Mourinho looks to his Real future

Jose Mourinho insists the best is yet to come from Real Madrid - and he plans to be around to see the fruit of his labour despite recent comments about a future back in England one day.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho insists the best is yet to come from his in-form side - and he plans to be around to see the fruit of his labour despite recent comments about a future back in England one day.

The former Chelsea boss talked about a possible return to the Premier League in a "couple of years" during a BBC interview earlier this week, but in clarifying those comments Mourinho was adamant that did not mean he was looking to leave Madrid any time soon.

"You don't translate 'a couple of years' literally, it's an English expression to mean a few years, not exactly two. It could be two, three, four, 20, you never know," Mourinho, who signed an initial four-year deal when becoming Madrid coach in 2010, said on www.realmadrid.com.

"Everyone knows that I enjoyed being in England a lot and everyone knows that one day England will be a natural destination for me because in my career, which I hope will be 20 years or more, one day I will have to look for a destination.

"Now I'm not thinking about that because I'm at Real Madrid.

"I'm happy here and I want to continue. It's impossible to say the number of years that I'm going to stay, but what matters is the intention.

"I'm very happy and enormously proud to be coach of Real Madrid and I don't see the moment when I'm going to leave nor do I want to leave."

Having won the Copa del Rey in Mourinho's first campaign in charge, Madrid are in the hunt for more silverware this season and start the new year three points clear of Barcelona at the top of the Primera Division.

They also progressed through to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 100% record while they are in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey as well.

Ominously for opponents, Mourinho believes the best of his Madrid is yet to be seen.

"The best years of this generation are still to come, the best years of this team are still to come," he said.

"The work being done is being done not only thinking about today but also of winning tomorrow. This project has many years ahead of it.

"The best is still to come and it wouldn't be very intelligent of me if I dedicated myself from the first day, giving my heart to this project, and then think about leaving midway through."

With his team looking good in all three competitions, Mourinho also said he is not looking for any additions during the January transfer window.

Madrid have spent huge amounts building their squad over the last few years but Mourinho is happy with the players currently at his disposal.

"We aren't in the market," said Mourinho.

"The market is an opportunity that is open for those who need it, but fortunately we don't need it.

"The players are practically all fit to start the second half of the season.

"For us the market is closed. I don't want any player, I've not asked for any player nor am I going to ask."

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18 Dec 2011- Sevilla 2-6 Real Madrid

Sevilla 2-6 Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick led Real Madrid to a thumping win at Sevilla as Jose Mourinho's side stormed back to the top of La Liga.

The Portugal forward scored twice and Jose Maria Callejon was credited with the second as Real responded to last weekend's 3-1 Clasico loss at home to Barcelona by taking a 3-0 first-half lead, though Pepe was sent off shortly before the break.

The impressive Angel Di Maria added the fourth and, after Jesus Navas pulled a goal back but Sevilla's Manu Del Moral followed Pepe in seeing red, Ronaldo netted his 111th goal in 112 appearances for the club from a penalty and Hamit Altintop and Alvaro Negredo traded late goals.

Di Maria's superbly threaded pass played in Karim Benzema early on, but Varas stuck out a foot to deny the France frontman and then gathered Di Maria's weak follow-up.

But the keeper had no answer a minute later when Di Maria again split the home defence with a sublime pass and Ronaldo raced onto the ball to slot home.

Iker Casillas dived full length to push Del Moral's effort onto the post and save Real when an equaliser looked certain, and made another excellent diving stop from Piotr Trochowski's low shot.

Federico Fazio headed Ivan Rakitic's corner over and Del Moral failed to find an empty net when Negredo's low shot flashed across goal, though a marginal offside flag spared his blushes to an extent.

Another tight offside call, this time against Martin Caceres, saved Real when Emir Spahic headed home after Casillas flailed at Rakitic's free-kick - but the visitors soon extended their lead.

Di Maria floated the ball into the box from deep in midfield and Callejon raced in, leading Varas to misjudge the ball. Callejon celebrated, though replays were inconclusive as to whether he got a touch.

Ronaldo made it 3-0 before the interval, finding the top corner with a swirling shot from 30 yards, and Benzema was denied a fourth after being penalised for handball.

Pepe earned a second yellow card shortly before half-time when he senselessly stuck an arm into Negredo's face as the pair chased a through-ball.

Casillas had to punch away Navas' dangerous cross before another delivery from the winger arrived behind Rakitic, who could only shoot weakly straight at the keeper.

Negredo overhit his pass to unmarked substitute Frederic Kanoute and Gary Medel's dipping shot flashed wide.

Ronaldo tricked his way through but sliced wide, while Medel was denied a penalty at the other end after a coming together with Alvaro Arbeloa.

If Di Maria may have had claims on the second goal, there was no doubt about the fourth as the Argentina international deservedly got on the scoresheet in the 66th minute, racing onto Benzema's through-ball and steering a low effort past Varas before dedicating the goal to his late father-in-law.

Navas quickly pulled one back, finishing low from 15 yards after the ball was squared into his path by Jose Campana, but Del Moral was harshly shown a straight red card after a trip - possibly interpreted as a kick - from behind on Arbeloa. Del Moral's frustrated greeting to the coat handed to him on the sideline, though, was unmistakably a kick.

Kanoute headed wide but Fazio's clumsy foul on Benzema allowed Ronaldo to complete his hat-trick, the Portuguese's low spot-kick beating Varas' dive.

Ronaldo was denied a second penalty after toppling over Varas but substitute Altintop netted the sixth after Xabi Alonso squared the ball to him six yards out.

There was time for a token consolation goal, Negredo netting from a narrow angle after rounding Casillas, but to little fanfare

Barcelona vs Real Madrid 3-2 All Goals

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The Italian Fergie (minus the wallet) who put AC Milan back at the top

Massimiliano Allegri spends his time with Adriano Galliani, having working dinners and transfer meetings. Unlike previous Rossoneri "coaches" Allegri has become a "manager", playing a key role behind the scenes as well as on the pitch.

MILAN, 4 July 2011 Who knows if Galliani guessed things would turn out like this when he claimed Allegri was the perfect fit for AC Milan. A year ago, the main factor behind the Rossoneri board's decision to plump for Massimiliano Allegri was the "beautiful football" he got Cagliari and Sassuolo playing. Nothing more, nothing less. Now, on the third floor in Via Turati, there is a "coach" who has become a "manager", in the English interpretation of the role – that is, someone who deals with more than just teach tactics and technical skills. A person whose realm doesn't end at the gates of Milanello (AC Milan's training ground) but whose influence extends upstairs. Let's say he's a sort of Italian Alex Ferguson minus the wallet: Allegri doesn't have the cash to flash in the transfer market, and the final decision remains with the club's directors, but he is in daily contact with the purse-string pullers. Something that he already did at Cagliari.

HOME FROM HOME IN VIA TURATI — A mini-revolution has taken place at the club which, in the Berlusconi days, had become used to running internal affairs in their own way. Nowadays plans are made almost on a daily basis. They have found harmony through instinctive understanding and mutual admiration resulting in a close, working, professional relationship between Allegri and Galliani on a day-to-day basis. They sometimes lunch or dine together, the coach follows his vice-president on his travels (which are usually connected with transfer deals these days) to Versilia, he participates in the bargaining (He was present at all of the contract-renewal meetings), if there is one being played they sometimes watch a match together like the Under-20s finals, or to put it bluntly, even though he doesn't have an office there in via Turati, recently Allegri has been seen in the building at least once a day, if not twice. An example? He ate with Galliani a few weekends ago, the following morning he was at a meeting in Via Turati with his staff and then, in the afternoon he was off to yet another meeting with Kaka senior and Gaetano Paolillo. Just because he lives nearby doen't really explain all of this, though. "We see things in a similar light, and agree on everything," Galliani summed up the situation.

AUTONOMY AND TRUST — It's obvious to everyone that this is a new way here at AC Milan of interpreting the relationship with the coach including his predecessors. Without going too far back in time, Ancelotti hardly ever went into the building and Leonardo stopped going there as soon as he became coach. So after his "on-the-pitch" revolution (with AC Milan light and nimble on their feet, changing to all running and muscle), Max from Livorno is offering the club a new interpretation of the club-coach relationship. AC Milan needed only one season and one Scudetto picked up at the first bite to start trusting him. The sensation in the corridors is that Allegri is a coach who the management of the club listen to. Most certainly more than some of his predecessors. Managing Ronaldinho, who was one of his president's favourites, is probably the best example of the autonomy and power he has been awarded by the club. And he has repaid them by rolling up his sleeves and and putting his nose to the grindstone. The "handsome guy with the face of an actor" as Berlusconi described him recently has left his job to someone with the face of an all-round coach. Even off the pitch.

Gael Clichy left Arsenal after playing his heart out for the club for the 8 years he dedicated to Arsenal. He was one of those players that remained critical to the team’s success regardless of the fact that he always remained low key. The only player remaining of that great Invincibles squad of the 2003-04 season, always seemed invincible for the wingers and strikers who went against him. But after spending the most prominent years of his career at Arsenal, the player wanted to move on and was courteously granted his wish by the club thus securing a move to Manchester City.

It seemed like everything was fine, both parties got a nice deal for themselves with Clichy moving to a newer challenge and the Gunners getting 7 million for the player considering that he could have left for nothing a year from now when his contract expired exactly like his French compatriot Mathieu Flamini, who after becoming a regular in the first team left for free, earning the ire of the Gunners supporters, stalling contract talks, suddenly becoming pricey and leaving on a bad note . This was never the case with Clichy,where all seemed in good spirit. Well, till now it seemed that way until Clichy came out and made a few foolhardy comments about his previous employers. It was painful on a personal front. When you support the club and the players you always see them as people to be revered, there is this respect for each guy. Particularly for players who do their jobs on the pitch proficiently, playing for the team, never hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons and players that never go out of their way showing that they are bigger than the team. When such a player comes out and speaks rashly about his former club, it just displaces the image one always has of the player. The player, who is kept on a pedestal in the fan’s mind just loses his spot. I know it’s not an ideal world and words like FAITH and LOYALTY are usually swept away with a hefty pay cheque (CASHLEY COLE) it’s tough to find players who are able to keep their stature and respect in the heart of club faithfuls even after they leave a club .You kiss the badge one day and the next you kiss the club good bye.

One of the greatest managers ever and a Liverpool legend, Bill Shankly once said “Football is a simple game .It’s the players who complicate it “. Partly true because at the end of the day, a manager can only dish out instructions and tell you the tactics. The player is the one who has to finally execute them, he can take note of the things or perhaps digress from the commands of the coach. It’s the players on the pitch whose discretion matters the most and may shape the consequence of a game. For instance, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo may know all the tricks and flicks and may just dribble their way past the whole opposition defense but the coach gives them a role for the team and they have the option of either sticking to the game plan or letting their own mind wander on the pitch. Thus it ultimately boils down to the players’ prerogative, they can forgo the plan and play for themselves or play and win with the team. If they decide to go on their own, they may perhaps not get the stick from everyone (except the gaffer that is) but the game plan is ruined and the manager is for sure exposed to criticism . Here I need to clarify that I am not advocating a system where the players are voodoo dolls in the hands of the manager. Rather I wish to propagate a way where a symbiosis within the team exists where though the players are part of a system, they have the freedom to show their creativity within the framework of the game plan in a way that it trickles down to the bigger goal that is the success for the team .

Clichy, like so many players who have parted company with Arsenal in the past, targeted the team and the manager by having a dig at his first club in England saying that he could not wait and CHALLENGE for trophies at Arsenal year after year. He wanted to WIN them, that is why he moved to the Eastlands. Earlier Emmanuel Adebayor also took a dig at the manager while parting company. It really comes as a surprise to me but it has become a regular fixture in recent times with players blaming the gaffer and the club. It’s like Arsene Wenger has become this sitting duck that anybody and everybody targets. All of us suffer from the disease where we think we can be better than the manager; we think it to be a cakewalk managing a team. Everybody criticizes Wenger for this and that and give suggestions on what he should be doing and what he should not ,which player he should be buying, getting rid of , with the whole projected line ups for the future. That for me is uncalled for. Time and time again he is at one end supported for the way he has built up this team on the right principles i.e. attacking positive game. On the other hand he is blamed for the lack of success and the players who play on the pitch get away. To a certain extent, I would agree that it’s the manager who orchestrates the club and its activities but you can’t blame him at large for everything that goes wrong with the club. You boast of the PFA Young Player of the year, Jack Wilshere and then you want some mature players. You want sexy, entertaining, free flowing football and then you want the team to alter their approach that has made them a global brand, come up with Plan B, roughen up, play long balls? Sorry you can’t have it both ways. True that Arsenal have not won anything for the better part of 8 years but once you start singling out personnel for it, you see the team disintegrate,the whole belief is gone.

Football dreams coincide with rapid economic growth

With vast oil and natural gas reserves Kazakhstan is one of the leading energy players in the world. Foreign direct investments have been on the rise since the country successfully withstood the ripples and crisis of the break up of the Soviet Union and with an organized market economy in place, this Central Asian Republic is now considered to be one of the ‘Asian Tigers’ as far as economic development is concerned. With a modern infrastructure in place and the construction sector across the country enjoying a remarkable boom, Kazakhstan would be the biggest Central Asian story in the coming decades.



As the economy grows so is the ambition of the country’s football chiefs and in particular the President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Mr. Nazarbayev is one of the longest running leaders in the world and under him the country has emerged from an agrarian medieval Kazakh society to a brand new, vibrant, economically and scientifically viable modern Kazakh society that now prides itself to be a role model for many of the former Soviet states, whether they are in Central Asia or the Caucasus or in Europe.



Football in the country transformed itself just as the nation did over the past ten years. In 1998, Astana became the new capital of a new emerging nation and the capital city’s meteoric transformation in the last twelve years defies the logic of modern development. The city of Astana is growing, changing, gaining power and enhancing its international prestige and reputation, becoming the symbol of the rapid development and renovation of Kazakhstan as a whole. Coinciding with the change of capital from southern Almaty to northern Astana was the change of football aspirations of the country. Kazakhstan chose to compete in the tougher environments of European football rather than the Asian one in a bid to improve the standard of football in the former Soviet state. Although affiliation to UEFA has proved to be a tougher choice for the Kazakhs given the competition on hand yet according to football pundits the country’s image as a rising football power is set to take an upward stride in the coming years as UEFA and the Football Federation of Kazakhstan join hands to develop grass root football and the infrastructure involved with it.




Astana: Modern capital of a modern country
“They want to qualify for the World Cup. I told them it cannot happen but things are moving at such a pace in their country they believe everything is possible.” – Arno Pijpers, former Kazakhstan national football coach.



These were the words of Dutchman Arno Pijpers who had the pleasure to watch the development and running of the country’s football system during his tenure as the national coach from 2006 to 2008. Although the federation’s impatience robbed Pijpers of his lucrative job yet the former Estonia manager was both optimistic and at the same time skeptical of the Kazakh way of football administration. Mr. Pijpers agrees the fact that with huge sums of money in hand it is a matter of time when the country produces some of the best talents in world football through a highly rated football infrastructure system but the million dollar question is do the Kazakh football chiefs and President Nazarbayev have necessary patience to accomplish such a great task? Only Kazakhstan can provide the world with an answer.

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Use of Term Football

The word "football", when used in reference to a specific game can mean any one of those described above. Because of this, much friendly controversy has occurred over the term football, primarily because it is used in different ways in different parts of the English-speaking world. Most often, the word "football" is used to refer to the code of football that is considered dominant within a particular region. So, effectively, what the word "football" means usually depends on where one says it.


Players assemble at the line of scrimmage in an American football game.
Association football is known generally as soccer where other codes of football are dominant, including: the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. American football is always football in the United States. In francophone Quebec, where Canadian football is more popular, the Canadian code is known as football and association football is known as le soccer.[70] Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, most currently use Football in their organizations' official names. The FIFA affiliates in Canada and the United States use Soccer in their names.
A few FIFA affiliates have recently "normalized" to using "Football", including:
Australia's association football governing body changed its name in 2007 from using "soccer" to "football"
New Zealand also changed in 2007, saying "the international game is called football."
Samoa changed from "Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation" to "Football Federation Samoa" in 2009.

What is Football Game

The game of football is any of several similar team sports, of similar origins which involve advancing a ball into a goal area in an attempt to score. Many of these involve kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal, though not all codes of football using kicking as a primary means of advancing the ball or scoring. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified, the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union and other related games. These variations are known as "codes".