Champions League is now in the finals stage hence no qualifier is willing to miss any game for any shoddy reason and last Bayern Munich vs. Benfica first leg quarterfinal meeting was one such game where Germen leader had to face a tough resistance from their Portuguese opponents. Although, Allianz Arena side won the game by a narrow 1-0 margin on the board, thanks to second-minute goal by Chile international Arturo Vidal, but it was more a defeat to the Bayern manager Pep Guardiola who was very optimistic for a dominating win before the game. Now, after going through the depth in Estádio da Luz side, 45-year-old Spanish does not want to take any risk hence tiding his shoe for the second leg showdown in Lisbon next week. If we look at this game, though Bayern were more attacking but they were missing target consistently, or you can call it a better defense from the visitors that defused around fifteen attempts by the hosts. Moreover, it is more a failure of Rui Vitória whose men could … [Read more...]
Don’t pressurize young players including Dele Alli: Steven Gerrard after Germany friendlier
Whenever there is a youngster in making for any club, he gets different advices from different experts of the game regarding his future and how tough it is going to be for him should he fail sometime. Tottenham Hotspur’s 19-year-old promising midfielder Dele Alli is one such player who impressed everyone with his style of play and resistive ball holding technique during England vs Germany friendlier and former Liverpool manager Steven Gerrard is the first one to express his feelings about his future and how can he survive of negative media converge should he fail in the field. Talking about the game and how Three Lions played against Germans, longest serving Reds manager raised hopes for a better display in the Euro 2016 and major contribution is expected from young players including Alli who is in brilliant form these days but at the same time he also asked Spurs not to pressurize him ahead of every crucial game. katatonia82 / Shutterstock.com Talking about the rising … [Read more...]