THE NOMINEES FOR THE FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2012 ARE:

Sergio Agüero (ARG/Manchester City)

Mario Balotelli (ITA/Manchester City)

Karim Benzema (FRA/Real Madrid)

Gianluigi Buffon (ITA/Juventus Turin)

Sergio Busquets (ESP/FC Barcelone)

Iker Casillas (ESP/Real Madrid)

Didier Drogba (CIV/Chelsea, puis 

Shanghai Shenhua)

Radamel Falcao (COL/Atletico Madrid)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SUE/Milan AC, puis

 Paris-SG)

Andrés Iniesta (ESP/FC Barcelone)

Lionel Messi (AR/ FC Barcelone)

Manuel Neuer (ALL/Bayern Munich)

Neymar (BRE/Santos)

Mesut Özil (ALL/Real Madrid)

Gerard Piqué (ESP/FC Barcelone)

Andrea Pirlo (ITA/Juventus Turin)

Sergio Ramos (ESP/Real Madrid)

Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Real Madrid)

Wayne Rooney (ANG/Manchester United)

Yaya Touré (CIV/Manchester City)

Robin van Persie (HOL/Arsenal, puis 

Manchester United)

Xabi Alonso (ESP/Real Madrid)

Xavi Hernandez (ESP/FC Barcelone)

Champions League 2012 Group stage draw

The groups stage draw is as follows: 

GROUP A

GROUP B 

GROUP C

GROUP D

GROUP E

GROUP F 

GROUP H

GROUP OF DEATH  OMG....THE WINNERS OF EACH  LEAGUE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES...

GROUP  D

UEFA 2012 BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE NOMINEES

 

How the nominees were shortlisted

A jury of 53 sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations whittled down the 2011/12 long list to Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The final three will feature in a deciding vote in Monaco on Thursday 30 August during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.

You can find out how the votes were counted here  the officila UEFA site.

GERMANY AND ITS PERFECT NUMBERS IN THE EURO 2012

The EURO 2012 has finally begun and Germany has started with perfect numbers in this competition. They have played four games up to now and they have won the four of them.

The first game was :

      GERMANY   1                      PORTUGAL 0

In this match,  Real Madrid teammates  were playing opposite sides. Cristiano Ronaldo, Coentrao, and Pepe's Portugal  were playing agaisn Mesut Oezil and Sami Khedira's Germany. 

Mario Gomez scored and Germany won against Portugal his first match in the Group of Death. A difficult match with a great result. 

The second match was:

NETHERLANDS  1                    GERMANY 2

 

This game was "THE CLASH OF THE TITANS" since two of the favorite teams to win this competition played this match. Once again teammates from the same club were looking each other's faces  Robben  met Bastian, Neuer, Boateng, Lahm, Mueller, Gomez, and some others in this match. 

Super Mario Gomez scored the two goals for Germany and they defeated Netherlands.  Van Persie scored the goal for the Dutch. 

The third game of the Group of Death was:

DENMARK 1                   GERMANY 2 

 

This was not an easy game at all since Germany had to win this match to be the first of the group and avoid meeting Spain in the next round. 

Podolski scored the first goal for Germany. 

Then Khron- Dehli scored for Denmark.

At the end Lars Bender scored for Germany. 

Germany won its third game and passed to quarterfinals. 

The quarterfinal's game was 

GERMANY   4                            GREECE 2 

 

Germany showed all their potential and strength to the Greeks scoring four magnificent  goals. 

Now Germany has advanced to semifinals and it is eagerly waiting for its opponent that could be either England or Italy. 

A FUNNY POST AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF ALL GROUPS FROM EURO 2012

This post shows in a few words and with vivid images the first matches we had during the EURO 2012 ...very  concise but  at the same time precise...some people have such an amazing imagination.