Mellberg delighted to see Aston Villa showing great form
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Olympiakos defender Olof Mellberg is pleased to see Aston Villa proving their potential this season. read more
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CL: Arsenal fires 2 pass Olympiakos
g.ban's world (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Second-half strikes from Robin van Persie and Andrey Ashavin earned Arsenal a 2-0 Champions League win over Olympiakos at The Emirates. Veteran Greek keeper Antonis Nikopolidis frustrated the Gunners for much of this Group H clash, repelling almost everything the hosts could throw at him until van Persie finally broke the deadlock with 12 minutes remaining, prior to Arshavin's beautiful finish late...
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A slow start to the week
Arseblog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Morning, hope your weekend was a good one. An Arsenal win always helps. A birthday also helps. Helps you lie around all day Sunday going 'Bleurgh' after too much Havana Club the night before, but I'm not complaining. Mostly because today is Monday. Tomorrow night sees the second Champions League group stage game with a home tie against Olymiacos. We've never played them before, as far as I can recall...
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World Cup qualifier: Hungary 1-2 Sweden
FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Zlatan Ibrahimović scored in injury time to help Sweden beat Hungary 2-1 at Ferenc Puskás Stadium. Defender Olof Mellberg had the Swedes in front inside nine minutes, but Szabolcs Huszti leveled from the spot 11 minutes from time. But Ibrahimović then showed why he is so highly regarded as he snatched all three points with an injury-time winner. Please subscribe to our RSS feed to...
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Rakitic helps Croatia keep up heat on England
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
• Portugal hanging on after 1-1 draw in Denmark • France only manage 1-1 draw against Romania Ivan Rakitic fired home from 25 yards midway through the first half as Croatia beat Belarus in Zagreb to move to within four points of England in Group Six, having played one more match. Rakitic's 24th-minute strike left goalkeeper Yuri Zhernov helpless, the only goal coming after Croatia had missed...
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Olof Mellberg leaves Juve for Olympiakos
FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Olympiakos have completed the €2.5million signing of Sweden defender Olof Mellberg from Juventus. The 31-year-old sealed the move on Tuesday, passing a medical and penning a three-year contract. Mellberg joined the Bianconeri last summer as a free agent from Aston Villa and made 27 Serie A appearances for the Turin giants. "After one season, Juventus salute Olof Mellberg ," read a statement...
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Juventus offload former Villa defender Mellberg to Olympiacos in 2m deal
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Juventus have agreed to sell former Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg to Olympiacos for around £2million...
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Olympiacos: Mellberg Opts For Athens
Soccer City FC (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Swedish international centre-back Olof Mellberg will join Greek champions Olympiacos for an initial fee of £2.1m spread across two instalments, Serie A runners-up Juventus have announced. The former Aston Villa captain represented the bianconeri on 27 occasions but qualms over his future in Turin intensified when the arrival of Fabio Cannavaro was unveiled, creating a fierce situation whereby...