The Power of the picture. Marcelo.

Brazilian and Real Madrid left back Marcelo, joined the protest after scoring in protest of Racism. #Black #live #Matter.

Real Madrid beat Eibar by 3:1 at the Stéfano stadium (it training pitch. goals from Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo gave Los Blancos the needed victory. it was Zinedine Zidane 200 games in charge in Real Madrid as a coach. 

Havertz for Chelsea.

Chelsea are set to make a play to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz, according to the Daily Mail.

With Timo Werner on the brink of signing, they want to add the £75 million-rated attacking midfielder to their ranks but will face competition from Europe's biggest clubs.

N'Golo Kante take permission out of training because of Covid-19.

🔉Willy Cavellero", It is understandable that N'Golo Kante refuses to train for the Covid-19. theme he is afraid to contact the virus and take it to his family. we respect him and wait for him until he feels comfortable. N'Golo is a hard working and humble person, who smiles all the time.

He has a good reason to express his opinion and feelings. we had talks with Frank Lampard and Kante said it doesn't feel safe to train again. we know he love training session and love to run, so we support and respect it.💪

2 years ago Kante fainted in the locker room after a session at Chelsea training center. It's worth saying, a few months before the 2018 world cup N'Golo brother of 29 years old died of a heart attack. earlier", Kante also lost his father when he was 11, it is these life incidents that Kante is particularly obsessed with health issues. so count on our support.🌍

HUGE WORDS OF SUPPORT FROM THE BLUE ARCHER.

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Alex Morgan supports Mario Balotelli.

Alex Morgan : "Mario Balotelli is a type of a character that i like. I read a lot about his Racism statement. He is correct. He stands for humanity. When you voice out the truth, most people are getting upset with you and even digging your past without understanding the onset of everything .

But in all honesty, We shouldn't be so unwelcoming to African footballer or people in General when they come to work in our Lands . Personal i love their peaceful Continent. Their Citizens are not rich with money but they are rich with what they have in heart which is love. I have visited that continent not even one person was racist, they just make sure that you feel as comfortable as you can. They make you wanna live there. My massage is you should introspect the way Mario Balotelli is. He has a very good side in him, but constant oppression can lead you to lose your Character "

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ADAMA TRAORE to replace Mane @Liverpool.

Jürgen Klopp has personally contacted Adama Traoré over a move to Liverpool FC.

Talks between the Reds and Wolves are at the advanced stages, with Klopp desperate to incorporate the winger in preparation for Sadio Mané's potential departure.#Smilesoccerfootballagency 

Amaju comfirms Gernot Rohr contract extension.

Amaju Melvin Pinnick wrote : I'm happy that the @thenffofficial and coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as coach of the Super Eagles. we have always had confidence in his abilities and we are confident that the national team can only go higher from here.

Seyi Akinwunmi :(NFF 1st vice president.. I'm bold to say that the clauses inserted in the new contract papers of the national team coach were not almed at discouraging the Franco-German from renewing his contract.

But to improve his efficiency and productivity and also to give the home based players the opportunity to play in the national team. 

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🎈Gerrard blast Ballack over Van Dijk roll.

Steven Gerrard : " Michael Ballack needs to relax and watch the Best defender Vigil Van Dijk winning the premier league as he did with Uefa Champions League, also FIFA Best player of the year. Van Dijk needs to pay absolutely no attention to what Ballack said and shift his attention on making Liverpool great. The Strikers He mentioned they also didn't face Vigil Van Dijk no wonder He thinks they were bully and great Strikers "

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Asensio want La Liga to start now.

Marco Asensio:

"We really want LaLiga to start and face those 11 games that are going to be life or death, we're going to try and win everything we have left."

"We have all returned with a good physical level, there was a lot of desire to return. We all want to work together because there is a very good team spirit between us."

"I feel very good, the first week was different for me because I came back with my teammates, but I've adapted. My knee has responded well and I feel very good physically."

"The wait for me has been long, I've had to be very patient and it's hard to see teammates training and you being in the gym, but I think the wait has been worth it." (MARCA - RMA-TV)

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Today's players plays for the media.

Zinedine Zidane : "today's Players they prove themselves on media by talk and talk.

As for Me, i just chose to proved myself on the field during my playing days and would let people talk and media talk , while my foot keeps doing the fine Job. Perfect example is Ronaldinho, He claims anything although we all know who he is and what He is capable of. I never seek validation from anyone. Because i was sure of what I can do and of my abilities. Even as a manager I won't tell anyone that am the best in the World no matter i can win Uefa Champions League three times in row. I keep quiet, move on to another season. This sport needs discipline in all scenarios "

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Mauro Icardi permanent to PSG is close.

Mauro Icardi PSG move is ending closer. According to reports,

the Parisians will pay Inter Milan €60m to keep the Argentinian in the City of Lights.

Good decision of PSG?

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Mahrez is better than Salah.. Alex Song.

Alexander Songo : " There will always be a big  difference between Salah and Mahrez.

Salah can't do it for low level Teams Meanwhile Mahrez win Leagues with low level teams. Everywhere Marhez goes He gets Medals . With Leicester City He is a Legend, with Manchester city He won a League. With Algeria He won AFCON. His left foot is more efficient than the one of Salah that can't score free kicks. But don't take me wrong Salah is also good among World class Mane and Firmino. Should Mane go to Madrid, he will be left with Firmino. So who is going to work hard to make Salah shine? If Mane leaves for Madrid "

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Maduka Okoye in Sparta Rotterdam and Besiktas..Radars.

Nigeria Super Eagles and Fortuna Duesseldorf goalkeeper Maduka Emilio Okoye has cash the eyes of Eredivisie outfit Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch league. 

The 20,years old goal stopper meets wit officials of the Dutch side and are in the verge of sealing a deal. another Turkish giant Besiktas are also interested. the young lad have to pick up this challenge to improve his profile and boost his chances in fighting for a place in the Super Eagles. where Ikechukwu Ezenwa is top of the notch, follow by Francis Uzoho and Daniel Akpeyi. ⚽

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Return or stay.. All good for Ighalo.

RETURN OR STAY....ALL GOOD!

Just like Odion Jude Ighalo wants,  his fans are praying for him to stay on at Manchester United but things are not looking too certain for the forward in that direction.

His Chinese club, Shangai Shenhua is insisting that he returns after his six months loan spell on May 31. Ighalo's pleas to Shangai Shenhua seem to be fallen on deaf ears. They want him back. The  Chinese want the "gentlemen" agreement to be met.

With 4 goals in eight games.... an average of one goal in two games,  Ighalo has done well for himself at the Theatre of Dreams. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks, he has justified his loan spell and the trust by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who requested for him as a stand-in for injured Marcus Rashford.

To Ighalo, I say,  hold your peace boy! You have done well for yourself while your loan spell lasted. If it is the will of God for you to return to China, so be it.  You never can tell what awaits you there....or your next move from there.

Whatever happens, one thing cannot change.  You have fulfilled your childhood dream of playing for Manchester United. You are the first Nigerian international to achieve this feat. Just a handful of Africans have featured for this great club....and you happen to be one of the fortunate players.

Not all the big name African players past or present ....most of who won the prestigious African Player of the Year award got the rare opportunity of playing for Manchester United.

Like you once said, IT IS NOT BY LABOUR BUT BY FAVOUR. You are indeed favoured!

Casemiro sign new contract till 2023.👌

Apparently, #Casemiro has signed a new contract with #RealMadrid months ago but #LosBlancos haven't announced it...

229 Official appearances 👕

4 #ChampionsLeague 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

3 #ClubWorldCup 🏆 🏆 🏆

1 #LaLiga 🥇

1 #CopadelRey 🏆

2 #SupercopadeEspana 🏆 🏆

2 #EuropeanSuperCups 🏆 🏆

How many title will he add to Real's trophy case until 2023?

My Real Madrid was unbeatable. Jose Mourinho.

[MARCA] Q and A with José Mourinho:

Q) Let's talk about your time as Real Madrid coach. It's eight years to the day that you won LaLiga. The 2011/12 season was incredible because you beat the record for points and goals in Spain. Do you consider that as the high point of your coaching career?

A) It's very difficult for me to say if that was the high point or not. But since then, I'm sure that it was a very important moment because it came in a special period of dominance for Barcelona.

Ending that Barcelona dominance and doing it by achieving a record points tally and a record goals tally like that makes it even more interesting and important because we did it in the best way possible. It wasn't only that we won LaLiga, it's that we did it in a way that made history.

Q) However, you had the big disappointment of not being able to beat Bayern Munich on penalties in the Champions League semi-final.

A) That's right. That season, Real Madrid were the best team in Spain and also the best in Europe. That's why it was so hard for us to deal with going out to Bayern in the Champions League.

Q) In Spain, you came up against the best Barcelona team in history with Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta on the pitch and Pep Guardiola in the dugout. What was the key to that title?

A) I think it was fundamental that we were able to find a way of playing that we were the best at. We built a playing identity that was very suited to the conditions and the quality of the players.

Of course, the enormous talent of all those great players and the understanding between them in every game was key, that is the most important thing for me. Everyone was very unified and connected by a great ambition of being champions.

Q) I don't know if you remember but you had quite a tricky spell at the start of the season with a defeat to Levante and a draw against Racing Santander. How did you get over that difficult moment right at the start of the season?

A) With the strength of the group, for sure. We felt that we were the best, the best team and, with this mentality, we went to play at Valencia, Sevilla, the [Estadio Vicente] Calderon, San Mames or the Camp Nou. That enormous motivation towards those games at those grounds didn't entail a factor of pressure.

Q) It was often said that, above everything else in that squad, there was a team, a solid block without any rifts.

A) Yes. The sum of a group of great footballing quality combined with maximum motivation can only result in a great team. That's what we were.

Q) What memories do you have of the Clasico at the Camp Nou on Matchday 26 where you beat Barcelona 2-1 to ultimately decide LaLiga?

A) They are good memories. We played against Barcelona in search of two results because a win was good to us, but so was a draw. We prepared that game at the Camp Nou well. I repeatedly said to my players: 'We're going to win this game, we're going to win it'. They had the emotion and, above all, the pressure.

They were playing at home and we were going to kill them in the transition. When they equalised, that was what happened. In the end, emotion lost in favour of reason.

Q) It's often said that that Real Madrid team were 'rock and roll' because of its high rhythm and lethal counter attacks. On the tactical side, what were the keys to be able to win that league title?

A) Yes, I remember that expression well. We had a very clearly defined playing identity. We were always very well organised defensively above anything else on the pitch and everyone knew exactly what they had to do.

There was also lots of discipline and organisation behind that team's game. And we were capable of making transitions that were very explosive, quick and direct towards the objective, always looking towards the goal with connections that were almost unstoppable.

They were great players who played like a true team. In the end, that was the key to everything.

Q) Everyone remembers Cristiano Ronaldo as the most decisive player in that

Cristiano Ronaldo the greatest.

Me talking to my grandchildren in 2060:

This man right here is the definition of "obsession for perfection".

This man never gave up. His fiercest rival won the fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or in 2012 and everyone claimed that it was the end of all the discussion. There was no way Ronaldo could even catch up to that tally let alone surpassing it. His national side was in shambles and Real Madrid were celebrating the victory of Copa Del Rey as a successful season.

What do you think happened then? 

Did Cristiano Ronaldo gave up and said that I've already won everything with one club and have the individual trophies also to be considered as one of the elite players? 

No my child, Cristiano Ronaldo struggled harder, he produced the moments of magic, he started to change his game once again to play more effective football and not eye pleasing football. He overtook Messi's Ballon d'Or tally and made it 6-5 in 2018, a comeback from 4-1.

He won Euro 2016 with Portugal by scoring 3 and assisting 3 in the campaign where Portugal scored only 9 goals. 

The man who joined a struggling Manchester United and took it to glory, later joined a struggling Real Madrid who were about to see the fate of AC Milan and took them to the glory of 4 UCL titles in 5 years.

He took his side to World Cup 2014 by scoring a hat-trick against Zlatan's Sweden but was unfortunate to play in the World Cup with tendinitis but still featured on the pitch after taking painkillers. He still did not give up. 

He entered the 2018 World Cup with more ambition than anyone else and scored a hat-trick against the greatest side in the tournament, Spain. He kept on believing. He never gave up. In the tunnel you could see him clapping ferociously and shouting encouraging words such as 'Vamos', on the pitch, he was seen patting the goalkeeper Rui Patricio for his contribution, he was seen as a true leader and the whole Portugal side was radiating the feeling of being secure and confident to have Cristiano Ronaldo on their side. 

All the pundits and football experts started to agree with your grandfather's view that indeed Cristiano Ronaldo is the special player who will be remembered as a true sportsman and a leader than just another legendary football player. 

Some sportsmen such as Mohammed Ali are more than one particular sport. They represent a lot more, and that is what Cristiano Ronaldo had achieved. Today we recall Messi as a great footballer. But we recall Cristiano Ronaldo as more than a footballer. The person people want to be like. The mothers who name their children after him. The person who always stood up when all hopes died. The person who will remain there in books for centuries like Achilles or Alexander. 

"I lived in the era of Cristiano Ronaldo and watched him grace the game live." 

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Zlatan injury not serious⚽💪

Milan confirm Zlatan had soleus muscle injury, Achilles tendon was not affected 😭

#SerieA #Milan #Zlatan will still see action in the up coming season if he extends his stay with the Italian outfit.⚽

UTAKA kick start coaching career in France.

John chukwudi Utaka has been appointed the under 16 youth team coach in Montpelier France.

The former Super Eagles attacking winger shine while having speer in France with Lille and Montpelier.... winning notable titles and becoming a constant hit. Utaka who is into fashion business and promoting young talent sees this opportunity as a new chapter in his professional career.

 do you think Utaka would succeed in his coaching career? 

Zidane & Ronaldo remains my idol. Mbappe.

Mbappe: 'Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo are my role models'

"First was Zidane for everything he achieved with the national team and then it was Ronaldo." He [Ronaldo] has won so much and still continues to be a winner even after so much success. They have both left their mark in the history of the game - and I want to leave my own chapter in the history books."

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Why I love Africa and would support it project. Torres.

Fernando Torres "I would support anything good coming from Africa.

For sure my Spanish Teammates would also support and contribute to any good idea Africa has. Because we won our World Cup there, the first ever World Cup, even if we win the second one but the first one always brings the best moments.

The biggest History of Spanish football was achieved in Africa 2010"

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Ronney attacks Cristiano.

Wayne Rooney is not impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo recent Comments, calling himself the best player and complete Player in History of football. Telling the World that the things he does no player can do. But he can do all other things the other Players does. 

"am not surprised when a Player plays in Italy automatically becomes arrogant and pissing. This is not the same Cristiano Ronaldo i knew in Manchester. He changed a lot. What do you call it? when you say " the things I can do, no player can do", what is it? that he does specially?. My be He is under pressure from the presence of Zlatan, now he wants to talk like him. He just forgot all the things Sir Alex Ferguson taught him off the field. The main problem is no one is willing to correct him, they all agreed to everything he voices. I like him but this time he is crossing the line. How does He want the guys who play with him at Juventus to feel? This not tennis or Golf where you do things alone, you  have a team that helps you. The future guys like Dybala will be asking himself things like "why does he always take freekicks but he never scores them at Juventus, but while i take them and i score"? . People can agree with him on everything but not me and He knows it"

On this day two years ago Real Madrid brought the 13th UEFA Champions League Trophy home by beating Liverpool 3:1 goals by Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale..

But it was Sergio Ramos that took the headline as he stylishly boot out Mo Salah, 23 minutes into the game. Real Madrid took dominant and outclass Jurgen Klopp Liverpool. 

SEA Trolls Man Utd.

Emmanuel Adebayour : "in the past

7 years Manchester united  only Celebrates their History. To keep their fans going they talk about Sir Alex Ferguson about the 20 premier leagues,the only thing they celebrate is History. Liverpool and Manchester City are celebrating Trophies every season. Even Leicester City in these past 7 years was the happiest team than Manchester united. Now Newcastle United will rise from the as

 

hes that is also bad news for Manchester united who i think will keep celebrating their History for the next 30 years without winning a Premier League , while Liverpool will have won at least more than 25 titles if they keep Klopp . Sir Alex Ferguson won Trophies not Manchester united, if it was Manchester united who won those Trophies they would still be on top even in the absence of Sir Alex Ferguson."

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Victor Osihmen loses Dad.

🔉Lille FC have arranged a private jet for Victor Osihmen back home.

VICTOR OSIMHEN" :announced the death of his father yesterday morning. great thoughts for Lille player who has a history worthy of respect ❤️

I grew up in the very poor neighborhood of Olusosun, Nigeria. lost my mum when I was very young, my dad went out to pick up food by all mist so we could have something to eat.

I have memory... when I played with friends, and we beat the opposing team, one of the player on the other team would insult me and say your dad is coming to meet my mum to beg for food, I was starting to cry, and cry.

Lost my mum on the month of October, three months later my dad lost his job, its been so hard on my family, my brother sold sports newspaper, my sister sold oranges on the street and me water bottles in the street of Lagos.

Where some tourists came we had to survive so we joined, at night we would gather and gather the money at the table, we would give everything to our big sister and she would eat and organize everything.

Part of my life was a hard struggle to survive. but right now, it's all good... when I needed my dad the most, sadly he left. 😭😭.. STRENGTH CRACK *I love you so much Dad.

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Zlatan respects no one.

THE FEAR OF ZLATAN.. Is the beginning of wisdom.🙏

Zlatan spare no one.. 

Zlatan even trolls Cristiano Ronaldo. Here is the Man who scored more than 800 Career goals. Won 5 Uefa Champions League. Won 5 Ballon d'or. Won two la liga Titles. Won English Premier League. Won Serie A Title. Won Euro for Portugal. The Man who currently leads Uefa Champions League all time scoring chart. He is the Man who has scored 99 goals for his National team. And He is playing in Era where there is VAR and Offside rules. All time Real Madrid top scorer by miles . A man who donates his blood who makes no tattoos. He was born to break existing records. 

Yet Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still yabbing him day in day out, Zlatan doesn't respect no one.

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