Soccer Sorcery

United celebrate Manchester United goalscorer Michael Owen admitted the Carling Cup fourth round win at Aldershot was all the more important after the "kick in the teeth" dished out by Manchester City on Sunday. United won 3-0 at Aldershot as Dimitar Berbatov and Owen gave them a healthy lead as they looked to regroup following the 6-1 defeat by neighbours City. Their npower League Two hosts had chances of their own, but it was ultimately fruitless as United added a third through Antonio Valencia early in the second half. Asked if there was added pressure following Sunday's result - despite tonight's side featuring a different set of players - Owen told Sky Sports 2: "I suppose so. We were a little bit under pressure with the result at the weekend. "Although no-one here started at the weekend you still have Manchester United's reputation to look after. So whatever side was put out we wanted to bounce back and thankfully we got the win. ...

ON TARGET: Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United bounced back from Sunday's disastrous derby with a comfortable Carling Cup fourth round win over Aldershot. Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring before Michael Owen doubled the advantage just before half time. Antonio Valencia's fine strike after the break sealed the victory. Full report to follow. What is your verdict on the game? Have your say. Tweet

With Real Madrid in fine form and Kaka scoring twice in their last five matches, the Brazilian's career seems to be getting back on track this season after being plagued by injuries. So Kaka has once again decided to take his typically high spirits to a local school and answer the students' questions. The following is a transcript of that session. Kaka: Children! It is so nice to be here with all of you today. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me, so I will promise you right now that I will stay until I answer every last one! Now who has the first question? Timmy: Hi, Kaka. My name is Timmy and I'm eight. My question is: How much fun is it to play for Real Madrid? Kaka: That's a great question, Timmy! It's a lot of fun. We are one of the best teams in the world and we get to travel all over the globe to play matches. It's a blessing. Thank you for your question, Timmy. Who has the next one? Diana: Hi, Kaka. My name is Diana and I like candy. Why d...

Footballers have been abusing advertising boards for years -- smashing into them at full speed with reckless abandon and causing irreparable damage. Well, now the advertising boards are fighting back. During Saturday's match between Palmeiras and Figueirense, the home side's goal-scorer, Ricardo Bueno got a little to close to one board past the endline. So, it tried to eat his boot. He had trouble getting away from its clutches, but he finally did with a little help from a members of the media. This was really just a warning, though. Next time, the advertising boards won't be so nice.

Aldershot fans queued around the EBB Stadium to secure their tickets for tonight's match against Manchester United Listen to the thoughts of Aldershot News & Mail sports editor, Charlie Oliver, his predecessor and soon-to-be-successor, Jon Couch, and Steve Gibbs, a well-known Aldershot Town fan and media man who has worked for Shotsweb , the club itself and also BBC Surrey as the radio station's expert Shots summariser. http://www.kyte.tv/f/ 10 s 1518760 never true Tweet

Neymar was shown a yellow for dissent and then sent off for sarcastically applauding the referee's decision, reducing Santos to nine men in the 84th minute of their 2-1 loss to Atletico MG on Thursday night. It was a silly thing to do and reminds us that even though he's one of the most coveted players in the world and already has a kid , he's still got some maturing to do. And back in the dressing room, he drove that point home by doing an impression of his son. Said Santos manager Muricy Ramalho after the game (via Sambafoot ): "The player is angry.But he has to get used to it. He even cried in the locker room.You have to get used to and know that you will be a target. "He acknowledges his mistake and apologizes. Neymaris a humble player, but he isstill learning." So much pressure on such a young kid. It really is a shame. Still, you have to think that things would be going a lot better for him if he didn't have that haircut.

A smooth bit of skill in the box and a shot perfectly pinned to the top corner by Clint Dempsey gave the U.S. a 1-0 win in their rain-soaked friendly against Honduras. It took a few matches, but Juergen Klinsmann finally got his first victory for the U.S. even though it should've been by a wider margin. Both sides had a large number of close calls thanks in part to a good performance from Tim Howard, Brek Shea slipping as he attempted to shoot on an open net from only a few feet out (3:00 into the video) and Oguchi Onyewu somehow putting a rebound over the bar from just as close (3:40). Dempsey also had a headed goal questionably disallowed (4:15) before the final whistle. Despite all that, the goal Dempsey was credited for was enough for the overdue win and definitely worthy of the imaginary beverage he opened with his boot and chugged down in his celebration.