In an interview with Cadena COPE radio station yesterday, Cristiano Ronaldo spoke about a lot of things. The headline quote was that he wants to stay at Real Madrid for another 10 seasons, but he covered a lot more than this. Here are some of the topics that Ronaldo covered:

Ronaldo has recently been linked with a move to Manchester City, but the former Manchester United man insists he has no immediate plans to return to the Premier League:

"I can't see myself leaving Madrid," he told the Cadena COPE radio station.

Brazil coach Mano Menezes has finalized the 22 players that will be heading to Argentina for the Copa America. The announcement came directly after Brazil's 1-0 win over Romania in a friendly international at the Pacaembu on Tuesday night. From the 28 man squad that were included for the games against Holland and Romania out go Fábio and Jefferson (keepers), Henrique, Anderson and Thiago Neves (midfielders) and Leandro Damião and Nilmar (forwards).

In an interview with Cadena COPE radio station yesterday, Cristiano Ronaldo spoke about a lot of things. The headline quote was that he wants to stay at Real Madrid for another 10 seasons, but he covered a lot more than this. Here are some of the topics that Ronaldo covered:

Ronaldo has recently been linked with a move to Manchester City, but the former Manchester United man insists he has no immediate plans to return to the Premier League:

"I can't see myself leaving Madrid," he told the Cadena COPE radio station.

Mario Balotelli's remarkable talent for finding new ways to embroil himself in controversy resurfaced on Manchester City's pre-season trip to Los Angeles when the Italian was substituted in disgrace only 30 minutes into a friendly against LA Galaxy.
Balotelli then became involved in a touchline row with his manager, Roberto Mancini, and angrily threw a water bottle on to the pitch after taking his seat among the substitutes.

1- Juan Pablo Carrizo (River)
2- Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
3- Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
4- Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
5- Esteban Cambiasso (Inter)
6- Gabriel Milito (Barcelona)
7- Angel Di María (Real Madrid)
8- Javier Zanetti (Inter)
9- Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
10- Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
11- Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
12- Mariano Andújar (Catania)
13- Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú)
14- Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
15- Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht)
16- Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)
17- Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscu)
18- Javier Pastore (Palermo)
19- Ever Banega (Valencia)
20- Fernando Gago (Real Madrid)
21- Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli)
22- Diego Milito (Internazionale)
23- Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar)
Desafectados
Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes Lp)
Diego Valeri (Lanús)
Luciano Monzón (Boca jrs)
Doble 5: "Los 23 de Batista: ¿Qué decir?

Mano Menezes

Mano Manezes has called up 23 players for the game versus France in the Stade de France.
Keeper Julio César returns but there's still no place for Maicon, Juan, Lúcio and Kaká. The younger players, such as Neymar, who are currently appearing for Brazil's U-20s in Peru, have also not been called up.

21.04.2011 - Al tiempo de ver (entre otros) "The Two Escobars" encontramos otro documental (entre otros) digno de verse por quien precia el fútbol.
En su serie documental, ESPN lanzó ahora "Capitales del Fútbol", recorriendo cuatro destacadas capitales futboleras del mundo, Madrid, Milan, Río de Janeiro y Buenos Aires, en cuatro episodios semanales.

Betting sites has tipped Tottenham to take home the silverware, but the odds are now against them even exiting the group stages.

With two weeks until the final matches of the Europa League group stages, 14 clubs have clinched spots in the knockout rounds of the cup with a game to spare. With the eight teams that finish third in their UEFA Champions League groups transferring over to Europe's second-tier competition, that leaves 10 spots.

Lúcio, Maico and Elano back in the fold for the Scotland game

Brazil coach Mano Menezes has called up 23 players for the international friendly against Scotland on March 27th in Arsenal's Emirates stadium.
Three players that appeared for Brazil in last year's World Cup make a return as Menezes opts for experience with Maicon, Lúcio and Elano.

Here is Argentina's official roster for the Copa America games starting in July 2011.
Goalies:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Carrizo (River), Mariano Andujar (Catania).
Defenders:
Javier Zanetti (Inter), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú), Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú), Luciano Monzón (Boca), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) y Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
Midfielders:
Esteban Cambiasso (Inter), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes), Valeri (Lanús)
Forwards/Strikers:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Angel Di María (Real Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter) y Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)

25.06.2011 - Ir a Corrientes a pescar huevos de dorado (?), al Chaco a cazar bebés de tatú carreta (?), a Formosa a apuntar a mínimos yaguaretés (?). "Si la tierra no descansa magras cosechas tendrás", aprendieron los emigrantes europeos.
Si bien la cantera argentina de jugadores viene manifestando un franco declive, la fiebre exportadora no se detiene.

2009/10 UEFA Europa League champions and Copa del Rey finalists Club Atlético de Madrid have unveiled their Nike home and away kits for the 2011/12 season. The new Los Rojiblancos (The Red and Whites) kits were presented on Monday at la Sala Vip del estadio Vicente Calderón im Madrid. Current players Jorge Pulido, Saúl Ñíguez, Alberto Noguera, [.

Seldom, in recent years, has the gap between the Premier League and Champions League titles seemed so great. In the minds of some, Manchester United's trip to Wembley for the Champions League final against Barcelona should have been a coronation, a celebration of a uniquely long-lasting dynasty that has dominated English football for almost two decades.

Premier League 2011-12: Manchester City can cause trouble for United | Kevin McCarra

Roberto Mancini's side have momentum and will present a huge challenge to the champions and Chelsea As if it were not enough to win the Premier League title once again, Manchester United insisted on staying ahead of the pack even in the close season.

Menezes and Brazil hoping for great things from Ronaldinho

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Brazil have called up 24 players for the international friendlies versus Ghana on September 5that Fulham's Craven Cottage. Under pressure coach, Mano Menezes, has recalled Ronaldinho Gaúcho after an absence of nine months from the national team.

Barcelona provided Pep Guardiola with the perfect sendoff by routing Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Friday night, the club's 14th trophy in four seasons under its most successful coach.

Pedro Rodriguez scored in the third and 25th minutes, and Lionel Messi ended his record-setting season with his 73rd goal in the 20th minute.

Photo courtesy of Jon Gonzalo Torróntegui

The headlines emanating from Bilbao have had little to do with Athletic's white-hot form, as the rumors swirling around Fernando Llorente's future destination have blanketed this historic club. Tottenham Hotspur has been the main culprit of the Llorente saga, originally offering €30 million, but after Athletic rejected the bid, they upped the ante to an astronomical €38.

There's a full slate of matches this weekend so if you don't care about the Super Bowl or if you do like the Super Bowl but you're looking for ways to fill up the rest of your weekend, there's plenty of fútbol for you to watch.

There's no matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 Clubs but there are still some potentially exciting matches.

Expo 2008 was held in the city of Zaragoza, and one of the striking structures built for the expo was the Torre del Agua, shaped to represent a droplet of water. Photo courtesy of Salvador Bru.

Round 23 of 38 might be a little too early to mention relegation six-pointers, but with teams twelfth to twentieth a within a slender five points of each other and the gap widening between these teams and the first eleven of La Liga, a three-point win should not be underestimated as time snowballs downward to the end of the campaign.

Atlético Madrid fans have adopted green and gold scarves in protest against chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin and president Enrique Cerezo.

They initially used blue and white scarves, the colours of their first kit, but felt like these weren't different enough from their current colours which differs only by having additional red.

Just Football: La Liga 2010-11 Team of the Season (minus Real Madrid and Barcelona) is a post from: Just Football

So, now that the 2010/11 La Liga season is over, it's time to look back and pick out some of the standout performers of the last nine months. However, in a cunning twist, I have decided that it would be far more interesting if we just ignored everyone that plays for Barcelona and Real Madrid.

I do very little on Sundays. I sleep late. I half-heartedly clean my apartment. I peruse my Netflix Instant queue. Sometimes I nurse a hangover and journey a few blocks north for some fried chicken and a soda. I also spend roughly two hours staring at a laptop screen with a slack jaw, intermittently wiping spit from the corners of my mouth.

I do very little on Sundays. I sleep late. I half-heartedly clean my apartment. I peruse my Netflix Instant queue. Sometimes I nurse a hangover and journey a few blocks north for some fried chicken and a soda. I also spend roughly two hours staring at a laptop screen with a slack jaw, intermittently wiping spit from the corners of my mouth.

Atlético Madrid and Nike have presented the club's new home and away kits for the 2011/2012 season.

Por Maxi Bibbo / @maxi_balcarce
Uruguay y Perú pudieron pero no concretaron
Uruguay y Perú abrieron el Grupo C de la Copa América 2011 con un empate 1-1, sumando la cuarta igualdad en los escasos cinco partidos que van del torneo. El resultado dejó un sabor amargo para los charrúas, ya que aparecen como uno de los candidatos por su actuación en el último Mundial y por la realidad que viven muchos de sus jugadores.

Auf dem Transfermarkt geht es weiterhin heiß zu, die Bundesligisten sind noch immer auf der Suche nach Verstärkungen – auch wenn das große Wechselkarussell noch nicht so recht an Fahrt aufnehmen will und es im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern verhalten zugeht. In Freiburg hat man beispielweise immer mit dem Transferpoker um Stürmerstar Papiss Demba Cissé zu kämpfen; unter anderem der FC Schalke zeigt sich an dem Senegalesen sehr interessiert.

Stat Attack: The Real Value Of Sergio Aguero - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Sergio Aguero has been a long-term target for both Manchester City and Real Madrid for the past few months, ever since the Argentine announced his intentions to leave Atletico Madrid back in May. Manchester City see him as an ideal replacement for Carlos Tevez, and someone who is much less of a problem off the pitch.

26.09.2011 - De alcanza pelotas a "dueño" del fútbol uruguayo, Francisco "Paco" Casal cuenta que "yo empecé con un fitito y hoy ando con una Ferrari. Y si quiero me puedo comprar diez Ferraris (...) Para vender futbolistas a un determinado nivel, tenés 100 dólares de traslado en taxi, más 400 de hotel, unos 550 diarios de teléfono, unos mil dólares de cena.

PUMA follows its recent signings of Spain and FC Barcelona midfielder Cesc F bregas, France and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry (now with the New York Red Bulls), Argentina and Manchester city forward Sergio ‘Kun' Agüero, and Atlético Madrid and Colombia striker Radamel Falcao with that of Yaya Touré.

28.10.2011 - Con goles de Fernando Llorente (´67 ´71) y Toquero, Athletic de Bilbao se impuso (3-0) al Atlético Madrid en San Mamés para ponerse 8º en la Liga (12 puntos).
En un partido que tuvo pasajes nivelados, Athletic alternó momentos de dominio y aprovechó las desinteligencias del fondo colchonero.

Fernando Torres: Liverpool fans do not know reasons for Chelsea move

• 'Liverpool's fan have stuck with the story the club gave' • Torres thanks Chelsea fans for support during poor spell As Fernando Torres prepares to come face-to-face with his former club on Sunday he has warned the Liverpool fans that the full story behind his transfer to Chelsea in January has yet to emerge.

Real Madrid went six points clear of second place FC Barcelona with a 4-1 win over city rivals Atlético Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday. Adrian Lopez gave Atletico a suprise 15th-minute lead before goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was red-carded for a foul on Madrid striker Karim Benzema in the penalty box.

Miércoles, 5 de enero de 2011
0 Málaga vs Sevilla FC 3
3 Deportivo La Coruña vs Cordoba 1
1 Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 1
Jueves, 6 de enero de 2011
1 Getafe vs Real Betis 3
3 Mallorca vs Almeria 4
4 Villarreal vs Valencia 2
1 Espanyol vs Atlético Madrid 1
2 Levante vs Real Madrid 0
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
07:00 Konya Sekerspor 1:3 (23) Trabzonspor
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
13:45 (15) Benfica x:x Olhanense 14:00 (14) Villarreal x:x Sevilla 14:45 Ipswich Town x:x (8) Arsenal 15:00 (18) Inter Milan x:x Genoa 15:45 (6) Porto x:x Pinhalnovense 16:00 (2) Barcelona x:x Real Betis
Thursday, January 13, 2011
16:00 (7) Real Madrid x:x Atlético Madrid
Friday, January 14, 2011
14:30 (20) Bayer Leverkusen x:x (4) Borussia Dortmund
Saturday, January 15, 2011
09:30 VfB Stuttgart x:x (13) Mainz 05 10:00 (5) Manchester City x:x Wolverhampton 10:00 (19) Chelsea x:x Blackburn Rovers 10:15 (16) Olympiakos x:x Panserraikos 12:00 (9) Napoli x:x Fiorentina 12:30 West Ham United x:x (8) Arsenal 14:45 (18) Inter Milan x:x Bologna 15:00 Nice x:x (12) Lille 15:00 (24) Paris St.

14.01.2011 - Oficializado el retorno de Guillermo Barros Schelotto a su Gimnasia y Esgrima inicial después de 14 años (por 6 meses a préstamo), el periodismo tuvo acceso al primer entrenamiento del Lobo en Estancia Chica, donde hace pocos días, Ángel Cappa cerraba su incorporación como entrenador.

Atlético Madrid moved up one place into sixth in La Liga with a 3-0 victory over Mallorca.

Juan Valera gave Atlético a 13th-minute lead when he headed in his first Liga goal since 21 December 2008. Diego Forlán (34) increased the size of the visitors' task with his second strike in as many games and seventh in the top flight this season, running on to Fran Mérida's through ball and rounding goalkeeper Dudu Aouate.

Karim Benzema made the difference for Real Madrid as the capital side defeated Mallorca 1-0 to stay within four points of Barcelona at the Spanish Liga summit.

With Barcelona showing no signs of relaxing their formidable rhythm on Saturday, Madrid sought a return to winning ways at the Santiago Bernabéu to keep pressure on the champions.

The Passeig des Born, a picturesque promenade in the heart of Palma de Mallorca, is lined with high-end shops coupled with quaint pavement cafés while hosting numerous festivals and fiestas throughout the year.

La Liga officially begins the second half of its season this weekend, and FC Barcelona has continued its stellar form with a staggering fifty-two points out of a possible fifty-seven points, a Spanish record for the opening half of any campaign.

January Transfer Window 2011 – done deals (La Liga) is a post from: Just Football

Here are all the completed transfers in Spain's La Liga. As you might imagine, in Spain spending during the January transfer window was a lot less than in the Premier League:

ALMERÍA

Ins: Juanito (Málaga), Antonio Luna (loan from Sevilla) Sofiane Feghouli (loan from Valencia).

The Fundación Picasso, an organization whose purpose is to promote the works of Pablo Picasso, headquarted at Picasso's birth home on the Plaza de la Merced in Málaga.

Two of the most active clubs in the January transfer window meet together this weekend in an Andalucian derby at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán between Sevilla and Málaga.