The worst FCP in recent years won the SLB worse in recent years

Not only in individual quality, very small with what was seen in Portugal two years ago. But as much as this, as in defining their play.

A FC Porto unable to play in the opponent's block, which will summing corridor variations the corridor without any recurring benefit there. A team without any idea offensive or defensive, waiting will be ninety minutes for a move any invented solely and exclusively in the heads of his interpreters.

A SL Benfica without passing lanes on the offensive moment and always leaving too many people behind the ball line, in order to be an acutely team in the last third. We need to pray a lot to the headers of their defenses in advanced or set pieces to unlock games.

In defense organisation also the worst one another in many years. Distances in the same sector unbelievable, demoralizing adjustments. High defences, yet when this was possible.

Too sad classic qualitatively in the day that another peripheral country ... Nani added another fine goal after a fantastic play as the style of ... Markovic.

Lessons the penalty box

A fortnight ago, was written here:

"Watch out also in the movement of Jonas. Never stopped to see what gives. Uncheck to get back, do not receive, low to table. The Brazilian is a true encyclopedia of how to play football. When here ask us literature to better understand the game This is the answer: Follow Jonas and discover more than two thousand pages. "

After another class last weekend, the teacher put subtitles in their actions:

"Ali confusion always take a step back to get out of the dial, movement is always difficult to follow the central and average"

On the first goal 

"It was very important to the movement of Mitroglou who dragged the defender behind ... just driving the ball ..." Jonas

The goal of Left Side of the victory. Leads, fixed and loose

Impresses his hat held by Shatov, but critical to the outcome of the bid, and to whom I attribute 90% of the score is Hulk. 

Notable for not being a player with this type of decision most of the time, and in other similar moves preferred to shoot the ball. In this bid, however, Hulk did several things that used to have to do and surprised to see something that used to realize. 

Progressed with space as it has always done. He attacked as soon as possible the center aisle as usual. Then he waited, and let it go at the right time for his colleague had a chance to finish at 1-0. This is the goal of the Left Side to be the goal of the first specific principle of the attack.

Santos in talks with former Germany striker Lucas Lima wave

The board of Santos coach Dorival Junior and constantly together to strengthen the squad for next season. The  UOL Esporte  found the first name that appeared in reinforcements list was Cocoa striker, Brazilian-born German. The 34-year-old, who played in the World Cup 2010 in Germany, was offered to the Sao Paulo club.

After discovering that Cocoa wants to return to Brazilian football, the Santos board consulted Dorival Júnior. The coach approved the hiring and therefore the negotiations with the entrepreneur player has already begun. However, the talks are at the very beginning.

Between directors and coaching staff, Cocoa is considered one of the athletes who can supply to the absence of Lucas Lima. The Santos board plans to keep the shirt 20 in 2016, but is afraid that the entrepreneur Player, Wagner Ribeiro, is already preparing the half output later this year.

In the 4-2-3-1 system, which operates the Dorival Santos, the Brazilian-born German can act in any position of the line playing behind Ricardo Oliveira - formed by Geuvânio [Marquinhos Gabriel] Lucas Lima and Gabigol.

Cocoa played eleven seasons in German football, but the latter was the striker's club Cerezo Osaka, Japan. The athlete, born in Santo André, played in the Bundesliga between 2001 and 2013.

The striker played for Nuremberg, but had the best phase of his career in Stuttgart. A total of 307 games in the German football and 88 goals scored. The German team, he played 23 matches and netted six times. One of them took place in World Cup 2010.

Cocoa has waved his desire to defend the shirt of Santos and accepts even reduce the salary earned in recent years abroad to come to terms with the team at Vila Belmiro.

In addition to Cocoa, Santos  gives priority to hiring a quarterback. Kadu is one of the names listed for the sector. The defender has 29-year spell at Corinthians and currently holds the defense of Paraná team.

FC Porto-Chelsea 2-1 A DRAGON GIGANTIC, EPIC AND SENTIMENTAL

That pose, that pride, that ability to loom! It is to be congratulated Dragon. Jose Mourinho knew that Porto likes to be large compared to the great, but tonight was more than that. It was huge! 2-1 and leadership in G of the Champions League group.  

The image of those long minutes en route to the last quarter of an hour, were of a vulgarized Chelsea, suffering blunt in all areas of its defenses.For a moment, the London team was too small against FC Porto size.  

Ali did the lyric stage of dragons, the sentimental touch, that variable that conveys charm to a relatively nuanced play. Mourinho did not believe that FC Porto temptation. But it was felt. Alongside a bewildering Brahimi were two figures that cause chills in blue and white skin:. Reuben Neves and Andrew Andrew  

Reuben merits alone, a chapter. A few months ago, did not even have a driving license. Now aged 18, he looks like a white-haired maestro showed rhythms. A man's game, ace. Confirmation of pure talent.  

Public Dragon standing ovation your jewelry, there born and raised. He endured 77 minutes, succumbing to physical problems. Soon to be André André, two names and two goals in big games. After the classic against Benfica in the Champions League and Chelsea. New collective ovation.  

It would be unfair to reduce the compliment to these characters and forget Maxi Pereira, Aboubakar, Imbula (what a great second part!). The Maicon's header. And Iker Casilllas. The night we set a new record for attendance in the Champions League, fleeing to Xavi, did not deserve the maximum penalty by circumstantial tie Chelsea on the break.  

It would be wrong to reduce the analysis the outcome and conclude that Julen Lopetegui clearly surpassed Jose Mourinho . Truth be told, the fall of the cloth Marcano committed penalty, handles the ball in bidding with Diego Costa (89m). That is the objective analysis. But Porto did not deserve to win? Deserved, surely.  

The two teams drew similar schemes, with changes of circumstances and statements of mutual respect. A false extreme (André André the Portuguese side, Willian Chelsea), a second man to strengthen the area ahead of the defense (Reuben Neves FC Porto, Ramires with visitors).Lopetegui added Indi, risk affixed to the left side. Not lost.  

The major headache for FC Porto was Diego Costa, the returning with the reputable and - still - unstoppable wanderings to the left-handed side. For much of the game, Maicon and his peers could not stop the arrow of Chelsea. Alone, could hold and serve for quick entries. Simple formula, team in transition, and not rarely effective.  

The Dragons went better, announced what went but was Iker Casillas to prevent the English goal, after the initial minutes after shots of compatriots Cesc Fabregas and Pedro Rodriguez.  

Porto He answered from the half-hour by taking advantage of clear Ivanovic's inability to clear a disconcerting Brahimi. The first goal would come around, after Algerian ballet on the left to the center. Begovic postponed, André André appeared suddenly to recharge.  

Not everything was perfect, yet. Dragons hesitate defensive coverage. A inattention was fatal, on the break, with Ramires to appear between Ruben Neves and Imbula to approach the area and conquer missing, committed by Danilo.  

Casillas gesticulated, screamed, was uncomfortable. It was noted at the outset that did not see the ball. And William, with class, shelved it on the far side, where it should be the goalkeeper. I did not see, did not fall alone, but fell. At that time, Iker Casillas failed.  

Chelsea had more opportunities created before and after, but the story will be a superb entry of FC Porto in the second half. Again Brahimi, now receiving from Indi and win a corner. This was followed by the laboratory, the perfect design, Maicon to flee the networks storage, and to divert measured after crossing Reuben Neves. Again Porto in front.  

Diego Costa responds, hits the iron, wants to solve the issue alone. Hazard later shoots the side netting. But everything else is a blue and white immense around Begovic's goal, a show of strength, class, want. The announcement of a third goal that did not arise.  

In this period was glaring lack of defensive safety of Chelsea, with a line to walk to the end of shelf life. Danilo Pereira headed against the post, among many trials.  

Julen Lopetegui managed efforts, took the units with higher throughput and longer wear - Reuben Neves for disability after André André and Brahimi - Mourinho responded with Hazard before Matic and Kenedy  

The Chelsea fired up with a siege of Porto's goal and the clear threat tie. Not scandalize nor would it be fair for what Porto did throughout the night. A Dragon beyond great. Huge.

Santa Cruz wins Bragantino and enters the G-4

Before this 29th round, the Santa Cruz flirted with the G-4 Series B sixth. On Tuesday, the team reached the goal by beating Bragantino by 3-1, in Arruda even working with a reduced field from the 28 minutes of the second half. 

With the win, the choir team is the new third place Series B of the Brazilian Championship with 48 points combined. The Bragantino on the other hand, comes in ninth place with 42 

out Vale, however, that the match tonight only marked the opening of the 29th round.All other direct competitors of Santa Cruz for a spot in the G-4 still enter the game at the weekend.

The game

After a few minutes cautious, Santa Cruz already shook the net after just four. The goal Lelê, however, was canceled because of a touch on Vitor lateral arm. Still, a good move articulated by Allan Vieira and Louie lifted the crowd in Arruda.

Then it was the turn of the Bragantino hit by the trio of arbitration in the eighth minute when Rodrigo Maranhão tried to take advantage of a rebound in Alan Mineiro's shot and was caught offside. In response, Santa Cruz came to attack with veteran Grafite, who turned on the marking and demanded the first good defense Douglas Friedrich.

The striker returned to take dangerous after 21 minutes. After corner kick from Daniel Costa on the right of the attack, Graffiti rang head hard and pulled out ink indent of alvinegro goalkeeper.

After some pushing, Santa Cruz managed to open the scoring on 34 of the first half.The bidding started with Louie, who lifted the ball into the area. While their central defense marked Graphite, Lelê was free in front of Friedrich goal, and put Bragantino in the network background.

In return for the second time, Louie managed to extend their lead in the ninth minute, taking advantage of a shadow in corner kick to score the second of the host team. Bragantino, however, it decreased the difference five minutes later, Alan Miner.

After 28 minutes, defender German left the lawn expelled because of his second yellow card by the referee applied Francisco de Paula dos Santos Silva Neto. Still, with a player less on the field, the Santa Cruz also reached the third goal after 43 when Bruno received from Louie and closed the account in 3-1 for the Pernambuco team.

SANTA CRUZ 3 X 1 BRAGANTINO

Location:  Arruda stadium in Recife (PE) Date:  September 29, 2015, TuesdayTime:  21h (GMT) Referee:  Francisco de Paula dos Santos Silva Neto (RS)Assistants: Carlos Henrique Selbach (RS) and Marcos Santos Vieira (AM)Yellow cards: Lelê (Santa Cruz); Renan, Gilberto and Eder Lima (Bragantino) Red Card:  German (Santa Cruz) GOALS:  SANTA CRUZ: Lelê after 34 minutes of the first half, Louie, the ninth the second, and Bruno, the 43 BRAGANTINO: Alan Mineiro at 14 minutes from time

SANTA CRUZ: Tiago Cardoso; Vitor, German, Danny Morais and Allan; Wellington, Daniel Costa (Bruno), John Paul, Louie and Lelê; Graphite (Bruno Moraes) (Marlon)
Coach: Marcelo Martelotte

BRAGANTINO: Douglas Friedrich; German, Gilberto, and Bonfim Eder Lima;Wigor, Renan (Conrad), Alan Mineiro and Chico (Rodolfo); Rodrigo Maranhão (Bruno Correa) and Jobinho
Technical: Wagner Lopes

FIFA confirms 2022 World Cup in Qatar will kick off Nov. 21

FIFA says the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will start on Nov. 21, kicking off a 28-day tournament that will finish on Dec. 18.

FIFA's executive committee confirmed the 2022 dates on Friday, six months after picking the Sunday, Dec. 18 date — Qatar's national holiday — for the final.

In March, FIFA finally decided to switch the 2022 tournament from June-July to avoid Qatar's summer heat.

A 28-day World Cup is four fewer than usual and is designed to cause less disruption to clubs and leagues which must shut down for several peak midseason weeks.

FIFA had delayed choosing a kickoff date in Qatar while it held talks on the 2019-2024 schedule of national team fixtures.

The international calendar mandates when clubs must release players for national-team duty.

Impact confident even if artificial turf may keep Drogba out of key game in Orlando

Didier Drogba is a question mark for a key game at Orlando City on Saturday, but the Montreal Impact have been getting positive results lately no matter who is in the lineup.

It has yet to be determined if Drogba will play because Orlando's Citrus Bowl has artificial turf, which would be hard on the 37-year-old's knees.

"He's not comfortable playing on artificial turf," coach Mauro Biello said Wednesday. "He hasn't played on it throughout his career.

"We'll probably have a training session on artificial turf (on Thursday) just to get ourselves accustomed to the ball and the bounce and then train again Friday on (Orlando's) turf and then make a decision based on that."

Former Chelsea star Drogba, who joined the Impact in mid-season, has seven goals and an assist in six Major League Soccer games and has helped the team get on a six-game unbeaten run.

Orlando players like Canadian Cyle Larin, who set the MLS rookie scoring record of 14 this week with a hat-trick against the New York Red Bulls, said they were looking forward to facing a boyhood idol, but they may not get that chance.

Either way, the Impact is a confident team of late, coming off a sweep of three home games after a pair of draws on the west coast. One of them, a 1-1 tie at San Jose, was without Drogba and several other veterans in the lineup.

"Every game we play now we play with the mentality to win," said midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker. "That's the mentality you have to have in a championship-winning dressing room.

"We don't go in looking for a draw. There are different scenarios that might pop up, but we go in looking for wins."

The Impact (12-11-6) hold the sixth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, four points up on seventh-place Orlando with two games in hand. Orlando will be eliminated if they lose to Montreal, while a draw would also put them in deep trouble.

Drogba's two goals in a 2-0 victory over D.C. United On Saturday earned him MLS player of the week honours for the second time this month. He and Reo-Coker were picked for the MLS team of the week.

Reo-Coker, 31, has come alive since returning to the starting 11 when Biello replaced the fired Frank Klopas after an Aug. 29 loss in Toronto.

The former West Brom and Aston Villa midfielder was a regular until he fell out of Klopas' favour in late June. He was on the bench for 10 matches until the coaching switch, but has played in all of the last six games, five as a starter.

"I haven't paid too much attention to my individual performances," said Reo-Coker. "For us, it's a team effort.

"That's something Mauro implemented as soon as he took charge, that we're nothing without one another. It's the same throughout the team."

Reo-Coker began his MLS career in 2013 with the Vancouver Whitecaps but was traded in August, 2014 to Chivas USA, who folded after last season. Montreal got the former England under-21 captain with the first pick in the waiver draft.

In the Impact's last outing, Biello used a 4-3-3 formation with Marco Donadel just behind Reo-Coker and Patrice Bernier to shore up the defence and start the attack.

"A lot of people were surprised at that formation, seeing the three old men with crutches in the middle of the park," said Reo-Coker. "For three old men I thought we did OK.

"It makes the team very solid defensively and at the same time we managed to get up and create some chances."

Champions League - What hype are the Spanish teams in the draw of Champions?

Barcelona, ​​European champions will be the only Spanish team that will be among the top seeds in the draw for the Champions League on Thursday. Real Madrid contained in Pot 2 with Atletico Madrid and Valencia. Sevilla goes to hype ranking number 3 after Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen.

The Forum Grimaldi of Monaco will host on Thursday at 17:45 the historic draw for the group stage of the Champions League in which for the first time there will be five Spanish teams.

We explain what the draw to give you an idea of ​​the rivals who could face the Spanish teams.

Pot 1, the seedings

The system for designating the seedings has changed already this season and will not be the eight teams with the best UEFA coefficient seedings, but eight major champions league.

The seedings will be Barcelona , Chelsea , Bayern Munich, Juventus , Benfica , Paris Saint Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven.

Pot 2, the Spanish

The Real Madrid will be in Pot 2 next to Atletico Madrid and Valencia and teams like Porto , Arsenal and Manchester City .

Teams in the hype, by order of the coefficient: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Porto, Arsenal, Manchester United , Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City.

Drums 3 and 4

For the composition of the remaining drums shall address itself to the UEFA coefficient.

Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk and Sevilla as top teams. Also: Olympique Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray and AS Roma.

Pot 4: BATE Borisov, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb , Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Gent, Malmoe and Astana .

Ronaldinho failed at Fluminense, but pocketed US $ 222,000 per game

Ronaldinho did not convince the Fluminense fan for even a second. In bad physical and technical form, the player wore the team shirt for only nine games, was booed in at least half of duels and preferred to leave. The failure in the field, however, does not match the money that came into the checking account of the now former number 10 Tricolor.

With salary of $ 800,000, Ronaldinho received the Fluminense R $ 2 million by the time he attended the Orange - made the first practice on July 27 after a few days of vacation. In the nine games that defended the club, the number 10 gave no assistance and did not score goal.

554 minutes in which the player played for Fluminense in official games were not good. Far from it. But earned the player R $ 3,610 every 60 seconds or R $ 222 thousand per duel.

In a statement, explaining the output of Ronaldinho, Fluminense was keen to stress that the player up to expectations off the field. According to the club, there was marketing return, although there has been no specific action with the athlete unless their presentation at the Maracana before the derby against Vasco.

"It should be noted that hiring to expectations regarding the marketing return, increasing storage with box office sales of shirts and number of partners. The Ronaldinho option also showed Brazil to Fluminense arouses the interest of the greatest players in world football" said Fluminense in a statement.

The hiring of Ronaldinho for Fluminense was designed and implemented by the football vice Mario Bittencourt, who was pressed with the failure of the player.The Tricolor was fighting for the top positions but production fell after the arrival of the shirt 10. The drop in the rating reflected very badly internally. The want was to be the 'extra step' to also advocate Flu, he has become a big nightmare.

Belmonte wins 1,500 free on their return

Mireia Belmonte (UCAM Fuensanta) returned after more than 200 days and did not compete with the test victory in the 1,500 meters of the Championships of Spain winter, which began Friday in Gijon .

Belmonte, who did not compete in pool since I did on May 2 in the Cup of Spain of clubs, had to give up World of Kazan by painful problems in their shoulders.

 Fred Vergnoux pupil tries to check their status on these national short course. In its first test, the longest of the program, won with 15: 46.64, ahead of Maria Vilas (15: 53.36) and Bea Gómez (15: 56.42).

10 scorers in the history of the Champions League

If Cristiano Ronaldo is now far ahead of the best scorers in the history of the Champions League, Karim Benzema made a grand entrance into the top 10.
Since they exceeded both the legend Raul last year, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are engaged in a struggle without thank you for the honorary title of top scorer in the history of the Champions League. Tuesday night is Cristiano Ronaldo who has struck a blow by taking three steps ahead of the Pulga, thanks to a hat-trick achieved Shakhtar Donetsk face.

But it is not the only novelty of the top 10 scorers in the history of the Champions League by UEFA held. Now, amid van Nistelrooy, Drogba, Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry and Shevchenko now appears Karim Benzema. The French international striker fact, at age 28, he entered the prestigious top 10, with its registered goal against Donetsk on Tuesday evening. The former Lyon scores a goal from Alessandro Del Piero and more equal the total Parisien Zlatan Ibrahimovic, namely 43 goals.

Against AS Roma tonight for his 100th appearance C1, Lionel Messi will have the opportunity to return to his longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo. One thing is certain, this top 10 has not finished changing during this new season of Champions League, enough to bring a little spice to the most prestigious European competitions.

Top scorers in the Champions League (in the group stage to final):

1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid) 80 goals in 119 matches

2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 77 goals in 99 matches

3 Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke 04) 71 goals in 142 matches

4- Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) 56 goals in 73 matches

5- Thierry Henry (AS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona) 50 goals in 112 matches

6- Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Chelsea, Dynamo Kiev) 48 goals in 100 matches

7- Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) 46 goals in nc

8- Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan) 46 goals in 81 matches

9- Didier Drogba (Marseille, Galatasaray AŞ, Chelsea FC) 44 goals in 92 matches

10 - Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais Real Madrid) 43 goals in 73 matches

10- Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, FC Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, PSG) 43 goals in 109 matches

PSV - Manchester United

English teams naturally are stronger than Dutch teams. Depay was the best player for PSV last season, now he is just one of many top players in this Man Utd team.

It would be easy to plump for an away win and I think that is the most likely outcome.

But in terms of motivation, both sides will certainly be up for this having been out of the competition for some time.

Rooney is out, but that is not a big miss, since he was playing like **** anyway. Hopefully it will be Martial as a striker and not Fellaini again.

LVG said a draw would be fine but I still feel United will create a few chances, it's just a matter of taking them.

The defence has been really solid, Schneiderlin didn't play at the weekend so he'll play today, and he makes the whole team much more solid. De Gea is back which is huge. I doubt United are going to concede.

There is value in a United win, that's for sure. This team is only going to get better.

I'm biased, but United to win is a decent bet. Well I am pretty sure Manchester United will win this match. The Red Devils are much stronger than PSV and even they haven't played really well against Liverpool I think the odd of 2.20 contains value. PSV isn't very strong atm and I think we will see the same difference in quality as against Club Brugge. Maybe not a 0-4, but at least a 1-2 / 1-3.

Possible starting lineups:

PSV: Zoet – Willems, Isimat-Mirin, Bruma, Arias – Guardado, Hendrix, Pröpper – Narsingh, Lestienne, de Jong. (4-3-3)

Manchester United: De Gea – Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw – Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin – Mata, Herrera, Depay – Fellaini. (4-2-3-1)

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli from Italy.

September 14, 2015 - Peter Michalski

Galatasaray - Atletico Madrid

For this game Galatasaray coach Hamzaoglu will probably prefer to use one more defensive midfielder instead of Yasin at offensive/right wing position and Galatasarays system may turn to be a 4-3-2-1 Podolski and Sneijder supporting Burak Yilmaz at offensive midfield position . Goalkeeper Muslera is out of form as Mert K mentioned above , he is having problems at long shots interestingly (tall goalkeepers including himself are usually much better in this positions,may have problem with his eyes)

All in all i also think this game is open to a disaster result for Galatasaray but what makes me uncomfortable here is everybody thinking in same direction !

Based on experience i will be waiting for live, we may have an unexpected surprise which is not possible to foresee,a referee who can spoil the party or a very strange coach decision ,can call it a just gut feeling ,saying me not to hurry! GS's defence is just awful this season. Melo's departure is the key here. Add Chedjou's absence and you have a recipe for disaster. Muslera's form is worth mentioning too.

WTA TOP Revenue in 2015

1. Serena Williams (SUA) 10.582.642 USD

2. Flavia Pennetta (Italia) 4.016.233 USD

3. Simona Halep 3.566.672 USD

4. Maria Sarapova (Rusia) 3.285.949 USD

5. Lucie Safarova (Cehia) 2.579.546 USD

6. Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spania) 2.478.620 USD

7. Petrs Kvitova (Cehia) 2.103.442 USD

8. Roberta Vinci (Italia) 2.009.525 USD

9. Ekaterina Makarova (Rusia) 1.705.438 USD

10. Carla Suarez Navarro (Spania) 1.557.949 USD

Espanyol - Real Madrid 0-6 Highlights

Ronaldo has 230 goals in the Spanish top flight, passing Raul's tally of 228, and is now the fourth-highest scorer in the competition's history.

Manchester United - Liverpool 3-1 Highlights and All Goals

The stats you need to know

• Manchester United have lost just one of their previous 11 leagues games at Old Trafford.
• Liverpool have only won one of their last eight away games in the Premier League.
• De Gea has not kept a clean sheet in any of his last eight full 90-minute appearances in the Premier League.
• Mata has scored or assisted three of the four normal Premier League goals United have scored this season.
• Martial scored with his first ever shot in the Premier League.
• Benteke has scored in his last three Premier League appearances against Manchester United, but has lost two and drawn one of those three games.
• Liverpool and Manchester United are the only Premier League sides to play today and not to hit a shot on target in the first half.

Neymar Jr about Messi and Luis Suarez

Neymar:"Messi is my best friend on the team and Suarez is like a big brother. I'm very lucky to play with these two."

Against whom play today Simona Halep?

Should we have emotions today for Simona Halep against Shelby Rogers?

Illarramendi leaves Real Madrid and returns to the Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad and Real Madrid have reached an agreement for the transfer of Asier Illarramendi, reports the San Sebastian club. The player has signed for six seasons after passing the medical examination and this afternoon will be presented. The Real Sociedad has not communicated the price of the transfer to Real Madrid player now.

Asier Illarramendi returns home two years after signing for Real Madrid and has done to engage with the Real Sociedad for the next six seasons, according to the club, which has offered no detail about the operation indicated.

Similarly, the Real Madrid , simultaneously, has reported on its website the transfer of Illarramendi , who expressed his gratitude "for his years of dedication and professionalism ", after which wished him "good luck in his new stage".

Both clubs closed the agreement for the transfer of Illarra, which is estimated at an amount close to 17 million more variables on Tuesday.

Transfer market - Illarramendi, another victim overpriced midfielder Real Madrid

Asier Illarramendi leaves Real Madrid and heads to the Royal Society after two seasons in which he never started and never proved to be the replacement for Xabi Alonso. Since Florentino Perez came to Real Madrid, the white club has spent nearly 200 million in midfield and in the case of Illarra is the fifth most expensive signing in the history of the organization.

The sports policy of Real Madrid since the arrival of Florentino Perez to the presidency in 2000 and after his return to power in 2009 has been marked by trying to engage the best players in the world considered and, to a lesser extent but equal or greater cost , to try to find a midfielder capable of leading the team . The output of Asier Illarramendi to Real Sociedad is another example of what has been really difficult for white club find the ideal replacement for first Fernando Redondo , later Claude Makelele and finally of Xabi Alonso .

At different times and circumstances, the president of Real Madrid let go of Fernando Redondo (sold in 2000 by 18 million to Milan ). Four years later, I did not want to increase the salary and Frenchman Makelele was transferred to Chelsea. And last summer, Xabi Alonso asked to leave Bayern Munich when it was newly renovated. These three midfielders were the three main pillars that supported the team's game in the past two decades, and only with them on the pitch reached important successes .

How much money has cost the ideal midfielder search? Almost 200 million euros, including in this figure the latest addition, Mateo Kovacic . A total of 18 players since he left Fernando Redondo until the Croatian came from Inter, where homegrown players like Borja Fernandez, Ruben De la Red or are also included Esteban Granero (for which Real paid 4 million per repescarle Getafe) . And as discussed as signings Thomas Gravesen and Pablo Garcia , or others that went unnoticed as Nuri Sahin (two injured seasons) or the penultimate signing in this plot, Lucas Silva , who this season has not even back in the first team.