Zidane vs Materazzi

Legenda sepakbola Prancis, Zinedine Zidane akhrinya buka mulut soal insiden tandukkan maut dengan bek timnas Italia Marco Materazzi pada pertandingan final Piala Dunia 2006. Dalam wawancara dengan televisi Prancis Canal Plus, Rabu, Zizou menuturkan bahwa ia telah terprovokasi oleh Materazzi karena pemain Italia itu menghina ibu dan saudara perempuannya.Dalam wawancara itu, Zidane juga menyatakan permohonan maafnya kepada anak-anak serta para fans. Namun ia tidak merasa menyesal atas apa yang telah dilakukannya pada Materazzi meski akhirnya diganjar kartu merah oleh wasit “Dia (Materazzi) menarik kaus saya beberapa kali dan saya katakan bahwa ia dapat memilikinya setelah pertandingan usai jika memang menginginkannya,” tutur Zidane. “Dia lalu mengucapkan kata-kata yang sangat kasar tentang ibu dan saudara perempuan saya. Saya mencoba untuk tidak mendengarkannya tetapi dia tetap mengulanginya. Saya sadar bahwa ini adalah pertandingan terakhir dan saya tahu bahwa sisa waktu saya tinggal 10 menit lagi, namun semua itu terjadi begitu cepat”, ujarnya.Zidane juga membantah bahwa Materazzi telah menyebutnya sebagai teroris Islam seperti yang dituduhkan sebuah kelompok antirasis di Prancis. Zidane sendiri adalah warga keturunan Aljazair di mana kedua orang tuanya lahir di pedesaan Aguemone kawasan Kabylie. Menindaklanjuti kasus ini, Federasi Sepakbola Dunia (FIFA) telah memutuskan untuk melakukan investigasi. Sepp Blatter selaku ketua FIFA mengisyaratkan bahwa Zidane bisa saja dicabut statusnya sebagai Pemain Terbaik Piala Dunia 2006.

MU lost boy

Thanks for joining us today... be sure to come back again on Monday for more Premiership action... until then...90'+4 And there it is! All over at Fratton Park and United have slipped up... the title race is back on!90'+3 SMITH! WHAT A SAVE FROM JAMES! The Pompey keeper seals all three points with another incredible point blank save from Alan Smith!90'+1 Giggs into the book for a frustrated challenge on Kranjcar...90' Three minutes of time to be added...90' GOAL! O'Shea stabs home from close range to give United some hope! Solskjaer hits an effort goalwards, only for James to spill the ball into the path of O'Shea who slots home! 2-1 now!89' GOAL! It's all over as Ferdinand plays the ball back past van der Sar and into his own net! Terrible misunderstanding once again from the United defence and surely that is that....84' Great run from Ronaldo, who has popped up on the right hand side... he lets fly! But James is down well to make the save!81' Harry Redknapp makes another change... Kranjcar on for Kanu...80' Ronaldo jinks inside after a few stepovers... but he drags his shot wide and Pompey can breathe again...77' James is booked for a spot of time wasting, and we're on our way again...77' Smith on for Carrick now as United throw everything forward...76' Giggs with a header! Oooh! He glances it just wide of the far post!74' Talyor lets rip with a powerful drive from the edge of the box! Van der Sar's well behind it!73' Time running out for United, and they're beginning to look a little desperate...72' Davis plays the ball into the box... LuaLua's there! But Brown comes across to hack the ball behind for a corner!71' 'Linvoy for England' is the chant emanating from the stands!70' Rooney played in on goal by Heinze! But what a challenge from Primus to deny him a shooting chance! Super defending!67' Pompey make a change... LuaLua on for Benjani...66' Ronaldo asking once again for a bit of protection from the referee... and again he doesn't get it...65' Van der Sar saves from Davis! Great stretch from the Dutchman to deny Daivs a well placed side footer!64' You get the feeling that these final 25 minutes are going to be rather hectic...63' Another chance goes begging! Rooney races onto a long ball... he tries to thread ball through to Solskjaer... the Norwegian lays off for Carrick! But his shot is weak and goes wide of the mark!62' It could be one of those days for United today... especially with James in this form...61' Giggs! WHAT A SAVE FROM JAMES! United unlocked the Pompey defence brilliantly but Giggs is denied by a wonderful stop from James!60' Oooh! United come so close to equalising from the corner! Ronaldo stretches to prod the ball goalwards... James saves! Solskajer's there on the rebound! Cleared off the line! Brown! No! And cleared!59' Before the corner is taken, Solskjaer comes on to replace Fletcher...58' O'Shea wins a corner off Taylor, and this could be dangerous...58' United playing some nice football now... and there's an air of desperation to Pompey's defending at the moment...57' At the other end, Giggs teases Traore on the right wing... the ball is eventually played across... but there's no one there...55' Kanu stings van der Sar's fingers with a rasping drive! And yet again the Dutchman opts to parry out, rather than catch the ball... he's lucky this time that there's no Pompey players moving in on the rebound...52' Scholes wins the ball off Hughes before playing it to Giggs... but the Welshman's ball looking for Rooney is poor and Stefanovic can clear...49' Ronaldo brings the biggest cheer of the afternoon... for making a hash of an attempt to take the mickey out of Traore...48' Rooney breaks on the left... he plays the ball into Carrick who lays off to Giggs first time.... Primus there to stamp out the danger...46' Oooh! Straight from the restart Rooney has the ball in the back of the net! But the linesman's flag is up and it won't count! Replays show that was a close call...46' Underway again in Portsmouth...- United have made a change at half time... Giggs is on for Richardson...45'+3 Half time on the south coast! And Pompey head into the dressing rooms holding a 1-0 lead, a scoreline that is sure to delight a certain part of west London...45' Nearly a terrible mix-up at the back for United! Brown left the ball for Ferdinand who left the ball for his team-mate... confusion reigns as Taylor nips in! Van der Sar to the rescue!44' Ronaldo looks for a free kick off Hughes... but the ref waves play on... that was surely a foul...43' Primus heads just over the bar from a corner! That wasn't too far away from the Pompey defender as he rose above Brown...41' Scholes arrows a pass to Ronaldo on the left hand side... but for once the Portuguese's control lets him down and the chance goes begging...40' Bit of United pressure now as half time approaches...39' Looks like Lauren going into the book here... it's Ronaldo who is fouled yet again, and perhaps unfortunately it's Lauren who gets booked...36' Fletcher's in here... great pass through to the Scot from Rooney... but James is there to make the stop with his legs!34' Rooney latches onto a Pompey clearance... and he lets fly! It's well struck, but always going wide from the England man...31' Carrick with a chance to hit straight back! But he drags his shot wide of the mark after the ref played an advantage to United!30' GOAL! Taylor pounces on a spill from van der Sar's spill to slide the ball home! 1-0 Pompey! It's Benjani's shot that the keeper finds too hot to handle and Taylor gets there ahead of Brown to slot home!29' Lauren centres for Pompey.... but Brown is there to head clear... and the visitors can break here with Ronaldo... but he's stopped in his tracks by a brusing challenge from Hughes...27' Play is just being broken up now by a series of late tackles... but the crowd are certainly enjoying it, and the atmosphere at Fratton Park is electric!24' Richardson gets on the end of a Ronaldo free kick into the Pompey box... good touch... but his shot is wayward and the ball flies into the stand behind James' goal...21' Carrick looks to play Rooney in on the left hand side... Primus up well to head ahead to safety...20' Heinze climbs well to beat O'Neil to an aerial ball... and the Pompey man comes out of the challenge worse of... he stays down for a couple of minutes...17' Fletcher heads away at the near post, but Rooney can't instigate a break...16' At the other end, O'Neil lets fly! Ferdinand gets in the way and it'll be another corner to the hosts...15' Penalty shout for United as Primus slides in on Rooney! Play on says the ref, and he's right too... Primus just got a toe to the ball before Rooney got there...14' First corner of the game to Pompey... it's Taylor who won it... it goes short... pumped into the box... van der Sar pats the ball away...13' Brilliant from Ronaldo... the Portuguese picks the ball up in midfield... Stefanovic is on the back foot... Ronaldo cuts inside and lets fly! Just wide!12' It is Ronaldo! Poor... the ball bounces tamely wide of James' goal...11' Ronaldo's over the free kick...10' Traore slides in on Fletcher, and the ref toots on his whistle for a United foul... although it's Traore who comes out of the challenge worse off...9' Kanu trying to thread the ball through to O'Neil... Heinze sees it out of play himself...8' Taylor sticks a ball into the centre... Heinze whacks his clearance against Benjani... but the ball runs through to van der Sar without too many problems...7' O'Shea concedes a throw near the corner flag under pressure from Taylor...6' There's a gran in the crowd with a banner that claims she is Pompey's number one fan. Not sure what the criteria are to win that particular accolade....5' Fletcher through here! He rounds James, who looks like he brings him down! But the flag is up and it's all rendered academic... replays show Fletcher was just off...4' Here's Fletcher with his first touch... it's not a bad one and United can attack down the right hand side...4' O'Shea plays a terrible cross-field pass... fortunately for him, Ferdinand mops up the danger...3' Terrific noise from the home support at Fratton Park... it's a wall of sound at the moment...3' Davis clatters into Scholes, and it'll be an early free kick to United...2' Looks like Ronaldo's going to start up front with Rooney... with Fletcher taking up position on the right....1' Here we go... the pressure's on United after Chelsea's earlier win over Spurs... the gap is just three points now and United can ill-afford any slip-ups...- Referee: M Clattenburg (Co Durham)- Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Brown, Heinze, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Richardson, Rooney, Ronaldo - Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Giggs, Solskjaer, Smith- Portsmouth: James, Lauren, Primus, Stefanovic, Traore, O'Neil, Davis, Hughes, Taylor, Mwaruwari, Kanu - Subs: Ashdown, Pamarot, Kranjcar, LuaLua, Todorov- UNITED TEAM NEWS: Patrice Evra returns to Alex Ferguson's squad after a knee injury, although Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidic are out. Louis Saha is pressing for a place in the starting line-up after having appeared as a substitute in Rome.- PORTSMOUTH TEAM NEWS: Glen Johnson is a doubt with a knee injury, but Noe Pamarot is fit once again.by eurosport...

MU lose by Roma

MU Kalah, Chelsea TertahanROMA, RABU - AS Roma mengalahkan Manchester UNited 2-1, sementara Valencia menahan seri Chelsea 1-1 dalam perempatfinal Liga Champion, Kamis WIB.Kekalahan ini sangat berat buat tim asuhan Sir Alex Ferguson, apalagi di leg kedua di Old Trafford mereka harus bermain tanpa Paul Scholes. Pemain veteran ini terkena kartu merah karena dua pelanggaran keras terhadap Christian Wilhemsson dan Francesco Totti.Keluarnya Scholes membuat lubang di jantung pertahanan Setan Merah. Serangan-serangan dari tengah yang dilakukan Roma mmembuat perrtahanan MU kerap berantakan.Gol pertama Roma lahir menit 44 dari akselerasi yang dilakukan Francesco Totti. Bola kemudian ditendang oleh Rodrigo Taddei dan masuk ke jala gawang Edwin Van Der Sar setelah memantul mengenai kaki Wes Brown.MU mencetak gol balasan pada menit 60 melalui Wayne Rooney. Bola panjang umpan Van Der Sar diteruskan Cristiano Ronaldo kepada Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Pemain veteran Norwegia ini kemudian memberi umpan silang yang dimanfaatkan oleh Rooney. Gol ini sekaligus mengakhiri paceklik gol yang dialami Rooney.Namun kesalahan yang dilakukan van Der Sar membuat Roma unggul 2-1 pada menit 67. Saat menahan tendangan Mancini, bola rebound Van Der Sar jatuh di kaki Vucinic yang tidak terjaga di kotak penalti. Bola langsung dilesakkan ke sisi kiri Van Der Sar.Susunan Pemain:Roma: Doni, Panucci, Mexes, Chivu, Cassetti, Wilhelmsson (Vucinic 62), Taddei (Rosi 82), De Rossi, Perrotta, Mancini, Totti.Subs Not Used: Curci, Faty, Defendi, Ferrari, Okaka Chuka. Man Utd: Van der Sar, Heinze, Ferdinand, O’Shea, Brown, Ronaldo, Giggs (Saha 77), Carrick, Scholes, Rooney, Solskjaer (Fletcher 72).Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Smith, Dong, Richardson, Eagles.Untung ada DrogbaDalam perempatfinal lain di stadion Stamford Bridge, Chelsea gagal memtik poin penuh atas tamunya, Valencia. Mereka bermain imbang melalui gol David Silva menit 30 serta Didier Drogba menit 53.David Silva mencetak gol ke pojok atas gawang Chelsea yang dijaga oleh Petr Cech pada menit 30. Sementara gol Didier Drogba dicetak menit 53 dengan memanfaatkan umpan Ashley Cole di depan gawang Santiago Canizares. Ini merupakan gol Drogba ke 30 dalam musim 2006/2007 ini.Dalam posisi 1-1, Chelsea memperoleh beberapa peluang untuk unggul sebagai modal memasuki leg kedua di Valencia pekan depan. Namun usaha yang dilakukan Andriy Shevchenko masih dapat diatasi Canizares.Susunan pemain:Chelsea: Cech, Diarra, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole, Kalou (Wright-Phillips 74), Ballack, Lampard, Mikel (Joe Cole 74), Shevchenko, Drogba. Valencia: Canizares, Miguel, Ayala, Moretti, Del Horno, Vicente (Angulo 57), Albelda, Albiol, Joaquin (Hugo Viana 86), Silva, Villa (Jorge Lopez 90).Hasil leg pertama perempatfinal Liga Champion, Rabu:AS Roma 2 (Taddei 44, Vucinic 67)Manchester United 1 (Rooney 60)Chelsea 1 (Drogba 53)Valencia 1 (Silva 30)sumber kompas

Mourinho baits Man Utd over title

Mourinho is relishing Man Utd's trip to Stamford BridgeChelsea boss Jose Mourinho has taunted Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson by claiming United are "lucky" not to be playing the Blues next week.Chelsea cut United's lead at the top of the Premiership to three points at the weekend after beating Tottenham, while United lost to Portsmouth.Mourinho said: "United are very lucky they don't have to play here next week. Can you imagine them here next weekend?"That's the game where they will slip up, against us, so they're very lucky."The Premiership champions face relegation-threatened West Ham on 18 April, while United's next game is at home to struggling Sheffield United.And the top two go head-to-head at Stamford Bridge in the penultimate game of the season in a match which may decide the destination of the title.Before this weekend's games Ferguson had bemoaned Tottenham getting just 36 hours recovery time from their Uefa Cup quarter-final in Seville.When you think other people are stupid it is not a good qualityJose Mourinho on Sir Alex FergusonBut Mourinho said: "I was not surprised Ferguson complained about our fixture because he is intelligent and maybe he thinks other people are stupid."But the truth is United are very, very lucky with the fixtures because, until now, they have always played before us."Mourinho added: "Ferguson is an intelligent man, a successful man with a great career."But when you think other people are stupid it is not a good quality."606: DEBATEFerguson though, believes Chelsea have the more difficult run-in and is confident the Blues will slip up in their remaining six fixtures.He said: "Chelsea have a lot of tough games coming up so someone will make them suffer. It is hard to believe they will go six games without that happening."We are still three points ahead and if I was given that option at the start of the season I would have taken it."

England dont lose baby

This story about england team manager Steve McClaren has announced he has no further injury problems to contend with ahead of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel. Defender Micah Richards is set to shake off a calf injury, leaving McClaren without just Jonathan Woodgate, who did not travel with the squad.
Richards missed out on training at Wembley on Thursday, but McClaren confirmed the Manchester City right-back - in the squad as a replacement for the injured Gary Neville - will train with the squad for the first time on Friday.
"Micah should train with the team today - and as long as he comes through everyone will be fit," McClaren said.
But Woodgate will definitely miss out on the clash in Tel Aviv after succumbing to a knee injury. Middlesbough's on-loan centre back stayed in England to undergo treatment, although he could make a return in time for next week's game against Andorra.
"Unfortunately Jonathan has had to go back to club for his further treatment," McClaren said. "But it may be possible that on Sunday or Monday he may be able to come out to join us for Wednesday."
McClaren continued: "We've got 23 players - more than enough to cover every position. It's a team effort - it's up to everybody now. We've done a lot of talking and now have to deliver on the pitch. We've got eight games to qualify."
England head into the game under a certain amount of pressure after two terrible results against Macedonia and Croatia put a serious dent in their campaign to qualify for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
McClaren has not been helped by a number of injuries to first-team players, not least those to full-backs Ashley Cole and Gary Neville, but he insisted he still expects a good performance from his side.
"We're to win a game - but we have come here determined to put on a performance," he continued. "If we get that, we've got a good chance of winning. There's always pressure for England - every game is a big game.
"But I've certainly been looking forward to it since the Croatia defeat [in October]. These are the games where we need to deliver."
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Eurosport - MH - 23/03/2007 15:59
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