The Surprise Team

Posted by betensured02 on May 29th, 2018

Neymar Reveals The Surprise Team He Is ‘Happy’ To Avoid At World Cup

Russia 2018 is just 189 days away and whilst we all hate international breaks, there is quite literally nothing better than the FIFA World Cup. But who’s going to win?

Gareth Southgate’s England will be hoping for a better campaign after enduring a nightmare European Championship in 2016, with group games against Tunisia, Panama and Belgium in the pipe line.

Another team who will be hoping to overcome the disappointment of another major tournament hangover is Neymar and his Brazil side.

Their 7-1 defeat against Germany at the 2014 World Cup is still deep in the memory of millions, so can they produce in Russia next year?

According to Football Manager, Brazil will lose in the semi-finals but Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar will secure the Golden Boot, scoring five goals throughout.

Brazil are in Group E with Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia – and like England, the nation are fairly positive with the draw.

Neymar has since revealed that he is ‘happy’ Brazil avoided all five African teams in last week’s draw, especially Nigeria in the group stages.

“We [Brazil] have to be at our best to get a good result particularly in our first game of the tournament. The teams in our group are difficult to play against,” Neymar told the media via Yahoo.

“I am happy it wasn’t a group where we had to play against African teams like Nigeria. They run a lot and are very physical in their approach. We are no doubt still up against strong sides at the World Cup.”

So Neymar was happy that Brazil avoided Salisu Yusuf’s Nigeria side in the group stage.

Ex-AC Milan, Chelsea & Man City striker George Weah elected Liberia president

Former Chelsea, Manchester City and AC Milan striker George Weah will be the next president of Liberia.

Weah, 51, became the first non-European player to win the Ballon d’Or in 1995 – just one of many achievements over a prolific 18-year professional career that ended in 2003.

He entered politics after his retirement and had been serving as a senator in Liberia’s parliament.

His victory was announced by Liberia’s National Elections Commission on Thursday – it said that with 98.1% of ballots counted, Weah had won 61.5% of the vote.

He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president. She defeated Weah in elections in 2005, held shortly after the end of a brutal civil war.

Weah’s most famous goal for AC Milan was a solo effort against Verona which started in his own penalty area

For a few years in the 1990s, Weah was among the best strikers in world football.

Capable of scoring all sorts of goals, his most famous moment came while playing for AC Milan in 1996 when he scored a solo effort against Verona which started in his own penalty area and saw him dribble past almost an entire team.

First brought to Europe by Arsene Wenger at Monaco in 1988, Weah scored 47 league goals for the club in four years before a move to Paris St-Germain. There he won the league title in 1994 and was the top scorer in the Champions League a year later – finishing ahead of Jari Litmanen, Romario and Hristo Stoichkov – before moving to Milan in 1995.

Playing alongside Roberto Baggio, Weah won Serie A in his first season with the club and won it again in 1999 but eventually fell out of favour and had short spells with both Chelsea and Manchester City in the Premier League.

But he scored just four goals in the English top flight though before returning to France – though he did add the FA Cup to his trophy collection with the Blues.