IFFHS NEWS AND STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 27
Picture : Real Madrid Femenino is a Reality !
REAL MADRID’S WOMAN TEAM !
Real Madrid,CF, the best team of the 20th century according to FIFA and IFFHS, has so far been one of the only elite clubs to resist the creation of a female team. By taking over Tacón, the women's club based in Madrid and created in 2014, 'Real Madrid Femenino' will become a reality. Approved at a meeting of shareholders in September last year, the buyout of Tacón is official from July 1, when another recruitment drive will begin.
According to the Spanish press, Madrid have set their sights on the game's finest talents and some of the first signings could arrive this week. Tacón have already been expanding in preparation. They signed Swedish internationals Kosovare Asllani (pictured ) and Sofia Jakobsson, who was nominated for the 2019 Women's Ballon d'Or and who joined last year after finishing third in the Women's World Cup. The goal will be to turn Madrid into contenders both in Spain and Europe, where they will hope to challenge the supremacy of Barcelona's women's team, finalists in the 2018-2019 Women's Champions League and who thrashed Tac´n twice this season, 6-0 and 9-1.
"The time has come to build a team that you will all be very proud of," said Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. The change has been done gradually over several months. Since the start of the current season, Tacón, coached by David Aznar, have trained and played their home games at Valdebebas, a few metres from the men's team. This will continue to be the case this season and the club have not ruled out using the Santiago Bernabeu for showcase matches. The launch will be an historical moment for the club but for women's football too.
LIVERPOOL RECORDS
After the 4 – 0 defeat in City and the 2 - 0 win against Aston Villa, Liverpool FC (Picture : Sadio Mané) can beat 4 PREMIER LEAGUE RECORDS before the end of the season :
- 1 – Win all the matches at home. The team of Klopp has won 17 matches of 17 until now. They have to win the 2 last matches at Anfield.
- 2 – beat the Record of the number of points hold by City (100 points in 2018). Liverpool has 89 points and 5 matches (maximum 15 points) to beat this Record !
- 3 – beat the Record of the most points advance before the second. 23 points today, City holds the Record with 19 !
- 4 – beat the Record of the number of Wins in a season. City (2018) holds the Record with 32. Liverpool has 29 and 5 matches to play !
TRANSFER NEWS
Achraf Hakimi signed at Inter Milan after his stay in Dortmund.
Leroy Sane joined FC Bayern München from Manchester City.
Sara Gunnarsdottir from Wolfsburg to Olympique Lyon !
Ellie Carpenter, Australian young star, in Lyon
Thiago Alcantara (FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München) will join Liverpool FC !
CR7 NEW CHALLENGES
Cristiano Ronaldo has 3 personal challenges to end the season with Juve. With his team, he wants to win the Serie A title and the UEFA Champions League but for himself, he will be the Historical Goalscorer of Juve (most goals in a season), win the UEFA Champions League with 3 different clubs (Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juve), and be crowned as the Best Goalscorer in Europe in 3 different countries (England, Spain, Italy) ! His new goal against Torino last Saturday is a sign …
DOUBLES
In Germany, FC Bayern München (men) and VFL Wolfsburg (women) have also won the German Cup yesterday after the winning of the Bundesliga. The two teams are ready now to make the triple in the UEFA Champions League finals next month !
RECORD FOR BUFFON
Historical Record for Gianluigi Buffon : yesterday he played his 648 th match of Serie A with Juve. He is the ALL TIME HISTORICAL RECORDMAN in Italy !