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Football is one of the renowned and most popular game in the whole wide world! And it is the only game which is played on every part of every continent! Every year, especially in Europe, millions of euros are transfered from one country to another due to this game which involves transfers, sponsorships, etc!
Not only that, players and managers who take part in this game take millions of Euros home every year!
For this reason I decided to take a look and find out the top earners of this game!
And very expected results came out. Messi, worlds currently best is the leading earners (salary) in players, meanwhile, the special one Mourinho is the top earner (salary) in Managers!
PLAYERS
1. Messi £27 million/year
2. C. Ronaldo £23 million/year
3. Wayne Rooney £18 million/year
4. David Beckham £16.5 million/year
5. Thierry Henry £11.8 million/year
Managers
1. Mourinho £11.7 million/year
2. Pep Guardiola £9.1 million/year
3. Rafael Benitez £8.9 million/year
4. Fabio Capello £7.4 million/year
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UEFA announced the draws for the Champions League quarter-finals today and most debatable match of these fixtures will be off course of Chelsea vs Man Utd! It will be the rematch of Champions League final in Moscow three years ago where Man Utd defeated Chelsea in penalties! Chelsea have never had the European glory and the closest they came was that final where Man Utd clinched the win due to the very last penalty where Terry slipped and was unsuccessful to convert it into goal and it cost Chelsea their first ever UEFA Cup! So this time around they will definitely look to avenge Man Utd for that! But given the current run of the both clubs in this season, Chelsea will have to increase their form and really need to turn the tables cuz Man Utd is in terrific form right now!
Meanwhile, spurs are handed over the nine-time UEFA winners, Madrid, for the quarter-final! It will be a very hard job for them through them and given the current level of Madrid, Redknapp really need to apply his tactic correct and wise and beat Mourinho's Lads! Real Madrid have passed to quarter-final after around six years and this time they want to go all the way to the final!
Barcelona and Inter are give comparatively the easier teams and they really should go on to next round! Barcelona will play against Shaktar. This will be an easy task for the Catalans. But Shaktar really enjoyed this competition and they have made the best out of it as they have already reached the quarter finals! But i think that this will be the maximum, because Barca is playing a terrific game and they are very hard to beat...having said that, its soccer and setbacks happen here every time!
Inter will play against Schalke, both teams have given Bayer hard time this season, as Schalke dumped Bayern out of German cup, and Inter threw them out of the UEFA Cup! And now they come face to face to fight with each other for the place in the semis! Inter obviously having an upper hand, they are a far better team than Schalke so they should go through to the next round!
UEFA Quarter-Finals Draws:
Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea vs Manchester United
Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Inter Milan vs Schalke
Fixture Dates:
First leg: 5/6 April 2011
Second Leg: 12/13 April 2011
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Cristiano Who?
So much for Real Madrid winning the Champions League at home... Having spent hundreds of millions recruiting big-name players, Florentino Perez could only watch, helpless, as the merengues crashed out of the Champions League in the first knockout stage for the sixth consecutive year. Meanwhile in England, Arsenal and Manchester United cruised past their opponents winning 5-0 and 4-0 respectively. Nicklas Bendtner of all people got an hat trick for the Gunners while United showed once again that the whole is greater than its part a lesson that Madrid hasn't quite learned yet.
Let's compare the two games, shall we? When Higuain missed an open during the first half, you just knew that it was going to be a whole new ballgame from that point on. After a dominating first half marked by dazzling passes and great moves, Madrid started the second half looking afraid to get their noses dirty as if they had a God-given right to win the game and Lyon simply had to step aside. But Lyon learned their lesson last year against Barcelona and a swift tactical change in the second half complicated Madrid's task even further.
After scoring the equalizer in the 75th minute, the French stood their ground, clogging up the space around the box and never surrendering an inch. All of the sudden, Madrid's sublime passing was inexistent as every ball seemed to hit a toe or a body instead of reaching the appropriate target. Frustration quickly set in among the Galacticos. Kaka a saint in the eyes of many looked truly unhappy to be substituted despite having a forgettable game, Guti and Higuain both disappeared in the second half, and Ronaldo looked like the whining diva who wanted to do it all by himself against Barcelona in last year's final. The difference this time is that no one was willing to give him the ball the consequence of too many stars on one team: each one thinks their way is the best. Raul's entrance was too little too late and you have to wonder what Pellegrini was thinking when he put the other Diarra in the game.
At Old Trafford, the scene was much different. Forced to changed his formation after Carrick's yellow card in the first leg, Sir Alex Ferguson made his team even better. With Nani and Valencia on the wings, Milan's fullbacks had to be careful to not push up as much as they had done in the previous game. In the middle, Park and Fletcher kept the motor running while Scholes became the link between attack and defense. Like Milan at the San Siro, United struck early on their home turf when Gary Neville delivered a great cross to Wayne Rooney who scored another header his third in this confrontation. It was Neville's only potent cross of the night and by God, was it an important one. The Red Devils kept the pressure on Milan's midfield but Pirlo's surgical passing made my heart skip a beat every time the ball got past United's backline. Thankfully, Van der Sar was always and stopped both Huntelaar and Borriello from shooting at close range.
The home team struck again early in the second half again via Rooney thanks to a superb pass by Nani and as the ball slowly rolled towards the goal line, you could see Milan sagging just a bit. When Park made it 3-0 after Scholes' brilliant shot-feint pass, it was game over for the rossoneri. In a losing cause, Leonardo gave Beckham the opportunity to step on that field once again after a seven-year absence. It was a great moment to see Becks get a standing ovation when he stepped on the pitch (only to be booed at his first touch of the ball). Fletcher concluded this magical night with a fourth goal for United, putting the aggregate score at 7-2.
Although Rooney was instrumental in that win, what stood out for me in that game was United's teamwork. From Valencia's slide tackle on Ronaldinho inside his own box (which should've been a defender's job) to Rooney running back to cover Valencia when the latter fell behind Abbiati's goal line, the players were all pulling in the same direction. Of course, Milan greatly suffered from Pato's absence but on a night where both Kaka and Ronaldinho were invisible, Lyon and United showed them how the game should be played.
Well folks, it's that time of the year again where teams gear up for the final stretch of their domestic season while also fighting for European glory. With the African cup of Nations taking place in a World Cup year, fixtures around Europe suffered massive changes in order to accommodate all teams. As a result, I've been pretty much unable to follow league games as I did in the beginning of the season. But the Champions League is back, still sticking to the Tuesday/Wednesday combo, so that should be enough for now.
This week, we had the first half of the round of 16's first leg with 8 teams in action which delivered enough drama to make our anticipation of the second half even more palatable. Out of the four games, I only watched two (Manchester United AC Milan and Arsenal Porto). Here are my thoughts along with some video highlights
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The Champions League group stage concluded this week and Juventus was the second giant to fall out of the competition after Liverpool. In Group F, Barcelona and Inter both clinched their qualification on Wednesday while Real Madrid and AC Milan did the same on Tuesday. Read on for the full results.
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Just one game to in the Champions League group stage. While some teams were already qualified in Matchday 4, this week's games clarified the situation in some groups while one group is still wide open. Here are the full results.
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Several teams booked their tickets to the next round this week but two superpowers now have their backs to the wall as the end of the group stage draws near.
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It was an interesting round of the Champions League this week as several results went against most experts' predictions. Several teams who were expected to be punching bags in their respective groups are surprisingly pulling great results out of thin air, making some groups' outcome difficult to judge even after three games.
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After two games played, we're getting a better picture of the standings in the Champions League group stage. While some powerhouses are making a good case for themselves (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United), others (Liverpool, Inter, Milan) are finding the task more difficult and should kick it up a notch in Matchday 3.
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September 17th 2009 03:35
So, the Inter Milan-Barcelona game wasn't as exciting as I anticipated so I won't be posting an individual recap of that game but read on for my thoughts on Day 1. There are several games for which I didn't find any highlights. Video sites are quick to take off links these days, so there's not much I can do about that.
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CR9 has been given the green light
Florentino Perez is a man on a mission. After grabbing Kaka from AC Milan, Real Madrid's president put an end to the Cristiano Ronaldo saga by buying the Portuguese winger from Manchester United for a whopping 94 million, consequently breaking the record of Zidane's transfer from Juventus to Madrid.
As a United fan, I am both glad and saddened that Ronaldo has decided to leave. Glad because his departure will get rid of the bandwagon fans who are, for the majority, his fans. Plus, the United locker room will be rid of an arrogant, prima-donna, diva player who often put himself ahead of the team at the worst possible times (this year's Champions League's final, anyone
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Group A
Chelsea CFR Cluj: 2-1
The return of Joe Cole and Didier Drogba proved to be instrumental in Chelsea's qualification for the next round as Droga scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute
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Group A
Bordeaux Chelsea: 1-1
What is going with the Blues lately? Not only they are slowing down in the Premiership, their Champions League latest performances are leaving a lot to be desired. After convincingly defeating Bordeaux 4-0 in Matchday 1, they could only get a draw in the return match. Are they simply exhausted or are other teams figuring them out? Thanks to this draw, Bordeaux still have a chance to qualify. They'll have to defeat Roma on Matchday 6 to get through
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Group A
A win by both Bordeaux and Roma leave things wide open in Group A where any team can now go through.
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