Manchester United, salah sebuah pasukan bola sepak yang paling terkenal di dunia, minggu ini mendedahkan jersi pasukan tuan rumah baharu mereka.
Seperti sebelum ini, wajah baharu jersi mereka kebanyakannya bertemakan merah. Jersi juga mempunyai kolar leher berjalur dengan butang tersembunyi. Jersi ini dibuat oleh Nike, yang mendakwa telah menggunakan imbasan badan 3D pemain bola sepak untuk mewujudkan jersi yang selesa untuk dipakai.
Penjaga gol pasukan itu akan memakai versi lengan panjang berwarna hijau sepenuhnya.
"Ia sangat selesa dan jersi yang sangat bagus," kata David De Gea, penjaga gol Manchester United dari Sepanyol.
Perubahan terbesar kepada jersi kali ni adalah perubahan jelas pada logo penajaan. Jersi baru menampilkan logo Chevrolet, satu penghormatan yang mana GM dilaporkan membayar $559,000,000 untuk tujuh tahun akan datang. Apa yang cukup pelik, penajaan hanya beberapa bulan selepas GM mengumumkan rancangan untuk menghentikan penjualan kereta Chevrolet di Eropah. Chevrolet tidak lagi akan mengedarkan kereta ke Eropah pada akhir 2015.
Kemunculan permainan dengan jersi baru akan mengambil tempat pada 23 Julai apabila Manchester United dijadualkan untuk melayan kunjungan LA Galaxy daripada MLS.
Jersi yang baru, sudah tentu, sudah tersedia untuk peminat untuk membuat tempahan awal melalui laman web Nike atau melalui kedai web Manchester United. Jersi ini akan dikeluarkan secara rasmi pada 16 Julai.
Siapa sangka, pemain yang diharapkan untuk menyerlah di kempen Piala Dunia Brzail 2014 seperti Lionel Messi, Neymar dan C. Ronaldo tidak terlalu memberi impak besar kepada pasukan.
Pemain remaja Colombia, James Rodriguez menjaringkan gol dan menari di hadapan peminat Piala Dunia Sabtu lalu ketika menewaskan Uruguay untuk melepaskan Colombia ke suku akhir.
Pemain tengah berusia 22 tahun menjaringkan dua gol dalam kemenangan Colombia atas Uruguay yang kehilangan bintang gigi mereka, Luiz Suarez. Gol pertama Rodriguez menyaingi tembakan ajaib Robin van Persie dan Tim Cahill.
Dengan dua gol ketika menentang Uruguay, Rodriguez kini mendahului Thomas Muller dan Lionel Messi dalam perlumbaan untuk Kasut Emas Piala Dunia. Jaringan cantik beliau mendapat perhatian di Twitter dengan tweet-tweet menarik seperti berikut;
Kelantan are the defending champions of the last year tournament, having beaten ATM 3-2. For the second time, a Singaporean team, Lions XII, also newly-minted 2013 Malaysian Super League champions, will participate in this competition.
Every team's supporters now eager to watch their team in action starting on 20 August 2013. Especially Kelantanese because they have to defend what they won last year. It is quite tough this year since a lot of teams has recruit best player to conquer Malaysia Cup.
Johor Darul Takzim seems like to be chosen team to win the cup as well as Lions XII. Both teams have conquered Super League this season with first and second place.
Group of death this year is the title given to a group consisting of 4 former Malaysia Cup champions including 3 teams from the East Coast. Kelantan defending champions have won this tournament last year and in 2010. Terengganu won it in 2001, Pahang in 1983 and 1992 while Negeri Sembilan also was champion three times (1948, 2009, 2011).
I bet all matches in Malaysia cup this year will entertain us with full of actions, dramas and of course a lot of goals. For me, Kelantan will keep the cup in Kota Bharu for the next year.
Neymar is now almost choose one of the two offers reliable from Spanish club Barcelona and Real Madrid after Santos agreed to release him.
Santos's management said, they finally relented after three years of struggle to defend the 21-year-old is said to be hoping Brazil for the World Cup next year and agreed to release him, giving players the option to accept the decision even though he may still uncertain.
Representatives of Spain's two leading clubs are in Brazil and newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported the latest Barcelona bid of $36.12 prosecuted million (RM109.5 million). If Neymar choose to go to Barcelona, he will be playing alongside Argentina's Lionel Messi.
Neymar is considered the successor of another legendary Santos, Pele is the only player who is not based in Europe among 23 finalists FIFA player of the year award in 2012 and the target of several European clubs since three years ago and Chelsea in 2010.
Neymar also achieved celebrity status, has also starred in many television dramas and admire the Mohican hair style that you have. He signed a new contract with Santos until after the World Cup last November but often expressed interest to join Barcelona
*Update 26-May-2013 @ 1016hrs:
Neymar announced the news on Twitter and Instagram, will play for Barça for the next five seasons.
Super League match between Johor DT and Kelantan on 22 May 2013 is the very awaited game after they drew 1-1 on first tier. The game last night brought all Johorean to come to Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium at Larkin. I think the stadium was flooded with crowd and not enough space to even stand.
Various bad incident has happen starting before game start and after game finished. The game have to delayed for about 40 minutes because of crowd from both teams. However, that is not very important, what important is Kelantan has been defeated 2-0 and it is very disappointed.
No doubt, all Kelantan supporters are very frustrated with the result even Tan Sri Annuar Musa himself. Annuar Musa has posted something very bad on his Facebook after the match. Bojan Hodak will be in jeopardy and his future at Kelantan to be determined after FA cup match against Terengganu.
Kelantan line up againts Johor DT are very poor with three main players being rested. May be Bojan thought that his the best tactical to beat Johor DT, but unfortunately he failed. People do not understand what in his mind to bring down such bad player line up.
Ahmad Fakri Saarani should not ever in the squad because he cannot perform well. He is the worst player ever in Kelantan FA and his transferred was very useless.
Kelantan FA committe must do something next season it they want to maintain The Red Warriors performance. We do not want the same thing happen again in this unlucky season. Go more Kelate go more!
In Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby, some crowed had showed a banner with the message ‘Bookie detected’. Is there really bookie exist? Afterward, Sime Darby won that match 5-0 beaten Kuala Lumpur.
The claims of match-fixing in a Malaysian league fixture will be investigated by the country’s Football Association (FAM). The police would also attend the meeting along with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
Malaysia has a long history of match-fixing issues with referees and players routinely punished.
If this true, it will gives a bad impression to our football and affect players performance. Even this issue only involve a few team from Premier League, it also possible to happen for team from Super League that will gives more impact.
Maybe salary is the main factor of the match-fixing, players on much lower salaries will lost their consideration and made a bad decision.
Finally, our football superstar David Beckham announced his retirement from professional football field at the end of the season. After winning the league title in four different countries and played in three World Cups, he now will hang his boots and no longer bend it like Beckham.
In his successful career, he managed to carve a name as one of the football icon said that he would not be a success without the support of my family especially his wife, Victoria Beckham.
"I was lucky that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has given me the opportunity to continue my career. But I think that this is the right time for me to end my career, to play at the highest level," he said.
For the record, Beckham has made his first appearance for Manchester United in 1992, and has won six league titles and a Champions League trophy before moving to Real Madrid in 2003 and Los Angeles Galaxy (2007), including some of his season on loan at AC Milan.
He also made his first appearance for England in 1996 and became the 'outfield' most experienced in the country with 115 appearances. Beckham also was the first England player to have scored in three World Cups in a row.
