No matter how big you are, you always need to rely over your star power and in-form players are exactly what every manager wants to use in each match they play. Chelsea, the promising league contender, is one such side who has recently been missing its 32 million pounds summer signee Diego Costa for a hamstring injury and despite of that Mourinho used him in the last game with Schalke though as a substitute, but for the next game at Manchester, Portuguese wants nothing less than the best of his teammates, hence agrees to take risk of using Spanish striker for full ninety minutes. Notably, Coasta has until been the most successful Blues man with seven goals to his name already if we rule out doctors’ advice to rest him for at least few weeks, former Everton manager is not willing to miss his power kicks in the next showdown. The 61-year-old proving manager knows he is making a mistake by using him for the full game, but he promises to restrict his use to one match per week henceforth so … [Read more...]

After lots of hard work, Wembley gets the rights to host the finals of 2020 European Championship which would be the 60th anniversary of the mega European soccer event. Though, the news was rather expected since German FA had withdrawn its bid making Wembley the only option for the UEFA to choose from. Actually, 2020 event is going to be a landmark one in many senses, like it would be the first time this is going to be placed across Europe rather just one location, and secondly, UEFA has promised that they will make it a memorable one and thanks to English FA who has already made several tempting promises to organize best till date finals of the event. There is no prize for guessing why Germans stayed out of the bidding process as everyone knows there is a mutual agreement between English and German FA whereby Germans are going to help Wembley organizes the finals in return of English help for Germans for hosting Euro 2024. It has been eighteen years, Euro held on English soil and … [Read more...]

There are few players in contemporary soccer who have ever been in the aspiring list of many clubs and there is no prize for guessing that Messi, Neymar, and Ronaldo are, of course, few of them. If we are talking about the hungriest leagues for the good talent it is obviously English Premier League whose sides love to bring brightest talents on English soil and Arsenal is one of them. Gunners manager has revealed, probably for the first time, that it was him who wanted to sign Ronaldo but somehow deal could not click and Sir Alex Ferguson snatched their cake from their hands back in 2003. It is actually nothing new to know that there were many sides who used to be in touch with Portuguese but as Wenger has revealed now, Gunners had almost done the formalities to bring him at Emirates Stadium. Don’t know why Arsenal’s longest-serving manager is disclosing the facts now or he is trying to show they are still interested in the FIFA Ballon d'Or holder. Notably, Gunners lost their debut … [Read more...]

Every team has few players who are known as the gem for the side and coach/manager try to preserve them for critical games only but it unusually happens after half of the season has passed away - not in the beginning, and if we are talking about Chelsea, its in-form player Diego Costa is of course on the top. The 25-year-old Spanish forward has scored seven goals in four played games so far and if he continues to maintain his fitness, he has much better chances to break many records, but this time, manager is worried with his hamstring injury hence doesn’t want to overuse him in every game they play. Jose Mourinho has ruled out their season’s first hat trick maker from the Championship league debut game – an unlikely move for many but practical. Didier Drogba is going to replace Costa while Spaniard would be used as substitute if needed. Without revealing much detail about the state of his injury, former Everton manager only said, “Costa has a problem. If he has one week to let the … [Read more...]

In sports, you are judged with how better you tune with your players and it holds specifically true for manager of a soccer team and his relations with his colleagues. There have been many duos in the past who proved be the finest pair with some memorable feats into their regime and Real Madrid used to be the home for one such duo comprising Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho. Though, Mourinho is now associated with Chelsea but he still recalls the glorious seasons he mentored The Vikings in with three consecutive qualifications to the Championship semifinal. Not only this, he also remembers the unforgettable penalty shootout miss to Bayern Munich during the second leg game at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu that cost them a UEFA title. Ronaldo missed the penalty to Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Los Blancos lost the game. It is hard to believe that a manager like Mourinho would recall his previous game and call it unforgettable especially if he is no longer associated with the … [Read more...]