Penalties have ever been a cause of controversies where losing team blame opponents for being a victim of it while there are many cases when referees also faced the anger of losing side. But this time, we are talking about master craftsman of contemporary soccer: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who is as good outside the field as he is inside any match. This second term serving manager is known to win psychological battles against top opponents and often successful in demoralizing star opponent players before any high profile match. Liverpool starlet Luis Suarez, who faced more penalties and red cards than anyone else in the current season, has also been on the radar of his critics and Mourinho is one of them. He recently said that one of their opponents is a master of penalties and known for using the most sensitive area near goalpost as the marching zone and then faces the penalties. He even calls it a well-planned move by his rivals to find a way to excuse their defeat against The … [Read more...]

It is a common practice to loan a non performing player to someone else, especially when a side has spent a big sum on buying him. English premier league is one of the best professional soccer playing zones where clubs do not hesitate in switching any player to others if they are not scoring for them and Fabio Borini has been such a player for Liverpool who spent 10.5 million pounds to sign the Italian footballer from Roma back in 2012. Soon, they realized he needs more experience to transform into a player they were looking for and wasted no time to loan him to Sunderland where he proved his worth and became the hero. This is not the first time anything like this has happened on soccer pitch, there are lots of similar cases where a player gets his momentum when loaned to other team especially to a rival. Though, Borini has scored just on six occasions out of his 28 match appearances, but these goals proved to be the turning points for The Rokerites making his form as the luckiest, in … [Read more...]

Chelsea could be a shining club in Premier league this season, but its manager is taking this feat more lightly than anyone else. It could also be a part of his well-planned strategy where he is still trying to convince everybody that they are nowhere near to take the title, while on the contrary, fans are happy to see Blues’ rising lead on the top of the leaderboard. Jose Mourinho seems to be targeting only the matches not what is being told about them in media or everywhere else, he is probably getting them isolated so they can better concentrate on their games rather being a target of media attacks as happened during his last tenure with The Pensioners. Actually, 51-year-old Portuguese football manager is highly optimistic to prove his worth and loyalty towards the side hence is not letting any opportunity slips away so easily. They are on top of leaderboard for some time now, and more importantly, their fight to sustain lead is commendable – at least experts think so. To be on the … [Read more...]

Lionel Messi and his injuries have been the great cause of concern for his fans and admirers and this list includes some of the finest talents we ever had in soccer. Everyone knows this season is not as happening as the last few had been for the 26-year-old Argentine footballer, but this is also a fact that lots of things have happened with both Barcelona and national team that did not let him perform with full strength and injuries are just one of them. Recently, when he vomited on the pitch during initial period of the match, everyone assumed that he is not fully fit and just playing to answer his critics and even media highlighted his vomiting more than actual match results. Some channels also clicked his high definition pictures while vomiting and compared the incident with August 2011 one when he did the similar act playing for Barca against Real Madrid and then in Match 2013 during a World Cup qualifier. Neither Messi nor team manager took the matter as seriously as media … [Read more...]

English think-tank is not taking any risk for upcoming world cup in Brazil and gearing up considering all the important aspects of game including the psychological influence a team passes through whenever they are up for a high profile opponent. We have seem how media statements affect the team moral ahead of a crucial tie and it holds true for devaluing a team even before a match kicks off. Roy Hodgson has been a master craftsman of the game who understands these contemporary tools to win a game without entering into the field hence he has hired a known psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters to help English team perform well in the global soccer event. Steve has been a well-recognized name in sports fraternity and has a proven record of enhancing players’ moral to sky high. He has been associated with some notables of different sports including snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan along with Cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome in the past. Actually, English bosses want to at least reach … [Read more...]