GALADIMA WANT LULU PUNISHED

former chairman of the nigeria football association (NFA) ibrahim galadima has chastised the sani lulu led board for settling for a low class hotel. as the camp base of the super Eagle for the world cup in south africa. the current NFA board has originally chose new hampshir hotel in johannesburg as Eagle base but controversies followed this choice after it was revealed that it lacks the sophistication and ambience deserving of an abode that will house a world cup team. that is already behind time in terms of good preparations. newly appointed sports minister isa bio used his power to wield the big stick. thumping down NFF choice that was interestingly approved by coach lars lagerback. who in turn rejected bio 's choice of zimbali,a five -star hotel preferring waterront in Richards bay,which has gotten the nod to house the team. a penalty fee of $125000 was coughed out by the NFA for defaulting in the agreement with new hampshire but from kano state Galadima said that the lulu -led NFA board should be made to pay a stiffer penalty for their poor sense os judgement in handling the accommodation issue of a world cup bound team, Galadima said that there is more than meets the eye in botched new hampshire deal which the NFA had from the onset said was suitable for the Eagle. it is really strange that these people settle for such a hotel for a world cup team. i really do not envy the miniser of sports . who has not yet settle down but has been made to take a decision which i guess, he just had to do for the sake of the team and nigerians . he must have seen that the place is not befitting for the team befor overruling the NFA. but nigerians must demand an explanation from the NFA. on why they settle for the hotel in the first place. only them can tell us why becouse our team deserved only the best for a good campaign at the world cup in sout africa.they should pay a stiffer penalty for making us to cough out penalty fee for somethig that we are not using Galadima added.

BARCE VS ARSENAL DO OR DIE

FC.BARCELONA HAVE FAILED TO WIN ANY OF THEIR LAST FIVE HOME GAMES AGAINST ENGLISH OPPONENTS. AND ARSENAL WILL NEED TO MAKE IT SIX IF THEY ARE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF STAYING IN THIS SEASON 'S COMPETITION.THE YOUNG BLAZING GUNNERS WILL ATTEMPT TO BUILD ON THEIR STERLING FIRST-LEG COMEBACK WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO FC.BARCELONA SEEKING A FAMOUS UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE VICTORY AND A PLACE IN THE COMPETITION SEMI-FINAL.THE GUNNERS LOOKED TO BE HEADING OUT OF THE COMPETITION WHEN ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC TURNED BARCELONA FIRST-HALF DOMINANCE INTO GOALS WITH TWO STRIKES EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF.BUT THEO WALCOTT REVIVED THE HOME TEAM'S CHANCE.HOWEVER AND CESC FABREGAS LATE PENALTY AFTER CARLOS PUYOL HAD PULLED DOWN HIS SPAIN TEAM MATE .BARCELONA MAY START AS FAVOURITE BUT ARSENAL CAN TAKE HEART FROM THE FACT THAT THE SPAINSH TITLEHOLDER HAVE NOT WON ANY OF THEIR LAST FIVE HOME MEETING WITH THE ENGLISH SIDE.BARCELONA WILL WANT TO IMPROVE ON THEIR RECENT HOME RECORD AGAINST THE ENGLISH OPPONENT AS THEY HAVE DRAWN FOUR AND LOST ONE OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES AGAINST PREMIER LEAGUE VISITORS IN CAMP NOU. INCLUDING GOALLESS DRAWS WITH CHELSEA FC AND MANCHESTER UNITED FC IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS. BUT THE HOLDERS HAVE WON THREE OF THEIR FOUR HOME GAMES IN THIS SEASON UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. HOWEVER INCLUDING THE 4-0 THUMPING OF VFB STUTTGART IN THE ROUND OF 16. AM SO SORRY BECOUSE ARSENAL AND BARCELONA WILL HAVE TO LINE UP WITHOUT SOME OF THEIR KEY PLAYERS AFFTER CESC FABREGAS, WILLIAM GALLAS, ALEX SONG, AND ANDREY ARSHAVIN ALL SUCCUM TO INJURY.AND FOR BARCELONA THEY WILL MISS KEY PLAYERS LIKE ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC,GERRARD PIQUE,CARLOS PUYOL, AND ANDRES INIESTA.BUT THE TWO SIDE STRONGLLY BELIVED THAT THE GAME IS GOING TO BE DO OR DIE THAT IS TO SEY ONE MUST GO.GOOD LUCK TO THE TWO TEAMS BUT I WILL SEY GIVE IT TO THE BETTER SIDE.

I'M SORRY SIR BALOTELLI APOLOGISE

teenage italian striker mario balotelli has been welcome back into the inter milan first team fold after issuing a public apology on the club website.balotelli .19. had been left out of the last five match-day squads following an altercation that has been shrouded in secrecy.the only definite thing know was that balotelli. an italian of ghanian origin. had to apologise in order to be welcome back. and despite claiming live on television on tuesday night that he would not say sorry and had nothing to apologise for. on thursday he climbed down off his high horse. i apologise for the situation that has been created recently. i was the first one to suffer becouse i love football and i wanted to play. he said in a statement. in the mean time i will wait silently to be able to come back and be useful to the team. up until now everyone connected with inter milan and this affair have remained tightlipped over what exactly went on with the controversial youngster.but the affair had turned into a mini soap-opera over the last few weeks with italian journalists lapping up every rumour and haranguing everyone connected with the club to comment. the only word mourinho had expressed on the subject was ahead of wenesday 1-0 champions leauge victory over cska moscow when he said he knows what he has to say.striker balotelli retune is a welcome tonic as cameroon star samuel eto'o is suspended for tonight match against bologa. balotelli has had a controversial two seasons under mourinho. falling out with his coach on several occasions and being excluded from first team reckoning already a few times. he has al;so been at the centre of a racism stom after being targeted for abuse by juventus fans.

ROONEY MADRID TOP TARGET

Big spending real madrid. who surffered an embarrassing champion league exit, are eyeing manchester united star wayne ROONEY as they prepare for next season,the 24 years old is the favourite of real chairman florentino perez for the new plan, perez has his eye on Rooney for a long time, even more so in view of the great season he 's having,the England striker has unleashed an incredible burst of 24 goals in last 22 matches that have kept manchester united in contention in both the premier league and champions league,but spanish media say it is unlikely that Rooney will follow former united star David Beckham to spain,Real are unlikely to accept the probable 70-million-euro price tag and united manager Alex Ferguson is unwilling to lose a player who is a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo,the portuguese winger who was signed by Real Madrid last year for a world record fee, sport daily marca reported Real are also keen on chelsea 's England defender ashley Cole to boost their back line. the club splached out more than 250-million -euros on world stars last summer and are currentlytop of the laliga on goals difference from barcelona, Ashley Cole is Real Madrid top prospect in their plans to reinforce the left side of defence next seadon, the club has reportedly developed a list of their transfer tergets for the position and along with Cole, who head the list,los blancos are also keeping tabs on manchester united patrick Evra. lazio Aleksander kolarov, Arsenal Gael clichy, fenerbache Andre santos, and benfica David luiz,Cole has reportedly been in contact with Chelsea, having expressed his desire to leave the club for a variety of personal reason.

Ancelotti.chelsea.and italians vs mourinho

Chelsea manager carlos ancelotti has storked the war of words between himself and jose mourinho by claiming that the whole italians will want inter milan to lose .when the two side clash in the champions league tonight. mourinho and ancelotti had a strained relationship when the italian was in charge of inter city rivals ac milan.and that hasn't changed.regardless of ancelotti switch to stamford bridge. despite proving an instant success with inter. winning the serie A title last season .mourinho has never earned the same affection from italian football fans and official as he did in England.speaking to giornale.ancelotti said everyone in italy except the inter fans .will be supporting chelsea. AC milan boss leonardo insist he will be supporting carlos Ancelotti is chelsea against inter milan tonight.Nigeria international john mikel obi says he will be lining up against his former mentor tonight at the san siro in milan. mikel say with one thing on his mind-repeating the score from last summer pre-season freindly. Ricardo carvalho says facing his former manager jose mourinho in the champions league will feel unnatural.chelsea take on mourinho.inter milan in the last 16 of the competition tonight.carvalho played under mourinho for five years at porto .the defender who won the champions league with mourinho at porto in 2004. said i haven't spoken to him about the game at all on one hand it going to be funny and allso a litle strange we both fought for the same goals for such a long time now we are going to face each other in a competitive envirenment. so that will feel a litle unnatural.

you must improve

realmadrid coach manuel pellegrini has demanded an improvement from his team after they strolled to a 2-0 win over malaga at the bernabeu.despite a below performance los merengues clawed three point back on leaders barca thanks to two goals from cristiano Ronaldo.who was later sent off for striking patrick mtiliga in the face.i cannot complain about the commitment of the players. the collective performance is what interests me.that 's what make the goals. we have to improve individually and collectively.he said afterwards at a post match press conference .im not happy .we were playing as individuals but we kept the defensive intensity and we scored two good goals. we had a really good first half. on the dismissal of Ronaldo.the chilean said that he did not see the impending suspension of the portuguese star would be a loss. i could not see it from the bench.it would be a serious loss and the referee will have to determine how serious his act was.

certanly a realmadrid stars

real madrid star cristiano Ronaldo has insiste that he did not deserve to be sent off in the 2-0 win over malaga at the bernabeu. the portuguese winger scored twice in the space of three minutes in the first half to put madrid in the driving seat but was dismissed after his arm connectet with patrick mtiliga's face but Ronaldo maintain the blow was not intentional. it 's a shame that the referee hes sent me off .that 's not a red here or anywere in the world.he said afterwards as reported by marca.i intend only to play .in england i learned a lot about this becouse it used to bother me.but now i get a little angry when players do things like that [pulling him back] i went to apologise to mtiliga and he said i did not need to becouse my intention was not to attack him.am not a bad boy .i did'n think of hurting enybody. am only thinking of play for real madrid.brazilian star kaka has come in for some criticism since his move to the bernabeu. but the midfielder is keen to make a bigger impression. speaking to marca.the brazilian said .i want to be an important player. and i am improving fast after my injury. i want to play more naturally. so i can reach my optimal performace.kaka was then asked about his thoughts on pep guardiola's contract renewwal. but he refused to get drawn in. continuing.''what he has done is spectacular.it is his decision.it does not interest us. we must just think about madrid.and former realmadril coach bernd schuster has declared that he belives bayern munich midfielder franck Ribery is a certainty to be a realmadrid player next season. the 26 year-old france international playmaker said i want to play at real madrid next season becouse i think of playing there.madrid is my deam.