Barcelona Pedro To Miss

Barcelona player Pedro to miss Real Madrid Copa del Rey clash with hamstring injury to the Spain international picked up a knock on Thursday and will face 10 days on the sidelines which will keep him out of next week's cup Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu have announced that Pedro will miss the 1st-leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals against Real Madrid after picking up a hamstring injury in Thursday's 2-1 victory at Osasuna.

A versatile forward featured from the start in the second leg of the last-16 cup match at the Reyno de Navarra, but was forced to leave the pitch after 68 minutes of play due to the knock and he will be out of action for the next 10 days, which means that he will miss Barca's Liga matches against Betis and Malaga, and next week's Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu in the 24-year-old has so far made 25 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring six goals.

International career for a Pedro On 20 May 2010, Pedro was included by Vicente del Bosque in Spain's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup On the 29th, he made his debut in a 3–2 friendly win against Saudi Arabia, and earned his 2nd cap shortly after, as a 58th minute substitute in a 1–0 win against South Korea.On 8 June 2010 in the last friendly prior to the finals in South Africa, with Poland, Pedro scored his 1st international goal, and also assisted Fernando Torres, in a 6–0 victory and the final stages, he appeared in five matches (three as a late substitute) on July 7, in the semi-final against Germany and the he started in place of Torres, who had been performing poorly in earlier matches.

Liverpool Fail In Attempt To Prevent Fernando Torres Making Chelsea Debut Against Them - Report

Throughout transfer discussions, Liverpool reportedly tried to strike a gentlemen's conformity with Chelsea that make sure Fernando Torres would not face his past side when the two teams get together at Stamford Bridge.

Though, the Reds unsuccessful in their effort and the Spanish World Cup winner will make his first appearance against his former club on Sunday, barring a sudden wound.

The two clubs - and the player - without doubt left the deal late as Torres' remove authoritatively went from first to last at 10:47 PM (GMT), thirteen minutes before the porthole closed.

The wait was due to Liverpool's asked for Torres' debut to be delayed until the subsequent week, according to The Daily Mail.

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Fernando Torres Takes Swipe At Liverpool: At Chelsea I Can Play At The Level I Am Supposed To

Fernando Torres has confessed his enjoyment having finally completed his £50 million relocate from Liverpool to Chelsea, a club where he senses he will play "at the level I am theoretical to" at the "kind of team I like to play for".

The Spaniard, who became discouraged with life at Anfield having seen two executive changes and the club taken over in a five-year occupancy in which he failed to win any silverware with the Merseyside outfit, presented a transport request after Liverpool cast off Chelsea’s renewed interest in a bid to force a shift to Stamford Bridge.

Along with having accomplished his switch to south London, Torres passed that while the past week had been thorny, he was looking forward to the face up to ahead.

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Liverpool Plan Improved Offers For Ashley Young And Charlie Adam As Fernando Torres Departure Looks Increasingly Likely - Report

Liverpool is beginning to plan for life with no Fernando Torres as they appear to spend the money produce from the World Cup winner's exit.

Liverpool’s soften stance on Torres’ leaving has alerted Chelsea, who look set to boost their bid of £35million on Monday.

The west London union are still not enthusiastic to pay the £50m that Liverpool seem to be ensuing to but they are encouraged of finding a decision after the Red’s indicate they would be favourable towards a cash plus Nicolas Anelka deal.

The Frenchman is not keen on the go to Liverpool, according to Sky Sports, but Chelsea has been expectant by Liverpool’s theoretical willingness to talk on Torres’ transfer.

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2010 FIFA World Cup: Soundoff: Did Fernando Torres Dive?

2010 FIFA World Cup: Hopefully we can all agree that Chile’s Marco Estrada did not deserve to be sent off for the above incident. Even though he was. Seems that whatsoever contact he made with Spain’s striker Fernando Torres – if any at all – was accidental. So referee Marco Rodriguez got it wrong.

The only question for me: How complicit was Torres complicit in this unjust sending off? Did Fernando Torres just trip over his own feet, or did he dive? The only evidence we’ve is the YouTube video above, and the .gif below:

I would say the .gif is the more incriminating for Torres, but that may be due to the fact it has him stuck in some sort of time loop, falling down for ever. The YouTube video suggests to me that Fernando Torres ran acorss Estrada’s path accidentally, causing El Nino to innocently trip over his own feet and What do you think?

2010 FIFA World Cup: Top 10 Forwards To Look Out For

Previously, I had listed the “World Cup Top scorer” and “The Top 15 Players Not Going To South Africa” which was a lot more easier job than ranking forwards.

It is also difficult to categorize wingers, and I have considered those wingers who play more like a forward with an eye for goal.

Selecting the top 2 forwards was a piece of cake but as the list progressed it got tougher and tougher to rank one above the other.

There are dissimilar genres of strikers, but the ultimate goal is to deposit the ball back in the net. We have all types of strikers on this list. Let's have a look at them.

10. Carloz Tevez

9. Luis Fabiano

8. Robin Van Persie

7. Arjen Robben

6. David Villa

5. Fernando Torres

4. Didier Drogba

3. Wayne Rooney

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

1. Lionel Messi

Honorable Mention - Samuel Eto

Samuel Eto'o was pretty close but he isn't the same player that he was once, and Cameroon are not going anywhere in the World Cup. So, he will not have much impact.

2010 FIFA World Cup: Stars to watch out for

Come June 11, 2010, and the world will observe the greatest sporting action in the world - the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The joy and animosity among fans will be back!

It will be a fight among various countries to stamp their supremacy and soccer aficionados will flock the grounds to root for their favourite stars.

With the countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa having already begun, we take a look at the star campaigners who will enthrall many with their mesmerizing skills:

Linonel Messi, Argentina

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese

Wayne Rooney, England

Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast

Kaka, Brazil

Fernando Torres, Spain

Franck Ribery, France

Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon

Miroslav Klose, Germany

Gianluigi Buffon, Italy