blackpool boss ian holloway said his team could be on course for a return to the premier league
Ajax, which has won the title four times but is sixth in the Dutch league, will qualify with a victory against visiting Sparta Prague. "It was exciting right from the word go, with energy and enjoyment. Kathmandu: Having notched up a morale-boosting semifinal victory against Maldives, defending champions Indian team will try to maintain their supremacy in the SAFF Football Championship when they take on a tough Afghanistan in the summit clash here on Wednesday.On paper, Afghans are a superior side with a FIFA ranking of 139 to India's 145 as well as seven of their first XI footballers plying their trade in the lower tier leagues of the United States and Germany.Medio Mustafa Azadzoy and defender Mustafa Hadid play in German league while forward Mohammed Yusuf has played in the US.For Sunil Chhetri and his team,greece world cup jersey, winning the SAFF Championship would be a thankless affair.
Kualalumpur:     The Asian Football Association, AFC, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Kualalumpur. London: Jose Mourinho lit the fuse on Real Madrid's explosive Champions League semi final showdown with Barcelona by claiming his club don't get the same treatment from UEFA as their Catalan rivals.Mourinho will be without Ricardo Carvalho for the first leg against Barca after the Portugal defender triggered a suspension when he was booked for a foul on Tom Huddlestone in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Tottenham in the quarter final second leg.The Real boss, whose side went through 5-0 on aggregate, admitted he could have avoided that situation by telling Carvalho to deliberately get booked when his side were 4-0 up against Spurs in the first leg.That would have ruled Carvalho out of the second leg at White Hart Lane instead of leaving him vulnerable to a semi final ban.But Mourinho opted against that tactic as he had already been hit with a suspended one-match ban by UEFA,uruguay jersey world cup 2014, European football's governing body,colombia world cup shirt, after allegedly telling Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos to get booked in a group match against Ajax earlier this season so they would get rid of a suspension before the knockout stage.Undoubtedly with Barca in mind, Mourinho hinted that another club had been allowed to get away with a similar move.That was apparently a reference to a booking for Barca's Andres Iniesta against Shakhtar Donetsk that earned him a second leg suspension but meant he would be able to play the semi final.There was also an incident which saw Barca duo Victor Valdes and Sergio Busquets booked for time-wasting in a recent league match - ruling them out of the next game, but leaving them free to face Real on Saturday."Maybe you have to find a reason why Mourinho can't clean yellow cards and other clubs can.