marți, 11 august 2015

Two Barcelona fans drove to Tbilisi by car



  • Aracel brothers - Ivan and Xavier, have crossed Europe for a week to encourage his team tonight in the final against Sevilla
  • And they were in his Citroen C-11, the year 53, in the final in Rome, Abu-Dabhi, Wembley, Berlin and now Tbilisi


  • The brothers Ivan and Xavier Aracel have a curious habit. Since 2009 from the Champions League final in Rome, they traveled in their own car to all finals where FC Barcelona played. No exception for the Super Cup Final.

    Their car is not a normal car, is a historical Citroen C-11, 1953 'tuned' in the colors of FC Barcelona.

    The passion for the club has no limits. Ivan and Xavier Aracel brothers have been able to travel across Europe, for a week, to encourage his team tonight in the final of the European Super Cup against Sevilla. They left on Monday, August 3 from the esplanade of the Camp Nou and came to Tbilisi yesterday.

    Over the 4,871 kilometers they traveled and they admit that "it has happened all to us." "In Turkey had to stand 36 hours by a problem with the battery," explains. Fortunately, people turn to them when they see Barca colors cover his Citroen-11 C-11, 1953. "They all went to work to help us to continue our journey," they add.

    After this stop for fault, and after an average of 800 kilometers a day, last Sunday we had to stick the big beat and drive "to 15 hours because if we saw that we did not reach," says Ivan, the youngest of the brothers. A week given to many stories like that, in the car have been times where the thermometer read 42 degrees or on the border of Georgia, where we had to stand for two hours, about 50 people recognise the car with the colours of the club, crowded around us screaming Barca, Barca, Barca".

    The most curious thing is that they did not have tickets to this match. However, when the club heard what effort they made, offered them two locations for the match.

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    Diego Costa in Ibiza after the match between Chelsea and Swansea

    Diego Costa moved to Ibiza straight after the match between Chelsea and Swansea to enjoy the Balearic island before tackling the second day of the Premier League against Manchester City.
    Taking advantage of two rest days granted by Mourinho to its staff, who will start preparing for the match against Pellegrini Tuesday, the Spanish-Brazilian took to live from within the Ibiza night.
    Costa could hold 90 minutes of the match between his team and Swansea, although all week suffered discomfort in his hamstring . Once the game ended, the former player of Atletico Madrid went to the island, where he did not hesitate to take pictures with fans who claimed them.
    Diego Costa was in the disco "Ushuaia" , in which he enjoyed the performance of the Swedish DJ Avicii , and was one of the major claims for other people who were on the premises.

    Barça for a Four of a Kind

    Without Neymar, at home with mumps, the club seeks to Sevilla's fourth trophy of his second sextet. Will have Barça a Quads?

    Without Neymar but the competitive mentality intact, Barca look tonight in Tbilisi the fourth title of 2015, a year that began with the now famous defeat of Anoeta. With Brazilian convalescent home recovering from a mumps, canary Pedro returns to the forefront of attention in a competition he knows well: he was the hero of the victory of 2009 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the year he managed to score in six competitions played. Sevilla Unai Emery, too low, is the rival of Barca in the game tonight, first officer after a season that has left good feelings.

    Eleven of the club will not differ much from the team that won the finals of Champions Cup and, although two lower are safe: Jordi Alba, injured; and Neymar, with mumps. Luis Enrique, however, may introduce some variant depending on the shooting of one of the players, as Alves, Mascherano and Messi, along with Bravo, are shorter than their peers preparation for three weeks have been implemented in more activity later because of the Copa America. In any case, the three, as Neymar, played at a good level in sixty minutes and credited Gamper be ready to compete in the Supercopa despite his lack of minutes in the legs. It is difficult, now, to imagine the end of the Catalan side without any of the three.

    Pedro, in the foreground

    The spotlights are upon Peter rather than on any other player. Its possible move to Manchester United being -still acabado- may not have the drama of the summer, although the club has always said that neither is on sale and there is no willingness to negotiate. Much less, after Neymar's disease, which has increased the value of the canary beat end for Luis Enrique, at least ahead of the first two titles of the season, the two Super Cups.

    Peter points to the starting lineup, but we must not rule out other options, such as Rafinha play more advanced, as it did last season in the first games while recovering from Neymar suffered cracks in the spine. Or even play Iniesta false end and Luis Enrique bet on a more populated center of the field.

    Despite the decline of Neymar in Barcelona together enough resources to take on the role of favorite with options to comply. Pedro, Messi and Suarez are also fearsome trident other occasionally and was put in contention last season. There gunpowder and arguments in the Catalan side to feel optimistic about this new challenge.

    A Milan by five

    Anyway, for Barca this Supercopa is of immense value. Win would maintain the illusion by winning the sextet, a feat that has only managed this team and is now ready to repeat. For now, would reach the poker titles of 2015. It would also tie in Milan palmares European Super Cup with five titles.

    luni, 10 august 2015

    Bayern Munich lackluster debut in the German Cup; Hamburg eliminated

    Mario Götze, Lewandowski and Arturo Vidal, on his debut, scored the goals in the first round of the German Cup by Bavarian


    Everyone expected a sound thrashing, but the mighty Bayern Munich won "only" 3-1 modest amateur team Nöttingen, the fifth division on Sunday (09) in his debut for the German Cup.

    The Bavarians have not convinced, but Hamburg did even worse: it was eliminated by FC Carl Zeiss Jena, the fourth division, when they lost 3-2 in overtime.

    European champion in 1983, Hamburg is the only team that has never been relegated from the Bundesliga since the creation of the championship in 1963 but narrowly escaped sticking the past two seasons, when he needed to compete in repechage to stay in the elite.

    True to coach the game of philosophy Pep Guardiola, Bayern had 79% of possession, but had more difficulty than expected to overcome the brave amateurs Nöttingen.

    The game was marked by the return of Dutch Arjen Robben, who missed the final stretch of last season through injury, and the first goal of the new signing Arturo Vidal, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot after just six minutes of play.

    Niklas Hecht-Zirpel, young college who divides his time between football and college mathematics and physical education, equalized ten minutes later, to the delight of the home crowd.

    Mario Götze returned to put the Bavarians to 17, and Robert Lewandowski made 3-1 in the 27th.

    Bayern failed to swing the network in the second half and the goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, substitute Manuel Neuer, had to make two difficult saves in the final minutes.

    The current runner-up Borussia Dortmund also had a performance below expectations, winning by 2-0 Chemnitzer FC the third division, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goals and Henrik Mkhitaryan.

    On Saturday, Wolfsburg began the defense of their title without scares, with rout 4-1 on the Stuttgart Kickers, also of the third division.

    Besides Hamburg, another representative of the elite was on the way, Hoffenheim, Brazilian former club Roberto Firmino, now at Liverpool, who lost 2-0 to Munich in 1860, the Second Division.

    Dani Alves is the great character of the European Super Cup that will broadcast the Interactive Sport on Tuesday (11), from 15h! See!

    Mourinho hits out at handsome team doctor after an injury hazard

    No, it was not yesterday evening Chelsea. The champion came home pitch, a 2-2 draw against Swansea and 'The Blues' were briefly after the break reduced to ten men after red for Thibaut Courtois. To make matters worse, according to coach Mourinho was still wrong even with an injury of Eden Hazard, making his team suddenly had to defend with eight. 'The Special One' gave his "naive" medical team of handsome Eva Carneiro one slap.

    Mourinho saw the red card and a victory drilled through his nose penalty converted by Gomis and was mad with rage. Especially by an incident completely in the closing stages of the match. Eden Hazard went down after a contact lie outside the field. Team Doctor Eva Carneiro, still you know those handsome doctor who brought the unconscious Courtois last season soon to his senses, rushed with her ​​team at the Red Devil to take care of him. But that was not to the liking of Mourinho. 'The Special One' found that no Hazard care needed (and go back in the field had to trot). The brief of the 24-year-old gunman was lost under Mourinho precious time (Hazard was then also again waiting for a signal from the ref to return to tread the turf).

    Time possibly could have resulted in a late goal from Chelsea. "Moe" "I was not happy with the decision of my medical staff. Even as a doctor, equipment manager you have to understand the game. When you play with one man less, must you be sure that the player in question does indeed have an injury, "Mourinho complained to Sky Sports. "I was sure that Hazard had a serious problem. He got a knock and was very tired. Unfortunately, the medical team was enough very naive and they acted too impulsively. Therefore there remained only eight field players." Had Mourinho right? Of Hazard had to build urgently cared? Give your opinion in the comments below.