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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>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>Chelsea deserve the slap</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/09/05/chelsea-deserve-the-slap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you can point to the hundreds of similar cases, and yes, it&#8217;s harsh to fine a player who was 15 at the time of the offence, but just as with Eduardo&#8217;s post-match conviction for diving, Chelsea deserve their two-year transfer ban for tapping up Gael Kakuta.
Why? Because Fifa, like Uefa, have to start somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend preview</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/08/21/the-weekend-preview-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Serie A is upon us again and much attention will be focused on Juventus this season after they made a number of signings in an attempt to come out of what has been a dark period by their standards.
They play Chievo Verona at home on Sunday and Brazilian midfielder Diego (pictured), a summer signing from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/08/17/the-weekend-round-up-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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England – Premier League: The first game of the new season in England saw Chelsea grab a late goal to beat Hull 2-1 at home and seal three points on Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s competitive debut as blues manager. Didier Drogba impressed with both goals.
Arsenal opened their campaign with a stunning 6-1 demolition away to Everton at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UEFA unveils goal referees</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/06/01/uefa-unveils-goal-referees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was it over the line, did the winger with the white boots dive and was the keeper outside the area when he handled that ball?
These are just some of the questions UEFA hopes will be answered by the much-anticipated arrival of extra officials at the highest level from next season.
European football&#8217;s governing body has announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/06/01/the-weekend-round-up-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[England: There&#8217;s no mp3 recording yet of the sound of me eating my hat.
Everton surprised everyone, including me, in the FA Cup final on Saturday by not only scoring in 90 minutes but scoring the quickest FA Cup final goal in history. However after Saha&#8217;s 25-second strike it was largely business as usual as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The FA Cup final preview</title>
		<link>http://www.pitchpassion.com/2009/05/29/the-fa-cup-final-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year we&#8217;re reminded how many people across the world tune in to watch the FA cup final &#8211; heading for 500 million or so according to many estimates.
I&#8217;d love to know how many of them drift off at some point during those 90 minutes, because, let&#8217;s face it, it&#8217;s normally pretty awful and this [...]]]></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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