barca juuuuuuuuu

The Spanish press was littered with words such as "thrashed", "humiliated" and "ridiculed" following Barcelona's comprehensive 5-0 defeat of arch rivals Real Madrid at the Camp Nou.

Jeffren celebrates Barcelona's fifth goal in the rout

 • Mourinho: Real weren't humiliated


Madrid went into Monday's game still unbeaten in 19 competitive matches under new coach Jose Mourinho and boasting a one-point lead over second-placed Barca at the top of the Primera Division standings, but they were swept aside in stunning fashion.
Goals from Xavi and Pedro put the hosts 2-0 up after 18 minutes and then another of Barca's World Cup-winning contingent, David Villa, added a quickfire brace at the start of the second half to make it 4-0 inside an hour.
Guardiola's side - who have now won five successive matches against Madrid, including a similarly emphatic 6-2 mauling at the Bernabeu in 2009 - added a fifth goal in stoppage-time through Jeffren before Madrid lost Sergio Ramos to a straight red card for scything down Lionel Messi.
Monday morning's newspapers in Spain were universal in their reporting of Barca`s overwhelming dominance in what had been one of the most eagerly-awaited Clasicos in recent times.
Catalan-based daily Sport's front page had a picture of a splayed hand with the headline: "5-0. Slap to Mourinho. Thrashing, humiliation and leaders!"
It added: "Footballing lesson from Barca to Madrid, who received another historic thrashing at the Camp Nou."
Sport, which also advertised on its front page T-shirts commemorating the victory, added inside: "Another golden page for Barca. Spectacular game of the Azulgranas, which ridiculed their rivals. The humiliation left Mourinho hiding on the bench. The whole world saw how there is still no team like Barca."
Barcelona-based El Mundo Deportivo's front cover was emblazoned with a huge 5-0 over the picture of Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes and centre-back Gerard Pique holding up their hands up with fingers outstretched in celebration of the result.
Its headline read: "Madrid thrashed!"
Spain's biggest-selling paper, Madrid-based Marca, also praised Barca but pointed an accusing finger at referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez as well.
On its online edition, the headlines were: "Slap to Real Madrid" and "This Barca is a machine".
The front cover of its newspaper added: "After 18 minutes, it was already 2-0 thanks to the football from another galaxy of Xavi, Villa and SuperMessi. Iturralde denied a penalty from Valdes on CR7 (Cristiano Ronaldo) and an offside of 'El Guaje' (Villa) in the third goal. Ramos was sent off for taking out the Argentinian and then lost control."
It continued inside, saying: "Memorable symphony. Barca destroy a disappointing Madrid. Lesson of class, intelligence and the precision of their midfielders. The biggest defeat of a team of Mourinho."
Marca also heaped praise on Barca playmaker Xavi, who has been struggling with an Achilles tendon problem this season but was in stunning form again last night.
"Xavi broke the game with 20 minutes of genius," Marca said in giving the Spain international their star man award. "There is no other like him. Xavi was a cyclone. He dominated all aspects of the game: control, passing, precision, acceleration, pausing, pressure and (scored a) goal."
Another Madrid-based sports newspaper, AS, showed a picture of Barca striker Bojan Krkic and Sami Khedira attempting to hold back Ramos as the referee showed him his red card, with the headline: "Thrashed and in tatters."
Ramos was dismissed for his ugly foul on Messi and then shoved Barca captain Carles Puyol and Xavi - both Spain team-mates of the Madrid defender - in the face as he made his way off the pitch.
Inside AS, it added: "Barcelona danced against a Madrid without soul. They had no answer to the touch football of Barca."
In their sports pages, El Pais, the biggest-selling non-sports paper in Spain, spoke of: "An historic Azulgrana festival. Superb football lesson from the Azulgrana team who dismantled an impotent Madrid with five goals and claimed the league leadership."
El Mundo added on its front page: "Barcelona humiliate Real Madrid once again."

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal have no plans to enter the transfer market in Januar

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal have no plans to enter the transfer market in January.

Aaron Ramsey made his return to action on Monday night

The Gunners are currently third in the Premier League level on points with Chelsea and two behind Manchester United, but they have suffered a number of disappointing results already this season, including home defeats to West Brom, Newcastle and Tottenham.
Injuries to the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Thomas Vermaelen have led to suggestions Arsenal would look to reinforce during the window but, barring any further fitness problems, Wenger has vowed to keep faith with his current squad.
"My policy is to stick to the squad I have. We will not be on the market," Wenger told the club's official website.
"I want to keep my squad and I want to continue with these players. We will not be on the market unless we lose some."
Arsenal should at least be boosted by the return of Aaron Ramsey in January. The midfielder, who has not played for the club since suffering a serious injury at Stoke in February, has joined Championship side Nottingham Forest on an emergency loan to regain his fitness. He made his Forest debut in their 1-0 defeat at Leicester on Monday.
Wenger said: "He is fit but not competitively match-fit. I left him the choice to go where he wanted. There are seven games before January when he comes back and I thought that is the best way.
"I decided to give him a run in the Championship and if he manages to play four or five out of the seven [games] he will be fit to play for us.
"We were a bit pushed by the deadline. To do it before Christmas, we had to do it last week, so I rushed a bit my decision, but it was the only opportunity."

Arsenal Striker Nicklas Bendtner Issues Ultimatum To Arsene Wenger

Danish star Nicklas Bendtner has proclaimed that he is prepared to leave Arsenal unless he is given more opportunities to be in the team's starting lineup. 

Bendtner struggled with injuries last season. However, he is apparently fully fit now, despite not starting any league matches so far this season.  The 22-year-old feels this is a crucial time in his career and he needs to be playing if he wants to become a star player. 

"I feel I've done everything right in getting back to fitness and I'm in the best shape of my life." The striker told Sporten.dk.

"I feel even better than before the injury and, at that point, I was in the starting 11 and close to fulfilling my potential. I just lack minor things now to be back to my best again but I'm only getting those by playing matches. That's what I have to do now. There's not more to it than that.

"When I'm 100% fit I cannot accept sitting on the bench. I'm turning 23 soon and, at this stage in my career, it's important for my development to play regularly, game after game.

"I think I can allow myself to say this, I simply have to get to the next stage in my career and that's the reason why I'm saying these things right now.

"I'm just saying my opinion as the person I am. If the situation doesn't change and I'm still on the bench at Arsenal, I'll look for a transfer. That's obvious.

"But my first priority is definitely, as it always has been, to play for Arsenal. I've had a lot of patience and I won't sit on the bench any more. I want to play, and I hope I will for Arsenal."

The Gunners manager Arsene Wenger is aware of Bendtner's self-confidence and will not let comments influence his decisions, rather leaving it up to the striker to prove himself on the pitch.

“When you try to convince a player that he has to be patient, then you waste your time.

"He has a good level of confidence and that is not bad, but you have to justify it on the football pitch.”

seria A derby

Derby Della Madonnina
Italian and European champions Inter have
struggled under coach Rafael Benitez this
season and the mounting injuries have not
helped. On the other hand, Milan are in pole
position in Serie A.
Les wait to see this fascinating battle.

mourinho handed two match bAn

Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid will have to
make do without the services of head coach Jose
Mourinho for the next two games after the
Spanish Football Association (RFEF) handed the
Portuguese coach a two-match ban.
The former Inter tactician received his marching
orders in Wednesday's 5-1 Copa del Rey win
over Murcia after hitting out at referee Jose Luis
Paradas Romero during the match.
The RFEF wasn't too happy with Mourinho's
outburst and have decided to suspend the Real
Madrid coach for the next two matches.
"Mourinho was booked for formulating
observations about the referee and he has been
suspended for the Sporting and Athletic matches
for addressing the referee with disrespectful
vocabulary - Article 117-," reads a statement on
the club's official website.
Mourinho will miss this weekend's match against
Sporting Gijon and the home game against
Athletic Bilbao on November 23 due to the
suspension.

How do Manchester City and Manchester United's expensive squads match up head-to-head?

GOALKEEPER

Joe HART £600,000 (rising to £1.5m)

Edwin VAN DER SAR £2m

It's youth versus experience between the sticks, as the 23-year-old Hart faces the 40-year-old Van der Sar. But while the difference in games played between the two could hardly be starker, the cost to their teams is virtually negligible. Van der Sar's signing proved a snip at £2m, but despite taking the No.1 shirt for club and country since his move from Shrewsbury Town in 2006, Hart will still only come to cost his club marginally less. In terms of resale value, however, his price tag would dwarf the soon-to-retire Dutchman's.

DEFENDERS

Right-back

Pablo ZABALETA £6.5m

Wes BROWN n/a

The versatile Argentine, signed from Malaga two years ago, is perhaps not a starter in Roberto Mancini's first choice XI, but his versatility is such that he plays more games than not in a variety of positions. Brown is not destined to be remembered as one of United's finest youth prospects, but his collection of medals show he is no one's fool.

Centre backs

Vincent KOMPANY £6m

Nemanja VIDIC £7m

Kolo TOURE £16m

Rio FERDINAND £30m

For all City's recent largesse, United certainly have the edge when it comes to the cost of their two stalwarts at the heart of defence. Ferdinand's form (and fitness) may have lapsed in recent times, but despite his then-world record transfer fee his signing has still proven good value. Vidic's price tag puts City's duo to shame — Kompany has grown into an increasingly effective Premier League defender but still has room to improve, while City are still waiting to see whether Kolo Toure can be the top-drawer performer Arsenal believed he could no longer be.

Left-back

Jerome BOATENG £10.4m

Patrice EVRA £5.5m

Boateng signed for City even before playing a role in Germany's star summer in South Africa. Capable of playing all across the backline, he will likely fill in at left-back on Wednesday through necessity (Mancini is surely unlikely to risk £17m Alexander Kolarov in such a game so soon after his injury layoff). Evra, on the other hand, had a horrible World Cup but is rightfully regarded as one of the best full-backs in the world. His price tag is another reminder of Ferguson's ability to spot a star.

MIDFIELDERS

Right-side

Adam JOHNSON £7.5m

Luis NANI £17m

Johnson (or his equivalent on the other side, Silva) might only be starting due to the suspension of £30m Mario Balotelli — and even then there is no guarantee the pragmatic Mancini doesn't opt for another, more defensive option. Johnson has immediately proved himself a bargain after his signing from Championship side Middlesbrough, whereas Nani has only recently shown signs he might consistently deliver on the promise we've seen fleetingly ever since his signing from Sporting Lisbon in 2007.

Central midfield

Yaya TOURE £24m

Michael CARRICK £18m

Nigel DE JONG £18m

Darren FLETCHER n/a

Gareth BARRY £12m

Paul SCHOLES n/a

In this central midfield, it's City's collective that are by far the most expensive. United's trio will likely be comprised of two youth products — one (Scholes) among the greatest in the club's history, the other (Fletcher) trying to get there — and one £18m signing who hasn't quite been the controlling influence on the side that was once envisaged.

United's group is established, however, whereas City's is still adapting to life at the club — and together. Yaya Toure cost a lot from Barcelona last summer and even more in wages, while City paid £18m for De Jong, now regarded highly as an enforcer, when they could have waited another six months and possibly snatched him for free. Barry is an established Premier League player after his long stint at Aston Villa.

Left-side

David SILVA £26m

Ji-Sung PARK £4m

For all the millions spent by either side, Silva is the only World Cup winner among either likely starting XI — and even he is far from a guaranteed selection. In terms of cost his summer signing understandably dwarves that of Park, who was initially thought of in dismissive terms (with his marketability in Asia seen as the main reason for his signing) but has gone on to prove himself a valuable, if eminently rotatable, member of the squad.

STRIKER

Carlos TEVEZ £40m

Dimitar BERBATOV £30.9m

Where the big bucks were spent. City and United between them will opt not to start (for various reasons) the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor (£25m) and Wayne Rooney (£25m), yet still will feed two strikers with a combined cost of over £70m. Berbatov was wanted by the newly-minted City before opting for United, but despite a hat-trick against Liverpool earlier this season still seems to lack his manager's full trust.

Carlos Tevez's third party ownership drove up his cost to almost extortionate figures after a successful two-year 'loan' at Old Trafford, but he has already proven his vital importance to his new side's success as their all-action central striker.

TOTAL

MANCHESTER CITY £167.9m	MANCHESTER UNITED £114.4m

Difference: £53.5m

FIFA donates $100k to shot Togo keeper Obilale

FIFA has confirmed it is giving $100,000 to former
Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, who was shot
when terrorists attacked the team's bus at the
Africa Nations Cup in Angola in January.
- Obilale a 'miracle survivor' of attack
- Togo keeper makes emotional plea
FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced in
September they would be donating $25,000 to
Obilale and this sum has now been raised.
Three people died in the incident - the bus driver,
an assistant coach and a press officer - while
Obilale, who was initially also reported as dead,
had to be flown to South Africa for emergency
treatment after sustaining gunshot wounds in the
lower back and abdomen.
The French Football Federation earlier this year
agreed to pay the €65,000 repatriation costs for
Obilale to return to France after he issued an
emotional appeal for help.
A FIFA statement read: "FIFA is to donate a sum of
USD 100,000 to Togolese international goalkeeper
Kodjovi Obilale, who was seriously injured during
an armed attack on his team's bus in the Angolan
enclave of Cabinda ahead of the CAF African Cup of
Nations in January.
"The 25-year-old goalkeeper, formerly with French
side Pontivy, was gravely wounded when the
Togolese team bus was hit by gunfire on 8
January.
"The ambush took the lives of assistant coach
Amelete Abalo and press officer Stanislas O'cloo,
while Obilale himself is still continuing his
rehabilitation.''

LAmpard slams rooney critics

Frank Lampard has launched a staunch defence of
England team-mate Wayne Rooney, blasting critics
of the Manchester United star and dismissing as
"lazy" those who have labelled the striker "thick".
- Rooney won't be rushed back
Rooney is currently training in the United States in a
bid to regain top condition after a difficult few
weeks in England, in which he hit the front and
back pages thanks to his dramatic United contract
U-turn and lurid allegations about his private life.
But Chelsea midfielder Lampard believes recent
criticism of the former Everton forward is wholly
unjustified and insists the Rooney he knows is
nothing like the one painted by the media.
"People who call him thick, it's just a lazy thing to
say by looking at him and saying 'he's a footballer,
he looks quite tough because he's come from that
background' and all that kind of stuff and the way
he plays, but he is sharp," Lampard told BBC Radio
Five Live.
"I think the people who are calling him thick have
got a certain element of thickness about them,
because they haven't even invested the time to
speak to him. He doesn't speak to the press that
much for them to make that judgement of him.
"He's a confident boy, and he has a sensitive side
to him. During the World Cup we'd sit in a room
together and watch some of the other games and
stuff like that.
"If you read the headlines of the last few weeks
you can get an impression of someone but he's a
very sensitive lad, you can have a good
conversation with him about anything you want.
He's a very cute, worldly lad for how young he is.
He has no problem relating to older players, he
treats everyone the same.
"Some people like to align themselves to the bigger
names in the squad, to speak to certain players or
stick to their own little group. Wayne talks to David
Beckham the same as he would to a new player
who's just come into the squad from Stoke or
Bolton, and that's the beauty of him I think as a
person.
"He's got a great sense of humour. I love being
around people who will make me laugh, and he
makes you laugh constantly. When you're sat at a
dinner table with 20 people he can dominate the
conversation just through wit and the confidence
in the way he speaks.''
Lampard recalled Rooney made an instant
impression on him when he was first called up by
England.
"He looks like he has this bulldog way about him, a
little powerhouse, and then the first day he trained
you could see he had this touch and awareness
that was...like a genius touch,'' he said.
"I'd only seen three players in my career like that -
Paolo Di Canio, Gianfranco Zola and Paul Gascoigne
when I was a kid training with England - that had
this genius kind of thing about them, and Wayne
had that instantly as a 17-year-old.''

sunday's gossips

Tottenham midfielders David Bentley and
Niko Kranjcar could be set for a January exit
to help fund new signings for boss Harry
Redknapp.
Full story: Sunday Mail
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has
received the backing of the club's Abu Dhabi
owners and is set to offload England stars Shaun
Wright-Phillips and Wayne Bridge, as well as
Republic of Ireland keeper Shay Given and
Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz.
Full story: Sunday Mirror
Arsenal are close to concluding a deal for
PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.
The 24-year-old Dutch international will be
a free transfer in the summer.
Full story: caughtoffside.com
OTHER GOSSIP
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho will be
the number one target for the owners at
Manchester City if they decide to sack
current boss Roberto Mancini. Mancini is
under increasing pressure after three
successive defeats.
Full story: Sunday Mirror
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia could
be set for a swift return to football three months
ahead of schedule after breaking his ankle against
Rangers in September.
Full story: Sunday Mail
AND FINALLY
Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has taken
a swipe at Manchester City by saying they
are paying the price for spending too much
too soon.
Full story: Sunday Mail

mOurinho awapatanisha materazzi na zizou

HATIMAYE kocha wa Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho
amezika tofauti kati ya Zinedine Zidane na Marco
Materazzi.
Wachezaji hao waligombana uwanjani katika
moja ya mechi za fainali ya Kombe la Dunia 2006
kati ya Italia na Ufaransa na kununiana kwa miaka
minne. Lakini wiki hii Mourinho amewapatanisha
na wachezaji hao walikumbatiana
.
Tukio hilo lilitokea katika hoteli ya kikosi cha Real
Madrid ambapo wachezaji wa Inter Milan walifika
kumsalimia kocha wao wa zamani.
Gazeti la Marca lisema: "Walimaliza ugomvi wao
na kuanza kuzungumza kama vile hawakuwa
mahasimu.

arsen wenger in scandal

Arsenal have pleaded for privacy after a
newspaper revealed allegations into Arsene
Wenger's private life.
The Gunners have called the matter "strictly
private" and have called for the Frenchman's
family to be respected.
The Sun had linked the Gunners boss with French
rap star Sonia Tatar, 39 but the 61-year-old
refused to be drawn on the matter, telling
reporters he would deal with the issue "privately".
A club statement read: "Arsenal Football Club
considers the allegations concerning our manager
Arsene Wenger strictly a private matter and we
ask that the privacy of Arsene and his family be
respected."
Wenger added in a statement: "This is a very
serious matter. I do not intend to make any
comment and wish to deal with the matter
privately."

UEFA LEG

CHELSEA yaendeleza ubabe kati kundi lake baada ya magoli ya Anelka,Drogba(pen) na Ivanovic akifunga mawili mechi iliyomalizika 4-1
ARSENAL yawakuta huko kwa Eduardo da Silva baada ya kudondokewa na Shakhtar 2-1 goli la pili na la ushindi likifungwa na former arsenal player Eduardo ambapo ilimbidi hata asishangilie.

Mjini Milan kulikuwa na kipute kilichokuwa kikisubiriwa na wadau wengi duniani kati ya AC MILAN vs MADRID mechi iliyoisha kwa matokeo ya 2-2 hongera zikimwendea Pedro Leone aliyesawazisha goli ktk muda wa nyongeza.Super People aliweka rekodi yake baada ya kumfikia Raul Gonzalez ambae sasa anakipiga na Stutgart kwa kufikisha magoli 70 ya uefa champions league