Rafa Benitez says his Newcastle side have found their belief and will fight to the end

KampusbeT  ~   " Rafa Benitez says his Newcastle side have found their belief and will fight to the end "

 Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Newcastle’s Premier League survival hopes were kicked in the teeth by a wrong offside flag.

Rafa Benitez’ side fought out a battling draw , thanks to Vurnon Anita’s first-half equaliser. 

But United were fuming after Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for City after 14 minutes and was clearly offside as Aleksandar Kolorov sent in the free kick. 

Toon boss Rafa Benitez was frustrated by the decision but vowed to fight to the final kick. He said: “I have to be pleased because against a team like Man City, to do what we have done from 1-0 down, the reaction of the team, you have to be pleased. 

“I haven’t seen the replay of Sergio Aguero’s goal but they tell me he was offside. You can not change anything. I think they should get it right but we cannot change it. That’s it.

“The team has more belief now, the fans are behind the players and they will fight to the end. Today was an example of that.

“Vurnon Anita is very clever, he knows when he has to go forward. The players are doing what they have to do, they are playing with passion, with the commitment that the fans expect.”

Newcastle hit back with an equaliser from Anita breaking into the box onto Moussa Sissoko’s crossfield ball.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   City had chances to win it by great saved from Karl Darlow kept Jesus Navas and Kevin De Bruyne shots out.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side were knocked off their stride by Newcastle’s tenacious attitude.

City were far from their best, but Newcastle showed signs that they are up for a tense four game fight for their Premier League lives.

City skipper Vincent Kompany said: “It was a tough game, they are playing for their lives. You wouldn’t call it a bad draw. 

We need to win as many games as we can but I have seen a good Newcastle team tonight.

“It was a hostile environment and not a bad result.

“The hardest part of coming back from injury is getting back to the level of the Premier League. The more games you play the better you will feel. Overall it was a positive day.

“Sergio Aguero has been a major player for us and there are not enough words to describe how important he is. 

We just hope he can carry on his career like this, it’s hard to come across a player who can have such an impact on games like he does.”

Andy Carroll's England Euro 2016 squad hopes dashed in chat with Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson

KampusbeT  ~   " Andy Carroll's England Euro 2016 squad hopes dashed in chat with Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson "

 

 Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Andy Carroll will NOT be going to Euro 2016.

England boss Roy Hodgson has already told in-form West Ham striker Carroll that he intends to keep faith with the players who produced a perfect qualifying campaign when he names his squad for this summer's finals in France.

That means Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge, Jamie Vardy, Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott are all ahead of the 27-year-old Geordie.

Hodgson is yet to decide whether to name five or six strikers in his 23-man party - and Carroll will only be included if injuries over the coming weeks force the England coach to reassess his options.

“I’m certainly not going to pick Andy on the basis that he scored a hat-trick against Arsenal last week and therefore has to be in the England team," said Hodgson.

I think it’s poor that every time someone scores a goal and he’s English, the question gets asked, 'Why is he isn’t playing for England?' Unfortunately, the answer often is they’re not playing for England at this moment because there are plenty of others who have done bloody well.

“And I’d ask you not to forget we have had the best qualifying campaign England has ever had with 10 straight wins. We have also only lost one friendly of the last six or seven - and we have played Spain, France, Holland Germany and Italy [in those games].

“So maybe, before we start wanting to throw out the guys who have done so well for the latest shout, the latest ice-cream flavour, we should show a little bit of respect to what they have done.”

Carroll’s career has been decimated by injuries.

He has started just 11 games for the Hammers this season and last played for England in October 2012.

But he has been excellent since his return to the West Ham team and that treble against Arsenal last week prompted suggestions his aerial threat would give Hodgson another option in attack.

However, Three Lions boss Hodgson - who took then-Liverpool striker Carroll to the last Euros four years ago - said: “Who do you want me to leave out?

“We have such a wealth of talent, and the moment I decided to go for Carroll someone is going to be criticising me enormously for leaving out one of the others.

“What I find disrespectful is that the player hasn’t played for a year. How many articles have you and the others here written about Andy Carroll? About what a waste of £15million he is, that he never plays, that he’s injured again.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~  “Then, the moment he scores a goal, you want him in the England team.”

He added: “We know Andy, we know his qualities.

“In an ideal world, if you had a lot of places at your disposal, you would include a guy like him because he is exceptional in the air. But whether or not I’d be able to include him with all these others, I don’t know.

“It’s not totally out the question because he’s English, he’s scoring, he’s a centre-forward and he’s a good player.”

Hodgson has done admirably rebuilding England’s squad after the disappointment of the 2014 World Cup finals, when his team were eliminated with a group game still to play, and rightly takes great pride in his perfect qualifying record for these Euros.

But he accepts that his chances of landing a contract to replace the one that expires this summer hinge on him having a successful tournament in France.

He said: “Things can change so quickly. Before we went to the World Cup, the mood was quite good in the country.

“Even when we lost the first game [2-1 to Italy], people were still looking positively at the team, but when we lost the second game [to Uruguay, by the same score], I suddenly started hearing words like 'disaster', 'disgrace' and 'catastrophe'.

“So let’s see what the tournament brings first, because it can go so quickly from being a good team with good potential to being the worst England team that has ever been seen.

“There are plenty of managers who leave clubs and teams feeling they have done a good job, then see someone else come in and do very well with the same group of players.

“In that respect, I wonder how Nigel Pearson is feeling now that Leicester are so close to winning the Premier League.”

 

Claudio Ranieri says Leicester trio Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante are like his "sons"

KampusbeT  ~  " Claudio Ranieri says Leicester trio Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante are like his "sons" "

Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   As the world’s media descended on the King Power Stadium, Claudio Ranieri was asked whether he would be immortalised in a statue, whether he would played in a movie by Roberto De Niro and whether he was enjoying being on the front pages of the Italian sporting press.

But if the old rascal was basking in the limelight, he didn’t show it.

Ranieri spoke only of the ‘team’. Of the remarkable Leicester side that will line-up against West Ham on Sunday, all 11 of whom have started at least 24 of the club’s 33 Premier League games, and are currently seven points clear at the top – a story which has captured imaginations across the globe.

The Italian claimed all 11 deserve to be on the PFA Player of the Year shortlist – after Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante were named among six nominees for the prestigious gong.

Ranieri said: “I’m very proud because those three players deserve it. They are giving a fantastic performance in every match and I hope one of them can win. They are three sons for me. If one son wins I’m very happy.

“But all my players should be on the list. They are all my sons, they are sons for me and I would like all my sons there.

“Vardy, Mahrez and Kante are on the highlights and everyone watches them but I think their strength is the strength of the team.

“If you don’t have this team mentality and you are a lazy boy, you stay with me on the bench or the stand. 

This was my character when I was on the pitch and these players are the same as my character.”

When the individual questions came, the De Niro link was ‘just a joke’, a statue should only be carved ‘after I am dead’ and as for Leicester becoming the first foreign club to lead the front page of Italy’s Corriere Dello Sport, well Ranieri could only recall the times he’d been in the news for the wrong reasons.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   In his previous job, Ranieri had been sacked by Greece after a humiliating defeat by the Faroe Islands.

And he said: “For me it’s a miracle that we are safe. Remember, in the first match they said Ranieri was the first to be sacked and Leicester were first to be relegated. I remember it well.

“It is good to be on the front pages but a lot of times I have been on the front of Italian newspapers and also on the front of the Greek newspapers!

“Greece wasn’t my lowest point, that was my second time at Valencia, because there I explained what will happen during the season and I said to the chairman ‘I will help you now. But after you must help me if the job goes wrong.’

“They said: ‘Yes, yes, yes, Claudio.’ But when I arrived at that moment - sack Claudio. They betrayed me.

“I’m the same manager now as then. And in Greece I worked only 15 days in four months. What can I do? I am not a magician. I’m a hard worker.”

But Ranieri claims nobody is convinced that Leicester will win the title.

The Italian said: “If you weren’t here in Leicester but somewhere else, maybe City, Chelsea or United, with seven points more than any other team, you would say ‘it is finished’.

“At this moment you don’t think this. Why? Because we are Leicester. So why would we be nervous now? We have to fight and smile because our job is done. We are safe.

“We’ve made a good story, but to achieve something you will remember in 30 or 40 years time, we have to win [the title].”

Jurgen Klopp hails "wonderful, wonderful night" at Anfield

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Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that his side's 4-3 victory over Borussia Dortmund at Anfield this evening showcased European football "at its best".

The Reds twice came from two goals down against the tournament favourites to seal a 5-4 aggregate win and book their place in the semi-finals of the competition, with Dejan Lovren netting the winner in the 91st minute.

Klopp admitted that he was at a loss to explain the match, which saw his side fall 2-0 down inside 10 minutes, but acknowledged that it will go down as another memorable European night at Anfield.

"It is difficult to explain. A wonderful, wonderful night at Anfield and to be honest the game was strange," he told BT Sport.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   "When we brought Daniel Sturridge and Joe Allen on we gave them the message, 'we have to show character.' I don't care if we lose, we have to show them and we did even more.

This is European football at its best. It's hard to believe. Congratulations to all of the lads.

"At half time it's difficult to stay brave but we agreed that the we had to go the hard way. It is a game that all fans - even not of Liverpool or Dortmund - can say, OK, football is a nice game."

The draw for the semi-finals of the competition will take place tomorrow.

I hope Gareth Bale refuses transfer back to English football admits Wales boss Chris Coleman

KampusbeT  ~   " I hope Gareth Bale refuses transfer back to English football admits Wales boss Chris Coleman "

Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Chris Coleman admits he would prefer Gareth Bale to stay at Real Madrid rather than make a Premier League comeback.

There are suggestions the Wales international is set to reject a new contract with the Spanish giants to return to English football.

Manchester United and Manchester City are thought to be leading the race for the £86million forward, who Dragons boss Coleman hopes will be a key figure at Euro 2016 this summer.

He believes the lower intensity of La Liga makes it a better environment for his Galactico to ply his trade.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   “I’d prefer to see Gareth stay in Spain with Real Madrid — purely for selfish reasons,” said Coleman.

“When you’re in the Premier League we all know how it is... a battle every week.

 It’s flat-out and if you are below 100 per cent you get found out. It is a physically demanding league. It’s a fantastic competition and up there with the best leagues in the world.

“But, in Spain, it doesn’t cause as much fatigue during the second half of the season. The quality is there, but the physical demands on players are different.

“But wherever Gareth plays his club football he will always have the full backing of me and everyone in the Wales set-up.”

Middlesbrough go top of Championship table after dramatic win over Reading

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Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Middlesbrough scored an injury-time winner to claim a 2-1 victory over Reading and go top of the Championship. 

Aitor Karanka's side are two points clear of Sean Dyche's Burnley after Adam Forshaw's 93rd minute strike. 

Boro had gone ahead in the first-half thanks to an Emilio Nsue goal but Simon Cox's goal 10 minutes after the break put the Royals on level terms before Forshaw's dramatic winner.

The win is Boro's fifth on the bounce since the club confirmed Karanka would stay on as head coach following speculation that he could leave the club due to tension between the Spaniard and his players.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   In the night's other match Leeds ended a four-match winless run with victory at Birmingham.

A brace from Stuart Dallas put Steve Evans' team two goals to the good before Clayton Donaldson halved the deficit.

There were to be no further goals but Leeds did finish the match with 10 men after Alex Mowatt was shown a straight red card deep into stoppage time.

Wolfsburg aiming to "irritate" Real Madrid as they aim to complete shock Champions League success

KampusbeT  ~   " Wolfsburg aiming to "irritate" Real Madrid as they aim to complete shock Champions League success "

Agen Bola Terpercaya EURO 2016  ~   Determined Wolfsburg are hoping to "irritate" Real Madrid for the second time in a week as they aim to stun the Spaniard's and dump them out of the Champions League. 

The Germans take a shock 2-0 lead to the Bernabeu from the first leg and aim to complete the unlikely victory in one of football's most iconic arenas.

Spanish media coverage has focused on the prospect of Real completing a great European comeback ahead of the match. 

But Wolfsburg boss Dieter Hecking says that his players will be keeping their mistakes to a minimum.

"If tomorrow there are 80,000 Madrid fans we don't care," he told a news conference on Monday. "The only important thing is how we play.

"We know what Real and the Bernabeu mean of course, we have a lot of respect for them, but I also believe we deserve respect for what we did in the first leg.

"When you see this set of (Real) players it is one of the best teams in the world," Hecking said. "We've already proved we can irritate this wonderful team.

Nonton Bioskop Online GRATIS  ~   "We can't control everything tomorrow, we will make mistakes, but we have to try to have the least amount possible."

Wolfsburg's failings in their league season have meant that their Champions League heroics have taken many by surprise.

Victories over Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow, Genk and Real have contrasted largely with their topsy-turvy league form.

Sitting eighth in the Bundesliga, they could only manage a 1-1 draw with Mainz at the weekend, but Hecking does not believe their form will affect their chances.

"We are doing very well in the CL, we had a great start in the first leg and it is not being arrogant to say we can qualify," he said.

"We knew we needed two magnificent days, we already had one and now we need another one. We will have the same attitude as we did against Moscow and Man Utd.

"It's not something new for us. We are used to it now in the Champions League and I think we will do pretty well," added Hecking.