The 74-year-old brilliant soccer mind: Giovanni Trapattoni, who guided the Ireland national soccer team to archive some of the biggest successes, including almost reaching into the 2010 world cup final, is now a past. The Italian, who has been associated with Republic since last five years, could not halt their losing streak in world cup qualifying campaign where they are almost out now. The Football Association of Ireland informed about their over the top decision which also surprised many coz he has ever been a landmark personality in Ireland soccer. Anyway, he is not the only one who has been shown the doors as his assistant Marco Tardelli has also joined him. If we look at the track record of The Green Army, they successfully qualified for the European Championships last year but could never make any impression and almost crushed by Spain, Italy, and Croatia. Later, national selectors made several promises to come back with a visible difference by after looking at their last few … [Read more...]
Frank Lampard is confirmed to play in Tuesday Ukraine tie
The thirty five year old legendry Chelsea midfielder is going to join 100 caps club for his nation when he features in the crucial world cup qualifier with Ukraine on Tuesday. Earlier, his selection was doubtful, but Roy Hodgson finally made it sure he will earn his much deserving centennial cap for England. Lampard first made his debut back in 1999 against Belgium under the mentorship of previous English boss Kevin Keegan and has since played 29 matches for his country that includes leading the squad for five times. Though, England is on top in its world cup qualifier group, but if it losses to Ukraine, they will be overtaken by The Yellow-Blues and then Steven Gerrard’s army will have to fight for a survival in Brazil World Cup. Looking at both the teams, Ukraine surely has an upper hand, yet Hodgson is confident to show their best by using almost the same team that defeated Moldova by 4-, however, there is one confirmed change at the moment: midfielder James Milner is replacing … [Read more...]
Barca signs first banking sponsorship deal in UAE
If anyone is asked which club has the longest arms in terms of number of sponsors around the world; his answer would definitely be Spanish giant Barcelona, and why not, this club has a reputation of leading the soccer world since long. In fact, the La Liga champions have countless sponsorship deals in European States and cover almost every sector which is somehow allied to soccer, but this is probably the first time, it has stretched its arms outside Europe, especially for tying with a banking sector. Camp Nou club has finalized a three-year deal with one of the top UAE banking brand: United Arab Bank (UAB) on Sunday. It is actually Barca third financial partner and first in an Asian State after Spain and Andorra. The deal was announced in a shopping mall citing the lucrative details of the contract whereby 1000 UAE’s customers would be able to have hospitality seats in all the matches being played at Barca home for next three years. This could be a lifetime achievement for anyone who … [Read more...]
‘The Invincibles’ can win the league title this season: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Arsenal has ever been one of the strongest contenders in English Premier League, but since last few seasons it is fast losing its charm which is worrying its diehard fans who always love to recall them ‘The Invincibles.’ Actually, they are missing a league trophy from their collection since ten years as they won last silverware back in 2003-04 and they are since fighting to reclaim their glory. This year, things can be different; at least Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain thinks so. The 20-year-old midfielder says there is an unexplained vibe within the team that they will again triumph the English topflight – after a gap of a decade. Last ten years have seen lots of changes in Gunners right from their infrastructure to backend strategies which are now mentored by none other than master craftsman Arsène Wenger who himself can refine the confidence level of any team. This season, they could not have a dream start but they made a quick comeback with back to back wins in next matches, moreover they … [Read more...]
Aston Villa boss faces penalty for his rant on referees
Exaggeration has ever been a part of soccer; perhaps team officials take every little decision, which went against them, as a conspiracy to debar them. Sometimes, these officials lost their control and start condemning everything related to a match, including referees, opponents, and all. This is something that recently happened with Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert when he lost an important match to Chelsea by 2-1. Their performance throughout the match was commendable; everyone saw this, but there were two moments when, according to him, they should have been awarded penalties: one is when ball touched John Terry's arm in a confrontation with Gabby Agbonlahor and second when Branislav Ivanovic deliberately elbowed Christian Benteke. According to Lambert, Ivanovic should have been sent off for his nonsense behavior; a mistake which cost them a match coz the defender later scored the winner for Blues. The Scot specifically questioned the performance of referee Kevin Friend and his … [Read more...]
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