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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Cristiano Ronaldo need to have some rest

The Spanish Real Madrid Medical team announced that the Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was excluded from the pre-season matches that Real Madrid will play in the USA, and that he could miss some official matches next season to avoid his injury's aggravation.

Ronaldo forced himself to play during the last three months since he suffered a knee injury in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund, in order to help his team to win the Champions League after defeating Bayern Munich in semifinals and then Atletico Madrid in the final in Lisbon, as well as leading his country during the 2014 World Cup.

Real Madrid's medical team advised Cristiano to avoid participating during the pre-season matches , or even in the UEFA Supercup vs Seville and the Spanish Supercup vs Atletico Madrid , to avoid his injury's aggravation to increase his chances of playing in La Liga and in the Club World Cup that Real Madrid will participate in since they won the UEFA Champions League.

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UEFA revealed the 10 nominees for the UEFA Best Player Award.

The Union of European Football Associations has disclosed the list of ten candidates nominated for the award of the best European player of the 2013-2014 season . The prize will be awarded to the winner at the draw of the group phase of the UEFA Champions League on August 28 in Monaco.

After a vote conducted by the journalists affiliated to UEFA, 10 candidates were selected. A new vote will be held on August the 14 in order to get the last three finalists. During the ceremony of August 28 , the journalists will have the opportunity to vote directly for their favorite.

In the 10 title contenders we found four players from Bayern Munich (Lahm, Muller, Neuer and Robben), two Real Madrid player , The Champions League champions (Di Maria and Ronaldo), and two players of FC Barcelona (Messi and the newcomer Suarez, last season Liverpool).

This is the 4th edition of this award , which was created by the UEFA President Michel Platini. The previous winners are, Lionel Messi (Arg/ 2011), Andres Iniesta (Esp/ 2012) and the French Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/ 2013).

The ten nominees are: Diego Costa (Esp/Atletico Madrid/Chelsea), Angel Di Maria (Arg/Real Madrid), James Rodriguez (Col/Monaco), Philipp Lahm (All/Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Arg/FC Barcelona), Thomas Muller (All/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (All/Bayern Munich), Arjen Robben (Net/Bayern Munich), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por/Real Madrid) and Luis Suarez (Uru/Liverpool/FC Barcelona).

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Xabi Alonso and Diego Simeone punished by UEFA

Diego Simeone and Xabi Alonso have been suspended a game each , on Thursday , by the disciplinary commission of the UEFA for their behavior during the Champions League Final in Lisbon on May the 24 .

Simeone is punished for having left his technical area, when he tried to hit Raphael Varane.On the other hand ,Alonso is on his side was suspended for "violation of the general principles of behavior".

Despite being suspended for having received three yellows cards ,Xabi Alonso behaved perfectly during the Champions League Final, but when Bale scored the winning goal for Real Madrid (2-1 ), he couldn't stop himself and ran on to the pitch to celebrate it. His epic sprint to join his teammates will go down in the annals of the Madrid club.

The International Spanish Medfield will not participate in his team's match vs Sevilla at the UEFA Supercup on August the 12 in Cardiff. In addition, the two clubs have also been punished for use of pyrotechnic devices and "improper conduct". as well as having received at least five Yellow Cards (5 for the Real Madrid, 7 for the Atletico). Atletico Madrid will pay 21,000 euros fine, 18,000 for the Merengues.

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Could Cristiano Ronaldo recover in time ? 

The Portuguese Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, is currently receiving treatment by Physiotherapist Joaquín Juan to recover from the injury he was exposed to in the Tight in order to be ready to participate in the semi-finals of the European Champions League against Bayern Munich.

Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury in his left thigh . this injury could force him to skip Copa Del Rey final against Barcelona next ednesday, and could miss the 1st leg of the UEFA Champions League.

Ronaldo resorted to Physiotherapist in an attempt to revive his hopes of participation against Bayern Munich in the match that will be held on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, where Portuguese started in training from dawn until sunset in order to return as soon as possible.

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Guardiola is glad to face a team that he knows well in Champions League semifinal.

The Spanish Coach Josep Guardiola, technical director of Bayern Munich expressed his happiness that he will have to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semi-final.

Guardiola, former Barcelona manager, said that the expected confrontation between Bayern and Real Madrid can be considered a "German-Spanish" classico.

Guardiola Said "Casillas , Pepe , Ramos ,Bale ,Modric , Coentrao , Alonso , Di Maria , Benzema , Ronaldo ... What a match".

He added: "I feel happy. All of Europe will follow up these two matches. I look forward to an excellent scenario .. I know Real Madrid are excellent. I met this team many times as a coach and as a player. I love the confrontations between the best players and best Coaches. We will be a great challenge in front of one of the best teams in the world,"

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Messi spent his 2nd leg of the Champions League quarterfinal walking around the pitch.

The former Bayern Munich player Willy Sagnol attacked Argentinien Barcelona star Lionel Messi and criticized his performance in his team's match in Champions League against Atletico Madrid, where they lost 1-0 and got knocked out of the competition.

Messi only ran 6.8kms during the game, 1.4 Kms more than Barcelona's Goalkeeper Pinto which is not equivalent to half of the distance that Atletico Madrid player and Man of the Match Koke ran, Messi also failed to express his presence in the match.

The former French international said that Messi's performance is a sign of lack of respect to the fans as he did not show sufficient seriousness and accused him of unconcern to the Fans.

Sagnol said : "Messi did not care about the fans and spent most of his time walking on the pitch".

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Thomas Muller gratitude Santiago Bernabeu stadium's features and promised Bayern fans with a great performance.

Thomas Muller , German Bayern Munich medfield confirmed on Friday that there are no settled matches in the semi-final of the European Champions League, and that this applies to the expected confrontation between his team and the Spanish Real Madrid in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League this season.

The European Champions League draw, which was held on Friday in the headquarters of the Union of European Football (UEFA), in the Swiss city of Neon ,caused some big clashes with Real Madrid facing the title holder Bayern, on the other hand Atletico Madrid will play against the English Chelsea.

Muller said: "Each competitor has its merits and shortcomings. Do not be fooled by any competitor, especially Real Madrid," .

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The Union of European Football Associations gave the Green Light to the Belgian goalkeeper Tibu Curtois to participate against Chelsea.

The Union of European Football Associations "UEFA" confirmed that Atletico Madrid Belgian goalkeeper, Tibu Courtois,could face the English Chelsea at the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

It is worth mentioning that Curtois is on loan from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid, and that his contract includes a term that prevents the goalkeeper from facing his original club, and that Atletico Madrid will have to pay an amount of $3 million per match if they wanted to play with Curtois against Chelsea.

But the European Union issued officially a statement today to this issue in which he said: "The laws of the European Champions League and the European Union prevent any club from influencing or any attempt to influence on another clubs".

UEFA added: "any club that try to exercise influence of this kind will face a penalty from the European Union".

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Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury and could be out for 15 days.

The Spanish "AS" pointed out that Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for about 15 days because of injury.

Real Madrid wrote on their official website : "Cristiano Ronaldo has a muscular injury in his left thigh. Awaiting developments"

Ronaldo , who scored 28 goals in league, did not play in his team's match against Real Sociedad (4-0) last Saturday in the league and against the German Borussia Dortmund (0-2) in Quarterfinal of the Champions League because of pain in his left knee, according to the club.

Cristiano will probably not participate against Almeria in the 33 round of La Liga, which will be played tomorrow at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Ronaldo could skip Real Madrid's match against Barcelona at the 1st leg of the Spanish cup final in case he didn't recover soon , which will be played next Wednesday.

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The Spanish Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich, on the other hand, Chelsea will have to play against Atletico Madrid.

The European Champions League semi-finals draw was held today in the European Union headquarters in Nyon, which resulted in two great matches.

The Spanish Real Madrid will play the German Bayern Munich, while Atletico Madrid has to face the English Chelsea.

The 1st leg matches will be played April 22 and 23, meanwhile the 2nd leg matches will be played the 29 & 30 of the same month.

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Enrique Cerezo, Atletico Madrid president, confirmed that the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois will not participate against Chelsea.
The president of the Spanish Atletico Madrid confirmed the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois will not participate against Chelsea, in case they faced each others's in the semifinal in the European Champions League.

Courtois was loaned to Atletico Madrid 3 years ago, coming from the English Chelsea , but he is still related to chelsea with a contract until 2016, who bought him from the Belgian Genk back in 2011

Spanish media said on Thursday that Atletico will be asked to pay about four million pounds for Chelsea, if they wanted to play with the Belgian goalkeeper. Cerezo said in a press statements "we cannot afford to pay that amount of money right now".


it is worth mentioning that Atletico Madrid had qualified to the semifinal of the European Champions League for the first time since 40 years, after beating barcelona 2-1 (agg). The UEFA Champions League draw for the semi finals will be held this Friday in Nyon.

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Diego Simeone complimented the performance of his players after a historical qualification to the European Champions League semi-finals against barcelona.
The Argentine coach Diego Simeone Atletico Madrid's coach expressed his gratitude to the performance of his players after winning to Barcelona at the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final .

Simeone said "We had a great performance, especially in the beginning, we have scored a goal and missed two open chances, and then we controlled the game until the end."

In response to a question whether he expected to reach this level , as he is currently La Liga leader , and that he qualified to the Champions League semi-final , Simeone said :"I respect Barcelona a lot, but I always expect the best , my team plays in the competition therefore we believe in our capabilities to achieve victory"

Simeone refused to comment on any expected match in European competition, saying: "We think in Getafe match in the league, not the expectations of the Champions League, so let's wait for the draw".

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Atletico Madrid striker David Villa said that his team was confident about winning in Vicente Calderón.

The Spanish Atletico Madrid striker David Villa expressed his happiness after qualifying to the semifinal of the European Champions League after winning against his former team Barcelona (1-0) in the quarter-final second leg.

Villa said : "We are happy with the performance we did today, and happy for the fans, which are still celebrating in Madrid"

David pointed out that the "Rojiblancos" deserved to qualify : "We were better than Barcelona in all the lines, we made a lot of opportunities and we could have had a larger result".

In response to a question about Barcelona's performance in the match, Villa said: "We are confident of our ability to achieve victory, Barcelona is a great team but we were simply the best ".

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Barcelona Coach Gerardo Martino Admitted that Atletico Madrid deserved to qualify to the European Champions League semifinal.

The Argentinean coach Gerardo Martino Admitted that Atletico Madrid deserved to qualify to the semifinal of the European Champions League when they managed to defeat his team.

Martino told Bein Sports after the match: "Atletico Madrid deserved the victory , they have made the difference in the first 20 minutes and scored a goal that was enough to qualify, we got some opportunities to tie , but we did not exploit them,"

Martino explained that he had expected fierce competition from Atletico: "At this level of the competition , we expect more difficult, they were extreamly dangerous and deserved to qualify" .

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Atletico Madrid wrote a new history in the Champions League semi-final, announcing his arrival for the first time Since 1974 beating the local rival Barcelona.

The Spanish Atletico Madrid qualified to the semi-final of the European Champions League after defeating his compatriot Barcelona (1-0) at The Vicente Calderon stadium in the second leg of the quarter-final on Wednesday.

The two teams tied in the home match in Barcelona last week (1-1), while Atletico succeed in reaching the semifinal for the first time in 40 years, meanwhile barcelona team failed to qualify for the 1st time in the last seventh year, breaking their previous record.

The game's only goal came early and stunned barcelona, after hitting the post , Koke scored the goal after receiving a brilliant heading assist from Adrean at the 5th minute of the match.

David Villa failed to score against his former team when he hit the post twice at the 11 & 19 minute of the game.

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The German Bayern Munich name will remain present in the semi-finals of the European Champions League after beating Manchester United in the quarter-finals.

The German Bayern Munich,current UEFA Champions League title holder, had reached the European Champions League semifinal after beating Manchester United 3-1 in the return match of the quarter-final.

it is worth mentioning that the two teams tied in the home match 1-1 in Manchester last week.

The 1st goal of the match was scored by Patrice Évra at the 57 minute, while Bayern Munich goals where scored by Mario Mandzukic (59) ,Thomas Muller (68) and Arjen Robben (76).

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The Blues qualified for the Champions League semifinal, but lost the services of Hazard for about 15 days.

The Belgian wing Eden Hazard was injured on Tuesday in his team's match against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League quarterfinal which was won 2-0 by the London Club and will be out for about 15 days.

The Belgian player was replaced at the 18 minute by Andrea Schurle, while the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho said: "It is not very serious, but usually Injury of this kind cannot be rushed, we must wait at least two weeks," 

Mourinho confirmed that Hazar had told him that he could not continue, the player himself said after the match that he felt pains during the warm-up in his leg, indicating that he did not want to risk more so he requested an early substitution.

Hazard injury , who currently has scored 14 goals at the English Premier League , will be painful for the London team, which is currently two points away from the leader Liverpool

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Real Madrid midfield Luka Modric pointed out that his team must avoid what happened in their last match against Borussia Dortmund

The Croatian player Luka Modric Spanish Real Madrid player, said that his team had learned from his lost to Borussia Dortmund yesterday in the second leg of the Quarterfinal of the UEFA Champions League 0-2 which did not affect the team qualification to the semi-final , because of their 3-0 victory in the 1st match.

Modric , who was one of the best players in his team's yesterday match said: "I do not know what has happened, perhaps we were satisfied with the 3-0 victory, what made us think that things will be easier, we always say that we must learn from these matches, but it seems that we didn't"

The Croatian player added: "Of course, we are happy because we are in the semi-final, but we are not happy with how we played, especially in the first half, we must not allow such things to happen again,"

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Iker Casillas considered that the timing of the loss was perfect for the players to wake up and return to the distinguished performance.

The international Spanish Real Madird goalkeeper Iker Casillas confirmed that the time of the loss to the German Borussia Dortmund in Quarterfinal of the Champions League is perfect.

Real Madrid lost two-nil to its host Borussia Dortmund, but he qualified to the semi-final, thanks to their big winning 3-0 in the 1st meeting , which was held last week in Madrid

Iker Casillas said: "Maybe (the Loss) was good for us , to wake up from time to time, it better that it came last night,"

Spain national team and Real Madrid captain added: "The first and the second goals came from our mistakes, we also wasted a penalty kick".

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