Weekend Preview of the Premier League

 

Manchester and London will clash this weekend.  Chelsea the League leader coming from a win against Porto in the Champions League with a score of 1-0, a  success over Porto will face host rival Tottenham on Sunday, who themselves have been getting excellent games in this new season.  While Manchester City will travel on Sunday to Old Trafford. 

Carlo Ancelotti will be battling it out with Harry Redknapp in London.  He will try to bounce back after a setback in White Hart Lane to United, the reigning champion. Chelsea and City are both undefeated in the Premier League but their old rivals are waiting for them and also the rivalry between City and United who are up in the standing and ready to go.  It is still a long season but good for them since they started with the right foot.  The other games on Sunday will be Fulham traveling to Wolves and Everton host Blackburn.

An Assortment of Win and Loss for the Giants

The premier League season opened up with a lot of unexpected win, loss situations.  Arsenal team issued a response to critics who dismissed them as a title contender. They dismantled Everton who finished fifth last season.
Manchester United won and is on their way to a record fourth straight title via Wayne Rooney’s goal. They scored a 1-0 win over Birmingham who was just promoted at Old Trafford last Sunday.  

The coach of Manchester United said “I believe we are on the threshold of a very exciting era for Manchester United.” Mega-rich Manchester City got a first repayment on Mark Hughes’s 93 million pounds close-season spending spree.  Tottenham blasted Liverpool with a 2-1 score at White Hart Lane.  Chelsea ground out hard-fought victory. Earlier Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea boss savored a 2-1 victory over Hull in his first match.

Premier League Starts Saturday

United will be fighting it out for the crown for the fourth straight Premier League crown while challengers Chelsea will kick off and start the action at home.  Birmingham will be showing off at Trafford on Sunday.  Burnley and Wolves will start the games against Stoke and West Ham correspondingly. Liverpool begin their latest quest for an elusive first Premier League title starting Sunday away to Tollenham.  

This season marks the 20th years since they won the crown as domestic champions.  Arsenal will be in Everton for the Saturday evening game and Manchester City will try to win against Blackburn and try to break one of the top four.  While Barcelona won over United last summer on the Championship League. In Europe, The Premier League has become the most competitive. Some say that in spite of the big spending of Manchester this summer, they will still have a tough time to break in to the top four.  They are hoping their high end players will make a mark on this seasons League.

English Football Not All English Anymore

In this coming season, almost half of the Premier League teams are owned by foreign funding.  Should they bother?  Is the generated wealth produced by the English teams being siphoned out of the English shores?  These are common questions with a very simple answer.  NO, since the English Football Clubs are not making profit. 

 

At this time the Premier League is ahead of other football league around the world but its earnings lag behind other major US series like NFL or Major Baseball League.  This is the comment of the sports economist of London City University.  Its growth is fast moving and continues to grow in Asia, China in particular.  Then it may become the world’s biggest sporting event.  The investors are thinking that football globalization will mean wider opportunities to make more money.  In the US, some teams are already sporting franchise and they think, they can get more profit from the League this way.

FIFA World Player of the Year for 2008

, FIFA World player of the year for 2008, on Monday received the award at a star event being the first Premier League Player to receive an award in Zurich.
Ronaldo has received the Ballon d’Or and now is FIFA World Player of the year. He also won the FIFA’s Club World Cup with the team in 2008.
At the event, Ronaldo felt overwhelmed and was telling them his mother and sister could start the fireworks. He is very happy with one of the most vital moments in his life just happen.
Ronaldo is the first player from the Premier League to win the coveted title. In the past, the award went to Italy or Spain.
Ronald thanks the team manager for one of the reasons he was there getting the award. If not for him and his family Ronald do not think he be there getting the Player of the Year award.

Best of Weekend-Premier League

The premiership season is now close to ennding with more then half of the season is over. So far Manchster United is the only team which has proved that it will win the title with its consistent wins every week. Although Liverpool showed utmost display in the first half of the season but has seen a downfall after Christmas. They lie 2 points behind United in the league table. Chelsea has been the most disappointing out of the top four which has fallen behind Aston Villa, while Arsenal continues its poor form this season. Arsenal and Chelsea managed to get only one point from last week while Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton were successful in getting full points.

The match os the weekend was played between Liverpool and Portsmouth. It was terrible to see Kuyt, Alonso and Torres on bench while they trailed 2-1 to the Pompeys but they managed to win when all three of them were brought on pitch later. It was lucky to see them win otherwise Benitez was ready for the worst criticism of his time. Everton showed why they gave tough time to Liverpool and Villa and United were as consistent as they were last few months.

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