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Pep Guardiola has said that his team Barcelona is very much capable of coming back from the failure as the team lost to Sevilla 3-1 in Saturday’s first leg of the traditional Spanish season opener. Ibrahimovic gave the lead to Barcelona in the first half but could not compete with Luis Fabiano’s goal and Frederic Kanoute’s double goal for Sevilla.

Guardiola also said he is very much pleased from the team’s performance but we could not do well in the second half of the match but a tie was manageable. The team we faced is from Champions League and we did our level best to perform well.

The coach wants to check the fitness of the squad during the week before making any changes in the team for the future matches. We shall overcome the defeat we faced in the last game and this time we shall not disappoint our fans, he added.

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Reports from England and Spain were saying that Javier Mascherano is just step away from signing a contract with Barcelona. But now it is clear that this scenario will not go throught. Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has denied reports that the club have reached any agreement to sign Javier Mascherano from Liverpool, and has also claimed that the player ‘does not fit into the club’s season plan’.

Now it is all on Inter, who had the best chances on signing Mascherano from the very beginning. Mascherano wants to join Inter and re-unite with his former boss Rafael benitez and his Argentinian teammates, Diego Milito, Walter Samuel, Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso etc. Inter was holding the negotations because as Massimo Moratti, the president of Inter said, they did not have enough money to buy Mascherano, but now as they sold  Balotelli to Man City, money is not a problem. We will see in next few days, if this saga will come to an end.

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Italian Under-21 international Federico Macheda will not leave Manchester United on loan, said Sir Alex Ferguson, because “he’s cocky.” There were reports the teenager would be shipped out to gain more first team experience in the Premier League.

“He is one we have to keep a close eye on. He has a cocky arrogance about him. He will argue with players in a training session and he will compete for his ego. But he’s only 18, he’s not 19 until October and we keep forgetting that. He is an exceptional talent and he is tough. He does not get bullied in games. He gives as good as he gets. There was no chance of us ever letting him go on loan – he stays here. We need to keep an eye on him.”

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The young player from the Brazilian side Neymar is under confusion as he said that he expects to join Chelsea. Chelsea has been behind the player the entire summer but the player confusingly said Neymar is from Santos when asked about his move to Stamford Bridge.

The Santos are determined to keep the player until he is sold out as Luis Alvaro warned about reporting the Premier League club to FIFA as there is a continuous chase for the player. He also said this is completely unacceptable and the team will defend the player in any circumstances.

The controversies have started to build around the player which he himself knows and wants to keep out of it. The player was questioned about his position in the club for which he responded saying ‘Neymar is from Santos. Are you deaf?’ but later the player said he doesn’t have any idea if he is going to stay or leave.

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Roy Hodgson, the manager of Liverpool said that his team is not yet ready to play for Premier League title. He also said the playing with the best teams in the tournament will be a difficult thing to do and the teams who have not reached the Champions League spot last season will face a lot of problem playing against the teams like Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea.

After trained for seven sessions we can easily notice that the team is too far away to match Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea who previously were trained under Roy Hodgson at least one year, he added.

The team ended in seventh place in their last League campaign which is the team’s worst performance since 11 years. The coach also said it would not be good to say before playing the game that we will be on top of the game. Liverpool is opening their match against the Arsenal in Premier League.

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The agent of David Beckham has said that the player is still fit and available for the international side in spite of regular criticizing by Fabio Capello. After the game against the Hungary Capello said that Beckham is little bit old to play in the England team, even then he will be given one last chance to say good bye to his fans during the next friendly match in Wembley.

But Beckham’s agent has expressed that his client has no idea about ending his international career so soon. Beckham also said in a report there are no plans for retirement and he will always remain available for the national team.

Beckham did not play with the England team in the world cup due to injuries but was seen with Capello in backroom team in the tournament. The player has the ability to play and can continue playing till Euro 2012 qualifier.

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