Chelsea could be a shining club in Premier league this season, but its manager is taking this feat more lightly than anyone else. It could also be a part of his well-planned strategy where he is still trying to convince everybody that they are nowhere near to take the title, while on the contrary, fans are happy to see Blues’ rising lead on the top of the leaderboard. Jose Mourinho seems to be targeting only the matches not what is being told about them in media or everywhere else, he is probably getting them isolated so they can better concentrate on their games rather being a target of media attacks as happened during his last tenure with The Pensioners. Actually, 51-year-old Portuguese football manager is highly optimistic to prove his worth and loyalty towards the side hence is not letting any opportunity slips away so easily. They are on top of leaderboard for some time now, and more importantly, their fight to sustain lead is commendable – at least experts think so. To be on the … [Read more...]

Lionel Messi and his injuries have been the great cause of concern for his fans and admirers and this list includes some of the finest talents we ever had in soccer. Everyone knows this season is not as happening as the last few had been for the 26-year-old Argentine footballer, but this is also a fact that lots of things have happened with both Barcelona and national team that did not let him perform with full strength and injuries are just one of them. Recently, when he vomited on the pitch during initial period of the match, everyone assumed that he is not fully fit and just playing to answer his critics and even media highlighted his vomiting more than actual match results. Some channels also clicked his high definition pictures while vomiting and compared the incident with August 2011 one when he did the similar act playing for Barca against Real Madrid and then in Match 2013 during a World Cup qualifier. Neither Messi nor team manager took the matter as seriously as media … [Read more...]

English think-tank is not taking any risk for upcoming world cup in Brazil and gearing up considering all the important aspects of game including the psychological influence a team passes through whenever they are up for a high profile opponent. We have seem how media statements affect the team moral ahead of a crucial tie and it holds true for devaluing a team even before a match kicks off. Roy Hodgson has been a master craftsman of the game who understands these contemporary tools to win a game without entering into the field hence he has hired a known psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters to help English team perform well in the global soccer event. Steve has been a well-recognized name in sports fraternity and has a proven record of enhancing players’ moral to sky high. He has been associated with some notables of different sports including snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan along with Cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome in the past. Actually, English bosses want to at least reach … [Read more...]

Everybody knows that racism plays a decisive role in every player’s career, especially if he does not belong to top soccer playing nations like Brazil, Europe, or North America. It is proved again when a City midfielder blamed social treatment given to his African teammate despite proving his worth again and again for the league club. French footballer Samir Nasri has come in support of 30-year-old center back Yaya Toure and called him one of the best center back who did never get the recognition he deserves because he is an African. Both Nasri and Toure came into the media headlines when they scored for City in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday. According to French international, Toure has been a proving starlet who has long been showing his finest ball holding skills; in fact he has also won best African Player of the year award for three consecutive years. He did not hesitate in labeling him as the best midfielder and world should applaud a talent like him. If he would have … [Read more...]

There are many managers who made exaggerated promises when join a big club, but later, fail to deliver hence face the anger from every corner. We have seen what is happening with Manchester United manager, but things are not that bad for their arch rival Manchester City and its manager Manuel Pellegrini who just won the first title of the season, in fact first in Europe, and more importantly, first silverware under new leadership. The highly optimistic Chilean football manager had said when joined the English biggie that he would win at least four titles in the first season and standing by his words he got the debutant crown to prove his confidence. They defeated Sunderland by 3-1 in the final of Capital One Cup and Yaya Touré, Samir Nasri, and Jesús Navas were the goal scorers for them while Fabio Borini scored the first goal for The Rokerites. Pellegrini called this win as an important to take their momentum to the Premier league where they were once at number one and now at number … [Read more...]