Luis Enrique has dismissed suggestions that he is risking overworking

Posted on April 7, 2016 by in OU Soccer

Luis Enrique has dismissed suggestions that he is risking overworking the golden trio of Neymar, Lionel Messi, and Luis Suarez.

The trio have been the finest attacking force in world football of late. Their goals have helped Barcelona hide their mediocre defence quite easily. The club are undefeated in the last 34 games of all competitions largely due to the goalscoring prowess of these three players. However, statistics reveal that they have been part of a huge amount of games already. Collectively, they have appeared in 108 games while contributing 94 goals in these matches. Read more…

Barcelona’s €94 million signing is proving his worth

Posted on January 14, 2016 by in OU Soccer

It has already been confirmed that Pep Guardiola will be leaving Bayern Munich by the end of the current season and Carlo Ancelotti is going to replace him. What still remains uncertain is what club Pep Guardiola will choose to coach after making his way out of the German side.

Pep Guardiola has revealed however a condition that he wants to be filled about his upcoming coach and it’s for them to sign Barcelona’s Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan striker has recently been catching the spotlight of the media and this is mainly due to the outstanding performances that he has been displaying with the Barcelona jersey.

Suarez was named as the best player of the Club World Cup competition which concluded not too long ago with Barcelona lifting the title and with the Uruguayan forward claiming the MVP award. This isn’t the first time that Suarez has been at the forefront of the public eye.

Before Suarez had joined Barcelona, he had already made a name for himself after having pushed Uruguay to the semifinals of the 2010 World Cup. During his last season as a player of Liverpool, he was the main driving force behind the title worthy campaign of the Premier League club. Read more…

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Luis Suarez believes nothing has come to him as a gift

Posted on December 24, 2015 by in OU Soccer

Luis Suarez believes nothing has come to him as a gift and it’s only because of his work ethic that he’s been able to build a first class career at Barcelona.

Suarez has been the highest scorer for his club Barcelona in all tournaments in the ongoing season.

He had been pretty fruitful for Barcelona in 2014-15 too when he had found the back of the net 25 times.

Barcelona was a pretty potent team without Suarez as well, but, with the arrival of the Uruguayan superstar, they have only turned more dangerous in terms of their attack.

Since the time Suarez has joined in and has formed the combo with the Argentinean legend Messi and the Brazilian talisman Neymar in the front line, La Blaugrana has sort of become unplayable to the opposition teams. They have been thrashing everyone for past some time.

Barcelona has already won four titles this year and if they manage to emerge the champions in Club World Cup too, it would be title no. 5 for them in 2015. Read more…

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Alberto Aquilani has signed for a foreign club

Posted on October 30, 2015 by in OU Soccer

Once again Alberto Aquilani has signed for a foreign club and once again, the injuries are starting to hamper him.

He is set to have to sit out of what could have been his debut game for the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon which he has signed for only recently.

The 31-year old was probably to be handed a substitute appearance in the upcoming games versus Tondela, but, it’s not going to be now as the reports suggest he has injured himself.

The last time Aquilani had made his way away from Italy was in 2009 when he was signed by Liverpool and the only season that he spent there, he remained plagued with injuries all through.

He was back in Italy for the next two seasons playing for two different clubs on loan before he took a permanent transfer to Fiorentina.

So, he has spent almost his entire career playing in Italy barring that one season at Anfield and in that very season, his body suffered a lot of blows.

And, his time at Lisbon seems to have started on the same note.

Aquilani would be desperately hoping that the history doesn’t get repeated.

The 31-year old, who is not at the peak of his skills and approaching his downhill, would like to have a smooth run at Lisbon before he hangs his boots. Read more…

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Brazil’s national team is struggling big time according to one of its most important players

Posted on July 26, 2015 by in OU Soccer

Brazil’s national team is struggling big time according to one of its most important players over the last decade – Kaka.

The Orlando City superstars says that the lack of focus on the future has led to the national team going to new depths after the recent Copa America. The team went into the tournament keen to put behind the disappointment of a disappointing World Cup 2014 in which they were sent out in humiliating circumstances. The 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Germany in the semi-finals remains as one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.

The national team brought in their former captain Dunga in order to revive the glory days, but even the 1994 World Cup winning captain was unable to prevent more decline during the recent Copa America. Brazil were knocked out even before the finals at the hands of Chile. Kaka has admitted that in the world football superpower is struggling to assert its superiority at the international stage since the leaders are more focused on intermediate success rather than the future. Kaka also says that one of the reasons for the continuous struggles is that most of the players are based in Europe and play for different teams. Read more…

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