Kimmich: 'Xavi and Lahm are my idols.'

 The versatile player of Bayern Munich Joshua Kimmich admitted that he took an example from the legend of Barcelona Xavi, who left the Catalans colossus last summer.
'Xavi was my role model in childhood. He was very, very good football player. It was a strong technical and leader on the pitch. He can lead the team and is a team player.', Kimmich in front of the site of UEFA.
'He knows how to combine with his teammates and is always at the service of the team. I also saw him as a role model, because it was not as strong physically as the other.'
'Philipp Lahm is also an example for me. Very few players in the world have its perseverance in the introduction. I can't think of three poor games from him. This is a quality that few have. Players often are judged by their weak matches, and with Philipp, there are almost no such things.', added the rookie, who was one of the sensational scorers Bayern in all tournaments this season.

Pele was kicked out of Italy

The Italian striker Graziano Pelle was removed from the team after he refused to shake the hand with the coach Giampiero Ventura last night.
He was replaced in the second half against Spain by Ciro Immobile, but he didn't stay happy and went immediately into the tunnel, ignoring the experience of greeting by the mentor.
Ventura tried to gloss over what happened after the match saying that Pele probably was frustrated by himself and by his performance, but today before noon, the Federation announced that the player was removed from the team.
He is free to return to the Chinese team Shandong and will miss Sunday's clash with Macedonia. He realized his mistake, the former Southampton striker apologized in Instagram, having determined his behaviour as 'unacceptable' and added that 'it would be fair to assume the responsibility for what happened'.
The goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon also said that it didn\'t happen, who knows what, but the player was not right. 'In such tense duels, that happens. If he's sorry, then we will be happy to take him back.' So far it is not clear whether the future of the scorer in the team is compromised.

Tuchel: 'I have never claimed red cards.'

 The coach of Borussia Dortmund, Thomas Tuchel stood firmly at his words, that his players were too often fouled in the course of the games. Before the match against Hertha, the coach of the Bundesliga stressed that despite appearances he never wanted the red card for a specific player.
The occasion for these comments arose from the previous round, in which 'Black-Yellow' decreased by 0:2 against Bayer Leverkusen. After the derby, Tuchel spoke very harshly for the extremely hard approach of the rivals, and his statement raised an uproar in Germany.
'The opponent crosses all sorts of boundaries. Typically, if a team has made so many fouls in a game, then it will not finish with 11 men.', noted then the angry professional.
It got to the fact that the coach of Hertha Paul Dardai criticized Tuchel with the claim that his talk may influence the decisions of the referees from now on. The coach of Borussia did not hide that he was surprised by the scale of the reaction after his remarks.
'I'm surprised that the discussion about the fouls was above any limits.I am rarely going over the number of violations when I read the statistics from a match. I did not require red cards for anything and anyone. The only thing was, it was the imbalance between the underlying and suffered violations.', said Tuchel.
'I think that 20 fouls in one game are well above the permissible. Despite all the competition, I don't think that's the way to play football. Right now, it is questionable whether we will have 16 players from the first team ready for the match with Hertha. We will need to add the part of adolescents.', added Tuchel.

Platini will oficially say goodbye to UEFA in Athens

The removed of the position of UEFA President Michel Platini will have the opportunity to deliver a farewell speech at the Congress of the European Federation in Athens.
It was revealed by his spokesman to AFP Agency. According to him, Platini will attend the UEFA Congress on September 14 in Athens and will get a chance to say goodbye to his colleagues. In Greece, it will be chosen the successor of Platini.
The Frenchman, as well as the former boss of FIFA Sepp Blatter, were given sentences of eight years from the elite Committee of FIFA. Subsequently, however, the punishment of Platini was reduced to four years.

Rafinha is ready to leave Barca if he doesn`t play regularly

Rafinha Alcantara hinted that it is possible to leave Barcelona if he does not get enough opportunity for expression in the current season.
`I`m not going to leave Barcelona. The truth is that I want to stay in the team. Of course, that my desire is linked to playing more often. It`s normal for every footballer to want to play.`, commented Rafinha.
`If I don`t get enough opportunity to rein in Barcelona, then it is not a problem to go to play somewhere on a loan.` I am ambitious to make a very strong season at Barcelona.`, added the Brazilian.
In the season of 2013/14 Rafinha used to play at Celta Vigo.
In November last year, Rafinha renewed his contract with Barcelona until June 30, 2020. The liberating clause that is saved in the contract is worth 75 million euros. He has been in Barcelona since the age of 13.

Free Football Picks - 24.08.2016

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs. Young Boys
Borussia totally beat its opponent in the first game according 24footballtips.com in Switzerland and virtually ensured its participation in the groups with the victory of 3:1. There`s nothing more to expect from the match in Germany, in addition to a new victory for the German representative. Moenchengladbach played very attractive and attacking football, which Young Boys were unable to resist. Our soccer forecast is 1.

Manchester City vs. Steaua
We can expect a peaceful game according 24footballtips.com from the collision of Manchester City vs Steaua. `Citizens` destroyed their opponent in Romania and this victory with 5:0 was the least that they could win. Even if it doesn`t come out with the best in view of the heavy agenda in the Barclays Premier League, City would have had to deal with the second team at home against Steaua. Our football prediction is 1.

Rostov vs. Ajax
Ajax is generally a quality team, but at home, it was unable to defeat, and now the game according 24footballtips.com in Russia will be very hard for it. Rostov is a very qualitative host and Ajax is not in a very good shape. They with many sorrows have reached that stage, but also in the local Championship have had only one win in three rounds. The most likely outcome of this duel is a tie. Our football forecast is X.

Red Bull Salzburg vs. Dinamo Zagreb
Red Bull Salzburg has the unique chance to qualify in the groups, though now its team to an idea is weaker than that of the last few years, in which it failed to qualify. The opponent is very comfortable, though. Dynamo is a team with rather modest choices, whose level also dropped a lot in recent years. Red Bull deserves the place in the groups. Our soccer prediction is 1.

Juve raised the salary of Bonucci

The management of Juventus is ready to offer a new contract with significantly improved financial conditions to the defender Leonardo Bonucci.
The Bianconeri want to keep the player at any cost with a view that Manchester City has an interest in him.
Bonucci currently receives over 3.5 million euros per season.
According to information, Juventus is ready to increase his salary to 4.5 million euros. With exclusive remuneration of the defender can reach 5 million a year.
Manchester City offered to Bonucci 8.5 million euros per season.
Leonardo Bonucci was pleased to remain in Turin and continue his career at Juventus.