Manchester United’s record signing Juan Mata has stated that he wants to be part of the team from a central position. Mata made his name at Valencia as winger, but he was used in a more central position at Chelsea under both Roberto di Matteo and Rafa Benitez.

This proved to be a master stroke, as the Spaniard dominated the matches with innovation, vision, and goalscoring abilities. He has been one of the leading assist makers in Europe over the last five years. However, since his move to United, Mata has been used out wide by David Moyes.

There is so much to love about Argentinean soccer players, their passion, skill, determination and above all their discipline. A couple of guys might be the exception as far that discipline category is concerned, but, in general, the players who come out of that country know how to be gentle on the pitch. They play the game with true spirit.

Manchester United suffered from their 7th defeat of this season as they lost 3-1 against Chelsea as they keep on dropping points and falling further behind on the Premier League standings. Despite being 14 points behind the leaders Arsenal, David Moyes insisted in saying that his side will not give up as this is a new project and takes time.

Carlo Ancelotti praised the adaptation that Gareth Bale has been making since making his move from the Premier League over to La Liga’s Real Madrid.

The Welshman has scored 7 goals in 9 appearances in the Spanish League and his form continues to get better and better with or without C.Ronaldo.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that former United defender Gabriel Heinze had a mercenary streak about him. The Argentine defender was brought to the club from PSG in 2004.

He had the capability of playing at left back or in central defence. He had cost the Premier league outfit around £ 7 million in transfer value. He was at the club for only three years before being sold to Spanish giants Real Madrid in 2007. However, he tried to engineer a move to Liverpool during his time at United much to the dismay of Ferguson.

Former Inter Milan and Argentina striker Hernan Crespo has said that his compatriot Carlos Tevez will be a success at Juventus in the coming season. The striker moved to Turin in a £ 10 million deal during the summer.

While the teams which are newly promoted from the Championship are usually amongst the hot favourites to go down again, before the start of a new season, in recent years the likes of Stoke City and Swansea have demonstrated that a team can come up and establish itself as a Premiership force. Fans of Cardiff, Hull and Crystal Palace will be hoping that their sides can match this achievement, but it is not surprising that the bookies have put low odds on all three being relegated this coming season.

Newell’s Old Boys became the winners of “Final” Championship in Argentina. They did so in a bizarre fashion. They didn’t have to kick a football for that. The result of a match went in their favour and they won the Championship.

Lanus, a team which was challenging Newell’s for the Championship, was up against Estudiantes on Wednesday. Actually, that match was scheduled to take place 10 days ago and it had started 10 days ago as well. The first half went on peacefully, but, then, something unfortunate happened at the stadium. A supporter got killed in a police confrontation.

The Newell’s Old Boys boss has said that he is extremely happy with the start made by his team in the Copa Libertadores group stages. The Argentine side were taking on the Paraguayan Olimpia the first group match of the Copa Libertadores.

Newell’s Old Boys managed to register a 3-1 victory in the match. It was definitely not an easy encounter for the favourites – Newell’s Old Boys, as they struggle to take the chances that came their way until the 69th minute. The penalty from Scocco finally gave the lead they were playing for during the first half break.

The chances of Newell’s Old Boys winning the title this season appear to be fading fast after they were involved in a 2-2 draw with their opponents Union Santa Fe. Even though a 2-2 draw looks extremely bad in the context of the match and the title race, it could have gone even bad for them.

Newell’s Old Boys have to come back from two goals down after they conceded two early goals in the match. They were going into the half-time break trailing the match 2-0, and it could have gone even worse had it not been for the brilliant comeback in the second half.