Friday, February 26, 2016

Hamsik: `It hurts us a lot.`

The leader of Napoli, Marek Hamsik admitted he was very disappointed after dropping out of the Europa League. He tallied in the equality at home with 1:1 with Villarreal, which turned out to be insufficient for the classification of the semifinals.
`At the moment, we have no luck. We presented ourselves well, but after the draw we weren`t able to get second because Villarreal protected itself very well.`
`That draw hurts us a lot because we wanted to move on. Now, however, we will concentrate in Serie A. The league is leaving with our heads held high.`, said Hamsik.
Napoli finished the group stage with a total asset of points by scoring 22 goals and allowed just 3. The team exited from the Cup of Italy, and currently lies in a series of four matches by sure bets without a victory.
`We just don`t have luck, and besides, these days we played with a lot of good teams.`, added Hamsik.

Friday, February 19, 2016

Tuchel expects stronger Porto in the second leg

The Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel was left extremely satisfied mostly by work in the defensive plan of his team against Porto in last night`s game, won with 2:0.
The German club via soccer picks totally outplayed the Portuguese and ended the match with 20:3 hits, two bars and an excellent position for qualification for the semifinals.
`We are now only at half-time in this crash. We expect Porto to get quality with the return of Danilo Pereira and Maxi Pereira on the second leg. We expect the best from the opponent in the match in front of their fans.`, said Tuchel.
`We need to play a strong match to qualify first in the race. For this purpose, we will prepare well and give the best of ourselves.`
`Nuri Sahin played great. We couldn`t keep him out of the game, he was burning to the ground. He did a fantastic training. I told him that if he wants, he will organize a friendly match, to feel again what it is to wear the t-shirt, but he assured me that there is no need for such a match.`
`And he was really ready. We gave him confidence and am happy that it worked. Before the game, it was clear that he will stay at most 60 minutes on the pitch. His presentation was strong after so long absent because of an injury.`, said Thomas, who was in the infirmary 355 days.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Rui Vitória: `We deserved to score earlier against Zenit.`

Benfica coach Rui Vitoria remained pleased with a 1:0 success over Zenit in the first 1/8-final rematch of the Champions League between the two teams.
The hosts made it to success after a last-minute Honas.
`We won a deserved against a very good team. We didn`t take many risks and generally kept the match adviced by onlinesocceradvisor under control. We were tactically perfect. Perhaps, however, we should score earlier.`, he announced at the press conference after the match.
`We knew that Zenit can create serious trouble and we were aware that they will act primarily on the counterattack in this match, but we were prepared.`
`We won thanks to our tenacity and patience.`
`At the moment, we`re definitely a better position from them since 1:0 is a nice tournament result.`
`I believe completely in my players and my team. I hope eventually to move on in the tournament. I`m not going to change my ideas about the second leg.`

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Lavezzi is specifying the last details to play in China

The striker of Paris Saint-Germain, Ezequiel Lavezzi, will continue his career in China. According to the information at the moment, the Chinese team Hebei China Fortune and PSG are specifying the last details of the transfer.
Lavezzi became a free agent in the summer and the management of the Paris Saint-Germain prefers to sell him now to pick by fixedsoccermatches.com up the transfer sum for him now, rather than having to drop him without money.
The Argentinian had offers from the Italian clubs Inter and Juventus, mostly, as well as from the English Chelsea. The offer to the Chinese, however, is more than tempting: 13 million annual salary for Lavezzi that can reach 15 million with bonuses.
The Argentine striker is expected to sign a two-year contract with the Chinese team after the eighth-final in the Champions League against Chelsea next week.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Roma, Inter and Juventus are fighting for Kolarov

Roma, Inter and Juventus want to take the Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov in the summer.
The 30-year-old Serbian national came from Lazio in the Premier League in 2010 and later re-signed his contract with `the citizens` by 2018. Yet last summer, however, Kolarov said he would like to return to Serie a.
According to media reports in Italy, Roma and Inter have expressed willingness to take him as long as they`ve earned the right to participate in the Champions League next season. Juve would have recourse for the transfer if Patrice Evra does not sign a new contract. The contract of the Frenchman running out in the summer.
The defender has had 82 matches via onlinesocceradvisor for Lazio in Serie A between 2007 and 2010, who scored 6 goals. Then the transfer of 21 million euros to City followed.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Arsenal sent two players for rent

Arsenal sent its defender Mathieu Debuchy by the end of the season to the team from Ligue 1 Bordeaux.
The 30-year-old footballer has played only seven matches mentioned by onlinesocceradvisor.com for Arsenal since the beginning of the season, as in November he was not included in the plans of the manager Arsene Wenger at all.
Arsenal paid 7.5 million pounds to Newcastle in the summer of 2014 for Debuchy.
Debuchy hopes to transfer to Bordeaux to fight for a place in the French national team for the upcoming European Championship.
At the same time, Arsenal gave Yaya Sanogo to Charlton until the end of the season. Previously, he played for rent in Ajax.