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Ronaldo is not the best goal maker in Serie A
Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked eighth in the list of the best strikers to finish Serie A in 2020. The performance goes down is natural. Anyone who plays football and understands football also understands that wanting the opportunity to hit the ball is not easy.
Sky Sports statistics for players who score 10 or more goals show that Cristiano Ronaldo needs an average of 5.4 shots to have a goal in Serie A last year. In total, the Portuguese striker finished 180 times and brought Juventus 33 goals.
This season, Ronaldo scored 16 goals in 14 games in all competitions. Particularly in Serie A, the 35-year-old star scored 12 goals in 10 matches, leading the scorer list. He had to take two weeks off because of cocv infection earlier in the season. Since coming to Serie A in the summer of 2018, Ronaldo has scored 64 goals in 74 games.
The most effective goalscorer in Serie A last year was Francesco Caputo of Sassuolo. The 33-year-old striker has 19 goals after only 62 shots, an average of every 3.2 shots scored. Caputo scored six goals in nine Serie A games this season, giving Sassuolo fourth before the Christmas break.
Romelu Lukaku needs an average of 3.7 shots to get a goal. The Belgian striker scored 22 goals in 2020. Lukaku is right behind Ronaldo in the list of top scorer, with 11 goals.
Last season’s top scorer, Ciro Immobile took four shots per goal. After scoring 36 goals last season, the 30-year-old striker remains in good form this season. He scored nine times for Lazio after 12 games.
Ibrahimovic is the least player of the top Serie A strikers. Since the beginning of the season, the Swedish striker has only played six games, but has scored 10 goals. Ibrahimovic ranks seventh on this list, taking five shots on average to score a goal. The 39-year-old star has retired twice since the start of the season, due to infection and injury.
After a 10-day break, Serie A will return on January 3 with a series of 15 rounds.
Mohamed Salah Is The Save Of Liverpool
On the day Liverpool played under his strength, Mohamed Salah shined brightly to help “Red Brigade” win 3 points against Leeds United, the newly promoted team.
On the evening of September 12 (Hanoi time), Liverpool welcomed Leeds at Anfield’s home field in the first round of the Premier League season 2020/21. This is a match where coach and coach Juergen Klopp are expected to face many difficulties because under the leadership of Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds always shows an unpleasant style.
It was just like that on the field. Leeds had 3 times to level the score before the home team. With 2 minutes remaining official time, Salah scored a 4-3 goal for Liverpool, ending the strenuous day of the defending Premier League champions.
The bravery of big players
In the 87th minute, from the situation of the ball, Fabinho tried to get the ball and was fouled by Rodrigo Moreno. The referee Michael Olivier immediately pointed to the spot.
Salah stepped forward, taking responsibility for the decisive kick for Liverpool. The Egyptian striker took a deep breath, his face showed tension, but in the end, he still defeated goalkeeper Meslier.
In the first half, Salah opened the score for Liverpool also from 11 m in the 4th minute. Then, he made a decisive kick, put the ball in the top corner, raising the score to 3-2 in the 33rd minute.
When the final whistle sounded, Salah was given the ball by Alisson Becker to take home, because he scored a hat-trick. Many people may not appreciate this hat-trick because 2 out of 3 goals came from the penalty spot.
However, Salah deserves praise, because there are two important penalties: opening and fixing the score. He overcame the pressure.
Liverpool vs Leeds Brother 2
This is not the first time that Salah has succeeded in decisive kicks. In the 2018/19 Champions League final against Tottenham, he scored the opener for Liverpool on penalties. In the Premier League 2019/20, Salah also set a 2-1 victory for the home team against “Spurs” from a distance of 11 meters.
Since joining Liverpool, Salah has taken 11 penalty kicks for this team. He scored in all 11 situations. This shows how steady Salah’s mentality is.
In the match with Leeds, Salah was not only cold and decisive in finishing situations, but also the person who showed the best ball feeling on the side of Liverpool.
He created a series of opportunities for teammates such as Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino to finish with smart slot situations or one-touch pass. However, Salah’s partner did not take advantage of the success when he showed a lack of sharpness in the decisive stages.
Not only that, when Liverpool have difficulty in deploying attacks, Salah offers a solution thanks to the ability to receive the ball in a back-facing position. Thanks to his muscle strength, he was able to press, receive and hold the ball while the tall defenders of Leeds were close behind.
In addition, Salah also has skillful and speedy ball dribbles, opening up opportunities for the home team. He has 7 successful passes, most matches.
The Premier League organizers voted Salah the best player of the match. Whoscored gave him an almost absolute score of 9.9. These are evidences that show the excellence of the Egyptian striker.
In four consecutive seasons, Salah scored in Liverpool’s opening match in the Premier League. That shows the concentration, training efforts of this player
In Liverpool, Salah is the most hardworking person. He is regularly present at the gym to improve his fitness and strength. That is also the reason why Salah has been successful with the “Red Brigade”, despite the fact that when he first arrived, he was suspected of and later called a player for a season.
Now, Salah is able to fight hand-to-hand, and even gain an advantage over any big player.
Lots of Liverpool’s problems
In this match, Leeds played well and controlled the ball 51.6%. Even in the first 15 minutes of the second half, this number reached 63%. They really cause problems for Liverpool thanks to the talented leadership of coach Bielsa.
However, it is undeniable that Liverpool played badly. Most of the home team players have a bad feeling, including Firmino, who is considered to have the best technique in the team. The Brazilian and Mane both have a good chance of eating, but the quality in the shots is too bad.
The numbers on the ball control above show that the Liverpool midfield is not working effectively. Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum were all under 7 points by Whoscored.
If they do not fix the problems soon, Liverpool can be punished by the spearheads who are eager to show themselves like Timo Werner, Kai Havertz.
Man City escape penalty – good story for football?
Temporarily dismissing the conspiracy theories around Man City escaping a penalty, from the perspective of people enjoying football, having a Green Man is better for the Champions League.
The world will still spend a lot of time arguing about City’s escape from the ban on the European Cup 2 years after the ruling that caused many conspiracy theories of the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS). Indignant people have reason to sting out: the law of financial justice is a joke.
Champions League need Man City
According to the British press, Man City lost up to 20 million pounds to pay lawyers in this case. The huge amount of money was sarcastic by many anti-fans, which skewed the balance of justice, so that the elephant could get into the hole.
Temporarily dismiss the conspiracy theory above. Fans just believe that Green Man is unjust and their escape from the penalty is obvious, to see this event together from another perspective.
Imagine the Champions League next season without Man City and replaced by Leicester, who will suffer? The first casualties are football fans.
Obviously, the Green Man will play the Champions League better than Leicester. If the world is looking for a challenger to break the Real-Barca-Bayern’s foothold, Man City can completely tap the self-nominated chest.
The next real object is UEFA. Man City fans must be far more crowded and diverse than Leicester fans. By a basic counter, we can also see that the profits that UEFA and Champions League-related organizations earn from the Green Man will be much higher than Leicester, even Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham. or even Man United.
There are no specific statistics on how many fans Man City has. In the past 5 years, the number of Man City fans has increased by 523%, while that of United has decreased by 19%.
According to Business Insider UK version, Man City ranked 11th in the 20 teams with the most fans in the world. This number is updated in 2019. By 2009, the name of Man City does not even appear in the top 50.
Business Insider announced another interesting detail related to the fact that in addition to domestic fans, how many foreign fans in Man City dare to pay for airline tickets and hotels to enter the Etihad for a match?
The number one hope
In 2011, while MU attracted 114,000 foreign fans to the Old Trafford, the number of Man City was 18,000. However, the correlation between the two big men of Manchester is now no longer as big as 9 years ago.
According to data from The Guardian, Man City welcomed 101,254 foreign fans in the previous season, in which many fans came from distant countries like China, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia or even Vietnam.
The attraction of Man City was created thanks to the beautiful attacking play, the possession of many star teams, increasingly modernized facilities. Most important, however, is the successful marketing strategy. Man City is having brother teams spread across continents, creating a crowded and diverse network of supporters.
Man City also owns the team considered to be the best in the Premier League. We can temporarily measure this conclusion through the value evaluated by Transfermarkt.
Neymar and fateful head shake with Real Madrid
Neymar and the trip to Madrid
In March 2006, the AS newspaper, through a number of close sources, confirmed that Neymar, then a 14-year-old boy, soon wore a Real shirt. This is similar to the story of Lionel Messi, who moved to Barcelona at the age of 13. However, the problems related to the Brazilian striker are more or less different.
At that time, Neymar took a flight to Madrid with his father, Mr. Neymar Pai and his representative Wagner Ribeiro. The Samba supercenter once successfully brought Robinho to the Bernabeu, and this time he wanted to bet Neymar against the Spanish representative.
The striker born in 1992 stayed in Madrid for 3 weeks. He visited the Castilla training facility and quickly impressed with the Infantil A youth team coach, Jesus Gutierrez. “His talent is amazing. He has more outstanding things than the other boys in the academy, ”Mr. Gutierrez said.
Among young talents such as Dani Carvajal, Pablo Sarabia, Alex Fernandez, Fran Sol, and Neymar soon showed talent. “Everyone agrees with making Neymar a club player. Our kids also applaud him, ”Mr. Gutierrez answered excitedly.
Normally when the academy welcomes new recruits, the children here will show jealousy. The first thing they used to say was, “This kid is not as good as people say.” But for Neymar, it’s a completely different story. “Coach, this boy is amazing. So cool, “they said.
Neymar quickly integrated with the youth team, played well, even scored many goals. It seems that the Brazilian striker feels happy in Madrid. In an interview with ESPN, the talent for South America could not hide his emotions: “It was like a dream and Real still had something unreal to me,” Neymar said.
Coming to Real, Neymar met the stars of the soccer village like Zinedine Zidane, Julio Baptista, Ronaldo “fat”. On March 26, 2006, Neymar was invited to the Bernabeu to attend the match between Real and Deportivo. I really like and want to stick with this place.
The mission broke down
A few days later, Real decided to sign a contract with Neymar for a period of 5 years. The agreements were agreed by both parties. However, Samba striker did not appear in the Infatil A youth team to Barcelona. Neymar decided to return to Brazil, and the deal broke down.
Pai then explained why his son rejected the royal team because he felt sad and lost his simple happiness during his time in Madrid. Neymar misses his home, friends, family, Santos and even misses meals in his homeland.
Mr. Pai said it was not easy to refuse large sums of money and new life in Spain. However, Neymar wants to follow what his heart desires. At that time, many people criticized the Brazilian striker’s choice. They said that this young talent missed the opportunity to wear the most prestigious big man in Europe. Or rather, Neymar lost the opportunity to decide his whole life.
Despite this, Mr. Pai still believes in what his son pursues. Money does not buy happiness like people say. Happy with him and Neymar is still the Da Silva family in Brazil.
On the Real side, they responded to the failure of the Neymar deal in a different direction. And it is about money between the two. The South American striker’s agent wanted more than 60,000 euros to accept the deal. The sporting director “Los Blancos” then agreed. However, some members of the club management refused the fee.
On the side of Santos, the club’s chairman, Marcelo Teixeira, felt dissatisfied with the event in Spain. “As soon as we heard of the Madrid deal, we immediately phoned Neymar’s father. We offer 5 more years of contract, salary increases and everything for the Neymar family, ”he said.
Not stopping there, President Santos also contacted lawyer Marcus Motta, who informed and revealed to FIFA about Real’s access to Neymar. And finally, Mr. Teixeira and his home team won the Spanish representative in the fight to retain Neymar.
In addition, Mr. Teixeira played an important role in making Neymar refuse “Los Blancos”. At that time, the talented young South American father and his representative Ribeiro phoned Wanderlei Luxemburgo (the old coach at Real) to persuade President Santos to take him from Madrid.
And when Neymar took a flight to Brazil, he signed a new contract with his hometown team. This is the official information about the broken contract between striker Samba and Real.
Sadio Mane: The Liverpool Striker With A Golden Heart (part 2)
In Liverpool, Mane has reached a new level in his career. He created a dangerous trident in attack with Mohammed Salah and Roberto Firmino, helping the team for two consecutive years in the Champions League final and once champion. In the English Premier League in the 2018-19 season, Mane was the top scorer with Aubameyang and Salah with 22 goals each. The impressive achievement helped Mane to fourth in the European Golden Ball poll and fifth in FIFA’s The Best 2019 list.
By early 2020, Mane was honored with the best player in Africa. Until the ball stopped rolling due to the Covid-19 epidemic, Mane and his teammates were alone on their way to the first Premier League title. All of those achievements came under Klopp. But the German coach must also admit he had a bad impression when he first met that student.
After witnessing Mane’s performance directly against Liverpool, Klopp was completely convinced. Liverpool led Southampton 2-0 at half-time, before Mane came in and scored twice to reverse the situation. In the summer of 2016, Mane docked at Anfield for a fee of £ 34 million.
Contrary to the rapper-like appearance that Klopp described, Mane is not in the real life of a millionaire playing football. In 2018, he went to the mosque in Liverpool a few hours after the victory over Leicester to help clean the toilet. Sadio took the initiative to ask the staff at the cathedral not to send videos of him out, because he didn’t want to make pictures and not someone who wanted to please the fans. Sadio has a Bentley, but usually gets there in a normal car.
Mane’s hometown is where the World Bank estimates that up to 70% of households live in poverty. His father had died because there was no hospital to treat him, while his younger sister had to be born at home. That’s why Mane recently built a hospital in his home town. When Covid-19 broke out across the globe, Mane quickly sent £ 40,000 to the Senegalese government in support of the epidemic.
Sadio Mane: The Liverpool Striker With A Golden Heart (part 1)
A poor past is the driving force for Sadio Mane to rise up in the football industry, and to return to his native Senegal with a heart of philanthropy.
The newly released documentary Made in Senegal reveals many hidden corners of Mane’s miserable childhood. From a kid who gets a bitter grapefruit to one of the best-winged strikers on the planet is a long journey. The first shock came when Mane was seven years old when his father died of illness. He once told himself that he must do his best to help his mother. It is not an easy responsibility when he is too young.
The Mane family are religious people in Bambali and want their son to become a teacher instead of pursuing a football career. Meanwhile, football is Mane’s dream to change his life. But it was not an easy decision, especially when nobody around him supported him. At one point Mane thought he was wasting his time because success in football was only in his imagination.
At the age of 15, Mane decided to leave home. After querying for information from his best friend, his parents called to take Mane home. But he was still determined and was finally allowed to try football at the end of the school year.
When the time came, Mane was one of the most out of 300 young players who tried their luck. He wore a pair of pants that looked unrelated to football pants and wore a pair of torn shoes. However, during the mock match at Generation Foot Academy, Dakar, Mane shone and scored four goals. Thanks to the guidance of the founder of the academy Mady Toure, Mane has improved. In 2011, he was recruited by the French Metz Club and started his European adventure.
After a shining summer at the 2012 Olympic Games and helping recruit Senegal’s children to the quarterfinals, Mane went to Austria to play for Red Bull Salzburg. His advancements are increasingly solid when he joined Southampton in 2014 and Liverpool from 2016. Currently, Mane is one of the best players in the Premier League in particular and the world in general.