When he is not as his best, he is still superior to other players and thy are 41-year-old coach is unconcerned about the Argentine star's state of mind, while stressing he is not thinking about the result of Real Madrid's game.The Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has guaranteed that Lionel Messi is not affected by his missed penalty against Valencia in midweek and the diminutive attacker failed to convert from the spot as Barca were held to a 1-1 draw at Mestalla in the first-leg of the Copa del Rey semi finals in a leo is always fine, he is very competitive," Guardiola told reporters at a press conference. "He has experienced many things and he always plays well, you already know my opinion.They are without being at his best, he is superior to the other players. He sometimes takes responsibilities without having to it comes to penalties, he is amazing. I hope that when he retires, he will keep up his good record in what happens is that he spoils are all here to help him, while knowing he needs little help. We all are more comfortable when Messi is on the pitch in guardiola then rejected the notion his side are in crisis despite failing to win any of their last three matches.27 PENALTIES TAKEN
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A former Camp Nou goalkeeper has stated the belief that his Portuguese compatriot would have done a good job had the current Champions League holders employed to former Barcelona goalkeeper Vitor Baia has taken the time to praise Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, and feels that the Portuguese trainer would have been a good option for the Blaugranas.The Santiago Bernabeu tactician worked at the Camp Nou from 1996 until 2000 under head coaches Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal to his countryman is confident that Mourinho would have done a good job if he'd ever taken charge of the current European champions in he is the best coach in the world in my opinion and he is a very special person," Baia said to Esports COPE.Mourinho would have been a good coach for Barcelona. He has the ability to adapt to every culture in a mourinho we saw at Chelsea was a completely different coach than the one at Porto to the one at Inter was again another type of coach in mourinho to now seeing at Madrid is once more another type of the 42-year-old raved for the number of recent reports suggested that Mourinho could be on his way out of Madrid at the end of the season in controversial coach has so far denied that he's preparing his exit from the Spanish capital.
A Tuesday it was announced the 31-year-old will not face trial until July 9, eight days after the final in Poland and the Ukraine to the announcement that England captain John Terry's trial for allegedy racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand will not take place until July 9 in the Chelsea defender will now be available to feature at Euro 2012.The tournament kick's off in Warsaw on June 8 before reaching its climax in Kiev on July 1, meaning the outcome of the 31-year-old's race trial will not be after Poland and Ukraine in a no doubt as the competition nears and the debate over who Fabio Capello should include his squad heats up in the plenty of attention will fall on Terry's shoulders.
AC Milan have reopened negotiations over a dramatic late swoop for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez and the long-running saga of Tevez's future had appeared set to continue until the summer following a frustrating month for City in their attempts to part with in the striker.A number of potential suitors have emerged only to apparently drop their interest at a later date, with Paris St Germain and Inter Milan switching their focus to the AC Milan's pursuit of the Argentine also seemed to be at an end when they completed the signing over the weekend of Maxi Lopez to had been lined up as an alternative option if Tevez did not arrive.The vice-president Adriano Galliani left the door open for a last-minute move on Monday as he refused to rule out the possibility of a surprise switch it is now understood that Milan have re-entered talks with Tevez's representatives ahead of Tuesday's 11pm deadlineis still a lot of work for the Rossoneri to do to finalise his capture and change of heart from one of the clubs over the terms of a deal.A Manchester City have always maintained that they want to sell the 27-year-old to Milan had previously been keen to sign him on loan with a view to making the arrangement permanent in the summer to play milan may not be the only option for Tevez at this late stage to ambitious Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala also still thought to be interested.
Barcelona's Victor Valdes admits to we have no more room for error in La Liga for the Catalans are now seven points behind Real Madrid at the top of the table following Saturday night's disappointing 0-0 draw with Villarreal at El Madrigal.The Victor Valdes believes Barcelona must win all 18 of their remaining fixtures if they are to have any chance of holding on to their La Liga crown in the Catalans are now seven points behind leaders Real Madrid after their dismal 0-0 draw with Villarreal at El Madrigal and the Spain goalkeeper admits that Pep Guardiola's men are now in a precarious position."We have no more room for error," Valdes is quoted as saying by Sport to we have dropped two important points against Villarreal have to win all the points that remain in that is what you get of a we want to fight for the league in can not fail anymore because there is a rival in front of us that is very strong."A Trying to work out the reasons behind Barca's inconsistent form of late, particularly on the road, Valdes believes that fatigue has become an issue for a side which travelled to Japan for the Club World Cup in December and the injuries can never be used as excuses," he argued to would be small team that does that. There is enough in strength in depth to deal with all of the games.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger not ruling out Jack Wilshere return this season The Arsenal manager admitted to his key midfielder had suffered a setback in training and they are refused to be drawn on whether the injury was season-ending.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists that it is premature to suggest that Jack Wilshere's season is over to his he confirmed reports that Wilshere had suffered a setback in training on Wednesday in Friday press conference and said that the midfielder was sent for a scan after complaining of a pain in his foot.A 20-year-old has yet to feature for Arsenal this season after breaking down in a pre-season friendly against New York Red Bulls in the injury stemmed from over-use in the 2010-11 season, with Wenger quoted at the time as saying he was "in the red zone are Wenger and Wilshere himself were confident that the diminutive midfielder would return in February, possibly in time for the Gunner's crunch Champions League tie against AC Milan to his return date has now been pushed back.He is adamant though that it is too early to rule out his talismanic playmaker for the rest of the season and subsequently for England in the European Championships to feel for him and of course, he wants to be in the big tournaments said Wenger. "I believe as well, he wants to play for Arsenal to he grew up here.
The Spokesperson of Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho slams Barcelona's Dani Alves says 'A donkey with small ears & glasses is still a donkey' and the Portuguese coach's spokesperson has hit out at the Brazilian defender in the comparing him to a donkey, and feels referees are always in favour of the Catalan outfit.A Eladio Parames, the spokesman of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, has hit out at Barcelona defender Dani Alves in the wake of last Wednesday's 2-2 Copa del Rey quarter-final draw at Camp Nou in the Catalans winning 4-3 on aggregate and the parames also voiced his dismay with the standard of refereeing in Spain stated his belief that Barcelona have the backing of the match officials if they are struggling in a game.What's changed since he [Dani Alves] came to Spain. He's undergone surgery on his ears, they've become smaller in he's wearing glasses like an intellectual a donkey with small ears and glasses is not all of a sudden a doctor, he's still a donkey," Parames said on Twitter have already said it before to barcelona play well, they're winning in the opponents play better than them, the referee will help them to win."The Parames than went on to reveal what Jose Mourinho said to referee Teixeira Vitienes in the parking area after Wednesday's game to you have no respect for professionals to going to smoke a cigar now and have a good laugh Mourinho said, according to his spokesman.
