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Last week when Chivaz defeated Barcelona 4-1, Fabian got all the spotlights scoring two great goals
especially the one with the great bicycle kick.
What is amazing now, and welcome to the world of the new internet media, here is the goal with non
official cameras : )
and here is a one with even a better angle
one more camera :)
Then, here is another incredible (half) bicycle kick from one of the most under-rated Saudi players
ever, Khalid Mosad.
Featuring Inter Milan midfielder McDonald Mariga, the Kenya national football team is currently
ranked 133rd in the world and 36th in Africa by FIFA. Nicknamed the Harambee Stars, the team has
never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but has made five first round appearances in the African Cup
of Nations.
It seems that Mobido Maiga is very likely to join Newcastle United in January. Mobido Maiga dream
move to Newcastle for all players The local press has said the fee for the Mali striker is around
£6M and the deal is likely to take place in early January although Mobido will be leaving for
the African Cup of [.
The Daily Mail is reporting this morning that Chelsea are willing to take as £30m loss on
misfiring striker Fernando Torres.
According to Neil Ashton at the Daily Mail, Chelsea have considered sending Torres out on loan
to rebuild his confidence, after scoring only three Premier League goals for Chelsea this year.
As protests ended in Egypt today, and Egypt went into a very new phase in history, I hope
everything will be very positive in future, this is a gift with a video with a song and nice
celebrations in Egypt when they won the African Cup for the third consecutive time
African club football gets very little coverage in Europe so I thought it would be interesting
to delve into this little known world for another blogpost.
On Saturday the East African club cup begins in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Twelve clubs from ten
African nations compete for the coveted trophy.
Ahead of the big match against Chelsea on Monday evening, Manchester City's tactician, Roberto
Mancini, revealed that aside from focusing heavily in the upcoming difficult matches against the
Blues and Arsenal, the Italian tactician is also set his sight on surviving the January
fixtures.
Mancini revealed that, the early part of next year could be the most important month that will
determine their title chance this season.
Finding difficulties in getting into Arsenal's first team line up apparently has frustrated
Marouane Chamakh, who hinted at a potential departure from Emirates after the season ends.
The Moroccan international insisted that considering his age, getting regular playing is pretty
much what he needed and should nothing changes by next summer, Chamakh will be considering his
options.
The Daily Mail is reporting this morning that Chelsea are willing to take as £30m loss on
misfiring striker Fernando Torres.
According to Neil Ashton at the Daily Mail, Chelsea have considered sending Torres out on loan
to rebuild his confidence, after scoring only three Premier League goals for Chelsea this year.
Injury problems and also the upcoming African Cup most likely will force Arsene Wenger make some
activity in the January transfer market especially in covering the full back and striker
positions.
Arsenal are set to lose Gervinho along with Marouane Chamakh for the African Cup, while their
main full backs such as Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos and Carl Jenkinson are all
injured.
In form Tottenham Hotspurs striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, who arrived in a loan deal from
Manchester City apparently believes that his team might find a patch to catch up with City this
January, mainly because of the African Nations Cup.
Adebayor is confident that the departure of Yaya Toure along with Kolo Toure to defend their
respective country, Ivory Coast, in the upcoming competition set to be held at Gabon and Equatorial
Guinea.