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The Barcelona star is two goals short of the 34-goals record Diego Maradona scored for the Argentina national team
World champions Spain were held by lowly Finland but there were wins for England, Germany, France and Netherlands as Europe's top teams returned to the task of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals on Friday
Germany eased past lowly Kazakhstan 3-0 on Friday without deploying any strikers for the first time in a competitive match under coach Joachim Loew as they stayed top of their World Cup qualifying Group C
Portugal came back from two goals down to snatch a 3-3 draw in stoppage time against Israel in their World Cup qualifying group F match on Friday
We are ready to host the World Cup in summer or winter, Qatar 2022 supreme committee announce
Mario Gomez will be out of Germany's World Cup qualifier on Friday because of a thigh muscle injury
Afghanistan's fledgling soccer league started out with a reality show, has turned into one soccer's unlikeliest success stories and is now considered a model for football development elsewhere
I tell Neymar that when he is with the national team, he will be less exposed than he is with this club where he has to deal with a number of commitments and situations off the field, says Brazil coach
Spain's Alba will miss France trip because of a hamstring injury, the European champions announce on Saturday  
Stephan El Shaarawy is relishing his partnership with Mario Balotelli and believes they can lead the attack for Italy and AC Milan for many years to come

Luiz Felipe Scolari returns to Stamford Bridge, where he spent seven months as Chelsea coach, on Monday hoping it will be third time lucky for his evolving Brazil team when they face Russia in a friendly

We completely dominated for 90 minutes but we didn't have luck in the final third, says Del Bosque

Bender didn't appear against Kazakhstan on Friday as he was suffering from flu symptoms

The Real Madrid striker had not played 90 minutes for a long time


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