Top Football Players: March 2011

kaka & messi

kaka & messi

kaka & caroline

FYI, Caroline is due any day now… the pair are currently in Brazil, where the baby is expected to be born.

Now that Raul has left the building, Real Madrid are left with only Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Esteban Granero and young backup keeper Antonio Adan as youth system products remaining in the senior squad. Iker Casillas is the only player in the whole squad who has been with Real for more than five years – since 1999. Sergio Ramos joined in 2005 and Mahamadou Diarra in 2006. All the rest? Three years or less. Lets see how much it has cost Real Madrid to build their usually ever changing squad -

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka & ronaldo real madrid

kaka and ronaldo and messi

Real Madrid pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are to go head-to-head with Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta for the FIFA World player of the year award. Manchester United legend Cristiano Ronaldo is defending his crown following his exploits for the Premier League champions last year, however Messi remains the clear favourite having recently scooped the Ballon d’Or.

The five nominees were confirmed following a poll of national teams’ captains and coaches and the winner will be announced on December 21st in Zurich, Switzerland.

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo and messi

kaka and ronaldo

Brazilian style is on for Milan. Kaká, the world footballer of the year received the company of Ronaldo (finally back to the pitch) and the new sentation ALEXANDRE PATO.

The Rossoneri anxiously waited for this day when the 18 year old signing had all his paperwork legalized to play for Milan.

And it worked. The kid combines talent, speed and technique with the energy that is characteristic of young players.

Ronaldo then finally looked like having a good time playing amog his fellow countrymen. 15' on the first half and a good triangle passing line had the touches of Pato, Pirlo and ended up with Ronaldo shooting hard and the ball just made past the goal line. AC Milan 1 x 0 Napoli.

But Napoli wasn't dead. 12 minutes later the team in blue tied on a beautiful play through the right and Sosa finished perfectly.

But with Ronaldo playing well, Pato's enthusiasm, Kaká's finesse and the world class of the other great players on the squad, it was just a matter of time for AC Milan to take the lead again.

Pato's only problem on the game was Napoli's goalkeeper, Iezzo, who denied him twice after a beautiful pass from Ronaldo. But Seedorf was there: Milan 2 x 1 Napoli.

But here comes Napoli again. Another super-fast counter attack with Lavezzi and the referee calls a penalty inflicted by Kaladze. Domizzi ties the game one more time: AC Milan 2 x 2 Napoli

kaka

Says the former AC Milan player about his former boss, now Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti…

“I thanked (Ancelotti) for everything he did for me in all the years we spent together at Milan and all the triumphs we lived. But I had made the decision a long time ago that if I left Milan I would only go to Madrid — and that meant I couldn’t join him at Chelsea.”

Then again, this is the guy who said he would never leave Milan. Still, I think this gives us a tad more insight into what has been going on at the club during this summer. (Glad we didn’t get this guy, though.)

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This tournament was marred by an unsportsmanlike match between Thailand and Indonesia during the group stage of the competition. Both teams were already assured of qualification for the semi-finals, but both teams knew that the winners of the game would face hosts Vietnam in the semi-finals, while the losing team would face Singapore who were perceived to be easier opposition and avoid the fuss of moving training bases from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for the semi-final. The first half saw little action, with both teams barely making an attempt to score. During the second half both teams managed to score, partly thanks to half-hearted defending, resulting in a 2-2 scoreline after 90 minutes. Then, during injury time, Indonesian defender Mursyid Effendi deliberately kicked the ball into his own goal, despite the Thai's attempts to stop him doing so, thus handing Thailand a 3-2 victory. Both teams were fined for "violating the spirit of the game" and Mursyid Effendi was banned from football for life.

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