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Lionel Messi won his third consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or award after beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi. So far he has won every title and some of them twice but the world cup still a tough one despite the possibilities of playing two more world cups. Individually he performed well, but also get a push fantastic top player like Inesta and second run-up Xavi. Club achievement played a major role and made it easy for him to beat Cristiano Ronaldo. Spanish Liga title, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Messi has become the second player after Michel Platini to have won the Ballon D'Or awards in three consecutive years.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi won his third consecutive FIFA Ballon-d'Or award and singer Shakira

FiFPro XI only come from three European teams, Barcelona - 5, Real Madrid 4, and Man Utd – 2 and six of them from Spain national team.
Other awards
FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year -- Homare Sawa (Japan National team)
FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year -- Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year -- Norio Sasaki (Japan women’s national team)
FIFA Presidential Award -- Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
FIFA Fair Play Award -- Japan FA
FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal– Neymar (Santos)

Real Madrid derby 4-1 victory over Atletico Madrid saw them open a six points gap in La liga thank to brace and assist from Cristiano Ronaldo and Getafe 1-0 win over defending champions Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo have now moved from 14 goals in top scorers log to 16 La liga goals one more than Lionel Messi.


szólj hozzá: Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico

Real Madrid FC 3-2 victory over Mestala club, Valencia enabled them to maintain 3 points lead three points lead at the top of the Primera division. Jose Mourinho's side scored two goals through Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos before Roberto Soldado managed to pull one back for the home team. Cristiano Ronaldo score third goal for Real Madrid, his fourteenth La liga goal this season and stay close to messi on top scorers table. Roberto Soldado score his second goal of the match on 82' but his team didn't manage to complete the come back as his other goal for hat-trick was discounted for offside.
Real Madrid vs Valencia 3-2 video highlights of all goals
szólj hozzá: VCF 2-3 RMCF HIGHLIGHTS
Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza 4-0 video highlights of all goals
szólj hozzá: B4-0Z

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth hat trick of the season and 12th for Real Madrid in 7-1 victory over struggling Osasuna at Santiago Bernabeu. Los Galacticos enjoyed 77% possession with 61% (11/18) shots on goal in a game which Angel Di Maria set up three goals and add his goal assist tally to 10 before he was substituted after an injury. Jose Mourinho team has now won 10 consecutive games in all competition, seven in the league.

The world most expensive player is now second on La liga top scorers table with 13 goals after 930 minutes after the world’s best player Lionel Messi with 14 La Liga goals after 840 minutes. But in terms of La liga goals and goals ratio per minute Gonzalo Higuain stand at 11 goals in 565 minutes.

Ronaldo shy away from talking about his performance by rather praise team performance; He said

……..I’m very happy about scoring today, but what matters is the team won……. Without my team-mates alongside me I wouldn’t be able to score as many goals as I have done.

In 2010-2011 Ronaldo score 40 La Liga goals and won the pichichi as well as the European Golden boot and yesterday he received his golden boot award. He became the first play to have won European Golden Shoe award with two different championships (Barclays Premier League in 2007–08 and Spanish La Liga in 2010–11).

Later Barcelona managed to save one point in 2-2 draw with Athletico Madrid and allowed Real Madrid a 3 point lead at the top of La Liga log.

Osasuna have conceded 15 to Barcelona and Real Madrid alone having losing 8-0 to Barcelona at the start of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both score their second hat-trick of the season in Real Madrid 6-2 win over Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona 5-0 victory over Athletic Madrid in Spanish La Liga match. 

The race for pichichi and European top scorer is on and tight. Jose Mourinho watched his team recover from a draw and a defeat to score more goals even with ten men after Di Maria red card. Athletic Madrid without their famous top striker Sergio Aguero were total dominated and Radamel Falcao didn't have enough ball to change the scoreline.
Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano match video highlights of all goals

Barcelona FC vs Athletic Madrid match video highlights of all goals

Machester City face tough opponents on their champion league debut, it could be a group of death.
Manchester City has been drawn alongside Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli in Group A for champions league in group stage. It is the toughest group as Bayern Munich, 4 times UEFA champions and finalist two seasons ago, will be fighting to reach the champions league final which will be place at Allianz Arena, their own home ground. Jupp Heynckes will have a superb goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Former Manchester City player Jerome Boateng and fast charging Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.

Villarreal had gain enormous experience in champions league in recent years and they won’t go down easily. The yellow submarine have Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi who netted two goals in second play-off against Odense. Both Bayern Munich and Villarreal have passed tough tests in UEFA play-offs beating FC zurich and Odense 3-0 and 3-1 on aggregate repectively.

Napoli has recently been improving a lot, finished third in Serie A has Marek Hamsik, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani who was fourth contender of European golden boot. Napoli squad is more likely the same and managed to retain their best players. What a champions league debut for Manchester City?

Roberto Mancini's squad, are champions league debutants and considering their players’ talents and experiences, it won’t be surprising to see them making great champions league history on their first appearance. City have shown improvement since last season, winning FA cup and break in premier league top four last season and boosted by arrival of Gaël Clichy, Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri.

Trabzonspor and Athletic Bilbao benefit from Fenerbahce match fixing scandal
In Group B, Inter Milan the 2010 UEFA champions have been drawn alongside CSKA Moscow from Russia, French champions Lille and Turkey side Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor first runner-up in 2010 -2011 Turkish league benefited from Fenerbahce match fixing scandal. Athletic Bilbao is also celebrating as they have automatically qualified for UEFA Europa league. Athletic Bilbao was scheduled to play against Trabzonspor for UEFA Europa league qualification. The event is seen as respect of UEFA for national football association and a bid to fight corruption in football. Diego Milito played a moajor in Inter Milan success in 2009-2010 before Alexandre Pato's AC Milan steal the show in 2010-2011.

Diego Milito, Inter Milan striker will be looking to win the UEFA cup and the Scudeto lost to Alexandre Pato AC Milan

The Red Devils campaign to reach the final and correct mistakes
In Group C Manchester United, the last season UEFA champions league’s finalist will start their campaign in same group as Benfica, FC Basel and Romanian minnows Otelul Galati. The Red Devils had brilliant performance last season but suffered 3-1 to Barcelona at Wembley stadium and a set to top this group.

Jose Mourinho on his mark to make history in La liga
In Group D, Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid the nine times UEFA champions will be trading his tactics against French side Lyon, Dutch club Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb from croatia. Real Madrid sees off Lyon in last year competition with 4-2 aggregate in fantastic secpnd round match. The Portuguese manager won only King cup last years and will be targeting La liga and champions league trophy.

Michael Ballack, Romelu Lukaku and Juan Mata to face former club in Group E
In Group E, Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be looking to achieve what Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant and Carlo Ancelotti failed. His first assignment for the Blues in Champions league level will be to secure finish at the top of Group E above Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Racing Genk.

Valencia will shot of its many former players like David Silva, David Villa and Juan Mata. The Stamford bridge club have signed Oriol Romeu, Romelu Lukaku and Juan Mata in a bid to strengthen the first team and play more attacking football. They will play Racing Genk and Valencia, in these matches Michael Ballack, Romelu Lukaku and Juan Mata will have test the challenge of their former club and the return of Sami Hyypia in England. AVB is ready for to face the Barcelona at any stage without fear.

Doubtfull Arsenal in a tricky group after knocking out Udinese
In Group F, Arsenal has been drawn in a tricky group with the Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Olympiakos. Arsenal finished fourth in Premier league and had to overcome Udinese in play-off match, thanks to Theo Walcott goals in first and second leg matches. The Emirates club saw its Captain Cesc Fabregas, shinning midfielder Sami Nasri, left back Gael Clichy leaving for highly competitive teams.

UEFA Europa league champions back at top level to prove a point
In Group G, the last year Europa and Portugal champions, Porto was drawn as a top seed with Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine, Russia side Zenit St Petersburg and APOEL from Cyprus. AVB's former club will have tough season to prove its ability in champions league football. Radamel Falcao break the UEFA Europa league golas score in one season and Porto will be have to face the challenge of top defender this time without Falcao who moved to Athletico MaDRID.

Lisandro Lopez will be target reverge to Real Madrid but Radamel Falcao UEFA Europa league top scoer last season will be crucial miss for Porto in Super cup and Champions league

Current and four times UEFA champions, Barcelona meet seven times UEFA champions AC Milan
Barcelona cruise their way to win the UEFA cup at Wembley beating Manchester United 3-1. The four times UEFA and current UEFA champions will face Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s AC Milan the Serie-A champions and seven times UEFA champions in Group H which also have Belarusian club BATE Borisov and Czech Republic side Viktoria Plzen another champion league debutant. Lionel Messi topped champions league goal scorer with a goal in the final as Criatiano Ronaldo clinch Pichichi and European golden boot.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will compete for top honours at Barcelona and Real Madrid as well as individual. Last season ronaldo won La Liga and European Golden Boot while Lionel Messi won La liga trophy, UEFA Champions league cup, became UEFA top scoer and UEFA best player

At the end of champions league draw, journalist voted for the best Europe player among Lionel Messi, Xavi both from Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid striker. It wasn’t surprising that all three nominees are playing in La liga. Lionel Messi was voted the UEFA best player and became the first player to have won that award.

2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group stage draw
Group A
FC Bayern München (GER)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
Manchester City FC (ENG)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
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Group B
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
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Group C
Manchester United FC (ENG)
SL Benfica (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU)
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Group D
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
AFC Ajax (NED)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
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Group E
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
KRC Genk (BEL)
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Group F
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
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Group G
FC Porto (POR)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
APOEL FC (CYP)
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Group H
FC Barcelona (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

The premier league top goal scorers in the past ten years only have seven strikers. Thierry Henry won the premier league golden boot four times in the past ten years, in 2001-2002 as Arsenal won premier league trophy and when he won the award for three consecutive years 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. In the year 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 he also won the European Golden Shoe/boot award with 60 and 50 points respectively. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored many goals for Manchester United but only top the top score list once and gave Man Utd the title. Drogba won it twice 2006–2007 when Chelsea won premier league title and 2009–2010. Last season the top scorer award were shared among Manchester United Dimitar Berbatov and Manchester City Carlos Tévez both on 20 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo score 31 to fire the red devils to the premier league title and lead with most goals scored in on season in the past ten years but Ronaldo ranked third played to have scored many goals in one season since its inception 1992 after Andrew Cole (Newcastle United 1993–1994) and Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers 1994–945). But Cole and Shearer played in 42 games season. Cristiano Ronaldo shared 31 goals per season record with Alan Shearer though Ronaldo has high rate of goals scored per game 0.91. None of the top scorer played all premier league games in the past ten years but at least all have played more than 30 games. Andrew Cole is the only played to have played all league matches as he played 42 games in 1993–1994.

Premier league top scorers: Thierry Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Didier Drogba,  Cristiano Ronaldo, Nicolas Anelka, Carlos Tévez,, Dimitar Berbatov

Premier league season for 2011-2012 kick off a week ago and saw Sergio Kun Aguero score double on his debut. Many soccer fans are tipping him for a premier league and European golden boot awards. Will Aguero clinch the post on his first premier league season? Aguero were among top ten scorers in European league top scorer list. Does he have enough to win the European golden shoe? If not who will win these awards?

2001-2002 Thierry Henry 24
2002–2003 Ruud van Nistelrooy 25
2003–2004 Thierry Henry 30
2004–2005 Thierry Henry 25
2005–2006 Thierry Henry 27
2006–2007 Didier Drogba 20
2007–2008 Cristiano Ronaldo 31
2008–2009 Nicolas Anelka 19
2009–2010 Didier Drogba 29
2010–2011 Carlos Tévez 20
2010–2011 Dimitar Berbatov 20