Even though Arsenal has had a comfortable position among the top four in premier league for quite some now, but their performances in last few games have also been deteriorated significantly, i.e., it is just their good luck that Manchester duos are not in their best form else Gunners would have to face an exit from top four for the way they have been playing in last few weeks. Take the example of Saturday premier league game against West Ham where Emirate side was two goals ahead by the half time. This kind of lead at half time is often taken as the sure shot victory but Arsene Wenger’s highly in-form players completely failed to defend their confident edge and drew the game by 3-0, which means, they led hosts score the three goals despite having been under pressure in front of home crowd. The 27-year-old English forward Andy Carroll proved lethal for Wenger side who scored the hat-trick to derail Gunners victory march. Actually, it was mathematically the last chance for Arsenal to … [Read more...]
Jose Mourinho keen to join only the right job where he is truly needed
Every manager wants to serve a side of his liking for a longer possible time without being under pressure to deliver overnight and rising competition in soccer has made this sport so demanding that there are only few managers who could live at their dream sides for an exceptional period of time. If we talk about English club Chelsea, it has always been one of the most preferred for Jose Mourinho and for that reason he agreed to serve the Stamford Bridge side on his second term after infamous exit during his first spell. But his second spell could not enlarge his glorious career as well and he had to face an unexpected sacking after he failed miserably to defend his league title. In fact, his side became the only side in many years who is not even near to the top four ranking. Anyways, 53-year-old Portuguese was blamed for devastating form of North Londoners and received severe criticisms for not able to copy his last season for. Now, when this high profile soccer mind is available … [Read more...]
Pep Guardiola confident to deliver better in the second leg after a slim quarterfinal win over Benfica
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...]
Fernando Torres blames his ousted for quarterfinal loss to Barcelona
If we look at the current Champions League’s quarterfinal lineup, almost every side is eager to score an edge in the first leg game itself and if they miss, they express their serious confidence to cover it in the second leg. Last night’s Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona first leg quarterfinal at Camp Nou was one such game where though Barcelona delivered brilliantly but Atletico Madrid as well did not disappoint and matched the defenders almost in every department, however, they missed a few opportunities that cost them the game eventually. Moreover, bigger disappointment for them was ousted of star forward Fernando Torres who was found going through back of Sergio Busquets on the halfway line and referee Felix Brych booked him for his second Yellow Card and sent him out. Visitors were now a ten-men squad and did everything they could to defend their early one goal lead but Luis Suarez made their joy short-lived when he netted two brilliant goals in the second half to take his side on … [Read more...]
This win over Barcelona could be a turning point for Real: Zinedine Zidane
Whenever a new manager joins a pressing side with lots of debacles in the current season, his responsibility triples to make some visible changes in the side and when he succeeds in doing so, his chest puffs out of proud and this is something that seems to be happening with Real Madrid’s newly appointed highly acclaimed manager Zinedine Zidane who has until been under tremendous pressure to deliver in front of their fans especially during a Clasico. Real’s Saturday win over traditional rival Barcelona could be a turning point of his career after his innovative changes in the field spread along with correct decisions on crucial moments that proved fruitful for his side. Since, Real were nowhere expected to beat in-form Barcelona before the game, bookmakers were not optimistic about Real and were giving shoddy odds in their favor and it carried by the half time when hosts were leading the scorecard, but second half changed the fate of the game in visitors’ favor and major contribution … [Read more...]
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