Jose Mourinho

Last night, Inter Milan won the UEFA Champions League title against Bayern Munich with 0-2 score. Jose Mourinho is the coach of Inter Milan. Now, all the soccer analysts and senior players are praising the Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan for their team spirit. Inter Milan showed a wonderful performance from the beginning of this season. The main important factor for Jose Mourinho and his team in this season is, they defeated Barcelona, which is the best soccer team in the world in the semi-finals of UEFA Champions League. Inter Milan comfortably won the title against Bayern Munich.

Jose Mourinho became the third coach, who won the title championship with two clubs. Jose Mourinho joined with Inter Milan in the year 2008 and won two Italian Serie A titles. Diego Milito, who scored two goals in the final match of UEFA Champions League praised as Jose Mourinho is the master mined person behind winning the Champions League title. Diego Militi is one of the players brought by the Jose Mourinho in the last summer.

Inter president Massimo Moratti told that Jose Mourinho cried after the victory of Inter Milan. Inter Milan won the Champions League title for the first time in the 45 years.

Rio Ferdinand played only 21 matches in this season with Manchester United due to back injury. After getting permission from the team management, Rio Ferdinand will act as England captain for their match against United States on 12th June in the 2010 Football World Cup. Rio Ferdinand is playing in his fourth World Cup campaign.

Twelve years ago, Rio Ferdinand was an extra player in the France soccer team where England lost against Argentina in the second round on penalties. After that, he played for England in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup’s. In these two World Cup’s, England knocked out in the quarterfinals round against Brazil and Portugal. Now, his experience will be very helpful for England in the upcoming 2010 Football World Cup.

However, England has their own hopes on star player, Wayne Rooney. England star player, David Beckham is missing the 2010 Football World Cup due to injury.

There may be a chance of extending Villa’s contract for another 12 months. David Villa is from Asturias, Spain. David Villa is a regular player in the Spain soccer team and will be an important player for the Spain in the upcoming 2010 Football World Cup.

David Villa scored 107 goals in his 166 league matches for Valencia and became a one of the dangerous strikers in the World. David Villa’s join strengthens the Barcelona squad, which clubs the world’s best players.

“Anybody would be happy to come to a club like this – as everybody says, this is the best team in the world,” Villa said. “I’m very happy and proud to be here.”

Many analysts, senior players and media from all over the World praising the Inter Milan’s team spirit. Jose Mourinho is the main reason in the Inter Milan success. Inter Milan performed well in the second semi-final also and scored two goals at Barcelona’s home and collapsed Barcelona’s title Championship hopes. Inter Milan will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on 22nd May at Madrid.

Jose Mourinho called as “the translator” by the Barcelona fans in the second semi-final match. When he entered in to the ground to celebrate his aggregate success against Barcelona with his team-mates, crowd reacted badly and commented him. Jose Mourinho frustrated by the Barcelona fans comments. So, he felt angry and told that he will never coach Barcelona.

“I’m not stupid enough to think that this hate can be turned into love,” Jose Mourinho said.

“It is clear that I will end my career without having coached Barca.”  Jose Mourinho added.

Venue: Craven Cottage.

Time: 18:00 GMT

Teams:

Juventus : Manninger, Zebina, Legrottaglie, Cannavaro, Grosso; Candreva, Poulsen, Sissoko, Diego, Del Piero, Trezeguet.

Fulham : Schwarzer, Baird, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky; Davies, Etuhu, Greening, Duff; Gera, Zamora.

Teams Report:

Fulham will face Juventus in the UEFA Europa League match on Thursday.

Fulham is seriously concerntrating to create history in the Europa League after a poor performance in the Serie A and Champions League. Fulham lost a chance to make the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League due home loss in the last group stage match-day put them in the Europa League.

Fulham is at the tenth position in the Premier League. Juventus advanced to the round of 16 with a 2-1 win against Ajax Amsterdam.

Top players in these two teams are ruled out for the todays match. Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon,  Giorgio Chiellini, and Amauri are not playing. Andrew Johnson, Clint Dempsey, and John Pantsil are missing from the Fulham side. Juventus is good at home while Fulham have surprised in the Europa League.

Both teams are looking to give counter attack and Fulham is looking for draw as it is enough for them, while Juventus is looking for attacking. Fulham player Bobby Zamora scored three goals in the Europa league and Juventus player Amauri scored two goals.

Venue: Stade Velodrome

Time: 18:00 GMT

Teams:

Benfica Lisbon: Cesar; Pereira, Luisao, Luiz, Peixoto, Ramires, Garcia, Aimar, Di Maria, Saviola, Cardozo.

Olympique Marseille: Mandanda, Bonnart, Mbia, Diawara, Taiwo; Cisse, Cheyrou, Valbuena, Lucho, Ben Arfa, Brandao.

Teams Report:

Benfica Lisbon is looking for the exciting match against Olympique Marseille in the UEFA Champions League match on Thursday.

Both teams are in good form. These two teams met in the semi-finals of Europa League two decades ago.

Benfica Lisbon is not having any major injury problems and suspensions as well. So it is going with good team and all the players are with good fitness. Benfica Lisbon star player Javi Garcia is expected to join in the squad after missed out at the weekend. There may be no major changes in the team.

Olympique Marseille is having some worries about the players fitness. Especially Mamadou Niang is facing major fitness problem. Olympique Marseille is really good in domestic campaing and are the second top-scores in the division. Olympique Marseille star player Mamadou Niang scored his fiftennth goal in their match against Lorient which was drawn with 1-1.

Benfica Lisbon player Oscar Cardozo is in good form and he is the second highest goal scorer in this season with six goals.

Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade

Time: 20:05 GMT

Teams:

Atletico Madrid: De Gea, Valera, Perea, Ujfalusi, Soto, Reyes, Tiago, Assuncao, Simao, Forlan Aguero.

Sporting Lisbon: Patricio, Abel, Polga,Tonel, Grimi, Veloso, Moutinho, Izmallov, Mendes, Liedson, Yannick.

Teams Report:

Sporting will be looking to continue their recent good form as they take on Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital this evening in the Europa League. Coach Carlos Carvalhal has promised his side will not be in defensive mode in the Vicente Calderon stadium.

The Lions have won their last three matches, scoring 10 goals and conceding none. They are in good form, but we got our feet firmly on the ground. But the objective is clear: we want to get through to the next round! said Carvalhal.

It’s a tie with two halves and we hope that it will only be decided in the last second of the game at the Alvalade. The aim of any team is to win. After a victory, the next best result is to draw with goals. But it’s all relative. It’s wide open for this game and the game at the Alvalade.

Venue: Volkswagen Arena

Time: 18:00 GMT

Teams:

Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Kaleshin, Salukvadze, Cesar Navas, Ansaldi, Karadeniz, Sibaya, Murawski, Noboa, Bukharov, Kabze.

VFL Wolfsburg: Hitz, Pekarik, Madlung, Simunek, Schafer, Riether, Josue, Dejagah, Gentner, Dzeko, Martins.

Teams Report:

Rubin Kazan will face VFL Wolfsburg in the UEFA Champions League match on Thursday at Tsentralnyi Stadium, Kazan.

Rubin Kazan is playing well in this year. Rubin Kazan is not doing major changes in their squad. They are likely to play with same team as they played against CSKA Moscow. Rubin Kazan won 1-0 against CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super Cup on March 7 and willing to continue the same form against VFL Wolfsburg.

VFL Wolfsburg struggled in the beginning of this year but recovered well and reach themselves out of worries. VFL Wolfsburg defeat Villareal in the round 32 and proved themselves that they are in good form.

VFL Wolfsburg star player Grafite and defender Andrea Barzagli ruled out for the match against Rubin kazan due to injuries in the weekend. Karim Ziani and Diego Benaglio are also ruled out while Jan Simunek seems to be fit.

Werder Bremen vs Valencia CF Live Streaming

Venue: Weserstadion

Time: 18:00 GMT

Teams:

Valencia: Cesar, Miguel, Marchena, Ibanez, Alexis; Fernandes, Banega, Joaquin, Mata, Silva, Villa.

Werder Bremen: Vander, Pasanen, Mertesacker, Naldo, Abdennour;  Ozil, Frings, Borowski; Marin, Pizarro, Almeida.

Teams Report:

Valencia is going to play against Werder Bremen in the UEFA Europa League match on Thursday.

Valencia played well so far in the Europa League. Werder Bremen is the last year’s runner up in the Europa league but this time they are looking for the title.

Eventhough Valencia is good in Europa League they are not playing well in recent times. They made a goalless draw over Racing Santander at Mestalla on Monday and lost 4-1 over Atletico Madrid at  Vicente Calderon on the last weekend. At that time they were with 47 points from 25 games.

Valencia won 3-1 score against Club Brugge in the last round of Europa League. Valencia have not lost at Mestalla in the Europa League so far this campaign.

Werder Bremen played well so far in this season and reached sixteenth round on their way by defeating FC Twente with 4-2 which is a big score.

Valencia players Cesar Sanchez, Miguel, Carlos Marchena and Ever Banega are all missed Mondays days match against Racing due to suspension.

Venue: Nuevo Jose Zorrilla Stadium

Time: 22:00 CET

Teams:

Valladolid: Justo Villar, Fabricio, Marcos, Baraja, Cesar Arzo, Del Horno, Haris, Pedro Lopez, Pele, Lazaro, Canobbio, Costa, Keko, Marquitos, Bueno, Borja, Nivaldo, Nauzet.

Real Madrid: Casillas, Dudek, Ramos, Albiol, Arbeloa, Metzelder, Marcelo, Garay, Diarra, Gago, Lass, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Guti, Van der Vaart, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul, Higuain.

Teams Report:

On Sunday, Real Madrid will be facing up Valladolid in the Spanish Premier League match at Nuevo Jose Zorrilla Stadium.

Real Madrid is looking to recover from the sudden exit of Champions League last week and willing to continue their good performance in this match.

Real Madrid was shocked by the sudden exit of Champions League with 1-1 draw against Lyon on aggregate 2-1 on Wednesday last week. On the other side, Valladolid is looking to take that as an advantage and preparing for big fight against Real Madrid.

Real Madrid star player, Kaka is not playing in the today’s match also due to muscle injury. Valladolid has no wins in this year 2010 and if any miracle happens then Valladolid will have chances of win in today’s game. Valladolid coach, Onesimo admits his side faces a tough task, but is looking to add to Madrid’s misery.