It's called Derby D' Italia, and this historic football rivalry features top Italian Serie A clubs Juventus and Inter Milan. Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan are currently leading the Italian Serie A standings with 24 points while Juventus is close behind in 4th spot with 20 points.

However, these point standings don't matter when Juventus and Inter Milan clash this Sunday, November 4. What matters is pride as the fans of these two clubs are known to be very fanatic about the Derby D' Italia, and the winner of this famous rivalry will win great confidence and momentum, which eventually can lead to more wins in the upcoming matches.

Of course, there is also the history behind the InterMilan-Juventus rivalry. When Juventus was relegated to the Italian Serie B due to a match-fixing scandal for the 2006-07 season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Patrick Vieira left Juventus for Inter Milan. With Juventus back in the Italian Serie A, it will be interesting to see how the Juventus fans welcome Ibrahimovic and Vieira on the Juventus home pitch at the Stadi Olimpico in Turin, Italy.

Roberto Mancini, the head coach of Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan will be looking to the likes of team captain Javier Zanetti, Julio Cruz, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Esteban Cambiasso, Luis Figo and Hernan Crespo. Former Juventus player Patrick Vieira won't be on the line-up for Inter Milan due to injuries. So, perhaps, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be bearing most of the boos from the Juventus fans.

Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri will be looking to his key players like Alessandro Del Piero, Pavel Nedved, Cardoso Tiago, Mauro Camoranesi and Italian Serie A top goal-scorer David Trezeguet, who already has 10 goals this season.

Apart from having the home pitch advantage at Turin, Juventus may also have the advantage of a better goalkeeper. Ginalugi Buffon, the FIFPro's Goalkeeper of the Year, will be in goal for Juventus. Meanwhile, Inter Milan will have to rely on 3rd choice keeper Paolo Orlandoni since Inter Milan's other keepers are out on injuries. Inter's Julio Cesar has a back problem and Francesco Toldo has a broken metatarsal.

Inter Milan will have to keep its composure in front of a hostile Juventus crowd in the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy, especially for the Derby D' Italia. While they may look like a more reputable team based on its super-star line-up, it looks like Juventus have the nothing-to-lose mentaltiy that just might bring them the glory.

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Just last month, the France national football team was looking dismal at third place of Group B in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stages. With only the top two teams of Group B qualifying for the Euro 2008 Finals, it looked like France needed to produce some amazing football in order to keep in contention with Scotland and Italy, who were leading Group B at that time. A recent 6-0 away win against the Faroe Islands restored some confidence for France, and France was looking to carry over that momentum going into a tough match against Lithuania at La Beaujoire in Nantes, France.

The match had a shaky start for both Lithuania and France. France saw a lot more attempts at the goal of Lithuania during the first half through the efforts of Florent Malouda, Karim Benzema, Franck Ribery, William Gallas and Thierry Henry, but they weren't to capitalize on their effortsto get past Lithuania keeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas. The closest France could get were hits at the crossbar care of Florent Malouda of English Premiership club Chelsea and Karim Benzema of French Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais.

Lithuania almost came close to breaking the deadlock when Lithuania's Audrius Ksanavicius was able to avoide the French defenders and curled a kick that beat France's goalkeeper Mickael Landreau, but went off the post.

The deadlock was broken until the 80th minute when France's Ben Arfa supplied a left-wing cross that was deflected and landed into the path of Thierry Henry, who made no mistake on pouncing at the ball from close range to beat Lithuania keeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas, and give France a much-deserved 1-0 advantage. The French fans went delirious as Thierry Henry's goal gives him a record total of 42 goals for France, surpassing the French record held by French football great Michel Platini, who is also the current UEFA President.

The French fans weren't even done with their celebrations when France was able to steal the ball from the Lithuania and launch a quick counter attack. French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan played a perfectly timed through-ball that Thierry Henry was able to race to beating out the Lithuanian defenders and side-footing it just past the reach of Lithuania keeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas to give France a 2-0 advantage.

When the final whistle blew, the French fans were in a party mode with France collecting the 3 points to overtake Italy in Group B. France has now a total of 25 points and are at the top of Group B. Scotland failed to collect any points after suffering a major upset in their 2-0 defeat against Georgia, and remain with 24 points to hold the second spot in Group B. Group B's Italy did not have a Euro 2008 qualifier that day, and their point standing remains unchanged at 23 points.

A crucial match for Group B takes place on November 11, 2007 when Italy visits Scotland. Italy won against Scotland 2-0 earlier this March 2007, but Italy are entering the Scottish territory, and Scotland has won 4 of 5 home matches with their only loss being a 1-0 home defeat against France back in October 2006. The November 11 Euro 2008 qualifier between Italy and Scotland will be the last group stage qualifier for Scotland, and it will also be their last chance to earn the points to be among the top 2 in Group B, and advance to the Euro 2008 Finals. A win by Italy means Scotland will not be advancing to the UEFA Euro 2008 Finals. A win by Scotland means that Italy will have to win against the Faroe Islands on November 21, and hope that France will not win in their last Euro 2008 qualifier match against Ukraine on November 21, 2007.

Defintely, everything is crucial now in Group B for France, Scotland and Italy next November 2007 in the final stages of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.