Mano Menezes appears to be under a lot of pressure these days surely it isn't
because he's only the national coach of Brazil, a country with 194 million other
talking heads? Earlier this week, Menezes met up with the U-17 'selecao feminina' (you can call
them Brasil's futbolitas!
Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club, amigos! If you still haven't
heard about the best football sketch show from Catalonia (what?!!), click
here. In this week's episode, Florentino Perez builds a statue of Jose
Mourinho outside the Bernabeu to convince him to stay at Real Madrid.
Every football fanatic would love to get their hands on one of these youth player cards
especially that belonging to a player/legend. While clubs usually authorize these
official cards to be placed in their own museums (Real Madrid, for example, has a fascinating range
of cards belonging to their present and former 'greats' at the Bernabeu), Lionel
Messi's own had never been revealed.
If Real Madrid and Chelsea are to end Champions League heartbreak this season, getting off to a
good start in difficult environments is crucial.
Real Madrid travel east to face off with CSKA Moscow in freezing temperatures. Jose Mourinho's
men have been dominant in the Champions League this season but the weather combined with Moscow's
infamous plastic pitch and a few key injuries makes the result far from predetermined.
Today, a guest post from Abdul Rahman Al Ze'bi, who thinks Our Beloved Valencia needs a lot of
stuff, like a new coach.
Agree? Disagree? Think Emery is over-caffeinated?
Have a read and post your opinions!
Take it away, Abdul ...
What Does Valencia CF need?
This has been the question everyone asks.
What an exciting and challenging game we can anticipate tonight. A return to the scene of the
European recognition of Fabregas's genius (sorry GM!). That night is etched in the memory
alongside so many other astonishing and unexpected Arsenal victories win this and we may get a
repeat of the TH inspired win in the Bernabeu!
Gary Neville has done a nice Q&A session on Twitter.
Q: Who did you sit beside in the dressing room?
A: Scholes and Solskjaer
Q: Most hostile crowd you've played against in the Champions League?
A: Galatasaray! No one will ever see that again!
Q: The one match you want to replay?
It's Offbeat Wednesday, filled in by your Weekly Gossip Gang! This week, check out Gerard Pique's
latest fashion editorial, Barcelona players trying to speak Turkish, Brazilian footballers creating
havoc at Carnaval and Ronaldo with his New Ride.
Barcelona's Gerard Pique recently rocked the launch of his latest Mango
campaign in Spain.
