Even though Manchester United has been one the biggest disappointments this English season yet its manager Van Gaal is optimistic they can still qualify for the championship league but only if they beat Bournemouth tomorrow while Manchester City loses to Swansea. This is arithmetically possible but if we talk about its odds on paper, bookies have given a daunting 7-1 odds in United favor to finish the season residing among the top four. Moreover, Dutchman job has always been in danger and this time too when everyone is talking about his sacking news, former Real Madrid boss only hopes to first qualify for the UEFA tourney replacing City and then convince his bosses to keep him on the job. Actually, Red Devils chances were skimmed after their 3-2 loss at West Ham last Tuesday otherwise they were having much stronger chance to finish among top four and Van Gaal wants to keep hope alive by issuing exaggerated media bytes. AGIF / Shutterstock.com On the other hand, … [Read more...]
We won’t change our style of play: Wenger
Even though Arsenal failed to win this premier league title despite having much favorable odds on the card, yet manager Arsene Wenger is not willing to leave the attacking style of football his side has been following off late. In fact, Wenger has always been a strong supporter of ball possession with a maximum output and his hard work delivered this English season as well with a maximum 57% of the time in tournament his men kept the ball with them closely followed by league winner Leicester who could only possess ball for 44% percent of the time. Even though many experts are not supporting Frenchman’s style of putting pressure on opponents yet Wenger supports his line of attack and denies any plan to change his style of field dominance. Factually, the success of both Leicester in premiere league and Atletico Madrid in championship league has been an alarming bell for other sides who have long been the strong followers of their style since Foxes led the tally despite having been at … [Read more...]
Pep Guardiola would transform Manchester City into one of the strongest in Europe: Bale
Whenever a new manager joins a new side, especially an English club, it is customary he will receive lots of confident wishes for his success from his former colleagues and players who have been his admirers and Manchester City is one such side who is set to replace its head coach with 45-year-old Spanish Pep Guardiola and guess he is getting wishes for his success from Barcelona players whom he used to mentor during his Camp Nou regime. Bale, who has been one of his favorite players, is the first one to say current Bayern Munich manager would bring City dominance back in European soccer. Actually, Manchester City failed to live up to the expectations this English as well European season, hence it was expected bosses at the helm would look for an alternate for the top post and after Guardiola showed interest in the job, it was conformed he would land on the Manchester soil as manager for the first time in his career. Maxisport / Shutterstock.com Manchester City’s … [Read more...]
Real enter Champions League finals defeating City in return leg at home
Like expected Real Madrid delivered their one hundred percent to defeat visiting Manchester City in the return leg of championship league semifinal yesterday night. It was not the game Real dominated yet they could manage to score one goal which was enough to take them into the finals of the European tourney. Manuel Pellegrini, although, was optimistic to offer a tough resistance to 10-time champions but his side failed on crucial moments and conceived the crucial goal. Gareth Bale becomes the only scorer when he strikes off City midfielder Fernando. If we look at the course of the game, City looked confident before the game but they failed miserably to defeat Real’s defense hence could not fire while hosts, on the other hand, attempted as many as fifteen shots on City goalpost with one success. Even then, it was not an easy win for Santiago Bernabéu side as they had to use best of their talent to win in front of their home crowd and Pellegrini seems not to be disheartened with the … [Read more...]
Meet the newest Premiere League Champion: Leicester City
The 132 years old drought of having a premier league title ended Monday night when Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat Chelsea and Leicester City became the winner of 2015-16 English Premiere League season. This is the first time they have triumphed the English topflight, in fact, they are the first club to debut their league title winning race after Nottingham Forest who did this back in 1977-78 and as far highest ranking so far for the King Power is concerned, they could only finish residing on the second position that too back in 1928-29. In short, Foxes delivered brilliance this year and sustained their peak position for most part of this year which is unbelievable for a side that was not even expected to finish among top four before session began. Arithmetically, Claudio Ranieri side is now seven points clear on the top and Tottenham, who is following them on the second position, has no chance to replace them after their failure to overcome North Londoners last night. … [Read more...]
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