MOURINHO HOPES TO UNITE UNITED FANS
Unifying the Manchester United
faithful is high on the priority list
of new manager Jose Mourinho,
who is determined to recapture
the glory days at Old Trafford.
Former United boss Louis van Gaal failed to win
over the fans during his tenure, despite an FA Cup
triumph in May, as inconsistent performances led
to the 20-times English title winners missing out
on Champions League qualification.
"I understand that they expect a lot from me but I also expect a lot from them," Mourinho told the
club's website (www.manutd.com).
"There is no chance we will be happy if we are not
together and I think the passion (they have) for
this club is really amazing. Always when you
change a manager, I feel it is a sad moment but it
is a new chapter now."
Van Gaal's possession-based style of football
failed to yield results for United, who finished
BARCELONA CONFIDENT MESSI WILL STAY..
Lionel Messi is not interested in leaving Barcelona in the wake of his sentencing for tax fraud,according to club spokesman
Josep Vives.
POGBA MAY STAY PUT AT JUVE---AGENT
Paul Pogba may stay put at Juventus despite talks about the French midfielder's possible
move to England or Spain, his agent Mino Raiola has said.
Now to euro
GRIEZMANN NAME BEST PLAYER OF EURO2016.....Uefa on Monday named French
forward and tournament top scorer Antoine Griezmann as the best player of Euro 2016, a day after the hosts' 1-0 final defeat to
Portugal.
"Antoine Griezmann was a threat in every game he played. He works hard for his team and possesses technique, vision and
quality finishing," said Uefa chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu, who led the panel that picked the striker.
THE STARS OF EURO2016....
At the end of the European Championships, here is a look at five players who shone over the last month in France...
CRISTIANO RONALDO (Portugal)
This will be remembered as Ronaldo's tournament, for good and for bad. It did not start well for him and he was stretchered
off injured in the first half of the final but Portugal still lifted their first major international trophy.
There was a less then classy outburst at Iceland, who he accused of having a "small mentality" after their opening draw.
He then missed a penalty in a goalless stalemate with Austria and it looked as if Portugal might go out in the group stage before he surged to the fore with a brilliant brace in a 3-3 draw with Hungary that saved the Selecao.
Those goals also allowed him to become the first player to score at four straight Euro finals.
An assist for Ricardo Quaresma's winner against Croatia in the last 16 and a successful penalty that sparked their shootout win over Poland in the quarterfinals made up for disappointing displays in those matches.
But his majestic header set up the 2-0 win over Wales in the last four and saw him equal Michel Platini's record of nine goals at the Euro finals. Better was to come as Portugal won the trophy by stunning the hosts, although he was watching from the touchline at the end after coming off early on at the Stade de France with a knee injury.
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN (France)
Griezmann missed a glorious chance to put
France in front in the final they eventually lost, but up until then he had been the tournament's outstanding performer.
The 25-year-old came into the competition on the back of an agonising defeat with Atletico Madridi in the Champions League final, in which he missed a penalty.
But he recovered from that to take away the Euro 2016 golden boot with six goals, the highest tally of a player at a European Championship since Michel Platini netted nine times as France won as hosts in 1984.
"In this Euro, he's been decisive for us," said
France coach Didier Deschamps, while sports
daily L'Equipe labelled this team the "Griezmann Generation" after their semifinal win against Germany in which he netted a brace.
LEONARDO BONUCCI (Italy)
Bonucci was the man at the heart of the superbly drilled Italian defence as Antonio Conte's unfancied side reached the quarterfinals only to succumb on penalties to Germany. The Juventus stopper, who once got away from a gun-toting armed robber by punching him in the face, let very little get by him in France. He was the man of the match in Italy's 2-0 win against reigning champions Spain in the last 16. And against Germany his coolly taken penalty levelled the match, which eventually went to a shootout.
Bonucci failed from the spot the second time
around as Italy bowed out, but the 29-year-old still had a tremendous tournament.
AARON RAMSEY (Wales)
Far from being a one man team relying on the genius of Gareth Bale, Wales' success in reaching a major tournament semifinal for the first time owed everything to a superb collective effort. But arguably their key man was the Arsenal midfielder Ramsey.
He was the man of the match and scored the
opener in the 3-0 win over Russia that took Chris Coleman's side into the last 16 as winners of their group.
Ramsey was then outstanding in the stunning 3-1 defeat of Belgium in the last eight, but a booking in that game saw him, crucially, miss the semifinal loss to Portugal due to injury.
GRZEGORZ KRYCHOWIAK (Poland)
Krychowiak learnt his trade as a footballer in
France after joining Bordeaux as a teenager and he looked right at home during the tournament in the heart of Poland's midfield.
The man who makes his side tick in the engine room, 26-year-old Krychowiak took the official man of the match award after Poland's opening win against Northern Ireland.
His standards never dropped after that as Poland made it to the quarter-finals before losing on penalties to Portugal.
Krychowiak will be back in France next season after securing a big money move to Paris Saint-....
And to our prediction winner
Tho @sabinto was d first person to predict the scoreline but if we look at d only goal 4 dat day came up at extral time some we are not giving it to him likewise @enigma but
@yusingkey predict full time 0-0 and extra time 1-0 so we are giving it to him
Our winner is @yusingkey
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