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The neverendless war between Barca and Real

on August 26, 2011 None comments

A war that is since forever between Barcelona and Real Madrid won’t reach ever to an end. The situation is even hotter now after two events that got a plus for the Catalans. One is the award received by Barca’s best player, Lionel Messi and the other is tonight game with FC Porto in European Super Cup.

Barcelona and Real have the same number of awards won so far: 73. If Barca will win tonight, Guardiola’s team will overtake Real Madrid in the trophy gathering challenge. With a win on the Camp Nou tonight, Barcelona will reach the third trophy of the season after their Spanish Super Cup already won and the Gamper Trophy.

To add a cherry on top, Messi has been named the best player in Europe last season, over his team-mate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi received the award at Monte Carlo, where the draw for the Champions League groups took place. He was named the best player in Europe with 53 European sports journalists and was awarded by the UEFA president, Michel Platini.

Platini added gas on the fire with his declaration: “Messi is better protected by referees than were Pele, Cruyff, Maradona or Zidane and is good that this happens”.

All that remains is to watch the tonight game and see if Barcelona will write history in its battle against their old time rivals Real Madrid.

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Murinho with mind on resignation

on August 24, 2011 None comments

This week, the words regarding the scandal about gesture and reactions from the last game between Real Madrid and Barcelona kept flowing. The one most affected about everything seems to be Jose Murinho, Real’s manager.

Bothered that he was no support by Real in the war with Barcelona, ​​the Portuguese manager wanted to announce his resignation. Its spokesman and the club removed rumor.

Murinho is feeling alone against all in an ugly war waged on all fronts with rivals Barcelona. The storm struck the after the scandal from the final leg of Spanish Super Cup and, especially, after the club’s position in the whole thing got in the Portuguese manager mind the idea of leaving the Spanish club.

“Jose doesn’t feel supported by his bosses and got in mind the idea of leaving. He intends to announce a press conference to make his resignation public.“ is a statement by Eladio Parames, Mourinho’s spokesman.

But Murinho shows once again that he is a real player. Hours after, the same spokesman came in front and denied his first words saying that it weren’t actually Murinho’s words. So, Real still has one of the best coach on it’s bench.

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Kaka, lost on Real’s bench

on August 23, 2011 None comments

Time flies and stars lose their ability to shine. A star of Real Madrid is passing through the darkest period of his career. Nobody wants him on the team, but management refuses to sell it. I am talking here about an exquisite player, another Brazilian product, Kaka.

Kaka played just a third of the minutes played of Real Madrid this summer, and Mourinho has left to understand that he does not need him this season. Spanish media writes about him being “is a reserve for the reserves”, a former Golden Ball player that entered in a black hole of his career, a deep one from he is struggle to get out.

Injuries often kept him away from the field, and now he is no longer an option for the first team. But the Brazilian nightmare doesn’t stop here. Mourinho says he is free to leave, but management refuses to let him go. Real’s president names him as the second most important name from his new mandate and that Kaka is still bringing profit for Real in the marketing domain.

Meanwhile, Milan are trying to persuade the Spanish to let him return back to Italy, where he had the best performance of his career.

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Anzhi takes all

on August 22, 2011 None comments

Russia is a big country famous for vodka, KGB and other things. But now, they are coming strong from behind in the football domain trough a team that started to buy all the stars from the top teams in Europe.

For the moment, Anzhi’s next target is Dani Alves, the Brazilian defender from Barcelona, for who is willing to pay between 35 and 40 million euros. Russians try to attract Guardiola’s player with a salary of 15 million per year, 5 less than actually they are giving Eto’o.

Suleiman Kerimov, the sponsor of Anzhi, ranks in the top 118 richest people in the world. At Anzhi also plays Roberto Carlos, Yuriy Zhirkov and they recently signed with Inter’s striker, Samuel Eto’o which is the the highest paid player in the world with a salary of 20 million euros per year!

The only inconvenient in Dani Alves case is that he has a contract with Barca until 2015 and has a termination clause of 150 million euros, which decreases with 25 million euros from season to season.

If they will pay so Alves could play for them, they could be an important opponent for a lot of teams. Though, Barcelona is an important team and Alves is a key player in their game so a move it’s almost impossible.

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Eto’o sign with Anji Makhachkal

on August 21, 2011 None comments

It’s official now! Cameroon federation announced yesterday that Samuel Eto’o has signed with Anji Makhachkal. Former Inter striker signed a three-year contract with Russia to Anji.

“Eto’o has signed! There is no doubt” said an official of the Federation of Cameroon, who wished to keep his name anonymous. The National radio in Cameroon came with some more infos, adding also a three-year contract signed by Eto’o, who would receive an annual salary of about 20 million.

On the other hand, the Italian mass media writes that Inter officials told the Russians that they won’t accept an amount less than 29 million euros for the transfer of Eto’o, while those from Anji Makhachkala gave only 24 million.

Samuel Eto’o is the best scorer of Inter Milan with 41 goals in season 2010-2011. He is a complete player, with his lessons learned after passing trough some majors clubs in Europe. His peak point was when he played for Barcelona, being well sustained by his teammate, Ronaldinho. Now, he is doing an important move for his career. Is it the right one or not? Too late! We just have to see how he’ll fit in in the Russian team.

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