What do you think ?who will be the 2010 Champion??
I was supporting Spain,but it disappointed me after its defeat against Switzerland.
Castrol predictions indicate that the likelihood that Brazil lift the trophy of the FIFA World Cup is of 23.4% followed by Spain with 17.0%.
That was Castrol Prediction.
The Luso International Rubem Amorim acknowledged that the recovery of the Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is bad news for Portugal to face the match between these two teams on 15 June.
“Drogba’s recovery is good news for football, but bad news for Portugal. It is a great player who can make a difference. It is another worry for Portugal, because, while Ivory Coast must be taken into account as a whole, Drogba is a special player, “said Amorim.
“The main goal is to pass the group stage. Then you never know what can happen”
The Luso International, which was accepted Thursday by FIFA to replace injured Nani, said at a news conference after the morning practice that the first goal for Portugal is to go to the second stage and thereafter plays “dream.”
“The main goal is to pass the group stage. Then you never know what can happen, because this team can either starting in this kind of tournament can go far and we have players for that,” he said.
Amorim, who has not played any game of qualifying for the World Cup, said that peers tease him for his “lucky” to have been on vacation and get to the concentration a few days before the tournament begins.
Nearly one hundred percent
The player of Benfica, Portuguese League champions this season, said after finishing the season was two weeks training at his club and then maintained as swimming and playing tennis, although he acknowledged having some “muscle aches” for effort .
Asked whether Ronaldo as team captain, said something, Amorim said that nobody told you “special words” or treated him differently, but as one of the gang, which, in his opinion, is ” better reception. ”
The footballer said that while it is aware that it is the last to arrive, it aspires to play a game during the World Cup.
The versatile player from Benfica, who on Friday was brought for a second time along with his colleagues in the College Bekker Magaliesburg, where trains daily Portugal, said the cheerful character of Nani, who jokes and tries to bring the best possible abandonment the World Cup.
The good mood continues to prevail in the concentration Portuguese and, after the bad news of the injury to Nani, the 23 players summoned by coach Carlos Queiroz are in perfect condition and ready for the premiere at the World Cup.
Playing rugby
During the first part of practice open to the press, the Portuguese players played a kind of rugby match reduced field, but had the peculiarity that they must score goals in mind.
After that sided game, which elicited laughter and moments of complicity among international Lusos, preparers ordered the typical round, where the quality of the Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo was once again evident.
For his part, Pepe continues its preparation to take the competitive pace requires that a World Cup to be an option for Carlos Queiroz.
Chelsea said it would not renew his players Michael Ballack and Joe Cole, which ended contract with the club on 30 June, and those who did not reach an agreement for its continuity.
German midfielder arrived at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2006 from Bayern Munich, which ended the contract, while Cole has spent seven seasons at the club, who thanked both their “services” and wished them luck for future.
The German, 33, received an offer for a season low, but I wanted at least two, so its future looks far from the Premier League, with the return to their country or a new entrepreneurial adventure in the future, although their main concern is also recovering from the ankle injury that kept him out of the tournament.
The case of the England midfielder, 29, is similar, since there was no understanding for the extension of the link, though, as the English press would have offers from Tottenham and Manchester City.
Thus, Ballack leave the club after play 168 games and scored 25 goals and after not having been a regular in Carlo Ancelotti’s plans this season, in which the Blues joined the double. The player will Cobham to recover from his injury, but to become a free agent on July 1, confirmed to the entity.
Meanwhile, Cole joined the club in the summer of 2003 from West Ham, one of the first signings of Roman Abramovich, who paid for 6.6 million pounds. While not a fixed, did play an average of 30 games (35, 28 and 34) in his first three seasons, but an injury left him many months in dry dock in 2006/07, but came roaring back in the following (33).
A ruptured cruciate ligament in January 2009 we had eight months out, while last season was in and out of the lineup and scored his goal last April 40 at Chelsea, for a total of 282 games.
Belletti will also be
Chelsea also confirmed that the right side of Juliano Belletti will leave the London club when his contract expires later this month.
The player leaves Stamford Bridge after serving three years as stipulated in its contract.
Ivorian striker Didier Drogba is very difficult to play even a World Cup match after breaking the ulna of the right arm during the friendly game at noon on his selection to Japan.
Although the Ivory Coast coach, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson did not know “how serious” the Chelsea striker injury English, it stressed, while the player was taken to a hospital, it was “serious.” “We are very worried, is our captain and one of the best strikers in the world,” added Eriksson.
However, according to the website of the French sports daily L’Equipe, Drogba himself have been confirmed after undergoing the relevant evidence could not be in South Africa, which means a blow to the ‘Elephants’, who lose his best man.
Urgent operation
However, the Chelsea striker will exhaust all means to play a game of the qualifying round. Drogba will go under the knife on an urgent basis to reduce the fracture and force to play with the ‘elephants’, but one week of the World will be very difficult thereby shortening recovery times.
Drogba suffered a setback last quarter hour of the friendly game against Japan when he received a post defender Tulio and fell on his right elbow. Striker ‘blue’ had to be replaced by Seydou Doumbia and left the field clutching his right arm.
This is a new blow to the face of Africa combined to ‘his’ World downward as Drogba joins Ghanaian Michael Essien, also a leader of the ‘Black Stars’, which are also depleted for the tournament. In addition, the Ivory Coast have been drawn in the ‘Group of Death’, G, along with Brazil, Portugal and North Korea.
Don Alfredo di Stefano on Wednesday announce the winner of the third edition that bears his name and recognizes the best player of the season in La Liga BBVA: Leo Messi.
Messi goes over the numbers this season with Barça
Barcelona striker, scorer of the League and Golden Boot and conquered for the second consecutive year the Di Stefano Trophy after winning the final vote Cristiano Ronaldo by 34-26 votes.
A hard-fought vote in which the 13-member jury, chaired by Di Stefano and composed by Capello, Zubizarreta, Garate, Butragueño, Diaz Vega, Hierro, Luis Suarez, Quini, Cruyff, Zidane, Segurola, Amalio Moratalla and Eduardo Inda, had the last word on the votes cast by fans throughout the season . A vote was also Messi, with 92 705, 66 297 accumulated by CR9.
In third place was Xavi, with 15 votes, and the fourth was Higuain, with four. Moreover, among the most votes from fans throughout the campaign also appear Pedro, Kaka or Iker Casillas.
Brazil is still thinking of playing and winning the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, but the country is already busy working to host the World Cup 2014.
This will be the second time that Brazil will host the Cup; the first time was in 1950, when Brazil lost the final match for Uruguay.
FIFA already defined the host cities of 2014. When defining the cities, FIFA and the Brazilian Committee attempted to spread the matches across a wide variety of scenarios, so as to give visitors the opportunity to see as much as possible of Brazil.
There will be games in twelve cities: Rio de Janeiro (main gateway to the country), Sao Paulo (most important city), Recife, Natal, Salvador and Fortaleza (cities with tropical beaches), Manaus (in the heart of the Amazon), Curitiba and Porto Alegre (in the Southern States, settled by Europeans), Belo Horizonte (in the countryside) and Cuiaba (in the central wetlands of Brazil).
All cities are already working to better host the games. Stadiums are being built or refurbished, new airports and highways are being designed. The Brazilian Travel Authority will soon launch campaigns to promote the country, to attract a high number of visitors to the country.
Brazil, who won five times the World Cup, is known as country of football, and now wants to be known as Country of the Cup.
The 100 best players of the World Cup since 1966. These are the final results:
Top 15 goalkeepers
In the classification of the 15 most outstanding goalkeepers, Iker Casillas is the most voted. The Spanish goalkeeper received a total of 30,200 votes. The Real Madrid player is followed closely by Gianluigi Buffon, who is the runner up with almost the same votes that Casillas. The third is more or less than Dino Zoff, who also over 30,000 punctures.
The full list of the top 15 archers of the World are:
—>>Van der Saar, Khan, Schmeichel, Lev Yashin, Walter Zenga, Shilton, Maier, Schumacher, Dassaev, Fillol, Zubizarreta or Barthez.
Top 25 defenders
A proper name leads the best defenses: Franz Beckenbauer. The former German international received 24 240 votes. Maldini (24 100) and Roberto Carlos (22 800) are second and third respectively. You must go to sixth place to find the first Spanish. Fernando Hierro entered the ‘Top-10′ with 20 100 votes. Carles Puyol is also among the top 10 with 20,000 votes from fans.
The classification of the complete 25 defenders:
—>>Cafu, Baresi, Cannavaro, Thuram, Koeman, Desailly, Passarella, Camacho, Bobby Moore, J. Charlton, Brehme, Vogts, Carlos Alberto, Breitner, Campbell, Kohler, Lahm, Frank de Boer, Jorginho and Manolo Sanchis (father).
The 30 best midfielders
In the section of midfielders, three living legends lining the front rows of the classification: Zidane, Maradona and Pele. The Frenchman managed 17 200 votes, compared with 16 400 of ‘The Fuzz’ and 16 300 of ‘O Rei’. From the Spanish, Xavi Hernandez is the best placed, as it occupies the sixth place with 15 240 votes.
The other players who have snuck into the list of the best midfielders in the World are:
—>>Michael Laudrup, Zico, Platini, Matthaus, Charlton, Francescoli, Gullit, Socrates, Figo, Neeskens, Pirlo, Mauro Silva, Vieira, Falcao, Hagi , Dunga, Ballack, Beckham, Gascoigne, Keane, Michel, Davids, Tardelli, Scifo, Ribery and Luis Fernandez.
The 30 best strikers
As attackers are concerned, the followers are clear. The three best strikers in the history of the World have Name: Ronaldo, Romario and Van Basten were chosen through a survey conducted by the attackers survey as most critical of all time. The current Corinthians player is without doubt the best value. With more than 16,000 votes, readers believe that Brazil is the most decisive player in the area.
It is the Dutchman Van Basten, who was voted by nearly 17,800 football fans. And to complete the first three positions, Ronaldo and Van Basten is accompanied by fellow Brazilian Romario, who scored a total of 1,700 votes. You have to go down to the No. 19 for the first Spanish in this list of 45 strikers. Emilio Butragueno is the player best positioned our selection in this classification with about 13,400 votes. Villa took the twenty-fourth place (11 830) and Raul the twenty-fifth (11,700).
The other forwards who round out the top 30 are:
—>>Cruyff, Müller, Kempes, Eusebio, Roberto Baggio, Batistuta, Bergkamp, Klinsmann, Bebeto, Rivaldo, Rossi, Hugo Sanchez, Suker, Rummenigge, Stoichkov, Butragueño, Henry, Ronaldinho, Owen, Lineker, Klose, Caniggia, Robert Milla, Eto’o and Fernando Torres.
These surveys and results are from one famous spanish site.
Although until next Tuesday is not going to present the official Real Madrid kit, the new shirt is now available in South Africa. In fact you can buy from this Saturday for 699 rand (75 euros).
The new elastic stresses over that of last season, the color of the stripes that go from black to blue. The sleeves are the same as those that will wear the Red in the World Cup and the neck is a bit more open.
The newest are the rays that arise from the shield as if the sun and passing through the entire shirt.
Jose Mourinho is already the new coach of Real Madrid after Florentino Perez has reached an agreement with Massimo Moratti, Inter Milan president to pay eight million by the clause in the Portuguese coach. On Monday, at 1300 hours, the Portuguese will be presented in the Bernabeu.
For some time, Real Madrid had thought it to replace Pellegrini. The Portuguese was under total but from Milan Moratti seemed not willing to compromise on their financial claims. The clause contained Mourinho leaving the club that cost 16 million euros , a figure that Real Madrid was not willing to pay.
The Portuguese coach tried to convince Moratti to let him go free, and that was what had promised if he got the team became champion of the Champions League, as it were. However, the representative interest was not so disposed.
Since the matter was delayed, Florentino Perez was the same Friday for Milan to negotiate in person with Moratti and try to unblock the situation. And finally the signing has been closed for eight million euros.
Mourinho ditigirá to Real Madrid the next four seasons and collect ten million euros for each one of them.
In his first interview as the new coach of Real Madrid ‘The Special One’ is not hidden: “Of course I’m capable of winning the Champions League with Real Madrid.”
“I like to be the first to achieve the ‘Grand Slam’ of the leagues in England, Italy and Spain”
“Cristiano is not happy because he hasn`t won titles,” said Mourinho, and Luis Fernando Eduardo Inda Red in a world exclusive.
The Portuguese coach further said “I want to make history with Real Madrid. I want to be the first coach to win a Grand Slam – that is the Premier League, Italian league and Spanish Liga titles.”
