Monthly Archives: September 2011

Barcelona and Milan finished in a draw

on September 14, 2011 None comments

Last night, one of the most interesting games from Champions League was the one between Barcelona and AC Milan. It was a meeting of two motivated teams, with high expectations but which ended with a draw, score 2-2.

The game has a blowing start with Pato’s goal in the first minute that shake Camp Nou. Barcelona didn’t settled with this and then Pedro in the 34’ and Villa in the 50’ which put them in the lead. A situation that no one expected and that confirmed once again that a game is over only after the final whistle, Thiago Silva scored in the 90+1 making a draw for Milan.

“We made ​​a good game, we played well, but it cost us as we entered in the field with too much confidence. We need to be grounded and pay attention to details.  Fans have nothing to worry about. This draw leaves a bitter taste, but we’ll sweeten the situation with some victories. I trust my team that we’ll continue to achieve beautiful things! ” said Pep Guardiola, Barcelona’s manager.

Bad news keep on coming for Barcelona, with the injury of Iniesta in the 39’. He has a tear in the femoral biceps of the left foot and could be out for more than a month. The midfielder will be under a deeper investigation to find out exactly extent of injury.

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Barcelona got the best deals

on September 13, 2011 None comments

Summer has passed, the transfers window is closed now. The clubs are in the position of drawing a line in order to see the spending for the new players and to see if they worth the money.

One of the big spenders of this year is Barcelona who managed to end last year with a deficit of 19 million euro.  This year, they continued on the same route, making the most expensive transfers from Europe by bringing Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas.

But still, they are very lucky. Once that Fabregas signed for them, the t-shirt sell and the increase of the ticket price on pre-sale, brought them almost 20 million euro, a huge sum of money even for them. The thing that helps with everything is the perfect shape of Fabregas, a midfielder with a scoring rate equal with the one of an authentic striker.

With a squad like this, Barcelona are again favorites for the Champions League trophy. The next meeting from this competition is tonight, when they will face Italy’s champions, AC Milan. It will be a big game, but they have the right players to make a difference.

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Surprise in Italy

on September 12, 2011 None comments

Last game from Italian Serie A ended with a surprise for everybody. The match in discussion is the one between Palermo and Inter, important because is the first step in the point gathering competition.

The game starts very good for Inter, opening the score in the 32nd minute from a corner and some help from Milito. First period ends with Inter in advantage.

Starting the second period under pressure, Palermo pushes and in the 49th minute Miccoli evens the situation. The game is heating and in the 51 minute Milito scores for Inter from a penalty and in 54th Hernandez for Palermo, taking the score to 2-2.

Micolli and Pinilla in 86’ and 88’ are taking the score to 4 – 2 for Palermo. Trying to reduce the gap, Forlan scores in 90+1 minute, but it was too late.

Palermo: Tzorvas, Pisano, Silvestre, Migliaccio, Balzaretti, Alvarez, Barreto, Della Rocca, Ilicic, Hernandez, Miccoli
Substitutes: Benussi, Mantovani, Cetto, Bertolo, Acquah, Zahavi, Pinilla

Inter: Julio Cesar, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Zanetti, Jonathan, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Nagatomo, Zarate, Milito, Forlan
Substitutes: Orlandoni, Ranocchia, Obi, Alvarez, Sneijder, Castaignos, Pazzini

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Torres in danger

on September 9, 2011 None comments

Hot news are coming from Premier League. Chelsea’s coach, Andre Villas Boas, made ​​a statement that shocked the fans. He wants to get rid of Fernando Torres. El Nino has only two games to prove that he deserves his place in the team, after he was one of the most expensive transfer just a few moths ago.

Villas-Boas said that he would not endanger the success of the team for just one player: “I have no problem in selling players. You must insist, but you cannot put in danger the team goals in order to obtain the things you want. When you compromise the smooth running of a team your place is in danger. I have no favorite striker. I make my decisions after what I see in the training sessions.”

Drogba’s absence from the next two matches gives Torres his chance to regain the trust of Boas in him. Chelsea paid 57 million euro for a striker that managed to score a single goal in 21 matches.

This position could affect player’s ability to concentrate to his game, a fact that could make his departure even more possible. In any case, Torres has no worries because there are a lot of teams that could use his qualities.

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And again Neymar

on September 8, 2011 None comments

Neymar has only 19 years and his plans regarding his career are big. He refused to go to Real this summer, although he was wanted by the Galactics. The offer from Real Madrid for him was around 45million euro, but he preferred to stay at Santos for a little bit longer.

“I feel that is not the right moment to leave, I want to be near my family and friends. I feel honored by Real’s offer, but for now, my family is the most important to me and I want to stay close to them.” said Neymar who recently become dad.

Waiting for the right moment could bring him even more money but with the condition to keep the same shape in game, as there seems that Barcelona is interested in the player.

Put in the instance of choosing between Real and Barcelona Neymar said: “It’s hard to say, you make me choose between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, but I want  to play with both on the same team. I do not know how, but we would make a fantastic team.”

Latest rumors say that signed with Barcelona and will play for them starting with the next season. True or false, only time will tell, but what we know for sure is that he is the key player for Santos in this season.

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