marți, 15 decembrie 2015

Atletico, two visits to four leading points to close 2015

Atletico Madrid to Barcelona reached the front of the Spanish League, surpassed only by goal difference and points to the sole lead in the last two days of 2015, both as a visitor, to Malaga and Ray, and the obligation to add four points to occupy the square end of the year.

The fact of the postponement of the match between Barcelona and Sporting Gijon next day, for the World Cup in the Barça Club lets you rely on yourself to reach the top of the league at the end of 2015, although always looking after the postponed match.

You need four points to get it, without relying on other labels, including his visit to La Rosaleda in Malaga on Sunday and Dec. 30 matchup in Vallecas. So shut ahead of Barcelona 2015, albeit with a game more, and would be unreachable by the end of the year for Real Madrid, third and five points now.

It is a challenge rather than open the last two days of the year to Atletico, who has balanced the two most recent weeks his handicap of four points over the leadership of Barcelona, ​​posts fifth-eight straight wins in all competitions-championship between and He has not lost since two and a half months ago.

Since 30 September, 1-2 in the second round of Group C of the Champions League against Benfica at the Vicente Calderon, Atletico has been second to none for all their rivals. Their last defeat in the league, while dates back to a few days before the September 26 with a 1-0 deficit against Villarreal.

Since both games, the rojiblancos completed fourteen official games unbeaten with eleven wins (0-2 over Real Sociedad, 4-0 Astana, 2-1 at Valencia, Sporting Gijon 1-0, 0- 1 to Betis, Galatasaray 2-0, 1-0 to Espanyol 1-2 to Reus, Granada 0-2 1-2 2-1 to Benfica and Athletic Club) and three draws: 1-1 with Real Madrid and Deportivo and 0-0 in Astana.

The last eight with victory, their longest streak since the 2013-14 season when he also linked eight wins in competition between September 1 and October 6, 2013. At that time beat Real Sociedad (2-1), Almería (4-2), Zenit (3-1), Valladolid (0-2), Osasuna (2-1), Real Madrid (0-1), Porto (1-2) and Celtic (2-1).

The best number of wins Simeone was thirteen in a row, dating back to a season before the start of the 2012-13 campaign between August 27 and October 31, 2012, when they beat Athletic (4-0) Chelsea (1-4), Rayo Vallecano (4-3), Hapoel Tel Aviv (0-3), Valladolid (1-2), Betis (2-4), Espanyol (0-1), Viktoria Plzen (1 -0), Malaga (2-1), Real Sociedad (0-1), Académica de Coimbra (2-1), Osasuna (3-1) and Real Jaén (0-3), the latter in the Copa del Rey .

Atletico added 35 points in 15 games in this league, three by now that last season (seven of leadership was then), five less than in 2013-14 (also shared the top spot with Barcelona) and two less than in 2012-13, but in that campaign reached now six points off the pace.

Barcelona is training without Neymar

Neymar (with glasses) on arrival at Narita International Airport, Japan, on 14 December 2015.

Neymar did not participate on Monday's first training session in Barcelona with a view to their debut Thursday at the Club World Cup against Chinese champions Guangzhou.

The Brazilian has a groin discomfort from last week and is doubtful for the match for the semifinals.

Barcelona arrived Monday in Yokohama and was received by 226 children of school football in Tokyo to go out there in the Mitsuzawa stadium. The children sang the club anthem, "El Cant del Barca", to the astonishment of the players.

The European and Spanish champion, who has three consecutive draws between the Spanish league and the Champions League, will face an opponent led by Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari who does not lose the last 28 games and coming beat America 2-1 Mexico.

"It's been a long journey," said Sergio Busquets Barca wheel. "We are trying to adapt to the time change."

The flyer said that while everyone gives as favourite to Barca, "is not easy to win this tournament."

"All I could think of right now is in Guangzhou," said Busquets, whose team drew 2-2 on Saturday Deportivo La Coruna and was tied with Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish league, five points ahead of Real Madrid.

"It has Guangzhoiu Brazilian players and Scolari as coach, has not lost since a while. You have to try to be better and beat them," he said. 

Barcelona won the Club World Cup in 2009 and 2011.

24-31. Beckham Jr. was the great leader of the Giants winning attack

The figure of WR Odell Beckham Jr. returned to be decisive in the offensive game of the New York Giants that visitors won by 24-31 to the Miami Dolphins the traditional party Monday night which was completed in the fourteenth week of competition of the National Football League (NFL).

Beckham Jr made two touchdown catch, including a 84-yard tiebreaking on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and secured the victory for the Giants.

The victory allowed the Giants get branded 6-7 and tying for first place in the Eastern Division of the National Conference (NFC) with the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday also achieved triumphs.

The quarterback of the Giants, the star Eli Manning completed 27 of 31 passes for 337 yards and made four shipments annotation, did him no interception nor was demolished allowing him to leave the 151.5 passer rating , the highest since the 2009 season.

"The team played well in the decisive moments, I made a good protection inside the package, I found our players responded offense and defense down the stretch," said Manning. "The win was very important for us to stay ahead in the struggle to reach the finals."

The Giants broke a run of three consecutive defeats and are tied with the Redskins and Eagles in the lead of the weaker devision is in the NFC.

Beckham Jr. had seven catches for 166 yards. This was the sixth straight game of 100 yards or more to produce Beckham, a record for the Giants, with its air offensive work.

Manning also set a record for the franchise by completing 87 percent of his passes against Miami.

The Dolphins (5-8) were mathematically eliminated from the playoff race, extending his drought in the finals seven consecutive years, a record for the franchise, which once was one that was always in the fight for Super Bowl title.

The team lost to Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill star who completed 25 of 41 passes for 236 yards, made a shipment of annotation and left index 85.0 pasador

Serena Williams Live Ultimate Run 5km South Beach 2015 with a Taxi!

Serena Williams MarathonDoing it for love

It is that time of the year, when Serena and Venus Williams run their  5k marathon for Serena Williams Fund, a charity that supports her initiatives: helping individuals, Build Africa Schools, the Equal Justice Initiative and Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship Fund and other projects close to her heart. 
"I didn't run the whole way this year, but next year I will," - on controversies why Serena hobbled into a taxi while she was still two kilometres away from it. 

The incredible year for Serena Williams


The American tennis player Serena Williams ended the 2015 with his appointment as' Sports Person of 2015 "by Sports Illustrated. Since the 80s, no woman had received the cover of the famous publication, filling the headlines of the world as the most brilliant athlete of the year, above players, basketball players, baseball and athletes.


Serena closed the year after winning three Grand Slam tournaments: the Australia Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon and loudly lose US Open, running out to break the record that Steffi Graf won in 1988, to achieve the great titles in one year . 

She also won tournaments in Miami and Cincinnati But Williams surpassed the US Open and went on top of the classification of the WTA throughout the season , he had 53 individual wins and only three losses, that left for the fourth consecutive year and seventh in his career as the best tennis player .

The younger of the Williams launched his fashion collection at Fashion Week in New York, and even caught the thief who stole his cell. He lost his dog Jackie, and earned more than $ 10 million in tournament prizes won.

'Chicharito' official idol Bundesliga

No one can be considered as the Mexican idol in German football

Neither Robert Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa and Thomas Müller were with the popularity of "Chicharito" who conviritó greatest idol in the Bundesliga as a contest of the competition itself.

Javier Hernandez won the final of the "Bundesliga Idol" Japanese Kagawa, after he had six players who started the test.

Mexico swept the last vote, which had 81.733 votes, of which 75 percent were for him.

"Thank you all for your help. We made it!" Were the words of Hernandez on Sunday in social networks.

On Tuesday and Wednesday began the contest with two semifinals, the first with a triple from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) and Robert Lewandoswki (Bayern Munich) which was the first eliminated.

The other, moved Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) and Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), while the US was eliminated Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach). On Thursday, Müller went on the road and on Friday was Lewandowski.

So, Javier Hernandez was confirmed as a hero the next day just to score a "hat-trick" in Bayer's victory over Borussia Monchengladbach.