JoseMourinho's ideasaboutthe settlement of the teamare notliked by CristianoRonaldo.The mostexpensivetransferinhistorydoes not feel wellinthe Portuguesecoach settlement.Real scorer qualities are limited by Murinho`s defensive style. Ronaldo was silent until now, but any lover of football could see with his own eye as a former player of Manchester United do not feel confortable on the court.Askedbyreportersifhelikedthe team'sdefeatagainstBarcelonain theChampions Leaguesemi-finals,Ronaldoadmittedthat he didn`t like Mourinho'stactics:
"No, I didn`t like it,butI have toadapttowhat is asked.That'sthe way,we haveastrategy.Beinghonest,it's truethatwe haven`thadanyshot on goalwhileweplayed11against11,but0-0at homewouldn`thavebeenabadresult.We have togotoCampNou, andto score. We didn`t playwell,but wehad the gameunder control." sayd Ronalso
Barcelona's wrong step can restart the title fight in Spain. In the last round Barcelona managed to beat the record of consecutive wins in Primera Division, raising the bar to 16 successes. Now , the team coached by Josep Guardiola should take over again, managing only a draw on the land of Sporting Gijon.
The hosts opened the score in the 16th minute through David Barral, but David Villa managed to rescue a point for Barcelona with only ten minutes before the final.
Sport.es put most of the blame for the draw with Gijon on the FIFA "virus", a term used to explain the weeks of international matches, where players are forced to submit to their selected teams. Barcelona is one of the clubs in the world which gives the most international players for the world football's super powers.
Things change radically when the Catalan team sends players in national teams. According to the source cited above, in times of international matches, "the aliens" bring only 49.1% of points at stake. Put in another form, Barcelona loses 33.1% of points compared to a normal day.
Manuel Preciado, the coach who promoted the Asturias in Secunda Division, was going to declare after the match that" in order to play in such a manner against the best team in the world, we would have deserved more than a single point."
Discussing with the press after the game, Pep Guardiola had only words of praise for the small team from Asturias: "On their own land, Sporting Gijon is a redoubtable team, and this was seen. I have a lot of respect for them."
As for the game pressed by the Catalans, Guardiola has defended the decision to keep on the bench Sergio Busquets and Pedro, having in mind the Champions League match against Arsenal in the middle of next week.
Real Madrid may take advantage of Barcelona;s equal, if they stand up tonight in the field of Espanyol . The premises are better for the band prepared by "The Special One" who defeated the Catalans in the round match with 3-0. If they repeat the performance tonight, they are only five points away from Barcelona and the fight for the first place is relaunched.
Inter's striker, Diego Milito, was injured in the match his team won with a 5-3 score against Rome and become uncertain for the double chance with Bayern Munich in the Champions League .
Inter is back in the fight for the title in Serie A after the spectacular 5-3 victory against AS Roma achieved in the 24th round of the Italian championship, getting to five points behind the leader AC Milan. But the success has cost the champions from the last five years the 31 years old striker, Diego Milito, thigh injury . The injury will keep him away from the Argentinian field for about a month, which means he will miss the Inter group for the Champions League round match that his team will perform against Bayern Munich on February 23.
Inter's coach,the Brazilian Leonardo, encouraged his student: "Diego has to be calm and not think about what happened. He does not need to prove anything to anyone because he knows that is an important player for Inter. He needs to relax and come back in his best shape."