Avoiding the Drop

What you missed while your parents were trying to get you to score them some weed…

• John Terry might not have been playing nice with Croatia’s Ivan Klasnic, who claims that Terry punched him in the kidneys.
• CSKA Moscow keeper Igor Akinfeev has revealed that he’d “be interested” in playing for Manchester United; FIFA expected to launch an immediate investigation.
• Rafael Marquez and Andres Iniesta will both return to action for Barcelona against Getafe tomorrow.
• Standard Liege midfielder Axel Witsel’s ban for that MMA tackle on Marcin Wasilewski a few weeks back was reduced to eight games on appeal.
• Brazilian newspapers are mocking the struggles of the Argentinian national team.