Weekend round-up....

....and quite a shocking story from Peru to begin with! Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres was a team formed in 2004, normally they would have to start in the lowest tier but because of their strong financial backing were able to buy Club Sport Coopsol's licence to play in the Peruvian top flight. Between 2007 and 2010 San Martin have won 3 league titles so one could think they must have been doing well both on and off the pitch. Quite on the contrary, citing financial difficulties the team was dissolved just over a week ago! San Martin is a perfect example of the malaise Peruvian football has recently found itself in which resulted in almost all teams fielding junior players in the first game of the new championship - this, in turn, was due to the fact senior players have gone on strike as their wages have not been paid for months...


'Get me out of here!' San Martin's Martin Arzuaga.



Now, onto the Sunday fixtures:

Cardiff v Liverpool 1:3 [if Liverpool are so joyful after beating the 6th side in the Championship on penalties to win a not-so-much respected trophy and Dirk Kuyt is eager to exclaim that this sort of stuff is exactly the reason he's moved to Anfield then I fear for King Kenny's side even more than I have before...]
 
Arsenal v Tottenham 2 to score 2 goals or more ['Harry for England' suddenly doesn't look half as exciting as it did before the game]
 
Norwich v Manchester United 2 [WHAT a way to mark your 900th appearance for one of the greatest clubs in the world. Ryan Giggs, I salute you].
 
Stoke City v Swansea under 2,5 goals
Cagliari v Lecce 1
Napoli v Inter 1 [Inter - 7 defeats in the last 8 games and no goals scored in February. Quite a stat, they just keep beating records week in week out at the moment!]
 
Villareal v Athletic Bilbao both teams to score
Rayo Vallecano over 4,5 goals
Real Sociedad v Mallorca 1
Valencia v Sevilla 1 at halftime and fulltime
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona over 1,5 goals in the 1st half
Bayern Munich v Schalke X
Borussia Dortmund v Hannover 1 at halftime and fulltime
Śląsk Wrocław v Legia Warszawa X at halftime 1 at fulltime
Wisła Kraków v Korona Kielce 1
Excelsior Rotterdam v Ajax Amsterdam 2 at halftime
PSV Eindhoven v Feyenoord Rotterdam over 2,5 goals
AZ Alkmaar v SC Heerenveen both teams to score
Racing Genk v Club Brugge over 1,5 goals
Sporting Lisbon v Rio Ave 1
FC Porto v Feirense Marc Janko to score at any time

12/21 on Sunday, decent...however I could do with less surprises next time!

International friendlies coming tomorrow so stay tuned.