Normally, a thirty plus player is pronounced as ‘former’ player but Ryan Giggs is not among those kinds of players coz he is the one who has just signed another deal with his long playing club Manchester United at an age of 39 years. According to his new deal, he will be with them for one more year, i.e., until June 2014. Notably, coming season would be his 23rd season playing for the Ferguson club; he started playing for them back in 1991 and has made a record 931 league appearances with United’s A-team. He also scored 168 goals during his long running tenure. Besides leagues, he has also played significant number of matches for his national team, including leading English soccer team during London Olympics. He has contributed in more than twenty title wins for his clubs, including 12 premium league titles, four FA cups along with two Championship Leagues trophies and three league cups. Moreover, he has been good on the field as well coz he scored in each of his last played 23 league … [Read more...]
Real Madrid enters Copa del Rey final edging Barcelona
It was the night of stars at Camp Nou on Tuesday where two arch rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona faced each other in the Spanish league Copa del Rey’s semifinal. The match was more belonged to two of the best soccer talents of contemporary football: Messi and Rolando, and Ronaldo proved his edge over Messi by scoring two goals while Messi could not score even a single goal. Madrid defeated Barcelona by a comprehensive margin of 3-1 which is their best over Barcelona since 2008 when they defeated them by 4-1. Madrid will now play either Atletico Madrid or Sevilla in the final on 18th May. Barca indeed lost its first home match in any league since last April which also shows the strength of Madrid’s power play. The highlight of the match was Rolando who scored via a penalty in the 13th minute and again in 57th minute. Sweeper Raphael Varane’s header finished the tally with another goal in the 68th minute; it was his second in the league. Jordi Alba showed some resistance in the last few … [Read more...]
Former Barcelona manager Guardiola spied his men via private detectives
Every manager wants his team plays well in the field and tries to maintain decorum within the team by forcing players to follow his guidelines in or off the field. But former Barcelona manager Guardiola did something more surprising than others; he used private detectives to spy on his players. The news of using detective is being flashed by a Spanish digital newspaper that mentioned that he followed Gerard Pique via hired detectives when he started dating pop star Shakira. Moreover, Pique was not the only one who was being tracked by ‘someone’ coz there were others, like Ronaldinho, Deco, and Samuel Eto’o, as well in his list. Report says, he hired Metodo 3 to keep track on his main players from the period starting from 2008 to 2012. Report reads as, “The Metodo 3 detective agency spied on FC Barcelona players under orders from the then director of Security and now director general of Penitentiary Services for the Generalitat, Xavier Martorell. During the time that Pep managed the … [Read more...]
Diego Maradona enters Italy after eight-year of tax exile
Diego Maradona finally entered into Italian soil after a gap of eight years and welcomed whole heartedly by the fans there. He has been serving an exile from Italy after his name was linked up with mafia and also alleged for taking drugs. Later, he was also charged in a tax evasion case where he was required to pay more than thirty million euros to Italian state. The former Napoli player landed here 1 PM local time and immediately drove away to Napoli. He does not have a long schedule in Italy; he will attend his former club’s match today and then he has to address a news conference which is going to be interesting as he is expected to answer lots of media questions about his tax evasion case. The Argentinian star was wearing black goggles along with a black jacket and black suite; his fans were waiting on the airport since hours after his arrival news flashed on various news channels. He did not answer any question on the airport but fans were madly shouting on him saying ‘Welcome … [Read more...]
Gattuso becomes player-coach of Swiss club FC Sion
There have been many cases in the past where a player is appointed to serve in a dual role, i.e., serving as coach alongside a player. This time, this is something that happened to former AC Milan player Gennaro Gattuso who joined Swiss club FC Sion last year. His amazed promotion is the surprised demotion of club’s manager Victor Munoz who will now serve on other duties for the club. Interestingly, Munoz has not been fired by the president while initially it was assumed he will have to go after team’s terrible performance in the Swiss Super League; perhaps their last 4-0 loss on Sunday required urgent action from the management; hence he is demoted to serve in other capacity. Sion issued a formal statement mentioning its bold step where it said, “Until further notice, the players will manage their activities themselves. The management entrusts responsibility for the group to its captain Gennaro Gattuso.” Sion has to play in the quarterfinal of the league on coming Wednesday which … [Read more...]
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