joi, 11 august 2016

After 1-1 with Honduras, Argentina repeated the feat in London 2012

Honduras , as four years ago in London, today repeated the feat of qualifying for the quarter-finals of Olympics after a 1-1 draw with Argentina , who needed to win to keep the square and avoid failure to return home prematurely.

The penalty kick by Anthony Lozano after 75 minutes sealed a lucky flirted with both teams, as the Hondurans could go ahead in the fourth minute attached to the first half but the goalkeeper Gerónimo Trulli amended the mistake of having committed the offense by stopping the release captain Bryan Acosta.

Mauricio Martinez equalized in the 93 to take advantage of a free kick that swerved into Honduran defenders, but the three minutes that remained the parties were already insufficient to think of the comeback.

As Honduras, Argentina were awarded a penalty 55 minutes into the Atletico Madrid player Angel Correa crashed into the base of the left vertical Honduran goalkeeper Luis Lopez .

Argentina avasallaba a rival made ​​to resist and fight back . And precisely Alberth good work down the right Elis by the central Lautaro Gianetti had no recourse but to tear it down and receive the admonition of the central referee, the Spanish Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

This time Anthony Lozano took the ball and beat Rulli to put Argentina's life upside down.

In a unforgiving heat than an hour after noon was a wind chill of 33 degrees Celsius in Brazil ia Argentines took the initiative despite the lack of precision in passing and compact lines Bicolor, which made ​​transit difficult the ball ..

Jonathan Calleri, the top scorer in the recent Copa Libertadores, struggled to impose his physical and approached with danger on three occasions, and through turns disturbed twice Correa.

Kazakhs team went to training orphans Atletico

Kazakh team football Kostanay Orphanigic Team, made ​​up of orphaned children 8 to 15 years, attended the morning session of Atletico Madrid in the sports city of Majadahonda.

The visit, sponsored by the Athletic Foundation of Madrid and rewards the victory of the children 's set in the national competition among orphanages in Kazakhstan, allowed the children to attend the preparatory session the team coached by Diego Simeone and take pictures with professionals first team.

"It's a social project than just a football team," he explained to Efe Benkur Kissikov, president of the foundation Baurzhan responsible for carrying out this project.

"Our organization aims to improve the level of football in Kazakhstan as well as promoting adoption in our community, which does not pay much attention to this problem," he added.

The organization led by Kissikov has the approval of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Spain, Bakyt Dyussenbayev, that he was "delighted" to receive and treat eating young Kazakhs.

"We love being part of such projects," said Dyussenbayev, he has also joked with children about football.

Later, the Kazakhs have made a tour of the Vicente Calderon and visited the embassy in Spain.

Alex Menendez signed two - year contract with Girona

Alex Menendez signed two - year contract with Girona last Aug. 1; eight days after it has become unemployed. In between a serious injury, several sensationalist headlines and the most unusual story summer transfer market in Spain. The defense, from the Sporting Gijon , knee hours after signing his contract with the Catalan club, which has decided to reverse its incorporation injured.

Gijones central defender, a member of Sporting in the final climb of Asturian club First, suffers a cruciate ligament tear in his right knee that can take eight months in dry dock. Girona has decided to invoke a clause in the agreement by which players can cancel the contract until 15 days after the signing if the player is detected physical problems that prevent you from carrying out their work properly. This has been reflected in a public statement .




Valencia improvement against Nigeria All Star thanks to their midfield

Valencia has defeated the selection tonight Nigeria All Star (2-1) in a game in which ten days before the start of the league has experienced a slight improvement in their game especially in midfield.

In this line they highlighted Enzo Pérez , Parejo and especially Álvaro Medrán, author of the first goal that was considered the best player of the match.

Although he still has to Valencia "things to improve" as acknowledged by the technical Pako Ayestaran; because the whole valencianista conceded his tenth goal of the preseason.

Ayestaran placed initially on the lawn of Suñer Picó team may debut in league against Liverpool , who left willing to resolve the match on the fast track.

A good play on the left wing of the recovered Gayá was finished off of head by Medrán 10 minutes in the goal that opened the scoring.

Alcacer, Santi Mina and Fede Cartabia often exchanged their positions and arrived with danger to the vicinity of the Nigerian goal.

African, less technical but more powerful physically, leveling assembly was gradually higher initial domain of valencianistas not before Ryan arrived with danger to 23 minutes a shot Egbuchunam center.

The Medrán exmadridista contributed in the development of the game and often incorporated the auction, at 28 was about to score again.

However, by the half hour mark the Nigerian goal came in not blocar Ryan, apparently annoyed by one focus, a corner, whose poor clearance was sent into the net by Osadiaye.

He could go to the break the Valencia the lead three minutes before the end of the first half when a new galopada of Gayà his band could not be crowned with success, first by Alcacer and act followed by Fede Cartabia.

Ayestaran only made ​​three changes at the break; Canceled by a gray Montoya, Vezo by Santos and Diego Alves by Ryan. He lasted until 62 minutes to midfield expected as a starter and from here put at stake the rest of the squad, except to Nani , who for some physical discomfort was not summoned.

Luis Enrique: "I see the team with overweening ambition"

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique Martinez, said after Barca's victory against Sampdoria in the Joan Gamper Trophy, which sees players "with an overweening ambition" with a view to the 2016-17 season.

The Spaniard coach was pleased with the level shown by his team in the match against Barca public presentation and praised the four additions that made their debut at the Camp Nou with his new teammates

"The team I liked almost everything. Interestingly it has against an opponent who in preseason had seen him play good football and press. We raised the game for as long as possible to that of the Supercopa like it. I'm happy for the first minutes, it was something we had to improve ", analyzed at the press after the meeting.

In this sense, the Asturian coach is optimistic view next year: "I see the team with overweening ambition We'll have to rectify some things, but I'm very happy with how the season pint.".

Luis Enrique explained that there are still details to improve, but not worried about the ease with which his team received goals in the last two games.

"In preseason only thing that worries me is the physical tone of the players. This is a special season because players have more holidays," he noted.

He also highlighted the level shown by the new additions and had words of praise for Arda Turan, who has now played in the left corner.

"He has played in another position, has the feature of playing on different lines, does not lose the ball, overflows, has been very good," he noted

Finally, he has given no clues about which goalkeeper will play in the first leg of the Supercopa of Spain, after they have played today Bravo, Masip and Ter Stegen.

"Here the debate is never turned off. The management took making the goal a different way to what the other coaches and I will continue managing as I have done with other players" has settled.

Leo Messi returns to the big office

With two goals and an assist liquidated Leo Messi his return to his office at Camp Nou, where Barcelona won the Joan Gamper trophy at Sampdoria (3-2), his rival in that first final Barca conquered in 1992 at the old Wembley stadium.

Beyond the color of your hair, nothing seems to have changed for Leo Messi. The first day in office dispatched him with brilliance, with two goals and an assist in 34 minutes, with a pass from luxury to give away the first goal of the course to Luis Suarez and a feeling that their set-up is the best a few days the official start of the course.

In the first eleven course, Luis Enrique put only one of the signings: French Lucas Digne; that offered good feeling on the left side. The porters were distributed half hour each and the physical tone of the team was much better after the win wedged last weekend against Liverpool at Wembley (4-0).

If the physical accompanies, operators appear by themselves. Andres Iniesta , Leo Messi aside, it was the freshest and has led the team since the beginning. He played very close to him Arda Turan, the Turkish premiered new position as the third forward by the left, but his football was fairly flat at the start and improved later.

Among Iniesta, Messi and Suarez created the 1-0. To be the first course was superb, manchego through ball to Leo, who controlled with his back to the goal and assisted Chilean Suarez who only had to push the ball head .

In the next scoring chance came the 2-0. This time it was Rakitic who enabled the Argentine. A bend feinting and ended with the keeper Viviano on the floor and the ball in the net.

With great pace by the club , Sampdoria was always in tow. No depth in their game, only the presence of Muriel at the point of attack generated some danger, as when he pounced on a mistake from Iniesta to beat Bravo 23 minute (2-1) into.

The next appearance of Messi also ended in a goal. This time in a free kick. The Argentine put the bottom left corner of the goal Genovese (3-1, min. 34). Until the end of the first half, controlling Barca was absolute, and it continued for many minutes into the second half with Sampdoria he ran too after the ball and Barça it was like to score as squeezing a little throttle.