Liverpool challenge for top spot in English
Premier League standings suffered another blip as this weekend they
picked a slender defeat over fellow title rivals, Chelsea at Stamford
Bridge. Looking keen on redeeming their midweek defeat from Manchester
City, The Reds were pushing forward early in that encounter as they went
one goal up after just three minutes of play through Martin Skrtel's
close range finish. That early blow triggered positive response from the
Blues as they were pouring forward vigorously and eventually got back
on...
Monday, December 30, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
West Ham United vs Arsenal FC2013/2014 English Premier League, Round 18
West Ham returned to their struggling ways last time out, being swept
aside 3-1 by Man United. A brief moment of joy came for the Hammers when
they made the semi-finals of the League Cup-and that's all well and
good-but they must begin to pick up points or risk the proposition of
another year outside the top-flight. Unfortunately for Sam Allardyce and
Co., they face...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Arsenal found themselves starting to struggle
in keeping their place at the top of current English Premier League
standings after failing to pick up maximum points on the latest league
fixture against Chelsea. Eager to redeem their latest disappointing
defeat over Manchester City, Arsene Wenger's men were pushing hard in
search for all three points as they putting on an attacking display
since kick off.
However, it was not an easy task though for
Gunners as their opponent also put on a solid display on that game as
Jose Mourinho's...
Valencia vs Real Madrid 2-3
Real Madrid 0-1: Angel Di Maria goal vs Valencia (28').
Valencia 1-1: Pablo Piatti goal vs Real Madrid (34').
Real Madrid 1-2: Cristiano Ronaldo goal vs Valencia (40').
Valencia 2-2: Jeremy Mathieu goal vs Real Madrid (62').
Real Madrid 2-3: Jese Rodriguez goal vs Valencia (82').
Spanish giant, Real Madrid keeping their title
challenge alive and well as they successfully grabbing all three points
from their latest away fixture against Valencia on Sunday. Knowing that
their two rivals...
World Cup 2014 group finals have been drawn this Friday and there were some interesting pairing which should provide nothing but entertainment for football lovers all over the globe with tough nations being placed in the same group. Group D can be considered as one of those interesting setup with three former champions, England, Italy along with Uruguay being paired up along with Concacaf side, Costa Rica. On paper those three nations would be competing hard for a place in the knock out stages, but Costa Rica can’t be taken for granted as...
In 2022, Qatar will become the world’s first Arab country to host the World Cup. The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid committee, headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad, said that bringing the World Cup to Qatar would improve relationships between the West and the Middle East. Fifa President Sepp Blatter said that “the Arabic world deserves a World Cup” as it has 22 countries and has not had any opportunity to host the World Cup so far. However, Fifa’s decision to permit Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup is embroiled in controversies.
Bribe Allegations
Testifying...
Friday, September 20, 2013
Stamford Bridge, London will be hosting on September 21, 2013, an English Premier League match between Chelsea and Fulham. The match referee will be Andre Marriner.
Chelsea is has lost to Basel in a Champions League at home in midweek. The team is expected to win the English Premier League, however it doesn't look like it's going to be the champion, especially when it played badly in the final third. Coach Mourinho, seems not to count...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Estadio Benito Villamarín will be hosting on 19 September 2013, an UEFA Europa League Match (group I 1. round) between Real Betis vs Olympique Lyon. The match referee will be Stefan Johannesson.
Real Betis will face Olympique Lyon in this Europa League group I game. The team is considered the best in its group, however Lyon is also not very far from it if one has a look at its results. Betis didn't start its domestic season in...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Stadio Olimpico, Roma (Italy) will be hosting on 19 September 2013, an UEFA Europa League Match group J 1. round between Lazio and Legia Warsaw. The match referee will be K. Jakobsson.
Lazio team qualified for the groups last season, after a big Copa Italia win over
neighbours Roma. The team has won two games at home and lost one away to Juventus this season. And it hasn't lost in any of its seven European matches at home. Strikers...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (Milano) will be hosting on September 18, 2013, an UEFA Champions League (Group H) match between AC Milan and Celtic. The match referee will be W. Stark.
Milan team got rid of PSV team to qualify for the group stages, and it will try to have a win over Celtic in the group stages. The team has won the last three meetings of the sides at the San Siro. Players Robinho and
Balotelli are expected to play their best...
Stadio San Paolo, Italy will be hosting on September 18, 2013, an UEFA Champions League (Group F) match between Napoli and Borussia Dortmund. The match referee will be Pedro Proença.
Napoli coach Rafael Benitez, Champions League winner with
Liverpool before, will make a good plan before facing Dortmund and will try to win the game, which would give Napoli playersmuch confidence with nine goals scored. Midfielder, Hamsik, is...
Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) will be hosting on 18 September 2013, an UEFA Champions League (Group F) match between Marseille and Arsenal. The match referee will be Olegário Manuel Benquerenca.
Marseille team, seems in a very good form this season with 3 victories in Ligue 1. It defeated: Valenciennes, Guincamp, Evian. The team faced Monaco at home, but it couldn't defeat it. After that it faced Toulouse and had a tough match, which it...
Stamford Bridge (London) will be hosting on 18 September 2013, an UEFA Champions League (Group E) match between Chelsea FC and FC Basel. The match referee will be Daniele Orsato (Italy).
Chelsea team has been going throug difficult time in the recent matches, though it showed much talent in the its squad. The team is in 6th place in the league now, after losing
the game to Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday. Chelsea lost the previous match...
Monday, September 16, 2013
Parken Stadion will be hosting on Tuesday, 17 September 2013, an UEFA Champions League (Group B) match between FC Copenhagen and Juventus. The match referee will be I. Bebek.
FC Copenhagen have a record of 1/4/3 domestically. And it didn't lost in any of the last five games. The team had an upswing, especially after Ståle Solbakken became the coach. And it is expected to play its best against Juventus and try to have more possession...
Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki - Pireás (Piraeus) will be hosting on Tuesday, 17th September 2013, an UEFA Champions League (groupe C) match between Olympiakos Piraeus and Paris Saint-Germain. The match referee will be Felix Brych (Germany).
Olympiakos team has a record of: 4/0/0 domestically, with a goal
difference of 12/1. The team is very good when it plays at home, and last
season it won over Montpellier and Arsenal in the Champions
League....
Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul (Turkey) will be hosting on Tuesday, 17 September 2013, an UEFA Champions League (groupe B) match between Galatasaray and Real Madrid. The match referee will Mark Clattenburg (England)
Galatasaray team hasn’t lost a single game domestically this season. Though its record 1/3/0 is not the best for the team. Galatasaray is expected to perform very well in Champions League
game as it the has a decent and
experienced...
Ennio Tardini, Italy will be hosting on 16 September 2013, an Italian Serie A match between FC Parma and AS Roma. The match referee will be Marco Guida.
After starting the season with a draw with Chievo, Parma team followed it with a 3-1 loss at
Udinese. Parma had more possession of the ball, but only two shots on target. Striker, Antonio Cassano, remains the
biggest attacking threat and defender
Paletta and midfileder Galloppa are out...
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
will be hosting on Sunday, 15 September 2013, an Italian Serie A match between Lazio and Chievo. The match referee will be G. Calvarese.
Lazio lost against Juventus 4-0 in the Super cup and it followed it with another loss 4-0 in the
league in Turin. In Addition to this, the Brazilian midfielder,
Hernanes, was sent off and is suspended for this match. However, Lazio made a good start when it won the...
Friday, September 13, 2013
Stadio Olimpico di Torino (Torino) will be hosting on September 14, 2013, an Italian Serie A match between Torino and AC Milan. The match referee will be D. Massa.
Torino team has lost the game against Atalanta 2-0, though it made a good start this season with a win at home.
The match was difficult and Torino had more possession of the ball more shots on target, but this wansn't enough to kame it avoid the loss. Striker, Ciro coming...
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano will be hosting on 14 September 2013, an Italian Serie A match between Inter Milan and Juventus.
Juventus and Inter Milan teams have had a very good start this season and they scored 6 points in the first two games. Inter Milan has won
the two opening matches without conceding any goal. The Nerazzurri scored three points away last time in a match against Catania 3-0, while the reigning champions
have...
Goodison Park - Liverpool will be hosting on 14 September 2013, an English Premier League, Round 4 match between Everton FC and Chelsea FC. The match referee will be Howard Webb.
Everton team didn't win in any of the games it played in the league fixtures this season and it only made draws. Coach,
Roberto Martinez, will have to work more and includ new tactics in a very talented squad, as his previous tactics didn't add much to the team...
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas (Bordeaux) will be hosting on 13 September 2013, an French Ligue 1 match between Bordeaux vs Paris Saint Germain. The match referee will be Antony Gautier.
Bordeaux strikers, Saviet and Diabate, have played all the games this season and they scored only one goal each. However, this will not take Bordeaux up in the classifications. The team had to play defensive, though it lucks good defenders because of the...
Türk Telekom Arena will be hosting on 13 September 2013, an Turkey Super Lig match between Galatasaray and Antalyaspor.
Galatasaray team has made a slow start in the Turkish Premier League this season. Even though the team hasn't lost in three games, it could only made one win at home over Gazientepspor, and two draws away against the two teams: Bursaspor and Eskisehirspor. A match against Real Madrid in Instanbul in midweek...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion, Paraguay will be hosting on 11 September 2013, an World Cup Qualification 2014 (South America) match between Paraguay and Argentina. The match referee will be E. Osses.
Paraguay national team seems to be a little improving after a big win over Bolivia at home 4-0. This result made it jump up the bottom and it has now 11 points which it gained from 12 matches. Paraguay has made 3 wins, 2 draws
and 8 defeats....
Monday, September 9, 2013
Juventus Stadium (Torino) will be hosting on 10 September 2013, an World Cup Qualification Europe match between Italy vs Czech Republic. The match referee will be Jonas Eriksson (SWE).
Italy has won over Bulgaria 1-0 on Friday. The team was playing in a relaxing way and didn't feel need for doing extra effort to win the match, as all the players were, amazingly, playing well. Italy is in second position in its group now, still with 3 matches...
Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine will be hosting on Tuesday 10th September 2013, an World Cup Qualification Europe match between Ukraine vs England. The match referee will be Pedro Proença (POR).
Ukraine national team is in its best form. It made an excelent record of 7 wins from the last 8 matches and this would give the team much confidence to go into this match. The team scored 22 goals and conceded onyl 2 with 6 clean sheets. Ukraine defeated:...
Central Stadion, Gomel will be hosting on 10 September 2013, an World Cup Qualification 2014 (Europe) match between Belarus vs France. The match referee will be Daniele Orsato (ITA).
Belarus national team has made 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Belarus does have many good quality players, though all the players know each other very well since they all play together at home or in Russia. Belarus team is containes young players, with only Alexander...
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Stadionul National, Bucharest will be hosting on 10 September 2013, an World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st round grp. D match between Romania and Turkey. The match referee will be Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway).
Romania and Turkey have both won at home on Friday. Romania played against leapfrog Hungary and won 3-0, while Turkey played against minnows Andorra and had a big win 5-0. Romania national team has been in a good form, which can...
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Estádio Nacional de Brasília (Brasília, Distrito Federal) will be hosting on 7 September 2013, an International Friendlies match between Brazil and Australia.
Brazil manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari, made a squad, which is expected to be almost the same to what the world will see in next year's world championship
tournament. The Samba team lost its last international friendly game against Switzerland
1-0 last month. The team now will do its...
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Boris Paichadze Stadium (Georgia) will be hosting on 6 September 2013, an World Cup 2014 Qualification Europe match between Georgia and France. The match referee will be Firat Aydinus (Turkey).
Georgian national team is now in a very good position to, automatically, qualify for Brazil WorldCup 2014 after Perdo's goal.The Franch national team, on the other hand, is still has to fight away from the
Spaniards in order to qualify for...
Renzo Barbera (Palermo, Italia) will be hosting on 6 September 2013, an World Cup 2014 Qualification Europe (Group B) match between Italy and Bulgaria. The match referee will be Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain).
The Italian national team is in position 6 in FIFA rankings, while the Bulgarian national team is 53.
Italy was very impressive during the 2012 Euros when it reached the final, and it is now among the five favourites teams to lift...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Wembley Stadium, London, England will be hosting on 6 September 2013, an World Cup 2014 Qualification Europe (Group H) match between England and Moldova. The match referee will be Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia).
Roy Hodgson has to make selections of the right players to include as he has many injuries in the team resulted from the weekend domestic matches. Players: Glen Johnson, Wayne Rooney and
Phil Jones all picked up knocks before and during...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Hampden Park, Scotland will be hosting on 6 September 2013, an World Cup qualifier match between Scotland and Belgium. The match referee will be Paolo Tagliavento (Italy).
Scotland's team doesn't look in a very good form these days, and since the European championship 1998 it has been waiting to qualify for a major
tournament. Scotland will miss the upcoming World Cup, as it is ranked second to last in its group behind Wales. The team hasn't...
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