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[color:1307=#000]Esperance will be in front of a nearly impossible task when they host TP Mazembe Congolese Democratic champions in the second leg final of the African Champions League football on Saturday in Tunis.

The TP Mazembe a major step towards retaining the title by winning the overwhelming historical and round the result (5 - zero), taking advantage of the lack of numerical among rival the Tunisian defender Mohamed ibn Mansur in the first half, making Esperance need a miracle for the coronation of his second in the competition after the first in 1994 that he must win to deny the clean knocked six past TP Mazembe of retaining the title.

Esperance are hoping to repeat the scenario of the first round but the outcome of the largest, after having defeated TP Mazembe (3 - zero) is assigned to coach the last French Italian Jarzito Diego office, was succeeded by the Senegalese Lamine Ndiaye.

The attacker Esperance Nigerian Michael Inamo the top scorer with nine goals, including two in the range of TP Mazembe, that his team did not lose hope despite the difficulty of the task, adding: "In football nothing is impossible. Who can say that we can not register five or six goals on the land on Saturday? ".

He continued: "The morale of the team is very high, in addition to our confidence in self," noting that the ruling Togolese Coco Djobe responsible for the heavy defeat suffered by Esperance in the first leg, he said, adding: "It is unfortunate that the referee was not fair. Was biased against teams in the game go and this was enough to Pfkdanna to focus in the game. "

The TP Mazembe crowned the competition last season at the expense of Heartland Nigerian loss (1-2) back in Owerri Nigeria and win (1 - zero) trip in Lubumbashi, and ended so fast for a continental title, which lasted 41 years, to win his third title after being crowned under the name "ITP Inglbert" in the African Clubs Championship 1967 win in Lubumbashi, in particular at the expense of Togo Etoile Filante (won a total of two legs 6-4), then repeat the achievement in the following year to retain the title (1968), was not far behind in the years subsequent champion in 1969 and 1970, coming in second.

TP Mazembe and will become the first team to successfully retain his title twice, noted that Nigeria's Enyimba won the title in 2003 and 2004, Egypt's Al Ahly in 2005 and 2006.

The fourth time that which he is Esperance final round of the competition after the first in 1994 when he was crowned at the expense of Egypt's Zamalek (zero - zero in Cairo, and 3-1 in Tunisia), and the second in 1999 when he lost to Morocco's Raja Casablanca on penalties, and the third in 2000 when they lost to Hearts of Oak of Ghana.

And undermine the winner of the contest $ 1.5 million, and advance to the FIFA Club World Cup later this year in Abu Dhabi, while the loser win in the final million dollars.

[color:7aed=#000]Dissolve offended Iranian hopes to break the monopoly of East Asia when the clubs face Seongnam Ilhwa of South Korea in the final of Asian Champions League football on Saturday at the Olympic stadium in the Japanese capital Tokyo.

Skip and dissolved offended Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the semi-final by beating them back and forth score 1 - is zero, while Seongnam qualify at the expense of the Saudi youth by beating them 1 - zero-trip after losing 3-4 in front of him back in Riyadh.

And will be the winner in the final of the Asian continent in the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi from 8 to 18 December December.

She won the Arabian teams Balnschat the first three across the eye UAE (2003) and the Saudi Federation (2004 and 2005), and then moved control to the east across the Chonbuk South Korea (2006), and Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan (2007), and remained in Japan through Gamba Osaka (2008) , before sending it back to Pohang Steelers of South Korea in 2009, defeating in the final of the Union of Jeddah.

The Seongnam of the best clubs in the history of the league of South Korea, where he won the title seven times, but still dreamed of achieving Asian Champions League title for the first time in its history, knowing that he was crowned by the title in the Asian Club Champions League in 1996 at the expense of victory in Saudi Arabia.

The Panel witnessed a great revolution by his son, spoiled, Shin Tai - Hong at the top of the coaching staff, after former leader spent 13 years in the defense of the colors of his club and four years in the preparation of diploma training in Australia.

Upon the arrival of Tai - Hong into the arms of Seongnam last year, the club had been taken from the compound Tanxion Sports based in his new next to the municipal stadium old who lived in Tai - Hong one of the saddest memories of his career on the pitch after continued from the bench sorrow and grief how the fall of his team with five clean by the Saudi Federation in the second leg Champions League final for the 2004 season, knowing that his team won the round in Jeddah 3-1.

And make a battalion of "horse-plane" the heart of the Australian Defence Ooninovski Sasha (31 years), who was called for his country's squad for the first time after the name in the list of candidates for the award for best player in the yellow continent.

Ooninovski said: "It would be good to lift the trophy, especially since we lost in the cup final last year locally and in the final playoff in the K-League."

He Ooninovski who joined Seongnam in 2009: "We are the team most successful in South Korea and deserve to be champions of Asia. All is ready and we are confident to achieve a good result at the Tokyo ... Dissolve offended defend in depth and recorded by the counter-attack, while the preferred possession of the ball and the adoption of balls off ".

Seongnam and suffering at present in order to book a berth to participate in the next version, after he had finished the league in fifth place, and now he made his way to winning the domestic cup to participate in the continental tournament next year.

Absent from Seongnam Dzinan Raduncic Montenegro striker and midfielder Cheon Kwang - Jane is suspended, and left-back Hong-chul, who is participating with the Olympic team at the Asian Games.

But Ooninovski men believed to be the coach Shin Tai - Hong powerful enough to overcome the dissolved offended who is currently leading the Iranian league.

For his part, skip the dissolved offended on his way to the final top clubs, including Pohang Steelers of South Korea's defending champion, champions Bunyodkor Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and the European Union before winning the Crescent in the semi-finals.

Dissolve offended and hopes rise an additional degree of place occupied by his neighbor in the city of Isfahan, Sepahan, when it reached the last final 2007 lost to Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan, to offset the completion of fellow bass Tehran last Iranian teams earned the title in 1993 under the old system.

Remarkably, the offended coach Dissolve the present Mansour Ebrahimzadeh was an aide to Croatian Luka Bonacic in the final of 2007.

The match is a special kind of confrontation between the Shahab Gordan goalkeeper Dissolve insulted and Colombian striker Mauricio Molina Seongnam.

Molina and play (30 years) plays a crucial offensive with his team with a score of 7 goals in 10 games, but this time face guard Gordan, who had conceded only five goals in 11 games and who kept a clean sheet in seven games during this season's competition.

Dissolve offended depends on international striker Mohammad Reza Qalattabri, who scored 4 goals this year, which contributed to industry many of the goals for his team-mates.

[color:8023=#000]Drawn version of the forty-third Cup South American soccer (Copa America) scheduled from 3 to July 24, 2011 in Argentina, the hosts and holders Brazil in the last two versions of the title of two relatively easy.

Came Argentina, which did not taste the titles since 1993, when crowned Cup competition, which holds the record in the number of titles which with Uruguay (14 titles each), in the first group along with one team only participated in the last World Cup in South Africa, a team A Japanese non-Americans elected southerners were invited to participate in the competition as well as Mexico.

Japan has been swept historically Argentina 1 - zero in an international friendly match the beginning of October last in Saitama in the first game of the Samurai Blue with the new Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni.

The group included Argentina, as well as Japan, Colombia, which lost much of its luster in recent years, Bolivia modest outside their bases, particularly in places that do not rise from the sea by virtue of its superiority in its capital, La Paz (3600 m above sea level).

On the other hand, were Brazil, champion in 2004 and 2007 and is aiming to ninth title in its history, in Group B along with Paraguay Her quarter-final in the 2010 World Cup, Ecuador and Venezuela.

The group was the third strongest for inclusion in a fourth World Cup 2010 Uruguay, Chile and Mexico, which reached the final price in South Africa, and Peru.

The top two first and second in each group to the quarter-finals along with the authors best third.

The first round will be held in La Plata (60 km from Buenos Aires) and Salta and Jujuy (north) and Santa Fe and Cordoba (center) and San Juan and Mendoza (west).

The pool opening match between Argentina and Bolivia. The final match on the stadium in Buenos Aires Monomntal which culminated in Argentina at home her first title at the World Cup in 1978.

Here is the draw:

- Group A: Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Bolivia
- Group B: Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela
- Group C: Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and Peru.

[color:77d1=#000]Announced that the Algerian League for football on Thursday night off Mohand Cherif Hannachi club president JS Kabylie for two years, during which prevents from entering the stadiums and attend all meetings of a formal framework.

Algerian radio said: "the penalty imposed against Hannachi came in response to inflammatory remarks which he made in the right Moahmmed President of the Algerian football recently and charged him not to help the club JS Kabylie during his participation in the African Champions League."

The Association considers that these statements are laws impinge on the march for the game, adding that she informed decision Hannachi officially stopped.

Hannachi will hold a press conference at JS Kabylie will unveil a set of relevant merits Besrall heated with soccer officials in the country.

[color:9462=#000]Complete the Argentine team Independiente contract qualify to the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana soccer "Cuba Sudomericana" football on Thursday night, despite a goalless draw at home to Deportes Tolima of Colombia.

Flute and benefited as a result of the Argentine leg in Colombia, which ended in a draw positive (2-2), to catch the clubs Goiás and Palmeiras, Brazilian and Liga de Quito of Ecuador, who qualified to the next round.

Independiente are still trying to adjust his position domestically and continentally with new coach Antonio Mohamed, who took charge of the team before several rounds after its much worse in the league stage go to the Argentine Football "Obertora."

And wait for the Argentine club a difficult task in the next round, where clashes with defending champion of Liga de Quito of Ecuador, which concludes on Wednesday is another Argentine rival Newell's Old Boys win in Quito with a straight back after the draw without goals.

[color:9c47=#000]The Goiás Brazil has qualified to face compatriot Palmeiras in the next round after beating the Brazilian team a third Avai in their own home city of Florianopolis with a view free of charge on Thursday as well.

Goiás and grabbed this seat was closer to his opponent, who drew back with two goals away from home.

The match was a weak level, especially at the tactical level, between the two teams occupy the centers of the rear in the Brazilian league and Bata closer to the landing end of the season to the second division, and was the only goal of the meeting via the player Rafael Mora in 45 minutes.

The match will go to the semi-final next Wednesday on the city of Goiania Goias Stadium, when they host Palmeiras, who qualified Wednesday for the expense of Atletico Mineiro, Brazil also win it (2 - zero) after the draw back away to each team.

[color:e0bb=#000]Major doubt about the participation of defender Yuji Nakazawa of Japan in the Asian Cup 2011 soccer finals in January next after the injury to the torn ligaments in his knee during training club.

The veteran defender out of the 32-year-old, who participated with Japan in the last two tournaments for the World Cup of injured training on Thursday with his club Yokohama Marinos belonging to the Japanese League.

Yokohama officials said, told Reuters Friday that the possibility of post Nakazawa in the Asia Cup scheduled to be held in the period between the seventh and 29 from next January in Qatar appeared to be "not clear", but his absence will certainly happened that a big blow to the plans of coach Alberto Zaccheroni Japan.

The official said Masanori Hakamada Yokohama "We have been told he will need six weeks to recover fully but then it will need to complete the rehabilitation period is therefore difficult to talk whether it would be fit" for the championship. "

However, the Union said that the Japanese can remain Nakazawa in on part of the continental tournament.

Nagamatsu said Vutoshi official Japanese Federation told Reuters: "Six weeks is long enough for him to the extent of its ability to recover but we will not say he would not catch the championship."

Nakazawa and contributed to the victory of Japan 2004 Asian Nations Cup in China.

[color:afba=#000]Led the Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov Parma team to achieve a second win this season when he scored the winning goal in the net at home to Sampdoria (1 - zero) on Thursday evening at the end of the eleventh stage of the league of Italian football.

Bojinov scored the goal on 84 minutes and allowed his team to rise from last place to sixth place with just 11 points.

On the other hand, I Sampdoria after losing the second this season and failed to regain the sixth place winner of the Rome Fiorentina 3-2 on Wednesday in the opening round. Sampdoria fell to seventh place after stuck at 15 points

[color:d3b4=#000]Exposure striker Milan football Filippo Inzaghi (37 years) to infect a strong ligaments in his left knee will keep him sidelined until the end of the season and could threaten his career as a footballer.

Milan said on Thursday: "After the medical tests he underwent Inzaghi show that the injury requires surgery."

The Inzaghi suffered the injury after coming on as a substitute in a match which was won by AC Milan to Palermo's 3-1 on Wednesday in the Italian league football.

Also suffers as the other Brazilian striker Milan Alexandre Pato of muscle injury may keep him out of the derby is scheduled to undergo a medical on Friday.