A wonder goal scored by league leaders Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates has gone viral and it is easy to see why.
Currently top of the UAE Pro-League by a huge nine point margin, Al Ain are the record champions in the oil rich nation with ten league championships to their name. Al Ain, based in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, have only lost one game so far this season and that defeat came on the opening day of the season against Al Ahli.
The high-spending French power swooped in to sign rising Brazilian star Lucas Moura, outbidding
the likes of Manchester United and Inter Milan for the Sao Paulo attacking midfielder. Reports
Tuesday had PSG making a €45 million move for Lucas, who is currently on the Brazilian Olympic
team that is vying for the gold medal in London.
Just when you thought United Arab Emirates couldn't test the limits of architectural physics any
further, they went and hatched this quite phenomenal plan: a 40,000 seater football stadium peeking
out of a lifeless and barren land. 'The Rock Stadium' is set to be built in the Al Ain desert and
will be constructed below [.
I stumbled across this story when catching up on all the latest football news and thought i
would highlight here not because it is one of the biggest transfer stories on this last day of the
transfer window, but rather because of its almost near obscurity.
Frankly, speaking , i thought Toni had retired from the game so imagine my shock when i read
that he had actually been with Juventus all this time.
Just what is 'verbal abuse'? It must be relative, as the line drawn in some areas is much
different than, say, the one in the United Arab Emirates.
Diego. He's less than the ideal role model off the pitch. And now he's been fined for calling an
opposing coach 'quite rude', which would probably qualify as the nicest thing said in a Premiership
press conference this week.
By Majid Abdalli, writing from the United Arab Emirates
When Asamoah Gyan arrived at Sunderland for a club record £13 million fee, it seemed like the
dawn of a new era for both club and player. However, the new era has become true only in the case
of the player, while Sunderland are back where they were under Roy Keane – struggling at the
wrong end of the table.
Despite admitting his admiration for new manager Martin O'Neill, Asamoah Gyan has outlined his
reluctance to return to Sunderland, perhaps even after his loan spell with Middle Eastern outfit Al
Ain has finished.
Ghanaian goalscorer Gyan – who has netted 27 times in 54 matches for the Black Stars – is in
the United Arab Emirates as a result of a deal struck back in September and, although rumours to
the contrary have circulated this week, the 26 year-old ruled out a return to Wearside this
January.
Phil Neville is in favor of manager David Moyes bringing in reinforcements to the club during
the winter transfer window in January, but one player the Everton captain doesn't see being brought
in is Landon Donovan.
All eyes will be on Asamoah Gyan at the upcoming African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial
Guinea in January as he attempts to help Ghana go one better than their second place finish two
years ago.
The Ghanaian striker was voted African player of the year in 2010 and was one of the players to
make the biggest impact on the World Cup in South Africa as he helped his side become only the
third African country to make the quarter-finals of the tournament.
I'm not sure how this works outside of the transfer window, but Asamoah Gyan has left Sunderland.
From Sunderland's official website: Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is set to join United Arab
Emirates side Al-Ain on loan. Officials from Al-Ain made contact with Sunderland earlier in the
week with a view to signing the player on a permanent deal.
The qualifying play-offs for the 2011 AFC Champions League have been completed this weekend
and for Qatar's Al-Sadd and Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates it has been a great weekend as
they secured the final two berths in this year's tournament.
In the West section Al-Sadd, who easily disposed of Syrian side Al-Ittihad with a 5-1 scoreline
in the first play-off round, had to overcome the challenge of Indian champions Dempo SC in order
to reach the group stages.
16.01.2013 - En los planes de Emiratos Arabes Unidos continúa la idea de seguir sorprendiendo al mundo a través de su arquitectura. Masdar (ciudad de Abu Dhabi, el mayor de los Emiratos) como primera ciudad sostenible del mundo, el shopping más grande del mundo (Dubai Mall), el edificio más alto (Burj Khalifa), el hotel mas caro (Emirates Palace), las islas artificiales mas grandes (World Islands) o la fuente mas grande (Dubai Fountain) son algunos ejemplos.
14.04.2012 - Con goles de Juan Manuel Olivera (´65) y Mohammad Khalatbari
(´67), Al Wasl empató (2-2) frente al puntero Al Ain (Asamoah Gyan x2) en el Zabeel
Stadium por la 18º jornada de la Liga de Emiratos Árabes.
En una ráfaga, Al Wasl logró invertir el resultado (2-1) para sumar de a 3 pero el ghanés
Asamoah Gyan lo empató a cinco minutos del final y puso justicia en el marcador.
27.03.2012 - Con goles de Rashid Essa (´26 y ´74), Mariano Donda (´33
penal) y Juan Manuel Olivera (´67), Al Wasl venció (4-1) a Emirates (H.Matroushi ´74) en
el Zabeel Stadium por la 16º fecha de la Liga de Emiratos Árabes y se establece en el 5º puesto
(24 puntos) a 15 unidades del puntero Al Ain (39).
12.11.2011 - Con gol de Juan Manuel Olivera (´59), Al Wasl venció (1-0) al Al Ain
como local y sigue en carrera por la Emirates Cup.
En un partido cerrado que mostró como figuras convocantes a Mariano Donda (ex Godoy Cruz)
de un lado y a Ignacio Scocco (ex Newells) y Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain), Al Wasl supo
aguantar el golazo (de volea) del uruguayo Olivera para llevarse los 3 puntos necesarios.
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2014, foi realizado no dia 29/02/2012, na
cidade de Abu Dhabi-UAE, onde jogaram as seleções dos Emirados Arabes (132º no ranking da FIFA)
e a seleção do Líbano (114º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleçõs jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2014Beirut 06/09/2011 LIB3:1 (1:1)UAE Eliminatórias Continentais
1976Abu Dhabi 11/01/1979 UAE0:0LIB Amistosos
Al Ain City 17/07/2011 UAE6:2 (4:1)LIB 2007Dubai 23/09/2007 UAE1:1 (0:1)LIB 2000Beirut 10/09/2000
LIB2:2UAE 2000Beirut 07/09/2000 LIB0:1UAE 1999Amman 20/08/1999 LIB0:2UAE First stage1998Abu Dhabi
21/10/1998 UAE1:0 (0:0)LIB 1997Abu Dhabi 19/03/1997 UAE2:1 (1:0)LIB
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Peter GREEN (AUS)
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2014, foi realizado no dia 29/02/2012, na
cidade de Abu Dhabi-UAE, onde jogaram as seleções dos Emirados Arabes (132º no ranking da FIFA)
e a seleção do Líbano (114º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleçõs jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2014Beirut 06/09/2011 LIB3:1 (1:1)UAE Eliminatórias Continentais
1976Abu Dhabi 11/01/1979 UAE0:0LIB Amistosos
Al Ain City 17/07/2011 UAE6:2 (4:1)LIB 2007Dubai 23/09/2007 UAE1:1 (0:1)LIB 2000Beirut 10/09/2000
LIB2:2UAE 2000Beirut 07/09/2000 LIB0:1UAE 1999Amman 20/08/1999 LIB0:2UAE First stage1998Abu Dhabi
21/10/1998 UAE1:0 (0:0)LIB 1997Abu Dhabi 19/03/1997 UAE2:1 (1:0)LIB
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Peter GREEN (AUS)
Mais um amistoso, no mês de Novembro de 2011, foi realizado no dia 04/11/2011, na cidade de Kuwait
City-KUW, onde jogaram as seleções do Kuwait (96º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Bahrain
(101º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2002Kuwait City 27/02/2001 KUW0:1 (0:0)BHR First stage2002Singapore 03/02/2001 BHR1:2 (0:0)KUW
First stage1978Doha 17/03/1977 BHR1:2 (0:1)KUW First stage1978Doha 11/03/1977 BHR0:2 (0:2)KUW First
stage Copa da Ásia
1988Doha 03/12/1988 KUW0:0BHR Group matches Eliminatórias COntinentais
2007Manama 15/11/2006 BHR2:1 (2:0)KUW 2007Kuwait City 01/03/2006 KUW0:0BHR 1992Al Ain City
08/08/1992 KUW2:0 (1:0)BHR Preliminary round Amistosos
Manama 14/02/2011 BHR0:0KUW
Kuwait City 08/10/2010 KUW1:3 (0:1)BHR
Al Ain City 25/02/2010 KUW4:1 (2:1)BHR
Muscat 07/01/2009 BHR0:1 (0:1)KUW First stage2008Manama 16/01/2008 BHR1:0 (0:0)KUW 2004Doha
23/12/2004 BHR3:1 (1:1)KUW Second stage2004Doha 14/12/2004 BHR1:1 (1:1)KUW First stage2004Al
Muharraq 26/08/2004 BHR0:0KUW 2003Kuwait City 10/01/2004 KUW0:4 (0:2)BHR 2002Riyadh 22/01/2002
KUW0:0BHR 1998Manama 06/11/1998 BHR0:2 (0:1)KUW 1997Kuwait City 18/03/1997 KUW3:1 (2:1)BHR
1996Muscat 16/10/1996 BHR0:1 (0:1)KUW 1994Abu Dhabi 04/11/1994 BHR2:1 (1:0)KUW 1992Doha 10/12/1992
KUW0:1 (0:0)BHR 1990Kuwait City 21/02/1990 KUW1:0BHR 1988Amman 16/07/1988 KUW0:0BHR Group
matches1988Riyadh 12/03/1988 KUW0:1 (0:1)BHR 1986Manama 07/04/1986 KUW1:1 (1:0)BHR 1984Muscat
12/03/1984 KUW1:0 (1:0)BHR Group matches1982Abu Dhabi 20/03/1982 KUW1:0BHR 1979Baghdad 08/04/1979
KUW2:0BHR 1978Bangkok 14/12/1978 KUW3:0BHR First stage1976Doha 06/04/1976 KUW5:2BHR 1972Riyadh
18/03/1972 KUW2:0BHR 1970Isa Town 03/04/1970 BHR1:3KUW 1966Baghdad 01/04/1966 KUW4:4BHR First
stage
O árbitro desse jogo, não foi encontrado.
Mais um amistoso no mês de Fevereiro de 2011, foi realizado no dia 14/02/2011, na cidade de
Manama-BHR, no Bahrain National Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Bahrain (93º no ranking da
FIFA) e a seleção do Kuwait (101º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2002Kuwait City 27/02/2001 KUW0:1 (0:0)BHR First stage2002Singapore 03/02/2001 BHR1:2 (0:0)KUW
First stage1978Doha 17/03/1977 BHR1:2 (0:1)KUW First stage1978Doha 11/03/1977 BHR0:2 (0:2)KUW First
stage Copa da Ásia
1988Doha 03/12/1988 KUW0:0BHR Group matches
Eliminatórias Continentais
2007Riffa 15/11/2006 BHR2:1 (2:0)KUW 2007Kuwait City 01/03/2006 KUW0:0BHR 1992Al Ain City
08/08/1992 KUW2:0 (1:0)BHR Preliminary round
Amistosos
Kuwait City 08/10/2010 KUW1:3 (0:1)BHR
Al Ain City 25/02/2010 KUW4:1 (2:1)BHR
Muscat 07/01/2009 BHR0:1 (0:1)KUW First stage2008Riffa 16/01/2008 BHR1:0 (0:0)KUW 2004Doha
23/12/2004 BHR3:1 (1:1)KUW Second stage2004Doha 14/12/2004 BHR1:1 (1:1)KUW First stage2004Al
Muharraq 26/08/2004 BHR0:0KUW 2003Kuwait City 10/01/2004 KUW0:4 (0:2)BHR 2002Riyadh 22/01/2002
KUW0:0BHR 1998Riffa 06/11/1998 BHR0:2 (0:1)KUW 1997Kuwait City 18/03/1997 KUW3:1 (2:1)BHR
1996Muscat 16/10/1996 BHR0:1 (0:1)KUW 1994Abu Dhabi 04/11/1994 BHR2:1 (1:0)KUW 1992Doha 10/12/1992
KUW0:1 (0:0)BHR 1990Kuwait City 21/02/1990 KUW1:0BHR 1988Amman 16/07/1988 KUW0:0BHR Group
matches1988Riyadh 12/03/1988 KUW0:1 (0:1)BHR 1986Riffa 07/04/1986 KUW1:1 (1:0)BHR 1984Muscat
12/03/1984 KUW1:0 (1:0)BHR Group matches1982Abu Dhabi 20/03/1982 KUW1:0BHR 1979Baghdad 08/04/1979
KUW2:0BHR 1978Bangkok 14/12/1978 KUW3:0BHR First stage1976Doha 06/04/1976 KUW5:2BHR 1972Riyadh
18/03/1972 KUW2:0BHR 1970Isa Town 03/04/1970 BHR1:3KUW 1966Baghdad 01/04/1966 KUW4:4BHR First
stage
Asamoah Gyan's weekend was full of surprises for Ghanian soccer fans. The striker wrote a letter
to the country's football association (FA) informing the national team's leadership that he would
be retiring "indefinitely" from international play.
The 26-year-old has claimed that he has not fully recovered psychologically from missing a
crucial penalty in the 120th minute of Ghana's loss to Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup
Quarterfinals.
Like a cross between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Nicklas Bendtner, Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan is very
fond of his own abilities. There were questions as to whether he would play in Ghana's African Cup
of Nations match against Mali after sustaining an injury in training on Thursday, but he did start
and scored off a free kick in his side's 2-0 win.
Last week we saw a bizarre transfer when Al-Ain announced that they will be signing Asamoah Gyan
on a one year loan at ridiculous wages. Gyan obviously took the option. Many questioned the move,
accusing him of being a money grabber, accusing him of making a terrible move with respect to his
career and what not.
Theyab Awana one of the UAE's brightest stars died on Sunday, tragically killed in a car
accident. He was just 21. Awana was returning from a training camp held at Al Ain ahead of the
team's qualifier with South Korea on October 11 when his car struck a road repair lorry. Awana
passed away in the hospital.
Theyab Awana, the UAE winger who became an internet sensation after netting a supremely cheeky
back-heeled penalty kick in the UAE's 7-2 demolition of Lebanon in July, has been killed in a car
crash.
The 21-year-old was driving back to Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening after taking part in a national
team training session in Al Ain when his car collided with a truck.
The only thing better than a great goal is a great goal with several layers of controversy which
can dovetail into a mindless internet argument, the epicenter of which is YouTube.
Hallelujah.
This is either the greatest dummy or luckiest goal in recent memory. He appears to skip past it
from one angle, yet miss it completely from another.
Less concerned with this successfully converted penalty trick we see roughly once a year than I
am with two things:
i. After watching it several times, I still can't help but root for the keeper to stop it. I see
the ball go to his left...and then he goes to the left...and then he reads the shot correctly, goes
right.
AFC Champions League Qualifier
Sriwijaya v Al Ain 0-4
As Sriwijaya bid to reach the group stage of the AFC Champions League their own FA did nothing to
help them by scheduling a game against Persijap between both qualifiers. Liga Primer Indonesia
Bandung v PSM 1-1 (Perry Somah; Andi Oddang)Tangerang Wolves v Batavia Union 3-3 (OG, M Yusuf,
Victor Hugo; Juan Cortez 2, Tantan)Cendrawasih v Semerang United 1-2 (Izak Masen; M Yusuf,
Mariawan)Real Mataram v Manado United 2-2 (Zainal Abidan, Fernando Soler; Razi Alkarani,
Amaral)
To show how radical the LPI is, Semerang won in Papua with a late, late winner.
20.11.2011 - Pocas horas antes de que su mamá, Doña Tota, volviera de urgencia a ser
internada en la Clínica Los Arcos (Buenos Aires), Diego Maradona salía a la cancha para dirigir a
Al Wasl en su visita a Al Ain (Emirates Cup 6º jornada).
Al Ain venció (1-0)(Yasser ´29) y Diego soportó las bravuconadas de , equipo que dirige Diego
Armando Maradona, cayó hoy por 1 a 0 ante Al Ain, coml rumano Cosmin Olaroiu (DT Al Ain)
después del único gol del partido que dejó a Al Wasl con 9 puntos en tercera posición del grupo
A (con dos puestos de clasificación: Al Jazira 13 y Al Ain 10).
Long-term Liverpool target Ola Toivonen is being linked with a move to Sunderland.
The Swedish international striker was heavily linked with a move to Anfield whilst the Reds were
under the stewardship of Roy Hodgson, who still had connections from his time in Scandinavia.
However, replacement Kenny Dalgish was also thought to be keen on the PSV Eindhoven forward, who
impressed Liverpool scouts with his form in the Eredivisie.
Tras el fracaso estrepitoso de Mario Pavone en el River Plate el club del estadio caliente desea
contratar a fuerza a un jugador argentino que sea de River y por eso al parecer ya se tiene al
nuevo refuerzo del equipo Xolos de Tijuana: José Sand.
El nuevo refuerzo de Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana, club que pagó cuatro millones de dólares
por él al club dueño de su pase, el Al Ain.
