So, Wayne Rooney finally marked his 100th appearance for the English national team and here comes the flood of congratulations including salutations from some well-known soccer pros. One and among first few of such notables is of course Three Lions manager Roy Hodgson who literally saluted the achievement of his favorite forward after 3-1 over Slovenia. Perhaps, the significance is even more lovable for English fans coz it was fourth consecutive triumph in the Euro qualifiers for the English manager hence he was even over exaggerated over the feat of his captain. If we talk about the match, Slovenia took the initial lead but their joy did not live for long as Rooney equalized the score in no time. With this feat, Rooney has enrolled his name along with eight players played for so long for the England along with being the third highest scorer for the national side. The match was itself one of the most awaited for English fans therefore everyone was talking about when it would finally … [Read more...]

Two big stars always share a different kind of relationship which sometimes meant to be a cold war and often hungry media guys look around for any interesting secret about their so called rivalry. Recently, some media sources claim that Cristiano Ronaldo apparently recalls his Argentine opponent with a pet name. Though, no one initially believed over this assertion but when this news spread like a wild fire, we decided to dig into it and find out what the reality is. First, we would try to find out why they both suddenly came into the headlines for non-sporting reasons, actually, recently, both the star forwards broke unprecedented records: Ronaldo halted Messi’s three consecutive Ballon d'Or run while Messi became the highest La Liga scorer. According to a book named ‘Messi’, Ronaldo often recalls Messi with a vulgar pet name – something that Portuguese is now denying. The excerpt of the book as published in a leading daily mention, “Ronaldo, perhaps as a symptom of the immaturity … [Read more...]

The cold war between clubs and national sides is not new, in fact, the core agenda of this fight has ever been the use of star players and how national team should take care of highly priced players. For that reason even many clubs hesitate releasing their players for national duty and start lambasting over national team selectors when such players returned injured. Last Chelsea game with Liverpool was one such game which can raise another fire between North Londoners and Spanish selectors since according to Blues boss Jose Mourinho centre-forward Cesc Fabregas has suffered a hamstring problem hence will not be able to play for his national side. Notably, Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque had shortlisted Fabregas for Euro qualifiers and this statement from Mourinho could be taken like an instruction for the national team not to include him for any international game. It has been just been few weeks both these mentors were up against each other over Diego Costa row and now they are … [Read more...]

Chelsea has undoubtedly been the most straightforward English club this season with an unparalleled unbeatable run after playing eleven games. They won nine of them and maintained their lead position in the leaderboard which is almost incredible looking at their last season show which was not bad but was not as good as well. Blues manager Jose Mourinho is the man responsible for this overnight transformation in the Stamford Bridge army and looking at their last win against Liverpool, where they were once trailing by one goal; they look even more refined for the English topflight. Former Everton manager has already said that he wants to revisit his last Chelsea spell when he won two back to back league titles and looking at his victory march, even his critics have started believing his exaggerated media statements. Calling it purely a mental difference between his side and all the others playing in the current season, second term serving Portuguese said, “It think it's the mentality. … [Read more...]

No matter how infamous you have been playing for different clubs, when it comes to serve your national side, only your form matters and this is why Italian forward Mario Balotelli still scores high. This former AC Milan striker has been called by the national selectors for the Euro qualifier - a move no one had expected for the Liverpool player who is finding it hard to recollect his form in England. It is actually the first time he is being named in the Italian squad after Brazil world cup for the 2016 Euro and in between Azzurri has played four international qualifiers already. Anyways, Balotelli is not worried about why he was not called before, in fact, is more than happy to find a place in the national quad despite so many negative stories running across the media about his behavior or outspoken statements in recent days. To concentrate over his international games, he just wants to be remained focus over Euro games rather being reactive to what media says about his selection. He … [Read more...]