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It was one of the shocking results of English Football. It was a result not on the small stage but a big one.... a very big one indeed . It was the Carling Cup final and who could expect such a shocker. It was one result no person on earth would have predicted not even god. The two teams in the final were Arsenal and Birmingham. Expected Arsenal to win big and get the long awaited trophy but it was not written in their faith as Birmingham won the game 2-1. What a match i have to say.

It was this player in the pic who spoiled Arsenal's day with the biggest possible blunder of his career. Bigger than the one Green made in the world cup. He getting a name in the squad after his brilliant performance against Barca but the sad lad had no other feeling except guilt after that lost.

He would remember this for the rest of his life . The young lad had got a taste of ad luck. Birmingham won it on a match winning performance by Foster because of the world class saves. Brilliant keeping on one side while horrible on the other side.

Now Arsenal would again wait for a trophy and lets see if Arsenal can get a good keeper from out of no where and make themselves worth tasting glory and silverware.

Yes this picture is enough to tell you what this post about and what a shock it is going to be for the spurs fans out there . Being one of the top scorer of the english club Tottenham Hotspur he is one player who they would not want to see with an injury. Unfortunately his talent would not be present probably for the next ten days. It is not a long time but the way the season is going each match is important and the intention to stay in top four is fierce. He would be missing the match to Blackpool this week and may the next match. He picked up this injury against Bolton wanderers where spurs successfully got a win to make the top four real tight. Manager Harry Redknapp confirmed that his star forward suffered a recurrence of the problem in training on Sunday.
Redknapp said: "Rafa did his calf again in training so he's struggling...
"He missed a couple of games, played in Milan, got through 70 minutes and then yesterday morning didn't feel good.
"It's a blow, he is a fantastic player. We need him but we can't get that run out of him.
"I'm hoping he will be back for Wolves. He should be ok, it's not a tear."
Another problem for the team is that bale isn't yet back in form and out of his injury completely and likely to play in the next leg against AC Milan.
Thats not all for the tottenham fans as the player Woodgate which played a match for spurs after almost 15 min of his injury again got injured in the match.
Things gettin worse and worse for them as playmaker Corluka had got a very bad blow in the AC milan match. "Corluka had scans and will be out for a while, certainly not tomorrow and not sure how long after that," this was the comment made by the manager. Instead of him Modric will be making his way back in squad after becoming fit from the injury.
Hope it goes well for them....

Top 6 champions league players ever

Champions league one of the biggest league ever have some classy players till today which i would be showcasing in front of you which are according to me the top 10 so ya please leave your comments

1:Paolo Maldini

2:Oliver Kahn

3:Van Nistelrooy

4:Gerd Muller

And how can we forget the modern era with the players so young but already with such a big impact on the world stage here:

5-Messi : the greatest player presently.

6–The player who can give a challenge to the name Messi.

Shay Given the substitute goalie for city had sustained a shoulder injury which is likely to improve within three months. "Shay has this problem in his shoulder and I think
he needs three months to recover," Mancini said.
"He has the same injury that he had last year and I think that he needs an operation."

"I am disappointed for him because we have lost a good goalkeeper," Mancini said.

"Last year we had the problem in the last three games because we lost him to injury and I hope this year it is not the same."

Joe hart being the main keeper of the side , Given was likely to be transferred this coming transfer season but seeing him getting his injury again it is likely that he might have to retire.

He would be eyeing another club in the transfer season as he is not getting his chance in City but seeing his condition no team would buy him any he would have to stay with City for probably another season or might move down to a lower club in England.

Its a nervous time for torres as he has not scored or played well for the blues. He has failed to live up to the expectation and the amount they bought him for.
Its his first champions league match since his arrival in chelsea. Chelsea would be playing FC Copenhagen who may give a big shock in europe by upsetting chelesa with a shocker. Seeing Chelsea's recent form it would not be a shock if they loose but torres with high expectations, i feel would score today with a stunner .
"The Champions League is not easy, but it will bring a lot of motivation for every one of us" this was said by Ancelloti. "We have to have the right pressure. We have to play against Copenhagen. We have 180 minutes to win this game."

He added boldly: "Chelsea won't go out against Copenhagen. I think we have the possibility to win against Copenhagen."

After being knocked out of FA cup ancelloti stated that it was a positive point to loose as they could concentrate only on Champions league which i would see only as an excuse so that he can increases his time as Chelsea manager....what a loser!

Redknapp said: “Rafa did his calf again in training so he’s struggling…

“He missed a couple of games, played in Milan, got through 70 minutes and then yesterday morning didn’t feel good.

“It’s a blow, he is a fantastic player. We need him but we can’t get that run out of him.

“I’m hoping he will be back for Wolves. He should be ok, it’s not a tear.”

Another problem for the team is that bale isn’t yet back in form and out of his injury completely and likely to play in the next leg against AC Milan.

Thats not all for the tottenham fans as the player Woodgate which played a match for spurs after almost 15 min of his injury again got injured in the match.

Things gettin worse and worse for them as playmaker Corluka had got a very bad blow in the AC milan match. ”Corluka had scans and will be out for a while, certainly not tomorrow and not sure how long after that,” this was the comment made by the manager. Instead of him Modric will be making his way back in squad after becoming fit from the injury.

Hope it goes well for them….

Barcelona have confirmed that they are set to open their first English academy (and their first outside Spain) in Cobham, Surrey – just two miles up the road from Chelsea’s current training complex.

The deal will see the Catalan club stage coaching classes for children between the ages of six and 16 from April 2011 at ACS Cobham – the school currently attended by the sprogs of Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Yossi Benayoun.

Academy coach Xevi Marce said:

“We are not coming here to be in competition with Chelsea. We are going to start slowly but surely to build a team here, train all the kids and get that passion.

“In the future we might lose a player or two to Chelsea or the other way around. It is not a problem.”

All in all, this must be great news for Arsene Wenger, who has seen the distance he has to travel for his little fishing trips sliced in half.

Source : Bleacher report.

Yes this is the trophy every player and team wants to play for. The biggest tournament i suppose for the footballers with breathtaking and extra interesting action.

In this blog i would be giving you a little bit of each champions league last 16 round up for now.

1-Milan-spurs : Turned out to be a cracker. Gattuso falling in controversies and spurs winning it out 1-0 by a beauty by Lennon and accurate finishing by Crouch. Spurs were the attacking team the first half and then milan a bit in the second but deserved winners od the night were surely Tottenham Hotspur.
The second leg would be played on 9th march for surely this year.

2-Valencia-Schalke : What a comeback which was not expected by Schalke pulling out a 1-1 draw and Raul showing that he is still a worldclass player with one of his signature goals.

3-Arsenal-barcelona : The biggest shock of the champions league arsenal pulling a win out of nowhere. Messi coming close a many times and a shock to the world that Barcelona lost! Lets see if Messi can produce the magic in the second leg which is on 8th march that he produced last season in the ground where Barca are feared the most.

4-Roma-Shakhtar: Not a classic match by names but definitely a match to watch which went to shakhtar who won 3-2. lets see how the second leg goes on..

The next matches are : Kobenhaven Vs Chelsea (22/02/2011)
   Lyon Vs Real Madrid (22/02/2011)
   Marseille Vs Manchester United(23/02/2011)
   Inter Milan Vs Bayern Munchen(23/02/2011)

The brief match updates would be coming soon after these four matches so be ready for some action on the pitch!!!

Yea thats the man which gave the penalty to fulham in an enthrilling encounter. Looking to be a brilliant evening for him was spoiled by a little error of Luiz but luckily the chelsea keeper was there for the rescue. David Luiz a star for benfica and maybe now one for Chelsea.
Comments made by Chelsea:

“I have no doubt that David would be a great success at Chelsea. First of all, he is a very good defender, but he is also comfortable on the ball and would contribute a lot, in terms of turning defence into attack.”

This is one interesting line i found on the net so would want to see your take on this line

"David Luiz: Half the price of Fernando Torres but twice the player, so far"

He has a long way to play and yea i feel many number 4 shirts would be sold out ....

This Saturday is going to be a special one for Real coach Jose Mourinho as it will be the ninth anniversary since one of the four teams he had coached from 2002 have lost a home game
Home runs
Porto: P38 W36 D2
Chelsea: P60 W46 D14
Internazionale: P38 W29 D9
Real Madrid: P11 W11

1-Ya thats the future boy Neymar.

Following Neymar's performances for Brazil's U-17 team at the 2009 U-17 World Cup in which he scored a goal in the opening match against Japan^[19] former Brazilian football players Pelé and Romário reportedly urged coach Dunga to take Neymar to the 2010 World Cup.

2- Eden Hazard- Lets see if this boy comes up

On 2 April, Hazard capped his 100th league appearance with Lille by scoring the second goal in a 3–1 win over Caen. The goal tied his career-high for goals in a season and also moved Lille eight points clear as league leader in the table.

3-Kyriakos Papadopoulos: Weird but talented
He was called for duty for the U-19 Greece team to participate in the Elite round of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He participated in all three group games against Moldova, Netherlands and Russia, helping Greece finish top and qualify for the finals.

Records

Youngest ever player to play in the Greek League at 15 years and 283 days.
UEFA U19 Team of the Tournament

Honours

4- Macheda : Famous among the woman of England and a player of Manchester. Probably the next big name in European football.
Macheda went straight into the Manchester United Under-18 side, and scored the only goal of the game on his debut, a 1–0 away win over Barnsley on 15 September 2007.^[4] In his first season with the club, he finished as the Under-18s' top scorer with a total of 12 goals in 21 appearances for the under-18s

5- Gael kakuta : A Chelsea player as shown but presently on loan to Fulham. Best young player last season and chelsea can make him one big star after his return from Fulham.This video is enough to prove his worth.
Kakuta moved to Chelsea in 2007 and became a key player for the youth team. He impressed at Chelsea after his first reserve game along side teammate Michael Ballack.Kakuta is a French youth international and has represented his country at all levels. He has scored a total of 15 goals in 45 maches from under-16 level up to the under-20 level.

6- Raheem sterling : Last but not the least: A liverpool player which is definately a future star. Gerrard has stated that he is going to make this boy the best wing ever. Now how motivating is that for this young load.
Though only a youth player, on 14 February 2011 he was thrust into the national spotlight after scoring five goals for Liverpool's youth team in a 9–0 win over Southend United.^[4]
Following this, Sterling was selected with fellow youngsters Jack Robinson, Connor Coady and John Flanagan to travel and train with the squad for the UEFA Europa League tie against Sparta Prague on 18 February 2011

Edin Dzeko no doubt one of the biggest transfers this January after Suarez and Caroll.A player of whom a lot is expected is now in england to perform his worth at a bigger stage.Getting starts for city which is one star sided team is not easy but he has managed to but has not lived up to mancini's expectations.
His ex-manager Mclaren had stated " I think that Edin, once he learns to settle in England and adapts to the English system, will be a major force, certainly amongst the strikers. He has all the attributes to be a hit in England...They have got so many good strikers there at Manchester City that of course it will take him time to bed in but I think that he is a player that will be really suited to the Premier League.
City really wanting him to start scoring and getting settled to the conditions so that the pressure of tevez is reduced. Roberto mancini as a part of his tactics has challenged Dzeko to score and was stated saying ...."I expect more from dzeko, he need to improve as he is a good player" .
He now has a lot of pressure on him and lets see if he is able to pull of this pressure.
We all wish him luck

Man Torres moves to Chelsea for 80 million dollars. Chelsea owner Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich says that hes is very pleased with the new addition to his army. Tough many offers by Chelsea were rejected by liverpool manager Carlo Ancelotti persisted in buying him at any cost which eventually he did.
After Fernando Torres' debut against his old team he regretted moving to Chelsea he said "I am really disappointed that I moved to Chelsea because when I finished my match and was on my way to the dressing room I expected to see some fans like when I used to play for Liverpool but none had come, they burnt my jersey and my photos I regret moving to Chelsea" which was a total backfire from what he said just when he had moved "I am Happy now I've moved to a big club and would like ti stay here"

The 17-year-old striker continues to impress in the Championship, banging in the goals for Paul Jewell's rejuvenated side. And it appears as though his hat-trick away at Doncaster in midweek has convinced both Tottenham and Liverpool to firm up their interest with a cash bid this summer.
Town are said to want around £15 million for Wickham but both clubs are unwilling to pay so much for a player still unproven at Premier League level. Spurs look to be in the driving seat, with Daniel Levy confident of securing the young Englishman for around £10m.
One thing's for sure, Connor won't be an Ipswich player come the start of next season.

With Paul Scholes not far away from retirement and Michael Carrick failing to establish himself in Sir Alex Ferguson's first-choice XI, Manchester United are on the hunt for a commanding central midfielder this summer.

Top of Fergie's wishlist is Daniele De Rossi, Roma's box-to-box midfield hardman. With Claudio Ranieri's side languishing towards mid-table, Champions League qualification looks unlikely this season, opening the door for De Rossi to move to Old Trafford.
The Italian international could cost around £20m.

Newcastle's Jose Enrique is a player in demand, with Liverpool and AC Milan lining up summer bids for the Spaniard.
Chelsea are interested in Turkish international Arda Turan.
Both Wigan and Bolton are hopeful of signing Middlesbrough midfielder Julio Arca this summer.
Patrice Evra looks set to stay at Manchester United despite interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid.

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Fernando Torres endured a miserable night at Fulham Chelsea's ?50m striker Fernando Torres flopped again as a 0-0 draw at Fulham all but ended their hopes of retaining the Barclays Premier League title. Manager Carlo Ancelotti dropped Didier Drogba to play the British record signing in his favourite formation, as forecast by Sportsmail on Monday, but ended up subbing the former Liverpool star after a miserable 71 minutes. Only a dramatic injury time penalty save by Petr Cech rescued the champions from defeat.

Ancelotti tried to defend Torres by insisting he'd improved on his disastrous debut against his old club, even though he did not muster a single shot on target during another disappointing display. The Chelsea boss said: 'Fernando played well. He used his ability to move. He had some opportunities in the first half and I took him out just to use Didier fresh and with power. 'His performance was better than that against Liverpool. It was a normal rotation. We wanted to have more control of the pitch in this game and to use the width in the second half. Maybe in the next game we will use both. 'Every striker wants to score. I don't think he's frustrated because he needs time to play with us and, after one week, he was really better tonight after that first performance. 'I don't know if Didier was happy, but every player knows every game is important. It doesn't matter. We wanted to rotate to maintain his condition and to give everyone great motivation.' Chelsea are two points behind Tottenham Hotspur with 12 games left to play

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Wenger: Win strengthens belief

Arsene Wenger expects Arsenal to

be flooded with self-belief following their stunning 2-1 Champions League victory over Barcelona.

Wenger believes that a side containing eight starters aged 25 or under can only benefit from their heroics at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, and said: "I'm very proud for Arsenal FC. Everyone urged us to play differently to our nature. This win can strengthen belief in our philosophy, which is more important than pride."

He added: "It was a special night for my team. Our players showed exceptional strength and togetherness. The victory will reinforce that.

"The age of the team which started is very, very young. What we can do at this age is very promising for the future and our target is to keep them together.

"We have the FA Cup on Sunday and that competition is very different. In England you have to be focused for these kind of things."

Phil Jones has become the latest Blackburn player to commit his future to the club after signing a one-year contract extension.

The England Under-21 international, currently sidelined with a knee injury, has added another 12 months on to his current deal, which now takes him up to the summer of 2016.

"This is great news, especially on the back of so many other key players committing themselves to the club," said manager Steve Kean. "Phil has made incredible progress over the past year or so and his form, prior to his unfortunate injury setback, attracted a lot of attention."

He added: "It speaks volumes that he is happy to stay here for the long term and we are all absolutely delighted."

Jones, who can play in defence or midfield, follows the likes of captain Chris Samba, Michel Salgado, Jason Roberts and Mark Bunn in agreeing new contracts in the last month.

Manchester United are confident Patrice Evra will sign a newcontract in the coming days that will keep him from the clutches ofReal Madrid. France international Evra has been deliberating over his future, aware that Jose Mourinho has a place waiting for him in his squad at the Bernabeu. But United have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to persuade him to stay at Old Trafford and are now cautiously optimistic that they have won the battle. Deal me in: Evra looks set to remain a United player rather than join Real Madrid Evra's current contract expires a the end of next season and United wouldn't normally open talks until the summer. However, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been aware of the former Monaco defender's interest in a move

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Liverpool have confirmed club captain Steven Gerrard will be out of action for around a month after he sustained a hamstring problem during England's 2-1 friendly loss against France at Wembley on Wednesday evening.

The midfield talisman was forced out of the action five minutes from time in the capital and the Anfield medical team have suggested the injury will require a rest period of between three and four weeks.

England head coach Fabio Capello has received criticism from the club after it was agreed Gerrard would play for an hour in London, but his evening was prolonged, ultimately resulting in his setback, but head of sports medicine and sports science Dr Peter Brukner remains philosophical.

He said: "Steven injured his hamstring last night. He's just been in for an early assessment here and it certainly looks like a significant hamstring injury.

"He's just heading off for a scan as we speak and we should have the results of that tonight. He's going to be out for a little while, I'm afraid. I'd imagine it could be three to four weeks.

"If you put your hand up to play for your country, you've got to accept how long they want you to play for," he said.

"There were obviously circumstances last night which came together to result in Steven playing for a bit longer than we'd hoped, which is disappointing but there's nothing we can do about that now.

"We'll move on and work as hard as we can to get him back playing for Liverpool as soon as possible."

Cesc Fabregas: Arsenal's win over Barcelona was the best match I've played in

Cesc Fabregas has featured in finals ofthe World Cup, the Champions League and the European Championship buthe rates Arsenal's victory against Barcelona as the highest qualityfootball match in which he has ever played a part. Like thousands of others, Fabregas emerged from the Emirates on Wednesday in awe of the brilliance which had been produced and unsure of what the victory might mean for his team. The Gunners still have lots of work to do in the Nou Camp on March 8 to reach the last eight of the Champions League, one of four trophies they are chasing this season, but their captain agrees they will be inspired by beating Barca. 'It is a massive victory,' said Fabregas. 'For me, this is the best game I've ever experienced on the pitch, in terms of quality and in terms of intensity.'Cesc Fabregas consoles his Barcelona rivals after the 2-1 victory at the Emirates 'And, of course, it was with the right result, as we won. We played with a lot of heart, with intelligence, with passion and that made the difference at the end. It is not every day you beat the best team in history.' It is not as if the Spain midfielder, 23, is a stranger to big games.

He also added ' The win against Barcelona has generated belief that Arsenal's six-year trophy drought could end with an unprecedented haul of silverware this season. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny added: 'We're very fit. We have a lot of games but don't seem to get tired and I believe we can compete in every competition.'

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Sparta Prague 0-0 Liverpool: Report

Goalkeeper

Jose Reina was Liverpool's best - and busiest - player with a few good saves, but even then he was not severely tested.The visitors' play was disjointed and lacked a cutting edge but crucially they kept a clean sheet and Dalglish will be hopeful next week's home leg, when captain Steven Gerrard should be available after a groin problem, will provide greater satisfaction. In the biting cold of the Generali Arena the game never really got going and although Liverpool tried to gain control by holding on to possession they never managed to make any ground by doing so.

In fact, it was Sparta who created the few chances, most of which were created from wide positions as full-backs Ondrej Kusnir, on the right, and the particularly effective Manuel Pamic advanced at regular intervals.
With Glen Johnson, back in his more familiar right-sided role, and Danny Wilson, a centre-back playing on the left, rarely getting the opportunity to go forward.Pamic gave Johnson problems in the first half and almost capitalised to great effect in the 17th minute.

Martin Abena slid a pass inside the England defender and Pamic raced into the penalty area to drill a low shot from a narrow angle which Reina parried to safety.

Even the normally unflappable Spain international was not immune to the general untidiness which littered Liverpool's play and when he could only parry Kusnir's deep cross into the path of Pamic he was relived to see the defender blaze over with his weaker right foot.

Sotirios Kyrgiakos was next to the Reds' rescue, putting in a diving block to halt former Reading midfielder Marek Matejovsky's shot as it travelled goalwards.

With a lack of central midfielders, having left Gerrard and expectant father Christian Poulsen at home, the last thing Dalglish needed was to see Fabio Aurelio forced off with an injury in the first half.

It prompted a reshuffle with Raul Meireles withdrawn from his advanced role, from where he had scored five goals in six previous matches, to allow Joe Cole to come on.

The second half was little different from what had gone before except for Liverpool enjoying slightly more possession.

But the successful passing game which had been so evident in their six-match unbeaten Barclays Premier League run never really got going.

Sparta continued to pose the greater threat, however, and Leony Kweuke headed just wide from range on the hour.
Liverpool's best chance came with 20 minutes to go when Lucas Leiva's lofted pass picked out Johnson on the right of the penalty area.

He weaved inside but instead of shooting with his left foot - with which he has scored some screamers from range - he opted for the outside of his right and poked the ball past the far post.

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