Category Archives: Primera Division

Neymar goes with Real

on July 11, 2011 None comments

After a big delay, they finally got to a happy ending: Neymar will play for Real. With the agreement of the player in the pocket everything is set for the Spanish club. The only uncertainty is the striker’s arrival that could be this week or in January.

Chelsea, Barcelona and Manchester City can cut Neymar out of their shopping list. The Brazilian player is in Real’s hands. President Florentino Perez has eliminated Saturday night the last barrier of the transfer after he obtained approval from his counterpart from Santos, Alvaro de Oliveira.

The contract stipulates that Real Madrid t-shirt wil be worn by Neymar for six seasons and will earn 5 million euros net per season.

The only question remaining is the time when the Brazilian player will be able to train under Jose Mourinho’s wand. Ribeiro revealed that the player wants very much to play for Santos athe World Club competition, scheduled between 8 and 18 December. If Real will agree with that terms, the Brazilian player will be seen in the Primera Division most likely starting in January 2012.

The sum paid for him will be around 45 million. Is it worth it? Will he make a difference? Time will tell.

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Zidane, 3rd in Real’s Board

on July 8, 2011 None comments

Arrived at Real in as an official person, Zidane was acting as advisor to the club president.
After Mourinho cut Valdano from the position of General Manager, the post remained vacant and now will be occupied by Zidane.

Zinedine Zidane impressed Mourinho, who asked the president Florentino Perez to invest it in new position. The Frenchman will be the third person as important club after the president and coach.

The Frenchman talked about his new post in the club, “Mourinho has influenced this decision, but it was the president desire toot. We will see what will be, I will begin work Monday.”

Zidane’s winning move seems to have been his involvement in bringing to the club Varane Raphael, the young hope of French football, a defender of just 18.

At club level Zidane won the La Liga and the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, two Serie A league championships with Juventus, an Intercontinental Cup, and a UEFA Super Cup each with both aforementioned sides. He is, alongside Brazilian striker Ronaldo, the only three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner.

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Barca’s first move!

on July 6, 2011 None comments

As the start of a new season is just ahead, Barcelona made the first transfer of this summer. They purchased from Hercules a 20 years old player, Femenia Kiko. He will play in the second team of Barca, under close attention from Josep Guardiola.

Francisco ‘Kiko’ Femenía Far is a right side defender and Barcelona paid for him two million euros. The player is a product of Hercules team and he had his debut in the first team on June 15, 2008, at just 17 years, in the Segunda Division match, against Cadiz, 1-1.

Kiko Femenía started in Primera Division at the age of 19, in a Hercules T-shirt. He had a strong start in the first game when he entered In the field in the 60 min. He lost three consecutive balls and his morale was affected.

Little by little, Kiko seemed to regain confidence in himself and the fans were also with the player. He gave some samples of his talent and had managed to overcome the blockage, but it wasn’t enough for his team. Hercules was defeated 1-0by Athletic Bilbao.

This is the first move for Barca. Who will be next?

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Barcelona vs Espanyol, the Catalan derby

on May 9, 2011 None comments

With no worries left after they’ve booked their ticket to Wembley, the leader of Primera Division turned his attention to the league setting on Camp Nou a local battle against their old time rivals RCD Espanyol.

In order to secure their title as soon as possible, Pep Guardiola sent out his strongest, and fittest, line-up.

The 29 minute was the minute when Barcelona took the lead, thanks to some wonderful footwork by Andres Iniesta. After playing a one-two with Fontas, he ran forward slid a shot into the bottom left corner of the net.
Starting the second half, and with less than two minutes gone, FC Barcelona scored their second goal of the evening. Xavi made his way in a corner, and Pique battled hard with the defenders and sent a downward header that overtook Espanyol’s goalkeeper.

Espanyol struggled to keep up with Guardiola’s soldiers but with no chance to succeed.

Since the beginning of the season, no team has managed to score a goal against FC Barcelona in the first 15 minutes and has not lost their last 27 official home games in all competitions.

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Real without Murinho?

on May 4, 2011 None comments

Being criticized for his defensive tactics, Jose Mourinho could be replaced by Real after he missed the Champions League final.

Former national team coach of Chile, Marcelo Bielsa, is one of the candidates to replace Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid! Real bosses are thinking seriously to get rid of Mourinho after the elimination from the Champions League and loss the title in Spain.

After the last El Clasico, Real’s bosses are not the only upsets. Cristiano Ronaldo opened his mouth after a lot of fury accumulated: “Macherano was not like that when playing at Liverpool, did not know was fake. Perhaps he learned this trick in Barcelona. annulled the goal that we have had nothing irregular in it. Too bad, because the game could be quite different if his point Higuain should be counted “.
“Those who know football know that Barcelona is a team protected. You have to live with this injustice. What happens is not good for football!”

But the result was possible only with a great effort. Barcelona ran 103,d kilometers in 90 minutes after UEFA statistics, that’s 69 km an hour. Real Madrid ran about a kilometer less than Barcelona, with 102.23 km.

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