Real Madrid & José Mourinho: Separation by mutual consent? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
My Way – one of Ol' Blue Eyes alias Frank Sinatra's signature songs is perhaps the best description for The Special One's probable exit from the Casa Blanca.
And now the end is near; and so I face the final curtain
My Way, Frank Sinatra
Who knows if Jose Mourinho is a Frank Sinatra fan, chances are he is.
-> Defend while they settle: There's no doubt that players new to England need time to settle
in, some of course lesser than the others. Sergio Aguero took 9 minutes, Andriy Shevchenko
meanwhile, couldn't settle in his three years at Chelsea. With three new players in attack, Arsenal
surely have changed the way they look up front.
Has any transfer destroyed a career so quickly, so grandly as Andriy Shevchenko's to Chelsea?
Probably. In fact, there is a bit of a theme with another Ballon D'Or winner of the time, Michael
Owen. The man was the cat's pajamas near the catwalks of Milan, and then he spent most games in his
pajamas in London a rather expensive mistake for all.
Former Chelsea jock Andriy Shevchenko announces he has retired from football in bid to prosecute a
vocation in government.
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Chelsea's striker Andriy Shevchenko has made public his intention to leave football and pursue a
career in politics instead. The announcement was released in a recent press statement by Dynamo
Kiev, his football club. Shevchenko made his initial appearance as under Dynamo Kiev in 1994, and
achieved his reputation as one of the deadliest strikers [.
Chelsea FC and Fernando Torres: On borrowed time - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Just a couple of years ago the player nicknamed El Niño was arguably the best striker in the EPL. These days he's more known for his exorbitant transfer fee (£50,000,000) than his scoring prowess.
At 28 years of age, he should be at the peak of his powers.
Honduras sent Spain to a second defeat and knocked them out of the Olympics at London 2012. New
England Revolution forward Jerry Bengtson scored the only goal. Potential new Sounder Mario
Martinez started for the Hondurans.
Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has retired from from professional soccer.
This player might see a return to his former club?
Kaka's future in Real Madrid is pretty much over and Florentino Perez is ready to off load him
for €10m. However Kaka has set his heart on remaining in Europe which is why a rumoured trade to
Corinthians was rejected.
This has fueled speculation that he might be primed for an AC Milan return.
The Franz Beckenbauer in question, however, is not the legendary German defender, but a
fanatical fan of Brazilian Campeonato side Santa Cruz. Being arbitrarily named after a European
footballer now runs in the family, as Beckenbauer named his newborn son Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Manchester United's first home game of the brilliant 2006/2007 season was that 5-1 stuffing of
Fulham. We sold our top scorer, Ruud van Nistelrooy and didn't buy a replacement. We brought in
Michael Carrick as our new number 16 but there weren't many who had him as their first choice to
replace Roy Keane.
England bid to book their place in the quarter-finals against the co-hosts and it will be a
major shock if they don't rise to the task and get the job done.
The Three Lions go into the game knowing that a draw will be good enough to book them a place in
the last eight, and that outcome is a 3.
England go into the game knowing that a draw will be good enough to book them a place in the
quarter-finals, and that outcome is a 3.4 shot with Boylesports.
The Three Lions can be backed at a top priced 2.25 with Paddy Power to do it in style with a
victory, while Ukraine are 3.
Recaps and reaction to Union's comeback win. Wambach on being sucker-punched. Another Hope Solo
controversy, hurray! Califf scores gamewinner. Lehigh Valley's FC Sonic NPSL national champions.
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After what has amounted to a long break from regular action, MLS resumes a full slate of games
tomorrow, including the New England Revolution's class with the Columbus Crew. Boy, it couldn't
have come any sooner. Watching the Euros is great and all, but I miss my MLS. Today's Rounds are
short, and almost exclusively MLS-related, so let's just jump right on in.
After turning in some of the more memorable moments of Euro 2012, Andriy Shevchenko is a wanted
man, and the 35-year-old Ukrainian forward is considering his options.
Contrary to some reports that suggest a move to MLS is imminent, Shevchenko said he is still
very much figuring out whether he will even continue playing, let alone packing his bags for the
United States.
There's no doubt that Arsenal striker Robin van Persie didn't live up to most people's
expectations at Euro 2012. In fact, nobody on the Dutch team had a performance they could write
home about. But he certainly isn't the first football star to have a mediocre major tournament and
he definitely won't be the last.
Mario Gomez scores for Germany in their 1-0 win over Portugal and help his team to a 100% group
stage record
Euro 2012 has been a fantastic tournament so far with 61 goals scored in 24 group matches and
with the culmination of the group stages last night comes a quarter-final line-up which promises
plenty of action in the knockout stages.
England uninspiring but victorious to top Group D - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Tuesday night saw the culmination of the Euro 2012 group stages, with Group D providing England
and France as quarter-finalists. Wayne Rooney returned to action to head the only goal of the game
against Ukraine in a 1-0 win for the Three Lions, whilst Les Bleus crashed to a 2-0 defeat to
Sweden.
Much of the English media spent the days leading up to the match talking as though advancement
to the knockout rounds was a foregone conclusion, little more than a formality with the only
question being whether Roy Hodgson's side would face off against Spain or Italy in the next
round.
In the face of lowered expectations, England is excelling at Euro 2012.
Wayne Rooney marked his return from suspension with a goal as England, with the help of a
controversial refereeing decision, weathered a relentless Ukraine attack to claim a 1-0 victory,
first place in Group D and a date with Italy in the quarterfinals.
Wayne Rooney scored on his England return and John Terry was awarded a seemingly false goal-line
clearance as the Three Lions hung on to a somewhat fortunate 1-0 win over Ukraine to win Group D
over favorites France.
Laurent Blanc's Les Bleus, who entered their last group stage match against the
eliminated Sweden on a 23-match unbeaten run, were finally defeated 2-0 as Zlatan Ibrahimovic
scored six minutes after Rooney's 48th minute strike at the Donbass Arena and Sebastian Larsson
added a late second.
The Euro 2012 group stage comes to an end Tuesday, with the final two places in the
quarterfinals up for grabs. Three of the four teams in action Tuesday have a chance at qualifying
for the knockout round, including co-host Ukraine, which can advance with a win over England (2:45
p.m., ESPN/ESPN3.
A guest post today as Paul Fisher wonders if football isn't more enjoyable when watched far from
the maddening crowd of social media:
I may only be 20 years of age but I feel like I have already been through about five decades of
life. The way that technology has grown and evolved over the years is something that I have come to
despise.
England+Rooney confident of beating Ukraine - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
England are looking to beat Ukraine, qualify for the knockout stages for Euro 2012 and give his
side the momentum to kick on and go far in this year's Euros.
England v Ukraine (7.45pm KO, Live on ITV1)
A nation will wait with bated breath as England bid to book their place in the quarter-finals,
and they go into the game knowing that a draw will be good enough to see them progress.
This is Ukraine: Player-for-player analysis pre-England game is a post from: Just Football
Ukraine go into their Group D Euro 2012 encounter with
England looking to become the first host or co-host since 2006 to make it to the
knockout rounds of a World Cup or European Championships.
England vs Ukraine
Group D Matchday 3
Donetsk | 20:45
There's no name we've heard more in the last 24 hours than "Wayne Rooney",
partly because lovely English friends are getting overexcited at the prospect of
WonderWayne's return for England tonight and also because everybody seems
to have an opinion about Wayne Rooney.
England will go into their final Group D game against Co-hosts Ukraine knowing that a draw or
win will see them progress to the knock out stages of Euro 2012 with a Quarter Final tie likely
against holders and world champions, Spain.
Englandcurrently sit in second place behindFranceon goal difference but to avoidSpainin the
last eight, they will need to defeatUkraineemphatically and hope thatFranceslip up in some way in
their final match againstSweden.
Part of the reason why you should remember Giorgos Karagounis' performance on day nine of Euro
2012 is because, even though Greece again mocked prognosticators by advancing to the quarterfinals,
it might have been his last appearance in a European Championship. The 35-year-old captain, who is
suspended for Greece's quarterfinal match due to a dubious yellow card for diving -- a fate
similar, yet completely incomparable to when he was held out of Greece's memorable win in the
Euro 2004 final -- scored the only goal in Greece's final group match against Russia just before
the ref blew for halftime.
"@BBCSport: Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko a doubt for crucial Euro 2012 Group D game against
England on Tuesday #bbcfootball" #goodnews - Get your Euro 2012 Qualifiers tables!
szólj hozzá: France vs Ukraine 2:0 MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Jeremy Menez, the former AS Roma winger is one talented player with dizzying bursts of
acceleration, great ball skills, and perfect crosses. He was a menace all evening. France who were
all over Ukraine went ahead with the trident of Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema, and Menez, with the
winger left footing the ball past goalie, Andriy Pyatov near post for a perfect finish.
Danny Welbeck scored off an inventive back-heel flick with his back to the goal mouth in the
78th minute to snap a 2-2 draw and cap off a frenetic second half in England's 3-2 victory over
Sweden that eliminated the Swedes from the tournament and put England in a very advantageous
position to advance to the knockout stage.
In reaction to France not being able to defeat a Wayne Rooney-less England side in its opening
game of Euro 2012, coach Laurent Blanc has made a couple of big changes to his lineup.
Blanc has dropped Patrice Evra and Florent Malouda from the starting lineup in favor of Gael
Clichy and Jeremy Menez, as France looks to topple co-host Ukraine (12 p.
Euro 2012 has been filled with high drama, memorable results, breakout players and clutch
performances, making for one of the more intense group stages in recent memory. Not one team has
clinched a place in the knockout stage just yet, and each group will be two-thirds of the way
through the opening stage following Friday's England-Sweden and Ukraine-France matches.
Danny Califf was surprised by the Nowak departure but he thinks John Hackworth can turn things
around for the Union—if Hackworth is given the power he needs to do so.
"I was pretty well in shock and I was hoping that it would be John who would get a chance to
take over and run the team.
Andre Villas-Boas might just get a second go-around in London to prove he can find success in
the Premier League.
A day after Tottenham began its coaching search after parting ways with Harry Redknapp, a third
party has reached out to Villas-Boas on Spurs' behalf, according to reports from England.
Recently retired and coming off a failed political campaign, Andriy Shevchenko has been given another chance at a new career by Ukrainian football federation president Anatoliy Konkov. Since Ukraine manager Oleh Blohkin left his post to take over Shevchenko's former club Dynamo Kiev last month, Konkov has been looking for a replacement and he has now decided to offer the job to Shevchenko.
Mais um jogo da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 11/06/2012, na cidade de Kiev-UKR, onde
jogaram as seleções da Ucrânia (52º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Suécia (17º no
ranking da FIFA).
It's almost that time of the summer again, when silly season kicks off again for MLS teams. The MLS
window reopens on Wednesday the 27th of June and stays open for a month. Rumors and news has
already started to come out Andriy Shevchenko has been linked with a move to DC United specifically
within MLS, and the Philadelphia Union have made a move to get Bakary Soumare who is returning to
MLS after a stint in Germany.
The rain came to Donetsk last night, and by the end of the evening a dark cloud had settled over
Ukraines hopes of getting through to the quarter-finals of the European Championships that they are
co-hosting this summer. There had been murmurs that this team might not be capable of getting past
the first hurdle of the competition, but whatever negativity surrounded this team dissipated in the
course of forty-odd minutes last week as they came from behind to beat Sweden thanks to two goals
from Andriy Shevchenko.
