Euro Hattrick

Messi: “After the party we will prepare the next season”

admin — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:27:14 +0000

The Argentine Leo Messi was declared “Man of the Match” by the UEFA Champions League in the final between Barcelona and Manchester United (3-1). He warned that the Camp Nou team was not tired of winning trophies, although the FC Barcelona players have broken many records lately. With the Champions league won last night, the Spanish reached 10 trophies in just three seasons.

"It’s a match to remember. What this team does is huge and we are not yet aware of what we can achieve. However, we want to continue winning trophies, " said Messi.
"Now we just want to celebrate. Barcelona is a team of winners, we all know that. Once we exhaust the immense joy that we live, we’ll think about next season and that you must prepare carefully, " concluded the Catalans superstar.

Messi already has three Champions League trophies in the Blaugrana jersey, the final from last night is the second under the command of Pep Guardiola.

Trophies won by Barcelona in the last 3 years
Primera Division – 3 titles
Spanish Cup – 1 title
Spanish Supercup – 2 titles
UEFA Champions League – 2 titles
European Super Cup – 1 title
Club World Cup – 1 title

The players of Barca and Real are the best paid sportsmen in the world

admin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:32:38 +0000

The Spanish Cup final gathered Wednesday evening in Valencia, the best paid players in the world at this time. This is according to the site sportingintelligence.com and the American magazine ESPN, whose investigation revealed that FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are the biggest clubs in sports and they pay the most.

The two publications have considered the average annual salaries of 272 active teams in 14 leagues in seven sports, the most popular ones in ten countries. The novelty is that Barca and Real have now surpassed the New York Yankees, the leaders of last year. The English Premier League remains the richest league, with Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in the top 30.

Club	Sport	Average Annual Salary
FC Barcelona	football	5,6 mil euros
Real Madrid	football	5,2 mil euros
New York Yankees	baseball	4,8 mil euros
LA Lakers	basketball	4,6 mil euros
Orlando Magic	basketball	4,5 mil euros
Chelsea FC	football	4,3 mil euros
Inter Milan	football	4,25 mil euros
Boston Red Sox	baseball	4,23 mil euros
Denver Nuggets	baseball	4,2 mil euros
Manchester City	football	4,1 mil euros

The young Brazilian stars will cost more

admin — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:05:10 +0000

Years in a row the big European football clubs had a veritable gold mine in Brazil. But the Brazilian clubs have decided not to sell cheaply anymore. A real talent like Kaka, for which AC Milan paid in 2003 only 8.5 million euros to Sao Paulo, now costs four to five times more. This is the case of Lucas, Neymar or Ganso, the most demanded young stars by the European football clubs.

When Real, Chelsea, Milan and Barcelona will want to buy these players, they will have to negotiate with all parties involved (the clubs, the investments funds and the families of the players). If not, there are enough Russian or Ukrainian billionaires are eager to gain some fain through football.

Here are the most wanted young players from Brazil:

LUCAS
Age: 18 years
Position: attacking midfielder
Club: Sao Paulo FC
Market value: 6.5 million
Contract until: 2015
Interested clubs: Milan, Benfica, Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool
80 million euros is the release clause that Sao Paulo set for Lucas

GANSO
Age: 21 years
Position: attacking midfielder
Club: Santos FC
Market value: 12 million *
Contract until: 2015
Interested clubs: Milan, Inter, Juventus, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham
53 million euros is the release clause that Santos set for Ganso

NEYMAR
Age: 18 years
Position: striker
Club: Santos FC
Market value: 18 million *
Contract until: 2015
Interested clubs: Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Juventus
45 million euros is the release clause that Santos set for Neymar

David Villa is the best goal scorer in the history of Spain

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:57:23 +0000

The striker David Villa became the best goal scorer in the history of Spain, surpassing Raul, after he scored in the match against the Czech national team, 2-1, in Group I of Euro-2012 qualifiers, the goals 45 and 46 for Spain.

The FC Barcelona striker, aged 29, has scored in 69 and 73 (penalty) minutes, scoring the equalizer and the victory goal after Spain was led by the Czech team after Plasil scored in the 29th minute.
"MaraVilla" equalized Raul, that has not played for Spain since 2006, scoring the 44 goal on 12 October 2010, in the game against Scotland.
Raul scored 44 goals in 102 selections, while Villa has reached 46 goals after 72 selections.

Mourinho: "From Real I will go to England or Italy"

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:41:45 +0000

Accused that he complains about the referees, adversaries and, in general, everything that is not linked to Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho threatens that it is possible to leave . "If I get fired, I will certainly not to go to Malaga, but I will choose a big club in England or Italy" revealed at a press conference before the 26th stage, just before the match against Malaga.

"It is true that last year, Real had more points and was in the top of the league. The fact remains that it was also eliminated from the Champions League and that did not draw with Lyon, but lost. So I see no reason not to do a comparison between the two seasons, only to be a honest one"said The Special One.

After 25 rounds, Real Madrid are second in La Liga with seven points behind Barcelona, has to play the King’s Cup final, also against Barcelona, and is favored to qualify in the quarter final of the Champions League after the 1-1 score against Lyon in the first leg.

Ryan Giggs – the best Manchester United player of all time

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:13:44 +0000

The Welshman midfielder, Ryan Giggs, was voted by the readers of Inside United magazine and the fans who entered on the club website as the best player of all time at Manchester United.
Giggs, who plays for the Red Devils since 1989, was followed by the Frenchman Eric Cantona and the Northern Irish, George Best.
The following places were occupied by Bobby Charlton, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Peter Schmeichel and Wayne Rooney.
"Generally, the opinions are divided. I did not expect this result, especially because I surpassed great champions. In my opinion, the first should be Scholes followed by Keane and Schmeichel" said Giggs.
Ryan Giggs, 37 years old, won 11 titles of champion with Manchester United, and one Champions League, Intercontinental Cup and Clubs World Cup.

Chelsea wants to buy Kun Aguero and Diego Godin

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:11:49 +0000

The Chelsea owner, the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, wants to buy Sergio Aguero and Diego Godin from Atletico Madrid, and offers 61 million euros.

The management of Atletico Madrid rejects the incredible offer for the two players coming from England but says that this is not the only offer: "Yesterday, I received an offer of 45 million for Aguero from Real Madrid and I have refused. This week I had an offer for 61 million euros for Kun Aguero and Diego Godin, from Chelsea, but we gave them same response. We will not negotiate with Real or any other club the transfer of Aguero" said an official at Atletico.
In this season, the Atletico Madrid star, Kun Aguero, scored seven goals in 15 matches in the Primera Division while Diego Godin, the most expensive defender in Atletico Madrid, has played in 12 matches.

The first FIFA Golden Ball goes to Messi

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:43:14 +0000

The Argentine won the FIFA Golden Ball with 22.65% of the votes, although his colleagues from FC Barcelona, Iniesta (17.36%) and Xavi (16.48%) were the big favorites.

"FIFA Ballon d’Or" 2010, awarded for the first time in history after merging "the Golden Ball" of the France Football with the "FIFA World Player" gave yesterday a surprising winner. Although he was credited with the last chance before his teammates from FC Barcelona, Iniesta and Xavi Lionel Messi won. Even he admitted: "I did not expect to get this trophy".

In the outcome of the gala hosted by the "Congress Palace" in Zurich the talent won against the performance. Although he only won the title and Spanish Super Cup and and Xavi and Iniesta won the World Cup (Iniesta scored in the final), the Argentinian midfielder – "Golden Ball" and "FIFA World Player" in 2009 – was honored for extraordinary matches in the Blaugrana shirt. Even "Marca" from Madrid, said: "Tough blow for Spanish football, which has not won the Golden Ball since 1960. But we must recognize, however, that Messi is a unique player".

208 nationa team coaches, 208 captains and 154 journalists (collaborators of "France Football") voted for the FIFA Golden Ball 2010.

Xavi – All the three of us deserve the Golden Ball

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:27:18 +0000

Xavi Hernandez was in a big form at the photo shoot for the cover of the "France Football Weekend". Together with his team mates Lionel Messi and Andreas Iniesta, the Barcelona midfielder posed for the French magazine last issue, before announcing the winner of the Golden Ball, on January 2010.

Under the headline "And the winner is …", the three stars of Barcelona appear dressed in team shirts, lying on the back, smiling and trying a funny hug, a image of solidarity that characterizes the Barcelona football philosophy and "La Masia" where all 3 grew up.

Although the Gazzetta dello Sport wrote several weeks ago that the winner will be Andres Iniesta, there are new rumors that state that Xavi Hernandez will win the Golden Ball trophy.

Asked by the french journalists who deserves the trophy, Xavi spoke through laughter: "On how much money FIFA wins, you could not ask them to give a trophy to each of us? That would be brilliant, right?"
The journalists answer came promptly: "If it were us, we would be delighted".

Source: FranceFootball

Xavi will equal the record for appearances in the Barcelona shirt

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:56:16 +0000

The Spanish midfielder will play tonight the 549 official match in the Barcelona shirt, against Levante in the Camp Nou stadium. Xavi Hernandez will therefore equal the record of appearances held by Migueli.
Xavi, who turns 31 years at the end of January, made his debut in the Barcelona shirt in 1998 and was nominated for the Golden Ball this year along with his teammates Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.
"What has Xavi achieved is incredible. He has an extraordinary physical and mental shape" said the Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola.