by David on January 24, 2012
According to media reports in Spain, Jose Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this summer.
For the first time Mourinho was booed and whistled at by the Bernabeu faithful as rumors continue to swirl around the team of divisions within the squad.
The sensational claim that Mourinho will quit came from highly-respected Spanish football journalist Siro Lopez, who said after Real Madrid‘s 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend that the former Chelsea boss will walk away from his £11.5 million-a-year job at the end of the season. Read more... (412 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)
by David on January 9, 2012
Lionel Messi has been named by FIFA as the best player of 2011 for the third straight year. Messi equals Platini, Cruyff and Van Basten, the only players to ever win three Ballon d’Or titles.
Messi took almost 48% of the vote, with Ronaldo second with less than 22% and Xavi was a distant third with just over 9%.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and Xavi both paid tribute to Messi.
Ferguson said Messi could now be judged alongside the greats of world football through the ages, even though he is still only 24. Read more... (199 words, 1 image, estimated 48 secs reading time)
by David on January 9, 2012
The legend of Pep Guardiola continues as he was named the best manager of 2011, ahead of José Mourinho (Real Madrid), last year’s winner, and Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).
Guardiola, who was recently named the world’s best manager by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), picks up yet another acknowledgement to his brilliant career. Guardiola has already won 13 out 16 possible titles with FC Barcelona, 5 of which were won in 2011. Read more... (191 words, 1 image, estimated 46 secs reading time)
Despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s impressive form which is seeing him lead the top scorer’s list in the Spanish La Liga, it is looking very likely that Messi will win the FIFA Ballon d’Or for a 3rd consecutive year when the gala takes places on Monday.
Ronaldo’s muted celebrations against Granada yesterday are fueling a lot of rumours that the Portuguese star could be on the verge of a break down especially with the constant comparisons to Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Read more... (370 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
by David on December 27, 2011
Santos are expecting a tough battle for their teen sensation Neymar when he prepare to leaves the club in 2014. The Campeonato Paulista player of the year 2011 has consistently been linked with a move to Spain with Barcelona now emerging as his most probable destination.
In fact, reports doing the rounds suggest that the Catalan giants had already struck a preliminary agreement worth 10 million Euros to sign the star earlier than 2014.
The rumours have been fueled by Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro’s close friendship with Barcelona President Sandro Rosell. Santos President Ribeiro went further to say that his friendship will Rosell would not give Barcelona any advantage. Read more... (422 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)
Yesterday’s 4-0 thrashing of Santos was a result not many people were expecting, especially after their amazing semi final victory over Kashiwa Reysol. Many including myself were expecting Santos to put up a stiff fight if not go all the way.
However, once again Lionel Messi was the hero for the Catalans as he scored a brace to see the European champions add yet another trophy to their cabinet. Messi went on to pick up the Adidas Golden Ball as well as the Toyota award for being the best player in the tournament. Read more... (351 words, 1 image, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)
The stage is set for what will be an amazing showdown between two of the most talked about players in the game today. In the next couple of hours, Neymar’s Santos and Messi’s Barcelona will fight it out for the honour of being called the best club in the world.
What i am going to say next might be hard to take for a few, however, it is a fact. First, both players and clubs are talented and whoever emerges the winner, will have won by right. Read more... (421 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)
With Rivals Barcelona out in Japan taking part in the FIFA World Club Cup, Real Madrid took the opportunity last night to extend their lead a top the La Liga standings with an emphatic 6-2 win over Sevilla.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to take his tally for the season to 20 goals with Messi 3 goals behind him. Speaking after the match, an elated Mourinho said that a win was necessary for the club as he did not like sharing top spot.
“I expected a win and become the leader alone,” Mourinho said. Read more... (329 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)
by David on December 17, 2011
Real Madrid will go into the Spanish winter break with a three-point advantage over Barcelona after a 6-2 win at Sevilla.
With Barça away in Japan playing in the FIFA Club World Cup duty, José Mourinho’s side took full advantage and went in front through Cristiano Ronaldo. José Callejón doubled the lead on 37 minutes, with Ronaldo’s spectacular strike making it 3-0.
Real Madrid played the whole of thee second half with 10-men after Pepe was sent off a minute before half-time. But having the extra man did not help Sevilla one bit as Real Madrid continued to run riot. Read more... (243 words, 1 image, estimated 58 secs reading time)
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