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[color:13de=#000]Will resort to the first division players to strike at a date to be determined after the failure of their negotiations with the league on the collective contract.

The Players Association was suspended on 21 September last strike which was scheduled for 25 and 26, after a meeting between representatives of the players and the league, until November 30 the current waiting for a system of new contractual, but it seems that the parties failed to reach agreement.

And the Players Association opposed the League developed a new contractual system is a kind of absolute trust the players.

The Players Association considered that "the strike is directed against the failure to renew the collective contract and also against the restrictions they are trying to impose on the players."

The dispute erupted when he refused to Fabio Grosso, left Juventus to AC Milan and Brazilian Julio Baptista from Rome to Schalke before one year from the end of their contracts because they are at the end of the season, would own freedom to choose a new club without the clubs to benefit from any compensation for their transmission.

And then condemned the decision of the league players, and saw its president Maurizio Beretta to strike "a pistol shot stuffed."

The most controversial points centered on the question of removal of players from group exercises in case you do not satisfied with them or the team wants to abandon them, forcing players to leave their teams.

The Campagna, the players would refuse to exercise in the event excluded by the team for group exercises, and will reject the forced relocation, in the absence of the approval of Major League Soccer on these two Christtkm time to strike automatically.

[color:0b83=#000]Revealed the Spanish coach Vicente del Bosque Friday lineup of the 23-man squad that will face Portugal in a friendly on 17 this month in Lisbon, and included all the players who crowned the title of World Cup South Africa 2010 with the exception of Jesus Navas.

Will be offset by the Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla absence of wing Sevilla Navas, who is recovering from surgery he underwent in his ankle earlier this month.

And the intervention of this game within the promotional campaign carried out by Spain and Portugal to file joint nominated to host the 2018 World Cup, according to the Portuguese federation revealed.

The match will be the first encounter between Spain and Portugal since the second round of the World Cup in South Africa when he came out "no immediate Roja" a winner by a single goal scored by David Villa.

Here are the players:

- Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Victor Valdes (Barcelona), Jose Manuel Reina (Liverpool)

- Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Joan Capdevila and Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique (Barcelona)

- Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

- Forwards: David Villa, Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City, England), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Fernando Torres (Liverpool, England), Juan Mata (Valencia).

[color:567d=#000]Looking Brest newcomer to the top flight for the French to continue to surprise this season, written by and maintain the lead when they host Sochaux on Saturday in the third phase of ten, while Olympique Marseille champions to bounce back at the expense of Lens wounded.

On the "Stade Francis Le Blé", looks Brest to compensate its loss in the previous stage before the night (1-3) in order to maintain at least the difference which separates him from the point of closest rival Rennes and stay in the lead for another week, but any faltering in front of Sochaux would be a strike moral Sthzh completely and make it back in the order gradually, especially to teams that have dogged the caliber Paris St Germain and Marseille, who was able to catch up with him to the forefront in the previous phase, but failed to exploit the debacle after losing a turn in front of hosts and arch-rivals Paris St Germain 1-2 in a game in the absence of the masses of guests to the decision of the French Union because of fears and security problems associated with the confrontations that combines the two teams.

And elevated capital club after beating arch-rivals into third place with 19 points against 18 for Marseille, who slipped to the fourth note of the fact that it had postponed match against Rennes II.

And will have an opportunity to Marseille to receive compensation when the lens placed before the last, as he pushes a Paris St Germain a relatively tough test at home to Lorient, Rennes, the second Sunday meanwhile, travel to Auxerre.

In other games, play Saturday with Bordeaux, Nancy, and Monaco with Arles Avignon, Montpellier and Toulouse, Valenciennes and Saint-Etienne, Caen and Lille, Lyon and Sunday, with Nice.

Advertise Former French international goalkeeper and goalkeeper of FC Nice Lionel Letizi on Friday he will retire from football at the end of the 2010-2011 season.

Letizi said: "I'll stop playing in June next, will be a time where it is difficult to follow the routine, I feel a large margin compared to last season, I suffer in order to recover after a big run training sessions."

Initiated Letizi (37 years), his professional career with a nice and participated in a hundred appearances for the club between 1992 and 1996 before being transferred to Metz.

Letizi joined the ranks of the French team during the period he was with Metz before moving to Paris Saint-Germain in 2000, then joined the Rangers after six seasons with the Saint-Germain, before returning again to Nice in 2007.

[color:6a65=#000]Decided to Ray Wilkins, the assistant coach at Chelsea hero and leader of the English Premier League football, he left office because of non-renewal of his contract according to the London club announced on Friday.

It was Wilkins (54 years old), midfielder, former international who played for Chelsea and Manchester United, AC Milan, he received his post in 2008 during the period of the supervision of coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on the team, he remained an assistant coach with Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti, who leads " Blues "this season.