luni, 30 mai 2016

Fans of Atletico and Real Madrid fought in Barajas Airport

Fans of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid staged a fight Friday at the airport in the Spanish capital, where later travel to Milan to witness the final of the Champions League .

A day before the decisive round of the Champions League, fans of both teams were locked at Madrid Airport T2. According to have told a witness of the incidents the newspaper Sport, the place was no safety member during the fracas, while the Civil Guard would have taken more than 30 minutes to intervene.

In the images collected by some media you can see how fans of the capital clubs punches are thrown, while others shout to stop the fight.

Sets Zinedine Zidane and Diego Simeone played today in San Siro, from 20:45 , the final of the Champions League 2015-16, after elimination in the semis to Manchester City and Bayern Munich respectively.

vineri, 27 mai 2016

Ireland draw with Holland in Dublin and Northern Ireland thrashed Belarus

Republic of Ireland did not draw this Friday in Dublin with the Netherlands (1-1) in their penultimate friendly before Euro next summer (June 10-July 10), while Ireland North had no trouble thrashing the weak Belarus 3-0.

A half hour both striker Shane Long looked set to give Martin O'Neill's charges a comforting victory before continental tournament, but a header from striker Luuk de Jong with four minutes remaining he avoided.

Thus, the 'boys in green' start their preparations for the continental competition with an even measured before next May 31 to Belarus in Cork.

Ireland is drawn in the 'group of death' of Euro 2016 with Sweden (June 13, Saint-Denis), Belgium (June 18, Bordeaux) and Italy (June 22, Lille).

Moreover, Northern Ireland began their preparations for the tournament in two weeks with a solid win over Belarus (3-0).

Forwards Kyle Lafferty , Conor Washington and Will Grigg saw door in Belfast, in the last friendly in Northern Irish land before Euro.

Michael O'Neill's charges, stringing eleven consecutive games without defeat, visiting Slovakia on June 4, eight days before making his debut in a European Championship.

Northern Ireland pass to the second round with Poland (June 12, Nice), Ukraine (June 16, Lyon) and Germany (June 21, Paris),

Rashford and Rooney give England their second win before the Euro

The young Marcus Rashford and his teammate at Manchester United - Wayne Rooney gave Friday the selection of England a comfortable victory over Australia (2-1), the second in as many games preparation before Euro 2016.

He surprised England coach Roy Hodgson , to align Rashford holder, who little more than four months playing in the youth of the 'Red Devils' ago.

The career of the youth squad has been meteoric, and since last February 28, the date on which debuted with Manchester United, has managed to settle in the first team at Old Trafford and play his first encounter with the 'Three Lions'.

If Rashford seemed one of the strongest candidates to fall off the shortlist of 26 men for the continental competition , performance Friday at the Stadium of Light against Australia produce more than a pain in the head technician.

Just two minutes and 19 seconds after donning the English zamarra for the first time, the striker opened the scoring from first to impale a cross from the left Raheem Sterling who touched a defender.

Dream debut for the squad, dressed today with the No9, who has become, with only 18 years and 208 days, the third youngest player to see goal with the shirt of England player after Rooney (17 years and 317 days ) and Michael Owen (18 years and 164 days)

So, after a start of immaculate party, local, last Sunday and overpowered by the same score to Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, they played relaxed, without suffering practically no time before some harmless Socceroos.

The stroke of halftime, Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson was in his boots the second of his, but his shot from the edge was sent to corner by a successful Matthew Ryan.

In the second half, the pace of the game dropped slightly by the carousel of changes, but within 10 minutes of the restart Rooney, who replaced Adam Lallana , left the party for judgment.

The captain, after a quick counterattack led by Rashford and Sterling, picked up the ball on the balcony area and struck a whiplash drilled the goal defended by the goalkeeper of Valencia , who could do nothing despite its stretched.

Australia, absent overnight, put the fear in the body to local absence of a quarter to the end when Eric Dier, habitual midfielder and center today, two minutes earlier had entered the field by Chris Smalling , he finished off a diving header and his own goal Milos Degenek center.

Despite the rush of ocean, the scoreboard Stadium of Light did not turn to move and England celebrated a deserved victory that moral burden for Euro within two weeks.

- Data sheet:

2 - England: Forster (Heaton, m.87); Clyne, Smalling (Dier, m.73), Stones, Bertrand; Drinkwater, Wilshere (Milner, m.46), Henderson; Lallana (Rooney, m.46), Sterling (Townsend, m.76) and Rashford (Barkley, m.63).

1 - Australia: Ryan; Risdon (Degenek, m.74), Wright, Milligan, Smith; Jedinak, Mooy (Irvine, m.84), Luongo (Ikonomidis, m.58), Rogic (Juric, m.73); Kruse (Goodwin, m.84) and Maclaren (McKay, m.58).

Goals: 1-0, m.2: Rashford. 2-0, m.55: Rooney. 2-1, m.75: Dier (pp).

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED). He admonished Mooy (m.38), of Australia.

Incidences: second preparation match for England for Euro 2016 France match at the Stadium of Light ( Sunderland ).

joi, 26 mai 2016

Bosnia wants to show against Spain that can compete with all

Bosnian coach Mehmed Bazdarevic said today that in the friendly against Spain on Sunday his team wants to demonstrate that it can "compete with any team in the world".

"We want to play well, but also to achieve a good result", he said the coach told local media in Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), where the meeting of preparation for Euro 2016 will be played.

One problem, according Bazdarevic, will be the lack of time to practice some ideas before the match against the reigning European champion.

"However, the match with Spain will also be a general test before the start of the rankings for the World Cup and the September meeting against Estonia . Therefore, we must give our best and make a good impression , " he said.

For the friendly on Sunday, Bazdarevic have 25 players, including midfielder Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko forward, both from Rome, Ognjen Vranjes, Gijon defender or goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, of Chelsea .

Seven other players will join the team after Sunday's game to participate from 3 to 7 June with the Bosnian team in Japan in the "Kirin Cup", where they will play against Denmark, Bulgaria and the Asian host.

miercuri, 25 mai 2016

Spain completes its final training session before flying to Austria

Spanish team completed a double training session on his last day in Soccer City before flying to Austria , where Euro 2016 will prepare a concentration and two friendly matches.

Vicente del Bosque continues to work with a group of players with many new faces and the missing numerous international for joining with a first group will on Saturday after playing the finals of Copa several countries, which are goalkeepers Iker Casillas , Sergio Rico and David De Gea , more Jordi Alba , Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets , Andres Iniesta , Thiago Alcantara and Alvaro Morata .

And eventually one with players of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid (Carvajal, Sergio Ramos , Lucas Vázquez and Juanfran, Koke and Saul Ñíguez), who on Saturday played the final of the Champions League and will join the Red following the merger Austria when they are back to Las Rozas.

The first to get to the orders of coach who did not start the merger earlier this week, is the center of Barcelona Marc Bartra will integrate the expedition moves to Austria tomorrow.

On Wednesday Del Bosque he worked intensively with the players available, completing the double session with an afternoon training session in which after the usual Rondos and exercises with ball touch and pressure, eventually contesting a party with colorful goals.

They give the maximum in every session with the dream of debuting deserving group forming Pau López, Sergio Asenjo , Hector Bellerín, Diego Llorente, Jorge Meré, Lekue, Pablo Fornals, Marco Asensio, Denis Suárez, Inaki Oyarzabal Williams and Miker. Most of them will have the prize in the first test of the Spanish team next Sunday in Saint Gallen Arena against Bosnia.

For now, the goal of Del Bosque is to improve the physique of players who will be at Euro France and each session will see finer some as Cesc Fabregas , Nolito , David Silva recovered from his ankle injury and Pedro Rodriguez, who signed several many beautifully crafted in training. In one of the teams, the coach tested a common front Athletic Club with Artiz Aduriz and Williams pointed.

On Thursday, international madrugarán to leave Soccer City airport road, flying from 9:30 pm to Friedrichshafen, where they completed road trip to the town of Schruns, where already focused on the preparation of other major events .

luni, 16 mai 2016