Big Season Ahead For Special One Mourinho

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho goes into the 2014/15 campaign on the back of a trophyless season at Stamford Bridge and as a result has pressure on his shoulders to deliver.

His return to west London has not quite gone the way the Portuguese man would have wanted. Chelsea were challenging for the Premier League and Champions League at the latter stages of both competitions but were unable to go all the way in either.

The summer will be the chance for Mourinho to bring in the players he believes will make an impact for the Blues, and at the same time show the exit door to those he feels do not fit into his squad Continue reading “Big Season Ahead For Special One Mourinho”

Girard Frustrated After Team Failure

Lille manager Rene Girard was a frustrated man after his team’s failure to seal the third place in the French league following a disappointing 1-1 draw at Bastia. A victory for his team would have given them the chance to play in the Champions League qualifying round next year. As this, they now have to wait in order to seal this position. Lille have been the best team in French league this year. However, they do not have a great chance of winning the league due to the domination of Paris St Germain and Monaco.

The best they can hope for the moment is to finish third in the table, which will provide them access to more than £ 30 million in revenue from the Champions League. The team will be now looking for results from matches like that of St Etienne and Montpelier on Sunday. St Etienne must fail to beat Montpelier as they are points behind Lille. A few weeks ago, Rene Girard expressed his frustration at the dominance of PSG and Monaco. Many feel that the duo has entirely monopolised the French league with the incredible finances provided by billionaire owners.

UEFA have been trying to control this by introducing the FFP regulations, but PSG have overcome it spectacularly.

“We must kill this match! The game is lost on our lack of lucidity offensively. We have three opportunities (very close to) the line and you do not score! We could have lost the game in a completely ludicrous scenario. In football, you have to be focused from the beginning to the end because after we see what happens,” said the Lille manager. “I think there is no offside. This is quite surprising (the linesman raises his flag) because it really shows that there is a defender in front of Florian Raspentino,” said the club goalkeeper regarding a linesman decision.

TROPHIES NOW?

Arsene Wenger’s inability to secure trophies is a burden that can affect even the most iconic of coaches. Moyes was unable to lift any silverware in his debut season as the head coach of Manchester United and he was sacked but for Wenger it has been over 8 years since the Frenchman has captured any type of prize with Arsenal but he still remains being in charge of the Premier League club.

Wenger has a contract with Arsenal that expires at the end of the season and the coach has not revealed any details concerning his future with the club, this may be due to the fact that he is waiting on whether or not his goal drought will finally end on May 17 when they play against Hull City for the finals of the FA Cup. Continue reading “TROPHIES NOW?”