Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Real Madrid ready to sell Kaka to Chelsea for 22 million pounds




Midfielder of Real Madrid Kaka may soon move to Chelsea. According to Mirror, Real Madrid wants to get up to 29-year-old Brazilian's 22 million pounds. At this season midfielder played for Real Madrid in 15 matches in all competitions and scored four goals, but only two meetings he held from beginning to end. Note that two years ago for his transition Real Madrid paid 68 million euros (about 55 million pounds).

Friday, December 23, 2011

How much money will be spent by teams on accommodation during EURO 2012



Journalists from sport.pl estimate how many will spend 12 teams who have chosen Poland homebase, a residence during the European Championships.

33 174 euros to pay for Portugal each day spent at the resort in a luxury hotel Remes Sport & Spa in Opalenica during the European Championship in 2012. As estimated by journalists from sport.pl, it is more than seven times greater than necessary to pay the current world champions and European Spaniards, who will stop at Gnevine.

The second most expensive was the Warsaw Bristol, where, apparently, to stop the Russian national team. Unless, of course, does not change his mind, Advocaat. Finally, the third place on the pedestal top spender take herself mistress of the tournament - Poland. Residence of her team at the Hyatt will cost 24 000 euros per day. Not much, but cheaper Sopot Hotel Sheraton, where there will be live Irish.

The significant difference in the rate of England and Holland, who chose Krakow hotels, Italy and the team that will live in Wieliczka near Krakow. Economical options selected Croats and Danes. Of the 13 teams that gave preference to the Polish cities and towns, not only data on the Greeks. Greece chose the town Yahranka that of Warsaw, and it is unlikely there the hotel complex will be more expensive capital.

Estimated cost of living teams:

Portugal (Opalenica) - 33 174 Euro
Russia (Warsaw) - 30 400
Poland (Warsaw) - 24 000
Ireland (Sopot) - 23 000
Germany (Gdansk) - 22 500
Czech Republic (Wroclaw) - 22 200
England (Krakow) - 19 000
Holland (Krakow) - 16 200
Italy (Wieliczka) - 10 500
Croatia (Cooking) - 8300
Denmark (Kolobrzeg) - 7700
Spain (Gnevino) - 4700

Sunday, December 4, 2011

In Brazil at the age of 57 years died Socrates


Former Brazilian national team soccer player Socrates died at a clinic in Sao Paulo on Sunday night at the age of 57 years. Socrates was hospitalized in intensive care with food poisoning on Friday. Death was due to septic shock, which occurs when the infection reaches the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body.

Note soccer star was hospitalized twice in August and September this year with bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. He later confessed that during the life of his problems with alcohol.

Socrates distinguished by the ability to hit a penalty shot with no running start. In 1999 he took the 63rd place in the list of the greatest players of the XX century according to a poll of readers of the journal World Soccer. Pele included Socrates in the number of 125 greatest living footballers in 2004.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Results of the draw of Euro 2012


In Kiev it was held the draw of European Championship 2012, which will be held next summer in Poland and Ukraine:

Group "A": Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic.

Group "B": the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal.

Group "C": Spain, Italy, Ireland, Croatia.

Group "D": Ukraine, Sweden, France, England.

Note that tickets to quarter finals will get the top two teams from each group.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Gary Speed has committed suicide


According to The Telegraph, the head coach of Wales Gary Speed was found dead yesterday at his home in Chester. Death was caused by hanging. The police found no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death  of Speed. It is assumed that the 42-year-old coach committed suicide. The family of the deceased so far refused to comment.

Playing career of Gary Speed lasted 22 seasons (1988-2010). He spoke at the position of midfielder for Leeds, Everton, Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield United. For the national team of Wales Speed had 85 matches and scored 7 goals. Speed began his coaching career in the Sheffield United and in 2010 headed for Wales.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Mass brawl involving players of Metz and Amiens in France


Brawl between players of French team, "Mets" and "Amiens" took place on the football field stadium Mets.
From the beginning, the match took place in an atmosphere of very aggressive relationship between players and ended with the score 1-0 in favor of the city of Metz.
After the final whistle footballer of Amiens Joann Paul struck with his fist the opposing team player Pierre Bubi, who as a result has fell on the field. The referee had to demonstrate overly aggressive footballer a red card. This, however, did not alter the situation for the better - on the field having several fights between players of Mets and Amiens. Battle failed to halt for a few minutes. Dogfight took place mainly in the area of the tunnel through which the teams had to - theoretically - to leave the field and head to the locker room.
In the brawl involving more than two dozen people - not just players, but also representatives of the management team.
After learning about the incident, President of the French Professional Football League Frederic Tire demanded "in the shortest period of time" to investigate the incident. He stressed that he considers such events in the world of French football "inadmissible." Meeting of the Disciplinary Commission of the League will be held in the coming days.
The same day in France there was a fight involving players at the end of the match between the teams Chateauroux and Ange. Fortunately, the referees were able to quickly calm down the players.
As the French sports commentators say fight on the field in the second league matches in the country are becoming more frequent.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

UEFA Champions League. 5th round. Wednesday

Group E:

Bayer, Germany - Chelsea, England - 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: 0:1 - Didier Drogba (48), 1-1 - Derdiyok (73), 2:1 - M. Friedrich (90).

Valencia, Spain - Genk, Belgium - 7:0 (4:0)
Goals: 1:0 - Jonas (10), 2-0 - Soldado (13), 3-0 - Soldado (36), 4-0 - Soldado (39), 5-0 - P. Hernandez (68), 6 0 - Aduris (70), 7-0 - Tino Costa (81).

                     PTS
1 Leverkusen   9
2 Chelsea        8
3 Valencia       8
4 Genk            2


Group F

Arsenal, England - Dortmund, Germany - 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: 1:0 - van Persie (49), 2-0 - Van Persie (86), 2:1 - Kagawa (90).

Marseille, France - Olympiacos, Greece - 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: 0:1 - Fetfattsidis (82).

                     PTS
1 Arsenal       11
2 Marseille      7
3 Olympiacos  6
4 Dortmund     4


Group G

Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine - Porto, Portugal - 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: 0:1 - Hulk (79), 0:2 - Rat (90, own goal).

Zenit, Russia - APOEL, Cyprus - 0:0 (0:0).

                PTS
1 APOEL   9
2 Zenit        8
3 Porto       7
4 Shakhtar  2


Group H

Milan, Italy - Barcelona, Spain - 2:3 (1:2)
Goals: 0:1 - van Bommel (14, own goal), 1-1 - Ibrahimovic (20), 1:2 - Messi (31 pen), 2-2 - K. Boateng (54), 2:3 - Xavi (63).

BATE Borisov, Belarus - Viktoria Plzeň, Czech - 0:1 (0:1)
Goals: 0:1 - Bakoš (42).

                   PTS
1 Barcelona  13
2 Milan           8
3 Plzeň           4
4 BATE         2

APOEL, Barcelona, Milan, Inter, Benfica and Bayern Munich came into the playoffs Champions League.

Overview of the Champions League 11/23/2011

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

UEFA Champions League. 5th round. Tuesday

Group "A".

Napoli (Italy) - Manchester City (England) - 2:1 (Cavani, 17, 49, Balotelli, 33).

Bayern Munich (Germany) - Villarreal (Spain) - 3:1 (Ribery, 3, 69, Mario Gomez, 24, De Guzman, 50).

                            PTS
1 Bayern Munich  13
2 Napoli                8
3 Man City            7
4 Villarreal             0


Group "B".

CSKA (Russia) - Lille (France) - 0:2 (V. Berezutsky, 49- o.g., Owls, 64).

Trabzonspor (Turkey) - Inter Milan (Italy) - 1:1 (Halil Altintop, 23, Ricardo Alvarez, 18).

                                 PTS  
1 Inter Milan            10
2 Trabzonspor           6
3 Lille                        5
4 CSKA Moscow     5


Group "C".

Manchester United (England) - Benfica (Portugal) - 2-2 (Berbatov, 30, Fletcher, 59, Phil Jones, 3- o.g., Aimar, 61).

Otselul (Romania) - Basel (Switzerland) - 2:3 (Giurgiu, 75, Antal, 81, F. Frei, 10, A. Frei, 14, Streller, 37).

                           PTS  
1 Benfica            9
2 Man Utd          9
3 FC Basel          8
4 Otelul Galati     0

Group "D".

Lyon (France) - Ajax (Netherlands) - 0-0

Real Madrid (Spain) - Dinamo (Zagreb, Croatia) - 6:2 (Benzema, 2, 66, Callejón , 6, 49, Higuain, 9, Mesut Ezil, 20; Bechiray, 81, Tomechak, 90).

                            PTS
1 Real Madrid       15
2 Ajax                    8
3 Lyon                   5
4 Dinamo Zagreb   0


It may be noted that the Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter and Benfica has already passed in the 1 / 8 finals.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Choose the winner of the FIFA Puskas Award 2011


Benjamin De Ceulaer
Giovani dos Santos
Julio Gómez
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Lisandro López
Lionel Messi
Neymar
Heather O'Reilly
Wayne Rooney
Dejan Stanković
Whose goal you like the most? Vote for your favourite on http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html

Voting restricted to one vote per person and closes on 5 December 2011.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Became known composition of baskets for group tournament draw the final round of Euro 2012


The draw for group tournament will take place on December 2 in Kiev.

1st basket: Spain, Holland, Ukraine, Poland

2nd basket: Germany, Italy, England, Russia

3d basket: Croatia, Sweden, Greece, Portugal

4th basket: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Ireland

There were identified all the participants of the final round of European Championship 2012


There were second legs of European Championship 2012 play-offs yesterday:

Croatia - Turkey - 0:0 (first leg - 3:0).

Montenegro - Czech Republic - 0-1 (Irachek, 81) (first leg - 0:2).

Ireland - Estonia - 1:1 (S. Ward, 31, K. Vasilev, 57) (first leg - 4:0).

Portugal - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 6-2 (Ronaldo, 8, 53, Nani, 24, Elder Poshtiga, 72, 82, Miguel Veloso, 80; Misimović, 41-n, Spahić, 65) (first leg - 0:0).

Monday, November 14, 2011

Samuel Eto'o the best footballer in Africa 2010


According to the poll 35 leading African media Samuel Eto'o the best footballer in Africa. At a special ceremony Cameroonian received an honorary prize from the hands of the chief editor of "Al Mountakhab", which is the founder of the competition.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Lionel Messi: the lack of victories for the national team makes me angry

As reported on the official site of FIFA, the striker of "Barcelona" and the national team of Argentina Lionel Messi after the World Championship qualification match against a team from Bolivia (1-1) said:

- Lack of victories very angry to me. First failure at the World Championships, then the America's Cup, it is now ... To our lot recently has fallen too many disappointments. I do not know what can be said to our fans in such a situation so they'll be more patient.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Romario: Pele should shut up


Former footballer Romario the Brazilian national team and now a member of the national parliament, made a criticism of his famous compatriot Pele tells elfvoetbal.nl. Previously, Romario said that the Brazilian Football Confederation president (CBF) Ricardo Teixeira should be condemned, if confirmed allegations of corruption against him. In response to the 71-year-old Pele said so ex-football player "Barcelona" wants to take revenge for the CBF in the national team misses World Cup 1998.
"I promised I would never discuss Pele, because he speaks a lot of crap. Pelé should not work in Parliament, he does not know the rules, regulations, and nothing at all ... He should shut up. I'm 45 years old, I know many things. I get nothing from CBF and Pele probably gets, and therefore make such statements. "

Friday, November 11, 2011

Playoff Euro 2012. First leg

Held the first playoff match of European Championship 2012:

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Portugal - 0:0.

Turkey - Croatia - 0:3 (Olic, 2, Mandzhukich, 32, Chorluka, 51).

Czech Republic - Montenegro - 2-0 (Pilarzh, 63, Sivok, 92 +).

Estonia - Ireland - 0:4 (K. Andrews, 13, Walters, 67, Robbie Keane, 71, 88-n).

Second leg - 15.11.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Manchester United will open its own social network

"Manchester United" contract with SapientNitro, which will develop a strategy and marketing of the club on the World Wide Web. The web platform will be established for two years. According to preliminary calculations, the network can include up to 500-600 million users.

Also, through a new social network is planned to sell the club paraphernalia.


Kaka: I do everything to become who I was in "Milan"

"Many people ask me if I can be that Kaka, who was known in Milan. It is difficult to answer this question, but I do everything for it. At the moment I have more experience and authority in the field. I know when to perform leaps, and when - do not. of course, I no longer have the force that allows us to develop greater speed in the snatch, but I work in that direction, to restore these qualities, "- said Kaka.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Named contenders for the title of best player in Africa in 2011


The Confederation of African Football named the 10 contenders for the award the best footballer in Africa in 2011. According to the Associated Press, in the final list were: Samuel Eto'O (Cameroon, "Anji"), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast, "Manchester City"), Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire, "Chelsea"), Zhervino (Cote d'Ivoire, "Arsenal"), Andre Ayew (Ghana, "Marseille"), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana, "Al Ain"), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana, "Milan"), Adel Taarabt (Morocco CRC), Moussa Sow (Senegal, "Lille") and Seydou Keita (Mali, "Barcelona"). The winner will be announced on December 22 in a ceremony in Accra (Ghana).

Russia will spend 600-800 million dollars for preparation of World Cup 2018


Today, at the Ministry of Sport Tourism and Youth Policy, the head of the Russian sports Mutko announced a budget plan for organizing the 2018 World Cup. According to him, the amount will be equal to 600-800 million dollars. The total amount will be spent between now and the day before the beginning of the World Cup. Organizing Committee "Russia-2018" will spend about 250 million rubles this year. In the next month, Ministry of Sports is planning to adopt the budget for next year for the organizing committee, transfers sport-express.ru.

Михайлович в скором времени может принять сборную Сербии


Уволенный несколько дней назад из Фиорентины Синиша Михайлович в скором времени может возглавить национальную сборную Сербии. В ближайшее время Михайлович прибудет в Белград для начала переговоров с руководством федерации. Проблема в том, что пока неизвестно, когда состоится заседание Исполкома, на котором обычно такие вещи утверждаются.

Сам Михайлович заявил, что не собирается ждать долго:
"Не могу гарантировать, что я буду ждать заседания исполкома. В любой момент мне могут поступить предложения от других работодателей", - отметил Синиша.

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Тевеса ждет новый штраф за самовольную поездку в Аргентину


Аргентинский нападающий "Манчестер Сити" Карлос Тевес рискует получить новый штраф от клуба после того, как без разрешения уехал на родину, сообщает The Telegraph.

Тевес был оштрафован на четыре недельные зарплаты (798 тысяч фунтов стерлингов) за отказ выйти на замену в матче Лиги чемпионов против мюнхенской "Баварии" 27 сентября. Позже штраф был сокращен вдвое по требованию Ассоциации профессиональных футболистов (PFA), по правилам которой максимальный штраф не может превышать двухнедельной зарплаты.

Во вторник Тевес согласился выплатить этот штраф, и в тот же день форвард вылетел Буэнос-Айрес, хотя тренер "горожан" Роберто Манчини запретил ему покидать Англию. На вопросы журналистов, ожидавших в аэропорту прибытия из Барселоны Лионеля Месси для участия в товарищеском матче против боливийцев 11 ноября, Тевес, который не получил вызова в сборную, ответил, что приехал "отдохнуть".

Теперь футболиста может ждать автоматический штраф, равный двухнедельной зарплате, за нарушение режима тренировок, ведь в среду утром он не явился на базу "Манчестер Сити" в Каррингтоне.

"После своего последнего посещения Южной Америки в октябре Тевес вернулся не в форме. Тренерам пришлось разработать для него персональный план тренировок, чтобы вернуть его в надлежащие кондиции. Карлос уже выполнил часть плана и должен был возобновить тренировки сегодня утром после вчерашнего выходного дня", - рассказал представитель "Сити".

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Алессандро Дель Пьеро: мне нравится английская Премьер-лига


Нападающий "Ювентуса" Алессандро Дель Пьеро рассказал France Football, что хотел бы продолжить карьеру в Англии:
"Турин – это мой город, где я провел половину своей жизни. Здесь у меня все родные и близкие. Можно сказать, мы вместе росли – Турин и я. Но после сезона я буду вынужден сменить обстановку. Переход в английский чемпионат? Я начал уважать английские клубы сразу после моего дебюта на международной арене. Прежде всего, "Манчестер Юнайтед". Мне нравится Премьер-лига. Их подход к игре, атмосфера на стадионах, страсть и дух честной игры на поле".

Стивен Джеррард: рассматриваю Евро-2012 как последний топ-турнир в составе сборной

Полузащитник сборной Англии и "Ливерпуля" Стивен Джеррард поделился ожиданиями от Евро-2012 с порталом Sky Sports:
"Англия смогла победить только на одном топ-турнире в истории. Это показывает, насколько трудно выступать на таком уровне. Хорошо, если этот Евро будет моим последним подобным турниром, и мы дойдем до полуфинала или финала. Не хотелось бы уезжать разочарованным, как бывало ранее. На любой турнир ты едешь с мыслью, что он может стать последним в карьере. Ведь неизвестно, что случится через два года. На Евро-2012 мне будет 32. И его можно рассматривать как последний. Если бы судьба Руни зависела от меня, то я взял бы его в команду. Такого классного игрока нельзя оставлять вне заявки".

Златан Ибрагимович в шестой раз признан лучшим футболистом Швеции

Нападающий "Милана" Златан Ибрагимович в рекордный шестой раз признан лучшим футболистом Швеции по итогам года, сообщает официальный сайт УЕФА

С 1946 года, когда стала вручаться премия, никто не получал ее больше двух раз. Ибрагимовичу "Золотой мяч" присуждается уже пятый год подряд. "Столько раз я поднимался сюда, что уже и не знаю, что еще сказать. Все как и раньше: спасибо одноклубникам, тренерам и моей семье. Без них мне было бы трудно оставаться на высоком уровне все эти годы", - заявил 30-летний форвард.

"Барселона" заключила стратегическое соглашение с Google+

Руководство "Барселоны" заключило стратегическое соглашение с крупнейшей поисковой системой Google, принадлежащей корпорации Google Inc. Каталонский клуб будет официально представлен на страницах социальной сети, когда Google запустит проект Google+Pages. Эти страницы добавятся к страничкам "Барселоны" в других социальных сетях.

Благодаря этому соглашению каталонский клуб усиливает свои позиции в сфере новых технологий и присоединится на Google+ к таким престижным организациям, как, например, UNISEF. Следует отметить, что "Барса" будет единственным клубом профессиональной футбольной Лиги Испании (LFP), который будет иметь официальное присутствие в этой социальной сети.

Благодаря этому сотрудничеству Google+ получит возможность получать новости непосредственно от клуба и добавлять их на своих страницах.

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