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An unbelievable and embarrassing joke. Such is the story of the former star of Chelsea and West Ham, Carlton Cole, who has remembered one of the moments with the national team of England, at that time led by Fabio Capello.

Cole spoke about a joke made by Wayne Rooney, who dropped a viagra pill in one of his drinks before a training session. This joke from the former Manchester United footballer forced him to hold a training session “on his feet”, much to the laughter of his teammates:

“I had a prolonged erection in training. I wasn’t excited, but it was because of what Rooney had done to me. I was the fastest person on that pitch, I had three legs.”

Jermain Defoe also recalls the joke: “Carlton was always smiling and happy, so Rooney and I had chosen him as the victim. He only took his drink because he thought: Oh yeah, vitamins, good for my body. It didn’t make it to hold back his laughter when we revealed to him what he had just received.”

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Messi’s triumph for the best player of FIFA 2023 has aroused a lot of controversy. A very controversial assessment given that the time frame referred to for the vote started from December 19, 2022, thus excluding the World Cup in Qatar where he had seen the Argentinian protagonist .

Lothar Matthaus, German football legend and winner of the FIFA World Player award in 1991, spoke to Sky Deutschland:

“If you look at the big successes, then a player from Manchester City deserves it. It had to be Erling Haaland. He has won more important titles with City and his goal percentage is impressive, something decisive for this decision.”

Messi ended up equal in points with Haaland in the vote, but the award went to the Argentine since FIFA in this case then uses the evaluation of the captains of the national teams, which were more in favor of the Argentine.

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The award “The Best” for the year 2023 will undoubtedly be accompanied by controversy since the winner of this trophy given by FIFA has once again gone to the hands of Lionel Messi.

Although the year 2023 was not very successful for the Argentine, he has defeated Erling Haaland and Kilian Mbappe in the voting for this edition.

The Norwegian Haaland, even though he has made a valuable contribution to City, helping the team to win the championship, FA CUP and Champions, could not get over the Argentine.

Leo Messi was not present in the hall to receive the award.

Manchester City’s Ederson was named the best goalkeeper. As expected, Pep Guardiola was awarded the best coach. The well-known technician “stole” the Premier League with Manchester City, while it is worth noting that he sent the “citizens” to the top of Europe for the first time, the success in the Champions helped him a lot to reach this award. Guardiola took 28 points and beat the competition of Spalletti and Inzaghi, with 18 and 11 points respectively.

In the lineup of the year, Courtois in goal, in front of him are Walker, Stones and Dias. The midfield consists of Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Bellingham. Messi, Haaland, Vinicius and Mbappe are on the offensive.

Football player of the year:

Aitana Bonmati

Jennifer Hermoso

Linda Caicedo

Puskas Award: Guilherme Madruga

Best goalkeeper: Ederson

Best goalkeeper: Mary Earps

Best coach: Pep Guardiola

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“It was a difficult match, I didn’t expect to score so early. We took advantage of their high line, the result was too much for the way Barcelona played.” This has been repeated by Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Real Madrid, after the 4-1 victory in the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona.

The comment about Vinicius Jr, author of the decisive “hat-trick” in the first half, was inevitable: “He played very well. He needed two or three games to return to his best level (the Brazilian was out for a month due to a physical problem)”.

The Italian coach then continued: “We started very well, we took advantage of the high line that the Catalans had to try to press us. The team is really good, we are motivated, especially after winning this trophy.

Is it my 11th title with Real Madrid? I’m happy, but I want to fight for the 12th. Have I surpassed Zidane’s record? It was a special night, but there are many such nights in Madrid. This is the strength of this club.”

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Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet on Sunday in the final of the Spanish Super Cup.

At the press conference, coach Carlo Ancelotti emphasized that the team is calm and ready for the first trophy of this season, while adding that it is a match that the whole world is enjoying and looking forward to.

“The team is good and very positive before this match, the energies are recovered.

We are ready for the final, it is about the first title of the season and this is a match that the whole world enjoys.

Will the substitutions be decisive?

In a match like the one against Barcelona, ​​I can’t think who will be the players that I will activate from the bench during the match, because it is a very dynamic meeting and everything changes from minute to minute.

I have a lot of faith in all the players I have on the bench, I know they are prepared.

So are all the players who are part of Real Madrid.

The Super Cup is an important title for the image of the club, in El Clasico there is no favorite. Although at the moment, Real could be somewhat better. We respect Barcelona, ​​they beat us last year.

Xavi is doing a great job even though he doesn’t have my experience because he is still very young.

There is a steady growth and of course the experience as a former midfielder helps. The vision he has for football helps him”, said Ancelotti.

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