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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Ronaldo, Suarez, Bale and the most expensive XI in football World
Although the summer transfer window remains open for about two more weeks, there have already been plenty of high-profile moves across the continent.
Barcelona paid a hefty transfer fee for Luis Suarez, Paris Saint-Germain spent big on David Luiz, Manchester City splashed the cash on Eliaquim Mangala, while Manchester United made Luke Shaw the most-expensive left-back - and teenager - in history.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid lured Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez to their squad to further increase the value of their team after the record-breaking buys of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in recent years.
The Santiago Bernabeu side's heavy spending in the past few seasons saw them field a starting XI which has cost them close to €500 million in transfer fees in the European Super Cup win over Sevilla.
With Bale, Ronaldo and James, Madrid have three creative players for whom they paid a transfer fee of at least €80m, yet they have spent relatively little on their defensive options - an area PSG have certainly not overlooked.
Here, Goal takes a look at the most expensive players in each position based on the transfer fees paid for them, with the total value of the most expensive current XI sitting at €668m.
Between the sticks, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is the most expensive player following his €51m move from Parma in the summer of 2001.
At right-back, Barcelona's Dani Alves makes an appearance, having joined his current team from Sevilla for a reputed fee of €35m in 2008.
Paris Saint-Germain made David Luiz the most expensive defender in the world earlier this summer when they paid Chelsea €50m for the Brazil international, only for Manchester City to spend even more on Eliaquim Mangala last week, with Porto receiving €30.5m for 56.67 per cent of his rights, making for a total transfer fee of €53m.
England international Luke Shaw takes the left-back spot following his €37m transfer from Southampton to Manchester United this summer.
The two holding midfielders in our 4-2-1-3 are Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez, who left Athletic Bilbao for €40m in 2012, and Zenit St Petersburg's Belgium international Axel Witsel, who cost the Russians the same fee.
Colombia international James Rodriguez earned himself an €80m move from Monaco to Real Madrid following his sublime performances at the World Cup to become the most-expensive attacking midfielder in the world.
Up front, a trio of La Liga stars represent the attackers for whom the highest transfer fees were paid in the history of the game. Real Madrid splashed out €100m to lure Gareth Bale away from Tottenham last summer, having previously paid €94m for Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. New Barcelona signing Luis Suarez completes the XI following his €88m move from Liverpool earlier this summer.
Players who miss out in the most expensive XI despite commanding impressive fees themselves include Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Edinson Cavani, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres, Neymar, Hulk, Sergio Aguero, Juan Mata and Thiago Silva.
Courtesy: Goal.com
Monday, July 7, 2014
Zuniga escapes punishment for Neymar foul as Thiago Silva appeal rejected
Juan Camilo Zuniga has escaped punishment for his World Cup-ending challenge on Neymar during Colombia's World quarter-final loss to Brazil - but Thiago Silva's appeal against the yellow card he incurred in the same game has been rejected.
Fifa's disciplinary committee were called upon to investigate the incident that left Neymar with a fractured vertebra, while the Selecao also attempted to overturn the booking that has ruled team-mate Thiago Silva out of the last-four meeting with Germany in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday night.
However, it was confirmed on the eve of the semi-final that Zuniga will not face any sanction.
“In this specific case, no retrospective action can be taken by the Fifa Disciplinary Committee since the incident involving the Colombian player Juan Camilo Zuniga Mosquera did not escape the match officials’ attention," a statement read.
“First and foremost, though, the chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee wishes to state that he deeply regrets the incident and the serious consequences on Neymar's health.
“Finally, as a general remark, Fifa and the Fifa Disciplinary Committee regret any incidents occurring on the pitch that in particular have a negative impact on the health of players.
“We wish Neymar a prompt and complete recovery as we wish the same for all players who have sadly been ruled out of the World Cup through injury.”
Addressing the decision to uphold the yellow card issued to Thiago Silva for preventing Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina from clearing the ball upfield.
“With regard to CBF’s request for the cancellation of the caution shown to the player Thiago Emiliano da Silva during the match played against Colombia, the chairman came to the conclusion that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee cannot consider the matter given the fact that there is no legal basis entitling it to grant such request," the statement concluded.
Courtesy: Ed Dove
Via: Goal
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Diego Costa, Gerrard & the five biggest flops of the World Cup
Casillas, Higuain and Balotelli are among the other stars who have damaged their reputations with poor performances in Brazil.
It has been one of the best World Cups ever, packed with goals, drama and quality.
Yet for all the entertainment, not everyone can be a star.
Spain, England and Italy are among the big hitters dumped out of the tournament early, and naturally there has been finger pointing and recriminations.
Some players have returned from Brazil with lower reputations than when they arrived.
Steven Gerrard is the Liverpool and England captain, Diego Costa has just cost Chelsea €44 million and Iker Casillas has 156 caps to his name.
Yet they are among the leading stars who have failed to produce in the World Cup.
Diego Costa dominated the build-up to Spain’s World Cup defence, from the moment he chose to play for the Europeans rather than his native Brazil to his selection for the opening game against the Netherlands amid fitness concerns.
In fact, he probably shouldn’t have gone to the World Cup because of the hamstring problem that affected him towards the end of his 36-goal season for Atletico Madrid. His introduction into the Spain squad coincided with the downfall of a team that won their previous three tournaments.
Costa never appeared to develop an understanding with his team-mates and was virtually anonymous in a clumsy competitive debut as Spain were smashed 5-1 by the Netherlands. In La Roja’s second group game, the new Chelsea man missed a golden opportunity early in the second-half to get his side back in the game.
Steven Gerrard has a habit of digging his side out of trouble when they need him. He also has a habit of making costly mistakes.
The latter was the case during a disastrous World Cup campaign that is likely to prompt the Liverpool midfielder's retirement from international football.
Still reeling from the slip against Chelsea in May that may have cost his club the Premier League title, Gerrard's mistakes against Uruguay ensured that England's World Cup ended in the group stage for the first time since 1958.
After a poor display in the defeat to Italy in which he was outpassed and overrun, Gerrard's made errors in the build-up to both Uruguay goals in the 2-1 defeat in Sao Paulo.
He blundered on the halfway line with a weak challenge in the lead up to Luis Suarez's opener and then headed the ball straight to Suarez late on to allow his Liverpool team-mate to slam home the winner.
Vicente Del Bosque’s sentimentality damaged Spain when he chose to stick with Casillas as his captain and goalkeeper despite the fact he played second fiddle to Diego Lopez in La Liga.
Four years after lifting the World Cup in South Africa, Casillas was the embodiment of a shambolic tournament for the reigning champions.
Fresh from almost costing Real Madrid the Champions League final, he produced a horrible performance in the humiliating 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands. He was caught under the ball for Stefan de Vrij to put Holland 3-1 ahead before his heavy touch gifted Robin van Persie the fourth.
Casillas remains a World Cup-winning captain and a legend with 156 caps, but this tournament should signal the end of his international career.
Much was made before the start of the World Cup of Argentina’s deadly front three of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain.
While Messi has been doing his part, it certainly hasn’t panned out as expected for Higuain. The Napoli man came into the tournament on the back of an ankle problem and he has played as though he has six other injuries at the same time.
Higuain’s plodding movement and lack of sharpness has been a theme of Argentina’s matches, with the 26-year-old failing to get in dangerous positions and badly missing the few chances that have fallen his way. It says a lot that, when drawing 0-0 with Iran and struggling to break their opponents down, Higuain was substituted in the 76th minute.
He has been more of a hindrance than a help at times and the net effect is that, with Aguero out through injury, Messi must be feeling he has to do it all alone.
It started well enough for Balotelli when he headed home the winner in Italy’s 2-1 victory over England in their opener in Manaus.
Yet that was the last goal the Azzurri scored at the World Cup and Balotelli ended the tournament watching helplessly from the bench as they were eliminated following a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay.
Balotelli had been substituted at half-time in that game, having failed to do anything of note in the first 45 minutes other than pick up a booking to run the risk of a red card.
The Milan striker had been equally out of sorts in the 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica. Cesare Prandelli resigned as Italy coach after the tournament, and he may well reflect that he should have picked Ciro Immobile over a player with an attitude problem who offered virtually nothing.
Via: Goal
It has been one of the best World Cups ever, packed with goals, drama and quality.
Yet for all the entertainment, not everyone can be a star.
Spain, England and Italy are among the big hitters dumped out of the tournament early, and naturally there has been finger pointing and recriminations.
Some players have returned from Brazil with lower reputations than when they arrived.
Steven Gerrard is the Liverpool and England captain, Diego Costa has just cost Chelsea €44 million and Iker Casillas has 156 caps to his name.
Yet they are among the leading stars who have failed to produce in the World Cup.
| DIEGO COSTA |
Diego Costa dominated the build-up to Spain’s World Cup defence, from the moment he chose to play for the Europeans rather than his native Brazil to his selection for the opening game against the Netherlands amid fitness concerns.
In fact, he probably shouldn’t have gone to the World Cup because of the hamstring problem that affected him towards the end of his 36-goal season for Atletico Madrid. His introduction into the Spain squad coincided with the downfall of a team that won their previous three tournaments.
Costa never appeared to develop an understanding with his team-mates and was virtually anonymous in a clumsy competitive debut as Spain were smashed 5-1 by the Netherlands. In La Roja’s second group game, the new Chelsea man missed a golden opportunity early in the second-half to get his side back in the game.
| STEVEN GERRARD |
Steven Gerrard has a habit of digging his side out of trouble when they need him. He also has a habit of making costly mistakes.
The latter was the case during a disastrous World Cup campaign that is likely to prompt the Liverpool midfielder's retirement from international football.
Still reeling from the slip against Chelsea in May that may have cost his club the Premier League title, Gerrard's mistakes against Uruguay ensured that England's World Cup ended in the group stage for the first time since 1958.
After a poor display in the defeat to Italy in which he was outpassed and overrun, Gerrard's made errors in the build-up to both Uruguay goals in the 2-1 defeat in Sao Paulo.
He blundered on the halfway line with a weak challenge in the lead up to Luis Suarez's opener and then headed the ball straight to Suarez late on to allow his Liverpool team-mate to slam home the winner.
| IKER CASILLAS |
Vicente Del Bosque’s sentimentality damaged Spain when he chose to stick with Casillas as his captain and goalkeeper despite the fact he played second fiddle to Diego Lopez in La Liga.
Four years after lifting the World Cup in South Africa, Casillas was the embodiment of a shambolic tournament for the reigning champions.
Fresh from almost costing Real Madrid the Champions League final, he produced a horrible performance in the humiliating 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands. He was caught under the ball for Stefan de Vrij to put Holland 3-1 ahead before his heavy touch gifted Robin van Persie the fourth.
Casillas remains a World Cup-winning captain and a legend with 156 caps, but this tournament should signal the end of his international career.
| GONZALO HIGUAIN |
Much was made before the start of the World Cup of Argentina’s deadly front three of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain.
While Messi has been doing his part, it certainly hasn’t panned out as expected for Higuain. The Napoli man came into the tournament on the back of an ankle problem and he has played as though he has six other injuries at the same time.
Higuain’s plodding movement and lack of sharpness has been a theme of Argentina’s matches, with the 26-year-old failing to get in dangerous positions and badly missing the few chances that have fallen his way. It says a lot that, when drawing 0-0 with Iran and struggling to break their opponents down, Higuain was substituted in the 76th minute.
He has been more of a hindrance than a help at times and the net effect is that, with Aguero out through injury, Messi must be feeling he has to do it all alone.
| MARIO BALOTELLI |
It started well enough for Balotelli when he headed home the winner in Italy’s 2-1 victory over England in their opener in Manaus.
Yet that was the last goal the Azzurri scored at the World Cup and Balotelli ended the tournament watching helplessly from the bench as they were eliminated following a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay.
Balotelli had been substituted at half-time in that game, having failed to do anything of note in the first 45 minutes other than pick up a booking to run the risk of a red card.
The Milan striker had been equally out of sorts in the 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica. Cesare Prandelli resigned as Italy coach after the tournament, and he may well reflect that he should have picked Ciro Immobile over a player with an attitude problem who offered virtually nothing.
Via: Goal
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Watch Live Match Brazil vs Chile - FIFA WC 2014
This knockout match who will lose the game they will go home. So this is very important match between Brazil and Chile.
But Brazil get the tension by taking Neymar and Thiago Silva because of they got yellow card in last match. If they get yellow card today they will be unable to play next match.
To watch the live match online: http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/267208/1/watch-brazil-vs-chile---fifa-wc-2014-.html
Friday, June 27, 2014
Path to the final - Football World Cup 2014
So football world be ready because of after quarter-final the semi-final stage will start and then the dream final. Who will play final. It can be Brazil Vs Argentina or any others team.
But get remind here because of in the tournament world cup - 2014 happening lots of unexpected things like Spain out from round 16 as well as Italy and Portugal. So no one can predict here who will win the match.
Here below i just give the round 16 matches fixtures -
ROUND OF 16
| 1 |  |
BRAZIL | VS | CHILE |  |
| 2 |  |
COLOMBIA | VS | URUGUAY |  |
| 3 |  |
FRANCE | VS | NIGERIA |  |
| 4 |  |
GERMANY | VS | ALGERIA |  |
| 5 |  |
NETHERLANDS | VS | MEXICO |  |
| 6 |  |
COSTA RICA | VS | GREECE |  |
| 7 |  |
ARGENTINA | VS | SWITZERLAND |  |
| 8 |  |
BELGIUM | VS | USA |  |
| QUARTER-FINAL |
| 1 |  |
WINNER RO16 M1 | VS | WINNER RO16 M2 | |
| 2 | |
WINNER RO16 M3 | VS | WINNER RO16 M4 | |
| 3 | |
WINNER RO16 M5 | VS | WINNER RO16 M6 | |
| 4 | |
WINNER RO16 M7 | VS | WINNER RO16 M8 | |
| SEMI-FINAL |
| 1 | |
WINNER QF1 | VS | WINNER QF2 | |
| 2 | |
WINNER QF3 | VS | WINNER QF4 | |
| FINAL |
| 1 | |
WINNER SF1 | VS | WINNER SF2 | |
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Luis Suarez ban from all football for four months
Luis Suarez paid dearly for his World Cup biting shame on Thursday after being banned for a record four months and nine matches by Fifa.
The Uruguay and Liverpool striker was suspended for the rest of the tournament and from “all football activity”, including the start of next season.
He was also hit with a stadium ban, preventing him from attending any match anywhere in the world during his four-month ban, and was fined 100,000 Swiss francs (£65,702).
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) quickly announced it would contest the verdict but Fifa confirmed it would not allow him to play in Uruguay’s World Cup last-16 match against Colombia on Saturday pending the outcome of any appeal.
The 27-year-old was banned for what was the third biting offence of his career, which took place in Uruguay’s final Group D game against Italy on Tuesday, when he sunk his teeth in to the shoulder of Georgio Chiellini.
The ban means he will not be able to play for Liverpool for the first 10 weeks of the English season. His first game back could be away at Newcastle United on November 1.
It could also scupper his hopes of forcing a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid this summer, both sides having been heavily linked with an £80 million-plus move for the striker. However, the player will be able to seek a transfer during the time of his ban.
Fifa said in a statement: “Luis Suarez is suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity.
“The Fifa disciplinary committee has reached a decision in the case related to Luis Suarez of Uruguay following an incident that occurred during the Fifa World Cup match between Italy and Uruguay played on 24th June 2014.
“The Fifa disciplinary committee has decided that the player Luis Suarez is regarded as having breached article 48, paragraph one, of the Fifa disciplinary code and article 57 of the Fifa disciplinary code, which is an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player.
“The player Luis Suarez is to be suspended for nine official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming Fifa World Cup fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28th June 2014.
“The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next Fifa World Cup matches, as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches, in accordance with article 38, paragraph 2a, of the Fifa disciplinary code.
“The player Luis Suarez is banned from taking part in any football-related activity, administrative, sport, or any other, for a period of four months, in accordance with article 22 of the Fifa disciplinary code.
“A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suarez, in accordance with article 21 of the Fifa disciplinary code as follows: the player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban; the player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension.
“The player Luis Suarez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of 100,000 Swiss francs.
“The decision was notified to the player and Uruguayan FA this morning.”
The chairman of Fifa’s disciplinary committee, Claudio Sulser, added: “Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and, in particular, not at the Fifa World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field.
“The disciplinary committee took into account all the factors of the case, and the degree of Mr Suarez’s guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the code.”
Fifa declined to confirm whether Suarez would also be forced to undergo psychological help as part of his sanction.
Liverpool Football Club has released the following statement in response to the Fifa Disciplinary Committee's decision regarding Suarez.. Ian Ayre, chief executive officer, said: "Liverpool Football Club will wait until we have seen and had time to review the Fifa Disciplinary Committee report before making any further comment."
Britain's FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce, from Northern Ireland said: "I think the punishment handed out by FIFA to Luis Suarez is fully justified. Hopefully he will realise now that behaviour of this type will not be tolerated under any circumstances."
AUF president Wilmar Valdez said: “We are preparing our appeal now, we have three days to do it.
“It is an excessive decision and there was not enough evidence and I have seen more aggressive incidents recently.
“It is a severe punishment. I don't know exactly which arguments they used but it is a tough punishment for Suarez.
“It’s feels like Uruguay has been thrown out of the World Cup. We all know what Suarez means to Uruguay and to football around the world – not having Suarez would be a loss to any team.”
The Uruguayan government also branded the sanction “disproportionate”.
“This disproportionate sanction hurts us,” sports minister Liliam Kechichian posed on Twitter, adding that she would meet president Jose Mujica to discuss the matter.
Uruguayan officials and media had branded the backlash against Suarez as an English, Italian and Brazilian conspiracy on Wednesday.
His appeal will be heard by Fifa’s appeal committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden of Bermuda, and should it uphold the verdict, he could lose more than just his ability to play.
Boot supplier adidas, who warned the player about his conduct after he bit Branislav Ivanovic last year, said: “Adidas does not condone Luis Suarez’s behaviour and we will again be reminding him of high standards we expect from players.
“We have no plan to use Suarez for any additional marketing activities during the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
“We will discuss all aspects of our future partnership directly with Suarez and his team following the World Cup.”
Suarez is also an ambassador for online bookmaker 888poker, producing several video diaries during the World Cup as part of that role.
Courtesy: Ben Rumsby, Rio de Janeiro
Via: Telegraph
Watch Live Match USA vs Germany - FIFA WC 2014
To watch the live match USA vs Germany - FIFA WC 2014 just go to: http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/266811/1/watch-usa-vs-germany---fifa-wc-2014-.html
Today this is the very tough moment for USA and Germany. So need to play for both of the team.
Watch Live Portugal vs Ghana - FIFA WC 2014
To watch the live match Portugal Vs Ghana just go to: http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/266810/1/watch-portugal-vs-ghana---fifa-wc-2014-.html
This is the really a tough match for Portugal and Ghana. Only in this group has the confusion about who will play in second round. So we need to wait until finish the game. Please be patience to get the result of the match between Portugal VS Ghana.
Is Portugal win the match 4 - 0. Then may they have the chance to play second round. So need to wait what are the things can be done by the Cristiano Ronaldo today.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Uruguay's Luis Suarez appears to bite Italy defender
Uruguay beat Italy, 1-0, on Tuesday, advancing to the knockout stage.
But star striker Luis Suarez's World Cup could be over.
Suarez, maybe the best player in Europe last season, appeared to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in the 80th minute -- one minute before Uruguay defender Diego Godin headed in the match-winner.
Here are a few looks.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first biting incident for Luis Suarez -- it's his third. He was suspended for seven matches in 2010 for biting PSV's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder, and was banned for 10 matches in 2013 for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
Suarez was not disciplined during the match on Tuesday, but a suspension could still be coming.
Courtesy: Jeff Borzello | CBSSports.com
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