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The Shakhtar Donetsk striker Alex Teixeira has said that he has the ambition of playing for the Italian club Juventus. The striker has been at the Ukrainian club for the last two seasons now.

He signed a four-year contract when he initially joined them in 2010. He has only two seasons left on his current deal, and he has been linked with a move elsewhere. Shakhtar Donetsk recently qualified for the last 16 stage of the Champions League ahead of the holders of the competition Chelsea by finishing in the second place in the group. Alex Teixeira was one of the impressive performers for the club.

One of the main reasons for Shakhtar Donetsk being able to play in the knockout stages of the European competition is the home form. They managed to beat the European champions Chelsea 2-1 at their home, which proved to be crucial in the final stage. Teixeira has said that it is extremely vital that the team manages to maintain a similar kind of performance. The player has also said that his personal best team in the match against Juventus when they were playing away from home. The need for a striker at the Italian club is well known. It is expected that they will be making a bid for the striker shortly.

“I want to respect my four-year contract with Shakhtar. Then, once I’ve done that, I have a dream of playing for Juventus or in the Spanish League. I will try my best to make that happen over the next few years. I think my best performance in the Champions League this season was against Juventus in Turin. And even though they beat us at home, we are still going into the next round with a lot of confidence,” said the striker.

The former Arsenal striker Eduardo has said that Shakhtar Donetsk will not be taking their Champions League group stage opponents Nordsjaelland lightly. The Ukrainian club will be coming up against the Danish club with a real opportunity to progress to the next stage of the competition.

It is one of the toughest competitions in the world, but the good start made by the club in the first few matches mean that they sit top of the table ahead of both Chelsea and Juventus. Irrespective of the result achieved by the two favourites, Shakhtar Donetsk will be able to qualify for the last 16 stage of the Champions League if they win the remaining matches.

The 29-year-old striker Eduardo, who has become one of the key components of the team, has said that they should not underestimate their opponents in this match. He has said that all the matches in the Champions League are extremely tough. While they take on the Danish club, Shakhtar will also be able to learn about the result in the other group match – Juventus vs Chelsea. A draw would be extremely ideal for the Ukrainian team because it would help them open an advantage at the top of the table.

“We watched some of the Nordsjælland games, and they played well in Copenhagen against Chelsea. Although the Blues eventually won 4-0, the Danes put on a very organized display. Chelsea were leading by a narrow margin till the closing stages of the game before scoring the rest of the goals. So we are expecting a difficult match, but we want to advance to the next round, so we need to win. Nordsjælland can possess the ball keep the ball well,” said Eduardo ahead of the match. Shakhtar recently had a win over European champions Chelsea in the group stages.

Eduardo Da Silva’s club, Shakhtar Donetsk, has defeated FC Nordsjaelland in its opening match of the Champions League at Donbass Arena on Wednesday. Donetsk won that match easily by 2-0.

The match was played at the home ground of Donetsk and a large number of home supporters were present there in the stadium to watch the match. The Donetsk team scored one goal in each half. The FCN players never looked like scoring a goal. They looked nervous and gave too many opportunities to the Donetsk team.

The Armenian midfielder, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, was the hero of Donetsk’s victory. He was the player who found the net on both the occasions for his team. He took his team ahead in the match by scoring his first goal in the 44th minute. Luiz Adriano did all the hard work and he gave Mkhitaryan a perfect pass inside the penalty box.

Mkhitaryan took the advantage of the opportunity and sent the ball into the bottom corner of the net from a distance of 8 yards. It was a superb goal. That was the only goal to be scored in the first half.

The Donetsk players looked even more aggressive in the second half. The team kept on attacking and succeeded in getting ahead by 2-0 in the 76th minute when Mkhitaryan scored his second goal in the match. Though Mkhitaryan’s shot was blocked by Jesper Hansen, the FCN goalkeeper, but, the Armenian was quick to pounce on the rebound and beat Hansen on the second attempt. That was the final nail in the coffin. The FCN team didn’t manage to find the net in the remaining 14 minutes and got defeated in the match.

The manager of Shakhtar Donetsk, Mircea Lucescu, would have been happy with the effort of his boys in the match. Shakhtar Donetsk will play its next Champions League match against Juventus on 2nd of October at the Juventus stadium.

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The English Club Fulham is looking to sign the Croatian striker Eduardo Da Silva. The regular striker of Fulham, Clint Dempsey, has told the team management clearly that he doesn’t want to play for the club any more.

So, Fulham is looking for a player who can replace Dempsey in the side and Eduardo is said to be the first choice of Martin Jol, the manager of Fulham. A chance to play in the Premier League again could prompt Eduardo to sign for Fulham. Eduardo has played in the Premier League before when he was a member of the arsenal side. But, during his 3 year tenure at Arsenal, he didn’t get enough opportunities to show his class on the field.

In July 2010, the manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, decided to sell Eduardo to the Ukrainian club, Shakhtar Donetsk, on a transfer fee of 6 million Pounds. Eduardo played his first match for Shakhtar in August 2010 against PFC Sevastopol and he netted in his very first match for the club. Eduardo performed brilliantly for Shakhtar in the 2010-11 season and scored 19 goals. Eduardo’s performance was up to the mark in the last season as well. Eduardo’s decent performances for Shakhtar in the last couple of seasons might have prompted Martin Jol to approach the Croatian striker. However, Eduardo himself hasn’t yet given any statement about his transfer to Fulham.

Meanwhile, Fulham didn’t miss Clint Dempsey at all in its opening match of the season against Norwich City. Fulham thrashed Norwich by 5-0 and started the new season with a bang. After the match, Martin Jol told the reporters that he is desperate to sign a new striker. He doesn’t have too much time as the transfer will get closed pretty soon, but, he is hopeful of finding a quality striker before the closure of the transfer window.

Former Arsenal striker Eduardo has said that he would be interested in returning to the Premier league if he was offered the opportunity.

The Croatian striker brought an end to his Premier league spell after moving to Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk a few seasons ago.

However, the striker has recently admitted that the lure of the Premier league is extremely hard to resist and would be willing to give another shot at the top division of English football if he is presented with a new challenge. Eduardo impressed during his initial spell at Arsenal, but ever since suffering the leg break has never been the same player again.

The injury suffered in 2007 almost effectively brought an end to his Premier league career. He has been flourishing in Ukraine with Shakhtar Donetsk, which has led to rumours that Premier league club may look at him after his newfound confidence.

The 29-year-old, though, is not expected to have a number of years of top-level football left in him. Eduardo has revealed that he still has two seasons left on his current contract with the Ukrainian club. He has also said that he would be extremely happy to extend his stay with Shakhtar Donetsk.

“At the moment I still have two years left of my contract with Shakhtar Donetsk and from all I hear from the club they are really happy with me, which is very important. But you never know. If a club back in England is interested, and I get a good offer then, well you never know. It would nice to be back one day. Now, thankfully, that is all behind me. Ever since I joined Shakhtar I have been okay. I only had one injury problem but it was not a big thing,” said Eduardo.

Former Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva has been included in the Croatia squad that will take part in the Euro 2012 by manager Slaven Bilic.

The former West Ham and Everton defender also announced the while naming the squad that it would be his final tournament in charge of Croatia. He has been a revelation since taking over Croatia more than six years ago and he guided them to the Euro 2008 at the expense of England. Blessed with a number of high profile players like Eduardo da Silva and Luka Modric, Croatia have performed extremely well at the major tournaments in recent seasons.

However, the former West Ham defender has announced that he wants to go into club management after the Euro 2012. The Euro 2012 will be taking place in Poland and Ukraine this summer. Croatia are in a group containing former world champions in the form of Spain and Italy.

Hence, they are certainly not the favourites to get out of the group stages, but that has not prevented Slaven Bilic from having his utmost belief in the squad. He has demonstrated that contains a lot of experience and technical abilities. There is every chance that Croatia could turn out to be the dark horses of the tournament.

“This will be my last championship in charge. I’ve given my best and I thank you all, but the hardest job is still ahead of me. I wish my successor all the happiness in the world and hope to leave him some continuity,” said Slaven Bilic after announcing the 23 man squad for the Euro 2012. Former Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva, who is currently at Shakhtar Donetsk, has been included in the squad alongside the likes of Luka Modric. Croatia’s first match will be against Republic of Ireland.

Despite finishing bottom of the group, Shakhtar Donetsk managed to beat APOEL in their final group game, thus ensuring that the Champions League new boys APOEL do not finish top of the group.

APOEL had a real chance of finishing top of the group, which would have been extremely surprising given that they had entered into the Champions League only a few seasons ago. However, Shakhtar Donetsk proved that they do have a lot of quality within their squad – despite not qualifying for the next stages of the Champions League.

Shakhtar Donetsk were extremely brilliant in the match and played a brand of champagne football, which we have not seen from the Ukrainians so far in the competition. However, it comes a little bit too late given that they have already went out of the Champions League. They finish bottom of the group just below FC Porto, but this victory would have given them enough confidence to dominate their domestic campaign. Despite being the home team, APOEL rarely saw the ball and would have been extremely disappointed with the way they were unable to finish top of the group. This would have ensured that they would be avoiding the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona, but as it is, they would be happy just to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.

Luis Adriano scored the goal for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 62nd minute and they soon doubled their lead through the substitute Yevgen Seleznov. Former Arsenal striker Eduardo came on as a substitute, but was unable to get into the party by scoring. Yevgen Seleznov’s goal late on in the match looked to have sealed the things for Shakhtar Donetsk, and it indeed was true, as APOEL failed to create any clear-cut chances following the goal.