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		<title>The weekend preview</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/10/16/the-weekend-preview-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Spain – La Liga: Champions Barcelona are off to La Mestalla to play Valencia. The Catalan club are sweating on the fitness of midfield playmaker Xavi, who came back injured from the international break. Star striker David Villa is out for the home team.
Real Madrid are at home to Valladolid and are expected to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary banishment</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/10/11/voluntary-banishment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of top European clubs snapping up South American talent before it&#8217;s fully cooked is not a new one, but seems to have reached a new nadir this season with Barcelona striker Keirrison.
Snapped up in July from Palmeiras for 14 million euros, he was promptly farmed out to Benfica on loan by the Catalan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend preview</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/09/25/the-weekend-preview-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain &#8211; La Liga: Barcelona and Real Madrid are now the only two sides left with perfect records after Athletic Bilbao went down in midweek. Real are at home to Tenerife on Saturday and Barcelona travel to Malaga on the Sunday.
Both Ronaldo for Real and Lionel Messi for Barcelona have started the season in frightening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronaldinho&#8217;s endless panto</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/09/23/ronaldinhos-endless-panto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Oh yes he is&#8221; followed by &#8220;oh no he isn&#8217;t&#8221; have been the words ringing inbetween Ronaldinho&#8217;s ears for quite some time now.
The AC Milan midfielder is constantly the subject of debate as to whether or not he will recover his best form and fitness &#8211; which now seems a pointless exercise given how long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend preview</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/09/18/the-weekend-preview-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain &#8211; La Liga: Champions Barcelona are top of the table and host Atletico Madrid on Saturday night, while Real Madrid, who also have six points out of six, host newly-promoted Xerez on Sunday.
Valencia have started strongly with David Villa and David Silva (pictured) back in the goals again. They are at home to Sporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/09/15/the-weekend-round-up-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain-La Liga: Real Madrid tonked Espanyol 3-0 away at the host&#8217;s new stadium thanks to goals from Granero, Guti and Ronaldo as Manuel Pellegrini rested one or two key players but came up trumps in a win which maintain&#8217;s Real&#8217;s 100 per cent record.
Ironically it was Granero (pictured), a former Real youth team player who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beautiful Barca brand</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/05/28/the-beautiful-barca-brand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after the night before, it&#8217;s been pretty easy to find pick through the English press debris and find some praise for Barcelona in among the inquisition as to why Manchester United failed to make an impact on the game.
Wednesday&#8217;s 2-0 Champions League final result for the blue-and-burgundies was about more than a team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handball &#8211; a ref&#8217;s-eye-view</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/05/25/handball-a-refs-eye-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday Barcelona face Manchester United in the Champions League final to decide who will be crowned kings of Europe this year. But many Chelsea fans think their club, and not the Spanish champions, should be facing the red half of Manchester following several rejected penalty appeals for handball in a tempestuous semi-final.
Here English official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The horrible new shirt show</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/05/20/the-horrible-new-shirt-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Checking out your club&#8217;s new strip for next season seems to be a custom which comes around earlier every year thanks to the marketing men. This year the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle in the Premier League are both of guilty of rolling out &#8216;next&#8217; season&#8217;s strip two games before this one has even ended.
Having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/05/18/the-weekend-round-up-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain &#8211; La Liga: Barcelona sealed the title without kicking a ball after Real Madrid lost 3-2 away to Villareal on Saturday.
The new champions fielded a weakened side the next day away at Mallorca. A slightly odd game saw the visitors lose 2-1 as Samuel Eto&#8217;o (pictured), who is chasing the top scorer &#8216;Pichichi&#8217; trophy, [...]]]></description>
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