top 23 players in the world candidate for "golden ball" and top 10 mangers in the world 2013

FIFA and France Football have released the list of 23 players who will be designated as the "Golden Ball" in 2013. Most candidates, six, come from European champions Bayern Munich, followed by FC Barcelona, ​​with four nominations.

The 23 players are:

Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munchen)

Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Xavi (FC Barcelona)

Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)

Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)

Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco)

Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Mesut Ozil (Arsenal Londra)

Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

Yaya Toure (Manchester City)

Robin Van Persie (Manchester United)

Also Tuesday announced the list of the ten technicians who will be designated as the "manager of the Year": Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Rafael Benítez (Napoli), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain national), Alex Ferguson (was at Manchester United), Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich was), Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazilian national) and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

In early December, will be announced the three finalists in each category, the player and coach of the year, female and male,

Player and coach of the year will be chosen by coaches and captains of national teams of FIFA member states, but also journalists. Winners will be announced at a gala to be held on 13 January 2014 in Zurich.

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first 'Clasico' of the season.photo and video

The first 'Clasico' without Mourinho was much quieter. The two teams have preferred to explore the start of the game, and the first shots on goal they belonged to Messi (11 ') and Neymar (18').
Madrid replied by Gareth Bale, whose shots have passed away from the goal defended by Valdes. (15 ', 26')
The Catalans opened the score after 19 minutes when Neymar shot deflected Varane . Retrieved from Brazilian Santos debuted with goal on his first "Clasico" played.
The Real called two penalties. After 43 minutes, Valdes dismissed Khedirashot and the ball hit the hand on Adriano. A controversial second phase occurred after 70 minutes when Ronaldo was fouled in the box by the same Adriano.
Benzema had the great opportunity of Real, but the ball hit the post sent by the French (71 '). Varane was again overtaken by Alexis Sanchez, who scored with a lob over the keeper  (78 ').
Dani Alves was the protagonist of a spectacular action after 83 minutes. Brazilian defender knocked the ball through the legs of Cristiano Ronaldo, but his shot was rejected by Lopez.
Khedira tried Valdes's goal after 86 minutes but the keeper held without emotions .Real Madrid came back into the game too late. Cristiano Ronaldo perfectly pass for Jese Rodriguez, who sent the ball through the legs of Valdes (90 ').

Santiago Bernabeu "could be called" Microsoft Arena "

Real Madrid could open a partnership that will increase revenue and profit every year with Microsoft. the company of billionaire Bill Gates.
According to Spanish media, Gates and Florentino Perez, president of the club have started negotiations for the arena of Real Madrid "Santiago Bernabeu". Microsoft Arena to be named after the model of other great stadiums in Europe, Etihad Stadium, Emirates Stadium, Mercedes-Benz Arena and Allianz Arena. Agreement would enter into force in 2016 after refurbishment and increase capacity of Madrid Arena.
Currently, Microsoft is sponsoring Real Madrid with a million euro annual used for charity events in South America and the Caribbean.
However, Microsoft is not the only company interested to put their name on the legendary arena of Real Madrid. Fly Emirates airline, sponsor of the team blanco would "bid" and it getting right to "baptize" madrilenian stadium.
Arsenal sold "name" stadium for 150 million to a decade, Manchester City take 170 million over ten years to name Etihad Stadium for their arenas, Allianz has paid 88 million for 15 years. Even Barcelona Nou Camp arena baptized, though not officially. On the facade of the stadium in Barcelona Qatar Airways name appears as part of the agreement of 96 million.

CSKA Moscow have painted pitch before the game against Manchester City

British Sky News cameras caught the "trick" used by the Russians for the grass to be green
A tractor "armed" with a green paint sprinkler spread over large areas of lawn , hours before the match with English squad. Advertising banners from the sidelines were covered to avoid being splattered with paint.
Manuel Pellegrini said he is shocked that UEFA has given the green light to a UEFA Champions League match on a pitch so pathetic. To temper the criticism, bosses of CSKA, order "greening" the artificial Pitch

Europa League Fixtures 24/10/13

 - GROUP A
Swansea v Kuban Krasnodar
Valencia CF v FC St Gallen
-GRUOP B
Dinamo Zagreb - PSV

FC Chornomorets Odesa - Litex Lovech
-GROUP C
Elfsborg - Esbjerg fB

FC Red Bull Salzburg - Standard Liège
-GROUP D
SV Zulte Waregem - NK Maribor

Wigan - Rubin Kazan
-GROUP E
Fiorentina - Pandurii Targu-Jiu

Paços de Ferreira - FC Dnipro
-GROUP F
Apoel Nicosia - Bordeaux

Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel Aviv
-GROUP G
Dynamo Kiev - FC Thun

KRC Genk - SK Rapid Vienna
GROUP H
Slovan Liberec - Sevilla

Sport Club Freiburg - Estoril Praia
-GROUP I
Lyon - HNK Rijeka

Real Betis - Vitória Guimarães
-GROUP J
Apollon Limassol - Lazio

Trabzonspor - Legia Warsaw
-GROUP K
Anzhi Makhachkala - Tromsø

Sheriff Tiraspol - Tottenham
-GROUP L
Shakhter Karagandy - AZ Alkmaar

PAOK Salonika - Maccabi Haifa

Today Champions league games and weekend results

23/10/2013

Group A

Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Shakhtar Donetsk

Hoffenheim 1 - 2 Bayer 04

Illichevets 1 - 3 Shakhtar Donetsk

Manchester United - Real Sociedad

Manchester United 1 - 1 Southampton

Valencia 1 - 2 Real Sociedad

Group B

Real Madrid - Juventus Torino
Real Madrid 2-0 Malaga
Fiorentina 4-2 Juventus
Galatasaray Istanbul - FC Copenhagen
Galatasaray 2-1 Kardemir
Copenhagen 3-0 AaB

Group C

Anderlecht  - Paris SG
Mons 0 - 2 Anderlecht
PSG 4 - 0 Bastia
Benfica Lisbon - Olympiakos Piraeus
Estoril 1 - 2 Benfica
Platanias 1 - 4 Olympiakos Piraeus

Group D

CSKA Moskva - Manchester City

Zenit 2 - 0 CSKA Moskva

West Ham United 1-3 Manchester City

Bayern München - Viktoria Plzeň
Bayern Munich 4-1 Mainz 05
Viktoria Plzen 1-1 Slavia Prague

Champions League full-time scores

UEFA Champions League

Full-time scores:


Milan 1-1 Barcelona
Arsenal 1-2 Dortmund
Celtic 2-1 Ajax
Schalke 04 0-3 Chelsea 

Porto 0-1 Zenit
Marseille 1-2 Napoli
Austria Wien 0-3 Atlético
Steaua 1-1 Basel