Ghana will may suffer as star player Michael Essien will miss the world cup

Michael Essien will not recover fully from his knee injury till the end of the July as a result he will miss the World Cup at home.
Ghana is being placed in a difficult group-D along with Germany,Serbia and Australia may face difficulty to go through group stages as they will be playing with out Essien.
The Chelsea midfielder who was suffering with this injury from a long time was wished to recover quickly and return to Football by The Black Stars.
Michael Essien who had played only 21 games this season and scored 4 goals for Chelsea was about to play his second world cup.

France and Netherlands win their respective games in world cup friendlies

Before world cup in warm up matches France had beaten Costa Rica and Netherlands had beaten Mexico.
In the match between Europeans and Americans Holland secured a 2-1 victory over the Mexico.
The Flying Dutchmen came in to the match with only five if their regular players and rested others.
The inform players like Robben and Snijder were also rested but however with the two goals from
the Arsenal striker Robin van Persie they registered a easy 2-1 victory.
Returning after six months of resting the Gunner man had shown no signs of his injury.He scored his first with a brilliant cross from Rafael van der Vaart.The Oranje dominated the fist half of the game and scored second goal of the match just 3 minutes before the half time.
After the half the Three Colours took the hold of the game as Javier Hernandez scored one but unable to equalize before 90 minutes of the game.
In the game against the Ticos France faught hard four their victory and secured it with a 83 ninute goal.
From the begining of the game the Costa Rica strikers put fantastic pressure on the French defenders and Carlos Hernandez scored the first goal of the match on the 12 minute.
However Frank Ribery was able to put Les Blues in terms as his cross got into the net deflected by Dogulas Sequeira.
Till 83 minute the game was dead lock when the debutant for France Mathieu Valbuena scored his first goal to sill the victory for France.

Anelka made it to the South Africa after 3 world cup misses

One of the world's most known faces in soccer Nicolas Anelka had been selected for the 2010 worl cup to be held at South Africa after missing three consecutive world cups.
In 1998 world cup the Chelsea striker had been dropped due to the age factor as he was only of 18 year old.In that year France had beaten Brazil 3-1 in the final to lift the world cup.
From that time Anelka was supposed to be a consistent player of the French national team and he was also a part of the team in 2000 Euro triumph.
In 2002 world cup things again gone wrong for him as he was unable to find his place in the world class strikers like David Trezeguet,Djibrill Cisse,Thierry Henry.
In 2006 Raymond Domenech was selected as the French coach who selected him in the team as a substitute player.The Les Blues striker was unhappy with his selection as a substitute and refused to play the cup.
After 12 years this time Anelka was selected in the team as a regular player to play at South Africa.
To which the Chelsea striker added that they are capable of repeating the 1998 victory.

Brazil tops the rankings before world cup

Before the world cup FIFA had declared their last rankings of the national teams in which Brazil had topped the list.
So the Samba Kings will go to South Africa as world's best team just ahead of the 2008 Euro winners Spain..
Amongst the football playing nations USA had got the 14 position where as Cameroon and Australia are being placed on the 19 and 20th position respectively

1. Brazil.
2. Spain.
3. Portugal.
4. Netherlands.
5. Italy.
6. Germany.
7. Argentina.
8. England.
9. France.
10. Croatia.
    

Who will have the strongest team in 2010 world cup:SPAIN OR ARGENTINA

In this summer at South Africa who will perform the best theoretically Spain or Argentina.
Both team have the most strongest sides in the tournament like Messi,Torres,Villa,Higuain.

Argentina will have a great advantage of having their Legendary player Diego Maradona as coach.
In other hand Spain coached by Vicente del Bosque will have a great confidence going into the World cup as they had won Euro in 2008 and this will may be their year to do what they had never done.

Spain-
Fernando Torres(Forward)-

This Spanish striker will be the key for Spain in this cup as he is one of the best finishers in the world The Liverpool striker had a great season and scored 22 goals although suffered an injury and missed most of the matches of second half of the season.In Euro 2008 they lifted the cup by virtue of the only goal scored by Torres.Although he missed games due to injury but still well positioned on the Castrol Rankings with 7th spot.





David Villa(Forward)-

After Torres, Villa will be the another striker who have the ability to strike the ball with perfection.The Valencia goal machine had recently completed his transfer to the Spanish giants Barcelona after scoring 28 goals for Xotos.He was the highest goal scorer for the national team in 2008 Euro victory.He is placed in the 9th spot of the FIFA world player rankings.



David Silva(Winger)-

The Valencia play maker and winger had a great season this year and is expected to play a vital role in the South Africa tour.He had assisted 12 and scored 10 goals this season.He is a very fast player and known for his skills and crosses and currently holds the 19th position in th rankings.




Xavi Hernandez(Midfielder)-

The Barcelona play maker is always a fast choice in the midfield for the selectors due to accurate short passing and long passes from the midfield which sometimes catch the strikers through.He had played 53 games for Barca this season and placed on the 26th spot of Castrol Rankings.




Sergio Ramos(Defender)-

The Real Madrid defender is well known amongst all due to his defencive as well as offencive style of playing.Currently placed 30 the defender had assisted 5 goals as well as scored 4 goals.Ramos will may prove handy in counter attacking for Spain and very difficult for opponents to score having such a world class defender.





Argentina-


Lionel Messi(Forward)-


When it comes to Argentina squad the fist name that comes to every one's mouth is the best player in the world Lionel Messi.The top goal scorer of the Spanish league is now placed at the top position of the player rankings beating his competitor Cristiano Ronaldo.This season Messi had scored 47 goals and created 14.Looking at his statistics it is looking like he may win the world cup for the team single handed like Maradona did in 1986.



Gonzalo Higuain(Forward)-


The 22 year old Real Madrid striker is now in prime form of his career.He had scored 29 goals this season in his 39 appearances and is a regular goal scorer for the national team.Gonzalo Higuain is currently placed in the 6th spot of the Castrol Rankings and scored second heighest goals after Messi.



Carlos Tevez(Forward)-

The former Manchester United striker is now playing for Manchester City .Tevez just spent his best career as he had scored 23 goals out of 35 matches and the best goal scorer for City.Carlos is currently placed on the 20th position and expected to be Maradona's key weapon in South Africa.




Javier Mascherano(Midfielder)-


The Liverpool midfielder is the first choice for the selectors in the center of the field as he has been a very brilliant assistant to Steven Gerrad.Mascherano has been a consistent player for Argentina at the midfield as he plays a vital role in creating goals in the dieing moments.



Martin Demichelis(Defender)-


Demichelis will be the best to watch at the defending section as the team have not much big names in the defending part.The Bayern Munich wall played well this season to take his club in attempt of winning a trio which they are unable to do.

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2010 world cup will be a bit colourless as stars like Ronaldinho,Benzema,Nasri,Pato will be absent

This summer everyone will see the greatest event of the sports world 2010 FIFA world cup which will may be a bit less exciting then expected as the talented young stars like Pato,Karem Benzema,Samir Nasri and experienced entertainers like Ronaldinho,Patrick Viera,Zanetti,Ballack will be absent.

First of all the world cup will not be played at Europe or in South America where soccer is just like a religion so less attendance will be expected in each game.

The selection of two or three teams were quite surprising for this season as they had left some players who were brilliant form in this season at club level.

Brazil national team coach Dunga had left behind both the AC Milan stars Dinho and Alexender Pato from which the former Barcelona play maker was in a fine form.This surprise may prove to be costly for the Sambas as Nymer a new face had taken his place.Previous time the Selecao were knocked out by France in the quarter finals.

Like their rivals the Argentina national team also had left behind some experienced campaigners like Zanetti and Cambiasso who had recently won the Champions league title with Italian club Internazionale.

France also did the same as they had added more struggle to their struggling team as they had not conceded Karim Benzima,Petrick Viera and Nasri.In other hand Netherlands fans will miss their experienced striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Germany's Michael Ballack will miss this world cup as he found himself injured in the FA cup final against Portsmouth.

Graeme Swann is named as English cricketer of the year

Off spinner Graeme Swann was named as the England's cricketer of the year on the monday at Lords cricket ground in a function arranged by English and Well's cricket board.

The 31 year blower had beaten his fellow team mates Collingwood,Stuart Broad,Strauss and James Andereson in the run for English player of the year.

Swann had taken 149 wickets from 68 matches which includes Test matches,One-Days and T-20s for England Cricket Team.

He is not only good at taking the bells of the stumps but as well hitting the ball out of the boundary.He had scored over 1000 runs in all formats of the game some times which supposed to be handy for the team's win.

After getting the award he said" I am feeling proud on myself for getting this award and it will further encourage me to perform well on the grand stage of cricket".

Maradona-Messi Magic May Do it for Argentina

In 2010 world cup the Argentina team will heavily relay on their two legends Maradona and Messi.One of them is the national team coach and another is the team's goal scoring machine.

As a player Diego had set some unforgettable moments in front of his millions of fans and now it is time for Lionel Messi.

The player of the century had won the cup in 1986 in which he scored two impossible goals against England named as "Hand of God" and "Goal of the Century" to take his team through.He was also a part of the team in the 1990 world cup where they were the runners up.
Although La Albiceleste struggled to qualify for the world cup but they were voted as the second strongest contenders after their rivals.

By any way no one can take Argentina as an easy team looking at their line up which contain some most costliest players of the world like Messi,Higuain,Aguero,Mascherano,Millito and so on.
The Barcelona's highest goal scorer of the season had won the Ballon d'Or and running in front for this season.He is also known as most feared striker of the world due to his dribbling ability and scoring on every opportunity.

But the question is that can he mixed up with the coach well to win the third world cup for his team and first for him.

It is looking like Argentina will have no real problems of scoring as the Barcelona striker will be supported by Sergio Aguero,Diego Millito and Carlos Tevez.But the real problem will arise in defending and goal keeping.

The two time world cup winners were knocked out by Germany by penalties in 2006.This time they are placed in Group-B along with Nigeria,South Korea and Greece.
For this world cup every one will have their eyes on Messi and Diego.

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Inter Milan win their first European Champions League title in 45 years by beating Bayern Munich 2-0

In the UEFA Champions League final Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to win their first European title in 45 years.

The game played at Barnebau,Madrid was a very high tempered game as all the football fans all around the world had their eyes on it.

Bayern who are in a European final after 10years and on the verge of winning their 4th title unable to make an impact as they feel the absence of Frank Ribery a lot.

The Italians started their game opposite to their nature and tried to attack on the German defence rather defencing their goals.The Bavarian took full advantage of this and tried to hold on the possession.Robben was looking on top from the beginning as he was creating very close chances of goal in counter attacking.

As the FCB was unable to brake the defence of the Nerazzurri the game was neither for taking with 35 minutes on clock.But suddenly a long kick from Julio Cesar caught the Bavarian's defence open having Snijder and Millito on the front.These to mixed up well to begin the score with a Dieago Millito goal.

After the half time Bayern came back well as they had a brilliant chance of equalising just seconds after coming as Altintop's cross caught Thomas Muller just out side the Italian box.But
Milan was looking tough as the Brazilian keeper make a save out of top drawer with a shot from Muller.

The FC Hollywood tried hard to came back level in terms as Schweinsteiger and Robben tried the goal from distance and came out with nothing.

Inter won the game with 20 minutes remaining on the clock as the Argentinian striker mixed with Samuel Eto'o well to score his second on the night.

The Bavarians hardly created a chance after they were 2-0 down and at last lost the cup.

The Nerazzurri won the cup for the first time in their history and won the historic trio of Serie A,Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions League under the guidance of Jose Mourinho.

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UEFA Champions League Final Bayern Munich Vs Internazional:Road To Madrid

After a long time of wait at last the two giants Internazional and Bayern Munich had made it to Barnebau,Madrid for the historic Champions League final

Bayern Munich:
For the German giants it is better lock as they are through to the final form very thin victories.
They were placed in the Group A along side with Bordeux,Juventus and Maccabi Haifa.

They begin their campaign well as the beat Hafia 3-0 on the beginning game with 2 goals from Thomas Muller and one from Van Buyten.

Although they Begin well the two losses to Bordeaux and draw to Juve took them to the last game against the Italian giants.

In the match against the Old Lady it was do or die for both the clubs in which Barvarians lose an early goal but came back well to win it 4-1.

Group Stage-
Bayern 3-0 Haifa.
Bayern 0-0 Juve.
Bayern 1-2 Bord.
Bord 2-0 Bayern,
Haifa 0-1 Bayern.
Juve 1-4 Bayern.

In the knock out stages they are against Fiorentina where they won it 2-1 at home and lost 3-2 on the second leg.But they were through with the away goal advantage.

In the Quarter finals they were against the English giants Manchester United and again they same story happened.Like the previous one they go through with a beauty from Arjen Robben although they lost it 3-2.

In semis they had beaten Lyon in both the legs with out coinciding a goal with a total advantage of 4-0.

Internazional-
They started their season for Champions league being placed in the group of death along with Barcelona,Dynamo Kyiv and Rubin Kazan.

The Nerazzurri also took it the final game to qualify along with Barcelona as they beat Rubin 2-0.

Group Stage-
Inter 0-0 Barca.
Inter 1-1 Rubin.
Inter 2-2 Dynamo.
Inter 2-1 Dynamo.
Inter 0-2 Barca.
Inter 2-0 Rubin.

In the knockout round the Nerazzurri beat Chelsea on both the legs to go through with 1-0 win at home and 2-1 win at away.

At the quarters they had beaten CSKA Moscow 1-0 in both the legs to decrease the distance to the glory.

In semis they met Balugranes again and did well took their revenge of the group stage defeat.
They beat the Spaniards 3-1 at home and able to keep the second leg lose to 1-0 margin.This put them through to the grand final of this seasons Champions League.

Cesc Fabregas will leave for Barcelona only for 50million euros

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas had been reveled that his transfer will be possible only if Barcelona will pay 50million euros to his club.

Cesc has been related with his transfer to his home club since the Champions League clash and had said that he is interested in move to Balugranes.

The Spanish midfielder had been a key player for the Gunners since he joined the club and also for his national team.He is known for his pinpointed passing and creation of goals.

He is currently placed in the 35th position of the Castrol world rankings of footballers.

The Gunners had been third in this season in the Barclays Premier League and Cesc was fantastic from the beginning to the end as he scored 19 as well assisted 19 goals.

In case of the Spanish league winners it is looking like they are in run of making the most expensive and strongest team that the world had ever seen.

David Villa joins Barcelona for 40 million euros

The Spanish ace striker is now a former player for Valencia as he joined the Spanish giants Barcelona for 4o million euro.

The Barcelona team which is full of star players like Messi,Ibrahimovic,Xavi is looking add more star faces into the team as they are spending heavy in this transfer season even more than their rivals Real Madrid.

Villa has joined the Balugranes for five seasons as the contract had been made.From this transfer it is looking like their striker Ibra will now be available for sale.

David who is also a former striker of the Spanish club Real Zaragoza had been in a fantastic form for Xotos since 2005 when he had joined the club.

The Spanish ace is placed sixth in the Castrol football rankings and been selected for 2010 world cup squad to go to South Africa.

Villa had scored 108 goals in the 5 seasons he spent at the Merengots and had scored 28 goals in the 2009-10 seasons with 10 assists.

David Villa had been linked with Barcelona for his transfer from a long time.

Michael Ballack may be out of 2010 world cup

The German national team captain Michael Ballack may be ruled out of the 2010 world cup due to the injury he had suffered in his ankle.

In the FA cup final when playing for Chelsea against Portsmouth he injured his ligaments of the right leg's ankle.As a result the doctors had advised him to rest at least 8 weeks which will make him to miss the world cup.

Now Ballack had came to Germany for his treatments and quick recovery.

The absence of their key play maker and possession holder at the midfield will may be a set back for the German team.He had played 98 international matches in which he had scored 42 goals.

Still now there was no substitute announced for injured captain where as the team will leave for South Africa till the end of the next week.

Michael Ballack was also the captain of the team in the 2008 Euro cup where they were defeated by Spain in the final 1-0.

Magical Messi made it for Barcelona as they beat Valladolid 4-0 to lift the La Liga with 99 points

Barcelona won the La Liga title with 99 points as they beat Valladolid 4-0 on the last league game with two goals from Messi.

Where as their rivals Real Madrid got disappointed as they had drawn their last game 1-1 with Malaga.

Barcelona had now achieved two successive titles under Pep Guardiola along another four trophies of last year which include FIFA club world cup,Spanish cup,Spanish Super cup and UEFA Champions League.

The Spanish champions started the game well leaving no chances for their rivals to clinch the title.

The first two goals were scored with in the first half by Prieto and Pedro which had closed all the doors for Real to win the title.

On the second half Messi made double with two more goals from him.Although Barcelona had been knocked out from Champions League they won the league with 99 points on the board three points ahead from their rivals.