Premier League, matchday 26

February 11th, 2010 Marian

Aston Villa - Manchester United
Aston Villa, 1-1 against ten-man Manchester United

Manchester United missed the chance yesterday to be on the 1st place of the English Premier League table.

The home team scored the first goal, in the 19th minute of the game, when the right-back Cuellar put the boal in the net with his head.

The Red Devils tried to respond with some attacks and they have reacted well fast, when Collins from Aston Villa scored an own goal from a Ryan Giggs powerful volley-shot.

The score at half-time was 1-1.

In the second half of the match, Nani from Manchester United received a red card, being eliminated. However, with ten man on the pitch, the Red Devils were more on attack, but they didn’t score. The final score was also 1-1. This result help Villa, because Liverpool have lost with Arsenal with 1-0 and they continue to hope for the final place for the Champions League.

Arsenal - Liverpool
A lot of luck for Wenger’s side in derby with Liverpool. Arsenal – Liverpool 1-0

Arsenal still have chances for the title after yesterday’s victory against Liverpool! After a little boring first half with no goals, the second half was under fire. Both teams wanted a victory, but Diaby’s header from a perfect Rosicky cross was enough to preserve the result. Even if Liverpool appeared to be the better side because the big chances of N’Gog, Lucas Leiva and the last minute free-kick controversy, Arsenal was the winner of the match. Liverpool showed a lot of potential but it wasn’t enough. In the 93rd minute, Howard Webb accorded a free-kick. Gerrard executed it and Fabregas clearly handed the ball. The referee didn’t give a penalty and the final score was 1-0. Liverpool are still on the 4th place on the table with 44 points, like Manchester City, but City has only 24 matches, with 2 in minus then Liverpool.

Louis Saha, Everton
The Shock of the week: Sensational comeback for Everton against Chelsea (2-1) with Louis Saha in great form!

In the 17th minute Chelsea opened the score with Florent Malouda. Nobody believed that Everton can be capable to make a comeback, but the former striker of Manchester United equalised in the 33rd minute and Everton was back into the game. The final moments of the first half were like in horror movies for Chelsea players when for Everton was given a penalty. Louis Saha was the one who taked it. He missed. The score at half time was 1-1. Saha caused a lot of problems for the 1st placed team on the table, but Chelsea’s play remained the same: arrogant. Ancelotti’s team paid for the arrogance in the 75th minute when Saha scored again and made a comeback for his side. Drogba tried to equalise in the last minutes, but he didn’t score. The final score was 2-1 for Everton and Saha can be proud of his overall performance!

Other Premier League results:
West Ham 2 – 0 Birmingham (Yesterday)
Wolverhampton 1 – 0 Tottenham (Yesterday)
Blackburn 1 – 0 Hull (Yesterday)
Manchester City 2 – 0 Bolton (Tuesday)
Portsmouth 1 – 1 Sunderland (Tuesday)
Wigan 1 – 1 Stoke (Tuesday)
Fulham 3 – 0 Burnley (Tuesday)

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Ivory Coast – South Korea friendly, in London

February 8th, 2010 Marian

Ivory Coast

The Ivorian Football Federation announced that the national team will play against South Korea in a friendly match, on the 3rd of March.

The match will be played on Loftus Road, the stadium of Queens Park Rangers, team from the Championship (second English division).

Ivory Coast will play at the World Cup in group G, against Brazil, North Korea and Portugal, while South Korea in group B, against Greece, Argentina and Nigeria.

The South African World Cup 2010 will be LIVE from 11 june 2010 to 11 july 2010 on SoccerZip.com!

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Chelsea destroyed Arsenal with 2-0

February 8th, 2010 Marian

Dider Drogba

Arsenal’s chances to win the title were almost dashed after Drogba’s show last night on Stamford Bridge.

The Ivorian striker scored two goals. The first one was in the start of the match, from Malouda’s corner, in the 8th minute, when he put the ball in the net from John Terry’s header.

Arsenal had some chances to equalise with Nasri and Arshavin, but Petr Cech was in great form and the second goal has come after fifteen minutes, when Frank Lampard sprinted 20 meters, and passed the ball to Drogba, who has scored.

Drogba could make his hattrick in the second half if the ball from the freekick which he executed gone in. Only one goal needs Didier Drogba to score his 75th goal in Chelsea’s shirt.

John Terry, the captain of Chelsea, was in good shape too and he didn’t show fear on his face from the recent scandal with Wayne Bridge’s wife in the newspapers.

The final score was 2-0, with Arsenal sinking like the Titanic and with Chelsea on the 1st place on the table. After the match, Ancelotti hailed his captain and Drogba’s goals and Wenger praised John Terry too.

Other English Premier League results:
Birmingham 2 – 1 Wolverhampton
Liverpool 1 – 0 Everton
Burnley 2 – 1 West Ham
Hull City 2 – 1 Manchester City
Manchester United 5 – 0 Portsmouth
Stoke 3 – 0 Blackburn
Sunderland 1 – 1 Wigan
Tottenham 0 – 0 Aston Villa

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Podolski can’t wait for return!

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

Lukas Podolski

Lukas Podolski is ready for action! FC Koln’s striker was injured for 3 weeks and now he can resume his trainings at the club.

The former Bayern Munchen player was unlucky playing 14 matches for Koln and scoring only a goal, but he will get a new chance against Hamburg SV in this weekend in German Bundesliga. Podolski said: “I’m feeling much better again. It’s now up to me to make sure that I return to full match fitness as soon as possible and stay fit. I can probably return to match action this weekend or the following week.”

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Jorge Valdano: “City had nothing prepared for Gago!”

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

Fernando Gago

Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid’s sporting director criticized Manchester City for the rumour from the transfer market viewing Fernando Gago’s move to Premier League.

“Manchester City had nothing prepared, not even one document signed. The English club had not reached an agreement with the player and they would have needed to do everything in 40 minutes.”

The midfielder’s agent, Marcello Lombilla, told that the club from Manchester has used them. “This has never happened to me before. I don’t want to talk about the figures that City were offering because they approached Madrid without even knowing there wasn’t physically enough time to put something together.”, he said.

Gago played 76 matches for Real Madrid and scored only a goal since 2007.

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Cazorla will be back in seven weeks

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

Santi Cazorla

Santi Cazorla, the 26 years old midfielder of Villareal will be back on the pitch in 2 months, after a succesful operation.

Juan Albors, the head of the club’s medical staff said: “We took the decision to operate when he also injured his adductor muscle. With this process, he could be out for six or seven weeks, which coincides with the recovery time for the problem.”

Cazorla played 130 matches and scored 18 goals for Villareal’s first-team during his career.

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The first Chinese sponsor for the World Cup

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

South Africa World Cup 2010

Yingli Green Energy is one of the world’s largest solar panel manufacturers and is the first Chinese company to sponsor the World Cup.

Thierry Weil, FIFA’s marketind director said: “China is one of the powerhouses of the world. FIFA cannot do without China and that is why we are extremely proud today to welcome the first Chinese company to be part of the World Cup.”

The other six sponsors for the South African World Cup 2010 will be Budweiser, Castrol, Continental tyres, McDonalds, MTN mobile communications and Indian-owned Satyam IT.

The South African World Cup will start in 11 june 2010 and will be LIVE on SoccerZip.com!

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Keane unhappy with the debut at Celtic

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

Robbie Keane Celtic

Celtic Glasgow was beaten with 1-0 by Kilmarnock and now the “catholics” are with 10 points behind Glasgow Rangers.

The loaned striker from Tottenham, Robbie Keane was in the first-team, he had a lot of chances, but he didn’t score.

The team who scored was Kilmarnock, through Chris Maguire in the 52th minute of the match.

Celtic manager, Tony Mowbray, told BBC: “It’s not the result we wanted. We needed to hit the ground running with the new signings, but it didn’t quite happen tonight.”

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FC Porto in cup semifinals

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

FC Porto celebrating

FC Porto hammered Sporting Lisbon with 5-2 in the quarters and the team secured the presence in the semifinals.

In the 18th minute Porto scored the first goal with Rolando, but Sporting’s midfielder Marat Ismailov equalised fast, in the 22nd minute.

In the 34th minute, the show of Colombian striker Radamel Falco has began, scoring a goal from the edge of the area and after 8 minutes he scored again with a header from the cross of Ruben Micael. At the half-time the score was 3-1 for Porto.

Varela scored the 4th goal for FC Porto just after half-time and Mariano Gonzalez scored for 5-1 in the 57th with a beautiful long distance goal. Finally, Liedson scored in the extra-time of the second half for Sporting. 5-2 was the final result.

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Only a draw for Chelsea against Hull City (1-1)

February 3rd, 2010 Marian

Hull City - Chelsea

Chelsea have drawn yesterday against relegation candidates Hull City (1-1) and the team missed the opportunity to take a 4 points advantage against 2nd placed Manchester United in the English Premier League.

The match started well for Chelsea with Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard in good shape, but Boaz Myhill, the goalkeeper of Hull City was in good form too and they didn’t score.

The surprise has come for the home team when Hull City had a corner and Stephen Hunt executed perfectly and Mouyokolo scored for 1-0 in the 30th minute.

Didier Drogba scored in the 42nd minute of the game a beautiful goal from a free-kick and he calmed the spirits for half-time, but it was not enough for Chelsea to obtain a victory.

Anthony Gardner from Hull had the chance to get back the advantage on the score table, but he missed.

The final score was 1-1 with Chelsea unhappy with the result.

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