UEFA Champions League Final!

on May 28, 2011 None comments

And the moment awaited by every one of us is here. The UEFA Champions League final is just a few hours ahead. Emotions are the main thing upon both camps. Supporters tremble to find who, or maybe better said, which is the best team in Europe, but better said, in the world.

Both teams stand with great chances, considering a round ball and a gather of the top players in each team. Barcelona comes after an awesome parcour during the stages with awesome winnings but Manchester United is no down like them. Two teams with different football styles will meet in the British capital.

In 1968, Manchester United became the first England team that won the Champions Cup after the game with Eusebio’s Benfica, won with 4-1, the final played at Wembley.

Barca won the Champions Cup for the first time at the famous stadium in England. It happened on May 20, 1992 after a match against Sampdoria.

Ready to guess?

If football is in the mood for a story, then the trophy is entitled to be earned by Manchester United. But if statistics will have the last word, the English will have an impossible task ahead of Messi and Iniesta.

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Cristiano Ronaldo

on May 28, 2011 None comments

Let’s talk about a player, one of the wonder players in the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo‘s treble against Getafe was his fourth hat-trick of the season and his fifth since joining Real Madrid. The forward, who also has seven braces to his name this year, has 13 multi-goal performances in the 26 matches he has scored in. What’s more, he is the first player in the history of La Liga to score three or more goals six times in one season. Romario and Langara shared the record of five.

Ronaldo has played in 52 matches this year (32 in La Liga, 12 in UCL and 8 in Copa) and scored in 26 of them, for an average of one goal every two matches. But CR7 doesn’t settle once he has found the back of the net. Quite the opposite in fact. Thirteen of the 26 matches he has scored in have been multi-goal performances.

Real Madrid’s forward is sitting on 49 goals this season and 82 since arriving in the Spanish capital in the summer of 2009. Twenty-two times over the last two seasons, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than one goal in a match (15 braces, 5 hat-tricks and two four-plus goal performances). He has scored in an astounding 49 of the 87 matches (56.3%) played for Real Madrid.

With 235 total goals as a professional footballer, Ronaldo is on the verge of earning his second Golden Boot, his first Pichichi trophy (top scorer in La Liga) and equalling or breaking the 38-goal record for goals in a season set by Zarra and Hugo Sanchez..

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Manchester United, team for the final

on May 26, 2011 None comments

The Red Devils manager will start the game from the Wembley Stadium with the same winning formula with Schalke in the semifinals round. Giggs will not miss, despite the sex scandal involving the English player.

Sir Alex Ferguson has no doubt. He bets on a team that made the day after tomorrow show in Gelsenkirchen, in the 2-0 victory over Schalke’s ground in the first leg of the semifinals.

Nani, elected best player of the season at United, Berbatov, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson and entertainment will take place on the bench at Wembley. Manchester counts on the couple who attacked and managed to take 19th title in England: Rooney and Chicharito Hernandez. In the middle, Park Ji-sung will not miss on the left, Valencia will play the other extreme, and in the center will play alongside Fletcher and Giggs, despite the terrible tenured sex scandal that is involved after the affair with supermodel Imogen Thomas.

Finally, the defense is standard, with Fabio, Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Evra.
“I made many good games in Europe, but not with Schalke secure place among the most successful, ” said Sir Alex Ferguson.

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About corruption,by FIFA

on May 25, 2011 None comments

Sepp Blatter promises a serious reform in terms of acts of corruption, although admits he was given an envelope with money when he was secretary general of the international forum.

Sepp Blatter has announced it will present next week at the FIFA Congress, several proposals regarding corruption in football. Blatter says he was never involved in corrupt practices, but admits that in the past, though he was offered a sum of money.

“I received an envelope at a time, when I was secretary general, and in this envelope was a sum of money. I could not refuse because the envelope was put in my pocket. Then I came home to FIFA, and I gave the money to our financial manager, which placed them in a bank account, after which he notified the person that gave me the money, that the sum is there, and after several days, the money have been withdrawn. Please don’t try to give money to someone at FIFA “ said Blatter.

Will this acts reform football? Will it be fair play for all not only for those with money? Only time will tell!

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Letter to fans,signed Jose Murinho

on May 23, 2011 None comments

Jose Murinho shows again his class. He composed a letter for Real Madrid’s fans, explaining his regrets about the untouched objectives from the past season.

“Now, at the end of the season, I want to thank our fans for all the love and help that they gave us this year! We worked seriously and we have committed one hundred percent, but of course I leave you to draw your conclusions from the assessment, if you like or not this team.

See you on July 11 with the same passion and equally motivated to comply with this club, to honor these colors and the unique history of Real Madrid!

Finally, I want to express a simple wish: I hope next season to recover some principles that one or another should not forget and that this year, some institutions and some football specialists have sometimes ignored. We talk about fair play, respect for opponents, watching the red cards and ignore racism. You should get the facts, not just talk about these principles.

Thank you for everything! See you soon! On July 11 we all meet here! ”
Signed, Jose Murinho.

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