Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Another prize for Ronaldo

The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo won another personal award. The Real Madrid striker was set for the best footballer of the year in the ranking of the Globe Soccer Awards, leaving behind his big rivals Barcelona Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Ronaldo himself couldn`t attend the glamorous ceremony in Dubai and his agent received his award.
The Portuguese star however indirectly showed up at the ceremony via a TV connection.
`This year I won the Champions League and the first big trophy with Portugal. I won the Golden Ball and the FIFA World Club Championship. How can I want more?`, asked Ronaldo.
`There are still people who have doubts about me, about Real Madrid and about my national team. But we proved them - we won everything. That has been an amazing year and I am very happy. I have to pay my tribute to my teammates and coaches, Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos.`, the Portuguese national said.
The prize for the best team in 2016 went to Real Madrid and was Florentino Perez was awarded the best President. The award for a coach of the year was given to the coach of the national football team of Portugal, Fernando Santos.
When it comes to the referees, Mark Clattenburg from England got his recognition and Mino Raiola was voted the best agent.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Dieter Hecking is the new coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach

The former VfL Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking who was fired two months ago is now the new coach of the elite German team Borussia Monchengladbach, it was announced by the club.
The 52-year-old specialist signed a contract until June 2019 and yesterday replaced Andre Schubert.
Borussia is on the unenviable 14th place in the League, as the team has had only one win in the last 11 games. The team has not done so badly in the Championship for six years.
Hecking began his professional career as a football player with Borussia Monchengladbach team during the 1980s.
In his coaching career, he has been at the forefront of Alemannia Aachen, Hannover, and Nurnberg. With Wolfsburg, he won the Cup of Germany and became the Vice-Champion, but in October he was fired because of the poor results analyzed by football-stats.org of the team in the fall.
It is curious that the specialist was presented as the new coach of a club for the third time on today`s date. On 22nd December 2012, Wolfsburg made a press conference to present him to the media.
Since 2009 until 2012, he has been a coach of Nurnberg. When was his performance as the new coach of Borussia Monchengladbach? That is right - again on 22nd December!

Friday, December 16, 2016

Bilic believes that Payet will remain on the team

The West Ham manager Slaven Bilic announced expectedly that he does not expect the star of the team Dimitri Payet to leave during the winter.
In recent days, there have been rumors that the Frenchman could move to Manchester United as it will take Anthony Martial. However, the Croatian footballer is not worried at all.
`I don`t think that`s true. I mean this for Payet, not Martial. We`re talking about a great player, but I don`t think anything like this would happen.`, said Bilic.
`If I expect to Payet to be still here? Of course. To the strong football players there is always an interest, Payet is one of the best in the world, so he will always be connected to big clubs from free football picks . However, I hope and expect him to stay with us.`, the Hammers` boss added.
Tomorrow West Ham is visiting Hull in another important match of the Premier League.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Aubameyang is the leader among the goalscorers

The Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the hit of the season up to date, scoring 15 goals in 13 Championship encounters.
The footballer is the absolute leader among the goalscorers in the major European leagues by football-stats.org and he has already caught the eyes of all the `sharks` on the market.
Aubameyang scored an average of 1.25 goals per game and is a total leader among the others. Only the `sniper` PSG, Edinson Cavani (14 goals in 14 games) can boast with an average of at least 1 goal per game.
If he continues at this pace, the best African footballer will have 39 hits at the end of the campaign. As a whole, in the Bundesliga, he needs an average of 119 minutes and he is behind only Gerd Mueller (105) and Mario Gomez (118).