Friday, August 7, 2009

Messi scores twice in Barca match


Lionel Messi scores twice in FC Barcelona 4-0 win
Loads of the group range in 66,848 individual, the largest to see a soccer match in Seattle, desire more Messi and fellow Barca stars Thierry Henry and Xavi. FCB hammer the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 last Saturday and will enfold up the three-match tour on Sunday against CD Chivas de Guadalajara in San Francisco.
Jeffren Suarez scored in the 75th minute and Pedro Rodriguez in the 89th minute.
Messi scored double in the first half and FC Barcelona continued its preseason tour of the U.S. with a 4-0 triumph over the Seattle Sounders FC.
His first mark was a punched left-footed force from outside the penalty box in the 21st minute that Seattle keeper Kasey Keller could only get his fingertips on.
In one shift, Messi settled a perfectly judged pass from Xavi off his chest about 8 yards out and then used his left foot to split the legs of Keller, whose only hope was that Messi misplayed the pass.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Real's Huntelaar to AC Milan


Huntelaar, who will turn 26 years old on August 12, finished as the Dutch league's top scorer with 33 goals in 2007-2008 when he played for Amsterdam giants Ajax.
He then moved to Real on a four-and-a-half-year deal in December 2008 for a payment of 27 million Euros but given that then he has played only 19 games for a return of eight goals.
Dejected Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is poised to sign for AC Milan
AC Milan declared Wednesday they were on the watch for a top class striker and, says the details, will pay 15 million Euros for the Dutchman who would be given a contract until 2013 with an yearly net salary of 3 million Euros.
Last month Huntelaar tried in futile to get out of his contract with Real in a offer to join Stuttgart in Germany's Bundesliga.
The Serie A club have been quiet on the transfer market this summer but Berlusconi said Wednesday this is about to transform.
AC Milan's existing strikers include Brazilians Ronaldinho and Pato and Italians Filippo Inzaghi and Marco Borriello.
The club missing their best forward with the sale of Brazilian Kaka to Real Madrid. But reports from Italy state the club are chasing Brazilian Luis Fabiano (Sevilla),
Huntelaar and Peruvian Claudio Pizarro (Chelsea).