves right back in contention in a tight Group A, with the Romanian champions dropping from second to last.

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You all know that I am really excited about this news. This means that the Girondins de Bordeaux stand a chance at winning Group A if they can hang on past Roma.

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I was not expecting that! Juvantus FC put up a real fight against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, defeating them 2-0. Alessandro Del Piero put both goals in for the Italian team placing them for just one more win from the Group H title.

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Group A:

Bordeaux 1 – 0 CFR Cluj-Napoca

Chelsea 1 – 0 Roma

Group B:

Inter Milan 1 – 0 Anorthosis Famagusta

Panathinaikos 2 – 2 Werder Bremen

Group C:

FC Basel 0 – 5 Barcelona

Shakhtar Donetsk 0 – 1 Sporting Lisbon

Group D:

Atlético Madrid 1 – 1 Liverpool

PSV Eindhoven 2 – 0 Marseille

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Bordeaux lost to Chelsea in a humiliating 4-0 defeat during the 2008 UEFA Champions League. Can’t say that I’m too thrilled about this one. Some sports commentators are using this game as evidence that the English Premier League is far superior to the French League. Well, with games like these it’s kinna hard to argue against. There in no reason why a great team like Bordeaux, who have a strong lucrative fan base, can’t compete with teams like Chelsea who pay the top bucks for their players.

In this photo Michael Ballack of Chelsea takes on Fernando of Bordeaux during their September 13, 2008 game.

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