Ronaldinho to participate in a world peace friendly match.

The Brazilian football star Ronaldinho confirmed that he had received an invitation from the Pope Francis , to participate in a friendly match for peace , which will be played September the first on the Olympic stadium at the Italian capital Rome.

The former Barcelona and Atletico Mineiro player confirmed that he was "very happy and proud of this invitation to participate in this important event " as he was invited by the Vatican's Pope.

According to press reports , the Argentinian football star Lionel Messi , the Italian Andrea Pirlo and the Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o had already confirmed their participation in this match , as well as the French legend Zinedine Zidane.

the 34 years old player is currently a free agent since he left Atletico Minero in July , he has confirmed that he would settled his future in the next few days and that he would not end his career, his brother/agent confirmed that he has received offers from the United States , Turkey , China and Qatar.

Ronaldinho , who started his professional at the Brazilian Gameiro club , joined Europe with Paris Saint Germain in 2001 , FC Barcelona in 2003 and AC Milan in 2008 , before returning to Brazil in 2011 with CR Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro in 2013, It is worth mentioning that Ronaldinho had already won the Ballon d'or in 2005.

Muito honrado e feliz por ter sido convidado para um jogo tao importante no vaticano a convite do Papa @Pontifex_pt pic.twitter.com/DJDGqKDqjq
— Ronaldinho Gaúcho (@10Ronaldinho) 8 Août 2014

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Inter Milan interested in Daniel Alves.

The Italian Inter Milan Club , had showed their interest in signing Barcelona's Brazilian player , Dani Alves, according to the Spanish "Sport" newspaper , Dani Alves , who is out of Luis Enrique's plans , has informed his team of a possible departure during the current summer transfer window , as he wanted to experience the English Premier League , but it seems that Inter Milan is currently the most serious about signing the player.

The newspaper added that the Catalan club could sell Alves for 6 Million Euros , in an attempt to reduce the expenses , to avoid paying Dani's 12 Million annual salary , where his contract expires in 2015.

It is worth mentioning that Barcelona has done the same thing with David Villa , as they sold him to Atletico Madrid for 2 Million Euros , due to his high annual salary , on the other hand , Liverpool is interested in signing the player , but it seems that the deal could never happend , since the Reds' board had already shown their interest in signing Atletico Madrid's 20 years old Javier Manquillo.

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According to Mourinho , Chelsea would be better off without David Luiz

Transferred to Paris Saint Germain a few weeks ago, David Luiz didn't leave a good impression to Jose Mourinho , according to the Portuguese coach , Chelsea is better off without the International Brazilian.

At Chelsea , David Luiz's departure is well lived , particularly thanks to the transfer fee generated by the transfer , a sum that could be considered "very high" for a center defender , who has not been in a good form during the 2014 World Cup , in front of the British media , Jose Mourinho , the Blues manager , has moreover expressed that he didn't regret selling the former Benfica player

"He was not a regular first choice last season , especially not to the center back position , we had John Terry and Gary Cahill during the entire season , he has done a few services in the medfield , he is a physical guy who has given us some important things, especially in the Champions League. But we don't need David's physical anymore" explained the Portuguese technical director

The Special One added that the London club would be better off this season without David Luiz "David has done some important thing here , he is a great professional player and we will miss him , but from a purely formal point of view , Chelsea will be better next season"

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Liverpool interested in Dani Alves

Spanish news reports revealed today that the English Liverpool club are currently seeking bolstering their defense by signing the Brazilian Barcelona player Daniel Alves.

The Spanish "AS" pointed out that the English club seeks on signing the player , taking advantage of the large amount of money they got from Luis Suarez's transfer to Barcelona , which was approximately 81 Million Euros.

The source explained that Dani Alves will get back to training with the team on Monday , at the end of his vacation , waiting for the outcome of the coming days.

It is worth mentioning that Paris Saint Germain , Monaco , Liverpool and Arsenal are currently approaching the player , and that the PSG are most likely to withdraw the race , since they already signed Serge Aurier.

Luis Enrique , Barcelona's new coach , has expressed several times that the Brazillian player , who's his contract expires next summer , is currently out if his plans , which attracted several team to try to steal the player.

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Ronaldinho could join Thierry Henry at the New York Red Bulls.

Free from any contract since his departure from Atletico Mineiro, Ronaldinho should easily find a new club , according to the Brazilian press, he could quickly join the MLS , more specifically , the New York Red Bulls , according to the information published by ESPN Brazil, which spread immediately in the United States , Ronaldinho's representatives , and especially his brother Roberto Assis, had already met with the leaders of the New York club. The negotiations would focus on an immediate transfer, or deferred it to the early 2015 , where the MLS starts.

In the north American Championship, each club can only have three stars whose wages exceeded the maximum tolerated by the League , the Red Bulls already has two stars , the French Thierry Henry and the Australian Tim Cahill , therefore, the arrival of Ronaldinho shouldn't be a problem.

Especially as it would be desired by the French, captain of the team and who would have himself called his former teammate from Barcelona (2007-2008) to ask him to join the "Big Apple". but the big question is: would Henry reform his duo with Ronaldinho ? or is he looking for his successor ?because after five years in New York, Henry's contract expires in a few months.

Whatever the possible date of his arrival, the 2005 Ballon D'or winner had already being courted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010 and 2011 , if the 34 years old player joined the MLS , he would be a heavy weighted ambassador of "soccer" , thanks to the beautiful American campaign in the World Cup , Football is becoming more and more widely publicised in Uncle Sam's country.

This is only the beginning ... with Kaka in Orlando City, David Villa and Frank Lampard at the New York City FC and perhaps Ronaldinho to the Red Bulls, the Major League Soccer would have never recruited many great names.

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Marquinhos is NOT for sell !!

Brazilian Press reports revealed that the Spanish Barcelona approached Paris Saint German , as their last attempt , to obtain the services of the Brazilian defender Marcos Aoás Corrêa , most known as Marquinhos , during the current summer transfers window.

The "Global Sport" pointed out that Barcelona made a 43 Million Euros offer, which was rejected by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi , the President of Paris Saint German , the report added that Marquinhos will be Thiago Silva and David Luiz's replacement in the club.

The 20 years old player , coming from AS Roma in 2013 , is one of the basic elements for Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's project in PSG , where he recruits talents under the leadership of Laurent Blanc , the Technical Director of Paris Saint Germain.

It is worth mentioning that the club administration are currently preparing a contract extension for Marquinhos , which ends by the end of 2019 , and which will be announced after the return of the group from their pre-season in Asia.

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European Clubs will have to let go their South American player because of Copa America

The 2015 Champions League final , that would be on June the 6th in Berlin, could miss some great players due to the Copa America which starts starts on June 11 2015 , So the players have to be with their respective National teams at May the 28th according to the laws.

If Real Madrid reaches the Copa Del Rey or the Champions League finals , they must play without Marcelo (Brazil) , James Rodriguez (Colombia) and Di Maria (Argentina) in case he decided to stay with the club.

On the other hand , if Barcelona reaches one of those finals , they must play without their main man Lionel Messi (Argentine) ,Neymar (Brazil) , Mascherano (Argentine) , Bravo (Chilie) , Suarez (Uruagway) , as well as Dani Alves (Brazil) , who is most likely to leave the club.

If Atletico Madrid reaches the Copa Del Rey or the Champions League final , Diego Godín , Cristian Rodríguez and José Giménez must join Urugway , while João Miranda , Guilherme Siqueira and Léo Baptistão must play for Brazil if they got called up.

At the English level , Pablo Zabaleta ,Fernando , Willy Caballero , Sergio Agüero , Fernandinho and Martín Demichelis from Manchester City , Sebastián Coates and Lucas Leiva from Liverpool , Filipe Luís , Ramires , Oscar and Willian could leave Chelsea if they managed to reach the Champions League final.

From the German side , Dante and Rafina could leave Bayern Munich , while Borussia Dortmund will have to play without Adrián Ramos if they reached the Champions League finals.

On the Italien Side , Martín Cáceres and Carlos Tevez (if he got called) , Arturo Vidal (if he didn't leave Juventus) , Mauricio Isla and Roberto Pereyra would leave Juventus , while Roma , who managed to return to the Champions League will have to play without Juan Iturbe , Maicon and Leandro Paredes if they managed to reach the finals , and their players got a national team Call up.

On the other hand , Napoli , who will play the Champions League play-offs next week , could let go 11 players (Rafael Cabral ,Henrique ,Miguel Britos ,Jorginho, Gonzalo Higuaín ,Federico Fernández, Eduardo Vargas, Walter Gargano ,Ignacio Fideleff ,Mariano Andújar and Duván Zapata)

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Barcelona wants to get rid of Dani Alves

Since Barcelona's signing with Suarez , Rakitic , Ter Stegen , Mathieu and Bravo , they were consistently looking for a way to sell Dani Alves before closing Cuadrado's deal.

Barcelona would like to sign the Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado from Fiorentina , the Only problem is that the Catalan must sell before buying again, and the first name to came out was Dani Alves , but the Brazilian player does not want to leave Catalonia , the 31 years old player has a strong chance to play his seventh season with Barcelona , even if the club doesn't desirethat

The "Mundo Deportivo" newspaper has indicated that Barcelona's board could repeat what they have done with David Villa a year ago, the Spanish player was undesirable at the Camp Nou following the arrival of Neymar. Barca had then agreed to his transfer to Atletico Madrid for 2 Million Euros (excluding bonuses).

the main idea would be to do the same thing with Daniel Alves , but they must find a club that would be welling to pay his 11 million euro annual Salary

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Dani Alves Future in Barcelona ? 

According to some information revealed by Marca, the right back , Daniel Alves said that he wished to continue his adventure at FC Barcelona. The catalan club will therefore count (despite him ?) on one of his executives to overhaul tactic advocated by Luis Enrique.

After the arrival of Luis Suarez, Marc-André Ter-Stegen , Ivan Rakitic and Claudio Bravo, FC Barcelona can count on the support of one of his executives, but perhaps against his will. Daniel Alves has announced himself, as reported in the Madrid daily Marca on their site , that he would like to remain in Catalonia the next season. "I want to fulfill the contract that I signed. I am very pleased at the club.

"I am very pleased at the club. We have lived wonderful years, a little less last year, but it is time to make the best out of this club". This same club which has apparently tried to sell him, in particular because of his salary and his recent bad form.

However, the Brazilian has stated that he wished to discuss with his new coach, Luis Enrique, to "continue working together". And possibly to know his future role that the new coach would grant him at the catalan club next season, which advocates a recasting of the tactical game of the new coach.

But it would be difficult to deny Dani Alves' experience(31 years) who used to be Crucial for his team in the past few years, where he arrived in the summer of 2008. a time, where he was followed by the Paris Saint Germain, where he refused their contract for "sporting and extra-sporting reasons" as it was revealed at the Parisian.

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Rivaldo expressed his opinion Via instagram

The Brazilian former Barcelona star criticized choosing the argentinian phenomenon , Lionel Messi , as the best player in the World Cup.

Rivaldo posted on his instagram account a picture of Arjen Robben , James Rodriguez and Thomas Muller , commentating : "In my simple opinion , the best player of the World Cup should have been between these three players. I love Messi, he is impressive and certainly will be other times the best player in the world. But those who deserve to be the best at the World Cup were James Rodrigues (Colombia), Robben (Holland) and Muller (Germany)".

Leo Messi was seriously attacker by football fans and legends when he was chosen as the best player of the World Cup , indicating that he did not deserve it , and that Fifa gaved him the trophy because of his past.

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The German team had fulfilled their promise to the Brazilians fans by preventing their rival Argentina from winning the World Cup title in Brazil.

The Brazilien fans where living a nightmare , which was watching their rival , Argentine, taking on the World Cup title in their home, which was a "shame" to watch, some fans said "we are ready to commit suicide if this happens," .

One of the German fans raised a banner that said "We won't let Argentinia win in your Home !", several other players hinted to that after crushing Brazil 7-1, confirming that they still respect them and that they didn't mean to insult the Brazilien nation with the loss.

Germany had fulfilled their promise yesterday, when they defeated Argentina in the final that was held in Maracana, which Prevent aggravation of the Brazilian team and fans tragedy, which lost their 3rd place match , and considered 10 Goals in two matches.

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Anti-World Cup demonstrations and arrest are far from being over. 

The Brazilian police fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets Tuesday night into Wednesday to disperse 300 demonstrators in the center of Sao Paulo who were asking for the release of other demonstrators arrested during the anti-World Cup gatherings .

According to local media, at least six people have been arrested during the demonstration, but at least two of them were subsequently released.

Brazil has been shaken a year ago, in full confederations Cup, by a slingshot historical social against the 11 billion of public funds wasted on the organization of the 2014 World Cup, at the expense of the improvement of public services.

Since that, the demonstrations have lost in intensity but have been radicalized around, particularly under the action of the anarchists of the group Black Block.

Since the kick off of the World Cup, on June the 12th , the rallies were held in most of the cities or were argueing of matches, but have gathered that 200 people on average in this country of 200 million inhabitants.

According to the local observers, the passion of football, the repression of the markets of the 12 June in Sao Paulo and Rio as well as the radicalization of the movement have diverted many Brazilians of the contestation.

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Ricardo Kaka Could join the American League

The Brazilian Star Kaka has terminated its contract with AC Milan. The Serie A club has made this announcement, specifying that this departure was made after a "mutual consent". The former star of the Seleçao, who came back to the Lombard Club last September after having put an end to his contract with Real Madrid, could take the path of the American League (MLS), with the club of Orlando.The 32 Years ago,is currently located in Brazil, where he follows the World Cup.

The second honeymoon between Kaka and AC Milan will not last long. As its first passage, between 2003 and 2009 which had earned him to be one of the great Players of this generation, as much his return has not been successful. We must say that Kaka is no longer what he was, and the lombard club not more. After 37 games and nine goals, the Brazilian has decided to stop this second experience in Milan.

Ac Milan posted on Twitter "You’ll be forever a red&black heart @Kaka! Thank you for everything / Per sempre un cuore rossonero… grazie Ricky "

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Neymar will participate in his country's national team match in front of Colombia the after getting permission from the doctors who confirmed that he was fine.

The Brazilian star Neymar felt pain in his right knee, which forced him to lean on his other leg during his match against Chile in the World Cup, therefore, The Brazilian star took medical examinations to be reassured about his condition.

However, Neymar's participation in his country's national team match in front of the Colombian counterpart next Friday is expected, within the quarter-finals of the current World Cup , which is being hosted by Brazil.

The official spokesman of the Brazilian national team Rodrigo Paiva clarified that Neymar received two powerful hits during his match against Chile in the 16 round of world cup ,one of the two hits was in his right knee which caused "great pain," . Although Paiva confirmed that Neymar is now better off.

Paiva said : "This will not be a problem for Colombia match,"

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If Pele could get back in time , he would have chosen Barcelona because of their recent unique style.
The Brazilian Football Legend Pele said that if he could return to play in this modern era, he would play for Barcelona club ,because of the Catalan's unique style.

Pele said in an interview published by Time magazine: "Santos was always my first choice, but in this age if I choose to play I will join Barcelona because of their unique style"

Pele said that if he was a player in this era, he would have been much better "because of modern technology and training technique, as well as the rules on the protection of the players from injuries which become more stringent,"

Pele had never faced Barcelona in official match, but he played four times against them in friendly matches, 1959, Santos won 5-1, 1960 Brazilians won 4-3, 1963 Barcelona Won 2-0, and in Cadiz 1974 where Barcelona won 4-1.

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The house where Pele was raised was vandalized and set on fire.

The Brazilian "Globo" TV Network announced today that a bunch of "saboteurs" set fire to the house where the Brazilian Football Legend Pele used to live during his childhood.

The television network said that the fire started in neighboring house and then spread to the home of the former international player, which is located in one of the mains streets of Paro near Sao Paulo.

it is worth mentioning that the two houses where Abandoned a few years ago and that the accident did not result in any casualties.

Some sources indicated that the firemen confirmed that the fire was started by people who set some wood in the house.

Pele is currently in New York , where he is publishing his book " why soccer matters".

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After the culmination of َ Atletico Mineiro in copa libertadores ,  Ronaldinho spoke to the media and said:

"It was the trophy that I was missing. Thank God for all this,"

when he was asked about the best player for him , he said : 

"Who is the best player in the world at the moment? Messi, Messi always" Ronaldinho said without hesitation at the end. "Messi knows all the love and admiration I have for him and his family and hope to be happy."

Ronaldinho did not exchange he's shirt with any player , he said "I am very happy. God gave me this T-shirt, it for my mother" 

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Sao Paulo receives the sixth defeat in a row after his defeat 3-0 in its stadium in the Cruzeiro in the Brazilian football league after the attacker Luan triple in the second half for the benefit of the guest team.

A decline in Sao Paulo, one of the major powers in Brazilian football in normal, to the center 15 within 20 teams in the competition with a score of eight points from nine matches.

Sao Paulo lost four matches in the league & two other in the cup during continuous collapse since six matches.

The match stopped for a short time when a dog entered  on the pitch and stop quietly at the edge of the penalty area before he wa scarried by one of the players in Nautico abroad.

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The Globo Tv Sports, reveled on Friday, that the International Football Federation has occurred in big mistake when he revealed the list of prices of tickets for the matches of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil but was quickly removed the list after hours of deployment.

According to the list who was published by the site, the less price ticket for one of the matches of the role of groups of price 30 CR while the highest price of in this championship 1980 riyals, the price of a ticket for the final match of the Maracana stadium history.

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The English club Tottenham Hotspur for the completion of the process of signing a contract with Brazilian international midfielder Paulinho, culminating with his country's national team won the title of World Cup 2013, coming from the Corinthians Brazilian.


 The London club announced during the championship, which was held last month, that it had reached an agreement with Paulinho which emerged remarkably in the championship and won the bronze Boot award Third Best Player.

Paulinho met with Portuguese  Tottenham coach Andre  Bush and President of the club, Danny Levy last Thursday before the declaration on Saturday for the completion of the deal in return for 17 million pounds.


Club official quoted in its home page on the site of the "Tweeter" social networking of Paulinho statement: "I am eager to join the Spurs, very happy playing in this club".

Paulinho played 167 matches in the lines of the Corinthians since 2010 during which he scored 34 goals, and wear  a shirt "Silisao" in 17 matches and scored 5 goals.

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