The goalkeeper of Real Madrid and the Spanish national team Iker Casillas commended his friendship with his counterpart Gianluigi Buffon, who is also a guard No1 of Juventus Italy. On Saturday Buffon and his teammates in the "Squadra Adzzurra" will visit the Bulgarian national team at the National Stadium "Vasil Levski" in the qualification for Euro 2016.
"To us do not apply in the same way as to outfield players. To be placed among the three, four or five best players in the world, a goalkeeper should have done a phenomenal year and would won numerous of trophies, while for the other players maybe this is not the same. It would be nice for us the goalkeepers always to be given due to the work which we do on the field, "shared for the UEFA website the 33 years old Casillas.
"It greatly helped me that Gigi Buffon started his career so young. When you see that a young goalkeeper of Parma starts to keep for the national team of Italy, because the coaches believe him, it gives you the confidence that you also can do it. Our careers of practice developed in the same way, because I also started very young, 17 or 18 years and we still play, "said Casillas, speaking for the 37-year-old Buffon. "Whenever we open a chance, we have a good conversation. This is a friendship formed over many years," said Casillas.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Monaco - Arsenal (Champions League)
Monaco welcomes Arsenal at the Stadium Louis II in a meeting rematch of the eighth-finals of the Champions League. Three weeks ago in the first game between the two teams, the French took a solid lead of 3:1, which will defend at home. The game is on Tuesday - March 17, 2015 and Chief Judge of the meeting will be the Norwegian Svein Oddvar Moen. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.40 for a home win, with a draw at 3.60 and 2.20 for the victory of the guests.
Monaco recorded classical victory with 3:0 over Bastia in the French Ligue 1 last Friday. In this match, the coach Leonardo Jardim even managed to put on rest many of the key players before the clash with Arsenal. Monaco will defend its solid lead, but will have to decide pretty personnel problems before the game. Because of injuries match will miss Tiemoue Bakayoko, Andrea Raggi and Lacina Traore. Jeremy Toulalan, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco have problems with injuries, but they will be raised up and will start the match with Arsenal. In the attack, Leonorado Jardim again will rely on the Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov, who as in the first match will try to harass the clumsy English defense.
Arsenal continues with its "criminal" action in England and at the weekend won with 3:0 against West Ham, which was the fifth straight win for the team in the Premier League. Arsenal approached the leader Chelsea with only 7 points difference. In the second leg with Monaco, the boys of Arsene Wenger must make the impossible to delete a liability of 1:3 of the first game. Arsenal will be without the injured Abou Diaby, Mathieu Debuchy, Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere, Gabriel Paulista and Tomas Rosicky. Arsene Wenger will rely on an attacking game, as his team must score at least 3 goals to hopes for ranking in the tournament. In the attack, the French specialist will rely on Olivier Giroud as a battering ram, assisted by Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez on the wings.
This season, the team of Monaco proved that control the game in defense almost perfectly. The guests from Arsenal will attack, but will be very difficult at Stade Louis II, where fell only three goals in all matches of Monaco in the Champions League. In a view of this, our forecast according sure picks is for fewer goals and qualifying of Monaco to the quarterfinals in the most commercial tournament in the world.
Prediction: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.80 at bet365
Monaco recorded classical victory with 3:0 over Bastia in the French Ligue 1 last Friday. In this match, the coach Leonardo Jardim even managed to put on rest many of the key players before the clash with Arsenal. Monaco will defend its solid lead, but will have to decide pretty personnel problems before the game. Because of injuries match will miss Tiemoue Bakayoko, Andrea Raggi and Lacina Traore. Jeremy Toulalan, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco have problems with injuries, but they will be raised up and will start the match with Arsenal. In the attack, Leonorado Jardim again will rely on the Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov, who as in the first match will try to harass the clumsy English defense.
Arsenal continues with its "criminal" action in England and at the weekend won with 3:0 against West Ham, which was the fifth straight win for the team in the Premier League. Arsenal approached the leader Chelsea with only 7 points difference. In the second leg with Monaco, the boys of Arsene Wenger must make the impossible to delete a liability of 1:3 of the first game. Arsenal will be without the injured Abou Diaby, Mathieu Debuchy, Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere, Gabriel Paulista and Tomas Rosicky. Arsene Wenger will rely on an attacking game, as his team must score at least 3 goals to hopes for ranking in the tournament. In the attack, the French specialist will rely on Olivier Giroud as a battering ram, assisted by Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez on the wings.
This season, the team of Monaco proved that control the game in defense almost perfectly. The guests from Arsenal will attack, but will be very difficult at Stade Louis II, where fell only three goals in all matches of Monaco in the Champions League. In a view of this, our forecast according sure picks is for fewer goals and qualifying of Monaco to the quarterfinals in the most commercial tournament in the world.
Prediction: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.80 at bet365
Friday, March 13, 2015
Serena Williams: Venus supported me for the return
The American Serena Williams admitted that she would not be back in Indian Wells, if her older sister Venus didn`t support her decision. The last time the world number one game in the tournament in California in 2001, then she boycotted the race.
"I would not be here if I was not supported by my sister. Venus is very happy that I decided to play here and stands 100% behind me. I don`t feel much pressure. I have not participated in the tournament after the Australian Open, so I`ll just try to show my best tennis in every match, "said Serena, and quoted by the official website of WTA.
The leader in the scheme Williams begins his participation in Indian Wells tonight. She is qualified directly for the second round, where she expects the Romanian Monica Niculescu. The match is the last in the program of the central court.
"I would not be here if I was not supported by my sister. Venus is very happy that I decided to play here and stands 100% behind me. I don`t feel much pressure. I have not participated in the tournament after the Australian Open, so I`ll just try to show my best tennis in every match, "said Serena, and quoted by the official website of WTA.
The leader in the scheme Williams begins his participation in Indian Wells tonight. She is qualified directly for the second round, where she expects the Romanian Monica Niculescu. The match is the last in the program of the central court.
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