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Wednesday 27 April 2011

UFEA CHAMPIONS LIEUGE SEMI-FINAL MATCH RESULT BARCELONA VS RMD

           BARCELONA 2- RMD 0
         GOALS:MESSI: (02) 65" 87"
         ASSISTS :AFFILE (1)
      YELLOW CARDS:  RAMOS(RMD), ALBOULA(RMD), ALVES(BAR), MASCRINO(BAR)
       RED CARDS: PEPE(RMD)

Tuesday 26 April 2011

EL CLASICOTOP NEWS

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16:  Andres Iniesta of Barcelona celebrates after Barcelona scored a goal during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.  (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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10 days ago: MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16: Andres Iniesta of Barcelona celebrates after Barcelona scored a goal during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
"In Spain, the population of Catalonia don't consider themselves Spanish," said Adi-Oula Sebastian. "When the General Franco dictatorship forbade the use of regional dialects, the Camp Nou (Barcelona's home stadium) became one of the few places Catalans were allowed to speak their language, without having to fear repercussions."
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has recovered from a muscle strain and will play in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at Real Madrid. Fellow defender Gabriel Milito is also fit but Brazilian full-back Maxwell misses out with a groin strain. Real have defensive issues of their own with centre-back Ricardo Carvalho suspended for the first match.
Rossi, though, is somewhat angered by the persistence of the media and has once again stressed his desire to honour his contract, which expires in 2016. "It is a lack of respect to be talking about it every day," said Rossi. "I will reiterate once again that I don't know anything about it (a potential Barcelona bid).
Iniesta doubtful for Clasico | Goal

The midfielder has picked up a knock ahead of the crunch semi-final meeting with Jose Mourinho’s men and is expected to start from the bench at the Santiago Bernabeu
But Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to victory in last year's edition of Europe's elite club competition before moving to Spain, pointed out that he was the same coach who suffered a 5-0 La Liga drubbing at Barca's hands at the Nou Camp in November. "They are a top team with a top coach and everything is possible," he said. "I am exactly the same coach who lost 5-0 to Barcelona and I don't have any magic potion."
Kaka has child | PeaceFM
Congratulations are in order for Real Madrid star Kaka, whose wife gave birth to a girl on Saturday evening in Brazil. Caroline Celico gave birth to baby Isabella at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, the couple's first child following the birth of their son Luca in June 2008.

EL CLASICO12 HOURS TO GO

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16:  Head coach Jose Mourinho (R) of Real Madrid throws the ball backdropped by head coach Josep Guardiola of Barcelona during the la Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.  (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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10 days ago: MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16: Head coach Jose Mourinho (R) of Real Madrid throws the ball backdropped by head coach Josep Guardiola of Barcelona during the la Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Here we go again, Round 3 of the El Clasico World Series. After a dull draw in La Liga, a painful defeat in the Copa del Rey final, FC Barcelona are in dire need of a clear victory. Even though their season is far from derailing, let alone a disappointment, something is way off in Catalunya. Just a week ago there were talks of a second treble, but within a matter of days the world of FC Barcelona has been turned upside down.
The momentum has shifted towards FC Barcelona’s eternal rivals, Real Madrid. While it is admirable how Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola goes about his business, he has yet to find an answer to Jose Mourinho’s defensive set-up. I’m not suggesting a radical new game-plan, just a couple of adjustments here and there. Twice did Pep Guardiola name the very same starting XI, to no avail.
Furthermore, the confidence of Los Blancos and their supporters is sky-high whereas Culés have a rather cautious than convinced outlook on the immediate future. It’s not all lost in Barcaland but it could be A LOT better. Let’s see how the Blaugranes team (Arron DucklingPaul Udani, Gabriel Roberts, Bostjan Cernensek, Shehryar Khan and moi) evaluates FC Barcelona’s chances for tomorrow’s game.
Will FC Barcelona be able to tackle Real Madrid into submission, at the Santiago Bernabeu no less?
Arron Duckling: In a nutshell, no. I think Real Madrid are close to unbeatable, given the current circumstances. Many of these Barca players are feeling the effects of 3/4 full years of non-stop playing, with little to no rest in between. Not only are key players injured or working their way back to full fitness, but Los Blancos are peaking, operating at the peak of their powers under a manager who has successfully installed a siege mentality.

UFEA CHAMPIONS LIEGUE MATCH RESULT MAN UTD VS SARLKE 04

       MAN UTD 2-0 SARLKE 04
 GOALS-ROONEY(1), GIGGS (1)
 ASSISTS-ROONEY(1), HARNANDEZ (1)

WILL CHELSEA BID FOR BALE?

Crunch Sports Staff - 26 Apr 2011
The top stories making Tuesday's back pages in the UK...

The Sun: Brazil and Santos striker Neymar, who is wanted by Chelsea, has admitted he has yet to decide where he will be playing his football next season.

Also: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his Champions League rivals that they will not break his team's spirit.


Daily Mirror: Chelsea are ready to make a £40m bid for Spurs winger Gareth Bale this summer.

Also: Jose Mourinho wants to raid former club Chelsea and take captain John Terry to Real Madrid this summer.

And: Manchester United look to have beaten Arsenal to the signature of £3m-rated Lens youngster Raphael Varane, who can play in central defence or midfield.

EL CLASICO 28 HOURS TO GO

"The team is as united as ever and will give its all on the pitch"

Laura Navas / Translation by Michael J. O'Donnell
Sergio Ramos embodies the spirit of the Real Madrid squad prior to the Champions League semifinals against Barcelona. The defender and second team captain analysed the coming fixtures with the eternal foe.
The match on Wednesday will be important, but not decisive. You will then face Barcelona at Camp Nou in the return leg.
That’s something we must always have in mind. This is a 180-minute game. The work we’ve been doing so far and our knowledge of our opponent will make us play similarly to our first two games against them, but we must realise it is a 180-minute game.
What worries you the most about this match?
Given the fact that it’s a Champions League semifinal against Barcelona, what I most want is for the game to be clean, healthy and sportsman like. I’d like people to avoid exaggerating injuries or fouls, and for the referee to be completely impartial to both sides. People even criticized a correct call the ref made at the end of the Copa del Rey final, which I think is too much. Above all, I’d like Madridismo and all football fans to enjoy this celebration of the sport.
This will be the third Clasico this month, but expectations and excitement are as high as ever.
Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have great players and no one knows what will happen. We all know of the responsibility we have and what it takes to defend these crests. We will have to give our all to win.
Is there a favorite in these games?
We don’t regard ourselves as favourites because we won’t earn anything by assuming so. I believe it’s been simplicity, humility and hard work that have taken us this far. Those are the values we must uphold.

LA LIGA TOP ASSISTS

LA LIGA TOP SCORER

April 25 (Reuters) - La Liga top scorers on Monday
 31 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
 29 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
 18 David Villa (Barcelona)
 17 Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal)
 16 Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
 14 Roberto Soldado (Valencia)
 13 Pedro (Barcelona)                  

Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla)
 12 Felipe Caicedo (Levante)           

Salomon Rondon (Malaga)
 11 David Trezeguet (Hercules CF)      

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)        

Nilmar (Villarreal)
 10 Pablo Osvaldo (Espanyol)           

Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)      

Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
  9 Manu (Getafe)                      

Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla)         

Diego Castro (Sporting Gijon)      

Aduriz (Valencia)
  8 Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; Editing by Tom Pilcher)





Monday 25 April 2011

JUST BEFORE EL CLASICO


2011-04-25_ENTRENO_10.JPGAs for Wednesday’s game plan, Iniesta said “we know how to do things right and know how to counter the good things about Madrid … we have to be solid at the back and have to attack well in order to win the game and score goals.” Naturally, the main objective is to get a good result to boost their chances in the return leg at the Camp Nou.

“It will be tough and difficult”, admitted the midfielder. “But we have a positive attitude and are very excited to know that we have come so close to playing in another final”.

Messi the megician

100 of 139 goals carry La Masia seal

Jordi Clos

Messi’s goal against Osasuna was the one hundredth of the season for products of Barcelona’s own youth system.

100 of 139 goals carry La Masia seal
100 of the 139 official goals converted by FC Barcelona this season have been scored by players that were produced at the club itself. That’s 72%. Of the other 39 goals, 37 have been scored by players brought in from elsewhere, and there have also been two own goals.

Half from Messi
2011-04-23_PARTIDO_23.JPGThe Masia graduate who has scored the most goals is Leo Messi, who has scored half of them, with an incredible total of 50, the Argentinian’s best seasonal record yet. He is followed by Pedro (20), Iniesta (8), Bojan (6), Xavi (5), Piqué (3), Sergio Busquets (1), Puyol (1) and Jeffren (1). There have also been goals scored by players that are actually on the Barça B roster: Thiago (2), Nolito (1), Víctor Vázquez (1) and Fontàs (1- although he has since been promoted to the first team).

Villa tops the other list
As for the first team players that were not produced by the club’s youth system, the top scorer is David Villa. ‘El Guaje’ has scored 22 times, in La Liga (18), the Champions League (3) and the Copa del Rey (4). The other ‘outsiders’ have been Keita (5), Alves (4), Maxwell (1), Milito (1), Abidal (1), Adriano (1), Afellay (1) and Ibrahimovic (1).

In total, 22 different players have scored for Barça in 2010/11. The only outfield player who has not been on target this season is Javier Mascherano.

TOP ASSISTS IN SERIE A

TOP SCORER IN SERIE A

SERIE A POINTS TABLE

Italian Serie A

TeamPWDLFAPts
AC Milan342284602374
Inter Milan342068603866
Napoli342059543465
Lazio3418610463260
Udinese3418511593759
Roma3416810524756
Juventus3414119524253
Palermo3415514525550
Fiorentina34111310403646
Genoa3412913383945
Cagliari3412814424244
Bologna *34111013344640
Chievo3491213323539
Parma3491114344538
Catania3491015334737
Cesena3491015324537
Sampdoria3481115274035
Lecce349817406035
Brescia347918284430
Bari344921204921

LA LIGA POINTS TABLE

 SPANISH LIGA BBVA TABLE

Spanish Liga BBVA


TeamPWDLFAPts
Barcelona332841881788
Real Madrid332553792680
Valencia331968574163
Villarreal3317610513957
Athletic Bilbao3316314514751
Sevilla3314712514949
Atletico Madrid3314712544449
Espanyol3314316404645
Mallorca3312615354542
Levante3312615374642
Sporting Gijon33101112313741
Real Sociedad3312219435738
Deportivo La Coruna3391113274138
Getafe3310716435337
Racing Santander3391014324937
Malaga3310617446336
Osasuna339816374135
Hercules339618305033
Real Zaragoza328915314533
Almeria3251116325726

Madrid boss says


Rueda de prensa MourinhoARTICLE - 23/04/2011
"We took this match very seriously"
Mourinho: "Some people may lose focus after unforgettable matches, but that wasn’t the case today"

After win aginst velencia

ARTICLE - 23/04/2011
"We are a fantastic group"
Kaka. "A team that plays like this after winning the Cup proves that it wants to finish the season on a high note"

IT'S ALL ABOUT EL CLASICO


Ronaldo vs Messi
Real Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo
He along with Messi just can't stop scoring. Ronaldo is like the hit man for Madrid scoring goals, mesmerizing the people who watch him and bringing down defenders with his quick feet. On his good day he can be the man that no one can touch and he can kick the ball which the goal keeper can't touch.
Barcelona - Lionel Messi
His goal tally has reached 48 for this season which is the new record in Spanish league and all he does is drops his shoulder turns left then right and just helps the ball into the net. And the best part is everyone knows this but no one can stop him. For me he is the angel who glides over the green turf and the ball is his disciple which doesn't go away from him.
Whole game can just be described in the following words:
"VICTORY WOULD BE SWEET BUT THE REVENGE WOULD BE SWEETER"

serie a 34th round results



Roma-Chievo 1-0 (played at 12.30 CET)
Bari-Sampdoria 0-1
Bologna-Cesena 0-2
Cagliari-Fiorentina 1-2
Genoa-Lecce 4-2
Inter-Lazio 2-1
Palermo-Napoli 2-1
Udinese-Parma 0-2
Thousands of FC Barcelona supporters packed into Camp Nou to catch their first glimpse of David Villa wearing the famous Blaugrana colours.