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    Ade..paw ban Brazil.....
    Me team eka nan brazil wala hitiya pajama team eka...:dull::dull::dull:
    1kenekgen depend wenna giyama oka thamai wenne bro.Neymar neh main man so eya nathi matches wala fail wenawa:eek: & T.Silva nathi 1kath loku paduwak una agollnata:yes:

    Anith 1ka thamai Brazil pressure 1kata set una machan okai une...just like Spain in group stages:sorry:

     

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    Miranda quashes Atletico Madrid exit talk

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    Miranda has insisted he has no desire to leave Atletico Madrid this summer, despite rumours about a possible transfer.

    The Brazilian centre-half has been linked with Manchester United and Barcelona in the current transfer window, with both clubs known to be keen to bolster their defensive options.

    However, it appears that the 29-year-old, who made 32 league appearances as Atletico clinched their first Liga crown since 1996 last season, will remain at Vicente Calderon.

    "Don't worry, I'm staying," he was quoted as saying by Marca, despite previously claiming to have received offers from Premier League and La Liga sides.However, while Miranda appears to be content to remain with Atletico, Filipe Luis, who has been linked with a move to Chelsea as long-term replacement for new Roma signing Ashley Cole, was less certain on his own future.

    "We'll see what happens," the 28-year-old said when asked if he was likely to leave.

    Atletico enjoyed a hugely successful campaign last term, ending the season as La Liga champions as well as beaten Champions League finalists following a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid in Lisbon.
     

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    Ronaldo pays tribute to late grandmother

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    Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has used social media to leave a touching message to his grandmother, who passed away on Tuesday.

    Filomena Aveira, who was 87, died shortly after Ronaldo's return from the World Cup in Brazil, where his Portugal side endured an ignominious exit from the group stage.

    The 29-year-old, who is currently on holiday following elimination from the tournament, took to his Twitter page to announce the death of his grandmother and leave a heart-felt tribute on Tuesday.

    "Grandmother, you will always be in my heart," the former Manchester United attacker wrote.

    "Rest in peace. Kisses from all your grandchildren."

    The tweet was accompanied by a photo of him and his son, Cristiano Ronaldo Junior, taken with Filomena some weeks before.
     

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    I'll leave Van Persie decision as late as possible - Van Gaal

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    Louis van Gaal insists he will wait on the fitness of Robin van Persie for as long as possible after the Netherlands striker trained alone on the eve of the World Cup semi-final against Argentina.The Manchester United star and full-back Daryl Janmaat both reported stomach upsets on Tuesday, with Van Gaal leaving both to train separately as a precautionary measure.

    And the Dutch coach says he will make a final decision on striker Van Persie in particular on Wednesday, just hours before the game at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo.

    “Van Persie had some intestinal problems so it was best he didn’t train today,”Van Gall told a press conference.

    “I don’t know if he will be 100 per cent. I will have to take these decisions tomorrow. We have more than a day to go and Van Persie is a very important player to us.“He is our captain, so in that capacity alone he is very important, and in principle my captains always play.”

    The fitness of Van Persie and Janmaat are not the only reasons for concern for Van Gaal, with defender Ron Vlaar short of fitness and midfielder Nigel de Jong looking to make a shock early return from a thigh injury which had looked set to end his World Cup.

    “De Jong tried out today and we will have to wait and see how it looks tomorrow,” Van Gaal admitted.

    “If you want to return to the pitch so quickly there has to be a reaction. We will see how he reacts. Vlaar is the same. We’ll wait and see.”

    Much has been said about Lionel Messi in the build-up to the crunch clash, with the Barcelona star expected to be the main man for Alejandro Sabella’s Argentina side.

    But Van Gaal insists that while he will prepare his side to step Messi, the Albiceleste have many more players with which they could cause his side damage.

    “Messi was once elected the best football player in the world, and that’s not for nothing,” he added. “At the highest stage he can always pull it off.“In principle, he has always found it rather difficult to repeat that at national level and he wants to show he can do that. We need to stop him doing it.

    “But we are playing against Argentina, we always refer to teams not to individuals. We showed the players some things on Argentina this morning, but I need to see how they will play and with which players before deciding exactly how we will play.”

    The semi-final kicks off at 22:00CET on Wednesday, with the winners going on to play Brazil or Germany in Sunday’s final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
     

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    Prandelli: Balotelli not yet a champion

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    Former Italy coach Cesare Prandelli believes that Mario Balotelli still has some way to go before he can be considered a true "champion".

    The AC Milan foward netted the winner in the Azzurri's World Cup opener against England but disappointed in their subsequent defeats to Costa Rica and Uruguay.

    Even Prandelli appeared to lose patience with Balotelli in Brazil, hauling the forward off at half-time in the latter loss, and he has now admitted that he feels the 23-year-old still has so much to prove.

    "For now he only has great shots, but he's not yet a champion," the new Galatasaray boss told reporters at his official unveiling on Tuesday. "He must work to become one."

    Prandelli also took a swipe at Giuseppe Rossi, who lashed out publicly at the coach following his omission from Italy's World Cup squad.

    "Giuseppe Rossi is the one who disappointed me the most, as a man more than as a player,” the former Fiorentina boss stated.

    Meanwhile, Prandelli revealed that he and his family have been subjected to death threats in the wake of the Azzurri's shock first-round elimination in Brazil and admitted that he has been taken aback by the severity of some of the criticism he received from the media just two years after leading Italy to the final of Euro 2012.

    "We are receiving numerous letters from so-called supporters,” Prandelli lamented.
    “I decided to resign and not to ask for any bonus from the Italian FA, and I promised myself not to train any Italian team, at least for the moment.
    "During the World Cup there were maybe some players who were frightened by the pressure, but the group was solid, not devastated as someone reported.

    “Being compared to Schettino [the infamous Costa Concordia captain, who left the ship while sinking] was the thing that hurt me the most."
     
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