Is Fiorentina dependent on Mutu?
Posted on | November 21, 2008 | No Comments
Fiorentina is having a weaker start of the season or at least not as as we used to in the last couple of years.
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La Viola is currently seven points behind Inter Milan after twelve rounds.
Fiorentina is having one of the best attacks in Serie A with Gilardino and Mutu and everybody expected La Viola to confirm their expectation.
One of the reasons for this hesitant start is Mutu’s fitness who has been suffering from various injuries all season.The Romanian international has played only nine matches this season and this proved to be decisively for Fiorentina.
“Il Fenomeno” is a key member of La Viola alongside Frey and Gilardino and the favorite of the fans.
Despite winning a few matches without Mutu his absence is felt in Fiorentina’s game. His creativity and his skills are offering a plus to the team.
Mutu proved to be crucial last season when he scored 17 goals in Serie A and put a serious contribution in qualifying Fiorentina in Champions League after a period of absence.
A lot of football people think that Mutu is the true leader of La Viola and indispensable like Kaka for Milan, or Ronaldo for Manchester.
In my opinion Mutu is a massive talent and his qualities are undoubted. He also showed a great strength of character recovering after the problems with Chelsea.
Fiorentina will meet Udinese this weekend and Mutu is set to return after the injury suffered in Champions League match against Bayern.
Fernando Torres named Best Player of the Year in Premier League
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was chosen Best Player of the Year in Premier League for 2007-2008 season.
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The Spanish international had a superb first season in Premier League managing to score 33 goals for Liverpool. The other candidates were Ronaldo from Manchester United, Joleon Lescott from Everton and Richard Dunne from Manchester City.
Torres is also a candidate for Golden Ball but Ronaldo and Messi are the favorites for the title.
“El Nino” declared that he is very happy with the award and wanted to thank his manager, his colleagues and not at last the fans who support him since arrival at Liverpool.
Torres is just returning from a hamstring injury that keep him out of action for some weeks. He came in as a substitute in Liverpool’s win 2-0 at Bolton showing a great form as he set up an assist at Gerrard goal.
Torres will join up Spain for the International friendly against Chile.
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Another blow for Real Madrid
Posted on | November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments
Real Madrid suffered another blow as Real Valladolid produced them the second defeat of the season in Primera Division.The match ended 1-0 for Valladolid.
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Real looks like is not recovering after Champions League defeats against Juventus who beat them in both matches. Another decisive factor is Ruud van Nistelrooy’s injury who will be out for the rest of the season.
Nistelrooy’s injury left Real without too many options in attack, Raul, Higuain and Saviola. This is an unusual situation for Real who use to have 6-7 options in attack last years.
It seems that the injury of team’s goal scorer has demoralized the players.
Liverpool returns on top of the Premier League
Posted on | November 15, 2008 | No Comments
Liverpool returned on top of the Premier League after 2-0 victory at Bolton.
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With this victory Liverpool leads the standings with 32 points from 13 matches. However if Chelsea wins later tonight at WBA it will retain the first position.
The Reds suffered only one defeat in this Premier League campaign and looks like they are finally prepared to battle until the end of the season for the most expected title. It was an excellent game for Liverpool who created a lot of chances. Kuyt and Gerrard goals sealed an important win which puts some pressure on Chelsea tonight.
Liverpool was superior in all chapters and only the poor finishing made that the score was only 2-0. The match meant also the return of Fernando Torres who came in to replace an uninspired Keane. The impact was clear as Gerrard doubled the lead from his assist. Gerrard returned the favor later in the game but Torres missed the chance to score at comeback.
Liverpool had the opportunity to finish more convincing but Torres and Lucas proved to be uninspired in front of the goal.
It was a hard woking victory for Liverpool and fortunately this time the missed opportunities in front of the goal did not turn against them.
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Fiorentina follows Arsenal model
Posted on | November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments
As we all know Arsenal is the most successful football team with a very low average age.
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Arsene Wenger continues to impress us every time as he discovers a new talent. The last performance for Arsenal was Tuesday match against Wigan when with an average age of just 19 they manage to win the game with 3-0.
Fiorentina is following the same model with Cesare Prandelli who tries to build up a new team around a few experienced players like Adrian Mutu, Alberto Gilardino and Sebastian Frey.
La Viola gave up on Liverani, Vieri and Ujfalusi and brought in young replacements like Melo, Jovetic, Vargas, Gilardino. Latest reports indicates that Fiorentina are following Veloso from Sporting and Winaldum from Feyenoord.
Fiorentina already have some young International players in the team like Montolivo, Kuzmanovic, Osvaldo, Waigo.
La Viola are having a good season being only four points behind Inter in Serie.
Anyway the lack of experience was decisive in Champions League where Fiorentina was equalized by Lyon and Bayern in the end of the games. It is a good performance for La Viola even if they won’t qualify for the second round.
Fiorentina players have to learn to destroy the game when they lead, like Chelsea, Manchester, Inter and all big teams use to do.
Fiorentina is on the right way, and if they continue improving who knows maybe someday they will fight for Champions League title.
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