Arsenal COMPLETE the signing of Gabriel Paulista and send Joel Campbell on loan

<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><img src="http://www.villarrealcf.es/media/k2/items/cache/bffce9c0f71d406cfc3324ec4df287f2_L.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">Villarreal CF </span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">and Arsenal FC have come to a preliminary agreement, that will be completed on Monday, for the transfer of Brazilian defender Gabriel Armando de Abreu. Once Gabriel passes the physical examination, he will join the Gunners in the Premier League.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">In one and a half season in Villarreal, Gabriel has played 50 matches through al the competitions and has been key for Marcelino's team, proving himself as an outstanding professional. Before signing for the Submarine, Gabriel played for EC Vitória, with which he promoted to Brazil's Serie A.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">Villarreal wants to thank Gabriel for his dedication and professionalism during his time in the club and wishes him best of luck in his career.</span></div><br />

Arsenal COMPLETE the signing of Gabriel Paulista and send Joel Campbell on loan

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Official: Joel Campbell is loaned to Villarreal CF

<div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://www.villarrealcf.es/media/k2/items/cache/96edda9acfffdc9feec33917b21a707c_L.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">V</div><a name="more"></a>illarreal CF and Arsenal FC have come to an agreement to loan Joel Campbell (26/06/1992, San José), who after the physical examination will play in the Submarine until the end of the season. The official presentation will be confirmed shortly.<br /><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Campbell is a strong and skilled wingman whose qualities are his speed and dribbles. He can play both on the right wing and forward. Campbell has already proven himself as a quality player in Spain while on loan for Betis during the 2012/2013 season, playing a total of 28 matches and scoring 2 goals. Only 22 years old, he exploded as a player during the World Cup in Brazil. Costa Rica managed to reach the round of 8 and he was one of the big players of his team.</div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">During his footballer career, Campbell has played for Arsenal, Olympiakos, Real Betis, Lorient, Deportivo Saprissa and Puntarenas. His best season was last year with Olympiakos, scoring 11 goals (league 8, Champions League 2 and Greek Cup 1). Campbell has won the Greek Superleague (2013/2014), the Community Shield (2014/2015) and the Center American Cup (2014).</div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>

Official: Joel Campbell is loaned to Villarreal CF

V illarreal CF and Arsenal FC have come to an agreement to loan Joel Campbell (26/06/1992, San José), who after the physical examination wil...

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Cristiano Ronaldo apologises fo red card

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: RobotoMedium, Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.1440010070801px; text-align: start;">The Real Madrid forward lashed out at Cordoba's Edimar in the closing stages of his side's 2-1 victory, and has taken to Twitter to apologise for his actions</span></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: RobotoMedium, Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.1440010070801px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRxjHXXHdpwopAt5z_DlKOA_DBTThsNCG8FFm8jBXHpuJv575lmCaefVQR4VrOm0ZfA-pIkrYdfl4JC1ddQ1xpH0rSvJad0YcFPbjl6MYCfr0COQUnVAzwYj7kVrvg84N7L8CeJAnuBjL/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-44-19~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRxjHXXHdpwopAt5z_DlKOA_DBTThsNCG8FFm8jBXHpuJv575lmCaefVQR4VrOm0ZfA-pIkrYdfl4JC1ddQ1xpH0rSvJad0YcFPbjl6MYCfr0COQUnVAzwYj7kVrvg84N7L8CeJAnuBjL/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-44-19~2.jpg" /></a></div>Meaning<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RQzx3oLQGJqq9BpIdFcrz84p-KmcTOx22yJncfJRVuVWLyLjbv6Zw3U-KwJJy34Gaj8knMqlrhmuwnWbd4hLmXNRsBGHvJJxFI4dU96C-EbCpIgI3GnJBHy-xktdnDB5ClZ3Oz3JnUT5/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-46-26~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RQzx3oLQGJqq9BpIdFcrz84p-KmcTOx22yJncfJRVuVWLyLjbv6Zw3U-KwJJy34Gaj8knMqlrhmuwnWbd4hLmXNRsBGHvJJxFI4dU96C-EbCpIgI3GnJBHy-xktdnDB5ClZ3Oz3JnUT5/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-46-26~2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><img src="http://u.goal.com/855000/855012hp2.jpg" /><br />Ronaldo was not sent off for this.<br />But was sent off for this⬇<br /><img height="277" src="http://u.goal.com/855900/855912.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br />

Cristiano Ronaldo apologises fo red card

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<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"We </div><a name="more"></a>have won more with 4-4-2 in a [midfield] diamond, but when you analyse the game then we have twitched our asses on the bench. I have twitched my ass because we were out of balance. I told my players I was squeezing my ass, but [they said] it was the wrong expression. All the matches when we play 4-4-2, like against West Ham United (whom United beat 2-1), it was always twitching your ass, and I don't like it."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Louis van Gaal's</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> unusual description of the physical effects of his tactical tinkering at Manchester United</em><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I think the best striker is Ibrahimovic. He wears No10, but he plays like a No9. Last year I went to Paris a couple of times and watched matches in which he played. His movement [is amazing]! He’s very, very good - the best at the moment."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Brazil legend <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ronaldo</strong> names his favourite striker</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I hope to score at least one goal and be better than Bosko Balaban!"<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">New Leicester City signing <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Andrej Kramaric</strong> enjoys a joke at the expense of his fellow Croatian, who flopped at Aston Villa</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“We went to many countries where the people did not want us. The spectators in the stadiums were chanting 'Ebola, Ebola.' But that also made us stronger and more determined. Now that we are here, so nobody is saying those things anymore.”<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="articleBodyLink" href="http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gui/index.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1f5b9c; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Guinea</a> captain <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibrahima Traore</strong> tells <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com </strong>about the team's rocky road to the CAF Africa Cup of Nations</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"If you can't link up well with Messi, football's not for you."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Xavi</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"You can play him wherever you want and he'll be flawless. He is one of the world's best players. He's maintained an incredible level for the last 12 years. He has still never been Player of the Year, though, and that’s a catastrophe. He’s outstanding in 55 out of 60 matches per season, but that's never been recognised."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bayern Munich assistant coach <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hermann Gerland</strong> on Philipp Lahm</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"It is difficult to have friends in life. On Facebook it is easier."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alvaro Arbeloa</strong> reflects on his feud with Iker Casillas</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Osvaldo’s problem comes from within himself. The problem is how ready is he mentally to accept the decisions and the rules that come with the job. It’s Osvaldo fighting against Osvaldo."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hernan Crespo</strong> on Inter Milan's Dani Osvaldo</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"So long as Ronaldo and Messi are around, the third player who gets nominated should realise that he does not stand a chance."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Franck Ribery </em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">on the FIFA Ballon d'Or <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></em><br />"The gap with Bayern is too big to ever close again. It is impossible to organise your scouting department in a way that's good enough to make Bayern even worry. They are on a completely different level. Leverkusen tried to keep up with Bayern in the 2000s, but we eventually reached our natural limits. We had to let go."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bayer Leverkusen's sporting director <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rudi Voller </strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I thought they were kidding with their bid. I was too inexperienced to handle the situation. In Manchester I was a child and was alone."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bebe</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> on his infamous big-money move to Manchester United</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"He is a guy who needs to feel affection and there's too much pressure on him at Dortmund. He would be great behind Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez. Mkhitaryan is much quicker and runs more than [Wesley] Sneijder. He is a complete player. He creates chances, wins back balls and always keeps on going."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shakhtar Donetsk coach<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Mircea Lucescu</strong> advises Juventus to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"The president of Ajax wanted to sell me to Real Madrid. I was born shortly after the war, though, and was taught not to just accept anything. Barcelona weren't at the same level as Madrid football wise, but it was a challenge to play for a Catalan club."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Johan Cruyff</strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I have not tried to convince [Paul] Pogba to join Real Madrid because I don't know him on a personal level. But the best players always go to Madrid in the end."<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Zinedine Zidane</em></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"I’m currently trying to improve my left foot, my acceleration and my direct free-kicks. I’ve not had a great deal of success recently with them."<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA Ballon d'Or winner<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Cristiano Ronaldo</strong> on self-improvement</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong></em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"Ah, you guys are bad! (laughs) I think I’d have to pass on that and say goodbye to the money!"<br /><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diego Simeone</em></strong><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> responds to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FIFA.com's</strong> question on whether the best contract imaginable would tempt him to coach Real Madrid or Brazil's national team.</em></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 15.4980010986328px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fifa.com</em></div>

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Six Best Barcelona Player Roast Elche

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><img src="http://media3.fcbarcelona.com/media/asset_publics/resources/000/142/280/size_640x360/2015-01-24_ELCHE-BARCELONA_14.v1422125657.JPG" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><a name="more"></a>Elche fans are no doubt grateful that their team won’t have to play Barça again this <span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_10" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">season</span>, or <span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_8" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">indeed</span> this month, as Luis Enrique’s side ran riot at the Manuel Martinez Valero Stadium to chalk up six goals - that’s 15 in the three January games against Fran Escriba’s team. Gerard Pique opened the scoring in the first half, with Messi and Neymar getting <a href="http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/match-archive/2014-2015/league/round-20/elche_fc-barcelona#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6ODAwMDI6NzMxODphIGJyYWNlOmIxOGZhMWI0NzM3NGM5NzQ3MTI3M2NjZDY5MDI5MTU3OnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuZmNiYXJjZWxvbmEuY29tOjIzNjE1NTo2MWE3ZDVhMGI0NDY5ZmNkN2UwNjBiZjUxMGEzZGExNjozZmM5NzBlMWE3NjI0YjlmOWRiOGMyZWM2NWFhODEwZDowOmRhdGFfc3MsNzI4eDEzNjY7ZGF0YV9mYixubzs6MjgxNzg5NjU&subid=g-16389754-c7db94745a8b486ea40c583352ef0750-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">A BRACE<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a> each after the break before Pedro made it a round half dozen in injury time.<br /><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Squad rotation</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">With Luis Suarez, Busquets, Iniesta and Dani Alves all on the bench with one eye on Wednesday’s Cup<span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_9" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span> against Atlético Madrid, Luis Enrique began the game with Alba, Bartra, Piqué and Montoya at the back, Mascherano moving into the holding midfielder’s role and Pedro partnering Messi and Neymar up front. If the fans were expecting the goals to pour in early on after the team’s 9 goals in the Cup against Elche earlier this month, they would have been disappointed as it was a cagey start to the game, with Elche looking quite lively and pulling a couple of good low stops from Bravo in the opening exchanges.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Piqué opens the scoring</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">However, as Barça began to control the game and hold onto the ball, Elche were forced into a series of fouls – with 5 yellow cards in the first 45 minutes. Pelegrin was the third name in the ref’s book for a foul just outside the box on Pedro on 34 minutes and Xavi took a quick free kick to the back post, where Piqué chested the ball down and volleyed home from close range for the opener.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Messi and Neymar double up and Pedro makes it six</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Elche actually started the second half well, with a couple of half breaks after some sloppy defending from Barça, but when Neymar was fouled in the box by the unfortunate Pelegrin on 52 minutes, Messi made no mistake from the spot and the flood gates were about to open. The hosts weren’t helped by a red card for Fajr on the hour and soon Messi and Neymar were weaving patterns through the home defence. Two goals in two minutes from the Brazilian – both set up by Messi – made it four and a lovely through ball from Bartra sent in the Argentinean for his 21<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> league goal of the season on 87 minutes. That looked to be that before Neymar raced down the right in the final seconds and crossed for Pedro to tap home and make it six.<br />Fcbarcelona.com</div>

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On Fire Nigerian Striker

<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://fcnaija.com/post/1422122150.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><a name="more"></a>In-form Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo rained four goals at <span class="el879" id="el879_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Vicarage Road</span> in the Championship on Saturday afternoon as his team, Watford came from two goals down to defeat Blackpool 7-2.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Ighalo is certainly enjoying <span class="el879" id="el879_3" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">life in England</span> taking his tally to six goals in two games.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">In Saturday’s <span class="el879" id="el879_1" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span>, Blackpool took the lead after just eight minutes through Andrea Orlandi.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Blackpool <a href="http://fcnaija.com/newsthread?thread=430#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_hdr="" in_hover="" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6Nzg0NTc6NDpjb250aW51ZTo4M2ZmOTc4M2QyNTI4MjYwYjk4YThlNjUyMzEyZjg5Yzp6LTIyNDctMTYzODk3NTQ6ZmNuYWlqYS5jb206MjMyMzI2OjFiZmM0MjM4YTA5Mjk4Y2Y3ODRhNmUzN2Y1NTFlY2JlOjI0ZDVkODE0MDQxZDQ1YTQ4N2EyNWM2OWQyZDIxYWEyOjA6ZGF0YV9zcyw3Mjh4MTM2NjtkYXRhX2ZiLG5vOzo0NDIwNzgw&subid=g-16389754-0f0cef53fe154607b5540bad3166e864-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Igahalo then began <span class="el879" id="el879_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Watford</span>’s comeback in the second half when he latched on to Miguel Layun's cross to give the Hornets a lifeline.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">The goal was to prove vital as Watford drew level thanks to Deeney just a few minutes later, with the frontman heading in following a <span class="el879" id="el879_7" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">pin</span>-point delivery from midfielder Daniel Tozser.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Watford finally got in front when Ighalo <span class="el879" id="el879_8" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">bagged</span> <a href="http://fcnaija.com/newsthread?thread=430#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_hdr="" in_hover="" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6ODAwMDI6NzMxODphIGJyYWNlOmJmMzg4ZDU4NTBiMjBkMmYxYzA0NGU3MWUwYjNhNTIwOnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDpmY25haWphLmNvbToyMzYxNTU6NjFhN2Q1YTBiNDQ2OWZjZDdlMDYwYmY1MTBhM2RhMTY6NWI4NmZjOWQwMGRiNDdkZGFmMTNmZTVhMzkxZGExM2U6MDpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjI4MTc4OTY1&subid=g-16389754-0f0cef53fe154607b5540bad3166e864-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: forestgreen; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">A BRACE<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a>, this time as Deeney turned provider to allow his partner to drill low into the bottom-left corner and make it 3-2.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">From then , there was no stopping for Slavisa Jokanovic's men who wrapped up the three points with just over 30 minutes left to play through Vydra.<o:p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Not still done, Watford added another in the 66th minute when Gabriele Angella profited from a corner, before Ighalo <span class="el879" id="el879_6" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; 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border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a></span> his <span class="el879" id="el879_2" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">match</span>-ball with a third in the 73rd minute before capping off a truly memorable afternoon in the Championship with his fourth nine minutes from time having bundled in from Deeney's inviting delivery.</div>

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Unacceptable but looking to respond

<div class="parsys main" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="text parbase section" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://www.chelseafc.com/content/cfc/en/homepage/news/boilerplate-config/latest-news/2015/01/final-whistle-verdict--unacceptable-but-looking-to-respond.img.png" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></div><a name="more"></a><a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jose Mourinho</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #595959; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">’s words following the </span><span class="el879" id="el879_8" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 19px; height: 19px; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">home</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #595959; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;"> FA Cup exit to Bradford were a mix of praise for the League One side’s performance and criticism of his own side’s display.</span><br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Despite opening up a two-goal advantage in Saturday afternoon’s tie, the Blues suffered our first exit to lower division opposition in this competition since 2008, and with the side from Yorkshire running out 4-2 </span><a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/01/final-whistle-verdict--unacceptable-but-looking-to-respond.html#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_hdr="" in_hover="" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6MzM4MTU6MTA5Njp3aW5uZXJzOjMwZDNjMTdkNzUyZmU0NGVhN2I5NWVlMmIyOTczYWM0OnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuY2hlbHNlYWZjLmNvbTozMzg4MTo0MjhhYjkxMmIzZGU0ZTNmODZjNjk4MWYzNTkxNzk3MDphNWJiN2M0MzgwMmY0MTc0OTFjMTg5ZDM5MGM1MDRiZToxOmRhdGFfc3MsNzI4eDEzNjY7ZGF0YV9mYixubzs6NDQyMTYyMg&subid=g-16389754-0f0316dafd484384b4d2801f592e9731-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background-attachment: initial !important; 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background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">CONGRATULATE<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">them all individually…</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘I find among my bad feelings about the <span class="el879" id="el879_2" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span> and the result, space to feel happy for Bradford,’ said<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Mourinho</a> when it was time to talk to the media.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘But I also feel ashamed and the players should feel exactly the same as I feel. By one side this is the beauty of football, because in not many sports is it possible for the best players to lose against a team or players with completely different potential.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘By another side this is the beauty of the FA Cup because it happens in this <span class="el879" id="el879_1" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">more</span> than in other countries, but this is only one part of my feelings and analysis. For the other part I repeat the words I used yesterday in the case that we lose, that it is a disgrace – a sports disgrace.’</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mourinho agreed it was one of the worst results of his career…</b><br />‘I know that in the history of this competition this happens to every team now and again. For me it is the first time, for Chelsea it doesn’t happen a lot, and it is unacceptable to lose against a team from a lower league.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘I don’t know what the media are going to do in relation to their work but if I was them I would be very critical of Chelsea, the Chelsea manager and the Chelsea players but not just that, because Bradford don’t deserve that we forgot them and just focus on the negative Chelsea. We should also focus on them because they deserve it after such an impressive result.’</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">He pointed out that his team selection was basically the same as the one that defeated Watford 3-0 at the Bridge in the previous round. <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Andre Schurrle</a> was ruled out this morning due to pain in his back…</b><br />‘What I did is normal. The players who played are not a team of kids and the selection was more than good enough.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘The only <span class="el879" id="el879_3" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">player</span> who comes from youth football, <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andreas-christensen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Andreas Christensen</a>, did his <span class="el879" id="el879_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">job</span> very well and we didn’t lose because of him. The other players are ones who have to be ready to play for Chelsea, they have to be ready to play any game. If they can’t play against a team from the Championship or League One or League Two, what do we do?’</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mourinho said he would have a better feel for how this defeat will affect the rest of the campaign in the days ahead as the focus shifts to taking on Liverpool…</b><br />‘I always said that I don’t choose competitions and we go <span class="el879" id="el879_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">match</span> after match. The most important competition now is the Capital One Cup because it is the next game. Obviously the Premier League is in front of the cups but the way we prepare in a serious and a professional way, I can’t say we don’t care about the FA Cup. We lose and we care.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif;">‘The players who were not involved directly in this game –<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/nemanja-matic.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Matic</a>,<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/branislav-ivanovic.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Ivanovic</a>, <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/diego-costa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Diego Costa</a> - I don’t think they can be affected by it. We lost at home against a lower division team and in an ideal word it will affect us in the positive not a negative way, like we have to win the next match and let’s go for it - but I don’t know. I have to feel it tomorrow and after tomorrow.’ </div></div></div><div class="sharebar parbase" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="social clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="gigyaSocialListContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="gigyaSocialList" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-top gig-button-container-facebook gig-button-container-facebook-count-top gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="tagcloud" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div>

Unacceptable but looking to respond

Jose Mourinho ’s words following the  home  FA Cup exit to Bradford were a mix of praise for the League One side’s performance and criticism...

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