Juventus vs Everton August 1, 2013

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They've been training at Stanford for about a week's time now. They've had double days every day since arriving in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. They've had tactics hammered into them by their manager, who just so happens to be turning 44 years old on this very day. They've scrimmaged against one another time after time with some exciting moments caught in between.

Now, Juventus get to face another team other than themselves.

The Old Lady begins the Guinness International Champions Cup against Everton tonight at the ballpark by the Bay, AT&T Park — a place that I may or may not have visited in the past four days for a completely depressing and pathetic baseball game even though my seats were totally awesome. It's the first game in what will be a three-game run in eight days for Juve, who will travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles over the weekend and then to Miami to meet up with the seven other teams and wrap up the tournament on Aug. 7.

With the Supercoppa just a little more than two weeks away, we're getting oh-so-close to when manager Antonio Conte wants his club to start getting into serious game shape (if they haven't gotten there already). And Wednesday night in San Francisco is just another step in that direction, even though a lot of the regular starters might not feature all that much at AT&T. But there's still the fact that they're in preparation stages — not only getting back to prime fitness, but working out the kinks and having the new signings adapt.

And what a better way to give Conte a birthday present that includes one of his favorite things — a win.

Atletico-MG x Atletico-PR | Fluminense x Fluminense | Portuguesa x Criciuma

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O técnico Cuca comandou, na tarde desta terça-feira, o último treino antes do jogo contra o Atlético-PR, pela 10ª rodada do Brasileirão. A partida acontecerá às 19h30 desta quarta-feira, na Arena Independência.

Foi realizado um trabalho tático, seguido de um dois toques recreativo. O zagueiro Gilberto Silva sofreu uma entorse no joelho direito e está fora do confronto desta quarta-feira.

Atlético-PR

Desde que o técnico Vagner Mancini assumiu o Atlético Paranaense, o atacante Marcelo figura entre os titulares do time. Foi assim nos últimos quatro jogos, contra o Paysandu (confrontos de ida e volta na Copa do Brasil), Corinthians e Portuguesa, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro.

E as foram atuações em jogos difíceis que renderam essa vaga na equipe atleticana, como destacou Mancini após a classificação para as oitavas de fina da Copa do Brasil. "Todo jogador necessita de uma sequência de jogos e o Marcelo está se mostrando o mais efetivo. Ele está aproveitando as chances que está tendo", declarou. 

Fluminense e Cruzeiro se enfrentam no início da noite de hoje pela 10ª Rodada do Brasileirão 2013. A partida acontecerá às 19:30, no estádio do Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

O Fluminense, atual 17º colocado com 9 pontos, vem de derrota fora de casa para o Grêmio. Sem vencer há vários jogos, a equipe carioca espera um resultado positivo na partida de hoje, pois isso poderia tirar a equipe da Zona de Rebaixamento e de quebra ainda espantar a má fase vivida pelo time. Vale lembrar que o jogo de hoje marca a estreia do técnico Luxemburgo no comando da equipe.

Bayern Munich vs Sao Paulo July 31, 2013

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There is no better way to prepare for the season than facing some of the top clubs in the world, and that is exactly what Bayern Munich continue to do this summer.

After facing a number of squads in July, including Barcelona, the Bundesliga club will host the 2013 Audi Cup, a four-team tournament with representatives from four elite leagues.

Manchester City and Milan will compete on one side of the bracket, while Bayern Munich take on Sao Paulo of Brazil.

Every match is certain to be exciting, so make sure you do not miss a minute of the action. Here is a look at the second of the two opening matches between the hosts and the challengers.


Where: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany

When: Wednesday, July 31

Time: 8:30 p.m. (Local time), 6:30 p.m. (GMT), 2:30 p.m. (ET)

Manchester City vs Ac Milan July 31, 2013

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Naturally, the story line that will be beaten to within an inch of its life in advance of Manchester City's upcoming friendly against AC Milan will be the renewal of acquaintances with Mario Balotelli.

The possibilities are more or less infinite.

Will Balotelli score a hat trick and reveal a unique t-shirt message from under his team shirt each time?

Will Balotelli be awarded a penalty, thus setting up a mind game with Joe Hart that fairly impersonates the old "immovable force vs. irresistible object" dilemma?

Will Balotelli get a red card in the opening minutes of the match just to show City how much he still loves them?

With apologies, I will pass on that whole line of inquiry. Mario Balotelli has as much relevance to Manchester City these days as Craig Bellamy does.

To me, the real story is the insanity of playing in Hong Kong on Saturday and in Germany on Wednesday. My body clock gets thrown out of whack if "The Mentalist" is shown an hour late.