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DCB 90M February: EPL La Liga Bundesliga Serie A AFC Asian Cup Winter Transfer Market UEFA ChampionsleagueTRANSCRIPT
February 2011 Issue 1
Special FeaturesAll about the Asian Cups
Merseyside DerbyTyne-wear Derby
Transfer Market
Past Asian Cup winnersEverything about 2011 Qatar Asian Cup
MilestoneBest Matches of Asian Cup
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A CHANCE TO
WIN THE BEST FOOTBALL GAME
42DULWICH EXCLUSIVEInterview with Mr. O’SheaYOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!Liverpool Failure by Benitez
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ContentsNinety MNinety M’s first issue
Asian Cups - Pg. 3
Transfer Market 1. - Pg. 9
EPL Profile - Pg. 12
The best goal getters in EPL - Pg. 14
Real Madrid VS Barcelona - Pg. 15
Transfer Market 2. - Pg. 16
Tyne-wear Derby - Pg. 17
Merseyside Derby - Pg. 18
Transfer Market 3. - Pg. 21
EPL - Pg. 23
Champions League - Pg. 24
Transfer Market 4. - Pg. 26
Serie A - Pg. 27
Interview - Pg. 29
Ballon d’Or - Pg. 30
Bundesliga - Pg. 31
Event - Pg. 32
Ninety M is a football magazine made by Tony Kim, Sangwon Cheon, Robin Kil, Jeff Jung and Max Jeong.
We want to say thank you to Mr. Hegarty and Mr. O’Shea, who helped us with making this magazine.
All the articles are written by Tony Kim, Sangwon Cheon, Robin Kil and Jeff Jung. All the pictures are photoshopped by Tony Kim, Sangwon Cheon and Max Jeong.
Tony Kim
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Asian Champions
Japan wins 2011 Qatar Asian Cup
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South Korea VS Australia
Two strongest teams in Qatar 2011 Asian cup were seeded in Group C. After both teams have managed to defeat Bahrain and India, they had to play against each other on 14th of January. The tremendous number of people came to watch the game showed it was one of the biggest and most interesting games in Asian Cup.
Koo Ja-‐cheol, South Korea’s new rising star, was chosen to be the MVP on game against Bahrain and had scored 2 goals already. Before the game, majority of the journalists and supporters predicted that Koo Ja-‐cheol would be able to score again against Australia. Timothy Cahill said that there are many great players in Republic of Korea such as Lee Chung-‐yong, Ki Sung-‐yong, Park Ji-‐sung and Lee Young-‐pyo
Saša Ognenovski, an Australian player playing for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC in South Korea, said that he knows most of the players in South Korean squad and have played against each other before, so it would be easy for him to defend. South Korean head coach mentioned that players would need to play smartly against Saša Ognenovski as he knows Korean players quite well.
Both teams had equal possession of the ball until South Korea’s new rising star, Koo Ja-‐cheol (Jeju United) scored his 3rd goal of the tournament. After Ji Dongwon got a pass from Jung Seong-‐ryong (Goalkeeper) he passed the ball to Koo Ja-‐cheol who managed to calmly strike it in to the back of the net.
After second-‐half started, Australian players seemed to played better by pressuring opponents and tightly marking players. Harry Kewell crossed the ball from corner kick to Timothy Cahill who was unmarked, then Cahill headed to ball to Mile Jednak, who managed to equalize the game by heading that ball into the net. Jung Seong-‐ryong (South Korean Goalkeeper) said ,“It was my fault since I have made a mistake when blocking the ball.”
The intensity of the game showed the quality of football of Asian countries.
Countless number of shots were made and players were running more than 10 kilometers. Ji-‐sung Park (Manchester United) was chosen to be the Player of the match.
Saša Ognenovski –“I think Park Ji-‐sung was outstanding today”
Timmothy Cahill-‐ “We showed good character to come back in he second half. It was a weird game and it was surprising to see some of their tactics.”
Cho Kwang-‐rae (head coach) -‐ “We could have won the game if you see the general performance of our team.”
South Korea VS JapanOne of the most greatest classic rival matches of all time, Korea VS Japan game was to decide who to go to the `inals. East Asia Derby (South Korea versus Japan) is probably the most interesting and most popular game of the tournament. South Korea’s `ierce rival the Samurai Blue (Nickname for Japanese team) had an extra day to rest, whereas Taeguk Warriors (Nickname for South Korean team) had to play a 120minutes game against Iran in Quarter`inals.
Intensity of the game was foreseen from the action of the supporters. Japanese supporters were cheering in extremely an offensive way. They brought ‘Rising Sun Flag’ which indicates that South Korea was a Japanese Colony, furthermore, a majority of them were also wearing Yu-‐na Kim’s Mask (Korean `igure skating Olympics gold medalist, she is also best known as Japanese `igure skater Asada Mao’s “`ierce rival” by the Japanese people). Traditionally in Japan, people wear a mask that has someone’s face that they hate. This is known to be very insulting and most of the high school students in Japan do this to bully their friends in school.
When the game started, Japanese ruled the game for about `irst 20minutes of the game. They played as team which was shown by their accurate passes. They also seemed less exhausted than the Korean players seemed to be.
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However, soon after, Yasuyuk Konno, Japanese defender, fouled on Korean star Park Ji-‐sung, thus giving away penalty kick. Ki Sung Yong (Celtic FC), who took the penalty kick ran into the Japanese supporters, and insulted the Japanese by making a monkey face. Because the South Koreans call Japanese ‘monkeys’, when insulting, Japanese supporters thought that that was an unacceptable goal ceremony. However, to stop this `ight between Korean football association and Japanese football association, Korean fans said that, Ki Sung yong did the monkey impression to highlight the racism of Scottish football fans.
When second half of the game started, Honda Keisuke passed the ball to Yuto Nagatomo, who was overlapping from left side of the pitch and then crossed the ball to Shinji Maeda. He managed to strike the ball in to the back of the net and equalized the game.
After 90minutes of the game ended, all players looked extremely exhausted. South Korean defender fouled on Shinji Maeda, thus got a penalty kick. Honda Keisuke failed to score the penalty kick, but when the ball bounced back, Hajime Hosogai touched the ball into the net. Koreans appealed about this goal, as Hajime Hosogai ran in to the penalty box before Honda Keisuke even kicked the ball. When the game was about to end, Korean players hardly equalized the game, Japan and Korea had to go to penalty shootout. Unluckily for Taeguk Warriors, after they played two 120minutes games in 3 days, were extremely tired and even kicking a ball from 11meters away from the net seemed impossible. As a result, Korea lost to Japan in Penalty shootout 2:2(3-‐0).
Koo Ja cheol, Lee Yong rae and Hong Joeng ho all failed to score in penalty shootout. After the game have `inished, they all said, during the practice, they had no problem in scoring a goal from Penalty line. However, as they all have played for long time and were mentally and physically exhausted, they could not score a goal.
Left wing back Lee Young-‐pyo, who later announced his retirement from national team
duty, was the only other player in the Korean squard with more caps than Park Ji-‐sung. Lee Young-‐pyo started his football career in Anyang LG Cheetahs then transferred to PSV, then later transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, Broussia Dortmund and currently is playing for Al-‐Hilal.
Park Ji-‐sung, currently playing for Manchester united and national team
captain, showed little disappointment, as this tournament will be his last Asian cup in his career as a player. However, as a captain
“I have decided to retire from the national team” – former To(enham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund star. – Lee Young pyo
“Today’s game was a very tough game over 120 minutes, in the first half, it was very tough for us physically but in the second half, we came back to our level but we finally
lost on penalties so that’s a great pity.” – Lee Young pyo
“I feel good and I’m very happy” -‐ Honda Keisuke
“Over 120 minutes, every player worked really hard so I was thinking that when it came to penalties, it was going
to be my time to work.” – Kawashima (Goal keeper)
“Credit to the Koreans they are a strong team and winning against such a fantastic team makes me even
more happy.” – Alberto Zaccheroni (Head Coach)
“They never gave up and pressured the opponent until the last minute of the match and were able to score a second before the full
time to take the game to penalties” – Cho Kwang-‐rae (Head Coach)
Written by Tony Kim IBSOSRio Ferdinand predicted that Japan will win the Asian cup by using Twitter
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Australia VS Japan
Absence of the Japanese rising star, Kagawa Shinji did not stop Japan from beating Australia in the Finals. Japan was claimed the Champion of Asia, at Khalifa International stadium, Doha. For the 120minutes of the game, Australian footballers were playing much better than the Japanese players.
Despite the constant attacks from Australia, they didn’t easily hit the back of Japan’ net. Soon after, Mark Schawarzer when trying to prevent a corner kick, tried to stop the ball from going behind the pitch, but failed to kick it properly, the ball went to Nagatomo, who then kicked the ball over the bar.This was one of the most dangerous moments of Australia.
however, Japan also had dangerous moments. Wilkshire’s cross hit the bar and the ball bounced to Cahill, who tried to use his chest to push the ball in the goal, but Maya Yoshida cleared the ball, and managed to cover Eiji Kawashima’s misjudgment.
When it came to extra times, both teams looked extremely exhausted. Australian substitute Robbie Kruse almost made an influence to the game as soons as he went in but his header from Emerton’s cross went just over the bar.
However, one counterattack by Samurai Blue let the Aussies down. The winning goal finally came after 108minutes of Australia’s attack, when Nagatomo’s substitute Tadanari Lee,scored a goal from eight yards away from the goal.
It was Tadanari Lee’s second national duty, and he became an important member of the team. Tadanari Lee is Korean-‐Japanese, who had a trial with the Korean U-‐19s in 2004 in Korea but failed to make the cut. He could have made the team, but he refused to play for Korea, as Korean youth players insulted him.
Since Tadanari Lee lived in Japan, he decided to change his nationality to Japan and play for Japan. However, as he still respects Korea, and his family, he decided not to change his surname to Japanese and left it as “Lee”. He once interviewed with Korean Broadcast that he does not want to live as neither Korean nor Japanese, he just wants to live as a footballer.
Japanese’ fierce rival, Koreans congratulated Tadanari Lee, as he gave hope to the Korean-‐Japanese in Japanese society. Tadanari Lee said that he knew he would one day be the hero.
He also said, “I kept talking to myself, saying I’ll be a hero. I’ll be a hero’ before I went onto the pitch”.
Zaccheroni, former head coach of Juventus and interazionale Milan, have managed to put Japanese national football into top class just in 6 months. Japanese football association is now having strong belief on him.
Timmothy Cahill -‐ “We were playing much better than Japan, we should have won the game but we were little unlucky.”
Zaccheroni – “Honda, Endo and Hasebe did not train, Okazaki yesterday couldn’t even walk, Nagatomo had a foot problem and couldn’t prepare.”
Zaccheroni -‐ “We were playing against a very good physical and tactical team like Australia, so the final was a separate game.”
AFC 2011 Asian Cup AwardsWinner: Japan
Runner up: Australia2nd Runner up: South Korea
MVP: Keisuke HondaFair player award: Korea (Park Ji sung)Top goal scorer: Koo Ja Cheol (5 goals/6matches, Korea)
Top Assist leader: Koo Ja Cheol(3 assists/6matches, Korea
Written by Tony Kim IBSOS
Asian cup Awards
Top goal scorers
Rank Goals Name Nationality Tournament Matches (Goal)1st 5 Koo Ja cheol KOR 3rd Uzbekistan (1), Bahrain (2),
Australia (1), India (1)2nd 4 Ji Dongwon KOR 3rd Uzbekistan (2), India (2)
3rd 4 Ismaeel Abdullatif BAH Round Robin India (4)4th 3 Okajaki Shinji JAP 1st Saudi Arabia (3)5th 3 Harry Kewell AUS 2nd Uzbekistan (1), Iraq (1), India (1)
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Asian CupBest Eleven+Past Winners
Year20112007
200420001996199219881984198019761972196819641960
HostsQatar
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
ChinaLebanonUAEJapanQatar
SingaporeKuwaitIran
ThailandIranIsrael
South KoreaHong Kong
Winners Iraq 1 -‐ 0 Saudi Arabia
Japan 3 -‐ 1 ChinaJapan 1 -‐ 0 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 0 -‐ 0 UAE (4-‐2 Pens)Japan 1 -‐ 0 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 0 -‐ 0 South Korea(4-‐3 Pens)Saudi Arabia 2 -‐ 0 ChinaKuwait 3 -‐ 0 South KoreaIran 1 -‐ 0 KuwaitIran 2 -‐ 1 South KoreaIran (League Format)Israel (League Format)South_Korea (League Format)South_Korea (League Format)
GK: Mark Schwarzer (AUS)
RB: Cha Duri (KOR)
CB: Saša Ognenovski (AUS)
CB: Lucas Neil (AUS)LB: Yuto Nagatomo (JAP)
RM: Kagawa Shinji (JAP)
MF: Honda Keisuke (JAP)MF: Koo Ja cheol (KOR)
LW: Park Ji sung (KOR)
SS: Harry Kewell (AUS) FW: Ji Dongwon (KOR)
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Memorable records from 2011 Qatar Asian Cup
100 -‐ Park Ji sung, currently playing for Manchester united, decided to retire from national duty after his 100th cap. He also became the 8th player in South Korea to join century club.
4 -‐ Japan won in total of 4 Asian cups. (2011, 2004, 2000 and 1988) After Japan won the 2011 Qatar Asian cup, they are now currently lying on 17th on FIFA ranking, which is the first in Asia.
5 -‐ Number of goals that the top scorer, Koo Ja cheol, scored in this tournament. After he was chosen be the top scorer and assist leader he transferred to Vfl Wolfsburg from Jeju united.
14 -‐ Top team scorer. Japan has managed to score the most number of goals as a team in this tournament.
6 -‐ Most number of goals scored in one game by one team. Australia scored 6 goals in semi finals against Uzbekistan.
2 -‐ Least number of goals conceded throughout every games played in 2011 Qatar Asian Cup. Australia only
have managed to give two goals to opponent teams in this Asian Cup. (First goal to Koo Ja cheol and second goal to Tadanari Lee)
13 -‐ Most number of goals conceded. (India & Uzbekistan) Although India did not make up to quarter final, they have conceded 13 goals.
142 -‐ Longest distance ran by a team. In a fierce rival game, Korea versus Japan, Korean footballers ran in total of 142 kilometers just in one game.
After 2011 Qatar Asian cup have finished, Japan have jumped up to 29 to 17 in FIFA ranking. Australia only went up one ranking from 22 to 21. South Korea moved up from 39 to 32. This numbers show that now Asian countries are now strong enough to beat most of European and South American countries.
Asian Cup Milestone
[Lee Chung yong (Bolton Wanderers), Lee Yong pyo, Park Ji sung (Manchester United)]
Lee Yong pyo used Twitter to expresse his appreciation to Park and told him it was an honour for him to play with him for 11years in national team.
Written by Tony Kim IBSOS
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2010/2011 winter
Transfer Market
Do you guys Twitt footballers?Many footballers transfer to new teams with the start of new year. Everyday, actually every few hours, new transfer news came out so it was little tough to catch up the news on time. However, now the market is now closed and some footballers used Twitter to express their surprise at some of the deals.
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal Captain) -‐ “Transfer deadline day going crazy today in England.... I never expected what’s happening.”
Robin van Perise -‐ “BIG spending this transfer window! Didn’t expect this at all. Curious what gonna happen these last couple of hours!!!”
Rio Ferdinand -‐ “Carrol has huge potential no doubt, is 35m still not a hefty sum of money in this recession we are meant to be in! He will be top player”
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal mid`ielder) -‐ “BREAKING TRANSFER NEWS: I have just moved from the sofa to my bed!!’
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Edin Dzeko
The Bosnian started his football career in Dvorana Željezničar in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003. He moved to Teplice, Czech Republic in 2005. In 2007, he transferred to VFL Wolfsburg, Germany. He made a pretty interesting result in there. Indeed, unless you were not insane about football,
Wolfsburg would be unfamiliar to you at that time, but now it’s more popular than when Dzeko brought first Bundesliga cup to Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg won
their first Bundesliga in 2008-‐2009 season. It was a real shock for German because Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Werder Bremen were the three teams that usually won Bundesliga for long time.
Man city won against Wolves by 4-‐3 at City of Manchester, which was Edin Dzeko’s debut as well. Although he isn’t the best player among the
22, City’s fans would have enjoyed their first glimpse of Edin Dzeko for sure.
Darren Ashley Bent
England / Striker
6th February 1984
Number: 39
180 cm 73 kg
From Sunderland to Aston Villa
Transfer fee: £24 million
Why didn’t Aston villa bring any players during summer pre-‐season? Martin O’ Neill already left Villa and he was the person who could pull up Villa up to 4th place in the league, possibly or at least 7th, obviously. Aston villa’s owner blew a nice chance to join Europe’s league and now he probably have realized that it was a mistake. Probably, now he knows 17th is not a suitable place for Villa. Aston Villa made a new record for Bent. They are estimated to spent £24 million for him that is much higher than previous record, £12 million for James Milner.
Transfer Market 1.
Edin DzekoBosnia / striker17th March 1986
Number: 10192 cm 80 kg
From Wolfsburg to Man CityTransfer fee: £27 million
Bosnian diamond, Edin Dzeko is holding his new uniform with Mancini, manager of the Manchester City
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He can be a ‘jersey man’ now. He started in Ipswich Town in 2001. He was in its youth system as well. In 2005 summer, he moved to Charlton Athletic, where he became the highest scoring Englishman in the EPL in 2005-‐06 season. However, Charlton was relegated to the Championship so he decided to move to White Heart Lane in 2007. In a game against Portsmouth in 2009, he missed a really easy open goal. Right after this game, Harry Redknapp said, ‘you will never get a better chance to win a match than that. My missus could have scored that one.’ He moved to Sunderland and again to Aston Villa in January 2011. He scored the only goal in a game against Man City, which was an impressive debut.
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor
Togo / striker
26th February 1984
Number: 6
191 cm 75 kg
Loan to Real Madrid from Man City
Emmanuel Adebayor signed a loan negotiation to play in Real Madrid, Spain for the rest half of the season. It was a win-‐win-‐win loan for the two teams and the player as well.
Adebayor was talked about his behavior when he moved to Manchester from London. He could not make best 11 in there, which was quite shocking for majority of the footall fans. Despite the fact that, Manchester City has many quality strikers, Mancini just wanted to have one player playing at upfront. Tevez, Santa Cruz, Balotteli, Jo, and Adebayor were competing. Moreover, Dzeko joined the team recently, which made the competition even more competitive. This means Adebayor only could play for FA cups. Luckily, as he moved to Real Madrid, we will be able to see this Adebayor’s energetic
playing style in Bernabeu, unless Gonzalo Higuain comes back.
Manchester City have too many
players to join Europe league and 25 roasters so they already agreed to loan for Wayne Bridge, Santa Cruz, and now Adebayor to Real Madrid.
Whether it is Mourinho’s decision or Perez’s decision, it is obvious that Adebayor is a precious new year’s gift for Real Madrid. They lost Higuain already and Lyon’s Benzema is gone. It is more possible for Real Madrid to replace Barcelona’s in the league table with Adebayor than with Benzema.
Can Darren Bent save Aston Villa from relegation?
Can Jose Mourinho train Emmanuel Adebayor?
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Manchester UnitedNickname: The Red DevilsCoach: Sir Alex FergusonMain players: Wayne Rooney, Luis Nani, Antonio Valencia, Dimitar Berbatov, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Edwin Van de SarPredicted rank at end of season: 1st
ChelseaNickname: The Blues
Coach: Carlo AncelottiMain players: Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Salomon Kalou, MikelPredicted rank at end of season: 2nd
ArsenalNickname: The GunnersCoach: Arsene WengerMain players: Francesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin, Theo Walcott, Alex Song, Marouane Chamakh, Robin van Persie, Bacary SagnaPredicted rank at end of season: 3rd
Manchester CityNickname: The CitizensCoach: Roberto ManciniMain players: Carlos Tevez, Mario Balotelli, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Adam Johnson, James Milner, Kolo Toure, Jerome Boateng, Joe HartPredicted rank at end of season: 4th
Tottenham Hotspur
Nickname: SpursCoach: Harry RedknappMain players: Rafael Van der Vaart, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon, Tom Huddlestone, Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Alan Hutton, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Ledley King, Michael Dawson, William Gallas, Heurelho GomesPredicted rank at end of season: 5th
LiverpoolNickname: The RedsCoach: Kenny DalglishMain players: Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll, Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles, Joe Cole, Maxi Rodriguez, Glen Johnson, Jamie Carragher, Jose Reina, Luis SuarezPredicted rank at end of season: 6th
Aston VillaNickname: The VillansCoach: Gerard HoullierMain p layers : Dar ren Bent , Gabr ie l Agbonlahor, Ashley Young, Stewart Downing, Stephen Ireland, James Collins, Richard Dunne, Luke Young, Brad FriedelPredicted rank at end of season: 7th
SunderlandNickname: The Black CatsCoach: Steve BruceMain players: Asamoah Gyan, Jordan Henderson, Ahmen Elmohamady, Phillip BardsleyPredicted rank at end of season: 8th
Blackburn RoversNickname: The RoversCoach: Steve KeanMain players: Morten Gamst Pederson, David Dunn, Ryan Nelson, Christopher Samba, Paul RobinsonPredicted rank at end of season: 9th
Newcastle UnitedNickname: The MagpiesCoach: Alan PardewMain players: Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton, Jonas Gutierrez, Mike WilliamsonPredicted rank at end of season: 10th
Bolton WanderersNickname: The Wanderers (Trotters)Coach: Owen CoyleMain players: Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies, Chung-Yong Lee,
Stuart Holden, Fabrice Muamba, Matt Taylor, Zat Knight, Gary Cahill, Paul Robinson, Jussi JaaskelainenPredicted rank at end of season: 11th
English Premier League
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Stoke CityNickname: The PottersCoach: Tony PulisMain players: Matthew Etherington, Kenwyne Jones, Ricardo Fuller, Rory Delap, Tuncay Sanli, Robert Huth, Ryan ShawcrossPredicted rank at end of season: 12th
EvertonNickname: The Toffees
Coach: David MoyesMain players: Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta, Louis Saha, Leighton Baines, Sylvain Distin, Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, Johnny Heitinga, Tim HowardPredicted rank at end of season: 13th
FulhamNickname: The CottagersCoach: Mark HughesMain players: Bobby Zamora, Moussa Dembele, Clint Dempsey, Danny Murphy, Damien Duff, Brede Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, Mark SchwarzerPredicted rank at end of season: 14th
Birmingham CityNickname: BluesCoach: Alex McLeish
Main players: Cameron Jerome, Barry Ferguson, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Bowyer, Roger Johson, Liam Ridgewell, Ben FosterPredicted rank at end of season: 15th
BlackpoolNickname: The Tangerines/ The SeasidersCoach: Ian HollowayMain players: Charlie Adam, Luke VarneyPredicted rank at end of season: 16th
West Bromwich AlbionNickname: The BaggiesCoach: Roberto Di MatteoMain players: Peter Odemwingie, Chris BruntPredicted rank at end of season: 17th
Wigan AthleticNickname: LaticsCoach: Roberto MartinezMain players: Hugo Rodallega, Charles N’Zogbia, Mohamed Diame, Antolin AlcarazPredicted rank at end of season: 18th
Wolverhampton WanderersNickname: WolvesCoach: Mick McCarthyMain players: Kevin Doyle, Sylvan Ebanks-B lake, Mat thew Jarv is , Stephen Hunt, Kevin FoleyPredicted rank at end of season: 19th
West Ham UnitedNickname: The Hammers
Coach: Avram GrantMain players: Frederic Piquionne, Carlton Cole, Scott Parker, Matthew Upson, Robert GreenPredicted rank at end of season: 20th
Written by Robin Kil KHU
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Forwards:Didier Drogba (Chelsea)Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)Fernando Torres (Chelseal)Andy Carroll (Liverpool)Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspurs)Hugo Rodallega (Wigan Athletic)Darren Bent (Aston Villa)Robin van Persie (Arsenal)Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal)Javier Chicharito Hernandez (Manchester United)Johan Elmander (Bolton Wanderers)Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
Midfielders:Frank Lampard (Chelsea)Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)Florent Malouda (Chelsea)Tim Cahill (Everton)Kevin Nolan (Newcastle United)Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspurs)Rafael Van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspurs)
Didier DrogbaThe best goal-getter in Chelsea, Drogba is invaluable to the team. Didier Drogba, with 29 goals and 13 assists, won the 2009-2010 Barclays Golden Boot.
His speed, technique, and strength are the traits that make him so good at scoring goals.
Wayne RooneyAs the striker in one of the best teams in the world, Wayne Rooney is one of the best forwards in the world. Although Rooney is currently not doing so well, he has always been regarded as one of the best goal-
getters in EPL. He was close to getting the Golden Boot last season.
Nicolas AnelkaAnother striker from Chelsea, Nicolas Anelka is also a capable goal-getter. The winner of the 2008-2009 Barclays Golden Boot, Anelka has acceleration and excellent technique.
Carlos TevezThe Argentine striker has been putting on great performances since last season. With 23 goals and 7 assists last season and 14 goals 5 assists so far this season, Tevez is certainly one of the best goal-getters in EPL.
Fernando TorresAlthough the Spanish has suffered from multiple injuries and thus didn’t play as many games as others did, Fernando Torres still holds substantial amount of goals. From 2007-2010, in 3 seasons, he has scored 56 goals. His speed and technique make him one of the best strikers in the world.
Frank LampardDespite being a midfielder, Lampard is another significant goal-getter in Chelsea. Lampard, although because of his injury is not doing well, had 22 goals and 17 assists. He had the most goals as a midfielder last season.
Cesc FabregasAnother goal-scoring midfielder, the Arsenal captain although played 10 less games last season than Lampard did, still had astounding amount of goals for a midfielder: 15 goals and 15 assists. Fabregas, unlike he was in last season, is not scoring many goals but is focusing on assisting
the capable strikers in the team.
The Best Goal-‐Getters in EPL
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Mourinho vs GuardiolaThe managers of the best teams in the world, Mourinho and Guardiola are clearly very capable mangers. Mourinho, last season,
winning both the UEFA Championsleague and the Italian Serie A league, showed his ability to WIN.
∴Real > BarcaAlonso vs BusquetsBoth the CDM of each team, Alonso and Busquets are continuously compared with each other inevitably. However in every aspect there is that a player can possess, Alonso is better than
Busquets undoubtedly. ∴Real > Barca
Carvalho vs PuyolThe Portugese and the Spanish are always compared but Puyol has the speed, strength, goal-scoring ability and the experience.
∴Barca > RealRamos vs AlvesThe attacking RWBs of each team, Ramos and Alves are extremely valuable to their respective teams. Ramos the starting RWB on the 2010 World Cup winning team, Spain, and Alves the RM of the world greatest national team Brazil… It is difficult to say who is better.
∴Real = BarcaHiguain vs VillaHiguain and Villa the forwards of each team, both have speed, technique and excellent goal-scoring ability. However, it is
obvious that David Villa is more experienced and better at scoring goals. ∴Barca > Real
Casillas vs ValdesBoth on the 2010 World Cup Champion team Spain, Casillas and Valdes are brilliant goalkeepers. However, Casillas was the starting
goalkeeper while Valdes didn’t get to play in the World Cup at all. It is obvious that Casillas is a better goalie. ∴Real > BarcaMessi vs RonaldoThe most expensive players currently in the world and the best players in the world, Messi
and Ronaldo are inevitably compared all the time. Although Ronaldo hold more goals currently in the season, their positions are not just about goal-scoring. The winner of FIFA Ballon d'Or award last year, Messi may be the more valuable player. ∴Barca > Real
NEXT El Clasico: April 17th 2011 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Real Madrid VS Barcelona
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Eredivise’s golden shoe, Luis Suarez will be seen in the Anfield.Luis SuarezUruguay / striker24th January 1987Back number: 7181 cm Transfer to Liverpool from AjaxTransfer fee: 26.5 Million Euro
He was one of the hot potatoes in this summer and `inally on the last Saturday of January, Ajax agreed to let him go to England. Suarez was not that famous before 2010 South Africa World Cup. In there, he played as a striker with Diego Forlan and he made a great success with him. He scored one goal against Mexico and two goals against South Korea during the Round of 16. In fact, he gained huge notoriety during the quarter`inal game against Ghana. He saved the very last goal by hand, not foot. He received red card immediately but, he led Uruguay to penalty shoot-‐out. He is known for his celebrating action which was to Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss while he was walking out the stadium. Although Uruguay lost against Netherland in Semi-‐`inal without Suarez, he got scout’s interests.
His transfer to Ajax was little doom because he lost his case before the Dutch Football Association’s case. However, on the same
day, Ajax agreed to pay more money for Suarez himself. Ajax was the light of the end of tunnel. In Ajax, he appeared 222 games and scored 139 goals.
Andy Carroll
England / Striker
6th January 1989
Back number: 9
191Cm
Transfer to Liverpool from Newcastle
Transfer fee: £35 million
Liverpool lost Torres but they got Carroll from Newcastle. He’s only 22 years old so it will be great value for Liverpool.
He started his career in Newcastle in 2006. His debut was UEFA Cup against Palermo, Italy on 2nd November 2006. He was only 17 years at that time. His `irst Premier League debut was on 25th February 2007 against Wigan Athletic. He was loaned to Preston North End for 6 months which was obviously very precious time for him. In
2009-‐10 season, Carroll played almost every game with a new partner, Peter Lovenkrands. Andy Carroll `inished that season as the Newcastle’s top scorer of the year. He scored 19 in total. With the start of 2010-‐2011 season, he became the number 9 of Newcastle which means a great hero such as Jackie Milburn and Alan Shearer.
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Newcastle United
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Sunderland AFC
Tyne-wear Derby
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Newcastle United VS Sunderland AFC
Asamoah Gyan scored an injury-‐time equalizer to deny Newcastle’s 3 points in Tyne-‐wear derby at Stadium of Light.
Kevin Nolan scored his 10th goal in league but he couldn’t bring 3 points to Newcastle
Tyne wear derby is a classic football match between Newcastle United and Sunderland AFC. Both of them are located in Tyne and wear city, North East England. Their history begins in 16th century when Charles I gave the privilege of coal industry to
Newcastle upon Tyne, which is the full name of Newcastle. Obviously, Newcastle could develop really fast with the coal industry but on the other hand, Sunderland had nothing to do with coal. From this moment, those two residues became the pure rival since there was high wealth gap between the two sides. Newcastle and Sunderland found again themselves on opposite sides during the Jacobite Rebellions, with Newcastle in support of the Hanoverians with the German King George, and Sunderland siding with the Scottish Stuarts. Especially, in 1970, there were many angry forces about the result or referee with Hooligan’s arising. Even today, police arrests about 50 people every derby. This number dropped hugely but still, it is higher than other matches.
Tyne-wear Derby
Season Newcastle Home
Result Sunderland Home
Result
2010-‐2011 31 Oct 2010 5-‐1 16 Jan 2011 1-‐1
2008-‐2009 1 Feb 2009 1-‐1 25 Oct 2008 2-‐1
2007-‐2008 20 Apr 2008 2-‐0 10 Nov 2007 1-‐1
2005-‐2006 23 Oct 2005 3-‐2 17 Apr 2006 1-‐4
2002-‐2003 21 Sep 2002 2-‐0 26 Apr 2003 0-‐1
2001–2002 26 Aug 2001 1-‐1 24 Feb 2002 0-‐1
2000-‐2001 18 Nov 2000 1-‐2 21 Apr 2001 1-‐1
1999-‐2000 25 Aug 1999 1-‐2 5 Feb 2000 2-‐2
1996-‐1997 5 Apr 1997 1-‐1 4 Sep 1996 1-‐2
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Merseyside Derby
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Liverpool VS Everton
Merseyside derby is the oldest derby in England. It has started from 1894 October 13th. By looking at the statistics of the Merseyside derby, we can see that Liverpool have won a lot more than Everton did.
After the 216th Merseyside derby match at An`ield, both teams only managed to gain 1 point each. Interestingly, it was `irst league match for Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish who is best known for legend of Liverpool and 100th league game for Fernando Torres in Liverpool. After the match, Kenneth said, “Players were playing with commitment and con`idence. Although we only managed to gain 1 point, we were just unlucky.”
Unfortunately, Timothy Cahill, great Australian goal scorer, was playing for national team in Qatar 2011 Asian cup. On last Merseyside derby, Timothy Cahill scored a great goal against Liverpool FC, which led to Everton victory Liverpool FC.
After 30minutes of Liverpool’s attack, Dirk Kuyt’s shot was bounced back to Raul Meireles, who scored his `irst goal in Liverpool. Although, Liverpool scored a great goal, Liverpool’s
countless shots did not hit the back of the net. Right after, second half of the game has started, Jermain Beckford and Sylvain Distin scored two goals. Which made the game a lot harder for Liverpool. However, after Maxi Rodriguez won a penalty kick, Dirk Kuyt scored a goal from a penalty line. Game ended with a tie game.
Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel was chosen to be the worst player of the game with rate of 5.0 points. Everton’s Marouane Fellaini and Liverpool’s Fernando Torres were chosen to be the best player who both were got 7.5 points out of 10. Fernando Torres was chosen to be the best player by fans.
One positive outcome of the game was that Fernando Torres is starting to become an attack minded striker. It looks like Liverpool supporter are welcoming and hoping Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish to stay with Liverpool. Steven Gerrard, Captain of Liverpool FC, said that he will try his best to make sure Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish stays with Liverpool FC till end of the season.
Merseyside Derby
Competition Played Liverpool Won Draw Everton Won
Liverpool Goals Everton Goals
League 146 55 43 48 203 181Premier League 39 16 14 9 48 39
FA Cup 22 9 6 7 35 26League Cup 4 2 1 1 2 1Charity Shield 3 1 1 1 2 2
Screen Sport Super Cup 2 2 0 0 7 2
Totals 216 85 65 66 297 251
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Fernando Torres: Happy to be blue.
Fernando TorresSpain / striker20th March 1984Back number:185 cm 78 kgTransfer to Chelsea from Liverpool
Transfer Fee: £50 million
Fernando Torres, just hours before Feburary, signed for 5years 6months deal with Chelsea and is now going to play for the blues.
Fernando Torres started his career in Madrid. He started as a member of Atletico and even the team was relegated, Torres didn’t leave the team. Atletico returned back immediately and Torres became the new captain of Atletico Madrid at 19 only. With this young new captain, Atletico joined the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2004. He refused Chelsea’s offer in 2005 and Newcastle’s offer as well. However, after 2006 Germany World Cup, Atletico agreed a deal with Liverpool for Torres. It was about £25 million.
In the `irst year in Liverpool, he made a great success with Benetiz. He was just after Christiano Ronaldo for the FWA Footballer of the Year award. Once again, Chelsea offered £50 million to sign him but the owner of Liverpool, Tom
Hicks said, ‘I would not allow Torres to leave the club at any price.’
The second year was not bad. He got third in FIFA World Player of the Year after Ronaldo and Messi. However, his slump started with 2009-‐10 season. He got injured frequently. Finally, in the last day of 2011 winter transfer season, Liverpool signed £50 million offer from Chelsea just few hours before closing. Alan Shearer’s disciple, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez will replace Fernando Torres.
Torres completed `ive and a half year deal with Chelsea. This transfer made Fernando Torres the fourth overall most expensive footballer of all time. Crisitano Ronaldo is the `irst and then Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka and `inally Fernando Torres. Torres is now Chelsea’ number 9 following in the footsteps of former Chelsea strikers Kerry Dixon, Roy Bently and Peter Osgood.
“He grew up as a Liverpool player and Liverpool has also gorwn s he’s been a plyer on the team.” -‐ Pepe Reina
“I think it was probably better than Fernando moved on if he didn’t 100 percent want to be here or it was going to happen in the summer.” -‐ Jamie Carragher
“Whether people agree with how he’s gone, supporter can’t deny he was an absolutely fantastic player for Liverpool.” -‐ Jamie Carragher
“I’m an Atletico fan, I never kissed the Liverpool badge” -‐ Fernando Torres
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Blackpool FC, Newcastle United, West Bromwich AlbionWhat a brilliant performance from the Newcomers in English Premier League
Blackpool:Blackpool currently 16th in the league, the Tangerines is doing so much well than it was expected to do. Starting off the season with a remarkable 4 point win against Wigan Athletic, Blackpool has continued its brilliant performance in many of the games. Later on in the season in Gameweek 2,3,4, the Seasiders faced solid opponents such as Arsenal and Fulham. In Gameweek 4, against the rival promoted team Newcastle United, Blackpool gained a 2-‐0 victory that contributed greatly to the morale of the team as a whole. In Gameweek 10, Blackpool beat the other promoted team WBA. The reason for Blackpool’s great performance is that it has strong forwards: Varney, Campbell, Taylor-‐Fletcher and Harewood. The abundance of strikers in the team does not imperil the team when one of them gets injured. Charlie Adam is undoubtedly the most valuable player on the team. Acting as a playmaker, Adam already has 4 goals and 4 assists. This piece of statistics, however, does not fully show Adam’s value to the team. In this season alone, Adam has been selected to be the man of the match for 8 games. It is not only the midfielders and forwards that are brilliant but the defenders are also outstanding. Evatt and Crainey are the main players in the defense line. The goal-‐scoring defenders have contributed greatly to the team. Blackpool is certainly far from getting relegated this season.
Newcastle United:Newcastle United currently has the best players out of the 3 newcomers. Newcastle’s goal getter Andy Carroll has been showing outstanding performances this season; for a while, he was the top scorer in the league. He currently has 11 goals and 6 assists. Despite his lack of experience and his young age, Carroll has been also selected by Capello to be in the English National Team. Carroll’s thigh injury has given a chance to Ameobi who also has put on unexpected brilliant plays in games. The Magpies also have the best midfielders in the league: Kevin Nolan
and Joey Barton. Nolan is the other goal getter in the team. Although he is a defender, he has scored astounding number of goals. Until now he has 10 goals. Barton is more of an assister. He has assisted 6 goals so far in the season. Newcastle United has had many multi-goal-scoring games. In Gameweek 2 the Magpies defeated Aston Villa 6-0 at home. Later on in the season, Newcastle beat Sunderland and West Ham 5-1, 5-0 respectively. If Newcastle United continues to play like they did until this time of the season, they might even enter the UEFA Europa League. (This article was written before Andy Carroll moved to Liverpool)
West Bromwich Albion:Though the lowest in rank out of the three newcomers, WBA is definitely doing better than expected. Pulling a shocking draw with Manchester United and beating Sunderland at the start of the season, WBA certainly surprised all the premier league fans. West Brom has a decent goalkeeper. Scott Carson, though because of the weak center backs has only obtained one clean sheet throughout the season, he has made some amazing saves that were significant to the team. WBA have weak center backs but have outstanding goal-‐scoring wing backs. Jara and Cech using their speed as their advantage, break through the left and right edges of the field, give excellent through passes and crosses to the forwards. WBA also has an extremely
valuable winger: Chris Brunt. He already has assisted 10 goals and scored 2. Brunt is certainly a necessary player for WBA when the team is attacking. Baggies lose one of the two essential players, they will not be able to attack efficiently. Another essential player is c lear ly
Odemwingie. The Nigerian scored 2goals against Newcastle united and
Blackpool each and in total he has scored 8 goals throughout the season. If the Baggies lose one of the two essential players, they will not be able to attack efficiently.
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Last 16 Tix sights on WembleyRound of 16 begins at 15 February with Milan vs
Tottenham
Data from www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/
Milan VS Tottenham – San Siro, Milan
Valencia VS Schalke -‐ Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia
Roma VS Shaktar Donetsk -‐ Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Arsenal VS Barcelona – Emirates Stadium, London
Revenge match
Last season result 2:2 (Emirates Stadium) / 2:4 (Nou Camp)
Barcelona wants Cesc Fabregas for long time
Kobenhavn VS Chelsea -‐ Parken Stadion, Copenhagen
Lyon VS Real Madrid -‐ Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Revenge match
Last season result 1:0 (Gerland) / 1:1 (Bernabeu)
Real Madrid never won before against Lyon in Champions league
Marseille VS Man.United -‐ Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Internazionale VS Bayern – Fiuseppe Meazza, Milan
Revenge match of last Tinal
Last season Result 2:0 (Finale at Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid)
Editors’ prediction
Milan (W) VS Tottenham (L) 2:0 / 1:1
Milan knows how to play in the Champions league
Tottenham is a giant baby but for Milan, it’s still a baby
Valencia (W) VS Schalke (L) 3:0 / 0:1
Obviously, Valencia is going to win.
They are located not too far away so there are not many variables
Roma (L) VS Shaktar (W) 1:1 / 0:1
Roma is not good recently / Shaktar is on a streak.
Arsenal (L) VS Barcelona (W) 2:1 / 1:3
Big match with offensive teams means there will be many goals. / Arsenal will try to revenge offensively which makes more fun match
Barcelona will just score more than Arsenal
Kobenhavn (L) VS Chelsea (W) 1:1 / 0:0
Kobenhavn will hold position in London for 90 minutes. / Chelsea is having a bad time recently. / Chelsea’s future depends on away goals, not
at the Stamford Bridge.
Lyon (W) VS Real Madrid (L) 0:0 / 0:0 (PK: 4:3)
Every year, most people predict Real Madrid’s win but Lyon won every time.
Real Madrid has ‘Lyon jinx’
Marseille (L) VS Manchester United (W) 2:2 / 0:3
Manchester United only lost once in the Premier league and lost twice in this season.
One of the most easy matches to predict the result.
Internazionale (L) VS Bayern Munich (W)
Both are having bad time but Internazionale is worse.
Although Munich lost Ro-‐bery, Benetiz effect was too big.
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Current goal ranking
1. Samuel Eto’o (Internazionale) – 7 goals
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 6 goals
3. Mrio Gomes (Bayern) – 6 goals
4. Roberto Sldado (Valencia) – 5 goals
5. Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) – 5 goals
Current assist ranking
1. Carlos Martins (Benfica) – 5 assists
2. Juan Culio (CFR Cluj) – 4 assists
3. Benoit Cheyrou (Marseille) – 3 assists
4. Mesut Ozil (Real Madird) – 3 assists
5. Juan Mata (Valencia) – 3 assists
Attempts on target
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 15 times
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 13 times
3. Samuel Eto’o (Internazionale) – 12 times
4. Roberto Soldado (Valencia) – 10 times
5. Luis Suarez (Ajax) – 10 times
Attempts off target
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 16 times
2. Carlos Martins (Benfica) – 11 times
3. Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) – 10 times
4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 10times
5. Wesley Sneijder (Internazionale) – 10 times
Yellow card
1. Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos) – 3 cards
2. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – 3 cards
3. Nicolas Galtan (Benfica) – 3 cards
4. Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham) – 3 cards
5. Tomas Hubschman (Shakhtar Donetsk) – 3 cards
Red card
1. Andre Ooijer (Ajax) – 1 suspension
2. Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham) – 1 suspension
3. Jean-‐Pascal Mignot (Auxerre) – 1 suspension
4. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) – 1 suspension
5. Felice Piccolo (CFR Cluj) – 1 suspension
Club statistics overview
Team G GA YC RC AT AW OF CO FC Poss.(t) Poss.(%)
Arsenal FC18 7 7 1 40 24 11 20 97 231 57%
Tottenham Hotspur FC
18 11 9 2 29 25 8 25 73 155 41%
FC Bayern München16 6 12 0 47 41 12 43 75 213 53%
Real Madrid CF
15 2 15 2 54 56 15 40 73 223 56%
Valencia CF15 4 8 0 45 39 7 45 82 167 46%
FC Barcelona14 3 6 0 43 44 19 37 55 237 60%
Chelsea FC14 4 4 0 36 55 23 34 77 180 50%
FC Internazionale Milano
12 11 6 0 43 40 7 25 57 185 51%
Olympique de Marseille
12 3 9 0 36 51 15 37 85 180 52%
FC Shakhtar Donetsk12 6 13 0 34 23 19 38 100 211 54%
Olympique Lyonnais11 10 10 0 42 47 30 48 69 209 58%
AS Roma10 11 6 0 34 39 11 30 73 146 38%
FC Schalke 0410 3 11 1 32 28 12 32 89 164 43%
FC København7 5 8 0 20 34 17 25 90 144 40%
Manchester United FC7 1 3 0 31 39 15 37 76 216 54%
AC Milan
7 7 17 0 22 23 29 25 98 184 50%
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Asian footballers knocked European leagues after Asian Cup’s successPro`ile
Koo Ja Cheol
Korea / Mid`ileder
27th February, 1989
183cm 75kg
Transfer to VolGburg from Jeju United, Korea.
Koo Ja cheol moved from JeJu United to VFL Wolfsburg
Koo Ja cheol, captain of U20 national team, and he managed to bring his team up to quarter `inals in U21 Men’s World Cup in 2009. This was when Blackburn Rovers F.C., tried to contract with him, but was rejected as Jeju United’s head coach asked him to be the best in Korea and then go to European teams.
Unfortunately, as he did not make into 2010 World cup roster. Koo Ja cheol worked even harder. As a result, Koo Ja cheol was chosen to be MVP of K-‐League, top assist leader and helped Jeju United to come 2nd in the league. After his commitment to the team, he was asked to play for national team in 2011 Qatar Asian Cup. Althoug, he played defensive mid`ielder in Jeju United, he played attacking mid`ielder for national team. Surprisingly, he has managed to score 5goals and 3 assits just in 6 games. Bolton Wanderers, Young boys (Switzerland), VFB Stuttgart and VFL Wolfsburg all tried to contract with him, but his former team, Jeju United accepted VFL Wolfsburg’s offer. After VFL Wolfsburg lost Edin Dzeko to Manchester City, VFL Wolfsburg bought 6 more players to cover Edin Dzeko’s place. The head coach says, he is very delighted to contract with Koo Ja cheol, as he does not need to do join Army for 2 years like other Korean footballers and he is only 22 years old and can play in any positions.
Koo Ja cheol said that his goal as a footballer is to play in the English premier league and play in Champions league.
ProTile
Nagatomo Yuto
Japan / Defender
12th September 1986
170cm 68kg
Loan to Internazionale from AC Cesena, Italy
Althought Yuto Nagatomo went to Internazionale on loan, he is the `irst Asian to join Internazionale.
He said that he is very proud of himself, and he is going to show people that he deserves to play for Internazionale. Nagatomo could go to Milan, beacuse of Zacheronie’s high recommendation, who is also best known as former Internazionale and Juventus head coach and current Japanese national team head coach. Keisuke Honda, who is his teammate in the national team showed dissatifaction about Nagatomo’s transfer, as he thinks Nagatomo joined Big 5 team before he did.
Okazaki Shinji
Japan / Striker
16th April 1986
173cm 72kg
Transfer to VFB Stuttgart from Shimizu S-‐Pulse, Japan.
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There are many other impressive transfer or loans.
Julio Baptista finally left AS Roma. Malaga, Spain won the golden trash box made in Italy.
Portugal’s striker, Hugo Almeida transferred to Turkish team, Besiktas for 2 million Euro.
Luka Tony signed to transfer to Juventus that had a hard time from Genoa.
Man Utd.’s future striker, Federico Macheda chose to learn football in Sampdoria, Italy.
Ronaldinho went back to his hometown, Flamenco from AC Milan.
Wayne Bridge will meet John Terry, his personal rival, more frequently in West Ham, London
Everton’s midfielder, Steven Pernar will play in White Heart Lane for £3 million
Netherland’s super star, Van Bommel will play for Milan.
Liverpool’s benchwarmer, Lyon Babel decided to be a starting player in København.
Spain’s future, Juan Mata and Jesus Navas decided to stay in Valencia and Sevilla.
Spain’s left back, Joan Capdevila will stay in Villa Real for two more years.
Diouf decided player for Rangers in the Scottish League.
Gudjohnsen was loan from Fulham to Stoke City.
Brazilian center defender, David Luiz became one of the blues, Chelsea.
Mexico’s midfielder chose to play game in Racing not in sub in Tottenham.
Chelsea’s young gun, Daniel Sturridge, was loaned to Bolton from Chelsea.
Turkey’s popular footballer, Tuncay Sanli transferred to Wolfsburg from Stoke City
Ireland in Aston Villa moved to Newcastle to replace Andy Carroll.
US midfielder, Michael Bradley will replace Darren Bent.
Rafael Benitez
16th April 1960 (50 years old)
Born in Madrid, Spain
He played as a sweeper in Castilla CF, Parla and Linares.
He became famous when he was Valencia’s manager. He won the league twice and one UEFA Cup win.
He is famous for Liverpool’s former manager and known as the pory ear of Liverpool
He is also famous for the fastest decline that pulled down both Liverpool and Iternazionale to 7th in England and Italy
Actually, Rafael Benitez was a really good manager in Valencia. He replaced Hector Cuper there and he was the person who bought some brilliant players into Valencia. Canizares, Ayala, Baraja, Albelda and Vicente are those people who were scouted by Benitez. With him, Valencia CF reached 2000-‐01 Champions League `inal but lost only on
penalty shoot against Munich. In 2002, they won La Liga with 7 points difference between second, Deportivo. Two years later, Benitez made double, La Liga and EUFA Cup which was the former of Europa league. After that, he failed to contract with Valencia so he decided to continue his career as a manager in Liverpool FC.
Serie A
Rafael Benitez
Former head coach of Liverpool FC and Interazionale MilanBenitez undoubtedly failed to receive Mourinho’s Success
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On 9th March 1908, ‘Football Club Internazionale Milano’ was established. The `irst captain of Internazionale was a Swiss player, Hernst Manktl. Its club color is black, blue and gold. In 1910, Inter won the Italian league for the `irst time and they won their `irst Coppa Italia two years later. ‘Great Inter’ era began in 1960. They won Scudetto three years in a row and two Intercontinental Cups in 1964 and 1965. 26 years later, they defeat Roma in UEFA Cup `inal. Current Manchester City’s manager, Roberto Mancini brought a trophy to Inter which was in seven years. From 2005 to 2010, they won scudetto for `ive years consecutively, Juventus relegation helping this success. In 2009-‐10 season, they made a treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions league) with Jose Mourinho. However, when Rafael Benitez brought a huge failure to Giuseppe Meazza. He is not the manager now, but because of him, Inter is ranked as fourth in the league.
Coach career in Liverpool FC
When he was in there, he persuaded Gerrard to stay but failed to save Michael Owen from Real Madrid’s offer. However, he brought Garcia and Xavi Alonso from Spain. His legendary story started with this season and especially in the Champions League, he made a great success. They beat Chelsea in semi`inal and faced AC Milan in the `inal. Unfortunately, they were losing by three goals but with his calm methodical approach and great leadership during half time made tie and they `inally won in penalty shoot out by 3-‐2. Jerzy Dudek’s waving movement was bit hillarious but it
was very effective. Surprisingly, Benitez chose Reina as the `irst option rather than Dudek.
George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the new owner of Liverpool FC and it was really bad decision for the Kops. At the beginning, they looked OK because they invested much money on new players like Fernando Torres, Yossi Benayoun and they made 2nd in the Premier league in 2008-‐09 season.
The owners said ‘my heart is with Liverpool, so I’m delighted to sign this new deal, I love the club, the fans and the city and with a club and supporters like these’. However, with start of 2009, the relationship between the two owners and Benitez started to crack down. They sold the two key players Mascherono and Alonso regardless of Benitez’s opinion and they didn’t invest money to replace those players. Consequently, they failed to be one of the 16 teams in the Champions League and failed to win the Europa league as well. The worse was they came 7th in England in 2009-‐10 season. They once again failed to join the Champions league, which could have brought huge amount of money to Liverpool.
The club, the Kops sacked him in June 2010. It was a right thing to do after he made 7th in the league. It is known that he got 6 million pound from Liverpool as compensation.
Few days later, Internazionale contracted with Rafael Benitez to become a new manager, as Jose Mourinho moved to Real Madrid. It was a tough challenge because
had made, a treble the previous season, Jose Mourinho.
Liverpool’s failure = Torres slump/ injury = Blame on Benitez
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1. Do you think Benitez was a hero?
Rafael Benitez came to Liverpool under the banner of being one of Europe’s `inest managers. He had worked wonders at Valencia, and who can forget his triumph in the Champions League against AC Milan in 2005, possibly the greatest `inal ever. He is a Liverpool hero, but played pretty boring football, not the Liverpool way.
2. What do you think is the major factor that is causing Liverpool’s failure?
Many factors, from poor choice of manager to selling the club to almost going into administration due to the previous owners buying into the club for `inancial reasons. Now Liverpool are on the bay back, watch out the rest of the Premiership. This league without a strong Liverpool is a mediocre one. English football, and world football needs to carry on the traditions it inspired other teams to follow.
3. Do you think Liverpool can win the Premier league again within 5 years?
Yes, most de`initely. I would say within three years.
4. As a Liverpool fan, who do you think is the best player? And why?
Liverpool has had many outstanding players. Going back to Phil Thompson, Phil Neal, Alan Hansen, Ian Rush, Kevin Keegan and of course the greatest player to have ever worn the red shirt, Kenny Dalglish. The clubs history is steeped in some of the `inest players the world has ever seen.
5. If you can bring one player to Liverpool, who do you want to bring?
There is only one, Lionel Messi. What an amazing player, 42 goals already this season, unbelievable.
6. Who do you think should be released from the team?
Where do you start? To players that annoy me the most are Glen Johnson and Maxi Rodriguez. How dare they pull on the red shirt!
7. What do you think about the winter English premier league transfer market?
The market this winter was a little rushed and strange. However, for Liverpool to get 50 million for Torres is great
business. We bought two great strikers for that sum, and who knows, Andy Carroll could prove to be a bargain!
8. Do you think Liverpool can improve, if Mansour, owner of Manchester City, owns the team?
Liverpool will never improve until the old philosophy is restored, and that is what King Kenny is all about. Living and breathing the tradition in harmony with the fans is what this great club is what will bring success, not money alone.
9. When did you start to support Liverpool FC?
I started supporting Liverpool when I was about 6 years old. My `irst ‘real’ pair of football boots had Kenny Dalglish’s name written on the sides, I worshipped him, he was my Messi.
10. Why do you support Liverpool?
There is a great link between Ireland and the city of Liverpool, indeed the Catholic Cathedral there is known as ‘Paddies Wigwam’. Liverpool always crafted a team around the best players from all the home nations, and some great Irish players were among their most prized assets.
11. What do you think of Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish?
He was a great player and an outstanding manager. In his `irst season as player manager (you do not see that anymore) in 1986 he won the double, scoring the winner in the `inal league match of the season against……….Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. You young folk will wonder what is a ‘player manager’? Look it up, do you think it is possible to do that today? He will bring stability, unity and passion back to the club I hold dear.
12. Do you support any other football clubs?
No. Why would you support any other club when you already support the best team in the world?
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Messi was named winner of the 2009 Ballon d'Or on 1 December 2009, beating runner-‐up Cristiano Ronaldo by largest ever margin of 473 to 233. Messi had an another outstanding season by scoring 47 goals in 53 games in total. Messi became the winner of Ballon d’or of 2010. He got 22.65% of the votes beating his teammates Andrés Iniesta (17.36%) and Xavi Hernandes
Appearances Goals Assists
League 35 34 10
Cup 3 1 0
Super cup 1 2 0
Champions League 11 8 0
UEFA Super Cup 1 0 1
Club World cup 2 2 0
Total 53 47 11
Lionel Messi won his second Ballon d’Or
His record of 09-10 season
Iker Casillas (Spain) in goal; Maicon (Brazil), Lúcio (Brazil), Gerard Piqué (Spain) and Carles Puyol (Spain) in defence; Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Xavi (Spain) and Andrés Iniesta (Spain) in mid`ield; and Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and David Villa (Spain) up front.
Mourinho was selected as the best coach of 2010, who led Inter Milan to be the Champions of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, the Italian Serie A and the Italian cup. He got 35.92% of the votes beating Spanish national coach Vicente del Bosque (33.08%) and Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola (8.45%). Jose Mourinho is currently coaching Real Madrid.
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What is happening to Bundesliga? Why is the table all bizarre? Why did Bayern Munich and Schalke start off so badly? What is causing Stuttgart and Werder Bremen to lose most their games but Mainz and Freiburg and Hannover to play so well? Currently, Bayern Munich is 5 th.
However, during the season, it went down the table to 11th. Bayern Munich showed its
weakness in away matches. Out of 10 matches it only won 3 games. With Ribery and Robben both injured, Bayern didn’t have any players to score goals. Muller, just after the World Cup, wasn’t satisfying everyone’s expectations. Bayern quickly recovered with the discovery of Gomez’s talent. Gomez was the goal-getter for the team. He saved the team by scoring 16 goals so far this season. Finishing the 2009-2010 season just behind Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 was expected to have another great season. The expectations of the fans got higher when Schalke bought Raul and Huntelaar. However, from the start
of the season till now, it has never gone above 10th. Schalke was even last (18th) d u r i n g o n e matchday. Currently, its only hope is Raul. Raul has 10 goals so far
this season. Another set of unexpected results was
Werder Bremen’s continuous losses. Werder Bremen simply depended too much on Ozil, who transferred to Real Madrid after the World Cup. Also it had to play in the Championsleague, which made it harder to play well in the league. Hugo Almeida was the one that pulled the team out of relegation and now up to
11th. Pizarro and Marin assisting Almeida are also getting better throughout the season. Werder Bremen, although might not get their 3rd place back and have another season playing in the UEFA Championsleague, may get better and play in the Europaleague next season. Stuttgart also is having a horrible season. It finished 2009-2010 season off being 6th. The team has no goal-getters nor does it have any decent defenders. It was surprising it got to 6th last season. It seems to have no hope to recover this season: it would be lucky if it doesn’t get relegated. In contrast, Mainz is having an amazing season.
Staying at top of the table for the first few matchdays, it only fell to
3rd (current Bundesliga tab le) . I t s goa l -
g e t t e r Andre Schurrle has already 10 goals and Holtby is also another valuable player. Mainz, if they get lucky, might even qualify for the UEFA Championsleague next season. Similarly, Freiburg is having a brilliant season. Cisse, the most valuable player on the team, has 15 goals (just behind Gomez’s 16 goals). Freiburg is currently 6th (was 14th last season). Another astonishing set of results is Hannover’s continuous victory. Didier Ya Konan of Hannover has 10 goals and 4 assists. He is undoubtedly one of the best players on the team.
The unexpected good and bad performances played by Mainz, Freiburg, Hannover and Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, Schalke respectively is making Bundesliga’s table unpredictable and exciting.
Written by Robin Kil KHU
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DCB’s Favorite Team
We will collect all the survey sheets and publish the poll of the most popular team in DCB on the next issue.
We will randomly draw 5 survey sheets out of a box.
The winner will get a FIFA 11 game CD for computer.
The rest of the 4 will each get a NIKE wristband.
Pleasae participate and help us figure out the most popular team in DCB.
Please submit the survey sheet to Tony Kim (Y12). Robin Kil (Y12) or Sangwon Cheon (Y12)
THANK YOU !!!!
We will send you survey link soon.