Bale: We Should Support Zidane

In the 6^th round of La Liga, Real Madrid 2-2 drew with Las Palmas away, meeting consecutive two draws. In the game, Cristiano Ronaldo was unhappy to get replaced in the second leg and he even ignored Zidane who talked to him. After the match, Zidane made an explanation on replacing CR7, and Bale said Zidane’s decision was good for the team.

“Replacing CR7 was the decision of our coach. Every player hopes to keep playing, which is normal. But our coach makes decisions that he thinks are good for the team, and we just can support him. CR7 always tries his best in games, and he did not have pre-season training, not like us. I think he is in nice form and I know he wants to play in every game.”  Said Bale.

About the result of this match, Bale said he was disappointed, “We failed to win the game, though we still remain unbeaten in La Liga. But the most important thing is winning the game and getting the three points.” 

Guardiola: We Need A Failure

Manchester City FC have wins in different games, and Guardiola is a hot topic among the media in England. Recently, Guardiola shows his sense of humor in an interview.

An English journalist asked Guardiola how to deal with the team’s complacency caused by the consecutive victories, and Guardiola answered “When did you see a team self-contented after a 4-0 victory? After you win, the team feels more comfortable with better mental condition.”

However, Guardiola suddenly said “But I am clear that our consecutive victories will cease one day, maybe we need a failure, the sooner the better. Of course I’m joking, but you understand what I mean, that we need something to calm everybody down.”

Owen: Guardiola Does Well in Regrouping Man City While Mourinho is Good at Strengthening Man Utd

Michael James Owen, former forward in England, talks about Mourinho and Guardiola in his weekly column in a Chinese newspaper.

Guardiola and Man City

Guardiola has played an important role in Etihad Stadium. Man City showed their strength in the game against West Ham United, but their deficiencies also got uncovered. After the half time, Man City should have ruled the game, yet they were careless, and their loose defense as well as West Ham’s struggle enabled Man City not to keep their ascendancy in the second leg.

Guardiola’s tactics are kind of special, which are different from most head coaches’, so Man City’s players still need some time to adapt. To Man City’s players, the biggest challenge now is the wing backs are requested to run into the midfield and the central defenders must try ball control, which is a unique tactical requirement.

From the current situation, Guardiola’s remolding Sterling and David Silva is quite successful. Now Man City are good at changing their tactics and formation, making themselves unpredictable.

Mourinho and Man Utd

Mourinho did a great job in signing new deals, which has insignificantly improved the team’s strength. David de Gea is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and Mourinho signed Bailly, Pogba and Ibrahimovic. In the past few years, Man Utd did not bad in defense, yet the new change Mourinho has brought to the team is the team is able to score. Beside the signings, Mourinho also strengthen the team mentally and the players are more united. Undoubtedly, Man Utd’s players are very confident now.

Top 10 Man Utd stars voted by Chinese fans Guess who ranks 1st

A famous and large dotcom company in China held a poll to select top 10 stars in Man Utd’s history, causing strong reactions among Man Utd’s fans. Here are the results:

10. Wayne Rooney

Rooney helped Man Utd win 5 Premier League titles and 1 UEFA Champions League title, and he scored the most goals for England national football team.

9. Peter Schmeichel

Ferguson signed Schmeichel with only 550 thousand pounds, being one of the most worthy deals in the club’s history. He, as captain, completed a treble with Man Utd and won the Champions League title in 1999. Moreover, he totally created 11 goals in his career, as a goalkeeper.

8. Roy Keane

In 1994, the 3.75 million pounds which was used by Ferguson to sign Keane broke the transfer record in Man Utd’s history, which was proved worthy. During his 12 years in Man Utd, he helped the team win 7 League titles and 4 FA Cup titles.

7. Cristiano Ronaldo

During Cristiano Ronaldo’s 6 years in Man Utd, he helped the team win 3 Premier League titles, 1 Champions League title and 1 Club World Cup title. Personally, he won Premier League Golden Boot, European Golden Boot, Premier League MVP and Ballon d'Or.

6. George Best

George Best was selected the greatest player in England’s history in 2000. He had extraordinary dribbling skills and led Man Utd to the Champions League title, and he himself won Ballon d'Or.

5. Bobby Charlton

Sir Bobby Charlton has been regarded as the greatest footballer in the history of England football. He also led England national football team win the only World Cup title.

4. Eric Cantona

In his 5 seasons in Man Utd, he led the team win League title after 26 years. Most importantly, he helped build the Class of 92, making a foundation for Man Utd Dynasty.

3. Paul Scholes

As an important member in the Class of 92, Scholes followed the team to win Premier League title 11 times and Champions League title twice. David Beckham even thought he was as good as Zidane.

2. David Beckham

Being the most world famous footballer, Beckham helped the Man Utd win Premier League title 6 times and FA Cup title twice. BTW, you’ve no idea how many Chinese love Man Utd because of Beckham.

1.   Ryan Giggs

Giggs gave his professional career to Man Utd and he got 34 Cups, becoming king of Cups in the history of football. Now, he continues to work for Man Utd as coach.

Top 5 most henpecked men in football world

A lot of men are afraid of their wives, meaning they are henpecked. Now let me tell you the top 5 most henpecked men in football world.( in no particular order )

1.   Luis Suarez

When playing for Ajax, Suarez expressed that joining Barca was his dream, because where the club located was his girlfriend Sofia’s home. He said “To keep me in the team, Liverpool did everything they could do, but playing and living in Spain is my dream, for my wife and family is in this city.” He told the media “My wife is able to calm me down when I get manic, and she is strict.”

2.   Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski’s wife Anna who is good at Karate has won lots of championships in Poland, and she even won the 2013 World Karate Championships. Moreover, she also knows kendo. The fans joke: Lewandowski must be afraid of his wife, because he can’t defeat her. But actually, Lewandowski practiced judo when he was a child, and he changed his career for his love of football. So Lewandowski treats his wife well is because he loves her, not because he can’t defeat her.

3.   Zinedine Zidane

Zidane seems kind of reserved in public, but he is a good husband who takes good care of his wife at home. His wife Veronique is the boss at home, and Zidane admitted “She has been in charge of everything since we had our second kid.” He also told the media that Veronique’s opinion played an important role in his transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001. According to a French journalist, Zidane’s unusual move that he headbutted Materazzi in 2006 World Cup final was caused by the wrangle between Zidane and his wife before the game, and Zidane failed to keep calm in the game, so he lost his mind and hit Materazzi with his head.

4.   Dario Conca

Conca, midfielder in Shanghai SIPG FC, is a famous family man. He said “My wife calls the shots in football and in life. It’s true that I am afraid of my wife. Sometimes in matches when my goal hits the goalpost carelessly, I am afraid, because my wife will blame me once I get home.”He also told “I turn over all money to my wife and she gives me some living expenses.”

5.   Jose Mourinho

Mourinho had the names of his wife and his daughter tattooed on his wrist, and he called his wife Mathilde as soon as Chelsea won the English League Cup last season. According to the media, when Mourinho coached Chelsea for the first time, his wife once wanted to smoke, and Mourinho immediately went out, wearing his slippers, and bought a packet of cigarettes from a cigarette machine. He said “In our home, my wife is in charge of everything, and she is the best coach in the world.”

To these famous men in football world, they are not really afraid of their wives but do love and respect them.

Top 5 Most Beautiful Women That Cristiano Ronaldo Has Dated

As one of the most famous soccer stars in today’s world, Cristiano Ronaldo has been watched by media on pitch and off pitch. It’s reported that Cristiano Ronaldo has dated 23 women (maybe more now), but some of them were just rumors. In this essay, we just talk about those who were proven real dates to Cristiano Ronaldo. Guys, Don’t be jealous!

Among the confirmed relationships, here are the 5 most beautiful women Cristiano Ronaldo has really dated (in no particular order):

1.   Irina Shayk. She was dating Cristiano Ronaldo from 2010 to 2015, and she was believed to be the longest relationship to this soccer super star.

2.   Merche Romero. She was dating Cristiano Ronaldo from 2005 to 2006. She was born in 1976 while Cristiano Ronaldo was born in 1985.

3.   Raffaella Fico. She dated Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. 

4.   Gemma Atkinson. She dated Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007.

5.   Alessia Tedeschi. She dated Cristiano Ronaldo in 2015.

Brotherhood between Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi

“Actually I want to go back to Barca, because I haven’t played with Messi for long.” Said Ronaldinho.

When Messi just got into the first team in Barca, Ronaldinho summoned Messi to sit next to him, and Deco, Sylvio and Motta were also sitting at the table. “Lionel, you are the only Argentinean that can sit at this table.”

Then Ronaldinho was king in Barca while Messi was just a newcomer, and after several years, the old king gave his No.10 shirt to the new king.

Such a great friendship between Ronaldinho and Messi has been treasure in soccer world. We were moved seeing Ronaldinho carry Messi on his back to celebrate Messi’s first goal. We were happy to see Ronaldinho and Messi work together to score. We were sad to see Ronaldinho leave Barca and Messi.

They are legends, friends and brothers! Let’s hope they will meet again on pitch some day.