matchday, image by nic jience

matchday, image by nic jience

Sunday, 13 December 2015

Zlatan Ibrahimović's five-a-side dream team

 
 Goalkeepers? Defenders? Who needs them. Zlatan Ibrahimović goes for the jugular with his dream five-a-side selection, selecting five match winners, past and present.
"I need no defenders, only attackers," said Paris forward Zlatan Ibrahimović as he selected an all-out attacking five-a-side dream team – with Lionel Messi one of the players expected to take turns in goal
Zlatan Ibrahimović's five-a-side dream team
Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zinédine Zidane
Ronaldinho

Gary Neville's first five Valencia priorities









 Gary Neville watched Valencia exit the competition against Lyon and after speaking to the new coach, Graham Hunter identifies five changes the Englishman will want to make

Inside only a couple of minutes of the last shriek at his first Mestalla match, new Valencia mentor Gary Neville was at that point somewhat eager about noting such a large number of inquiries concerning Manchester United

Not about his celebrated past there but rather the way that a blend of results this week implies Valencia and the main club of Neville's playing profession can be matched together in Monday's UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw. It's an idea to entice both football fans and the world's media.

A staggering story drawing on echoes of Neville's Old Trafford victories; the sort of turn which makes football enchanted and, conceivably, a meeting of two clubs which more than once came to UEFA finals over the 15 years But whoever Valencia draw, Neville will need an altogether different playing style, viability and result when European football resumes in February.

Here are five things that Valencia's recently selected English mentor will hope to have changed fundamentally when he mentors his second UEFA match accountable for the Spanish club

1 Match stamina

Neville told UEFA.com: "The diligent work we've put into our recreations in the most recent couple of weeks got up to speed with us against Lyon. We've nine or ten wounds and a considerable measure of players have put an extraordinary arrangement into delivering exhibitions like clockwork. This, today, felt like only one diversion somewhat over the edge."

Watch: Neville on Lyon rout

Getting key players damage free again will be an essential piece of that, actually. However, so will restoring stamina and match sharpness to two basic, experienced, individuals from the Valencia bunch – Álvaro Negredo, who had not played for 66 days, and Shkodran Mustafi. His players can anticipate that Neville will request force in preparing each day – he's an understudy of the 'train like you plan to play' school of considering.

2 Match control

Maybe it was simply tiredness which implied that Valencia were dissected by Lyon so routinely on the counterattack. Be that as it may it was something which Neville promptly disclosed he'd start work to remedy. "We need to protect better against counters. Until you figure out how to manage your own assaults it's exceptionally troublesome in light of the fact that then you continue running back towards your own particular objective. The exertion my players put into doing that was colossal in any case, at this level, doing that is an issue."

3 Goals

Valencia had no European football last season to contrast with this, yet their household scoring has went away. At this early phase of the Liga, the Blanquinegros have seven less strikes than the same period last season. With respect to Europe, just three groups scored less times in the UEFA Champions League gathering stage this term.

Valencia 0-2 Lyon highlights

4 Efficiency

Gary Neville is a "devotee of ownership yet not for ownership's purpose". Against Lyon his group made about 100 passes more than Hubert Fournier's men – however oversaw less endeavors on target and lost 2-0.

5 Key players

For an assortment of reasons Negredo, André Gomes, Pablo Piatti, Sofiane Feghouli and Rodrigo have all begun altogether less than a large portion of Valencia's accessible matches. On the off chance that, by mid 2016, they and their chief can enlarge those details, it will go far to increasing the group's intensity, experience and winning

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 4 as Real thrash Malmo 8-0

Cristaino Ronaldo became first ever Real Madrid player to scored 4 goals in a single champion league match. It is right to say that he has pick up his scoring shoes again siting at the top of the champion league goal scorers.

Real Madrid now equals the all-time highest goals scored in a single match with Liverpool 8-0 win in 2007.

Cristaino Ronaldo the all-time highest Champions League scorer is now the first player to score more than 10 goals in the group stages with his 11 goals in six games.

He left the field not full happy even though he had 4 goals and 2 assist, because he left the night one goal short from joining Barcelona Messi with 5 goals in a single match record.

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

English Premeir League Power Shift

What is happening in the English Premier League, power is changing hands. Let us look at two very important aspects of the League, the Leaders and the Scorers which is all what the league is about.

First the leaders, the current champions, Chelsea, are found at the 15 position of the league table, fighting the relegation battle. While on the other Leicester are at the very Top of the league, you will think it will be Manchester city, by the way, there were the runners-up last season, but they are at the 3rd position. Power shift.

Lastly, looking at the scorers, last season we had Diego Costa, Harry Kane and Aguero leading the scores sheets, but again we have the Leicester guy Jamie Vardy leading now with 14 goals in 15 matches, followed by Everton's Romelu Lukaku and again Leicester's Riyad Mahrez. What a shock

The question everybody is asking is what is happening, will it remain like this and who will next season be. For now all we can do is just to enjoy the game.

Chealsea and the "gods of Football"



Once at the Top now just a few point above the relegation spots. What is happening, has Chelsea anger the gods of football? Or is it just a continuation of the Manchester United story? 

But what ever the case it is said in the bible that pride comes before a downfall.
 
Jose once said he has the squad that could win the premier league for 10 seasons in a row, but what an irony because just the next season after he said that, he is found fighting in the relegation battle.