Diego Simeone


this is Diego Simeone formation for his team Athletico Madrid vs Real Madrid in La Liga 2013
the game ended with Athletico win by 1-0. 

Diego Simeone Personal Information
Full name
Diego Hector Simeone
Date of Birth
April 28, 1970 (age 43)
Place of Birth
Buenos Aires , Argentine
Height
1.77 m (5 ft. 9 ½ in)
Playing position
Defensive midfielder
Club Information
Current club
Atletico Madrid
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
Goals
1987-1990
Velez Sarsfield
76
14
1990-1992
Pisa
55
6
1992-1994
Sevilla
64
12
1994-1997
Atletico Madrid
98
21
1997-1999
Internazionale
57
11
1999-2003
Lazio
90
15
2003-2005
Atletico Madrid
36
2
2005-2006
Racing
37
3
Total
513
84
National team
1989
Argentine u20
4
1
1988-2002
Argentine
106
11
1996
Argentine Olympic
6
1
Teams managed
2006
Racing
2006-2007
Estudiantes
2008
River plate
2009-2010
San Lorenzo
2011
Catania
2011
Racing
2011-present
Atletico Madrid

Mourinho Life with Chelsea Has become easiest and best


After a bad start after returning to Chelsea life has become better as a surprise for Coach Jose Mourinho and his team approached to the leader of the Premier League football Arsenal.
Chelsea can rise to the top of the standings for a few hours at least if defeated on the ground Newcastle United on Saturday after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the League Cup in midweek by defeating 2 - zero away to Arsenal.
And winning 13 points from 15 and the emergence of striker Fernando Torres in a new way and the existence of choices in all the centers and the recovery of all the injured players seems that Chelsea forward strides.
However, the level of the players causes a headache for Mourinho, especially when it comes to a choice between those who sit on the bench or who will be excluded from a game completely.
Mourinho Said, who received a reminder of the capabilities of Juan Mata in the middle of the week, when he presented the Spaniard who has not played a key this season , a great performance against Arsenal "It is not easy for me to leave players out of the squad or on the bench because everyone deserves to play . "
He said in a press conference, “I am not just with players who are not chosen because they are doing their best in order to play.”
In front of Mourinho a full range to choose from a list of Saturday's game which does not have good memories.
Mourinho said "We have one of the toughest games in the entire season in the St James' Park stadium, but we want to try and continue to victories.”
He added, “October was fantastic for us but to be first or not at this moment the one-point or two points which is important."
"Of course it is better to be the first more than to be a fifth  ... this is obvious but it is not a problem for us now."
The Torres development in Chelsea reflects, and his presentation was against Manchester City in the previous round - when he scored the winning goal near the end, making the first goal - it is better for him almost since joining for 50 million pounds ($ 80.3 million) from Liverpool in 2011.

Mourinho said, "I feel that it is doing his best in every game."

Atletico Madrid passes Granada by two penalties and continues chasing the Catalan giant




Atletico Madrid continued to chase Barcelona at the top of the Spanish league football beating host Granada with two goals against a goal Thursday in the eleventh stage of the competition, which saw a surprise win for Getafe away to Villarreal 2 -zero.
And Atletico raised its tally to 30 points, one point behind leaders Barcelona and five points ahead of Real Madrid, who finished third, while Granada stuck at 11 points in the fourth century.
Atletico win came from two penalties in the match came boring in many periods of its time.
David Villa got two penalties for Atletico where Diego Costa scored the first penalty in the 38th minute while David Villa scored his second penalty kick in the 77th minute.
Atletico played with ten men since the 90th minute after the expulsion of Philip Lewis for getting two yellow cards during the game.
In stoppage time of the match, Granada replied with a goal by the Nigerian midfielder Odeon Egialo.
In the other match of the Romanian international striker Ciprian Marica advanced with a goal for Getafe after five minutes of the start of the game.
Villarreal suffered a resounding shock after 39 minutes expelled Pablo Anajos, after intervention violently with Marica.
In stoppage time of the match Pablo Sarabia added the second goal for Getafe with the help of Pedro Leon Sanchez.
Getafe and raised the tally to 19 points in fifth place, one point behind fourth-placed Villarreal.
And tomorrow Friday at 20:00 GMT Barcelona will be in meeting with his rival Espanyol at home , but Adriano will not participate in the meeting because of the injury he received in their previous game in La Liga against Celta Vigo which the game ended 3-0 to Barcelona.

Tata rejects comparison with Guardiola... And confirms: Pep trained the best team in history




The Barcelona coach Argentine Gerardo "Tata" Martino Rejected making comparisons with former coach Pep Guardiola, adding that the latter trained "the best team in history."

The Tata explained during a press conference on the eve of the face Espanyol in the derby Catalonia round 12 of the Spanish league "we should not run the risk of the outcome of the team until we get to the best version, we respect how to play because people are used to it, we must win matches, and then we hope to reach the best performance”.
And Tata will finish Tomorrow the day number 100 in the Catalan team since the day he took his training to succeed patient artistic director Tito Vilanova.

The Argentine continued, "I do not think it should make comparisons with previous periods, the team still needs a lot to reach the level of the best team in the world, we do not like the feeling of loss of control, we want to move this feeling for the competitor ."
Martino expressed “satisfaction” with the results, but stressed that his players can offer “the best of it," expressing his optimism about the future.

He returned to renew confidence in his compatriot and star Barca first Lionel Messi despite the decline in his performance and his fast on the scoresheet in the last three games in La Liga, stating "we used to see him scoring three goals in the game, Leo is still able to provide the level very well, there is a belief that it is not normal not to score within 72 hours, and is seen as a huge problem.”

On the face of neighbor Espanyol arch, he said " it is a very important game in order to maintain the lead, we must deliver a good performance and to respond to criticism over the past weeks.”

Capello ignores calls to annex Arshavin to Russian team




Russia football coach Fabio Capello has ignored invitations of media and fans to the Andrei Arshavin returned to classes on Thursday when he announced the lineup prepared to face Serbia and South Korea in a friendly next month.

And Russia ensured to qualify for next year's World Cup in Brazil will face Serbia on November 15, before the next play with South Korea after four days in the United Arab Emirates as well.
Arshavin midfielder Zenit St Petersburg appeared this season well with his club but Capello ignore the annexation of the former commander of the Russian national team.

Arshavin former player for Arsenal scored 17 goals in 75 international appearances with Russia, but he found difficulties to impress Capello since the Italian coach took over from Dutchman Dick Advocaat in July 2012.

The Russian squad came as follows:
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Yuri Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg) Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan).

Defenders: Aleksander Anyukov and Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksei Berezutski and Vasili Berezutski and Sergei Ignashevich and Kirill Nabakin and Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Vitali Dyakov (Rostov) Andrey Yeshchenko (Angie)     Aleksei Kozlov (Kuban Krasnodar) Dmitri Kombarov and Sergei Parshivlyuk and Yevgeni Makeev, (Spartak Moscow).
Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow) Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow) Pavel Mamayev (Krasnodar) Dmitri Tarasov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin Kazan) Roman Shirokov and Viktor Fayzulin and Oleg Shatov, (Zenit St Petersburg).

Forwards: Vladimir Bystrov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg) Aleksandr Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Artem pockets (Rostov)                Aleksandr Kokorin and Fyodor Smolov and Aleksei Ionov (Dynamo Moscow).

Scolari: Diego Costa exclusion open the door Seleção front Willian



Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari Admitted today that the refusal Diego Costa to join Seleção opens the door to call the player Willian, and not Robinho as it is thought.

Scolari explained during a press conference announced during which the names of the players invited to participate in friendly games against Honduras and Chile next month, "Robinho was in my mind and calculations, he has nearly 100 international appearances and played two world cups, it is important to give him a chance, we'll see if he could integrate with our group and show the same spirit.”
With regard to Willian of Chelsea star said, "I watched him in the past months, that player has a character " but acknowledged that Diego Costa preference to play for Spain hurry in Willian accession, and not Robinho star center Milan.

The veteran coach refused to talk again about Costa, stressing that rolled up that page, also declined compared with the accession of Deco and Pepe to Portugal while he was the leadership.
He explained, “Deco and Pepe status was completely different, which has not been summoned for Brazil and did not participate in any match, not one second."

Scolari stressed that "the list of the World Cup did not close, and the changes and renovations featured until the last day for announcing officially."

As he wished healing to his primary striker Fred spearhead team Fluminese, who is suffering from an injury.

Brazil will meet with Honduras in Miami, United States on November 16, and then face Chile in Toronto, Canada three days later.
On the other hand , Brazilian PSG striker Lucas seems confident from contesting the 2014 World Cup in his country, despite a warning from Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil coach that the player need to play regularly with his club.

Don't be selfish