Seemingly a story that isn't going away anytime soon, and The Telegraph suggests we are clear favourites to land the Benfica winger: It is understood that Manchester City are keen to complete a deal next summer, when it is likely that they will move on Robinho, probably to Barcelona, but Di María's club, Benfica, are hoping to complete the transfer in January. They have approached Atlético...
Angel Di María to Manchester City - It's a rumour that has been floating around a lot recently. It isn't one of those that is used to fill the back pages once in a while. It is a repeated story which can only make you think there must be some substance to it. I don't know too much about the lad but from what I have seen from videos he does look the real deal. The only criticism I would have...
Cristiano Ronaldo will be at the World Cup next summer after his Portugal team-mates secured qualification without him last night. Carlos Queiroz's side headed into the second leg in front thanks to Bruno Alves' goal on home soil, but Bosnia-Herzegovina had been unfortunate to be trailing after being denied by the woodwork three times in Portugal. However, Portugal made no mistake in the return as...
Portugal reached next year's World Cup finals in South Africa after a 1-0 win in Bosnia-Herzegovina tonight gave them a 2-0 aggregate victory over the Balkan country in their two-legged playoff. Midfielder Raul Meireles scored a 56th-minute winner for the Portuguese to silence a raucous 15,000 home crowd in the cauldron of the Bilino Polje stadium in the city of Zenica, north of the capital Sarajevo....
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Real Madrid suffered a late scare after being reduced to ten men, to claim an exciting victory in the Madrid derby. Sergio Aguero started from the bench, having not recovered completely from his knock. Meanwhile, Raul started on the bench for Real Madrid. Atletico had not beaten their rivals at the Vicente Calderon for ten years, and their nerves were evident from kick-off as Los Merengues poured forward....
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Quique Sanchez Flores took the reigns at the Atletico bench for the first time and he wasn’t about to let any upsets ruin his bow as he fielded an entire regular first team with the exception of forwards, Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero. Asenjo, Ujfalusi, Pablo, Antonio Lopez, Assuncao, Maxi and Jose Antonio Reyes all took to the field against the reincarnation of ex-Atleti president, Jesus Gil’s...
• Winger says Portugal will not go to defend one-goal lead • Sides meet tomorrow to decide World Cup qualification Winger Simão Sabrosa has promised Portugal will not sit back and look to defend their one-goal advantage against Bosnia-Herzegovina when the teams contest the second leg of their World Cup qualification play-off in Zenica tomorrow. Bruno Alves scored the only goal of...
Portugal will take a slender advantage into the second leg of their World Cup qualification play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina after Bruno Alves scored the only goal of the game in Lisbon. A tightly-contested encounter was decided on the half-hour mark when Manchester United winger Nani crossed to the far post where Alves was on hand to head home. Nani, who deputised on the wing in the absence of...
Watch online video for FREE match Portugal vs Bosnia Herzegovina live streaming, this November 14th 2009 for a place in the next FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010. VS Match : Portugal vs Bosnia Herzegovina Date : November 14th 2009 Kick off time : Venue : Lisbon Stadium On Saturday 14th November 2009, Portugal play Bosnia Herzegovina in the first leg of their World Cup playoff. Portugal finished...
Greece v Ukraine Shevchenko targets finals glory chance In what is a hard tie to call, Ukraine are looking to qualify for successive World Cups, while Greece would be appearing for the first time in 16 years. Ukraine were the only side to take any points from the Group Six winners, England, and the Greeks were a point behind Switzerland, who won Group Two. Greece's coach, Otto Rehhagel, five years...
Cristiano Ronaldo's absence through injury cannot be an excuse for Portugal to fail in its World Cup play-off against Bosnia, winger Simao Sabrosa said on Friday.
Bosnia were big underdogs in their qualifying group but they, nevertheless, managed to win the second place. they are again seen as underdogs in the duel with Portugal but I beg to differ. A team that boast some of the top Bundesliga players simply cannot be underestimated. Portugal have had major problems during the qualifying campaign and they were lucky to make it to the play-offs. Ronaldo was forced...
Many pundits see Portugal as clear favourites in this clash even without Ronaldo but we are not prepared to write off an attacking force like Bosnia, who can score against any defence in the world. Portugal have been far from impressive under Carlos Queiroz and they simply have to improve if they want to play at the World Cup, whereas we are confident Bosnia will give them a hard time even in the first...
• Winger will be out for two more weeks • 'The most important thing is the player' Cristiano Ronaldo has been included in the Portugal squad for their World Cup play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, the Real Madrid forward faces a race to be fit for the two games which will be played on November 14 and 18 as he has an ankle injury. Medical reports from the Primera Division side yesterday...