All eyes are on Real Madrid this season, they are the biggest spenders in the World and they bought pretty much all the stars available this year, Will it work for them?? The answer is …

The answer is not likely, they have bought a lot of big names but there is something Real Madrid cannot buy with all the millions they have and that is TEAM UNITY, you cannot expect that all those egos in the field won’t play a factor at the end, they have to unite them all under one flag, make them work together towards all the goals set for this season, the UEFA Champions league, the domestic Spanish Primera Liga and the famous Copa del Rey.

Kaká coming from AC Milan, Cristiano Ronaldo coming from Manchester United and Karim Benzema from France are the few of the big names Boss Florentino Perez brought to the club on a record expenditure of 280 million euros, which will be enough to build a franchise and win it all but don’t be so sure Florentino, there is no leader in the field, all big names and not a soul to control them, the project won’t be successful at least the first year, there are things you can’t buy Florentino, and this is one of them, you bought big players from big teams but you didn’t get a TEAM. To assure success they also brought Manuel Pellegrini coming from Villareal, the coach had great success there but the roster wasn’t as big and players were easier to control, this will be a real challenge for the engineer and may be the biggest task he has ever faced, the best of luck to him.

The scenario for this season doesn’t look that bright, it will be a tough year for a team that is expected to win it all and they won’t be able to, big failure will be written in their pages this season, they will be hell to pay to hire all those stars and no team players, once more Florentino, your policy is the wrong one, Real Madrid is a FOOTBALL TEAM not a Marketing money machine, you look to real madrid as a cash register and the lost pride won’t be retaken this year, you will have to wait to see the team that used to be one of the greatest back to its normal place in history.

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Real Madrid, will it work this time?

Manchester City has been spending money but in my opinion in a wise way. They have recently purchased the striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Arsenal for £25m . He will join the squad after his physical today…

The 25-year-old striker will join Carlos Tevez and Roque Santa Cruz in a new look City luxurious frontline and by the look of it Man City means business this year, they are locking key players for a spot in the European main competition, the UEFA Champions league that obviously besides the recognition carries a muti-million industry with it.

The current squad includes big names like Wayne Bridge, Nigel De Jong, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Craig Bellamy, Robinho, Carlos Tevez and Roque Santa Cruz. This team has yet to acquire some good defensive players but they are pretty much set at offense, they failed to sign John Terry and he will remain at Chelsea so they are still browsing for good players to sign, I won’t be surprise if they lock any other big names in order to establish themselves as serious contenders for the England Premier League as well as for European competitions.

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Manchester City spending wisely

This next wednesday the two best soccer teams in the World face eachother to decide who takes the UEFA Champions League Cup home, for Man United it might be a little more interesting since the won it last year and noone has ever come back the year after and repeat, we will be able to see a show that will be in the minds of soccer fans around the globe for years to come.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been coaching the Red Devils for 20 years and this will be the third time he wins this cup, impressive record for one of the best soccer coaches in modern football history. The fact that Darren Fletcher has been suspended for this game (red card in last game vs. Arsenal) brings Jing Su Park to the first team, the Korean star is fast as well as a good passer, it will be a great adquisition for Manchester United in the middle, also they have Michael Carrick game-reading skills and that provides Ferguson a reassurance that the red carded Fletcher won’t be greatly missed. The three attacking trio Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov are more than ready for Rome, Ronaldo will be guiding his team to victory and may be Tevez will be in for the second half to seal the deal.

Barcelona FC and Coach Pep Guardiola want to make the hat trick for the team this year but it looks awfully hard, they won’t have Abidal for suspension and Rafael Marquez still injured. The defense will be the weakest point and noone is fast enough to guard the Red Devils attacking trio so Puyol will have his hands full on this one. Henry and Iniesta are back and that reinforced the middle and the attacking trio of Barça that are Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry but they will be heavily guarded by the Red Devils defense that has every one of the starters fully healthy and in great shape.

This game will mark an era between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two best players in the World, Messi is a lot more disciplined than Ronaldo and he will carry his team but it won’t be enough, Ronaldo has what it takes to make his team champ again and again if he gets his temperament under control.

Fergie and Pep have shared a lot of opinions with the media and they have made their own predictions but in my opinion MANCHESTER UNITED WILL WIN THE GAME OUTRIGHT IN 90 MINUTES conquering another title for the historical club and adding one more year of domain of English football around the World.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing food to over 135,000 people displaced by fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has forced an estimated 250,000 people to flee their homes in recent months.

The distributions are aimed at internally displaced persons (IDPs) in six camps around Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, which has been the scene of deadly fighting between Government forces (FARDC) and the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), led by renegade general Laurent Nkunda.

While clashes are continuing in some parts of North Kivu, a recent ceasefire is reportedly stillWFP is responding as quickly as possible to deliver food to people who’ve been brutalised too many times over many years holding in Goma, which has a swelling population of between 700,000 and 1 million.

“WFP is responding as quickly as possible to deliver food to people who’ve been brutalised too many times over many years,” said Mustapha Darboe, WFP Regional Director for Southern, Eastern and Central Africa.

“Now they are suffering again. Tens of thousands have been uprooted in North Kivu and we are doing everything we can to find them and help them.”

The 10-day rations will be distributed in all camps at the same time to avoid any disturbances, as well as to ease the pressure on food supplies in Goma since the violence temporarily cut off many delivery routes.

The agency is moving food stocks to Goma from its office in Bukavu in South Kivu, and bringing in supplies from Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Assisting WFP with the relief effort is the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which will handle distributions to the estimated 65,000 IDPs who are now gathered at Kibati camp, 15 kilometres north of Goma.

The agency reported that a UN assessment mission to the Rutshuru area – the scene of much of the recent fighting – was forced to cut short its work on Tuesday when it found itself in close proximity to new clashes around Kiwanja, north of Rutshuru town.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has confirmed that three IDP camps in the area were destroyed and emptied, and is trying along with WFP and other agencies to determine what happened to the inhabitants.

“This is a dangerous and unstable environment and it’s going to be challenging to deliver food to where it is needed most. We need proper security in place to ensure everyone involved is safe and that we reach the most vulnerable,” Mr. Darboe said.

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CONGO WILL NEED MORE COOPERATION !!

Both men appear to prefer playing as a lone striker and Anelka has already found the net eight times in a season in which Drogba has spent most of the time injured.

Anelka grabbed a hat-trick in the 5-0 victory against Sunderland while Ivory Coast international Drogba came on as a second-half substitute.

The Frenchman said: “Didier and I can play together but we have not done that since I have been here.

“We have never started together up front. If we have started together then I was either on the right or left.

“So it’s a shame, because I wanted to play with him when I first signed with Chelsea, but I hope it will happen.

“I think it could work with the two of us. But it’s the choice of the manager.

“The most goals I have ever scored in a season is 25, for Man City. I will try to do better than that. But what matters is for Chelsea to win more titles.”

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Drogba – Anelka Striking Team !!

Maradona aseguró que le gustaría sumar a Ruggeri y al ex volante central a su cuerpo de trabajo en la Selección. Sin embargo, sostuvo que será complicado: “Está duro, vamos a ver que pasa, tenemos tiempo”. Encima, el ex DT de San Lorenzo es el enemigo público número 1 de Grondona.

Mañana será el día de la oficialización del ciclo de Diego Armando Maradona en la Selección argentina. La AFA presentará su asunción como sucesor de Alfio Basile y el Diez dará su primera lista. Cuando parecía que su cuerpo técnico ya estaba abrochado, el flamante entrenador confesó que le gustaría sumar a Oscar Ruggeri y a Alejandro Mancuso a su cuerpo de trabajo.

“Quiero a Ruggeri y a Mancuso, pero está duro, vamos a ver que pasa, tenemos tiempo”, señaló Maradona en declaraciones a radio La Red. La realidad es que ambas llegadas parecen más que complicadas. El Cabezón, se sabe, mantiene diferencias con Julio Grondona y lo crítica en cuanto micrófono se le cruza por delante.

Mancuso, en cambio, hace tiempo que es la mano derecha del Diez y lo acompaña en cada nuevo emprendimiento, como sucedió en el showball. De todos modos, habrá que ver que pasa con Sergio Batista y José Luis Brown, quienes ya fueron confirmados como ayudantes.

El misterio podría empezar a develarse a partir de mañana. A las 17, en el predio de Ezeiza, se presentará el nuevo cuerpo técnico del seleccionado y se dará a conocer la lista para el amistoso del 19 de noviembre ante Escocia, en Glasgow. “No le voy a regalar nada a nadie”, adelantó el flamante entrenador acerca de la convocatoria.

La semana pasada Maradona aseguró que Javier Mascherano iba a ser el líder futbolístico de la Selección y además comentó que le gustaría que el ex River sea el capitán. El volante, sin embargo, sostuvo que no le interesa llevar la cinta. “Son comentarios. Tengo que hablar con él. Soy el primer convencido de que Mascherano debe ser el capitán”, insistió el Diego.

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RUGGERI Y MANCUSO EN LA ALBICELESTE !!

Claro que te queremos Diego pero, estara realmente preparado para asumir tal responsabilidad, mucha gente es lo que se pregunta sin duda alguna queremos ver a maradona dirigiendo desde el banco, pero creo que se juega una carta muy importante de su vida aquí el heroe puede terminar en villano si la sele no se clasifica al mundial del 2010.

Diego Armando Maradona sin duda todos hemos escuchado este nombre alguna vez en nuestras vidas es el idolo es el grande pero hoy por hoy lo amamos, amamos su legado y realmente queremos mantener esa imagen que todos tenemos de el.

Además, reconoció que iría al seleccionado argentino con Sergio Batista pero aclaró que   si tiene que acompañar a Miguel Russo, uno de los preferidos de Julio Grondona, también aceptaría compartir el cargo.

“Las ganas y la ilusión están. El tema es que se manejan muchos nombres y uno se queda un poco, pero por supuesto que me encantaría”, aseguró el ex futbolista en declaraciones radiales y televisivas.

Basile presentó su renuncia indeclinable como seleccionador este jueves, un día después de que Argentina perdió 1-0 con Chile en Santiago en la décima jornada de las eliminatorias sudamericanas del Mundial 2010.

“Es un momento donde quizás los muchachos del 86, los que le dimos una alegría a los argentinos, tengamos chance”, consideró el astro, quien acompañó a la plantilla argentina que estuvo en Beijing en agosto pasado.

Luego de manifestar que Batista y Brown “vienen haciendo un trabajo espectacular” y resaltar la “relación magnífica” que mantiene con ambos, Maradona dijo que además en la cita olímpica tuvo “la oportunidad de conocer a los jugadores” del equipo albiceleste.

El ex capitán de la selección dijo que desde que regresó de China no habló con el presidente de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, Julio Grondona, con quien compartió varios días en Pekín y aseguró haber quedado “en buenos términos”.

“Habrá que esperar, él se tomara su tiempo” para definir al sucesor de Basile, evaluó.

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Maradona En La Albiceleste ??

What Beckham really want is playing with the national team of England and he’s trying to get in good shape for when Fabio Capello consider the midfielder for either qualifications or to take him to the world cup in 2010.

“Footballers don’t have four months off in any league in the world, apart from here,” Beckham said of MLS’s off-season. “My body is programmed not to have so much time off. I need to play.”

One thing is for sure David Beckham loves what he does and even though doesn’t shine as much as when he was playing at real Madrid or the A c Milan in the past, he’s always trying to improved his game training and working hard none stop this kind of player who has more money that we can imagine is a soccer idol for many people around the world who follow him, without a doubt he will be in the soccer books for generations and some day will be remembered as such one of the greatest players in the history of soccer .good luck to him and much success hopefully we will watch him play and play good.

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Beckham Back To Milan !!