Real Madrid presents its new kit for the 2012/2013

Real Madrid have presented Thursday what will be their new kit for next season 2012/2013. A kit with whom to celebrate its 110 year history, and therefore will have a commemorative logo on left sleeve.

Within which it fits, a change is quite evident. Especially because the stripes have gone from gold to blue and turquoise sea. Another obvious change is in the neck, ending in a beak and flaps disappear.

The away kit is blue, with stripes of a color called "electric yellow" or as we call life: neon. Finally, note that disappears red third kit has been so successful this season, giving way to a green that is confirmed though, has not yet come to light.

Spain 4-1 South Korea: Fernando Torres is set to point

Spain solved the second game in preparation for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine winning by 4-1 to South Korea. A strange development, conditioned by a timetable too long to just over a week after starting the competition, has prompted several key players from Barça and Athletic, are taking a few days off. Okay with the minute to be alternates to the moment of truth, so that they reinforce concepts. Okay check that there are many kinds knocking on the door of selection, such as boots Beñat or Adrian. But it sounds like a joke you are preparing a European Championship with players who can not dispute it, while the stars come out to play against Italy with the beach sand between your toes yet.

Fortunately, Spain can boast of being the team with the most robust identity. Few teams can afford a game with the same script and play starting eleven or eleven reserves. Today, a rookie in the call reaches the selection being aware of what the script to follow. Something of incalculable value, based on our recent successes.

Jesse Joselu and Morata, an attack of the first

If the last two seasons we have had few classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and we expect in the next four Super League and minimum between, there are still two more but will be in second division with the duel between the two giant branches . And is that part of New Castile more silver after sweep in Group 1 (it took fourteen points per second) and win comfortably at Cadiz in the knockout group winners, which certified the ascent. There are several subsidiary Madrid footballers who have excelled, as the great right wing formed by Carvajal and midfielder Juanfran or Mosquera, the oldest of the group returned to Castile after not having minutes in Getafe. But the foundation upon which has settled the team's success has been their attacking trio formed by Joselu, Jesse and Morata.

And it has helped up to Castilla Second B Second, but first level is certainly higher than that of several teams that competed this year in the top flight. Once the season, the rumors have been begging and there are several clubs have already expressed interest in having them for next year: we speak of the Premier as a destination for Joselu, including Wenger might be interested , while by Jesse Benfica are interested and no less than Manchester United. Morata, possibly the best known of the three, will probably also with several proposals.

NDF Survey Results: Eligue your 23 in Spain for Euro

Following the publication of the final list of invited by Vicente Del Bosque for Euro, now get to see the results of the survey that I proposed last week and see how they are alike and how different views of our community and the coach national.

The figure of Iker Casillas, current captain and player with the most caps is beyond doubt: 99% of the vote will guarantee (the most votes, with Iniesta and Xavi completing the podium). However, the issue of what should go with two goalkeepers is less clear, as David De Gea, who, as expected, the Euro will not go to the Olympics but has received 41% of the vote. Of those who opt for the red devil keeper, about two-thirds would do without Pepe Reina and a third of Victor Valdes.

The final list of Del Bosque: no surprises beyond the front and low in defense

Vicente Del Bosque said on Sunday the final list with twenty-three players invited to represent Spain in the defense of continental Euro scepter of Poland and Ukraine will begin on June 8. The call of the coach no surprises beyond the front, where there has been more surprising that no elected or Roberto Soldado and Adrian Lopez.

For the typical three places goalkeeper, Del Bosque has continued to rely on the three goalkeepers who already led the South Africa World Cup: Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes and Pepe Reina. David De Gea, who entered the screening more than anything to know the working environment of the Absolute, is the owner of the Selection guardamallas Olympics in London.

Some facts about the Euro

Euro in Poland and Ukraine begins next week. The contest in which Spain is defending the title won in 2008 now has 52 years of existence and 13 issues and disputed. Then I let some facts about the history of the Cup

The football predictions are often based on the statistics, but it never hurts to find significant data when risking a result. For example, among all European World Champions, England is the only one who has won the European Championship: Germany, Spain, France and Italy won the title while England won just two third places.

Spain and France can reach Germany as the European Championships team that has won more if awarded this year's tournament. The Germanic group won the competition 3 times (1972, 1980 and 1996), while Spain did in 2 (1964 and 2008) as well as France (1984 and 2000).

The three teams achieved a double European Championship and World Cup: Germany won Euro '72 and the '74 World Cup, France '98 won the World Cup and Euro 2000, Spain won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. In Spain would regain the first team to get two consecutive UEFA European Championships and also the first to do with a World Cup won in between.

France, Holland, Denmark and Greece are the four countries have won every European Championship finals they have contested. With the exception of all Gaul, the rest of the selections were spent only on one occasion. By contrast, Germany and Czech Republic are the teams that lost the finals more times (3 times).

Now that you know all these particulars about the Euro's more information for betting on football for the start of this year's European competition.

Should we continue Bielsa, Athletic de Bilbao?

In Bilbao there is a feeling ambiguous about Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine coach was able to lead the team in a single season, two finals, yet the two were defeated by a landslide. Against this background, should continue as head coach Bielsa Basque?

For some time Athletic Bilbao did not have a season like 2011/2012. The Basque ended in the middle of the league table, but he did his best performance in the tops: finalist in the Champions League and Copa del Rey. The first fell by 3 to 0 against Atletico Madrid and the second to FC Barcelona for the same result. Despite the losses, in the stands where fans were during the last final Athletic could hear the chant "Bielsa, stay".

The Argentine coach was able to give identity to the game of Basque side and on that basis did play the decisive stages of the cups, however, in the final stretch of the season, his team was not up to the circumstances: no goals scored in the last 6 games.

This week, as himself said Bielsa, will resolve to continue or being away from the club. The coach met with executives a few days ago the club and so far, will not travel to your country until you confirm your future in relation to the Athletic.

Meanwhile, the club organizes and the preseason with a friendly tournament to be played in Poland where they will play the Slask Wroclaw, PSV and Benfica.

Depor is First

372 days after descending to the League Two, the Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña has returned to win the right to play in the League BBVA . It has not been an easy road, far from it: for it has had to reach the high score of the category of silver, matching the score they achieved in their final ascent Valladolid, a whopping 88 points, setting a new mark victories (28), twenty of them in the fort of Riazor, which has yielded only one defeat and two draws.

It is precisely for Riazor and parish where you have to start talking about this promotion. Deportivo was the fans who laid the cornerstone for achieving the difficult task to get back to the first. The club has surpassed 25,000 members, over a third new high, reaching an average attendance Riazor than 28,000 people (more than ten fields of First), a number that falls short viewing audience of the past two months, where filled or grazed the full in every match. But the thing is not there, as well as make a fort Riazor in the Bluegill fans, especially the Riazor Blues and other clubs, have spent the year traveling to a number of stages rivals to push his team.

Will the Chori Dominguez River?

Alejandro Dominguez could be contesting his last games in River. The front ends his assignment on loan at the end of the season and should return to Valencia if you do not renew their ties with the Argentine team struggling to return to first division.

Unclear is the future of Chori Dominguez. The player is currently playing in the final stretch of the season with the Club Atletico River Plate where the template is part of the loan transfer to Valencia did, however, not to renew his ties with the club Nunez, Chori must return to Spain.

Imbued in the campaign of his current team to fight your way up to the first division, Dominguez said about his future: "It is true that sometimes comes to my mind that if everything goes well they may be my last five games in River. The theme takes me a bit of focus. I do not think too much because it makes me sad. I do not know what can happen, but I look forward to enjoying this wonderful group. Few times I had a peer group as good as this and would like to continue enjoying it. "

Dominguez is one of the players (along with Fernando Cavenaghi) who had been on the computer millionaire club and wanted to return after the fall to help you get back to first. In the future all that is known is that, for now, should return to Valencia where the new coach Mauricio Pellegrino has expressed his desire to have him for next season.

Which three teams will go to first?: The question of the week in Football Notes

It's two days for the Division II regular season comes to an end and up to seven teams seek the same goal: making the ascent. The first two places collected through ticket and Sports is the most ballots have to certify this weekend its back to the top flight. The second is the thick, with Celta and Valladolid on equal points (81). It is this equality that this week, NDF, I want to ask the following.

Which three teams will go to first?

There are seven sets in the ointment stuck to only three seats. Most have been cited over Deportivo, his neighbor Vigo and equipment Djukic. Then Alcorcón (69), Hercules (68), Cordova (67) and Almeria (64) have options to get into the play-off. The thing is very even and unless the first place, all are questions. Who do you think they will achieve the prized seats to First? As always, I appreciate that contestéis in the Answers section .

Bielsa Athletic succumbs to the last exhibition of Pep Team

The insoldable culé melancholy and desire to lose sight of their opponents created a strange environment for this
Cup Final Pep Guardiola seemed that he had died and the last title on the line was drawn with posthumous casts. What the future holds Guardiola did not even know him but what it leaves behind is an absolute certainty: The Pep Team is a team that will be remembered legendar or per secula seculorum for everything you have earned and, above all, by how he won. And yesterday, the last episode of a masterpiece, the Barcelona players were given a postscript written in letters of gold.

One shortcoming Guardiola FC Barcelona is always usually takes ten minutes to settle on the lawn. Last night in just two minutes had created three chances, one goal converted by Peter. It was as if the Barca players would like to honor his coach showing you who have never wanted to stop learning more, until the last day, until the last lesson. The Athletic Club of Marcelo Bielsa made ​​life too easy: man marking full field against Barca is suicide in the making.

Seven strokes of Pinturicchio

Carry carries ten demands: it is the back of the elect, the artist who draws different strokes to raise another category of its football team. If in addition is a number that have worn the same shirt as Boniperti myths, Platini and Roberto Baggio, the task is becoming even epic. Pinturicchio was one of the famous artists of the Quattrocento Renaissance and witnessed one of the most splendid periods of Italy and History of Art. Alessandro Del Piero, like the one who owes his nickname, also helped with his art to one of the most splendid periods of Juventus and the Italian. Nineteen seasons and 700 games later, numerous and relevant titles and countless times, leaving Del Piero Juventus this year, and the best way to review the greatness of his legacy is to capture seven times, seven strokes that you are eternal.

Football Survey Notes: Eligue your 23 in Spain for Euro

Next Sunday 27th Vicente Del Bosque will give the final list with twenty-three summoned to represent the Spanish in Poland and Ukraine Euro starting on June 8. Villa's resignation has cleared one of the great unknowns but after it, other questions have become even stronger. Anyway, what I ask is, neither more nor less than you bring forth the coach in all of us and to make your own call.

To simplify everything a little, we put some limitations. Among all the options that you choose must propose three goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven midfielders and six attackers. All those votes which are beyond the limit will not be counted. Surely many of you would do a deal differently or would change to a player of place, but at some point had to put up barriers and, after discussions between us, we agreed that this is the option that pleases us.

David Villa Euro waiver

All his colleagues hoped that David Villa would be with them in the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. This was repeated each and every one of them every time I asked about the possible absence of top scorer of the Spanish. However, from a distance, most fans and media have long distrusted and, finally, El Guaje could participate in the Euro.

This afternoon has confirmed the final decision. As announced the RFEF through an official as the player itself in their social networks , David Villa has told Vicente Del Bosque is not sufficiently prepared to compete at the highest level.

Jose Mourinho extended his contract with Real Madrid

The day was marked by the news this morning informing Real Madrid: Jose Mourinho has extended his contract until 2016. Two seasons to what was already signed, which reinforce the figure of the Portuguese in the club and stabilize a powerful project, something that Real Madrid had hardly found from galactic and Vicente Del Bosque.

After the continued rumors during the season claiming that Mourinho would leave the club in June by several internal unconformities, the setback to the press has been fat. Especially for the silent way everything has been performed. Nobody saw it coming, nor they saw the proclamation of Tito Vilanova as new coach of FC Barcelona .

League Two: seven teams fighting for promotion, Nastic down to 2nd B

There are only three days to finish the regular season ending in the Liga Adelante. In the ascent is all decided, while in the fall and we have two confirmed and two with all the ballots to accompany them. Above, three teams fighting for two places of direct promotion while four others aspire to achieve the other three squares that would be free to play-off.

Deportivo La Coruna, a leader from day 20, fell to a Xerez Chapin and not playing anything. The Andalusians went ahead very beginning of the tournament, which responded with two goals Galician Lassad (the second one with an improbable heels to the top) but eventually the locals went around and ended up winning 3-2. With this defeat, Depor is cut the gap to his pursuers to 4 points. Still, it holds a privileged position: if he wins two of three games remaining, will be first team.

Chelsea FC The Champion of the Champions League 2011-2012

The Chelsea FC is the new European Champion after winning on penalties to Bayern Munich, after both teams empatasen one after the first ninety minutes. The party discoursed by the expected paths. Bayern took the lead from minute one, always keeping possession with an attack-minded, while Chelsea simply defend Drogba accumulation and expect a hunt.

If anyone deserved to win the final that was the Bayern. Capitalized on the possession, generated dozens of attack actions and tried in every way: by combining the interior, focusing on the flanks, reaching baseline, shooting from middle and long distance ... but lacked accuracy and were left few centimeters. Just like Barca.

Champions League Final 2011/2012, Bayern, Chelsea: The club Football Notes

The UEFA Champions League live tonight his magical night. The most anticipated game of the year at a continental level will not be a match either. About the rectangle game, a Bayern-Chelsea which few were betting at the start of the course. Each in its own way, have been climbing the steep mountain in Europe, being only a step to reach the top. German and English come together at the Allianz Arena, where Jupp Heynckes, hosts its fifth scepter aspire to throughout history against an opponent, the leader Roberto Di Matteo, who dreams of releasing his locker Cups Europe. As always in these cases, the editors of Football Notes have gathered to try to uncover who will succeed the last winner, FC Barcelona. Waiting for your forecasts through the comments, we leave with our own and a wish to succeed in football.

New development in our Club Soccer Notes: Would you like to encourage the Spanish team in Poland?

Big event is coming football season. We are just over two weeks after starting the Euro 2012 Football Notes and want our readers have the opportunity to live in first person by a new development of our Club, Insurance Pelayo's hand. So we present this opportunity to support the selection in Poland.

What have you done? It's as simple as going to the post of promoting our Club and follow the signs that tell you there. You can be one of the lucky ones to live the European Championship in first person!

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Champions League Final 2011/2012, Bayern, Chelsea on penalties, sanctions and substitutes

Within a couple of days there Champions League final and now focuses on rumors of signings and friendly in Kuwait. Right now we would be living a collective madness if the final disputasen Madrid and Barcelona and many took for granted ahead of time, but Bayern and Chelsea had something to say and their verdict was his presence in the final of Munich. They do not come cheap, however: seven casualties accumulate sanction both teams, four English team and three German. This, besides giving headaches to Di Matteo and Heynckes, opened a debate on the need to revise the rule on the sanctions for the final.

The idea that some voices suggest it would resemble what they did with the World Cup in South Africa, when they decided that the accumulation of cards would lose its force from the quarterfinals. The debate arose when Ballack missed the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, and is also remembered the penalty Costacurta in 1994, Caniggia in 1990 or Gascoigne's tears in the semifinals of the world itself, when after seeing a card was lost in the semi final hypothetical finally played after Germany beat England at the end of that game.

Champions League Final 2011/2012, Bayern, Chelsea on penalties, sanctions and substitutes

Within a couple of days there Champions League final and now focuses on rumors of signings and friendly in Kuwait. Right now we would be living a collective madness if the final disputasen Madrid and Barcelona and many took for granted ahead of time, but Bayern and Chelsea had something to say and their verdict was his presence in the final of Munich. They do not come cheap, however: seven casualties accumulate sanction both teams, four English team and three German. This, besides giving headaches to Di Matteo and Heynckes, opened a debate on the need to revise the rule on the sanctions for the final.

The idea that some voices suggest it would resemble what they did with the World Cup in South Africa, when they decided that the accumulation of cards would lose its force from the quarterfinals. The debate arose when Ballack missed the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, and is also remembered the penalty Costacurta in 1994, Caniggia in 1990 or Gascoigne's tears in the semifinals of the world itself, when after seeing a card was lost in the semi final hypothetical finally played after Germany beat England at the end of that game.

Guardiola with few options for the Barca defense arm

Complicated the task of Guardiola when the defense arm of FC Barcelona for the final of the Copa del Rey. The coach of FC Barcelona has several casualties among the common defense and will have to appeal to several alternatives to build the bottom of your computer.

A string of injuries leaves Guardiola with little scope for the defense arm of FC Barcelona for the final of the Copa del Rey against Athtletic Bilbao. Earlier this year, the squad Fonàs tore knee ligaments after Abidal had to undergo a liver transplant a month ago and has not yet been discharged from hospital. As if not enough bad luck, Puyol and Dani Alves will not play the game: the first was recently operated knee and the second has fractured his collarbone.

The alternatives that have Pep few (and we must add to this that Maxwell emigrated to Paris Saint Germain in the winter market because the coach did not have it in mind). L or more likely the defense of the Barcelona squad integrate Montoya, Pique, Mascherano and Adriano because they are the only options you have left to coach FC Barcelona.

Is this an advantage for the front of Athletic Bilbao? ¿Modifies this Bielsa plans when assembling his team's attack? Let's wait until the ball starts rolling on 25 May at the Calderon.

A good year for Adebayor

I have no doubt that Mourinho would have liked to have this season with Emmanuel Adebayor. Although not a top striker, the Togolese was liked by the Real coach and offered different characteristics to those of Higuain and Benzema. The who once was great cause of discord between Mourinho and Valdano, who said to remove the site came to Benzema and waited until the last breath to exhaust your options to continue at the Bernabeu, had not had too many minutes with the Madrid club seeing the Benzema performance and the parties that the bench has been Higuain, but surely that Setubal coach would have given precisase games in which a point different from what you currently have in Chamartín. But Florentino was not the work of giving effect to the option and had to return to Manchester City, where you do not want to come and where he had Mancini. The solution was a new assignment, this time at Tottenham, and the decision could not be more correct: Adebayor has caught a great year at White Hart Lane.

The funny video of the day: complicated fair play

In Norway, sometimes things happen. The Tippeligaen, as it is called the Scandinavian country's domestic championship, lived this weekend one of those images that always attract attention. In game, Lillestrom-Brann, two sets of the lower classification in the fight to avoid relegation. With the score 2-3, Erik Mjelde, visiting player, prepares to return a ball that was thrown out by Lillestrom injury to a rival player. Such is their bad luck that the shot just surprising the goalkeeper, Magnusson, just fitting the 2-4. The author of the unexpected great goal (from almost 60 meters), which probably would not have succeeded if he does it on purpose, talk with peers and agree: let the opponent check. Out of center and in charge of re-locating the marker as it was is Sigurdarsson. All depart, leaving him free rein to mark ... less Leciejewski, the goalkeeper, not very satisfied with the decision of his companions makes things complicated the young Norwegian striker, who is forced to a 3-4 record and driblarlo that in the end, luckily for the dubious fair play goalie Brann, would be final.

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Several surprises in the provisional list of Forest

It was a watered-down list that Del Bosque announced today by the absence of players from Barcelona, ​​Athletic and Chelsea due to commitments still remain in their respective seasons, which also made ​​the list Laurent Blanc of France and is still missing a day of league play (with the title game) and instead did Prandelli although Juventus and Napoli are still ahead Coppa final (and one of the big surprises has been to leave out Matri, Juventus striker's). Ways of seeing. 21 players appointed Spanish coach who include many surprises as usual and also those of Beñat, Javi Garcia, Isco, Adrian or Juanfran.

¿Award or Opportunity? What is clear is that this list suggests that Del Bosque has his eye on these players who had never been called before. Players like Adrian Isco or already had been prominent in the lower grades and have a great season starring calling shots at the gates of the absolute, which would clash at all, and others like Javi Garcia takes a couple of great seasons in the Benfica in a place like where midfielder Javi Martinez will cause low, which may be central. Although Javi Garcia also remember playing in the center of the rear of Osasuna and Real Madrid. Not be ruled out. Not surprisingly it to Juanfran, successfully converted to the right side and that opened a door with Puyol's injury .

Football will miss Van Nistelrooy

Day of joy and sadness in Malaga. As the club celebrates the classification, for the first time in its history, for UEFA Champions League , one of the big ones, while a member of staff has been able to overcome the bar of the team anchovy in its 64 years. Ruud van Nistelrooy, one of the best strikers of the last decade, announced Tuesday that cut the ponytail, hanging boots tired of scoring goals and out the front door. At 34 years of football left.

Little by little they are players who have scored marching season. This weekend, in Calcium, Alessandro Del Piero said goodbye at Juventus and Filippo Inzaghi in Milan , two 'capocannoniere', each in its own way, they have earned the label of cracks along their extensive careers . A sign that we get older, they begin to invade nostalgia at times. I still remember as Luc Van Gol Nilis accompanied at the forefront of PSV .

Football will miss Van Nistelrooy

Day of joy and sadness in Malaga. As the club celebrates the classification, for the first time in its history, for UEFA Champions League , one of the big ones, while a member of staff has been able to overcome the bar of the team anchovy in its 64 years. Ruud van Nistelrooy, one of the best strikers of the last decade, announced Tuesday that cut the ponytail, hanging boots tired of scoring goals and out the front door. At 34 years of football left.

Little by little they are players who have scored marching season. This weekend, in Calcium, Alessandro Del Piero said goodbye at Juventus and Filippo Inzaghi in Milan , two 'capocannoniere', each in its own way, they have earned the label of cracks along their extensive careers . A sign that we get older, they begin to invade nostalgia at times. I still remember as Luc Van Gol Nilis accompanied at the forefront of PSV .

Notes of the Week 38

Each week we scored Football Notes, from 1 to 5, the least and what we liked most of the day the first division. These are the notes of the thirty-eighth and final game of the season.

"The advances and evidence

I did not like listening to betray Michu microphones in COPE . That they propose that the players of Granada left a goal to keep both the Andalusian team as his Ray gives more reasons to be wrong-headed to succeed in their suspicions. Not that I mind you have confirmed what they collect the cameras, but the fact of asking. It is adding foolishly insult to injury.

"Espanyol are underway between boos

The worst entry of the season in Cornella-El Prat served no other purpose than for the Espanyol fans showed their displeasure with the last stage of the race, where Espanyol has once again miss the opportunity to fight in Europe and has completed more close to the relegation of the above. Not enough, apparently, for fans who want more ... with Pochettino front.

The Real Madrid of the 100 points

No team had ever finished the season with 100 points to his credit. Never, until the Real Madrid in a historic season where besides achieving the record for goals (121 in his locker), managed to win the championship final round to finish the course brilliantly, rounding a campaign where they have erected the rulers of the League and which has managed to overcome the constant setbacks, mostly produced by a Barcelona chasing after three seasons that have been dethroned. The domestic title has become tinged with white and then, player by player value to each of the members of the workforce champion.

Mourinho confident of winning the Champions League in a year or two

Jose Mourinho believes that the third will be the charm. Real Madrid coach has confidence in their third or fourth season as the merengue will conquer the coveted tenth Champions League. Then I let the words on the subject Mou said.

It seems that quickly behind us for the celebration for Mourinho getting the league. Luso coach said it already has the mind of the next season and have been behind the celebrations for the achievement of the Spanish League title: "At this point, I think of the future, it is time to end the celebrations. The finish today, players think of the Euro and I'll get to work and think about next season because Real Madrid will not let you sleep in it conquered. You have to think ahead. "

The objective is clear: the tenth Champions League win of the white team. The coach is confident that goal will be reached next season or the next, without getting obsessed with the Cup "I am a lucky, despite losing some won semifinal two. Some of these kids have never achieved and the Real Madrid looks for the tenth. Without obsession, quietly, if they do things as we are doing after two semi-finals, will arrive next year or two. The obsession does not help and sleep, "said Mourinho about how he sees the future of Madrid.

Finally, Mou had words of praise for their players it said that the boys will be remembered as "100 points".

The consequences of falling Villarreal

No doubt the decline in Villarreal was the loudest of those produced in the league this season BBVA . No one in the early season, when the yellow team was preparing to fight for the Champions League, size imagined outcome, but football has these designs and defeat by Athletic has put an end to a journey through the highest category that has led in recent seasons to travel on the public area of ​​the classification without trouble.

What happened this season, however, has been exceptional. He left Cazorla, injured two of his gamers, Nilmar and Rossi-three coaches went to the bench in El Madrigal. So difficult to survive. But when you lose the hallmark of football. The worst of the decline is not that Villarreal down to second, but both carry a second B to its subsidiary, which now occupies a creditable thirteenth place in League Two.

The consequences of falling Villarreal

No doubt the decline in Villarreal was the loudest of those produced in the league this season BBVA . No one in the early season, when the yellow team was preparing to fight for the Champions League, size imagined outcome, but football has these designs and defeat by Athletic has put an end to a journey through the highest category that has led in recent seasons to travel on the public area of ​​the classification without trouble.

What happened this season, however, has been exceptional. He left Cazorla, injured two of his gamers, Nilmar and Rossi-three coaches went to the bench in El Madrigal. So difficult to survive. But when you lose the hallmark of football. The worst of the decline is not that Villarreal down to second, but both carry a second B to its subsidiary, which now occupies a creditable thirteenth place in League Two.

Manchester City Premier raises 44 years later

He chewed on Etihad tragedy: he had completed the regular time, Manchester City lost to the Queens Park Rangers by 1-2, the United expired at Sunderland for the minimum and at the same moment the Premier League again became redder that blue. Mike Dean, match referee, gave the order for the addition of five minutes. And in that short space of time the tears of sadness turned the home crowd happy. The reason, an epic comeback.

It was a finale, the kind that football is only able to offer. A real madness that was in just over ninety minutes both sides of the coin. Of the desolation of the disadvantaged and the triumph of a neighbor who was returning to see the championship in their hands, the euphoria of knowing champion, but not before pinch, after a lengthened iconic, almost legendary, where Dzeko and above all, the Kun Aguero, returned the glory to the City. 44 years later, send in England.

Villarreal surprising decline that accompanies Second Sporting and Racing

Smiles and tears were expected on the final day of the League BBVA 2011/2012, but the final script seems written by the most perverse mind. Tragedy in El Madrigal. Villarreal down to Second Division final five minutes of madness. The team descent candidate had more options to save, is that going to the well. A goal by Falcao turned on the alarms, and three minutes later, in Vallecas, Tamudo completed the disaster. Ray, Granada and Zaragoza saved. Villarreal, Sporting and Racing, to second.

A piece of the history of Milan

Two years ago he left Madrid saw Raul. Last year, but then found he had saved a return ticket in Manchester saw Scholes farewell to Old Trafford. This year will Juventus Del Piero after a lifetime of success Bianconeri. Sometimes clubs have to face difficult when performance outputs commands and the passage of time does not forgive. Players who have been more than that. The hard part is seeing what happens to Milan: Up to four players with a long history of success in the club, four idols for a hobby that miss their numbers at San Siro, was fired this season. Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso, Filippo Inzaghi and Clarence Seedorf possibly live their last days in the Rossoneri club: a piece of living history of the club in northern Italy.

They were joined by two other players without a history as long-lived in Milan but also important in recent years as Zambrotta and Van Bommel. Both have different causes: the side, 35 and arrived in 2008 from Barcelona, ​​will head to possibly MLS American after having not just in the last season for Allegri. Meanwhile, the Dutch, of the same age as Zambrotta and was a fixture for the technician has decided to return home to live his last days as a player at the club where he started, the PSV . The Dutchman, visible emotion in his farewell, has offered a good performance year and a half as Rossoneri.

Manchester City Premier League champion

After 44 years at Manchester City was again champion in the Premiere League. The group led by Roberto Mancini managed to keep the Premiership in the last minute of the meeting in which he faced before the Queen Rogers Park with a goal from Sergio Aguero in the closing seconds of the match.

Vibrant in the Premiere League Final. Manchester United had won a narrow victory by 1 to 0 against Sunderland (Rooney goal) and waited for the miracle in the match between the City and QPR to be champion. Zabaleta Mancini forward to in the first half, but the second was the dramatic scene for the celestial: Cisse Mackie first and then turned and left the score at the moment, the City regardless of league.

In the second half, Mancini grabbed the bench and did enter Dzeko and Balotelli. The changes paid off: the Bosnian scored the equalizer, 2 to 2, and Italian with the assist in the 94th minute for Aguero scored the 3-2 which gave the title to the whole sky.

With this title, the City won three league wins in its history. The first one was obtained in the season 1936/1937 and the second in 1967/1968. It took 44 years for the other half of Manchester could celebrate and, after a game full of emotions and not for the faint hearted, finally gave the title how long it took to win.

How reformarías defense of Spain after the fall Puyol?: The question of the week in Football Notes

In a big week for Spanish football due to the excellent Champions League final between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club , bad news has rocked the Spanish team ahead of the Euro in Poland and Ukraine. I mean Puyol's injury , will not be available in the next six weeks. So Blaugrana defender will miss the Cup Final and Euro. Low sensitive to Vicente Del Bosque, who must rebuild the defense of his team. And here comes in our Question of the Week:

How reformarías defense of Spain after the fall Puyol?

The options are many: Ramos-Piqué as central or Javi Martínez-Ramos. Javi Martinez-Ramos Pique passing to the side. Or maybe it reserves the right side for Arbeloa, Iraola or Juanfran. The only thing that seems certain is that Jordi Alba will own the left side. On the other hand, what you call center to cover the lower Puyol? And being more risky, Puyol convocarías ¿believing he could reach some hypothetical quarterfinals or semifinals at a good level? Give us your opinion Responses Football Notes .

In Bilbao, all pending the future of Bielsa

In Bilbao everyone is aware of one thing: the future of Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine coach that led the Athletic to the final of the Europa Leage and Cup has yet to confirm its continuity at the head of the Basque side.

"When the season ends will be" with those words referred Marcelo "El Loco" Bielsa to its continuity, Athletic Bilbao before the final of the Europa League. The Argentine coach still has an important meeting to play, the final of the Cup to be held on May 25th against Barcelona Guardiola.

"Just then (at the end of the season) will be relevant assessments to complete the objectives that we" Bielsa said before the game on Wednesday. The balance of the season so far, shows the Athletic Bilbado in ninth League position (last year was sixth), the Europa League finalist and finalist of the Cup can still win.

The club's supporters and leaders of the Basque side are in favor of the continuity of the coach, but now there are several European teams who want to sign him. However, it is known that Bielsa is a man who provides very in-depth projects which involve and, true to his words, will probably take some time to analyze their work in the Athletic and on that basis decide its continuity or dismissal of the club.

The numbers of Atletico Europa League Champion

After a year without Atletico Madrid title screams again champion. As in the season 2009/2010, the mattress set is devoted winner of the Europa League. The set of Simeone beat Athletic Bilbao (led by Marcelona Bielsa) with Radamel Falcao as its top player and scorer of the team and competition. Then I let the numbers of this Athletic champion.

In the group stage Atletico harvested 13 points from play 6 games, winning 4 of them, tying one (against Stade Rennais FC away) and lost another (against Udinese, also as a visitor). He finished first in their group with 11 goals for and 4 against.

From then on were all victories for all Simeone: Lazio beat in knockout phase at Besiktas in the second round at Hannover 96 in the quarterfinals, semifinals and Valencia in Athletic in the deciding.

100% efficiency in the playoffs with 22 goals scored and only 6 against, giving an average of 2.44 goals scored per match at this stage, with just 0.66 against.

Like last year, Colombian Radamel Falcao was thrashed r the cup with 12 goals (last season he scored 17 playing for Porto and was voted player of the tournament). This year, the South American honored him as the best player in the final where he scored two goals.

The rebirth of the rams

It seemed that the development of football in recent years was causing the disappearance of some classic stereotypes in the pitch: the extreme example is the old way, the bottom line and cross, replaced by midfielders heeled or leg that changed. Another one of those classic archetypes in a side that seemed in danger of extinction was that of striker, who received the middle of the end, nine as always, the auctioneer, who lives for the goal, which rarely does anything outside the area but within it you can decide a game, replaced by more mobile front, speed, dribbling, or on some computers by the false figure of nine. But this year we have seen clear examples that European football has large rams, without going any further, we saw the exhibition yesterday Falcao starred in the final Europa League .

The Colombian is a clear example of soccer striker always: top with both legs, head, positioning in the area, clear, eye for goal that is not nothing but to know where you are able to run the auction. And Falcao is not among the doubters: the legend that was once thought twice about shooting. I do not think so. If you also have a strike partner to complement its features like Hulk El Porto or Adrian Calderon, more profit he may make his virtues. With Falcao, Atletico continues his saga of great strikers like Vieri, Hasselbaink, Torres, Aguero, Forlan ...

Atletico Madrid, European Champion League 2011/2012

Atletico Madrid has just been proclaimed European Champion League by winning 3-0 at Athletic Club in Bucharest. Led by a Radamel Falcao anthology, author of two goals, the mattress have risen the second Europe League history. It is confirmed that the arrival of 'Cholo' Simeone to the bench of the Vicente Calderon has served to convert a season that pointed to disaster in history.

The script of the play began to be settled in its early stages. While Atletico wanted to do damage with a forward pressure, the Athletic Club left clear signs of nervousness. In these quotes the experience is a plus, and Marcelo Bielsa has made it clear that they are still green mentally for these nights. Falcao smelled the fear and did not miss the opportunity to blood. Tremendous goal by six minutes, prancing to find the hole, and finding it in the top right corner of Iraizoz with a beautiful shot thread dealt with his left leg.

A place for unusual

It tends to neglect some tournaments placing an unfair balance where a plate is placed in another league and cup in the Champions League first and the second the Europa League. It has a Cup and the Champions League as smaller tournaments, small boats compared to large cruise ships that nobody chooses to spend the holidays. Unless isolated and honorable exceptions, league or tournaments like the Champions League seem reserved for the usual suspects in an endless battle to gain numbers and enlarge windows in the trophy room. However, those tournaments that do not interest scorned may be the reason for greater joy for a fan of a set that is not accustomed to lifting titles, as much or even more of that did you. Being asked today to a fan of Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid.

Athletic and Atletico face tonight in Bucharest in the Champions League final for a place in a glory that are not used to achieve, at least not in recent times. Previously, both teams winning leagues and cups rojiblancos more or less frequently, but in the last two decades appears to have mitigated success due to duopoly or other teams like Valencia, Sevilla and Deportivo have collected the titles that were left Madrid and Barcelona by the way. So this final is special, because today Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club will return back to the top.

Puyol is injured and will not be at Euro

Bad news for FC Barcelona and especially for the Spanish team. Carles Puyol felt some discomfort in his right knee last weekend in the match against Espanyol and the worst fears were confirmed: it will have to undergo surgery and is expected to be sidelined about six weeks, which will be lost Copa del Rey final against Athletic Club and the Championship which starts on June 8, ie for the remaining five weeks. For a limited time frame, Puyol will miss what was to be his last big event level selections.

And is that Puyol, a cornerstone of the world champion Spain and Europe, had decided to leave the selection at the end of the last World Cup in South Africa, but it was the national coach, Vicente Del Bosque, who convinced him to delay his decision until the Euro Ukraine and Poland. At 32 I had then, Del Bosque looked perfectly able to perform at peak level a couple of years and it was. This year was a complicated injury that removed him from the eleven Barca a number of games, but recovered once again the leader behind FC Barcelona.

Notes of the Day 37

Each week we scored Football Notes, from 1 to 5, the least and what we liked most of the day the first division. These are the notes of the thirty-seventh day of the season.

"Bottle over to the bottles

Beyond the descriptions of arbitration, which deserve a separate chapter, the sultry image of the day the starred Dani Benitez, who threw a water bottle of Clos Gomez. An episode is left and also damage the collegiate power in question, damages to Spanish football. Although the player apologized-what less, the penalty should be as wise as its aim.

"The Lift no longer depends on itself

It's a shame that undoubtedly has been the great revelation of the season reaches the final day without relying on himself to be in Europe, although throughout the course is busy touring Europe and Champions League. The 'timely' Koné injury can take its toll to the Juan Ignacio Martinez, whatever happens there will be a remarkable campaign curd.

The distribution of fraudulent entries in the UEFA

The UEFA should be the major European professional football manager. Should. Because it is not. They do many things well, organize large events, enforced the rules to everyone, but above all there are all these types of old-fashioned blue dress and good playboy belly doing business with it. And of course, a final of a competition that is an occasion or painted so that the boss of the UEFA -sponsors and partners to fill their pockets.

The allocation of tickets for the final of the Champions League is a real scandal, all a fraud, not legal, but morally. The end of the little sister played the Champions League, as we all know, the Athletic Club and Atletico Madrid on Wednesday at the Arena Naţională (National Stadium) in Bucharest, a field that has a capacity of 55,200 spectators in European competition.