Serie A -
The current Heerenveen boss
feels the Rossoneri are taking a major gamble by appointing the former
midfielder as Massmiliano Allegri's successor
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The English official refereed the 2010 World Cup
final between Spain and the Netherlands, causing controversy by failing
to dismiss Nigel De Jong for a flying kick on Xabi Alonso
Howard Webb has been selected as the sole English
representative on Fifa's 25-strong panel of referees for next summer's
World Cup in Brazil.Webb, regarded by many within the game as the outstanding referee in England, features again after officiating the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands.
The 42-year-old former police sergeant caused controversy in that match by failing to punish Nigel De Jong for a flying kick to the chest of Xabi Alonso in the opening minutes.
Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir, who gained infamy in England for sending off Nani during Manchester United's Champions League clash with Real Madrid at Old Trafford last season, is also included on the panel.
Sir Alex Ferguson was described as too "distraught" to talk to the media after the match, which saw United exit the competition, and Uefa gave Cakir no more European games for the remainder of the season.
Felix Brych has also been selected, despite awarding the now notorious "ghost goal" scored by Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling in a Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim in October.
Bjorn Kuipers, Jonas Eriksson, Milorad Mazic, Pedro Proenca, Nicola Rizzoli and Carlos Velasco Carballo complete the nine-man European delegation.
Ravshan Irmatov, Yuichi Nishimura, Nawaf Skukralla and Benjamin Williams make up the Asian contingent, while Noumandiez Doue, Bakary Gassama and Djamel Haimoudi will represent Africa at this summer's tournament.
The Concacaf region has three representatives, too, as Joel Aguilar Chicas, Mark Geiger and Marco Rodriguez Moreno will all be travelling to Brazil.
Finally, Peter O'Leary is Oceania's only referee on the list.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Lets have a look at this wondreful striker.One of the greatest of his generation.Listed in the FIFA world eleven
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish international footballer, born October 3, 1981 in Malmö, Sweden . Zlatan
which means " golden " in Serbo- Croatian, football starts at the age
of six years in local youth teams Malmö BI and FBK Balkan . In a championship game to face Vellinge , his team is led 4-0 at halftime . Zlatan Ibrahimović comes into play and scored eight goals , allowing the FBK Balkan win 8-5.
This benefit toured the region and allows him a few months later, to be recruited by Malmö FF at the age of 15. At this time he was about to quit football to work on the docks of his hometown. It is his entraneur who persuaded to continue playing football.
Zlatan Ibrahimović signed his first professional contract with Malmö FF in 1996 and made his debut in the senior team during the 1999 Allsvenskan season. This season, the club finished 13th in the championship, is relegated to D2 and D1 returns in the following season.
In 2001, he was noticed by the coach of Arsenal , Arsene Wenger, who tried unsuccessfully to lure him into his net , while Leo Beenhakker publicly expressed interest in the player after watching him at work during a training match against Norwegian Moss FK . Finally, on 22 March 2001, the Dutch Ajax reach an agreement with the Swedish club to get him .
Ibrahimović officially joined Ajax Amsterdam in July , for the sum of € 7 800 000 . He saw a delicate integration in the Dutch championship, Ibrahimović playing out a few games under the guidance of Co Adriaanse , and registered 6 goals in 26 games in his first season. After the sacking of Co Adriaanse 29 November 2001 , new coach Ronald Koeman club gives him a chance. Zlatan becomes the holder and is now one of the key players from the attack of the Ajax won the Eredivisie title in 2001-2002.
Even if it has a status of a substitute in the 2002 World Cup , it goes to the point of attack from the Euro following along with the old but effective Henrik Larsson. He scored his first goal on a penalty kick in the first game of the competition and a brand new anthology goal against Italy while yellow and blue are conducted to score. Following a corner that turns into a real game of pinball , Zlatan plays the fox surfaces and sends a huge pigeon wing into the top corner of Gianluigi Buffon. But the Swedes bow ¼ face the Netherlands . Ibrahimovic became meanwhile the pearl of the Swedish team and now plays for PSG . He won the championship of France from 2012 to 2013 .
Zlatan Ibrahimović
This benefit toured the region and allows him a few months later, to be recruited by Malmö FF at the age of 15. At this time he was about to quit football to work on the docks of his hometown. It is his entraneur who persuaded to continue playing football.
Zlatan Ibrahimović signed his first professional contract with Malmö FF in 1996 and made his debut in the senior team during the 1999 Allsvenskan season. This season, the club finished 13th in the championship, is relegated to D2 and D1 returns in the following season.
In 2001, he was noticed by the coach of Arsenal , Arsene Wenger, who tried unsuccessfully to lure him into his net , while Leo Beenhakker publicly expressed interest in the player after watching him at work during a training match against Norwegian Moss FK . Finally, on 22 March 2001, the Dutch Ajax reach an agreement with the Swedish club to get him .
Ibrahimović officially joined Ajax Amsterdam in July , for the sum of € 7 800 000 . He saw a delicate integration in the Dutch championship, Ibrahimović playing out a few games under the guidance of Co Adriaanse , and registered 6 goals in 26 games in his first season. After the sacking of Co Adriaanse 29 November 2001 , new coach Ronald Koeman club gives him a chance. Zlatan becomes the holder and is now one of the key players from the attack of the Ajax won the Eredivisie title in 2001-2002.
Even if it has a status of a substitute in the 2002 World Cup , it goes to the point of attack from the Euro following along with the old but effective Henrik Larsson. He scored his first goal on a penalty kick in the first game of the competition and a brand new anthology goal against Italy while yellow and blue are conducted to score. Following a corner that turns into a real game of pinball , Zlatan plays the fox surfaces and sends a huge pigeon wing into the top corner of Gianluigi Buffon. But the Swedes bow ¼ face the Netherlands . Ibrahimovic became meanwhile the pearl of the Swedish team and now plays for PSG . He won the championship of France from 2012 to 2013 .
DO THINK THE BALLON D OR WAS FAIR?
The 28-year-old has won the prestigious award for the
second time in his career after being crowned the best player in the
world in Zurich on Monday evening
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed the Fifa Ballon d'Or, beating off competition from Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery to secure the award for a second time.Although the 28-year-old Portuguese failed to claim a major trophy at club level, he has been crowned the world's outstanding footballer over the course of the last 12 months.
Ronaldo received 27.99 per cent of the votes from the national team captains, coaches and selected media representatives, with Messi in second on 24.72% and Ribery with 23.36%.
The percentages point to the closest race for the prize since France Football's Ballon d'Or was merged with the Fifa World Player of the Year in 2010.
Messi had won each of the last four editions of the award, including all three since it was endorsed by Fifa, while Ribery played a pivotal part in a historic treble-winning season for the Bavarians, but Ronaldo's tally of 69 goals in 59 games for club and country in 2013 proved decisive.
Tears of joy | Ronaldo is visibly moved as he accepts the award from Pele, accompanied by his son
Ronaldo previously won the award in 2008 as a Manchester United player, but has since finished runner-up to Messi on three occasions (in 2009, 2011 and 2012).
But as Messi missed much of 2013 through injury, Ronaldo took advantage as he helped Real reach the final of the Copa del Rey and the last four of the Champions League before signing a new deal with the capital club and enjoying his best-ever season start under new coach Carlo Ancelotti in the latter months of the year, as well as single-handedly firing Portugal to the World Cup with all four goals in his side's play-off victory against Portugal over two legs in November.
And the 28-year-old, who opened a museum in December in his native Madeira to display his personal collection of trophies, now has another Ballon d'Or to exhibit alongside his 2008 award.
A total of 184 national team coaches, 184 national team captains and 173 media representatives voted for their top three for the award, with five points going to their No.1 choice, three to their second-placed nomination and one point to their third.
In total, Ronaldo secured 1,365 points, with Messi totalling 1,205 and Ribery with 1,127.
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