This week’s team are all current Premier League players, lined up in a 4-4-2. Can you work out what the connection is between them, and who the misfit is and why?
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Odd Man Out: Terry, Van Persie and Adebayor make the line-up but who is the misfit in our XI?
Every week we’ll name an XI of past
and present footballers for you to guess what links them all. But
there’s a twist – one player will always be the odd man out in the
dressing room.
This week’s team are all current Premier League players, lined up in a 4-4-2. Can you work out what the connection is between them, and who the misfit is and why?
This week’s team are all current Premier League players, lined up in a 4-4-2. Can you work out what the connection is between them, and who the misfit is and why?
Real Madrid 3-0 Atletico Madrid: Two deflections help Ronaldo and Co take big lead into second leg... but match spoiled by diving, stamping, pushing and play acting
It was about as far away from a game for the purists as you are likely to see, but Real Madrid battled their way past their capital counterparts in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg.
On another day both teams could have only had a handful of players left on the pitch after Alvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Diego Costa and Raul Garcia kicked, slapped or stamped off the ball.
Real took the lead midway through the first half when Pepe strode forward out of defence as his shot hit former Liverpool defender Emiliano Insua and bounced in.
They then made it two when Angel Di Maria found Jese in the box and the young Spaniard slotted the ball under Atletico keeper Thibaut Courtois, although the Chelsea loanee could have done better.
He didn't have much chance with the third, however, when a Di Maria shot deflected off Atletico defender Miranda and into the back of the net.
Elation: Real Madrid players celebrate after they take the lead
Flashy: Cristiano Ronaldo tries some step-overs during a fairly quiet match for the Ballon d'Or winner
Delight: Pepe celebrates after putting Real Madrid in front during the first half
Match facts
Real Madrid: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao, Modric, Alonso, Di Maria, Jese, Benzema, Ronaldo
Subs: Diego Lopez, Varane, Marcelo, Carvajal, Morata, Isco, Illaramendi
Booked: Pepe
Goal: Insua (OG) 17, Jese 57, Di Maria 73
Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Insua, Raul Garcia, Koke, Gabi, Arda Turan, Diego Ribas, Costa
Subs: Aranzubia, Tiago, Adrian, Cristian Rodriguez, Alderweireld, Manquillo, Sosa
Booked: Diego Ribas, Diego Costa
Attendance:
Subs: Diego Lopez, Varane, Marcelo, Carvajal, Morata, Isco, Illaramendi
Booked: Pepe
Goal: Insua (OG) 17, Jese 57, Di Maria 73
Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Insua, Raul Garcia, Koke, Gabi, Arda Turan, Diego Ribas, Costa
Subs: Aranzubia, Tiago, Adrian, Cristian Rodriguez, Alderweireld, Manquillo, Sosa
Booked: Diego Ribas, Diego Costa
Attendance:
Shoving: The unnecessary argy-bargy scenes all through the match made it difficult to watch
Killing off the game: Thibaut Courtois is wrong-footed as Angel Di Mari's shot makes it 3-0
Pace and power: Ronaldo bursts clear away from Atletico midfielder Arda Turan
Upended: Diego Costa falls to the ground after a coming together with Alvaro Arbeloa
Stretching: Fabio Coentrao gets the the ball before Atletico defender Juanfran
Battle in the middle: Atletico midfielder Koke faces up to Luka Modric
Familiar face: Zinedine Zidane peers out of the dugout as he watches Real
This can be The People's Club... and yes, I want the very best to play here! Beckham announces 'exciting' MLS franchise in Miami (but will their kit be Man City blue?)
The 38-year-old's move into football ownership is expected to cost him £15million - around 25 per cent of the price other new clubs have to pay - and he instantly proclaimed he wants Miami to be home to 'The People's Football Club'.
Even though the press call was devoid of hard facts, a big hint was dropped as to the colour of the new team's kit after blue scarves were unleashed.
Ouch! Arbeloa escapes punishment for RAKING Costa's achilles in feisty derby
Lady Luck shone on Alvaro Arbeloa on
Wednesday night when the Real Madrid defender escaped without punishment
for a nasty challenge on Diego Costa.
During the pulsating Copa del Rey semi-final first leg clash between Real and Atletico Madrid, it was evident from the start that Arbeloa and team-mate Pepe were singling the Brazil-born striker out for a rough ride at the Santiago Bernabeu
But after a number of clumsy tackles to quell the threat posed by Costa in the first half, Arbeloa overstepped the mark, dragging his studs across his calf while the players waited for a dead-ball to be played into the Real Madrid penalty area.
During the pulsating Copa del Rey semi-final first leg clash between Real and Atletico Madrid, it was evident from the start that Arbeloa and team-mate Pepe were singling the Brazil-born striker out for a rough ride at the Santiago Bernabeu
But after a number of clumsy tackles to quell the threat posed by Costa in the first half, Arbeloa overstepped the mark, dragging his studs across his calf while the players waited for a dead-ball to be played into the Real Madrid penalty area.
Man United flop Djemba-Djemba signs with St Mirren until the end of the season
Former Manchester United midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba has signed with Scotland's St Mirren.
The 32-year-old Cameroon player completed a medical on Wednesday and will be with the Paisley-based Buddies until the end of the season.
Djemba-Djemba, who played 39 times for United after a move from Nantes in 2003, was signed as a free agent after he left Partizan Belgrade in December 2013.
The 32-year-old Cameroon player completed a medical on Wednesday and will be with the Paisley-based Buddies until the end of the season.
Djemba-Djemba, who played 39 times for United after a move from Nantes in 2003, was signed as a free agent after he left Partizan Belgrade in December 2013.
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