Dimitar Berbatov starting to settle in well at Manchester United
Dimitar Berbatov, one of the most known and talented football players at the moment, is showing that he is beginning to start settling in well at his new football club Manchester United.Following his transfer from Tottenham where he was considered a very important player and played a total number of 70 games and scored 27 goals in a period of two season ,everybody was expecting a lot from the Bulgarian player.
Not only because of the 30,75 mil pounds that where payed for him to move to Manchester United, but also because of his talent and capabilities, the Red Devil fans expected Berbatov to make a good and powerful start at his new club.However in his first three matches for United he didn’t manage to score and made fans question his transfer for such a big amount.But the fans should know that in case of any player that gets transfered to a new club, that player needs a period of accommodation, to get to know the other players and get into the teams tactics.It seems this is valid for Berbatov as well.In the latest game in Champions league in Denmark Berbatov managed to play well and score two goals, confirming his status and his value,and also making his fans happy.
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident of his striker and is sure that he will start scoring for United in premier league, perhaps starting from the next league match against Blackburn.
Drogba will not require surgery
Didier Drogba suffered an injury in the goalless Champions League draw against CFR Cluj.
There were initially fears that Drogba could be out for at least 3 months but Thursday scans revealed that there are no significant ligament damages.
Chelsea manger Felipe Scolari was very happy after finding that he will not require a surgery. It looks like Drogba will be out only for few weeks but Chelsea medical staff want to keep him under observation another 2-3 days until they pronounce on the verdict.
Scolari is facing limited squad options as Deco, Carvalho, Essien, Joe Cole are all injured and Terry, Ashley Cole, Alex with back problems.
Chelsea will play Aston Villa this weekend, and the only attacking option is Anelka. The Blues are occupying the first place on Premier League standings with 14 points from 6 matches.
It remains to see if Scolari can manage the situation and keep Chelsea on top of the table.
Uefa Cup – first round
Ajax 2-0 (agg 6-1) Borac Cacak
Artmedia Petrzalka 0-2 (agg 0-6) Braga
Aston Villa 1-1 (agg 4-2) Litex Lovech
Benfica 2-0 (agg 4-3) Napoli
Club Bruges 2-0 (agg 4-2) Young Boys
Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 (agg 2-2) SK Brann 3-2 on penalties
Dinamo Bucharest 0-0 (agg 0-1) NEC
FBK Kaunas 1-2 (agg 1-7) Sampdoria
FC Copenhagen 1-1 (agg 3-2) FC Moscow
FC Honka 0-1 (agg 0-2) Racing Santander
FC Metalist Kharkiv 4-1 (agg 4-2) Besiktas
Twente Enschede 1-0 (agg 2-2) Rennes
FC Vaslui 1-1 (agg 1-1) Slavia Prague
FC Zurich 0-1 (agg 1-4) AC Milan
Galatasaray 2-1 (agg 6-4) Bellinzona
Guimaraes (et) 2-2 (agg 2-4) Portsmouth
Heerenveen 5-2 (agg 6-3) Vitoria Setubal
Kalmar FF 1-2 (agg 2-2) Feyenoord
Lech Poznan (et) 4-2(agg 5-4) FK Austria Vienna
Levski Sofia 0-1 (agg 1-2) MSK Zilina
Man City 2-1 (agg 4-2) Omonia Nicosia
Motherwell 0-2 (agg 0-3) AS Nancy
Olympiakos 5-0 (agg 7-0) FC Nordsjaelland
PSG 0-0 (agg 2-1) Kayserispor
Partizan Belgrade 1-0 (agg 3-1) Politehnica Timisoara
Rapid Bucuresti 1-1 (agg 1-2) Wolfsburg
Rosenborg 3-2 (agg 5-3) Brondby
SV Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 (agg 0-4) Sevilla
Schalke 04 1-1 (agg 5-2) Apoel Nicosia
Sparta Prague 3-3 (agg 3-3) Dinamo Zagreb
Spartak Moscow 1-1 (agg 2-1) Banik Ostrava
St Etienne 2-1 (agg 4-2) H. Tel-Aviv
Standard Liege 2-1 (agg 4-3) Everton
Udinese 0-2 (agg 2-2) Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on penalties
Unirea Urziceni 0-2 (agg 0-2) Hamburg
Valencia 2-1 (agg 3-1) Maritimo
VfB Stuttgart 2-2 (agg 4-3) Cherno More
Wisla Krakow 1-1 (agg 2-3) Tottenham
Can CFR Cluj produce the surprise?
Definitely the revelation of this Champions League season is CFR Cluj.
The Romanians produced one of the biggest shocks in Champions League history as they defeated the Italian giants AS Roma at Olimpico.
CFR Cluj produced another fine display against Chelsea last night. CFR held last year’s finalists Chelsea to a goalless draw and proved that the victory against Roma was not an accident.
This good results have not past unnoticed and attracted the attention of some major clubs in Europe. Possible target for a big transfer in January are Dubarbier and Culio, the man that buried Roma at Olimpico. Coach Maurizio Trombetta is hoping for more of the same in the crucial double against Bordeaux.
What’s really to apreciate is that six years ago Cluj was fighting in third division and now they are bravely doing in the Europe‘s elite.
With real chances of qualification CFR Cluj are now taken seriously in consideration.
