No one would like to see the EPL’s final tally without its defending champion: Chelsea on a top position - perhaps among top four places. Chelsea’s temporary manager Rafael Benitez also hinted about his desire to at least make a comeback and secured one of the top four places, and for that, he is even willing to sacrifice their FA cup journey. According to him, they are playing too many matches these days hence they need to fix their priorities and select one of them rather jumping towards all of them. Notably, Chelsea’s chances of finishing among top four shunned on Sunday when City defeated them by 2-0, and now, Tottenham will be ahead of them if it overcomes West Ham at Upton Park on Monday night. For Benitez, their horror show on Sunday gave their rivals an opportunity to go ahead of them. When asked about any reason for ignoring Captain John Terry for their big fight with City, he said, it was necessary and a part of strategy for last few weeks of the EPL. However, when he was … [Read more...]
Bayern crushed Bremen by 6-1 in Bundesliga
6 - 1 Nothing could be worse than conceiving almost a crushing defeat as it happened with Werder Bremen who lost their last Bundesliga match to Bayern Munich by a huge margin of 6-1. The game was thoroughly one sided, perhaps it was looking like Bayern were playing with an amateur junior team. Bayern score machine start working from the 25th minute when Arjen Robben opened the counting for them, and in few minutes, Javi Martinez added another goal to take their lead to 2-0. By now, no one had imagined it would not the end of a nightmare for Weserstadion club coz Gomez again fired a goal in the 51st minute. He added one more goal to his tally in the last moments of the game. By now, Bremen has almost lost any hope and a red card to its Sebastian Prodl and one own goal by defender Theo Gebre added more salt to their wounds. Kevin de Bruyne offered some resistance by leveling one goal but lead was too much to catch by any team – practically. With this win, Bayern has a clear lead of … [Read more...]
Mancini assures a title win in next three or four years
Soccer world is badly known as the worst place to survive in if you are not performing well. There have been many cases in the past where many clubs sacked their managers overnight after they did not perform as expected. Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini could be one such manager who is facing the heat of being the next on firing line coz of City’s humiliating exist from Champions League. Now, Mancini is advocating the stability within a team and saying City bosses should give him more time to become stable rather sacking, which would a big mistake considering current City lineup. However, he is also assuring for a title win in next couple of years; perhaps he is challenging himself for wining at least one more trophy for his club, and if he could not do so, he is willing to be resigned rather continuing as a non-proving manager. According to Mancini, he is still the best person to lead City, and if he is allowed to, he can ensure winning another Premier League or the Champions … [Read more...]
John Paintsil arrested for assaulting wife
There have been many cases in the past where a popular soccer player was charged for assaulting his wife or girlfriend, but this is something more severe in nature that happened to John Paintsil’s wife. She was reportedly harshly assaulted by none other than his husband who kept beating her consistently even after she jumped out of her house wall and entered into neighbor’s home. Paintsil followed her into neighbor’s house and slapped to neighbor also. Greater Accra Police P.R.O. Freeman Tettey confirmed about his arrest while he was giving an interview to a news source. Even before his media brief, this news was already out thanks to a freelancer journalist who was there in the police station at the moment when Paintsil was brought into there. According to the freelancer new reporter, he was accompanied by his three kids and being followed by an armed officer. Initially, it was taken as normal domestic violence case, but after looking at injures on his wife’s face especially on her … [Read more...]
Jupp Heynckes to participate in his 1000th Bundesliga game
Jupp Heynckes, the current manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, is on the threshold of creating a milestone of its kind by participating in his 1000th game in the league. Bayern Munich upcoming clash with Werder Bremen will be his 1000th match while being in the league either as a player or as a manager. During his long running career, he played 369 matches as a player for both Borussia Monchengladbach and Hannover along with serving in 630 more games as manager of various clubs, like Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Monchengladbach, and Schalke. At the moment, Bayern Munich is leading the tally in Bundesliga with its comprehensive lead than second placeholder Dortmund. Since, it has to play 12 more matches; it is surely the most favorite to be German champions this season. Its president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also acknowledged Heynckes’ role and said recently, “It is a big obligation but also a major responsibility for the team to ensure we complete the … [Read more...]
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