| The Spanish championship begins with a Barcelona elevated and Real Madrid ready to give the thud |
| One League of gold |
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| This infraction cost to David Beckham the suspension against Chicago. The Englishman turns to dress of target this Saturday, the 22nd when United faces DC. foto:AP |
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Washington Hispanic
The waiting was finished. The Spanish League begins finally with an absolute monarch, the Barcelona, and with Real Madrid with the weapon loaded him to try to take the kudos from his traditional rival.
Both teams were reinforced during the pre-season, but undoubtedly the hirings of Real Madrid are those that more press holders deserved.
Back to the presidency of the most famous club of the world, Florentino Pérez paid out $ 360 millions in the hirings of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, Karim Benzemá and Xabi Alonso, effort catalogued like the second advent of the galactic ones.
Nevertheless, the Barca keeps on being the favorite to retain the title, since the cadre supports the spine of the previous period, in which it turned into the first Spanish picture in there remained with the League, the Cup of the King and the Champions League in the same year.
Pep Money box changed to the native of Cameroon Samuel Eto'o for the Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But the Argentinian Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández support the base of the nice game that marked the incredible period début of the strategist azulgrana.
“ We want to gain everything again, have the same motivation and the same faith”, said Messi. “I believe that the team should go step by step like last year, that worked well”.
The duel Messi versus Christian will be one of the most attractive of the Iberian league, and it will be necessary to see how the Portuguese adapts himself not only to the Spanish soccer, but in the style of game that there wants to open the Chilean technician of Madrid, Manuel Pellegrini, in specific, less individual transfer of the ball and more opening of the defenses based on short touches.
Where will be the key of the success of Madrid?, many people speak about the new hirings, but they will be only the interpreters of the scores of the "Engineer". Pellegrini will be the person in charge of that the gear assembly of the club meringue works thoroughly.
The team has impressed for his aptitude to score goals, something that Pellegrini hopes that it should be supported along the competitions that the club will have to face.
Very much one has spoken with regard to the period of adaptation of Cristiano al Madrid. Jorge Valdano, general manager of the meringues, has said that, “to work, Christian must feel a player desequilibrante”.
Until now, the attempts of the portuguese have been based on ‘bicycles‘ that do not go nowhere. But the hope of the managers of Madrid is that, once CR9 I received the style of game of Pellegrini, nobody gives birth to it.
The hirings of the highest profile have raised another worry, the fact of knowing if Pellegrini will be capable of handling the stratospheric egos of the dressing room of Madrid. But, as it has done it earlier, the Chilean has always based the interpersonal relations on the respect, and him the hand did not tremble, for example, to separate Juan Román Riquelme of the cadre when the Argentinian raised proper flags in the Villarreal.
| Fierce aggression of Sergio Jáuregui against an Uruguayan player of Petroleum East |
| Jáuregui: "I am not an animal” |
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The images did not leave doubt of the fierce aggression of Sergio Jáuregui against an Uruguayan player of Petroleum East in a party for the Bolivian league of soccer. The surprising thing is that the Blooming defender says that “I am not an animal”.
The incident took place in the meeting between Blooming and Petroleum East. Jáuregui and Leonardo Medina were expelled by a dispute, and while the Uruguayan soccer player was going out of the court, Jáuregui attacked it with a flying kick to the neck, to the best style of Bruce Lee.
“ I went crazy and the mind put itself me in target. If he was thinking about this moment it was not doing it. It was something terrible. I came to my house and it could not see my daughter. It has only nine months, but this case direct or by implication it can affect it”, said Jáuregui.
The soccer player defended himself saying that “I never had an attitude of these characteristics”.
| Star grows green again kudos in the Milan |
| Ronaldinho happens in his best moment |
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| Ronaldinho already understands the Italian soccer, and demonstrates it. AP |
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Washington Hispanic
Ronaldinho said to be living through his best soccer moment with the Milan, after an uncertain beginning for injuries and ignorance of the language, and he hopes to return to the selection to dispute the world cup of South Africa 2010.
He confessed that he lacks little to return to the verdeamarela.
“ I want to go to South Africa and be a champion of the world. The Dunga call represents one more stimulus”, it expressed. The technician did not summon it for the next classification parties.
His past opaque period, when it came proceeding from the Barcelona, attributed it to which “several adversity happened”.
But now, he made sure, “I am very happy. This trainer (Leonardo) places trust in me, the president (Silvio Berlusconi) places trust in me, the team believes in me. This is the best moment since I came to the Milan”.
In the past tournament “I had to become accustomed to a new soccer and to a new country. Now I am a different man: especially because I understand Italian. At first I had difficulties because nothing was knowing about what they were saying to me”.
He was out of line, as he published extensively the Italian press, which Berlusconi forced it to be raised on a table and swear before his partners that this period was going to behave like a good professional.
“ This is the umpteenth falsity that circulates on me. I, in contrast to others, never speak about the things of the Milan. What happens in the wardrobe does not have to go out: in my career I have never gone round there to count the things of my team. But I do not get angry. I have decided to answer only with my game in the court”.
| The field marshal and his new opportunity to demonstrate his value |
| Campbell before a critical year |
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| Jim Zorn and Jason Campbell are in the same ship together. AP |
For Felipe Lagos
Washington Hispanic
I dress at the level of the fans, the American soccer is a sport that demands victories from the first game. From the perspective of technical staff and players, it demands the development of strategies and skills. Both requirements are like the water and the oil.
Jason Campbell, the field marshal of the Redskins, has gone on for the offensive schemes of To The Saunders (under Joe Gibbs), and Joe Bugel (under Jim Zorn). In his two previous periods, it has showed progress (for what the coaches ask), but not leadership (for what the fans ask). For the same, this period Campbell has error margin small. Given the interest that there showed the big shot of the Redskins, Dan Snyder, to record Jay Cutler and which thought of selecting to Mark Sánchez in the draft, Campbell him must show to the fanatics and to the executives that, as he has said it in several occasions, it can be the quaterback for that the Red Skins have looked per decades.
The experts coincide that this is the year in which Campbell, and in extension Jim Zorn, they must capitalize victories and, if in without gaining the Division East of the NFC, at least happen to the playoffs. Any result that does not include these alternatives will be seen like a defeat.
It is necessary to remember that the team has not offered him an extension of his contract to Campbell, which expires after this period. Until now, the performance in Campbell's pre-season gives cause for certain worry, but no evaluation will be done even after the party with the Patriots on Friday, the 28th.
Many of Campbell's problems the past period happened for the poor offensive line.
This year, one believes that it can be a motive of new headaches. What can Campbell do on this matter?, if spear, to be more rapid in the execution and to read the defenses with major clarity, something that managed last year on having thrown 252 passes without interceptions, a record in the league.
On September 13, in New York and before the Giants, it will begin being answered to this question in definitive form.
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