News happening around the world of sports as it stands, in the game of football ;
BRAZIL SETS GLADIATORS FOR BAFANA BAFANA
In preparations for the World Cup in their own land, Samba Boys are ready to get it done and dusted with Bafana bafana at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.
Brazil, having being drawn with in group A with Cameroon, Croatia and Mexico wants to tackle African opposition in order to get a clue of how to face Cameroon or probably any other African counter-part they meet on their way.
“When we decided to play against African opposition, we always had in mind that we would be facing African opposition in the world cup in this instance Cameroon” scholari said in Johannesburg.
WORLD CUP WIN IS A TOUGH TASK FOR GERMANY- REUS.
Borussia Dortmund attacker Marco Reus believes Germany will find it uneasy to win the world cup in Brazil, but still has his stand that Germany, three times winners of the World Cup will participate in the summer tournament with total confidence.
“It is a World Cup, so the world’s best teams are competing,” Reus told Goal. “It is going to be really tough, as many teams are trying to win and so are we. I think we have a great team this year but it remains a hard task. We need to be really focused, especially on the match days.”
The German international is one of the emerging stars in the Bundesliga and believes the league’s rise would have a positive impact on the national team.
INTER ANNOUNCE VIDIC SIGNING
Seria A giants owner Erick Thohir has revealed that the signing of world class Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic would be completed in a matter of days.
The Serbia international announced last month that he would leave Manchester United in search of a fresh challenge when his contract expires this summer.
Vidic is to join Inter after the end of the season
I CAN’T TRUST MOURINHO- JOHNSON
Liverpool player Glen Johnson claims his club’s coach Rogers is better than Mourinho, that the relationship between him and his boss is good for him and that Mourinho has being too sceptical of him and shows in the fact that he dropped in from the starting line-up during his time in Chelsea even after a man-of-the-match performance.
Johnson, who played under Mourinho at Chelsea from
2004-2006, said he could not trust the Portuguese during his time at Stamford Bridge, but believes he now has a genuine
relationship with Rodgers.
The England defender was just 18 when he signed for Chelsea and he believes Mourinho was always sceptical of him because of his age.
