Another defeat for Tottenham
Tottenham suffered another defeat last night against Aston Villa.
Tottehnam are the last on the table with only one point after four matches.
The score was opened after only 5 minutes by Reo-Coker. It was his first goal in Premiership for Tottenham.
Just after half-time Ashley Young doubled the lead for Villa.
Despite making three attacking changes, Jenas, Giovani and Bently coming in, Tottenham could not find the goal until 87th minute. It was the last one and the game ended 1-2.
Spurs were completely outclassed by Villa who created a lot of chances especially in the first half. It was a superb performance from Villa.
Tottenham were completely out of ideas the entire match. It was another woeful performance for the Spurs.
Tottenham will face Wisla Krakow in Uefa Cup on Thursday and Wigan on Sunday.
This are two important games for manager Juande Ramos. If victories do not appear it’s obviously that the fans will turn against him.
Zola accepts new challenge as the West Ham United manager
One of the most talented football players that played in the premier league,former Italian international,Gianfranco Zola has accepted the challenge of becoming the West Ham United manager.Former Chelsea striker , that ended his career at Cagliari in 2005,Zola is in charge of the London club since 11 september and is beeing considered by the Hammer fans to have been a really good “signing” and are looking ecstatic about having him as their new manager.
Zola is beeing considered one of the best imports in premier league, after playing for Chelsea 7 years between 1996 and 2003 ,in 249 matches and scoring 89 goals.
Although fans hopes are high, Zola has admited that by taking this oportunity his has taken a chance, by risking his image created among the years as Chelsea’s player .
Whatever the risks of having his image deteriorated,Zola is optimistic about his new chalenge and states that he’s not afraid of making mistakes, because as a player by making mistakes and by learning from them helped him become a better footbal player.
Can Zola keep his image clean and not deteriorate it, or might this be for him the step he’s been waiting for in achieving and even overpassing the performances he had as a player, now as a manager?
Real pick up first points after beating Numancia
After 2-1 loss at Deportivo la Coruna, Real Madrid beat Numancia 4-3 at the Bernabeu on Sunday.
Despite being behind twice, Real fought back and showed their attacking power.
The new promoted took the lead on 6th minute after Juan Carlos Moreno’s goal.
Real leveled the score after a goal from Guti. It was the 5000th league goal for Real.
Numancia took the lead again after Barkero’s goal but Real responded quickly with Higuain and Van der Vaart goals.
The half-time score was set by Cisma’s own goal. The first half ended comfortable for Real but in fact it was full of errors, especially in defence.
Moreno signed his double in the 56th minute. With only one goal lead Bernd Schuster opted to strengthen the defensive by introducing defensive midfielder Ruben de la Red in place of Van der Vaart. Raul came in to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Both teams had good ocasions untill the end but the score remain unchanged.
It was a match with big defensive errors on both sides, where the attacking power of Real made the difference.
