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Il Manchester United ha ottenuto tre punti importanti in trasferta a Mosca contro il CSKA e grazie anche a questo successo prosegue la propria buona marcia nel girone di “Champions’ League”.  Il riscatto del calcio britannico , dopo i modesti risultati di ieri, è completato dalla larga vittoria del Chesea sull’ A. Madrid. Con l’ Inghilterra che ha ottenuto la qualificazione alla prossima Coppa del Mondo tiene banco la questione relativa alla possibile partecipazione di Beckham alla spedizione in Sud Africa. Secondo indiscrezioni dei media, il centrocampista potrebbe tornare a dindossare la maglia del Milan a gennaio proprio per meglio prepararsi alla massima manifestazione calcistica. Un tifoso del Chesterfield è stato diffidato per tre anni in quanto, da riscontri filmati, avrebbe causato incidenti in diversi incontri disputati dalla formazione. Per tre anni non potrà accedere ad alcun stadio di Inghilterra e Galles. Sono, intanto, comparsi in aula undici tifosi dei Rangers accusati degli scontri occorsi a margine della finale di Coppa UEFA disputatasi a Manchester ( foto ) nel 2008. Sono accusati di avere partecipato alle aggressioni a  danno della “Greater Manchester Police”, due uomini della quale, trovatisi isolati dal loro reparto, vennero fatti oggetto di pugni e calci.

Kalou (centre) foudn the net twice after missing early chances for Chelsea

Chelsea comfortably defeated Atletico Madrid to win their third straight group game in the Champions League.

Salomon Kalou missed a great chance from 14 yards but then stabbed home from close range and headed home from a corner as Chelsea took control.Frank Lampard then struck with a low 25-yard drive before Luis Perea headed into his own net as Chelsea moved to the brink of group qualification.Atletico had chances but Petr Cech denied Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero.It was the sort of result that Blues coach Carlo Ancelotti must have wanted from his players after their defeat at Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.Chelsea created chances at regular intervals throughout the match and looked to be full of ideas and creativity in attack.But the result increases the pressure on Atletico manager Abel Resino, whose team have just one point from their three group games in the Champions League and are struggling in 15th place in La Liga.However, some of their enterprising play in the opening minutes belied their poor domestic form.The lively Forlan met a Simao Simbrosa cross at the near post and forced a sharp save from Cech with a glancing header, while Aguero drilled the ball into the side netting after a fortuitous bounce played him through on goal.Forlan drew another save from Cech with a shot on the turn, but Sergio Asenjo appeared to be less assured in the Atletico goal.He allowed a seemingly innocuous free-kick slip through his hands and into the net – but his blushes were spared when Kalou was penalised for offside.Kalou was guilty of an atrocious miss after incisive play from Deco and Michael Ballack cut open the Atletico defence but he missed the gaping target from 14 yards.However, Kalou did find the net when he converted Ashley Cole’s drilled low ball across the face of goal. Lampard also played his part in the goal, playing Cole down the left flank with a wonderfully disguised pass.The goal seemed to draw Atletico’s sting and the home team saw out the final few minutes before half-time without further alarm before adding to their lead shortly after the restart.Asenjo made a good save to deny Nicolas Anelka and was alert to tip over a long throw from Juliano Belletti that was allowed to bounce before heading menacingly towards goal.But there was nothing he could do to prevent Kalou scoring his second with a header from Lampard’s corner.Atletico did occasionally show some fight and Aguero should have done better after Forlan’s flick played him through but he seemed short of ideas after Cech raced out of goal and his shot was saved.And the result was put beyond doubt when Lampard scored his first Chelsea goal since 18 August with a powerful low strike.Maxi Rodriguez continued to press and probe – and he forced a save from Cech with a low strike.But the final goal fell to Chelsea with the unlucky Perea diverting an injury-time free-kick beyond Asenjo.

( BBC Sport )

Valencia (right) powers in a shot to give United victory

Manchester United put themselves on the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase with a win over CSKA Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium.

Antonio Valencia earned the deserved victory late on when he angled in a strike at the far post after Dimitar Berbatov had flicked on a Nani cross.Moments earlier, Valencia had smashed a shot against the crossbar.The lively Nani had also gone close earlier on when his header was turned round the post by keeper Igor Akinfeev.United were back at the scene of their 2008 Champions League final triumph over Chelsea when keeper Edwin van der Sar saved from Nicolas Anelka to secure a win on penalties.That game had grass specially laid for it whereas the normal artificial surface was used on this occasion as a patient United notched their first win over a Russian side in Europe at the sixth attempt.

Despite CSKA being the more familiar with the so-called plastic pitch, United looked just as comfortable on the ball in what quickly developed into a cagey affair.

United were given a scare when centre-back Nemaja Vidic played his side into trouble and allowed Milos Krasic get in an 18-yard shot which he put over.At the other end, Akinfeev was nearly caught out before managing to scramble a 30-yard Paul Scholes shot, which bounced in front of him, over his bar.Gary Neville curled a left-foot shot narrowly high but, whether it was the pitch or defensive mindset of the teams, goalmouth chances were proving a rarity.As much might have been expected considering, going into the tie, CSKA had won their last six matches at home in Europe while United were unbeaten in 13 away games in the Champions League.However, Nani nearly changed the complexion of the match when he burst past Georgi Schennikov, although none of his team-mates took the gamble to get on the end of a cross he slid across the CSKA goalmouth.Portuguese winger Nani looked the most likely to get the goal the game desperately needed and was only denied when Akinfeev dived low to his left to turn his header round the post.

Nani (front) was a threat for United on a rare star

CSKA – managed by former Sevilla, Tottenham and Real Madrid boss Juande Ramos – might have been the home side but showed little ambition, with United looking the more threatening as the game progressed.Substitute Michael Owen missed a 10-yard volley from a Valencia cross before a lapse in concentration at the back by United was only rescued by the assistant referee’s flag.Krasic would have had a free shot on goal but was wrongly ruled offside.A CSKA goal would have been unfair on the visitors and they heeded the warning as they produced a slick move involving several one-touch passes before Valencia saw a sweet strike come back off the crossbar.Valencia made no mistake shortly afterwards when he scored the goal to reward a professional performance, leaving United commandingly top of Group B with three wins out of three.

( BBC Sport )

AC Milan’s Clarence Seedorf believes David Beckham deserves to be in England’s squad for the 2010 World Cup.

Fellow midfielder Beckham, 34, is set to return to Seedorf’s club on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy in January to boost his chances of making the finals.Seedorf told BBC Sport: “There should not be any discussion for anybody in England about taking David to what will most probably be his last World Cup.”His will to perform and still play for the national team is very big.”Beckham did not feature in England’s recent 1-0 defeat in Ukraine but made an appearance as a substitute in the 3-0 win over Belarus.He turns 35 in May 2010 – a month before the start of the World Cup finals in South Africa.

England manager Fabio Capello has made it clear that Beckham needs to be playing in Europe to stand a chance of securing a place in the World Cup squad.The former Manchester United and Real Madrid player, who has played in three World Cups, revealed last week that a return to AC Milan is “95% done”.Beckham’s first stint at the San Siro began in the January transfer window and helped him get back into the England reckoning.

He was initially only scheduled to spend three months with the Italian outfit during the Major League Soccer off-season but extended his time until the end of the Serie A campaign.He returned to LA Galaxy during the summer and will feature for them in the upcoming MLS play-offs before his anticipated return to Milan.The Serie A side have made an unconvincing start to their season after the departures of manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is now at Chelsea, and playmaker Kaka, who joined Real Madrid in June.However, Seedorf said the expected return of Beckham would aid the team.

Football ban for hooligan
Sheffield Star
20 October 2009
By Claire Lewis

A FOOTBALL hooligan has been banned from matches in Chesterfield for three years.

Richard Grant Burns, aged 36, of Elliott Avenue, Bradwell, was issued with a football banning order by Chesterfield magistrates after Derbyshire Police applied for the ban.The force told the court Burns had regularly been involved in disorderly behaviour at Chesterfield FC’s home and away games.Despite being warned about his behaviour a number of times, by both police and match day stewards, the court heard he continued to get involved in trouble.Evidence of his behaviour was also captured on video.The football banning order means he cannot attend any football matches in England and Wales for three years.If he risks attending a game and is spotted he faces arrest.

11 In Court Accused Of Football Violence
Sporting Life
20 October 2009
By Lucy Collins

Eleven men accused of football hooliganism following the 2008 UEFA Cup final appeared in court on Monday.

The suspects are charged with violent disorder following Rangers’ defeat by Zenit St Petersburg in Manchester in May last year.Scott McSeveney, 21, of Shotts, North Lanarkshire, and Mark Stoddart, 25, from Glasgow, are also charged with assault on a police officer.Prosecutor Andrew Holt told Manchester Magistrates’ Court that one of two 17-year-old men from Glasgow, accused of violent disorder, has died.He said Daniel Boyle was killed in a car crash. The other youth, who did not attend, is due before the court for committal proceedings on October 12.The case revolves around the disorder following the game at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 14, 2008.Around 150,000 football fans were in the city for the match. A big screen for fans without a ticket to watch the match failed in the early evening, triggering widespread disturbances throughout the city centre.Thousands of drunken Rangers fans fought running battles with police as they rampaged through Manchester city centre in more than five hours of trouble.In separate incidents, two police officers became separated from their units, surrounded by hooligans, knocked to the ground and kicked and stamped on during the violence.Along with McSeveney and Stoddart, the other defendants are Greg McKenna, 22, of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire; Brian McVicar, 19, of East Kilbride; Gordon Forrest, 35, of Bearsden, Glasgow; James Bell, 42, of Cumbernauld, Glasgow; Thomas Murphy, 27, of Greenock; David McCullough, 20, of Burnage, Manchester; David Annette, 34, of Chorley, Lancashire; John Saunders, 31, of Cumbernauld, Glasgow, and Michael Hindle, 21, of Leyland, Lancashire.All are on unconditional bail. They are due to enter pleas at Manchester Crown Court on November 20.