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The Portuguese agent believes that his country produces some of the best football talents and is hopeful that the Seleccao will win the Euros in Poland and Ukraine
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Sir Alex Ferguson signed the player on the recommendation of former assistant Carlos Queiroz, but the winger has since struggled to make an impact since his move in 2010.
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Former Barca midfielder believes that Catalans will make the most of home comforts to bounce back from 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge to secure a place in final
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The 38-year-old twice helped Valencia reach the Champions League final and he believes the Blues will aim to knock the stylish Catalans out of their stride at Stamford Bridge.
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The Blaugrana boss has acknowledged that the Catalans cannot afford to make a single mistake between now and the end of the season, and also revealed Eric Abidal is on the mend.
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Manchester City striker Sergio 'Kun' Aguero has been ruled out of Saturday's home match against Sunderland with a mystery injury that could keep him off the field for an indefinite amount of time. The only thing manager Roberto Mancini has revealed about the ailment is that it was 'stupid'. Take it away, Daily Mail :
'It is a stupid injury,' said Mancini. 'It was not his fault but he can't play with this injury; for one day, 10 days or two weeks. I don't know.'
Mancini has refused to say exactly what happened but repeatedly used the word 'stupid' when asked.
'I prefer not to say,' he said. 'But he couldn't play against Stoke and can't play tomorrow. I hope he can recover for Arsenal next weekend.'
It's unclear why Mancini is being so cagey about the situation, but 'stupid' injuries may occur in any of the following situations:
- Requesting your tremendous salary in cash and dropping it on your foot
- Marying Maradona's daughter, then angering Maradona
- One-on-one training drills with Nigel de Jong
- Letting Carlos Tevez off his leash when the mailman is at the door
- Meeting an Atletico Madrid fan in a dark alley
- Playing darts with Mario Balotelli
- Doing anything with Mario Balotelli
- Getting hit by a huge red truck while cycling to work
- Watching the TLC network for more than 20 minutes, increasing your stupidity to the point where you forget how your legs and arms work.
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| The France international has shown tremendous character to put his own health troubles aside and offer the Bolton Wanderers midfielder his public support |
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Fernando Torres scored two goals and set up two others in Chelsea 5-2 FA Cup quarterfinal win over Leicester ( video here ), snapping his 26-match scoring drought consisting of more than 25 hours of play in total. I will repeat that: Fernando Torres scored two goals in one match that I'm pretty sure wasn't just arranged as an elaborate ruse to boost his confidence.
They were actually Torres' first goals since the last time he scored twice in a match against Genk in the Champions League group stage back in October, but this was easily one of Torres' best performances (if not the best, full stop) in a Chelsea shirt. Could this be the spark he's needed to finally regain his form? The fact that this coincides with Chelsea's four straight wins under caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo and their tremendous comeback against Napoli to stay alive in the Champions League might not be mere coincidence. Though, it probably is enough to make Andre Villas-Boas burn a pile of Roman Abramovich's money out of rage and the inability to find a place to store it all.
Of course, Torres did do this against a mid-table Championship side and it was just one match that could very well be the start of another 20-match scoreless run, but none of that matters right now. After so much time looking glum on the bench and being laughed at by all of Old Trafford in his moment of despair, let the man have his moment of joy.
Here's another shot of happy Fernando celebrating his second goal with Raul Meireles' bizarre new haircut...
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| Lionel Messi took his season goal tally to 51 by scoring in a sixth straight game as Barcelona provisionally moved within seven points of Spanish leader Real Madrid with a 2-0 victory at Sevilla on Saturday. Xavi Hernandez curled home a free kick after 18 minutes to put Barcelona ahead at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium before Messi stretched his tremendous scoring run eight minutes later. |
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| BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Of all the ideas related to player safety in the NHL discussed at the GM meetings, the one with the best chance of becoming reality is hybrid icing.
It has gained support in recent years. It was tested at the league's research and development camp in Toronto the past two years. And when the league's general managers broke into small groups Monday at their annual meeting, it had unanimous support among the seven GMs who discussed it, according to the Chicago Blackhawks' Stan Bowman.
All 30 GMs will discuss it Tuesday. If it has enough support among the whole group, the GMs will recommended it to the competition committee. It would have to go from there to the league's board of governors for approval.
"To me, it seems almost that there's no reason it wouldn't be supported," Bowman said.
"We'll see maybe if there's something we're missing when we bring it to the bigger group, but you still have a competitive race for the puck. You're not eliminating injuries, but you're reducing the likelihood that guys will get hurt on those plays. It seems like there's a lot there."
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