Monday, March 21, 2011

Kicker-Ticker: John Terry is England captain again

+ + + + A year after he was deposed John Terry was re-appointed captain of the England team. The captain and defensive leader of the Chelsea FC has been pardoned by coach Fabio Capello. The 30-year-old central defender will lead the England team on Saturday in the European Championship qualifier against Wales.

"A year of punishment is enough," said Capello, who was criticized by the British Sunday papers for this decision hard. "No respect, no class," headlined the tabloid News of the World "and talked about the disappointment of the current captain Rio Ferdinand. The Italian Capello had Terry in February 2010 closed after unsubstantiated reports of a tabloid newspaper about an affair of the defender with ex-girlfriend of his former club and current team-mate Wayne Bridge as captain.

The bandage was transferred to Manchester United defender Ferdinand. After his injury led Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard the "Three Lions" at the World Cup in South Africa. England dropped out after a disappointing tournament by 1:4 against Germany in the last sixteen. + + + + + + + + Pause Cristiano Ronaldo needs because of a hamstring injury two to three weeks.

Like his club Real Madrid announced on Sunday, was at demStürmer a muscle injury in his left thigh broken again. The Portuguese had on Wednesday's 3-0 victory of the "Royal" in the Champions League game against Olympique Lyon's 2-1 success in the local derby at Atletico Madrid played for Real, though the wounds had not completely healed.

The association of fellow German international Mesut Özil and Sami Khedira is now the Portuguese national team in international matches against Chile and Finland are missing. Also his commitment to Real in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League on 5 April against Tottenham Hotspur is questionable.

+ + + + + + + + Three days after the 3-2 victory at Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the Italian champions Inter Milan in the Serie A title race has returned for good. On 30 Match took the triple winner of the slip leader AC Milan at Palermo (0-1) and reduced the gap to the Rossoneri thanks to a 1-0 (0-0) against Lecce on two points.

The goal of the day for opponents of Schalke 04 in the quarterfinals of the top class scored in Milan's Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in the 52 Giampaolo Pazzini Minute. After the international break next weekend and Inter Milan take on 2 April in the city of Derby together. With a hit could take over city rivals Inter in the table, and outflank the first time this season the standings.

Juventus, meanwhile, reduced the gap to the Euro-League places with a 2-1 (1-1) win at home against Brescia Calcio on five points. The "Old Lady" benefited from the blunders of the fifth-AS Roma, Fiorentina, in the not make it past a 2-2 (1-2). This double scorer Francesco Totti reached the sixth player in history of series A, the 200-goal mark.

The captain of the Roma was like first in the 27th Minute penalty by Adrian Mutu, the leadership of (21) from. After Alessandro Gamberini Florence had put back in front (34), Totti had hit number 201 followed by the final score (52.) + + + + + + + + The English double winners FC Chelsea have landed in the fight for direct qualification for the Champions League is an important victory.

In the duel of the table sat the neighbors, "Blues" thanks to goals from David Luiz (79) and Ramires (90 + 2) v Manchester City 2-0 (0-0) by. The "Citizens", in which national player Jerome Boateng did not play slipped, by the defeat at Stamford Bridge with 53 points off fourth place. Chelsea, however, took third place with 54 points and is nine points behind leaders Manchester United.

Meanwhile, there was record champions FC Liverpool recovered from the well-off in second round of the Champions League. By a 2-0 (1-0) at Sunderland shortened the "Reds" the gap to the Euro-League places on four points. Dirk Kuijt took the sixth-penalty spot (33 rd) in management, Luis Suarez took care of the 2-0 (77th).

Sunderland's John Mensah could also due to an emergency seven minutes from the red card. + + + + + + + + Super star Arjen Robben from the German record champion Bayern Munich canceled his participation in the European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands, Hungary (25./29. March).

The 27-year-old midfielder was in Saturday's 2-1 win in Munich at SC Freiburg replaced after 30 minutes with adductor problems and will not risk serious injury. Robben has since lost the World Cup finals in South Africa against Spain (0-1 after extra time) due to a muscle tear in the thigh is no longer contested match for the "Elftal.

Also, FC Bayern, he was missing the entire season so far. + + + + + + + + Olympiakos Piraeus has secured early in the Greek Cup title. After the 6-0 victory over AEK Athens on Sunday night in Piraeus Olympiakos is displacing three games to end season with 67 points from pursuers Panathinaikos Athens (57) no longer from the top.

For Series champions Olympiakos Piraeus it is 13 Title in 15 years. Arch-rival Panathinaikos Athens could only be broken in 2004 and 2010, the dominance of Olympiakos. + + + +

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