In a surprising development, two of the biggest names who were in violation of much talked about UEFA Financial Fair Play policies accepted the charges being leveled on them by the European governing body. Among others, English club Manchester City and German powerhouse PSG were the two big names in the list of violating clubs and off late when both of them did not reply governing body about what they have to say against their violations, everyone suspected there would have been a under the table agreement in making between UEFA and both the sides and this belief fueled by Platini’s statement where he said they are not thinking of imposing any ban for this season. Now, when both the sides have agreed over the fine and a reduced squad for the next year’s Champions League, it is being taken as the victory of the game as a whole. As per the latest media reports, both sides have agreed to pay around 60 million in penalty along with shredding four players from their 25 players squad for the … [Read more...]
Bale proves all the predictions wrong about his relations with Ronaldo
Whenever a side has more than one high profile player, risk of an unwanted rivalry starts generating among them and team as a unit is the biggest loser in that case. It is in human nature that does not allow others to fill the space being enjoyed by someone for a long time. It happened in Barcelona where Messi, who used to be the ruling king at Camp Nou, suffered perceptual setback when Neymar joined the tally and an untold cold war stared over there resulting Messi’s deteriorated form that cost the whole team. Real Madrid, the another Spanish giant who used to be ruled by the Cristiano Ronaldo for years, and when Bale – the priciest player of the world, joined the La Liga side, experts suspected the same rivalry among the two. But, you can call it manager’s well managed approach or whatever, but in reality, both the players are playing without any rivalry like of thing, in fact, Bale takes Ronaldo as his senior and never try to overcome him outside the field; during the play as well … [Read more...]
Eriksson praises Hodgson’s selection of young players for the World Cup
The game of soccer is perhaps among the most competitive games in the world and everyone knows it. Specifically, there are some regions that score higher than others when it comes to securing your job residing on the top. England is one such State where life of soccer players and officials swing like a pendulum; they are on the top when their team is winning and thrown down to the bottom if they do not deliver. No one can deny rising cut throat competition in English Premier League and same situation is with national English soccer team. Though, English team enjoy the perks of being one of the dominating sides – if not in the field outside the field, but when it comes to sustaining over the top, this place in no less than a nightmare. Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has talked about the life of English managers especially when they are heading for a Word Cup. Formal mentor of English team says, it is always difficult to satisfy everyone while choosing your final list of … [Read more...]
Portugal announce its final 30 for the world cup
Portugal national side announce its probable list of players to be included in the upcoming world cup squad, and interestingly, there is no surprising name in the squad, in fact, most of the players added therein have already been declared by many media houses much before of their formal announcement. Anyways, it doesn’t matter who is not therein what matters is who is therein the list of thirty players who could impart in the Brazilian mega soccer event. Though, the current list announced by the Portugal is just provisional hence there could be more additions or subtractions there from. There are few players who are worth mentionable and one of them is undoubtedly Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo along with two more Real mates plus four players from Benfica who conquered the domestic league this season. Broadly looking at the squad, it is full of promising players no matter if they have been playing in the domestic front or for a foreign club, if they worth it, they are in the list. … [Read more...]
Bale and Ronaldo are back for the CL final
Real Madrid is living on cloud nine these days coz they not only performed brilliantly in domestic La Liga - though they lost to city mate - but also in the UEFA Champions League. Perhaps, they have to play in the final of UEFA tourney and good news is they got their star players Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale back who were missing the squad for their injuries. This is a blowing news for Atletico Madrid who would face them in the final of European tourney. This year seems to be all Madrid season in Europe since both the city rivals have performed magnificently on both European platforms. This is also a win n win situation for Madrid fans coz whoever wins eventually, they would feel victorious. Anyways, for now, the availability of Ronaldo and Bale is the biggest source of inspiration not only for their club but also for their national side coz an early recovery can improve their chances to get fit by the next month Brazilian world cup. Actually, Ronaldo’s muscular fatigue has been a … [Read more...]
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