Two big stars always share a different kind of relationship which sometimes meant to be a cold war and often hungry media guys look around for any interesting secret about their so called rivalry. Recently, some media sources claim that Cristiano Ronaldo apparently recalls his Argentine opponent with a pet name. Though, no one initially believed over this assertion but when this news spread like a wild fire, we decided to dig into it and find out what the reality is. First, we would try to find out why they both suddenly came into the headlines for non-sporting reasons, actually, recently, both the star forwards broke unprecedented records: Ronaldo halted Messi’s three consecutive Ballon d'Or run while Messi became the highest La Liga scorer. According to a book named ‘Messi’, Ronaldo often recalls Messi with a vulgar pet name – something that Portuguese is now denying. The excerpt of the book as published in a leading daily mention, “Ronaldo, perhaps as a symptom of the immaturity … [Read more...]

The cold war between clubs and national sides is not new, in fact, the core agenda of this fight has ever been the use of star players and how national team should take care of highly priced players. For that reason even many clubs hesitate releasing their players for national duty and start lambasting over national team selectors when such players returned injured. Last Chelsea game with Liverpool was one such game which can raise another fire between North Londoners and Spanish selectors since according to Blues boss Jose Mourinho centre-forward Cesc Fabregas has suffered a hamstring problem hence will not be able to play for his national side. Notably, Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque had shortlisted Fabregas for Euro qualifiers and this statement from Mourinho could be taken like an instruction for the national team not to include him for any international game. It has been just been few weeks both these mentors were up against each other over Diego Costa row and now they are … [Read more...]

Chelsea has undoubtedly been the most straightforward English club this season with an unparalleled unbeatable run after playing eleven games. They won nine of them and maintained their lead position in the leaderboard which is almost incredible looking at their last season show which was not bad but was not as good as well. Blues manager Jose Mourinho is the man responsible for this overnight transformation in the Stamford Bridge army and looking at their last win against Liverpool, where they were once trailing by one goal; they look even more refined for the English topflight. Former Everton manager has already said that he wants to revisit his last Chelsea spell when he won two back to back league titles and looking at his victory march, even his critics have started believing his exaggerated media statements. Calling it purely a mental difference between his side and all the others playing in the current season, second term serving Portuguese said, “It think it's the mentality. … [Read more...]

No matter how infamous you have been playing for different clubs, when it comes to serve your national side, only your form matters and this is why Italian forward Mario Balotelli still scores high. This former AC Milan striker has been called by the national selectors for the Euro qualifier - a move no one had expected for the Liverpool player who is finding it hard to recollect his form in England. It is actually the first time he is being named in the Italian squad after Brazil world cup for the 2016 Euro and in between Azzurri has played four international qualifiers already. Anyways, Balotelli is not worried about why he was not called before, in fact, is more than happy to find a place in the national quad despite so many negative stories running across the media about his behavior or outspoken statements in recent days. To concentrate over his international games, he just wants to be remained focus over Euro games rather being reactive to what media says about his selection. He … [Read more...]

When you are showing some good performances in your teenage, it is obvious that peoples would start comparing you with any great player and this is not bad either coz it gives a kind of confidence and motivation to player to continue his career in tune with what others expect from him. Liverpool’s sensational 19-year-old Raheem Sterling is one such player who is on the radar of many sides this season thanks to his magnificent display of ball holding technique that forced Brendan Rodgers to compare him with none other than Cristiano Ronaldo. Liverpool boss, who has seen Ronaldo during his teenage, said recently that Sterling could be the next Ronaldo if he continues playing with same pace and form. This is also a coincident that both Liverpool and Real Madrid are going to face each other in Championship League clash this Tuesday hence this statement could also be intentionally made at a perfect timing as a part of a well-planned mind game from league manager and if we look at their last … [Read more...]