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Besiktas signed Inter out-favor Quaresma

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June 14, 2010

Quaresma joined Inter at Mourinho insistence in 2008.

Mourinho wanted to use the 4-3-2-1 system which he used also at Chelsea but Quaresma and Mancini were not up to expectations so he dropped it finally.

The Portuguese made only 24 appearances for Inter during his 2 years at The Nerazzurri and was even loaned at Chelsea for half of the season.

Quaresma arrived at Inter for a fee of around €18millions. The reports indicate that Besiktas paid only €7millions for the Portuguese winger and that he signed a three year contract.

Before Inter Quaresma played for Sporting, Barcelona and Porto.

World Cup South Africa 2010 stadiums

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June 9, 2010

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One of the most expected events of this year, South Africa World Cup 2010, will start on Friday 11 June. The tournament will be held on 10 stadiums from 9 cities.

5 of the 10 South Africa football stadiums were renovated for 2010 and the other 5 stadiums have been built.

The first five World Cup stadiums are:

Soccer City in Johannesburg
Ellis Park in Johannesburg
Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria
Royal Bafokeng in Rustenburg
Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein

New football stadiums were built at:

Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth
Peter Mokaba in Polokwane
Green Point in Cape Town
Mbombela in Nelspruit
Moses Mabhida in Durban

The Soccer City stadium from Johannesburg is the biggest one in South Africa with a capacity of 94700. Most of the events in South Africa take place here as well as the start and the final game of the World Cup.

Ellis Park also from Johannesburg hosts both rugby and football and it was the most modern stadium until recently. The stadium capacity is 62567.

Loftus Versfeld stadium from Pretoria has a capacity of 51762 and recently hosted the 2009 Currie Cup final.

Royal Bafokeng stadium from Rustenburg has a capacity of 44530 seats and hosts football, rugby and athletics.

Free State Stadium from Bloemfontein is a stadium that also hosts both rugby and football. It has a capacity of 48000 and was built for the years Rugby World Cup in 1995.

Nelson Mandela Bay from Port Elizabeth has a capacity of 48000 and hosts rugby, football and occasionally concerts.

Peter Mokaba stadium from Polokwane was named after Peter Mokaba, the former leader of ANC Youth League, and has a capacity of 46000.

Green Point from Cape Town was demolish in 2007 and reconstructed has a capacity of 69070.

Mbombela stadium from Nelspruit was built for more purposes as football, rugby or other sports. The stadium is also equipped with conference facilities. The stadium capacity is 43589.

The last one Moses Mabhida from Durban has a capacity of 70000 and includes indoor arena, football museum and sport institute.

More spactacular goals at World Cup 2010 because of ‘Jabulani’ ball?

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June 2, 2010

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The World Cup in South Africa is ready to begin, and as it was expected some critics appeared. One of them is related to “Jabulani”, the World Cup ball.

“Jabulani”, which means to celebrate in isiZulu, one of South Africa languages, will be the only ball used at this World Cup tournament.

The ball has been tested since December as Adidas said, but the critics appeared recently. Top goalkeepers like Buffon, Cassilas or Julio Cesar said that the ball will be a nightmare for goalkeepers and that we might see spectacular goals in South Africa.

But not only goalkeepers complained about the ball, stikers like Pazzini or Gomez said that the ball is hard to control especially in the air.

The ball has a different weight that the others and the effects are changing based on altitude and climate.

Adidas responded to the critics saying that the ball was tested and approved long time ago. They also said that every World Cup participant teams received the ball in order to get used to the ball.

The World Cup games will start on 11 and to the delight of the fans we hope to be a ‘one hell of show’.

Inter killed football

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May 25, 2010

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Every football fan saw this Saturdays Champions League final between Inter Milano and Bayern Munchen,
and of course no one could be happier than the fans of Inter.Ecstatic fans of Inter Milano all over the world celebrated a victory that was fully deserved, and of course what can make you happier as a fan of a club when your favourite club wins after 45 years the most wanted title for a club, to be the Queen of Europe?

Inter achieved that title on Saturday night , making it’s fans all over the world ecstatic, but i have to ask
this : At what cost?

Surely they deservedwinning, but they did that by making a compromise, they killed the spectacle, they killed football, by heavily defending and counter attacking.Now i am going to be cursed by an entire people of fans of Inter Milano, and yes i admit, i am not a fan of Inter , never was, and will never be, but come one football fans, honestly did you really enjoyed the football mach displayed on Saturday?

If you were an independent football fan, not a fan of Inter or Bayern, did you really liked what you saw?
A team that defended heavily and scored by counter atacking in two occasions?

I didn’t like what i saw not one bit, it was a boring match, and i always prefer football as a spectacle, not just a game that you must do anything “legal” just to win it.

It is said that all is fair in love and war.

But not in football.Or at least it shouldn’t.

Post written by onlinesportson.net fan.

David Villa the new Barcelona acquisition

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May 20, 2010

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After a season in which Barcelona managed to win only Primera Division title despite being the main favorite to win the Champions League, Guardiola is already strengthening his team for the next season.

Although Messi managed to score 47 goals in all competitions this season, 34 of them in Primera for which he received the Golden Boot, it seems that Guardiola is not satisfied with the attack. Barcelona managed to secure the services of the Spanish goalscorer David Villa from Valencia for which they paid around €40 millions.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who came from Inter Milan last summer and which was seen by Guardiola as the ideal striker for Barcelona, seems to be out of the next seasons plans. Ibrahimovic often disappointed even if he scored 16 times only in Primera. He will probably be sold in England where is wanted by all major clubs or will be used as exchange for one of Fabregas, Rooney or Torres.

If these teams would refuse the exchange then Man City could be an option considering that they were always after big names lately.

Fabregas is also with one foot at Barcelona after latest reports which indicate that he already announced Arsene Wenger that he is determined to return back to Camp Nou.