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Sir Alex sees the positives

Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed to lose to CFR Cluj on Wednesday night, but insists there were still positives to take from the fixture.
With the Reds already through to the Champions League knockout stages, Wednesday's result was inconsequential for a United side sprinkled with youth and players only recently returned from injury.
"We achieved what we wanted to achieve, without getting the result," the manager said. "We gave players game time and brought young players back in. The more game time Chris Smalling and Phil Jones get can only help us.
"I thought Phil was outstanding tonight. Getting him and Chris back is a big plus-point.
"I think all our defenders did their job pretty well. Scott Wootton's only had a few games with the first-team, Jones and Smalling have been out a long time and Büttner's only played three games for us. Considering that, I was pleased with their composure."
Despite dominating the match and producing 23 attempts at goal, United lost to a Luis Alberto strike Sir Alex described as "a wonder-hit".
"It's a fantastic goal they scored to beat us," he said. "He bent it away from David [De Gea], who had no chance with it. It was just one of those nights. We didn't take our chances.
"It was cold and the ground became a bit dead so the ball didn't run as fast as normal. But we still could have won the match and I think the best football came from us."

PSG President: Ancelotti would not be removed

Preparing PSG for the first leg of the Round of 8 of the Champions League against Barcelona tomorrow, a meeting which will be held in Paris and attended by Zlatan Ibrahimovic after lifting off him and accept grievance French club.

Busquets Barcelona player looking for revenge for his father in front of Paris Saint-Germain

Out Srigio Busquets midfielder Barcelona football on Tuesday to avenge his father when his team travel to Paris St Germain in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

He was the father of Sergio, Carles Busquets, Barcelona goalkeeper in 1995 when the Catalans lost to Paris St Germain in the quarter-final competitions for the Champions League. Where he presented Busquets father two Hželjn offers in front of the French team, which resulted in the departure of Barcelona defeat 2/3 in the aggregate and return.

Now, the opportunity will come, Busquets son to avenge his father from Paris St Germain. Differs Busquets, father and son for each other just as players. It was calculated movements of the father is not always unpredictable, if not not help to rely on the opinion of many critics. Carles Busquets best known as a goalkeeper likes risk Pets ball outside the penalty area, which looks like what he is doing current Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes bit.

Busquets father was basically handball goalkeeper and he enjoyed reactions and wonderful agility and but Mjasvath usually were causing problems for his team. The father knew Busquets way to fame in 1991 when he played as a substitute for giant goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta in the European Cup final of the Cup Winners' Cup against Manchester United.
Busquets emerged as a tense guard in front of United and was wrong in both the goals of Mark Hughes, who led the English team to win 2/1. And carrying Busquets after three bleak years during which an alternative to Zubizarreta. But in 1994, the then Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff sell star Zubizarreta to Valencia in a controversial deal after he gave a presentation without international goalkeeper level caused the defeat of his team zero / 4 in front of AC Milan in the Champions League final.


And everyone expected that the Cruyff later annexation of a new goalkeeper. But preferred to rely on Busquets. It turned out later that Cruyff confidence was misplaced, because Barcelona have not won anything at all during the two years to stop the two as essential to guard Barcelona. And of the reasons for the decline was Barcelona in that period Busquets repeated errors such as those exploited by the Saint-Germain in 1995.

The confidence in the Busquets is one of the reasons that precipitated the dismissal Cruyff from office in Barcelona in 1996. Then join Barcelona Portuguese goalkeeper Vitor Baia to be a key guard for the team and Busquets returned to the bench when Barcelona won the Saint-Germain 1 / zero in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1997.

Although that Busquets father ended his playing career with the club Lleida, has returned to Barcelona from New goalkeeping coach for the team at that time began his son Sergio prove himself as a midfielder and defender promising. And picked up former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola Busquets son from the club's junior team in 2008, and quickly drew attention for his ability to draw the ball and incisive Mini elaborate and tactical maturity.
Busquets then succeeded in installing his feet as a basic form midfielder Barcelona in front of a line of defense team so that the star Yaya Toure moved to the bench because of Bosctis who became stars of the team, and after the Ivorian player was forced to move to Manchester City. And helped Bosctis Jr. Barcelona on the Spanish league title three times and win the Champions League twice. Since 2009, playing Bosctis part basic configuration to Spain, where he helped the team win the 2010 World Cup and the European Championship title "Euro 2012". And seeks now Bosctis to help Barcelona win the Champions League again, and at the same time which will seek to avenge his father's defeat in Paris from 1995

Ibrahimovic et Ancelotti sont ambitieux

Ibrahimovic et Ancelotti sont ambitieux

FC Barcelone : Pour Piqué, le PSG doit d'abord former une équipe - See more at: http://www.football365.fr/etranger/espagne/fc-barcelone-pour-pique-psg-doit-d-abord-former-une-equipe-1006191.shtml#sthash.FQ5GnwHC.dpuf

Gerard Piqué, le défenseur central du FC Barcelone, livre ses impressions avant d'affronter le Paris Saint-Germain (quarts de finale de la Ligue des Champions). - See more at: http://www.football365.fr/etranger/espagne/fc-barcelone-pour-pique-psg-doit-d-abord-former-une-equipe-1006191.shtml#sthash.4xb1KCrY.dpuf

Al-Khelaïfi veut garder Beckham

Deux mois seulement après son arrivée dans la capitale, David Beckham fait l'unanimité au Paris Saint-Germain. Carlo Ancelotti et son président Nasser Al-Khelaïfi ont clairement annoncé leur envie de voir l'Anglais prolonger son aventure en France.

"Franchement, nous voulons le garder avec nous pour la saison prochaine". Difficile de faire plus clair que Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. Dans un entretien accordé au quotidien L'Equipe lundi, le président du Paris Saint-Germain s'est mis au diapason de son entraîneur Carlo Ancelotti sur la question David Beckham. Vendredi, après le match remporté par les Parisiens contre Montpellier, l'ancien manager de Chelsea avait fait part de son envie de voir le vétéran anglais prolonger son contrat au PSG au-delà de cet été. Le Spice Boy, auteur de prestations tout à fait honnêtes depuis son arrivée le 1er février, a fait forte impression au dirigeant qatari.
"Beckham est très heureux. On va en parler avec lui. Il est fantastique, sur le terrain comme en dehors. Parfois, on peut faire de mauvais choix. Mais recruter David a été l'une de mes meilleures décisions. En tant qu'homme, joueur, ambassadeur, il est exceptionnel. Il crée quelque chose dans ce groupe. Tout le monde l'adore", a expliqué Al-Khelaïfi. Engagé jusqu'au mois de juin prochain, l'ex-star de Manchester United et du Real Madrid laisse lui planer le mystère autour de son avenir. Ambassadeur du football chinois pour un an, Beckham, 37 ans, a déclaré qu'il ne savait pas si le PSG serait son dernier club ou non.

Poison d'avril pour l'OL

n ce 1er avril, Jean-Michel Aulas se serait bien passé de cette mauvaise blague. Dimanche soir, en clôture de la 30e journée de Ligue 1, Lyon s'est incliné (1-2) face à une vaillante équipe de Sochaux qui sort de la zone rouge. Si cette défaite condamne les derniers espoirs de titre des hommes de Rémi Garde, qui se retrouvent à 8 longueurs du PSG, elle pourrait être bien plus grave que prévue. En effet, c'est le 4e match sans victoire de l'OL et surtout le deuxième revers consécutif après la claque reçue par Bastia (4-1) il y a 15 jours.
Si l'on pouvait croire que la trêve allait permettre aux Lyonnais de se ressaisir, il n'en fut rien. A l'image d'une défense centrale catastrophique, l'OL n'y arrive plus et cède sa place de dauphin à l'OM, qui a réussi à s'imposer face à un concurrent direct, à savoir l'OGC Nice. Alors que la première partie de saison de Lyon laissait entrevoir de belles perspectives, nul doute que quelque chose s'est cassé dans la mécanique du club. L'élimination contre Tottenham en Ligue Europa pourrait être l'un des facteurs de cette chute vertigineuse. Mais il semble que le mercato d'hiver ait laissé bien plus de traces que prévu. Le président Aulas, qui voulait vendre pour renflouer ses caisses, a lâché des déclarations fracassantes en s'en prenant publiquement à certains joueurs (Gomis, Briand, Gourcuff) et a sans doute déstabilisé ses troupes. La vente de Bastos a sans doute aussi été un facteur important, puisque l'OL est aujourd'hui orphelin d'un côté gauche où le jeune Ghezzal ne trouve pas sa place et où Lisandro ne se plaît pas.
Pire, la motivation de l'équipe n'est plus la même, à l'image d'un Malbranque transparent depuis 2013 alors qu'il était à la porte des Bleus il y a tout juste quelques mois, ou d'un Gomis qui enchaînait les buts en première partie de saison mais qui traverse les matchs comme un fantôme. Alors que le calendrier de l'OL est plutôt compliqué jusqu'à la fin de saison (Montpellier, St-Etienne, Rennes, Nice, PSG entre autres), les Rhodaniens doivent maintenant surveiller leurs arrières puisque leur place en Ligue des Champions est menacée par les Verts et les Dogues, respectivement à 3 et 4 points. Qu'on se le dise, l'OL est aujourd'hui en perdition et rien ne semble pouvoir freiner sa chute. Qui pourrait bien être fatale.

Messi the maestro Lionel Messi is the top-scorer in the top five European leagues in 2013 with 17 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo has 14 and Robert Lewandowski 10

Lionel Messi scores in record 19th consecutive Barcelona game

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi became the first player in Spanish football history to score against every other team in La Liga consecutively.

The  registered for the 19th game in a row as Barca drew 2-2 at Celta Vigo
Messi has scored 29 goals in the streak and his tally in all competitions this season now stands at 56.
Barca are top of the table, 13 points clear of Real Madrid, who are second, with nine games left to play.
Current champions Real dropped points as they drew 1-1 in Zaragoza. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 113th goal in 100 matches for the Spanish giants while under manager Jose Mourinho

In Vigo, Messi captained the side and went on to break his latest record.

The previous mark for goals in consecutive La Liga games was 10.
Barca fell behind to Natxo Insa's close-range finish but Messi released Cristian Tello to curl home a fine equaliser.
Tello then cut the ball back for Messi to drill low into the net, only for relegation-threatened Celta to give their chances of survival a huge boost as Borja Oubina headed home at the back post on 88 minutes.
Barca now travel to France for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final meeting with Paris Saint-Germain.