Football rumors
UEFA Champions League - Kuyt strike gives Liverpool advantage and Deivid crowns Fenerbahçe fightback
Liverpool FC will take a slender advantage back to Anfield for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final after their first meeting with Arsenal FC inside three days ended 1-1 in London.Deivid’s spectacular long-range effort nine minutes from time gave Fenerbahçe SK a UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg win against Chelsea FC [...]
Roberto Manchini will stay in Inter as coach
Roberto Manchini,one of the most talented players of his age, Mancini debuted in Italian Serie A for Bologna on September 12, 1981. The following year he was bought by Sampdoria, for which he played until 1997. Later he played for Lazio (1997–2000) and Leicester City (2001).
With Sampdoria, he formed a dynamic strike partnership with Gianluca [...]
Vucinic bravely dived for a Christian Panucci - Roma win Real lose
Real Madrid: Casillas, Salgado (Miguel Torres 65), Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze, Diarra (Drenthe 61), Gago, Guti, Julio Baptista (Soldado 85), Raul, Robinho.
Subs Not Used: Dudek, Marcelo, Higuain, Balboa.
Sent Off: Pepe (71).
Booked: Heinze, Pepe, Robinho, Guti.
Goals: Raul 75.
Roma: Doni, Cicinho (Panucci 87), Juan, Mexes, Tonetto, Aquilani, De Rossi, Taddei, Perrotta (Pizarro 77), Mancini (Vucinic 65), Totti.
Subs Not [...]
Liverpool Vs Inter Milan - minute by minute - Champions League
Liverpool FC reached the final last season and face a tough assignment if they are to repeat that feat as FC Internazionale Milano visit Anfield. The English side won their last three games in Group A to finish in second spot after taking just a point from their opening three contests, a stark contrast to [...]
Giovanni Trapattoni is expected to be named the new Ireland manager
Biography : Trapattoni was born in Cusano Milaninoon March 17 1939, in the province of Milan. He had a successful career as a player with AC Milan in the 1960s and early 1970s. Playing primarily as a defender and defensive midfielder with the goal to pass the ball to more creative players such as Giovanni [...]
FIFA president Blatter to push for ‘6+5′ rule on foreign players
ZURICH, Switzerland - FIFA president Sepp Blatter is planning to propose the so-called “6+5″ rule to the governing body’s congress in Sydney, Australia, in May.
The rule aims to limit teams to five foreign players in a starting lineup during club matches.
“By signing more and more foreign players, clubs have gradually lost their identity,” Blatter said [...]
