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Enzo Perez's loan spell with Estudiantes ends on June 30/12 and Benfica will take another look at
the 26 year old winger who has been in great form this season. Universidade of Chile are also
interested in the winger but Benfica at this time have no interest in selling Perez.
Valencia have moved to strengthen their squad by completing the signing of full-back João
Pereira from Sporting Lisbon for a fee of €3.7m.
"Sporting reached an agreement with Valencia for the transfer of Joao Pereira for a set fee of
3.7 million euros and a variable fee of 526,000 euros, depending on whether Valencia participates
in the Champions League group phase or not," Sporting wrote in a statement published by Portuguese
regulator CMVM.
By Alan Duffy
They say you can prove anything with statistics and the latest statistical boffinry to throw us
a cureveball comes courtesy of statty men and women Infostrada, who have thrown lots of games and
facts and figures into a big magical computing machine, with some interesting results coming out
the other end.
Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu
until 2016.
A statement on the Madrid website read:
"Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho have reached an agreement to extend the coach's contract with the
club until June 30, 2016.
Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu
until 2016.
A statement on the Madrid website read:
"Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho have reached an agreement to extend the coach's contract with the
club until June 30, 2016.
Ducky's Note: A guest post on George Best's birthday from our reader Vignesh
Murali. As they said, Maradona Good, Pele Better, George Best.
Almost 7 years have passed after the demise of George Best and Manchester United are still
appertained to the mercurial Irishman who changed the face of the club and the English game
forever.
Ducky's Note: A guest post on George Best's birthday from our reader Vignesh
Murali. As they said, Mardona Good, Pele Better, George Best.
Almost 7 years have passed after the demise of George Best and Manchester United are still
appertained to the mercurial Irishman who changed the face of the club and the English game
forever.
By Max Grieve
Munich rocked; the Allianz Arena shaking in anticipation of the final whistle. It would come, as
it always does, but brought with it a fresh burden. Drogba rose to meet the corner; Drogba fell
back to earth, and sent millions into raptures.
One of the best things about football as a sport is its incomparable ability to create drama. I
would love to challenge Hollywood's finest to try and script the fiction to beat the truth we've
seen this season. Manchester City shifting from title losers to title winners in a matter of 60
seconds at their home ground in the final moments of their season.
The Portuguese League play is all but done with only the Taca de Portugal to be decided this
weekend. The league saw a three team dogfight for the title between FC Porto, Benfica and Braga,
these three teams players dominate our 23 man Portuguese League all star team.23 Man Portuguese
League All Star Squad:Goalies:Helton (FC Porto)Artur (Benfica)Quim (Braga)Defenders:Garay
(Benfica)Maxi
A Post from January 5th 2012...
... before all the seriously organised sporting crime.
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On the 23rd of October 2011, an idea for an app came to mind...
... the number nineteen on a red background would slowly morph into 1-6 on a sky blue background.
A Post from January 5th 2012...
... before all the seriously organised sporting crime.
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On the 23rd of October 2011, an idea for an app came to mind...
... the number nineteen on a red background would slowly morph into 1-6 on a sky blue background.
Lazio are looking to get into the Garay sweepstakes as the Benfica central defender gears up
interest across Europe. Lazio are looking to get one up on city rivals Roma who are also looking at
the 25 year old player.Benfica has a contract with Garay until 2015 and a release clause in the
contract for $20 million.
Italian papers are reporting that Roma are keen on landing one if not both of Benfica's key
playmakers this season Nicolas Gaitan and Axel Witsel. The Italian club though would have a hard
time obtaining both players as each has a $40M buy out clause in their contracts.Roma was also
linked earlier this season with Benfica defender Garay and are said to be treading the waters on
all three
Lorenzo Melgarejo foi considerado pela maioria dos leitores (13 em 51) que participaram na última
votação como a maior revelação da época em Portugal. Chegado esta época ao campeonato
nacional, o jovem paraguaio que o Benfica contratou ao Independiente Football Club por cerca de 750
mil euros e depois emprestou ao Paços de Ferreira, tem impressionado pela sua velocidade, poder de
explosão e de remate.
Howard Webb on Newcastle v Man City.
Chris Foy on Man Utd v Swansea.
United have won the league.
We'd like to offer our congratulations to Sir Ferguson and Mike Riley on their stunning
triumph.
A team unable to defeat FC Basel, Athletic Bilbao or Benfica in 6 games, beaten by Wigan, Crystal
Palace and Blackburn, slaughtered by City and Newcastle is still good enough to win yet another
tainted title triumph.
After months of unpaid wages, 16 players for Portuguese Liga club Leiria walked out on the team
Friday. That left the last place club already doomed to relegation with just eight players
available for Sunday's match against Feirense and since the minimum number of footballers
required to play a match is seven, the game was played.
União de Leiria, the first club to play a 4-3-0
Unbelievable - Leiria is the first club in the Portuguese first division
and probably in professional football to start a match with 8 players. It's been an endless
turbulent season for the club, who were evicted from their home stadium and are on the verge of
relegation.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish knows that he must improve his squad in the summer after a
difficult season in the league and it seems he will start by trying to sign Benfica winger
Nolito.
According to Talksport, the midfielder is rated at £15million after joining the Portuguese side
last summer on a free contract after decided to reject an offer from Barcelona.
Sidnei will be returning to Benfica at season's end after Besiktas decided to not exercise their
option to purchase the player after his loan spell.Sidnei is currently suspended by Besiktas after
being caught after curfew at an Istanbul club. Portuguese players Bebe and Julio Alves were also
out with Sidnei and are also currently suspended by the club.
Suarez: Non-feline, sometime-racist version
"We're haven't won a match in 2012...
grumble, grumble""OMG it's Steven Gerrard for 20 minutes!"
"This rebuilding process is going nowhere fast""Yahoo we get to sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' poorly!
Talk of a surprise loan move for Fabio Da Silva to Benfica emerged from the manager last week
and after confirmation from his agent, the player himself has commented.
"I am excited about the opportunity to play for Benfica a very famous and big club,"
Fabio told A Bola. "I feel very honoured by Benfica's interest, but my transfer now depends on
negotiations with Manchester United.
One of the main rules of the Intertoobz is that thou shall not repost, (or cross-post or go
postal or something like that. I've never been very good with rules.). However, this one is
something I noticed today, and put over on the comments thread of the previous post about the third
kit, as well as on the DT Facebook page.
"En el noreste de Inglaterra, de donde vengo, las minas eran uno de
los pocos medios de empleo. Si tenías mucha suerte, pero mucha suerte, podías ser
futbolista."
"Mi padre era
minero. Y en las minas hay que trabajar muy duro, especialmente en aquellos días.
Desde segunda-feira noite, após o justíssimo triunfo do Sporting sobre o Benfica, que tenho
assistido s mais diversas manifestações de desagrado da generalidade dos adeptos encarnados por
causa dos festejos de jogadores e simpatizantes leoninos. "Até parece que ganharam o campeonato"
ou "parabéns pelo quarto lugar" têm sido apenas algumas das "bocas".
Desde segunda-feira noite, após o justíssimo triunfo do Sporting sobre o Benfica, que tenho
assistido s mais diversas manifestações de desagrado da generalidade dos adeptos encarnados por
causa dos festejos de jogadores e simpatizantes leoninos. "Até parece que ganharam o campeonato"
ou "parabéns pelo quarto lugar" têm sido apenas algumas das "bocas".
Portuguese paper, O Jogo, has today claimed that Manchester United have agreed a £25m deal for
Benfica star Nicolás Gaitán.
Gaitán's current contract expires in 2016 and has a release clause of £45m, which means that
United are likely to offer players as well as cash. Macheda, Bebe and Petrucci are the players
tipped to be of interest to Benfica.
Dr Mart is back in the house as he joins Chidge and the usual suspects, plus Beth from Chelsea in
America, to discuss the Benfica, Wigan and Fulham games.
What a week! Squeaky bum time last Wednesday against Benfica, rescued by none other than ‘Tufty'
Meireles to ensure our progress to the semi-final of the Champions League; the ‘Great Escape'
against Wigan to keep us in the hunt for 4th in the Premier League, and then the damp squib on
Monday night at Craven Cottage in the draw against the small club in Putney which dampened more
than our spirits.
I seriously cannot believe some of the negativity from our supporters at the moment about Roberto
Di Matteo and our side!.
We are in the Semi Finals of the FA CUP and The Champions League with two games that couldn't be
bigger in my opinion and are TWO points behind Spurs & Newcastle and just FOUR points behind
Arsenal in third with BOTH Arsenal and Newcastle to play!
Barcelona youngster Cristian Tello won't be making a summer move to Liverpool, according to Sky
Sports pundit Guillem Balague.
In a recent Q&A session, the Spaniard was asked to shed any light on speculation linking the
20-year-old forward with a potential move to Anfield.
Tello is out of contract at the Camp Nou at the end of next season, and has been targeted by
several clubs, including Valencia, Malaga and Benfica in La Liga.
Sporting Benfica 2012 Highlights 1-0 Van Wolfswinkel penalty Goal Video Luisao Red Card is a
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from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica 2012 ( Sporting
Benfica VIDEO BELOW) Score and result:- Sporting vs Benfica 1-0 ( Van Wolfswinkel penalty) Estadio
Jose Alvalade- 9 April, 2012- Monday- 20.
Sporting Benfica 2012 Highlights 1-0 Van Wolfswinkel penalty Goal Video Luisao Red Card is a
post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Sporting Benfica 2012 Highlights 1-0 Van Wolfswinkel penalty Goal Video Luisao Red Card is a post
from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica 2012 ( Sporting
Benfica VIDEO BELOW) Score and result:- Sporting vs Benfica 1-0 ( Van Wolfswinkel penalty) Estadio
Jose Alvalade- 9 April, 2012- Monday- 20.
It's the post-Easter bank holiday in England, so there is a full slate of Premier League games.
But we choose just the late game in London, and from further south another derby from another
great footballing European capital:
Fulham vs Chelsea (3pmET; ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.
Chelsea once again managed to carry their positive European form back into the league as they
picked up an important victory against Wigan Athletic on Saturday with a late goal from Juan
Mata.
The match were once again a very tight one for the Blues but Mata's goal in the final minute
simply brought an important step for their fourth place spot ambition as they're keeping pace with
the teams above them.
Three matches that we choose out of the plethora:
Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur (7:45amET): Fourth-place Spurs visit the Stadium
of Light. The pressure is on Spurs to hang on to 4th, but Sunderland have been impressive since
Martin O'Neill took over in place of the sacked Steve Bruce in December.
I have to say I thought something was up when JT was taken off early in the second half against
Benfica. As he was walking off the pitch, I was thinking surely he can't be being rested and
yesterday we had confirmation that he has broken two of his ribs.
After the game JT revealed:
"I couldn't breathe and my chest was closing up.
Benfica have set their sights on 20 year old midfielder Anthony Knockeart from Guingamp, currently
in the Franch second division. Benfica will have competition from Newcastle as they try to bring
the youngster to the Luz next season. The interest in current Benfica players, Nicolas Gaitan, Axel
Witsel and Rodrigo have the club already looking to retool for next season and Knockeart is one
Chelsea made it far more difficult than it ever should have been, but ultimately had enough in
their collective pocket to dispatch Benfica and reach the Champions League semifinals. Some say we
were embarrassingly poor; those people, of course, are slightly out of their mind.
Pipe down, Jorge
It kind of amazes me the amount of negative reaction there has been from our own support after
this result.
Chelsea made it far more difficult than it ever should have been, but ultimately had enough in
their collective pocket to dispatch Benfica and reach the Champions League semifinals. Some say we
were embarrassingly poor; those people, of course, are slightly out of their mind.
Pipe down, Jorge
It kind of amazes me the amount of negative reaction there has been from our own support after
this result.
Who knew that Drake and Didier Drogba were good friends?
It turns out that rapper/musician Drake was at Stamford Bridge in London to take in Chelsea's
Champions League match against Benfica on Wednesday night. Now, this isn't Drake's first time
kicking around with the best. He's admitted plenty of times that he's a massive fan of the
beautiful game.