FC Barcelona seems to have been very annoyed with referee Wolfgang Stark leadership. Barca feel much bullied the referee in a match against PSG at the Parc des Princes last.
The first, of course Barca protested the referee's decision to certify the PSG's first goal scored by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ibra is visible already in an offside position but the referee decided the goal was valid after linesman not raised his flag for offside.
Then Barca are also upset that the referee did not give a second yellow card to Ibra. But what really upset Barca is a strange decision the German referee.
Stark ordered Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba to get out from the field when Barca try to survive from of a corner kick PSG. This action is not in the official UEFA rulebook.
Barca's directors will make a meeting on Thursday. Although the referee issue is not the main agenda , but the Spanish media believe that Barca will also be discussed seriously.
Sir Alex Ferguson threw allusion to Arsenal.
Van Persie changed his costume from Arsenal to Manchester United in the transfer market last summer. Transfer was quite controversial given the high rivalry between Arsenal and United.
He started his career at Old Trafford with a hit. In the initial 31 games, Van Persie can pack 23 goals. But now Van Persie has been out scored in the Premier League since 10 February.
Speaking to Inside United magazine, Fergie calls RVP goal drought caused by tiredness. Fergie mentions Van Persie is still adjusting to the intensity of United's never at Arsenal.
"We must continue to monitor the condition of Van Persie because we do not fully know the history it has. I guess she never undergo the intensity like this for Arsenal," said Fergie.
This comment will certainly enrage Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans. Because, despite the fasting title, Arsenal always fight in the same competition with United: Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup.
Senior Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand was never said Paolo Canio like an idiot in the autobiography. He said that because his former teammate was acting stupid by making greeting fascism in 2006.
They both had played together, It was Di Canio and Ferdinand are still together at West Ham at year of 2000. Although often cast another spicy innuendos, but they are reported to have a pretty good friendship.
Interestingly, The Sun reports that in the book 'Rio: My Story' which was released in the year of 2007, Ferdinand assumes his teammate it is an idiot.
"There is a photo greeting Di Canio did fascism (like in the era of Nazi ), it seem pretty ridiculous, even an idiot in my book," excerpts from the book Rio: My Story.
Paolo Di Canio is a former retainer S.S. Lazio, recently he has been appointed as coach of Sunderland was also once quipped Ferdinand considered active in cyberspace.
"Ferdinand is a friend of mine. I want to say that in two years I often saw him at twitter action rather than on the green field," Di Canio said.
Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo will be back to defend Real Madrid will play against Manchester United on June 2, 2013. The match is a charity match with the theme of Legends Are Back.
In addition, Steve McManaman, who offered two Champions League titles for the Madrid also joined. Likewise with another former Madrid player, Fernando Hierro, Fernando Redondo, Emilio Butragueno, Christian Karembeu and Ivan Helguera will be back wearing jersey Los Blancos.
While Manchester United are poised to play a former dangerous duo ever had the Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole. Additionally Denis Irwin, Lee Sharpe, Dion Dublin, Quinton Fortune, Edwin van der Sar, Jaap Stam, Teddy Sheringham and Nicky Butt will also adorn the Red Devils squad.
This charity match initiated by the Manchester United Foundation. They raise funds to be donated to disadvantaged youth.
Carlos Tevez and his lawyers seem to try as much as possible to avoid a prison sentence. Tevez was getting driving violations that occurred many times.
In the trial in the Court of Macclesfield, Tevez gets six-month jail sentence for pleading guilty. But he and his lawyers were able to convince the judge to give a non-jail sentence.
The first, Tevez banned from driving in the UK for six full months. The second, Tevez was fined 1146 pounds. That number seemed small for Tevez who received a salary of about 200 thousand pounds per week at Manchester City.
The heaviest, Tevez required to undergo 250 hours of community service sentences. Just for the record, the new Tevez played for 234 hours in the Premier League since joining West Ham in 2006.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said news of FC Barcelona Victor Valdes left, the cause of speculation Pepe Reina return to the Nou Camp.
Previously rumored that the Blaugrana are ready to repatriate Reina, who is a product of La Masia academy. The news comes following the inconsistent performance at Anfield this season.
But according to Rodgers, Reina is still a vital part of Liverpool next season. In addition, Rodgers also denies bad relationship between himself and the goalkeeper 30 years.
"I think many news this year is based on the speculation that Valdes would go. I rely on him to next season. He never felt disturbed and our relationship is very strong," said Rodgers.
"I talked to Reina. He is a good person and I really respect him."
This weekend the two figures is going back to defend the Reds, against West Ham United in the Premier League match at Anfield.
Tottenham Hotspur Striker Jermain Defoe will certainly be out for ten days because of a muscle injury.
Defoe will miss the first game of the Europa League quarter-final, while Spurs will play against Basel on Friday, and Sunday's game against Everton in the EPL.
"Jermain muscle injury that will likely make him miss the next two games and possibly away to Basel (second leg on 11 April)," said Villas-Boas.
"If he does not take the game away to Basel, he should have recovered in a week when we were preparing to play against Manchester City."
"This is a big problem. Was happening in the muscles where it had a little tear in the last month, but now it's happening on the other side. This is a big loss because he has shown the quality of awesome this season."
Galatasaray coach, Fatih Terim criticized the leadership of the referee after his team were beaten by Real Madrid 0-3 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final at the Bernabeu on Thursday (4/4) morning.
Wicket Gala burglarized three times by the host through goals Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain. But according to Terim, his team should get at least two penalty but the referee Svein Oddvar Moen ignore it.
"The referee daunted on name of Real Madrid. He is not the referee for this level. If you can not see a penalty for handball (Sami Khedira), then he was not supposed to be in this fight. Everybody said it was a penalty, but the referee - he did not say anything, "said Terim told reporters after the game.
Terim called if the favorite status that carried Madrid gave them the benefit of the referee rather than his team. "Did the referee beat us? No. He gives a lot of wrong decisions. But the referee is not the subject of discussion, I do not like it and never talk about them," he added.
Sir Alex Ferguson will be back faced with referee Mike Dean after he was appointed to lead the crucial match derby of Manchester at next week.
Fergie ever scold Dean on Boxing Day game. The 71-year-old manager was very angry in the middle innings in game against Newcastle United at Old Trafford which ended 4-3 to Manchester United's victory.
He was furious with Dean's decision endorsed the second goal from the Magpies. Ferguson was so emotional at that time and Alan Pardew described the Scotland should get a red card. But FA eventually chose not to take any action over Ferguson's actions.
Considering the counter with Manchester City at next week so crucial - victory will bring United's superiority was overtaken by 18 points, the leadership of Dean will be highlighted. The slightest mistake, he can be a target of Ferguson . Or from Roberto Mancini?
It's no secret if Wesley Sneijder is a familiar figure with Jose Mourinho, they had together at Inter Milan.
Now they will be reunited again, but this time as enemies. Sneijder, playing at Galatasaray will against Real Madrid the squad of Mourinho.
"Amazing for me to play against him tomorrow, we had good times when he was with, but we have to forget about it. Tomorrow we are the enemy, for the time being we are not friends," Sneijder said at a press conference yesterday.
The Dutch playmaker will return to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium that had become his home in the past.
"We're here to win games, we did not come here to wait and endure, we're here to play the way we want because we have a strong team," he added confidently.
Juventus coach, Antonio Conte said the Bayern Munich has a quality level with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Andrea Pirlo and his friends playing less than perfect at the Allianz Arena, the match statistics explain. David Alaba Olatukunbo and Thomas Muller scored the goals in the game.
Conte realized that his team was able to dominate the game. Ex Siena coach also recognizes physical excellence and determination of the Bayern players in the game early this morning.
"Bayern quality above the average physical condition and determination shown by the players was incredible. According to me, just Barca and Madrid can match them," Conte said at Uefa's official website.
"Disappointment them in the Champions League final last season really proved, they seemed very hungry and angry. Bayern prove against us. However, the game is not over yet. Anything can happen in football."
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho asks Madridista provide support to the team, not on him, serve as Galatasaray in the Champions League on Thursday (4/4).
A group of fans planning to show their support for the Special One in the match at the Bernabeu later. Even they are reportedly ready to make a long march for the departure of Mourinho, who reportedly will continue to leave the end of the season.
The controversial coach admitted grateful with the support, but he firmly stated his dislike. He felt kind of things that can distract the essence that the club is everything, above a certain figure of players and coaches.
"The support is for the team, not the individual. I do not like this kind of situation in football. Club is more important than all of us. Support I want is for the player who fell on the field, those who play. That's what I want, and for me, it's fundamental, "he explained
Ahead of the match Bayern Munich counter Juventus , Gianluigi Buffon gave praise to his team-mates. For the veteran goalkeeper, La Vecchia Signora's defense is the best defense.
The Bianconeri will challenge The Bavarian at the Allianz Arena in the first leg Champions League quarter-finals. Ahead of the match Buffon claimed that the two games against Munich will be equally balanced.
"I work with great defense is often underrated. Three defenders used in the formation and Juve are the best I have ever played behind them," he explained.
"Conte has managed to restore the pattern of three defenders and also have found the right role for the defender to develop," he concluded.
Jose Mourinho closer to the record of Sir Alex Ferguson in the Champions League. Manchester United manager was listed most often passed his team to the semifinals, at seven times. However, the architects of Real Madrid, Mourinho likely to emulate him.
Reported by Football Espana, if he can carry Madrid past the obstacles Galatasaray in the quarter-finals, then Mourinho will align with Ferguson.
So far, Mourinho has six times to pass his team to four of the Champions League, that is with Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Madrid. The last two seasons with Madrid.
Miguel Munoz five times to pass Los Merengues to the semifinals of this competition, in line with Marcello Lippi (Juventus) and Louis van Gaal (Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich).
Below them, the four semi-finals, was Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich), Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus, Bayern Munich), Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid), Helenio Herrera (Inter), Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan), and Josep Guardiola (Barcelona).
Burak Yilmaz called the opportunity encounter Cristiano Ronaldo as something very precious. Galatasaray striker even admitted that he had can't wait to be one field with star of the Real Madrid.
Thursday (04/4) is a awaited day by Yilmaz, a day whene Galatasaray will challenge Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League quarter-final party of the first leg.
"I really admire him and proud to be able to compete with him," Yilmaz said to AS.
"Playing against him is an unparalleled thrill," added the the Turkish national player.
Although they both lead the top scorer list with a score of eight goals, Yilmaz felt he was not on Ronaldo level. Many compare him to Ronaldo, but Yilmaz did not want haughty. "I do not feel like that. He is the star of the world. I'm just very happy to deal with him," said Yilmaz
Thomas Muller emphasized the importance of a clean sheet for Bayern Munich at home when against Juventus in the Champions League quarter-final first leg later. Bayern midfielder believes his team will get into trouble if Juve scored away or even win at the Allianz Arena.
Event Bayern playing at they home on Wednesday (03/4), Muller assess Gianluigi Buffon and his friends have the capacity to steal a goal or even a win. Muller also wants Bayern to make every effort to reduce the threat of the Italian champions.
"It's important not to concede. Attackers also have contributed to the last," said the German national player in the UEFA official website.
"Juventus are a very strong team. Juventus do not have Lionel Messi, but their strength was in every line and summarized in a team," he added.
Bayern were the last team to beat Juventus in the Champions League, when they won 4-1 in Turin in December 2009. Big victiory with scored 9-2 over Hamburg in the Bundesliga last weekend was believed to be a moral injection for Bayern to go down in this fight.
"We will concentrate, because we know how difficult the game later. Course we did not expect to win 9-2 again," Muller said.
"Juventus is not Hamburg. This is a completely different fight," he said.
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted such as experienced deja vu when looking at breaking goal by Demba Ba . Ba scored the sensational goal failed driven by David De Gea.
What is the deja vu meant by Fergie is when Ba made a similar goal with Newcastle United at last season. At that time United lost 0-3 from the Magpies.
United finally just lost 0-1 with the goal by Ba. But Fergie was worried when saw Ba scored with tremendous style like that.
"We've talked about Ba. Last season he scored the exact same he made today. We should be able to prevent scoring. Honestly, we were careless," said Fergie.
Last season Ba was scored a beautiful volley into the United. At that time he also beat Rio Ferdinand who served as the last person in the United defense.
Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho, said he was satisfied with the performance of goalkeeper Diego Lopez so far. According to him, if it is always consistently perform at the level of performance this time, Lopez will be hard to replace.
Lopez brought in Madrid from Sevilla in January 2013. He was recruited because the main goalkeeper Iker Casillas, suffered an injury to his hand. Since then, he has played eight times in the Liga BBVA and eight times in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, according to reports in Spain, Casillas had healed and only need to increase the level of match fitness up to standard. Some people were wondering about whether Casillas can simply get his position back.
"I can not say that a player is sure to be a starter by the end of the season. All I can say is that he performed very well. He has done remarkable rescue and been through some very tough match, for example, against Manchester United and Barcelona," said Mourinho.
"In football, we should try to be honest to ourselves and to our players. If Diego Lopez continues like this, it would be difficult to replace him," he continued.
About Casillas, Mourinho said, "He will not be in the squad until the match against Levante (6/4)."
Robin van Persie said Chelsea will be a tough test for Manchester United at FA Cup replay, but he believes they can win and challenged they rival, Manchester City in the semifinals.
After draw in the first meeting at Old Trafford, the Red Devils will travel to Stamford Bridge. Sir Alex Ferguson will focus on this fight because the Premier League title ascertained in hand.
Van Persie revealed his ambition to win the doubles title with United this season. And after taking a big step in the league with a win against Sunderland at the weekend, he is now prepared against Chelsea and also against City in the last four.
"It will be a tough test but I'm pretty sure we can look slick at Stamford Bridge and achieve good results. We had a great chance reaching the semifinals opponent City. I do not want to look far ahead, but if we can beat City, then we have a great opportunity to win this competition, "he told MUTV.
Fernando Torres, criticized the match schedules of the FA.
El Nino said the schedule of FA was irrational and inhumane "The schedule is very crazy, someone needs to look at this," said the 29-year-old on the page chelseafc.com.
"I do not understand the schedule in the UK, why do we start the league earlier than other leagues around the world, we just finished a week faster and does not break at Christmas, but nonetheless we have to play every three days."
After facing Southampton on Saturday (30/3), Chelsea will face Manchester United in the FA Cup on Monday (01/4).
After that the Blues are still playing counter Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on the weekend.
Manchester United are ready to use the services of young midfielder Thiago Alcantara if he leave Barcelona this summer.
The midfielder Spain national team 21-year-old began to choose the option to leave the Camp Nou after failing to compete in the Blaugrana midfield.
Mazinho Thiago's father claimed his son was still dreaming to succeed at Barca, but for the 2014 World Cup, Thiago need to perform on a regular basis - and it may be obtained at other clubs.
Thiago has been watching the Red Devils over the last three years. They've even made a bid of 15 million euros but Barca turned 18 last month. But the situation now United can easily get Thiago.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insinuating Chelsea.
In the last six opportunities, Chelsea into FA Cup winners four times, including last season when it beat Liverpool in the top of the party.
Fergie said, Chelsea never get tough opponent for several seasons.
"They have (a good record), but we're trying to win it every year. But over the last few seasons, we get a tough draw," Fergie said to Telegraph.
"I think in recent years Chelsea had enjoyed the advantage from playing at home and I think they do not get tough any one party the semifinals during those years."
"And no doubt it helped (Chelsea), but now at Stamford Bridge they will face us and it's not going to be easy," he said.
Fergie's Speech may be the psy war before the two teams fight at Stamford Bridge.
According to the Telegraph, Chelsea get the opponents from a lower caste in the competition in 19 chance of 26 draw in between rounds three and six FA Cups, since the 2006-07 season ago. Of that total, there are 14 home games for the 'The Blues'.
Italian Actor and film director Carlo Verdone gave praise to Francesco Totti. Verdone said, if the captain of AS Roma was a legend in the world of football. Verdone even comparing it with another living legend likes Ryan Giggs and Alessandro Del Piero.
Totti, 36, has over 20 years of his career in Serie A this weekend. Verdone, who is loyal Giallorossi tifosi.
"In the past, no one expected Totti will have a career like this. However, since diving debut, we could see that he was destined for success," said Verdone to Sky Sport Italia.
"I really admire him. Look at players like Giggs, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio and Alessandro Del Piero. Unbelievable there are still played great despite no longer young, but Totti could," he added.
One other thing Verdone from Totti is admired his loyalty to Rome.
"(With quality) he can move to anywhere, but he loved Rome," .
Bayern Munich defender Diego Contento said if his team has everything you need to get rid of Juventus at Champions League.
Bayern will play Juventus at the Allianz Arena in the first leg of the quarter-finals this season. Contento admits Juventus is not an easy opponent. But, with the strength of Bayern, he believes the Bavarian giants could pass through La Vecchia Signora.
"Juventus are a strong team with great players.is no coincidence if they were topped the Serie A," said the 22-year Italian descent defender to Eurosport.
"It will not be easy, but I'm sure we'll play better and eliminate them," he said.
Previous Bayern massacring the Hamburg 9-2 in the Bundesliga last weekend.
In the game, Bayern won by one goal each Xherdan Shaqiri, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Franck Ribery, Robben two goals and four goals Claudio Pizarro.
Juventus going to Germany after beating Inter Milan in their last match in Serie A on the same weekend.
Paolo Di Canio was appointed as the new manager of Sunderland to replace Martin O'Neill, who was fired last weekend. Reported by Sky Sports, Di Canio signed at the Stadium of Light for the past two and a half years.
Di Canio, be the fifth architect of the Sunderland within four years after Ricky Sbragia, Steve Bruce, Eric Black (caretaker), and O'Neill.
For Di Canio himself, Sunderland is the second club's in his coaching career after leaving Swindon Town in February.
The first task of the Italian man with The Black Cats were facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 7 April.
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has admitted he want to take revenge for Manchester City in the FA Cup.
United will play the quarter-final replay match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. If they win, the Red Devils had been awaited City in the top four parties in Wembley.
Smalling still can not forget the bad memories given the rivals in the race for the Premier League title last season.
"When I saw lottery results, the chance against City made us very motivated," said the England player to Sky Sports.
However, United have to pass Chelsea before meet City. If United can make it happen, then United's chance to get a nice result.
"Beat City in the Premier League and keep them out of the FA Cup would be the perfect revenge. Considering the events of last year, is sure to be very sweet," Smalling said.
