Manchester United is undoubtedly one of the biggest fans based soccer clubs in the world, and to further extend their hold over global fans, United has decided to pay a friendlier in Honk Kong. This is the first time they are playing a match in this region in last eight years; they will meet a local club Kitchee FC on July 29 as their pre session practice friendlier in HK. The match will take place in Hong Kong Stadium which is expected to be full house on the DDay. Notably, United enjoys more than 650 million fans across the world and 100 million fans of them belong to China; hence this match is expected to be jam packed with cheering spectators. ManU stated about this match on their website where its chief executive David Gill said, “The club has tremendous support throughout China and especially in Hong Kong. We have visited on a number of occasions and after an eight-year gap it's a pleasure for the team to be able to return to Hong Kong again this year. We are looking forward to … [Read more...]
Roma sack manager Zdenek Zeman
The current Serie A spell of Italian club Roma is not going smoothly; perhaps they are still missing a win after playing five matches and laying on the eight spot on the leaderboard. Their recent surprising defeat to Cagliari by 4-2 on Friday stunned the think tanks of the club; the loss required an urgent step and righty so club director held a crucial meeting and took a bold step by firing manager Zdenek Zeman all of a sudden. Zeman spent just seven months at Stadio Olimpico, and more interestingly, he was one of the favorite managers when he joined Roma last season coz he had already coached them in early nineties. This time, it looks Roma players could not match up his attacking style of play which even made Roma defense more vulnerable. This is exactly what happened with him when he was hired by the club in 1990s. Now, there seems to be no hope for him to coach any other big soccer club citing his bad track record off late. Anyways, performance is what matters in soccer today, and … [Read more...]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s own goal cost Madrid a defeat by Granada
In a dramatic turnaround at La Liga, defending champion Real Madrid faces a shocking 1-0 defeat at Granada on Saturday pushing itself even further of the title. However, the match is more famous by its star striker Cristiano Ronaldo who could only find his own net to score the only goal of the match, it was his first own goal of the career. La Liga tally has become even more interesting by this surprising defeat of one of the strongest contenders of the title apart from leading Barcelona. Moreover, Barca has to play its next match with Valencia on Sunday and if they could win it, their lead to their arch rival will be widened to 18 points which would be even more difficult for Real to catch up. Looking at the Real performance in last few matches, it is rather shocking for its fans to see it losing by just one goal; perhaps at a time when they have scored nine goals in their last two league games. Ronaldo debacle did not come all of a sudden; he was suffering from ankle injury but … [Read more...]
Balotelli slams English soccer culture
Mario Balotelli is the only player who needs no PR agency to remain in the news. He is always found on the front page of any sport’s new magazine naturally. This time, he is in the news for his loud words about English playing culture after leaving English soil last week. Mario Balotelli left Manchester City last week to his native AC Milan, and as soon he joins Milan he starts cursing everything about English soccer; its whether, press, food - actually everything. However, he did not say even a single word about his EPL club Manchester City; perhaps he praised his ex-manager Roberto Mancini along with former teammates. He quoted about his ex-club as, “Good things - only when I get to Carrington to train. So my team-mates and manager and the bad things? Everything else. I have to say thanks to all the City fans because they’ve been very nice to me and they always supported me in the good and in the bad moments. And I have to thank my team-mates, and the manager. Everything else, I'm … [Read more...]
Manchester City lose its captain Kompany for three weeks
Belgian center back and Manchester City’s captain Vincent Kompany is reportedly ruled out of the team for three weeks coz of his calf injury he sustained during fourth round of FA cup at the Stoke City. Looking at the EPL leaderboard tally, next few weeks could be crucial for City looking at its coming Liverpool’s clash on Sunday, especially considering Manchester United’s possible win on Saturday which could further enhance City’s distance from top positioned ManU. City manager Roberto Mancini informed about captain’s unavailability on Friday in a news conference, he said, “I hope that he can recover after the FA Cup,” he was referring the FA cup’s fourth round which is scheduled to begin on Feb 17 against Leeds United. At the moment, City is trailing United by just seven points and United has to play its twenty fifth match of the league on Sunday – one day before City’s clash with Liverpool. Moreover, Mancini also told about his team’s big chances to claim the trophy, he said, “In … [Read more...]
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