South Africa 2010

Messi Wins Ballon d’Or

by Rami Soufi on December 1, 2009 · 3 comments

As expected Lionel Messi suc­ceeded Cris­tiano Ronaldo as the win­ner of the Bal­lon d’Or award. The Barcelona star com­fort­ably won the prize but he admit­ted his sur­prise at the mar­gin of vic­tory as he received 240 points more than Cris­tiano Ronaldo who fin­ished sec­ond. Messi was quite close to win­ning all 480 points  pos­si­ble as he fin­ished with a […]

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Mosquera Big Blow For Colombia

by Juan Arango on September 25, 2008 · 2 comments

Sevilla defender Aquiv­aldo Mos­quera will be out for three weeks due to an ankle sprain.  In the MRIs that were done Mosquera’s absence will allow Ivica Draguti­novic to once again be a part of the nervio­nense  Start­ing XI. The Colom­bian inter­na­tional was car­ried off the pitch after a hard foul by Chica should have earned Espanyol […]

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Forlán Out For Three Weeks

by Juan Arango on September 17, 2008 · 0 comments

Atlético Madrid for­ward will be out for approx­i­mately three after injur­ing his right thigh in Tues­day night’s Cham­pi­ons League opener against PSV Eind­hoven.    For­lán injured the medial por­tion of his quadri­ceps in the 26th minute of the Col­choneros´ 3–0 win at Philips Sta­dion.   The injury will see For­lán miss out on the Madrid […]

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Tabárez Makes Crucial Call Up

by Juan Arango on August 30, 2008 · 0 comments

Oscar Wash­ing­ton Tabárez not only has to deal with the pres­sure that the Uruguayan media is putting on him, but he will have to play two vital games against direct rivals that are fight­ing for one of those direct spots to South Africa 2010.   Uruguay is cur­rently in sixth place and depend­ing on how they […]

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Díaz Replaces Burdisso

by Juan Arango on August 29, 2008 · 1 comment

Daniel ¨Cata¨ Díaz got the call from coach Alfio Basile as a replace­ment for Inter defender Nicolás Bur­disso.  Bur­disso suf­fered a calf injury and will be out of action for approx­i­mately 45 days. The Getafe defender  will This injury ocurred in this weeks Ital­ian Super cup final at the Sta­dio Olimpico in Rome.  The injury  […]

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