Finally, Messy is Europe's Player of The Year

Lionel Messi was finally crowned as The best player in Europe. This Barcelona star was beating two other competitors : Xavi Hernandez and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The announcement was read out after Champions League group drawing Monaco on Friday (26/08/2011) pm dawn. Messi get more votes than Xavi and Ronaldo.

The voting conducted by 53 sports journalists representing each member of UEFA, Messi, collecting 38 votes. Xavi won over only 11 votes and Ronaldo are only three.

Messi was brilliant last season. Besides bringing Barca win La Liga and the Champions League, this Argentine players also scored 53 goals, including 12 goals in the Champions League that makes it a top scorer in European club tournaments such.

Here is the result of a vote for Player of the Year in Europe, plus a position to complete the top 10 nominations.

Player of the Year in Europe

1 Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona (38 votes)
2 Xavi Hernandez (SPA) - FC Barcelona (11 votes)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) - Real Madrid CF (3 votes)

4 Andres Iniesta (SPA) - FC Barcelona (33 points)
5 Falcao (Col) - FC Porto * (17)
6 Wayne Rooney (ING) - Manchester United FC (15)
7 Nemanja Vidic (SRB) - Manchester United FC (5)
8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SWE) - AC Milan (4)
Gerard Pique (SPA) - FC Barcelona (4)
10 Manuel Neuer (JER) - FC Schalke 04 ** (3)

* Now has joined Atletico Madrid
** Now has joined Bayern Munich

World-wide FIFA 2014 qualification

The 53 federations affiliated to the UEFA will come uniforms in nine gironi in occasion of the sorteggio for the qualification to the World-wide FIFA of 2014 that will keep saturday (from the 20,00) to River de Janeiro, Brasi them. You are the bands based on world-wide ranking FIFA of published July Wednesday.

The first nine squares are posizionate nell' Urn 1 (between these the champions in charge of Spain, l' other finalist Holland and l' Italy). The successive ones will come inserted nell' Urn 2 and thus ahead till the last ones inserted nell' Urn 6. In the European qualifications, than they will play themselves between the 7 15 september 2012 and October 2013, the squares will come uniforms in eight gironi from six and from five.

Every group will contain a square of one wraps, except that one that it will not have a square dell' Urn 6. First classified will approach the torneo directly in Brasi them - than July 2014 will be kept from the 12 june to the 13 - and the eight better second ones will be defied in a spareggio on round-trip 19 the 15 and November 2013, with the four winning ones that will be characterized for the final phase in South America.

Lippi's new formula for Gli Azzuri

Coach of Italy National Team, Marcello Lippi, try experimenting the formation of three attackers while holding exercise of "Gli Azzurri" in the city of Rome, as an alternative tactic, facing the South African 2010 World Cup, next June.

When winning the World Cup four years ago, Lippi always use a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-1-2 formation. Again, Lippi use the formation of Confederation Cup 2009. However, this tactic failed. So, Lippi tried to find a new formula in order to add an attacking power of his team in South Africa.

According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Lippi will definitely use 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 formations. He has called 29 players to attend the three days training in the capital city of Italy. The only player who was not called is Daniele De Rossi because he had to strengthen Roma to face Inter Milan in the Italian Cup final on Wednesday (05/05/2010).

In the last four hours of training today, Lippi focus with three attackers. At first, he put Mauro Camoranesi, Marco Borriello and Fabio Quagliarella up front. After that, he tried to put Vincenzo Iaquinta, Alberto Gilardino and Antonio Di Natale.

Finally, the former Juventus coach was trying to put together Simone Pepe, Giampaolo Pazzini and Antonio Di Natale. Lippi himself had begun to satisfied with these experiments.

German and Italian second final

After previously known as the European Cup, Champions League started in 1992. Since then, just happen twice the final between German team and Italy team.

Inter Milan just ensure a spot in the Champions League final this season after defeating the former champions Barcelona. This Italian Serie A club pass to the top party with 3-2 on aggregate after a just 0-1 defeat of Barca in the second leg on Thursday (04/29/2010) pm dawn.

In the final, Bayern Munchen will meet Inter who a day earlier had confirmed the place after the victory over Lyon. This German Bundesliga team go ahead with a convincing 4-0 aggregate.

With a match between Inter vs Bayern creates the final between German and Italian team for the second time in the history of the Champions League.

Prior to this season only once the German team met the Italian team at the top of the party. Occasion occurred in 1996-97 season when Borussia Dortmund play against Juventus.


List of Champions League Final:

Season-Country-Team-Scor-Team-Country
1992–93 Prancis Marseille 1–0 Milan Italia
1993–94 Italia Milan 4–0 Barcelona Spanyol
1994–95 Netherlands Ajax 1–0 Milan Italia
1995–96 Italia Juventus *1–1* Ajax Netherlands *Juve win through penalty shoot-out
1996–97 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Juventus Italia
1997–98 Spanyol Real Madrid 1–0 Juventus Italia
1998–99 England Manchester United 2–1 Bayern Munich Germany
1999–00 Spanyol Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia Spanyol
2000–01 Germany Bayern Munich *1–1* Valencia Spanyol *Bayern win through penalty shoot-out

2001–02 Spanyol Real Madrid 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Germany
2002–03 Italia Milan *0–0* Juventus Italia *Milan win through penalty shoot-out
2003–04 Portugal Porto 3–0 Monaco Prancis
2004–05 England Liverpool *3–3* Milan Italia *Liverpool win through penalty shoot-out

2005–06 Spanyol Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal England
2006–07 Italia Milan 2–1 Liverpool England
2007–08 England Manchester United 1–1* Chelsea England *MU win through penalty shoot-out
2008–09 Spanyol Barcelona 2–0 Manchester United England
2009-10 Germany Bayern Munchen ?-? Inter Milan Italia