sâmbătă, 2 iulie 2016

Barcelona closes the signing of French Central Umtiti, according to "L'Equipe"

Barcelona has reached an agreement with Lyon to gain the services of the French center Samuel Umtiti , 22, for 30 million euros, said today the newspaper "L'Equipe" .

This header adds that Barcelona must now conclude the agreement with the player, who "probably" sign a contract of 5 seasons at the Catalan club.

The young center, 1.81 meters, dispute right now the European Championship with France after being selected at the last moment before the injury barcelonista down Jérémy Mathieu .

Born in Cameroon , Umtiti moved with his family to France two years and trained as a footballer in the youth ranks at Olympique Lyonnais.

He jumped to the first team in 2011 and has played four seasons in the league France where last season played 35 games. In 2012 he won the French Cup with his club.

From teenager it has been part of the lower echelons of the French team, proclaimed champion of the world sub ​​20 in 2013 against Uruguay and alongside fellow as Lucas Digne, Geoffrey Kondogbia or Paul Pogba .

Currently he dispute his first championship with the national team, but has not yet made ​​his debut with those of Didier Deschamps , who will meet next Sunday against Iceland in the quarterfinals.

Cameroon had tried to choose to play with his country of birth, but the player made ​​clear that he preferred to defend the colors of France.

Vicente Del Bosque and Iker Casillas sent to the bench

Vicente Del Bosque surprised last night with his statements about Iker Casillas , ensuring that the goalkeeper had not had an exemplary behavior with the coaching staff of Spain following the decision to relieve him of the goal in favor of David De Gea .

However, this situation should not be taken by surprise Casillas as goalkeeper already knows what is to change the undisputed title by the bench with Del Bosque. It happened in 2002, both at Real Madrid . At the end of the 2001/02 season, Mostoles lost his position in favor of Caesar for nearly three months, by decision of Del Bosque. Iker returned to play in Glasgow, injury of his companion, in the final of the Champions League that established him as a star.

"There is a Casillas before going through the bench. Those two and a half months changed my life. I did man and a little meaner. I started to meet people, to value things. When you're up all love you, but when you stop playing you're nobody. I scored a lot more that two and a half months and alternate to the final of the Champions League or the World Cup. in my 20 years was something big. I think it was fine, it was doing, we were finalists cup, were second in the league and Champions quarters were in. The only thing I got was me, and Pavon, "he said in an interview with ABC months later.

Cristiano Ronaldo dreams of winning the Euro 2016

Portugal is already in the semifinals of Euro 2016 after beating Poland on penalties in a match that ended in a draw, the fifth in five games in the Portuguese selection. In mixed zone, Cristiano Ronaldo attended the media and was optimistic and ambitious.

"It's a dream to win the European Championship because I have won many trophies with club but nothing Portugal. My performance is not important, what counts is the team, and we have done a fantastic job."

In addition, the player Real Madrid spoke of his rival in the semifinals, which will come out of the clash between Belgium and Wales: "Belgium is very strong but Wales at the moment is the surprise of the Euro".

Russian Stepanova, the first to be able to compete as an independent and neutral

Russian ochocentista Yuliya Stepanova is the first athlete who can compete internationally as 'independent and neutral', under the rule 22.1A, following the decision of the Doping Review Board of the International Federation athletics (IAAF).

The Board Doping Review Board, which is composed by Robert Hersh (chairman), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has agreed to give free rein to Stepanova for having made an outstanding contribution to the protection and promotion of athletes, fair play and integrity and authenticity of the sport.

Stepanova can now participate in international competitions as an independent and neutral athlete, but must be accepted by the organizer of the competition concerned, in accordance with the rules of competition.

The IAAF immediately informed the organizers of the European Athletics Championship since this competition will be held imminently in Amsterdam from 6 to 10 July.

As of July 1, the IAAF has received more than eighty applications for Russian athletes wishing to benefit from this measure in order to compete in a personal capacity, under a separate rule 22.1A (b) provision.

In this sense they try to qualify Russian athletes who have been training away from Russia for a period of time long enough to provide substantial assurance of the integrity of their work.

UEFA confirmed duel between Chile and the champion of Euro

Prior to the final of the Copa America between Chile and Argentina , the president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Dominguez , he announced that it had proposed to the UEFA match between the champion of the centenary tournament held in the United States and the winner of the European Championship .

Finally, the governing body of European soccer accepted the realization of this meeting, it was announced honcho through his Twitter account. Yes, emphasizing that missing define the commitment date.



During the day this information was denied, but the Conmebol published a letter from the First Vice President of UEFA,
Angel Maria Villar , which welcomed the opportunity to carry out the duel, although evaluating various aspects. "

I propose that the Conmebol and UEFA study together the feasibility of the party, which would become a footballing milestone soon as possible , "wrote the manager. In this way, Chile would face the champion of the tournament held in France, in a date would be defined.

The worst team at Euro 2016 gained more money than Chile in Copa America

While the Chilean team celebrates success as champion of America after winning the Centennial Cup , comparisons with the Euro 2016 tournament in France, show how far it is still the most popular sport in South America. Roja took 6.5 million dollars for the tournament held in the United States. A figure even more than 5 million won in 2015 when crowned at the National Stadium.

However, these numbers are far from what is shared in European competition, with 8 million policyholders for the worst teams, ie those eliminated in first round.

Thus, countries such as Romania or Ukraine 1.5 more than the cast led by millions took Juan Antonio Pizzi , while Albania , which even won a game, took 1 million more.

In the global context, the America's Cup dished US $ 22 million in prizes, totaled Euro 330 million in incentives. The winner will receive Euro 27 million, as reported by AS medium.