Friday, November 21, 2014

Wounded Tiger at Old Trafford

Concerns keep growing as Radamel Falcao known as "El Tigre" or "The Tiger", forward for the Red Devils as re injured himself, and will now be sidelined for 2 more weeks.  Falcao, who hasn't been active since the 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion on October 20th, injured is calf, and his now at least 2 weeks away from being healthy again.  Reports say that the injury occurred while training.  The injury also means that Falcao won't be available for the Arsenal clash which will be on Saturday, and the 2 back to back home games against Hull on November 29th and Stoke City on December 2nd. 
Falcao, who was a deadline day loan transfer from French club Monaco, has appeared for 5 games and scored 1 goal this season for the Red Devils, and has yet to complete a full 90 minutes.  When asked about this new set back by MUTV, Van Gaal was quoted as replying, "It takes time", he replied, "next week he shall train, probably with our selection and then he needs two weeks and maybe a game."
Falcao remains very optimistic though, and he even showed frustration on the media reporting stories on how he is still battling the injury that he attained at Monaco, which made him miss the World Cup.  Falcao told MUTV, "I am getting better,  I feel well and I hope to come back to the pitch soon.  It is disappointing that I can't play but I have to be calm and recover because that is important to help the team when I return to the games." He then mentioned his frustration with the media about his past injury, and cleared the air on it a bit.  "It is a bit frustrating. Well, it is more than frustrating actually and it detracts from the credibility of the media that there is so much speculation and that so many falsehoods have been written about it.  I think with an audience of so many millions of people, it is not right. I did take a small injury to my calf, which is something that I need to be careful with, but there are a lot of stories circulating that are pure speculation."
Let's hope the man known to his fan's as "El Tigre" or "The Tiger" has a quick and speedy recovery.  I'm sure I'm speaking for most football fan's when I say that the football world misses him and his amazing aerial goals.  On top of that, I'm sure Manchester United are missing him, especially with the other injury woes that they are going through.  Like Daley Blind who is going to be out of action for some time and a possible worry for the status of Angel Di Maria as he took a knock in Argentina's friendly against Portugal.  I would love to hear your opinion or any feedback, and if you enjoyed this article please follow and share my blog, and follow me on Twitter by following @RobertoVindell . Thanks guys.


Sunday, November 16, 2014

King of Europe

Cristiano Ronaldo's record breaking continues, as on November's 14th match for the European Championship against Armenia, he slotted home from close range the game winning goal, as well as goal number 23.  That's 23 goals in all of the tournaments he's been in for the European championship's, making him the all-time goalscorer in the tournament, surpassing Denmark's Jon Dahl.  Scoring 23 goals, in 37 games for Portugal in Euro tournaments, Ronaldo has been in amazing form and doesn't look like he will be stopping anytime soon.  With the win against Armenia, Portugal is looking pretty capable of moving into the next round, with just one point behind Denmark, and in doing so Cristiano Ronaldo is sure to add to his goal tally. 











The Portuguese star is having an amazing season so far for both club and international duties, in the Champion's League, and the Copa del Rey, while also hitting the back of the net 20 times in just 10 games for Madrid.   At the rate he's going, Ronaldo is set to possibly go on and win the coveted Balon d'Or award in January.  He currently made the short list for the award, including players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, and of course Messi, among others.  But, at the form that he is in, he's a good choice, if not the choice to win it again.  Paul Pogba from France was quoted as saying that Cristiano is the, "logical choice", "For me, it will be him,"  the Juventus midfielder said when talking to France Football Magazine. "It's logical, but it's logical for everyone, right?"  In case you need more convincing, here's just a little list of SOME of his accomplishments in 2014.  Enjoy!  If you think Ronaldo should win the Balon d'Or please leave a comment below, or if not, I would love to hear from you guys who you do think should win.  Also follow me on Twitter  at @RobertoVindell and follow my friends at @Pepper_Football for great football blogs.