1 December 2009 - The Ballon d'Or Gets Messi

On 1 December 2009, Lionel Messi capped an amazing year by winning the Ballon d'Or as the world's best footballer. And he did by a record margin of votes.

A panel of sports journalists from around the world voted on the award, which had previously been limited to players from European clubs, but expanded in 2007 to include footballers from anywhere in the world.

The award came on the heels of Messi's incredible run with Barcelona in 2008-09 in which the Catalan club won a staggering total of six trophies--La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. Messi was one of four players from that team to finish in the voters' top five--the others were Xavi (3rd), Andrés Iniesta (4th), and Samuel Eto'o (5th), who had since moved to Inter in the summer of 2009.

The second-place finisher was Cristiano Ronaldo, who had won the award over Messi in 2008. In 2009, Messi finished with 473 out of a possible 480 first-place votes, more than doubling Ronaldo's total that year of 233 votes and setting a record separation of 240 votes between first and second place. The previous record was 167, set in 2007 when voting expanded to accommodate the award's new global scope. Cristiano Ronaldo had finished second that year to future Real Madrid teammate Kaká .

Lionel Messi Pictures vs Real Madrid (29 Nov 2010) El Clasico

The Special One "Guilty" on The Red Card Incident

Not a great week for Mourinho. Having himself humiliate in front of the world for a 5-0 defeated against eternal rival, Barcelona, and now he has to face his sanction from UEFA.

UEFA has decided that The Special One is guilty for ordering his two players, Ramos and Alonso for getting their second yellow card. Of course Iker Casillas and Dudek who got in this "conspiracy" also received a penalty.

UEFA accused Mou for deliberately instructed the order so that the 2 players could play in the knock out phase without any yellow card.

For the penalty, Mou got 2 games suspension. One is against Auxerre, and the other has to wait for the next 3 seasons. He also got €40,000 fine. While Ramos and Alonso, banned from Auxerre match, plus €20,000 fine each. For Casillas, and Dudek, they have to pay €10,000 and €5,000 fine. And Real Madrid get to pay €12,000 fine.

30 November 1872 - The First Official International

On 30 November 1872, England and Scotland played the first ever official international, which ended in a scoreless draw.

The two countries had actually played five earlier matches, with England winning three of those and the other two ending in draws, but FIFA does not consider them full internationals, as the Scottish sides were mainly limited to players based in the area surrounding London, where the matches were played.

In October 1972, the FA decided to play a match against Scotland in Glasgow "to further the interests of the Association in Scotland." There was no Scottish FA at the time, so the Scotland's oldest club, Queen's Park FC, stood in for the national team, with all players coming from that club. Nine different clubs were represented in the English side, with Oxford University having the most players at three.

Played at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, the match started after a 20-minute delay for fog. 4,000 people were there to watch, paying a ticket price of one shilling each. Scotland had the best chances of the day, with two shots hitting the crossbar (actually, a strip of tape hung between the top of the posts), but neither side managed to find he back of the net and the match ended 0-0.

Lionel Messi Dives Poorly From Carvalho's Elbow

With Barca already lead all the way through the match, Messi shouldn't do this stupid thing. It's not everyday we see Messi dive in La liga, since he use to be dominant on the match. While last night, not only Messi failed to score, but he didn't show great contribution on the match.

Not able to score, he started to dive, but with a very poor act. After he got fall by Carvalho nice challenge, Messi being told by Carvalho to stand up quickly. Messi, got up and approached Carvalho,who were just walking and leaving him, and deliberately touch his face to Carvalho's elbow. And suddenly, pretend to fall.

But the ref was clever enough to see that messi was just going nowhere, and he booked Messi with a yellow card for provoking the ref.

Angry Cristiano Pushed Pep Away on The Match

A disappointing night for all Madridistas.A tragic 5-0 loss from Barcelona.
All Real Madrid players couldn't stand being humiliated with all scores from Barcelona,  they started to pick a fight with the host. The first thing that was too obvious from CR, is when he pushed Pep rudely on the side of the field, just when CR wanted to take the ball from Pep. It wasn't all CR fault entirely, since Pep deliberately threw the ball away from Cris, and refused to give the ball right back at Cris.

Not accepting their coach to be treaten like that, Barca players started to protest way.....too much. And the result, both yellow card for Cris and Victor Valdes.

Here's the VIDEO, you can see on how Pep was ignoring Cris, and prefer to threw away the ball to Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures vs Barcelona (29 Nov 2010) El Clasico

Click on the Gallery for more pictures from CR on the match

29 November 1978 - Anderson Breaks England's Color Barrier

On 29 November 1978, England beat Czechoslovakia 1-0 in a friendly at Wembley. England's right back that day was Nottingham Forest's Viv Anderson, making the first start by a black player to appear for England in a full international match.

Born in Nottingham in 1956, Anderson began his professional career with Forest in 1974 and became a regular starter the following year. An attacking right back, he was an integral part of the team that won the League in 1978, then back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980. He also won two League Cups with Forest (1978, 1979) and the 1980 UEFA Super Cup.

His impressive form during that successful run led England manager Ron Greenwood to call him up for the friendly against the Czechs. Midway through the second half, with the match scoreless, Anderson surged forward to create a opening for Tony Currie, who then crossed the ball into the box where a waiting Steve Coppell knocked home the day's only goal.

Despite his excellent performance, Anderson had to wait until June 1979 for his second England appearance and didn't feature in a competitive match until November 1979. In all, he received 30 caps, the last coming in 1988. He eventually retired in 1995 and was elected to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

Cristiano Ronaldo Training Pictures Before El Clasico (28 Nov 2010)

Last training pictures before El Clasico....

Real Madrid Arrived at Barcelona (28 Nov 2010)

Real Madrid has already landed at the airport of El Prat, yesterday at 20:00. There, around 2000 madridistas, wearing RM jerseys and scarf, greeted them with a warm welcome, giving them support to face El Clasico .  Not too long until they went by bus to hotel Juan Carlos I, near Camp Nou to get some rest for the night.

On the contrary, Barcelonistas weren't show a good welcoming for the guest. They reportedly trying to intimidate Real's player. You can see on this pictures, RM bus window got crushed by the angry fans. Arbeloa and Albiol was sitting on the seat next to that window. Luckily, they didn't get hurt, but one of the Real Madrid security officer got hit by a stone and injured his head.

Show some manner, Barcelonistas !!!! Be sportive ....

VIDEO of the arrival

Rooney's Emotional Goal Celebration

It was just a goal from a penalty kick on Champions League match against Glasgow Rangers. But after 3 months without any single goal clearly made him frustrated. And celebrating his own goal emotionally just a way to show that he was relieved, since he waited for this opportunity for so long.

But his 'luck' didn't come early after the penalty. Because last night, against Blackburn, Roo failed to score his third goal with ManUtd. Instead, Berbatov collected 5 goals, which brings the Red Devils in winning a fantastic score 7-1.

28 November 1999 - A Hat To Go With His Gloves

On 28 November 1999, Vélez Sársfield defeated Ferro Carril Oeste 6-1 in an Argentina top flight match with a hat-trick from an unlikely source--their goalkeeper.

José Luis Chilavert had joined Vélez in 1991 and helped guide the club to their most successful period, winning 4 domestic titles and 5 international trophies between 1993 and 1998. Along the way, the Paraguayan international earned multiple individual honors, including Argentinian Player of the Year (1996) and South American Player of the Year (1996). He was also named the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper three times (1995, 1997, 1998).

In addition to being a strong goalkeeper, he was a skilled free kick marksman, often taking his side's penalty kicks. In the match against Ferro, in fact, all three of his goals came from the spot.

In all, Chilavert scored a total of 62 goals in club and international competitions during his career.

Cristiano Ronaldo Press Conference on El Clasico (27 Nov 2010)

CR was having a press conference today about the El Clasico match tomorrow. Here are parts of the interview :

"I don't feel more pressure than the rest, the entire team feels the responsibility of having to play a good game."

"The Clasico may be decisive, but we don't know yet. What's clear is that we intend to win the match. We know it is a very important game and we will be optimistic in our search for victory. We will know if it turns out to be decisive at the end of the season."

"There is much at stake for all of us. I'm just another player on this team. We all feel the responsibility of having to play a good game. I don't feel more pressure than the rest. I always want more, but my team-mates have the same thoughts and goals I have."

"I hope the story changes this season. We haven't lost a single game yet, which is important because makes it us confident. We know it will be a difficult match, but we are proving to be a solid side. I feel confident and I hope we earn a good result."

"It will only be natural for the Camp Nou crowd to greet our coach badly after what happened in the Champions League semifinals last year when he was at Inter Milan. But we are not worried about it. We will concentrate hard and will not dwell on anything unrelated to the game itself."

"Each team has its own style and identity, but both are playing well. We do what we think is best to win. We want to play well and score goals. In the end, all that really matters are the three points at stake."

When a reporter asked about what he thinks about El Clasico is a duel between Messi and him, he answered ,"It's nonsense."

Mesut Ozil Will Wear Special Boots for El Clasico

On his Twitter account, Mesut Oezil mentioned that he will use a special boots to be worn in El Clasico match. He will use the Mercurial Vapor Superfly II, with "1 MIO" wrote on it.

This boot has been launched a week ago, to celebrate Ozil Facebook fans number that already reached 1 million.

"I'll wear "1 MIO" Mercurials, so you will be with me at Camp Nou. Keep your fingers crossed. Cheers," wrote Oezil via Twitter.

This is the first El Clasico match for Oezil. And later, people will see the duel between Ozil and Barcelona's Andres Iniesta.

Irina Shayk Freaks Out With Her GQ Nude Shoot

Maybe she had a second opinion after seeing her pics on GQ's magazine, or maybe she was just afraid with Dolly's reaction, and that her relationship with the Real Madrid forward will be in jeopardize. Which one do you think might be the answer of why Irina sued the Spanish GQ magazine ??

Well either way, it's too late for her to do that. Take a look on this pictures. She definitely looks professional. Besides, it's not like it was her first time naked for a photoshoot. Bikini, sexy pose, and nude is like her speciality. So she's not going to fool anyone by saying that it was 'photoshop' who did the job, and that she wasn't aware with it.(some of the pictures can't be showing here since too vulgar)

It's not that I don't understand her reason to get freak out, since Dolores also disagree with CR's choice of woman after she saw Nereida topless pictures on a magazine....or was that on a website ??
With her safe place next to the most handsome, not to mention richest bachelor on football world, she wouldn't won't to lose it by making a single 'nude'mistake

 Take a look on her photoshoot session here :

27 November 2004 - Wimbledon's Game Sets Match Record

On 27 November 2004, two-year old club AFC Wimbledon set an English record by playing in their 78th consecutive league match without a loss.

The club was founded in June 2002 by former supporters of Wimbledon FC, after that club had relocated to Milton Keynes. The new team entered the English football pyramid in the ninth tier, the Combined Counties League, but rose quickly. After losing 2-0 to Withdean 2000 on 22 February 2003, they went unbeaten for the remainder of the season and narrowly missed out on promotion. Their unbeaten streak continued throughout their entire second season as they finished on top of the table in 2004 and jumped to Division 1 of the Isthmian League.

They passed the old record holders, St. Blazey, on 13 November 2004 by drawing 1-1 with Bromley in the 76th match of their unbeaten run. After a 2-0 victory over Dulwich Hamlet the following week, they traveled to Bashley for their record-setting match. Bashley went up 1-0 in the 9th minute, but were undone by set pieces. Wimbledon's Matt Everard equalized in the 60th minute with a header from a corner kick, then Martin Randall gave the visitors the lead with another header from a corner in the 89th minute.

Wimbledon's streak ended on 4 December with a 2-0 loss to Cray Wanderers, but they won the league for their second consecutive promotion. They were promoted twice more--in 2008 and 2009--and currently play in the fifth tier.

Cristiano Ronaldo - 3 Amigos Night Out at Basket Ball Match

Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo attended a basketball match at La Caja Magica, Madrid, between Real Madrid vs Olympiacos Piraeus.