raul gonzalez: April 2014

ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2014 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

A post for all the Atletico de Madrid fans around the global with a TEAM PHOTO of the historic starting XI line-up against Chelsea FC which won 1 - 3 in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League. Great photo that you may wish to have & share or place somewhere in your favourites sites.

Atletico de Madrid Starting XI Team Photo UEFA Champions League semi-final vs Chelsea FC

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CHELSEA FC 1 ATLETICO DE MADRID 3 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT

The UEFA Champions League Final season 2013-2014 will be an all Spanish Football affair after Atletico de Madrid defeated Chelsea FC 1 - 3 in the 2º leg return semi-final match. Atletico de Madrid will face local City rival Real Madrid in Lisbon on the 24th of May, a true "clasico" multiplied by 10.

The match was very even the first half with Chelsea FC putting in a more "offensive" starting 11

CHELSEA FC - ATLETICO DE MADRID | PREVIEW | POSSIBLE STARTING TEAM LINE-UPS

Chelsea FC hosts Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid tonight in the 2ºleg semi-final match of the UEFA Champions League with the tie wide open & even (0-0 aggregate). The winner tonight will meet Real Madrid in the Final on the 24th of May in Lisbon (Portugal).Already the "conspiracy theory" enthusiasts have alerted that UEFA does not desire a Final to be between two Clubs of the same

BAYERN MUNICH 0 REAL MADRID 4 ( 0-5 AGG) | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT

If anyone would have predicated beforehand the final result most would have called him/her crazy. Bayern Munich hosted Real Madrid in the 2º leg return match of the UEFA Champions League semi-final & was "bulldozed" losing 0 - 4, that is 0 - 5 on total aggregate.There was some doubt pre-match with Gareth Bale starting ahead of Isco but the Welshman put in a solid performance defending & even

PRE-MATCH | BAYERN MUNICH - REAL MADRID POSSIBLE STARTING TEAM LINE-UPS

Huge Football match tonight between two World & European Soccer giants. Bayern Munich hosts Real Madrid in the 2º leg semi-final of the UEFA Champions League with a 0-1 disadvantage. Maximum tension, plenty of nerves & Football pride intertwined in an atmosphere that will be heated up by 70.000 screaming fans.

courtesy of "Sport"

Plenty has been said since the last time both teams met in

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 35 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last scheduled game of Round 35 Spanish Football Liga was played tonight between Celta de Vigo & Real Valladolid. Important match for both Clubs as the home side needed a win to guarantee their presence next year in Liga, while Valladolid is suffering in the 2º last place on the Liga table with relegation almost a certainty.

The final result 4 - 0 was a whitewash with Celta de Vigo outplaying

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 35 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 35 Liga. Below all the final scores-results along with the goalscorers.

RCD Espanyol hosted Almeria which is sitting in the "relegation zone" of the Liga classification table. The final result a 1 - 2 victory to Almeria which keeps them with slim chances in avoiding the relegation. Espanyol continue with a string of losses which is

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 35 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action today with Round 35 & things getting hot at the top part of the classification table & dramatic in & around the relegation zone. Below are all the final results - scores along with the goalscorers.

Elche hosted Levante in the Friday Night game & finished with a 1 - 1 draw. A result which favoured Levante as Elche is dangerously close to the danger-zone relegation

ZINEDINE ZIDANE TO LEAVE REAL MADRID

Spanish Football & Sports daily paper "Marca" has published today what many have suspected, that Real Madrid current second Coach Zinedine Zidane will leave the Club at the end of the season. However, it is going to be like a "boomerang" as the ex Real Madrid player & ex-Directive is destined to be the 1º Coach in the future.

Zinadine Zidane was initially reluctant to take on Coaching

SEVILLA FC 2 VALENCIA CF 0 | EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL RESULT

European Football continues with its festival this week with the turn of the UEFA Europa League semi-final. While Benfica hosted Juventus in Lisbon, Spanish Football Clubs Sevilla FC & Valencia CF played out their 1ºst leg away semi-final match. The final result a convincing 2 - 0 win by Sevilla FC over Valencia CF.

Fabulous atmosphere at the "Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium" filled with Sevilla

THE FC BARCELONA REVOLUTION FOR NEXT SEASON

Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona has received the "temporary" lifting of the FIFA no Ban on signing with joy & relief. The World Football governing body will now further investigate if Barça infringed with "under-aged" signings, & while this long process occurs they have "freed-up" the Spanish Club to be able to sign new players for next season. This has made FC Barcelona "Football Director"

REAL MADRID 1 BAYERN MUNICH 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL RESULT

The final result of the UEFA Champions League 1ºst leg away semi-final between Real Madrid & Bayern Munich finished in a 1 - 0 victory to the Spaniards. Intense game between two giants of European Football with differing styles, at least shown tonight.

After days of debate Cristiano Ronaldo started while Bale was left on the bench. This allowed Isco to start which seem to indicate that Real

REAL MADRID - BAYERN MUNICH POSSIBLE STARTING TEAM LINE-UPS

More European Football today with the huge UEFA Champions League 1º leg semi-final between Real Madrid & Bayern Munich. Unfortunate that both had to meet at this stage as perhaps a Final would have been more appropriate.The Germans are clear favourites although they transmit that they are the "underdogs", good tactic as Real Madrid are quietly optimistic & historically that has not helped them in

ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 CHELSEA FC 0 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º LEG SEMI FINAL RESULT

The first semi-final of the 1º leg away match in the UEFA Champions League between Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid & English Premier League Club Chelsea FC finished with a final 0-0 draw result. The match also had some "collateral damage" for Chelsea FC losing their habitual goalie Peter Cech with a dislocated shoulder & their Captain John Terry, plus Frank Lampard received a yellow card

IS REAL MADRID NEGOTIATING WITH ASHLEY COLE ?

Taking advantage that Chelsea FC is in the City of Madrid to play Atletico de Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Spanish digital newspaper "elconfidencial.com" publish that Chelsea FC defender Ashley Cole is in talks with Real Madrid CF.

The 33 year old English International & defender is out of favour with his current Coach Mourinho & will end his contract with Chelsea FC on

ATLETICO DE MADRID-CHELSEA FC | POSSIBLE TEAM LINE-UPS

The City of Madrid becomes the centre of European Football these days as the two local big Spanish Football Clubs not only participate in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals but respectively act as hosts for the 1º leg away games. Atletico de Madrid plays English Premier League Club Chelsea FC tonight, while Real Madrid CF plays German Club Bayern Munich tomorrow.

Huge games for both, & for

MALAGA 2 VILLARREAL 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 34 MONDAY GAME RESULT

Spanish Liga Round 34 had up to Monday two remaining matches to be played. The Real Valladolid - Real Madrid game has been moved for the 7th of May, thus the other remaining clash between Malaga FC & Villarreal was the Monday Night match. An encounter that brought together two sides with differing objectives, the first Malaga FC needed the three points tonight to secure their Spanish League

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 34 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 34 Liga. Below are the final results-scores along with all the goalscorers.

Almeria hosted Celta de Vigo & further complicated their Liga future losing 2 - 4 to Celta de Vigo. For Celta it was a mini-celebration as they secure their future mathematically in Liga for next season. The four goals for Celta came in the following order:

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | SATURDAY ROUND 34 GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with three games of Round 34 Liga. Below are all the final results-scores along with all the goalscorers.

Osasuna played Valencia with the final result begin a 1 - 1 draw. A result that does not benefit either as Osasuna which remains in relegation danger & Valencia which is further away from the European table positions.The first goal was scored by Osasuna

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 34 FRIDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Spanish Football kicked off with Round 34 of Liga with the Friday Night match. Important game for the home side, Atletico de Madrid, which need a win (no option) to remain Liga leaders & keep open their options of winning this season Spanish League. The visitors Elche also needed to grab points because they a hoovering dangerously close to the relegation zone of the table.

The final result a

FC BARCELONA 1 REAL MADRID 2 | SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY ( KINGS CUP ) FINAL RESULT

The first title of the Spanish Football season 2013-2014 fell the way of Real Madrid after defeating FC Barcelona 1 - 2 in the Final of the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey (Kings Cup) played this Wednesday night at the city of Valencia.

Important victory for Real Madrid which finally manages, along with their Coach Ancelotti, to win this season their maximum rival in Spanish & World Soccer. Horror

SPANISH CUP FINAL - KINGS CUP FINAL | POSSIBLE TEAM LINE-UPS

The country is slowly grinding to a halt as the Easter vacations commence & the Final of the SPANISH CUP-COPA DEL REY ( Kings Cup) is about to kick-off tomorrow - Wednesday the 16th of April at 21.30 hrs Spanish Time - between FC Barcelona & Real Madrid.Top match of Spanish & World Football as two of the best Clubs on World Soccer meet up once again to attempt to claim the first big title of this

FC BARCELONA WINS UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE

Congratulations to Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona Youth Team for winning the first edition of the UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE 2013-2014. The Spanish Club defeated Portuguese Club Benfica in the Final with a 0 - 3 result.The "UEFA Youth League" is the spin-off of the UEFA Champions League that was put into motion this season as an initiative to lift the competition levels of the youngsters playing

Manuel Neuer Reassures Bayern fans before the German Cup final match

Will Manuel Neuer participate in the German Cup Final and in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid ?

Manuel Neuer, Bayern Munich goalkeeper, said that he would be fit to contest in the german cup final (DFB-Pokal ) against Kaiserslautern, although he was injured during his team's defeat 3-0 in front of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

The German International Goalkeeper was replaced at half-time in his team's last match against Borussia Dortmund , to be replaced by the young Lucas , who received two goals in the first 12 minute in his debut in the Bundesliga, since the 2nd goalkeeper, Tom Starke, was injured.

Neuer told reporters when he was asked about the possibility of his participation onWednesday match , "there is no danger. i wasn't substituted without a reason . we didn't want to risk anything because it is important for me to be ready on Wednesday."

Bayern - which seeks to achieve an unprecedented triple titles for the second time in a row - qualified to the European Champions League semifinal, where they will face Real Madrid later this month.

Cristiano Ronaldo is racing the clock to participate against Bayern Munich

Could Cristiano Ronaldo recover in time ?

The Portuguese Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, is currently receiving treatment by Physiotherapist Joaquín Juan to recover from the injury he was exposed to in the Tight in order to be ready to participate in the semi-finals of the European Champions League against Bayern Munich.

Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury in his left thigh . this injury could force him to skip Copa Del Rey final against Barcelona next ednesday, and could miss the 1st leg of the UEFA Champions League.

Ronaldo resorted to Physiotherapist in an attempt to revive his hopes of participation against Bayern Munich in the match that will be held on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, where Portuguese started in training from dawn until sunset in order to return as soon as possible.

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 33 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football celebrated four Round 33 Liga games today with the following final results-scores & goalscorers.

Explosive City of Seville match with the Real Betis - Sevilla FC derby. Real Betis is sitting at the bottom of the Liga table & is desperate in every match. The final result ended up going 0 - 2 to Sevilla FC making the relegation of its city rival more a reality. The game had as

Borussia Dortmund defeat Bayern at the Allianz Arena

Borussia Dortmund achieved a well-deserved victory on Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich, the title holder,lost in their home in front of Borussia Dortmund 3-nil on Saturday in the thirty round of the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich, who is currently champion for the second time in a row, and for the twenty-fourth time in their history, had beaten Dortmund, the UEFA Champions League runner-up, 3-0 at the Signal Iduna Park on November 23. Bayern lost 2-4 in the German Supercup July 27.

At the Allianz Arena stadium, Bayern Munich lost their second match in a row, after the first defeat last week to Augsburg, one of the rising teams from the second-class, and the second loss in 55 matches in the league.

The game's 1st goal was scored by Henrikh Mkhitaryan at the 20 minute of the match , while mandzukic scored a goal for Bayern at the 30 minute , which was cancelled since it was an offside.

Manuel Nuer was replaced at the Second half due to injury , Bayern Munich said "Manuel Nuer was withdrawn at half time due to muscle stiffness in his right calf. Just a precautionary measure!"

at the second half , Marco Reus scored Borussia's second goal at the 49 minute , while the 3rd goal was scored by Jonas Hofmann at the 56.

Mertesacker : "Arsenal deserved to win "

Arsenal German defender Per Mertesacker confirmed that his team qualification to the FA Cup Final was well-deserved.

Per Mertesacker praised Arsenal's qualification to the FA Cup final after winning 5-3 on penalty kicks to Wiggan Athletic (titleholder) in the semifinal at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Mertesacker said after the match: "I think we deserved to win taking in consideration the good performance that we had in the second half," Arsenal defender added: "our performance in the first half was weak, but we came back strongly in the second half,"

He added: "to make a comeback once again, as always, is very important in such sensitive matches, I think that we have a strong personalities, which is why we came back again today , often emphasized our desire to win , now we want to win the title".

Granada stops Barcelona

Barcelona's fans has received another disappointment with another loss of their team in front of Granada.

Barcelona , the title holder, was exposed to an unexpected loss against Granada 1-nil on Saturday in the thirty three round of the Spanish League "La Liga".

At the "Nuevo Los Cármenes" Stadium in front of 23500 spectators, Granada achieved their first victory on Barcelona since 42 years, specifically since April 19 , 1972, Granada had to wait for a 42 years to achieve another victory on Barcelona.

This was Granada's fifth win on Barcelona in 40 matches with 31 defeat and 4 draws.

Granada made matters worse for Barcelona who had lost another match 4 days ago against Atletico Madrid with the same result in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Champions League last Wednesday.

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 33 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action with Round 33 of Liga today. Getting close to the end of the season & things are delicate at the top & at the bottom of the Spanish League classification table. Below are all the final results-scores along with the goalscorers.However, before I get into details, I ask you excuse me today the brief summary of the games. Had family issues to take care off & was more switched

Guardiola is glad to meet Real Madrid

Guardiola is glad to face a team that he knows well in Champions League semifinal.

The Spanish Coach Josep Guardiola, technical director of Bayern Munich expressed his happiness that he will have to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semi-final.

Guardiola, former Barcelona manager, said that the expected confrontation between Bayern and Real Madrid can be considered a "German-Spanish" classico.

Guardiola Said "Casillas , Pepe , Ramos ,Bale ,Modric , Coentrao , Alonso , Di Maria , Benzema , Ronaldo ... What a match".

He added: "I feel happy. All of Europe will follow up these two matches. I look forward to an excellent scenario .. I know Real Madrid are excellent. I met this team many times as a coach and as a player. I love the confrontations between the best players and best Coaches. We will be a great challenge in front of one of the best teams in the world,"

Pele : "If I could play I would choose Barcelona"

If Pele could get back in time , he would have chosen Barcelona because of their recent unique style.
The Brazilian Football Legend Pele said that if he could return to play in this modern era, he would play for Barcelona club ,because of the Catalan's unique style.

Pele said in an interview published by Time magazine: "Santos was always my first choice, but in this age if I choose to play I will join Barcelona because of their unique style"

Pele said that if he was a player in this era, he would have been much better "because of modern technology and training technique, as well as the rules on the protection of the players from injuries which become more stringent,"

Pele had never faced Barcelona in official match, but he played four times against them in friendly matches, 1959, Santos won 5-1, 1960 Brazilians won 4-3, 1963 Barcelona Won 2-0, and in Cadiz 1974 where Barcelona won 4-1.

Manuel Pellegrini: "Liverpool match will not decide the title"

Pellegrini said that Liverpool match will not decide the name of the team that will get the title, but the winner will increase his chances of winning the EPL.

The Chilean Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini, confirmed that the expected match against Liverpool is very important, but the title will not be decided by that match.

Manchester City will play against Liverpool tomorrow, within thirty-fourth round of the English Premier League, who is currently third 4 points behind Liverpol, who leads the table, but Manchester City had two scheduled matches that haven't been played yet.

Pellegrini said in the press conference held on Friday: "it a very big game, but I don't think it will determine the winner of the title".adding: "Every game is a big game from now until the end of the season,".

Willy Sagnol "Messi took people for idiots"

Messi spent his 2nd leg of the Champions League quarterfinal walking around the pitch.

The former Bayern Munich player Willy Sagnol attacked Argentinien Barcelona star Lionel Messi and criticized his performance in his team's match in Champions League against Atletico Madrid, where they lost 1-0 and got knocked out of the competition.

Messi only ran 6.8kms during the game, 1.4 Kms more than Barcelona's Goalkeeper Pinto which is not equivalent to half of the distance that Atletico Madrid player and Man of the Match Koke ran, Messi also failed to express his presence in the match.

The former French international said that Messi's performance is a sign of lack of respect to the fans as he did not show sufficient seriousness and accused him of unconcern to the Fans.

Sagnol said : "Messi did not care about the fans and spent most of his time walking on the pitch".

CHELSEA FC HAS ATLETICO DE MADRID DIEGO COSTA TIED UP ?

It was a murmur earlier this year, but the rumour is now "heavy-duty" speculation. English Premier League Club Chelsea FC is said to have Atletico de Madrid star forward Diego Costa tied up for next season. The word around town is that Chelsea Coach José Mourinho has the OK from the player & Chelsea is prepared to pay the contract release clause of 60M€.

Chelsea Coach Mourinho is not too happy

Thomas Muller : there are no settled matches in the Champions League

Thomas Muller gratitude Santiago Bernabeu stadium's features and promised Bayern fans with a great performance.

Thomas Muller , German Bayern Munich medfield confirmed on Friday that there are no settled matches in the semi-final of the European Champions League, and that this applies to the expected confrontation between his team and the Spanish Real Madrid in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League this season.

The European Champions League draw, which was held on Friday in the headquarters of the Union of European Football (UEFA), in the Swiss city of Neon ,caused some big clashes with Real Madrid facing the title holder Bayern, on the other hand Atletico Madrid will play against the English Chelsea.

Muller said: "Each competitor has its merits and shortcomings. Do not be fooled by any competitor, especially Real Madrid," .

UEFA allows to Curtois to participate against Chelsea

The Union of European Football Associations gave the Green Light to the Belgian goalkeeper Tibu Curtois to participate against Chelsea.

The Union of European Football Associations "UEFA" confirmed that Atletico Madrid Belgian goalkeeper, Tibu Courtois,could face the English Chelsea at the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

It is worth mentioning that Curtois is on loan from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid, and that his contract includes a term that prevents the goalkeeper from facing his original club, and that Atletico Madrid will have to pay an amount of $3 million per match if they wanted to play with Curtois against Chelsea.

But the European Union issued officially a statement today to this issue in which he said: "The laws of the European Champions League and the European Union prevent any club from influencing or any attempt to influence on another clubs".

UEFA added: "any club that try to exercise influence of this kind will face a penalty from the European Union".

Gerrard and Suarez,best players of March

Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez shared the best player prize for the month of March in the English Premier League.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and his colleague Luis Suarez won on Friday the best player award for the month of March in the English Premier League, which is presented by the English Football Association each month.

The two Players contributed to Liverpool's special and excellent performance at the English League 5 rounds before the end of the competition.

Suarez scored 6 goals and gave 6 assist, while Gerard had scored 4 goals.

Liverpool Coach Brendan Rodgers won the prize for the best coach in March after he led his team to victory in their last 5 matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo could be out for 15 days

Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury and could be out for 15 days.

The Spanish "AS" pointed out that Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for about 15 days because of injury.

Real Madrid wrote on their official website : "Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury in his left thigh. Awaiting developments"

Ronaldo , who scored 28 goals in league, did not play in his team's match against Real Sociedad (4-0) last Saturday in the league and against the German Borussia Dortmund (0-2) in Quarterfinal of the Champions League because of pain in his left knee, according to the club.

Cristiano will probably not participate against Almeria in the 33 round of La Liga, which will be played tomorrow at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Ronaldo could skip Real Madrid's match against Barcelona at the 1st leg of the Spanish cup final in case he didn't recover soon , which will be played next Wednesday.

Amazing clashes in the Champions League semifinal

The Spanish Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich, on the other hand, Chelsea will have to play against Atletico Madrid.

The European Champions League semi-finals draw was held today in the European Union headquarters in Nyon, which resulted in two great matches.

The Spanish Real Madrid will play the German Bayern Munich, while Atletico Madrid has to face the English Chelsea.

The 1st leg matches will be played April 22 and 23, meanwhile the 2nd leg matches will be played the 29 & 30 of the same month.

REAL MADRID-BAYERN MUNICH | AT MADRID - CHELSEA SEMI FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The semi-final match-ups for both Champions League & Europa League were held this midday in Nyon, HQ of UEFA which the following ties.

The Champions League draw matched up Real Madrid - Bayern Munich 22/04 & Atletico de Madrid - Chelsea FC 23/04. The return leg games will be held 29th / 30th of April respectively.Real Madrid once again has to get through a German Team in their 4th straight

Courtois may not be able to play the Champions League semi-final because of money

Enrique Cerezo, Atletico Madrid president, confirmed that the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois will not participate against Chelsea.
The president of the Spanish Atletico Madrid confirmed the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois will not participate against Chelsea, in case they faced each others's in the semifinal in the European Champions League.

Courtois was loaned to Atletico Madrid 3 years ago, coming from the English Chelsea , but he is still related to chelsea with a contract until 2016, who bought him from the Belgian Genk back in 2011

Spanish media said on Thursday that Atletico will be asked to pay about four million pounds for Chelsea, if they wanted to play with the Belgian goalkeeper. Cerezo said in a press statements "we cannot afford to pay that amount of money right now".

it is worth mentioning that Atletico Madrid had qualified to the semifinal of the European Champions League for the first time since 40 years, after beating barcelona 2-1 (agg). The UEFA Champions League draw for the semi finals will be held this Friday in Nyon.

SPANISH FOOTBALL | EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS

Two great matches tonight put in by the two Spanish representatives of the Europa League Q/Finals. Both Clubs had lost in their 1ºst leg games & needed to make comebacks to turn things around & get themselves into the semi-finals phase of the Europa League. Both Clubs managed brilliant performances & a bag of goals to eliminate their opponents. Below are the final results-scores & all the

Diego Simeone : "I always expect the best"

Diego Simeone complimented the performance of his players after a historical qualification to the European Champions League semi-finals against barcelona.
The Argentine coach Diego Simeone Atletico Madrid's coach expressed his gratitude to the performance of his players after winning to Barcelona at the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final .

Simeone said "We had a great performance, especially in the beginning, we have scored a goal and missed two open chances, and then we controlled the game until the end."

In response to a question whether he expected to reach this level , as he is currently La Liga leader , and that he qualified to the Champions League semi-final , Simeone said :"I respect Barcelona a lot, but I always expect the best , my team plays in the competition therefore we believe in our capabilities to achieve victory"

Simeone refused to comment on any expected match in European competition, saying: "We think in Getafe match in the league, not the expectations of the Champions League, so let's wait for the draw".

Villa : "We were confident of winning"

Atletico Madrid striker David Villa said that his team was confident about winning in Vicente Calderón.

The Spanish Atletico Madrid striker David Villa expressed his happiness after qualifying to the semifinal of the European Champions League after winning against his former team Barcelona (1-0) in the quarter-final second leg.

Villa said : "We are happy with the performance we did today, and happy for the fans, which are still celebrating in Madrid"

David pointed out that the "Rojiblancos" deserved to qualify : "We were better than Barcelona in all the lines, we made a lot of opportunities and we could have had a larger result".

In response to a question about Barcelona's performance in the match, Villa said: "We are confident of our ability to achieve victory, Barcelona is a great team but we were simply the best ".

Martino : "Atletico Madrid deserved to qualify"

Barcelona Coach Gerardo Martino Admitted that Atletico Madrid deserved to qualify to the European Champions League semifinal.

The Argentinean coach Gerardo Martino Admitted that Atletico Madrid deserved to qualify to the semifinal of the European Champions League when they managed to defeat his team.

Martino told Bein Sports after the match: "Atletico Madrid deserved the victory , they have made the difference in the first 20 minutes and scored a goal that was enough to qualify, we got some opportunities to tie , but we did not exploit them,"

Martino explained that he had expected fierce competition from Atletico: "At this level of the competition , we expect more difficult, they were extreamly dangerous and deserved to qualify" .

Atletico Madrid overthrows Barcelona and reach the semifinal

Atletico Madrid wrote a new history in the Champions League semi-final, announcing his arrival for the first time Since 1974 beating the local rival Barcelona.

The Spanish Atletico Madrid qualified to the semi-final of the European Champions League after defeating his compatriot Barcelona (1-0) at The Vicente Calderon stadium in the second leg of the quarter-final on Wednesday.

The two teams tied in the home match in Barcelona last week (1-1), while Atletico succeed in reaching the semifinal for the first time in 40 years, meanwhile barcelona team failed to qualify for the 1st time in the last seventh year, breaking their previous record.

The game's only goal came early and stunned barcelona, after hitting the post , Koke scored the goal after receiving a brilliant heading assist from Adrean at the 5th minute of the match.

David Villa failed to score against his former team when he hit the post twice at the 11 & 19 minute of the game.

Bayern Munich continue to defend his title

The German Bayern Munich name will remain present in the semi-finals of the European Champions League after beating Manchester United in the quarter-finals.

The German Bayern Munich,current UEFA Champions League title holder, had reached the European Champions League semifinal after beating Manchester United 3-1 in the return match of the quarter-final.

it is worth mentioning that the two teams tied in the home match 1-1 in Manchester last week.

The 1st goal of the match was scored by Patrice Évra at the 57 minute, while Bayern Munich goals where scored by Mario Mandzukic (59) ,Thomas Muller (68) and Arjen Robben (76).

ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 FC BARCELONA 0 | AT MADRID WINS 2 -1 ON AGGREGATE

Epic, a match that went to the highest level of European Football with two Spanish Football Teams that could have claimed the right to win & pass into the semi finals phase of the UEFA Champions League. However, tonight & after this particular game ( & Q/Final tie ) Atletico de Madrid knocks out FC Barcelona from the competition after winning 1 - 0 the 2º leg return match & taking the Q/Final tie

Eden Hazard out for 2 weeks

The Blues qualified for the Champions League semifinal, but lost the services of Hazard for about 15 days.

The Belgian wing Eden Hazard was injured on Tuesday in his team's match against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League quarterfinal which was won 2-0 by the London Club and will be out for about 15 days.

The Belgian player was replaced at the 18 minute by Andrea Schurle, while the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho said: "It is not very serious, but usually Injury of this kind cannot be rushed, we must wait at least two weeks,"

Mourinho confirmed that Hazar had told him that he could not continue, the player himself said after the match that he felt pains during the warm-up in his leg, indicating that he did not want to risk more so he requested an early substitution.

Hazard injury , who currently has scored 14 goals at the English Premier League , will be painful for the London team, which is currently two points away from the leader Liverpool

Luka Modric "We must learn from these matches"

Real Madrid midfield Luka Modric pointed out that his team must avoid what happened in their last match against Borussia Dortmund

The Croatian player Luka Modric Spanish Real Madrid player, said that his team had learned from his lost to Borussia Dortmund yesterday in the second leg of the Quarterfinal of the UEFA Champions League 0-2 which did not affect the team qualification to the semi-final , because of their 3-0 victory in the 1st match.

Modric , who was one of the best players in his team's yesterday match said: "I do not know what has happened, perhaps we were satisfied with the 3-0 victory, what made us think that things will be easier, we always say that we must learn from these matches, but it seems that we didn't"

The Croatian player added: "Of course, we are happy because we are in the semi-final, but we are not happy with how we played, especially in the first half, we must not allow such things to happen again,"

Iker Casillas : "it the perfect time to lose"

Iker Casillas considered that the timing of the loss was perfect for the players to wake up and return to the distinguished performance.

The international Spanish Real Madird goalkeeper Iker Casillas confirmed that the time of the loss to the German Borussia Dortmund in Quarterfinal of the Champions League is perfect.

Real Madrid lost two-nil to its host Borussia Dortmund, but he qualified to the semi-final, thanks to their big winning 3-0 in the 1st meeting , which was held last week in Madrid

Iker Casillas said: "Maybe (the Loss) was good for us , to wake up from time to time, it better that it came last night,"

Spain national team and Real Madrid captain added: "The first and the second goals came from our mistakes, we also wasted a penalty kick".

Iker Casillas leads Real Madrid to the Champions League semi-final

Dortmun got knocked out of the Champions League with honor, while Real Madrid qualified thanks to Iker Casillas

German Borussia Dortmund was able to achieve a victory over the Spanish Real Madrid on Tuesday, with two goals , in the quarterfinal of the European Champions League, but didn't manage to qualify.

Real Madrid won the first match 3-0.therefore he was in need of any result except for a lost by a margin of more than three goals in the 2nd match to qualify, note that if he had lost 3-0, they would have went to the extra-time.

Carlo did not made any major change on the formation , but he started with Di Maria & illarramendi instead of Ronaldo & Isco.

Real Madrid managed to qualify to the UEFA Champions League semi-final ,despite losing 2-0 , thanks to the amazing saves that Iker Casillas had made & that prevented his team from getting knocked out, note that the two goals where illarramendi & Pepe's fault where they lost the ball at the defence & gave an open chances to Marco Rues , who scored two goals in yesterday's match

CAN REAL MADRID GO FURTHER IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ?

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid are through to the semi final phase of the UEFA Champions League. However, their exhibition & performance in last nights 2º leg away Q/Final game against Borussia Dortmund leads most to think that the Spanish team has little options of going further in the competition.

The 2 - 0 loss is one thing, but the way Real Madrid lost is another. Luck played its part

Demba BA: "We have proven ourselves "

The Senegalese Demba Ba helped his team to qualify to the UEFA Champions League semi-final with his last minute goal.

The Senegalese striker Demba BA expressed his happiness to score the qualifying goal for his team against Paris Saint Germain on Tuesday in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter final.

Chelsea managed to qualify to the semi-final , despite losing 3-1 at the 1st match,as he returned and scored two goals in "Stamford Bridge", the first goal was scored by the German Andre Schurrle, while Ba managed to secure Chelsea's place with his last minute goal.

Demba told Bein Sports after the match: "thank god, I succeeded in this goal, it was a very difficult match, our opponents was very organized and we had faced a diffeculty to qualify,"

Ba pointed out that the instructions of the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho at half time was to keep possession on the parisian group and not to lose the ball: "he asked to pass the ball not to run for it, we as attackers , we where asked to focus and to be more effective in front of the goal

Mourinho: "We where ready for all possibilities"

AS usual, Jose Mourinho was confident about his team Chelsea capabilities, confirming that his qualification to the European Champions League semifinal was well-deserved.

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho said that his team deserved to be qualified to the semi-finals of the European Champions League on Tuesday after their 2-0 victory against Paris Saint Germain.

Mourinho said that he tried to apply different plans before the match , therefore, the players were tactical and mentally ready for each possible scenario in the confrontation: "The game was complex, we were late with two goals, and we had encountered an unexpected injured of Hazar, we were ready for all possibilities,"

The Portuguese commended his team, specifically the team's Senegalese striker Demba, who scored the second goal in the last minute: "He did a good job and scored a decisive goal for us, the team, which played defence lost in the end, we deserved to be in the semi-final,"

BORUSSIA 2 REAL MADRID 0 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2º LEG Q/FINAL RESULT

Real Madrid took a 3 goal advantage to Borussia Dortmund that was just enough as the Germans took the Spaniards down to the wire winning 2 - 0 & putting Real Madrid against the ropes for most of the match.German territory has never been positive soil for Real Madrid & tonight once again they lost but won the UEFA Champions League Q/Final tie on aggregate & thanks to their efforts in Madrid.

Wayne Rooney could participate against Bayern Munich

United fans around the world received some good news when their star Rooney participated in the training session before their team's Meeting with Bayern.

The international striker Wayne Rooney Attended on Tuesday his team's training session before their expected match tomorrow Wednesday with the German Bayern Munich in the quarter-final of the second leg match of the European Champions League.

Wayne (28 years old) did not participate in his team's last match at the Premier League, which was won by his team against Newcastle United (4-0) Saturday because of an injury in his finger, and there are fears that he may not participate against Bayern Munich, but he went through Light Workout today with his team in the Carrington before traveling to Germany.

Rooney's participation confirmed Bayern coach Josep uardiola point of view, where he expressed his confidence that the international striker Wayne will participate tomorrow, which will be heated after the 1-1 draw at the Old Trafford.

It is to be mentioned that Ashley Young may not participate in the meeting because of his injury in his hand during Newcastle match , with continued absence of Dutch striker Robin Van Persie for knee sprain.

Nani could join Fiorentina

The Portuguese Nani may leave Old Trafford , where the new destination seem to be Italy specifically Viola.

The Portuguese midfielder Nani approached from leaving Manchester United, according to his agent , as he told the "Viola news", referring to Fiorentina's intention to sign him next summer

Nani (27 years old), joined Manchester United back in 2007,but Moyes only picked him 5 times to be at the starting 11,while he suffered from muscle injury in his thigh, and it seems that he is not in the plans of the Scottish coach David Moyes.The International player has extended his contract with the red devils until 2018.

Andrea Pastorello, Nani's agent, said that Nani may leave next summer but clubs wishing to enroll him may face difficulty to pay his salary: "Nani is an important player and I can say now that he is likely to leave Manchester United,"He said.

Andrea added: "The problem for Fiorentina and other clubs is Nani's high salary , but We will evaluate offers"

Nani scored 41 goals in 227 matches for Manchester United with whom he won the league 4 times and the European Champions League in 2008.

Mourinho describes Real Madrid players as traitors and villains

Choking information about Mourinho's life in his new book

The New York Times revealed today on some of what came in Mourinho book, which will be produced by former Portuguese Real Madrid and current English Chelsea coach . the newspaper highlighted the title which says "The Dark Side of Jose Mourinho ", where the newspaper said that the former Real Madrid coach described his former Royal Club players as traitors and miscreants.

The war broke out between Jose Mourinho and his players after the team's match with Barcelona, which ended 1 - 1 at the 2011-2012 season, where the newspaper said that Mourinho wrote on the book that after the return of the players to the Locker Room Mourinho started to yell at them saying," you are traitors ,I asked you not to disclose the formation before the match and divers it to the press, you have demonstrated to me that you are not in my side,right now , my only friend is Granero here and also because of you i can't trust him "

The newspaper said that he mentioned in his book " If i was in Vietnam, and I saw a fellow laughing I'll Venice kill him, you have to be a shamed of yourselves leaking the Formation

The newspaper also said that he wrote in in his book after there Spanish Cup final against Barcelona that the players should not be friends with rival team where Pique, Xavi,Busquets and Pauyol came from "La Masia" , Casillas , Arbeloa and Ramos where raised in Madrid , therefore there should be no friendship, including that it is a big mistake making friendships with Barcelona players.

Times Newspaper revealed that Mourinho blamed all his players for leaking news to the press, which increased the pressure on the team, and set a war of words in statements to the press.

Barcelona refuses to wear Catalonia's kits at Madrid

Will the 3rd kit give barcelona a better luck ?

The Spanish Barcelona club decided to change there 2nd kits,which carries the colors of Catalonia, at the expected match against Atletico Madrid which will be played tomorrow,at " Vicente Calderon " stadium in Madrid, within the second leg of the 1/8 round of the UEFA Champions League.

The Spanish newspaper "El Mundo Deportivo " said that the Catalan shirt will not appear in the next match, after playing with it twice this season at the same stadium, and ended with a 1 / 1 tie in the first leg match of the Spanish Super Cup as well as the 20 round of La Liga.

The newspaper added that Barcelona will wear there 3rd kits,the one with the black shirts, black shorts and the black socks, , which was worn once this season, in the match, in which Barcelona won against the Scottish Celtic within the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with a goal scored by Cesc Fàbregas.

it is worth mentioning that Barcelona drew in the first leg match at the Camp Nou stadium 1 / 1, where the goals where scored by the Brazilian Diego Rivas, and Neymar.

Ronaldo may not participate against Borussia Dortmund

Ronaldo forced to leave the training session

The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was forced to leave Real Madrid trainings on Signal Iduna Park before the German Borussia Dortmund match tomorrow in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League

Ronaldo did not play in the last La Liga match last Saturday on Anoita stadium against Real Sociedad, which ended 4-0 for the Royal Squad.

Ronaldo left today's training after a few minutes after talking to one of the medical team's member about some pain he felt in his knee , and he didn't seem to be happy at all.

The technical director of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti said in a press conference before the start of the training session that the participation of Cristiano in tomorrow's meeting is not guaranteed.

Ancelotti said in a press conference "he was treated and had a training session yesterday, to know if he will play tomorrow we must wait for today's training".

The italian coach added "if he feels comfortable and had no pain, we would take the decision without risking anything, if he felt 100% good , he will play, if the opposite is true, he will not participate,"

Real Madrid won the first match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium 3-0.

BAYERN MUNICH TONI KROSS OFFERS HIMSELF TO REAL MADRID ?

News doing the Spanish Sports press is that German International & Bayern Munich 24 year old midfielder Toni Kross has offered himself to Real Madrid. The talented midfielder ends contract in 2015 & his current negotiations with his current Club are not going well.

Firstly, the player wishes to up his salary from 4,5M€ to 12M€, something the German Club is not willing to do. Secondly, it is said

Mourinho : "the fans should stay Home"

Mourinho : "The season is not over yet"

The Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho confirmed that his team can qualify to the UEFA Champions League semi-final, despite losing 3-1 to Paris Saint Germain in the 1st match.

Morino said:" It is clear that it's not over yet, if there is any player who does not believe that, I think it would be better to stay in his home".

He added: "The fans who have not yet ratified Chelsea's chances should stay in there house and watch the match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid on TV,"

He added: "The season is not over yet, even at the Premier League, we still have 5 matches, we have to work to win all the confrontations, it our job".

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 32 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with 4 matches scheduled for Round 32 of Liga. Below are all the final results-scores along with the goalscorers.

Malaga FC hosted Granada complicating the Liga future of the latter by winning 4 - 1. The loss by Granada places them dangerously close to the relegation zone of the ladder while Malaga jumps up the classification into mid-table positions. The

Messi bought a castle next to Ronaldo

Messi next to Ronaldo and David Beckham

The Argentine Spanish Barcelona player Lionel Messi bought a Castle in Como in north Italy , according to local media.

The Reports said that the negotiations , which was held in secret have been completed today as the player's lawyer ended it in Milan.

There were no details on the palace except that it is located beside the Cerezo River , in the area of real estate belonging to a number of football stars such as Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo and English David Beckham.

the area is well known for it stunning natural beauty where it is surrounded by mountains and trees in the middle of Lake Como.

Rooney may not play against Bayern Munich

Pressure will be high on Manchester United before the expected match against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League with the possibility of the absence of the English star Wayne Rooney.

The participation of international striker Wayne Rooney with his team Manchester United Against Bayern Munich in the quarterfinal of the European Champions League next Wednesday is in doubt because of an injury on his toe.

Rooney got injured in his toe in his team's match against Bayern Munich , which ended 1-1 in Manchester, that why he didn't play against Newcastle United , where they won 4-0.

The Scottish Manchester United coach David Moyes said "Rooney was seriously injured in his finger. It may be a problem for the Bayern match".

Rooney's injury , who scored 15 goals in the league this season,will be extremely hard for the Red Devils in the absence of the other Dutch striker Robin Van Persie because of injury.

The Champion finally lost

The "Bavarian" champions locally lost for the first time in a while when he lost to FC Augsburg 0-1.

Bayern Munich's experienced his first defeat in 54 matches vs Augsburg 0-1,while Schalke tied with Werder Bremen 1-1 on Saturday in the twenty-ninth round of the German Bundesliga, which was won by the Bavarian team two round ago.

Bayern Munich lost to Augsburg at the SGL Arena in front of about 31 thousand spectators
Bayern Munich's received his first defeat this season in the League, the first in 54 matches since he lost against Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 in 28 October 2012, when he was led by Jupp Heynckes.

Bayern Munich failed to equal the record registered in one of five major European Championships, achieved by the Italian Milan between 1991 and 1993 (58 matches without defeat).

Bayern Munich coach Josep Guardiola rested most of his key players including the Captain Philip Lahm, French Franck Ribéry, Dutch Arjen Robben, in preparation for the 2nd leg of the European Champions League quarterfinal, next Wednesday against Manchester United after tying back in England 1-1.

Leicester City finally got promoted to the Premier League after 10 years of absence

Leicester City ended 10 years of absence from the English Premier League after securing his place at the championship.

Leicester City got promoted to the English Premier League after an absence of 10 years, after beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 on Saturday in the 40 round of the English Premiership

Leicester City got promoted after reaching 89 point , Taking advantage of the 3rd place lost Queens Par Rangers to Bournemouth 2-1, to stay at the 70 point 6 round before the end of the Premiership .

it is well known that the first and the second place takers of Premiership qualify directly to play at the English Premier League , while the 3rd to the 6 place play the play-off , & the winner get promoted to the Premier League.

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 32 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football celebrated this Saturday Round 32 of Liga with all three League top table Clubs in action. Below are all the final results-scores along with the goalscorers.

The Friday Night game was between Almeria & Osasuna both fighting to stay away from the relegation zone of the Liga table. The final result was a 1 - 2 victory to Osasuna that gives the latter 3 vital points that keeps

Ibrahimovic out for injury for several weeks

The absence of the Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, French Paris Saint Germain striker was confirmed for several weeks because of injury.

The French Paris Saint Germain club announced on Friday that the Swedish player Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be absent from the pitch for several weeks because of injury that he got at the English Chelsea match within the 1st leg of the quarter final of the European Champions League.

Paris Saint Germain coach Laurent Blanc confirmed that Ibra will not play the 2nd leg of the UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday against Chelsea.

Ibrahimovic was injured in his right thigh muscle and replaced in the middle of the second half of his match against Chelsea on Wednesday, which ended 3-1 for PSG..

Paris Saint Germain did not secure his place in the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Chelsea who need 2 goals at the Stamford Bridge to qualify , still the French team decided to rest Ibra even if the injury is not serious.

Laurent Blanc said: "Zlatan will not participate with the team in the coming weeks, if the injury wasn't increased to worse,he will return to the team before the end of the season,"

Iker Casillas will Sergio Busquets

Iker Casillas commented on the Busquets- Pepe incident , expressing his anger about Busquets' action toward Pepe.

The Spanish Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas said that he will slap Barcelona player Sergio Busquets after he saw the picture that showed an aggression attacking from Busquets to Pepe at the clásico

Iker Casillas said in an interview published by Spanish media "The picture speaks for itself, Pepe has the full support of our side," adding: "We will not go into the details, it was a heat moment, Busquets from my point of view,behaved badly, when I see him I'll blow him

The International goalkeeper said that he was bored from talking about his incident with his colleague Diego Lopez, pointing out that the coach decide who should play, "Diego Lopez deserves the support, he started "La Liga" competition and he must finish it, we train every day, and the competition between us is good for me and good for the team".

regarding to the position of the team on the table,Casillas said: "We cannot afford any slip. It is very important that we get the three points in every match, and wait for our rival's slip, any slip of our position will be held in the league,".

Iker also spoke about goalkeeping in the national team as if his colleague Lopez got invited to the team after the injury of Victor Valdes, he said: "Diego Lopez is at the same level of all goalkeepers,it the coach decision, and I am confident that Vicente del Bosque will take the best decision," .

On his career with the Royal club, Casillas said: "There are always rumors about leaving the club, what is important today is to stay and to fulfill and respect my contract, and the most important thing is to do my utmost till the end of the season,"

Ferguson will be a lecturer at Harvard University

Ferguson, who spent more than a quarter century in the stadiums will stand as a lecturer in one of the oldest US universities.

The British newspaper "Daily Mail" confirmed on Friday that former Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson will give a lecture in Harvard University on May .

The 72 Sir said :" I am happy to have this opportunity, it a privilege for me to contribute to this edifice distinguished" and added: "I look forward to the development of my relationship and activity's with students and members of the teaching board"

The member of the teaching board,Anita Elberse who had prepared a study on an unprecedented Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United: "We look forward welcoming Sir Alex Ferguson in the university campus to listen to his experience and his trip at Manchester United,"

it is worth mentioning that the Scottish University of Stirling granted Ferguson with an honorary doctorate in 2011.

Neymar is concerned about the World Cup

The Brazilian star Neymar expressed his concern before playing his 1st World Cup.

Some Concern started to spill over into the heart of the young Brazilian star Neymar 70 days before the start of the World Cup hosted by Brazil from 12 June to 13 July.

The 22 years old said in an interview published in the French newspaper "Lance" on Friday: "It's an honor for me to wear the Brazilian team Jersey in my country in order to achieve my childhood dream, but some concern and fear started seeping into my heart"

Neymar who will be the second youngest player carrying no. 10 in Brazilian after the"king" Pele who had worn it at the age of 17 in the World Cup 1958 and 21 years in the World Cup 1962 added "We will give our utmost on the pitch in order to achieve the 6 World cup title"

Spanish Barcelona striker expected that there will be no easy games, and that the opponents always want to win and putt their best against Brazil, we don't have any advantage on other opponents because we know that all matches will be difficult,"

He added: "Reaching the final would be a dream for me, regarding the result, my dreams is without doubt a World Cup final".

In response to a question on non-participation in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Neymar said : "It was not my turn to go to the World Cup,"

The return of Evans and Smalling with the posibility of the absence of Gigs

David Moyes Will have some new options after the return of Evans and Smalling to train with the team, but for the most part will be obliged to relieve the expert wing Gigs in the Newcastle match for injury.

The British "Daily Mail" newspaper said that Ryan Gigs often will not participate in his team's match against Newcastle United in the English Premier League while it is possible to get Johnny Evans and Chris Smalling back to the squad.

Gigs had a knee injury in the match against Bayern Munich on Tuesday where he was replaced by the Japanese Shinji Kagawa.

The Scottish team technical manager David Moyes said in a statement published by the team official site said that Evans and smalling obtained the medical permission to return to train"This will help us,"

Moyes added: "We are ahead of the most difficult times of the season, we need more of the youth players stimulating to achieve progress,".

Moyes confirmed that the team will leave to Newcastle to win the three points and that they are currently not thinking of there match at the second leg in front of the Bayern, he said"All our focus now is on getting a better place in the table,".

It is worth mentioning that Manchester United lost to Newcastle 1-0 at Old Trafford and is currently seeking to get revenge at the St James' Park.

Ancelotti will rest Ronaldo and Di Maria against Real Sociedad

Ancelotti gaved Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria a time off to rest in there match against Real Sociedad

The Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti technical director of Real Madrid said that the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will not participate with the team in there match Saturday in front of Real Sociedad in the Spanish league after severe stress, which was evident in the end of the team's match with German Borussia Dortmund in the European Champions League.

Ancelotti said: "Cristiano will get some rest to restore his energy. he's Exhausted. We have done this so as to avoid risk. The team includes many of the players, we would prefer to leave Ronaldo in Madrid. he will train tomorrow and the day after in preparation for the second leg match against Dortmund next Tuesday,".

He added: "he will be more active next Tuesday. we hope he can be able to restore its vitality after pressure matches. it depend on how much days can we give him. We talked together and we decided together that it would be better to get the rest, despite his desire to participate in all games".

Argentinean international star Angel Di Maria returned to the team after recovering from infections in the stomach.despite this, Ancelotti confirmed that the player will not be in the starting 11 explaining "Di Maria recovered and managed to get to the list, but he will not start the match. he lost a lot of weight and trained individually"

Wenger : "Barcelona did not respect the laws"

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger revealed that FIFA had the right to prevent Barcelona from contracting with players during the next two periods of transfers.

The Arsenal French coach Arsene Wenger said that the International Football Federation was right when they prevented the Spanish Barcelona from contracting with any player during the periods of two years for violating regulations transfers of players under legal age.

Wenger said: "This is evidence that they did not respect the laws. The law is clear: You cannot contract with a player below the age of 16 years if you can't bring his family with the player. This is what is creating the debate".

Wenger added: "In this situation, the International Federation says that the parents must move with there children . I think that we must change the rules, because there is more competition to attract young players .but it is not possible to take a child away from his family".

He said: "Do we need to change the rules to allow transfer from the moment where the Club Offers residence to the parents? Perhaps we should go in this direction because this is what happens," .

Barcelona Club will resume the International Football Federation (FIFA) decision , according to what he said .

Uruguay will participate in the World Cup Despite federation suspension

Joseph Blatter confirmed the participation of Uruguay in the World Cup Despite punishing her federation.

The Swiss President of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Joseph Blatter, said Thursday that Uruguay will participate in the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Despite been suspended by the South America federation after the resignation of executive committee in a protest against the withdrawal of the police of the stadiums in Montevideo.

Blatter said during a visit to San Jose on the sidelines of FIFA U-17 World Cup "Do you think that Uruguay will be punished?. Uruguay will play in the World Cup and will remain in the group".

Uruguay was Placed in the Group D and will be playing against Italy, England and Costa Rica.

The federation of South America had frozen Uruguayan membership after the resignation of Executive Committee on Monday in a protest against the withdrawal of the police from the main stadium in Montevideo, considering that a union without the president or Executive Committee cannot be a member of it.

The police in the capital Montevideo decided not to provide protection for ticket sellers and Referrers'.

REAL MADRID SHUTS GUILHERME SIQUIERA FOR NEXT SEASON ?

The Brazilian left back Guilherme Siquiera was very close to signing to Real Madrid at the start of this season. The deal was practically done & all that was needed was that Manchester United sign Coentrao. In the last minute of the transfer deadline ( right on mid-night) while Siquiera waited outside the Benfica Club doors for Real Madrid to call him, the negotiations between Real Madrid &

Bartomeu : "we will fight for "La Masia" , we will not change our plans"

The President of Barcelona club confirmed his confidence in the safety of the status of his club after the decision imposed by the international "FIFA", confirming that the club will defend his reputation and will not change the future plans.

After hours of the statement issued by Spanish Barcelona club in response to the decision imposed by the International Football Federation (FIFA), which denial them from getting any new contracts during the transfers next summer and winter, the President of the club Josep Maria had made a press conference Thursday evening.

Bartomeu reaffirmed that the club would appeal FIFA's decision , indicating that his deputy Javier also announced in a statement earlier that some people are trying to break the stability of the club and provoke disturbances.

Bartomeu pointed out : "We believe that people outside the club tries to harm us, we will never be intimidated from finding them" .

The President Bartomeu , who toke Sandro Rosell place after he resigned two months ago on the scandal of the Brazilian star Neymar's contract ,expressed his confidence in his club in the new case saying: "We are confident of what happened, and everything is under investigation, including the health of some of the documents, we are doing our job in the club , we will see who is behind all this, we will fight for "La Masia".

Ramsey and Monreale may participate vs Everton

Arsenal fan had received some good news confirming the possible participation of Ramsey and Monreale in Everton match.

The French coach Arsene Wenger said that the Welsh star Aaron Ramsey and Spanish Nacho Monreal may participate in front of Everton within the thirty-third round of the English Premier League.

Wenger said in a statements published on the Official Site of Arsenal on the Internet: "Aaron and Montreal returned for training with the team ,this is good , I hope that they can be ready for Sunday (Everton match day) ".

Arsenal will play against Everton with a great pressures resulting from the possibility of his absence from the European Champions League next season, since they are at the 4th place in the league with a four points advantage from Everton, which has one rescheduled match.

EUROPA LEAGUE 1º LEG FINAL RESULTS TONIGHT | SPANISH CLUBS

Europa League 1º leg matches tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs in action with bad results. Below are the final results-scores along with the goalscorers.

Spanish Football Club Valencia CF visited Swiss Club Basilea & lost 3 - 0. The match was played in an empty stadium due to a UEFA sanction & that perhaps added to the "cold" night for Valencia. The Football reason was that Basilea was

Jürgen Klopp : "We will fight in the 2nd match"

Jürgen Klopp is concerned about the performance of his team in there match with the Royal club, but he did not raise the white flag, although he received 3 goals in Madrid.

The German Borussia Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp expressed concern about the poor performance of his team in the match, which they lost to Real Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of the quarter-final of the European Champions League, but he confirmed that he would fight in the return match.

Klopp said after the match: "We will discuss the reasons for this result, and we will try to set a trap for Real Madrid in the return match," adding that it is clear that there is a difference between last season performance and last night's performance in front of the Real Madrid, but they took advantage of their chances , we can do better,"

He added : " they played well and where fast, they had bought Bale , iscro and illarramendi and sold ozil, on the other hand we lost many player because of injury.

Dortmund Coach added : " in fact we helped them to score the 2nd & 3rd goal when we gaved them so much space but must know that we played against one of the best teams in the world today," he said.

The British government intervene to reduce the price of the national team kits

The Minister of Sport had intervene to reduce the price of the national team kits

The British Sun newspaper said on Wednesday that the Government intervened to reduce the price of the English national football team kits that the player will wear in the World Cup in Brazil, which had amounted to 90 pounds after receiving multiples Complaints.

The Minister of Sport Helen grant invited Nike company to re-evaluate the price of there shirts , saying that the kits should not be that bull , and that she understand the fans's anger.

it is worth mentioning that the British team -who is currently 7th at the FIFA ranking boards- will be playing in a strong group at the World Cup that contain Uruguay , Costa Rica and Italy.