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Here is the VIDEO of the CRISTIANO RONALDO direct free-kick goal that put REAL MADRID two goals
ahead against ZARAGOZA last night. Spanish press has estimated the speed of the ball, a rapid 105
Km/ Hr. No wonder Zaragoza keeper Franco did not move, few would have & for what purpose.
Here is the very latest SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM photo. Found it surfing the Web & thought
many of the readers may wish to add it to their collection of images. Spain National Team 2010 L
to R Top: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Pique, Capdevila & Xavi Alonso L to R Bottom: Silva,
Iniesta, Villa, Xavi Hernandez & Puyol
Back posting after a brief Christmas Break were I hope that you have had some wonderful days of
relax, family warmth & lots of presents. The Spanish Football scene is relatively quiet as the
Spanish League is enjoying their Xmas Break with news being generated by the rumours of new
incorporations as of January 2011 Affeley presented as new Barça player The winter "Transfer
Market" kicks in
Barcelona based Sports Daily "Mundo Deportivo" has elaborated their own survey on which players are
the favourites for this year FIFA Golden Ball Award 2010. According to the paper they have
interviewed 75 World Football personalities; active players, international Coaches & retired
prestigious players, to give an orientation of how things will go before FIFA announces officially
the 3
Interesting news from the United States where the US Sports Academy has awarded FC BARCELONA
forward & Spanish International DAVID VILLA the "Best Sportsman in the World" for 2010, tipping in
second place Spanish Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL David Villa The votes came in via the webs of NBC
Sports & USA Today which prized the performance of David Villa during this years World Cup with his
goals &
Now its official. FIFA has announced today the three candidates for the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball
Award. All three currently play for FC BARCELONA, Andres Iniesta - Xavi Hernandez - Lionel Messi -
with the winner to be announced on the 10th of Janaury 2011 in Zurich. Messi, Iniesta & Xavi The
big surprise was the non-inclusion of Inter Milan player Wesley Sneijder whos place was taken by
Messi.
Once upon a time there was a guy in South Florida who wanted a soccer team, so he bought one. His
name was Ken Horowitz and he was as shady as a South Beach palm. His team was the Miami Fusion and
we all know how that went.
Today there is another guy in South Florida who wanted a soccer team, so he bought one.
First of all I hate the American term MVP. But Best Player sounds like something from the school
playground while Player of the Tournament sounds like some comic super hero. And second I'm sure no
-one cares what I think anyway.
Well, tough titty...here are my candidates
Safiq Rahim (Selangor & Malaysia)Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (Kelantan & Malaysia)Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
(Kelantan & Malaysia)Safee Sali (Selangor & Malaysia)Firman Utina (Sriwijaya & Indonesia)Ahmad
Bustomi (Arema & Indonesia)
There should also be at least one Malaysian defender in there somewhere but it has been difficult
for me to select one as they have done so well as a unit.
I never got to see this one last night as am at a mates wedding today so am caught up in all that
but I will tell you one thing, the relief I felt after seeing that the game had finished and we had
one and got an really important three points was immense!.
With United and Arsenal slipping up things do not seem as bad this morning as they were on Tuesday
morning.
Nachdem sich der Hype um die isländischen Torjubler wieder etwas gelegt hat, können wir die
Youtube-Serie über den Modernen Torjubel fortsetzen. Heute zeigt uns Jubel-Coach U.S.A. Rodriguez
wie man nach dem Torerfolg andere Sportarten mit in die Feierorgie einbeziehen kann. Jhon Kennedy
Hurtado von den Seattle Wizards zeigt eindrucksvoll, was er von Coarch Rodriguez gelernt [.
Welcome to America, Li-Ning. Nice touch using Portland (U.S. home of Nike & Adidas) for the
location and Ashy Larry & that one dude from 40 year-old Virgin in your "coming out" advert. Your
shoes may be ugly as hell but at least you have some balls.
Good news & a great image below for Real Madrid fans & all World Football followers. Brazilian
midfielder KAKA began running today at the Real Madrid training session as he takes his recovery
onto the "next" level. Kaka had his knee operated last August & has been following very closely &
with care his special therapy programme to which the specialist have given the "green light" to
begin running
Images: Olweb.fr.
If you haven't ventured out into society recently to do your holiday shopping, and are instead
languishing in denial taking duvet cover comfort, we can help. Let our astute shopping experts ease
the burden by periodically presenting the top tiny trinkets that would snugly fit in any Kickette's
stocking this season.
You do, that's who. You want to hear Michael Lahoud ft. Chukwudi Chijindu's "Living The Life", a
smoothed-out hip-hop/R&B hybrid that it just crying out for a video shot on a boat featuring the
boys (boyz?) adorned in ample amounts of white linen, bikini-clad Chiva Girls and a handful of live
goats rocking Kardashian-thick dookie ropes.
Champions League is now down to the last 16 teams & UEFA will celebrate the team match - up draw at
Lyon (France) the 17th of December. The procedure is fairly simple: Top Group Clubs in one bowl &
second Group placed teams in the other, with Clubs from the same country avoiding each other, ie
neither Real Madrid nor Barça can play against Valencia CF For the three Spanish Clubs (Real
Madrid,
Money makes the World go around & in this case the Football World. FC Barcelona President was
advised by his economic team that the Club was sacrificing 25M€ approx. per year for not
accepting sponsorship on their uniform. The current "UNICEF" is a goodwill act that doesn't report
any cash inflow to the Club.
REAL MADRID has reacted to the comments & criticisms that they have left aside their youth teams &
programme. The announcements that this years FIFA Golden Ball 2010 candidates are all FC Barcelona
players – Iniesta, Xavi & Messi – of which all three were nourished in the Barça youth teams
(La Masia) has lead to comments that puts in doubt Real Madrid capacity to breed new talent.
Not much "great impact" news today in reference to SPANISH FOOTBALL to transfer onto you, except
with the news of Spanish Sports being "rocked" by the presumed "doping ring" with well known
Athletic Sportsman being apparently involved with trafficking & doping. While an important issue
& a news generator I don´t wish to get into details here as I follow the "presume innocent until
proven guilty"
Saturday night Round 15 Spanish League - La Liga action with three games & some eye lifting
surprises. Here is a brief summary of the games, results & the scorers. Almeria "knock out" Sevilla
FC Big surprise result at Sevilla with the local team going down 1 - 3 to lower table survivor
ALMERIA.
Turkish Club BESIKTAS have announce & made official via their Web the Winter Market Transfer of
ATLETICO DE MADRID player SIMAO. The charismatic midfielder finishes contract & Atletico wished to
make some cash before Simao became a free agent at of the 1st of January. The economic details
have not been made available & the Portuguese player will join ex Real Madrid player Guti & Coach
Schuster.
Fifa's last World Rankings of 2010 came out today from Fifa HQ in Zurich, Switzerland. World Cup
winners Spain remain in top spot for 2010 followed by The Netherlands, Germany and Brazil.
England are in 7th place despite a friendly loss to France at Wembley, still one adrift of
Argentina who remain in 5th.
Somen Tchoyi surprise for the derby « Express & Star Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo could spring a
major Black Country derby surprise by fielding Somen Tchoyi as a stand-in striker. The head coach
is considering moving the Cameroon international up front, who today gave a vote of confidence to
under-fire forward Marc-Antoine Fortune.
Spanish Interenational & FC BARCELONA midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ has been chosen by Soccer online
Magazine "World Soccer" as the "World Player of the Year". He is joined by REAL MADRID Coach JOSE
MOURINHO as the "Manager of The Year" & the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM as the "Team of the
Year" Xavi Hernandez Here are the final standings: World Player of the Year % of votes 1 Xavi (
Spanish Football celebrated five Spanish League - La Liga matches tonight as part of the Round 16
schedule with plenty of goals & action. Here is a quick snap-shot view of the games played, results
& scorers. Nilmar back scoring VILLAREAL shook off their surprise defeat last week to Getafe & got
back into the winning groove with a comfortable 3 - 1 victory over MALORCA.
Did you know that Santa Claus was a VILLAREAL FC fan? The Father of Christmas also knows how to
play a mean lounge Football. This is a VIDEO whipped up by Villareal FC to wish everyone a Merry
Christman with Rossi ( Pizzaman), Cazorla, Capdevila, Diego Lopez & Gonzalo.
It's the holiday season, unless you're a British footballer.
How bad is the winter in the UK, where football insists on playing on while other
nations enjoy a hibernal hiatus? Some parts of Britain have recorded record low
temperatures at the end of 2010, the coldest snap since detailed records began in 1910.
Seeing we are in the Christmas festive season. Here is a human story that is related to Spanish
Football & Atletico de Madrid. Argentine star SERGIO AGUERO has placed on his official web site a
video of his son BENJAMIN AGUERO MARADONA in action. Benjamin with dad Sergio Aguero As you can
see clearly in the video young Benjamin has the DNA of grandfather DIEGO MARADONA & his dads from
the
Did not wish to get into this but the persistent rumours have made it that I would like to inform
the global REAL MADRID fans that KAKA is NOT going anywhere fast. Yes, there has been news from
Italy that INTER MILAN wanted the Brazilian on loan for the rest of the season & even a transfer
was mentioned at some point by some Italian media source.
Big night of ACB SPANISH BASKETBALL action with REAL MADRID travelling to BARCELONA for the big
Spanish Basketball Derby. Real Madrid went into this game as ACB Table leader & full of confidence
to attempt to win in a traditional doom stadium & thus find revenge for past defeats. The end
result was a FC (REGAL) BARCELONA demolition job with a 95 - 75 win over Real Madrid that puts
Barça sharing
A former Texas A & M veterinary physiology professor once said that we really don't do any new
research; we just repeat things using better techniques. Sometimes it is important the look back on
some of the early research. It is particularly interesting to revisit the early research linking
diet and exercise performance.
The Monday night Spanish League - Liga Round 13 match, otherwise known as "El Clasico", between FC
BARCELONA & REAL MADRID (5 - 0) is still causing news & analysis. This time from a more
technical angle from Football lovers & professionals whom have enough material to study & show
students the "Art" of playing Football: touch Football.
Der 07.12.2010 ist ein Dienstag und eigentlich der Tag nach Nikolaus. Schön ist das, wenn man noch
jung ist und am Nikolaustag einige Geschenke von der lieben Verwandschaft bekommt. Wie schön ist
es dann auch, wenn man Geldgeschenke bekommt und sich damit das eigene Bankkonto mal wieder
auffüllen kann, denn durch die letzten Auswärtsfahrten habt [.
It's almost that time again. Time for us to discuss all things soccer in the latest SBI Live
Q&A.
Today, at 1pm, we will discuss all things soccer (and pop culture). Want to talk World Cup bids?
The MLS off-season? The NCAA Tournament? New TV shows? Best new albums? We'll be discussing it all
during Wednesday's Q&A.
How Football can change the course of Clubs & the life of persons is already well known. REAL
MADRID is understanding the saying that goes "...when it rains it pours" as today was confirmed
that Argentine forward GONZALO HIGUAIN has a back hernia that may put him out of action 3 months.
The player was tested this morning & the injury was confirmed & now it has to be decided if he
undergoes
[Photo: Tom Tomsk]With my transfer window chase now firmly on, it's been hectic around here lately.
Let's get you caught up with my latest, just in case you missed something.- Today's MLSS Postcard
From Europe: Eugene Starikov- A bit of winter break Benny buzz, with a Mexican league player- My
MLS Expansion Draft Week Winners & Losers- Oguchi Onyewu could change his mind about a loan spell-
It's that time again people, time for you to send your soccer (and pop culture) questions my way
and time for me to answer as many questions as I can over the next hour or two.
Want to talk World Cup bids, Barcelona-Real Madrid, the MLS off-season, Jonathan Spector's brace
against Manchester United or new TV shows and albums?
TLO reports suggest that Police United are set to clinch the signings of Thai Port defensive
duo Rangsan Iam-Wiroj and Nontapan Jiensatawong. Rangsan (pictured below) has played consistently
well over the last two years, earning the 2009 player of the season award for his efforts. His
departure will be a huge blow to the club.
Not a good night for SPANISH FOOTBALL in the two games played of the EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches.
Here are the results & the scorers from the already mentioned games. Short lived joy for Aguero who
scored. ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted Greek side ARIS SALONIKA & needed a win to secure the second
Group B spot to move on in the competition.
Jamaica and Grenada qualified for next year's CONCACAF Gold Cup after they clinched spots in the
semifinal round yesterday. Jamaica defeated Guadeloupe 2-0 thanks to goals by two MLS-based
players: Shaun Francis (Columbus) and Ryan Johnson (San Jose). In the other group, Grenada drew 0-0
with Cuba, but that scoreline was good enough because Trinidad & Tobago defeated Martinique 1-0.
Not long to go now before we know the hosts for World Cups 2018 & 2022.I've been concentrating so
much on the European fist-fight for 2018, forgive me if I haven't studied the following one
in-depth; it seems harder to pin down all the 22 Executive Committee voters' intentions for 2022 as
it is for 2018, but I have a feeling the US' superb bid has the edge over the Spanish-Qatari pact,
