TOO DIFFICULT FOR FALCAO
The Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao has said that it is extremely difficult match the budgets of the Spanish clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but he feels that his club should be considered as one of the title contenders this season because they are in the second position. The striker is considered as one of the best in Europe right now. He is the only contender for the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Spanish la Liga when it comes to the scoring charts. He has helped Atletico Madrid gain a strong foothold in the table by moving to the second position ahead of their arch rivals Real Madrid.
Even though they are nine points behind leaders Barcelona, Falcao believes that they have done enough in the season to be considered as a title contender. After the recent defeat at the hands of Real Madrid, they have fallen nine points behind the leaders. However, they still have a significant advantage over Real Madrid in the table, and they are now the favourites to finish in the second position. Radamel Falcao has been consistently linked with a move away from the club for the last few months, but he is not expected to move in the January transfer window.
“With the budgets available to Real Madrid and Barcelona, they can have the best players in the world. But it is Barca first, Atletico second and Madrid third. So now we should talk about Barca and Atletico,” said the 26-year-old striker. Falcao has been linked with a £ 48 million move to Chelsea, with the likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid also showing interest in the player. The player is currently second in the goalscoring charts in Spain with 17 goals to his name. Only Lionel Messi is ahead of him in the table.
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COLOMBIA BEAT PARAGUAY
The Colombian football team has defeated Paraguay in a World Cup qualifying match played at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez on Saturday. Colombia won the match by 2-0. With this victory, Colombia has now moved up to no. 3 in the South American World Cup qualifying points table. The Colombian team has played 8 World Cup qualifying matches so far out of which the team has won five, has lost two and the remaining one has ended in a draw. The Colombian team currently has 16 points in 8 matches.
On the other hand, this was the sixth defeat for Paraguay in the tournament. The Paraguayan team has played 8 matches in the competition so far out of which the team has managed to win only one match. Paraguay has been defeated in 6 matches, while, the remaining one match has finished without any result. The Paraguayan team currently has only four points in 8 matches and it is placed at the bottom of the South American World Cup qualifying points table.
The Paraguayan team looked horribly out of form in the match. In the first half, the Colombian team got quite a few goal scoring opportunities, but, neither of those chances was capitalized on by the Colombian players. The first half went goalless. The Colombian team managed to take the lead in the 7th minute of the second half with the goal of Radamel Falcao. It was a fine left footed strike by the striker of Atletico De Madrid and the ball went straight into the far corner of the net.
The lead of Colombia was doubled towards the end of that match. It was Falcao again who found the net for Colombia. After that, there was not much time left in the game and it was very hard for Paraguay to make a comeback.
The Colombian team will play its next World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia.
FALCAO MISSING FOR ATLETICO
The Atletico Madrid and Colombian international striker Radamel Falcao will be a major absentee for the team in the next few days according to the manager of the Spanish club Diego Simeone. The 26-year-old Radamel Falcao is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world. He has been recently linked with a £ 45 million move to the Premier league club Chelsea. He was signed by the Spanish club Atletico Madrid from the Portuguese club FC Porto for around £ 35 million. He helped them win the Europa league in his first season at the club by scoring more than 35 goals in all competitions.
This was the second consecutive season that he has won the Europa league after previously helping FC Porto to the same title the previous season. However, the player will not be available for Atletico Madrid for the weekend’s match against Espanyol. He will be missing the match due to a thigh injury recently suffered. Speaking ahead of the match, the Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has said that there is no doubt that the team will be not at their best due to the absence of Radamel Falcao, but he expects other players to step up in his absence.
“The objective is not to cover for Radamel’s absence. However, we will be going there with the same mentality as we have had recently, with different players and different characteristics to Falcao, while continuing to remain competitive. The team is good, there is much competition internally, the players are eager to play and the intent is to enter the field with the people who can get us the best result, especially for the match that we are next preparing for,” said Simeone ahead of the match with Espanyol during the weekend.
