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April 10, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Sportsmoney:
The match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona “El Clasico” the absolute highlight of the Spanish season is not just a match between two sports clubs. But also a match between the two giants in the world of sporting goods brands adidas and Nike.
Real Madrid is sponsored by adidas. FC Barcelona is sponsored by Nike. Lionel Messi is sponsored by adidas. Cristiano Ronaldo is sponsored by Nike.
But not only the absolute superstars of the two teams wear nike/adidas boots. Most other players in the two teams wear footwear from one of the two athletic apparel brand giants.
Among the more prominent players in FC Barcelona in adidas footwear:
Messi, Xavi, Milito.
Real Madrid players in adidas:
Higuain, Raul, Kaka, Benzema, Xabi Alonso.
FC Barcelona playes in Nike footwear:
Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Puyol, Pique, Dani Alves.
Real Madrid players in Nike boots:
Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Marcelo, Van der Vaart.

Club sponsorships:
The sponsorships of the major sporting entities in the world are by no means for free.
Thus adidas is believed to pay around 40 million Euros a year for the sponsorship of Real Madrid.
Nike is supposedly paying around 30 million Euros a year for the sponsorship of FC Barcelona. On top of that comes performance based bonuses so that the sponsorship of FC Barcelona last season probably around 40 million Euros.
When Florentino Perez was elected president of Real Madrid in June 2009 and subsequently brought players like Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo to the club he also made it clear to adidas that he wanted a better deal on their running contract. adidas of course would also be able to understand the benefits of the new Real Madrid loaded with the greatest stars in the world of football. So the decision to increase the deal came about without too much disagreement.
On top of that Real Madrid gets 20 million Euros a year from bwin for the shirt sponsorship.
FC Barcelona is currently sponsoring UNICEF as part of a charity package deal between the football entity and the UN child foundation.

Individual endorsement deals:
The players themselves also have individual deals with the big brands.
Thus the current deal Cristiano Ronaldo has with Nike is supposedly worth 6 million Euros a year to wear the Nike Mercurial Vapor boots.
Lionel Messi is getting 3 million Euros a year from adidas to wear the adidas F50 tune it boots. A deal one might expect to be improved considerably if his current form continues.

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Messi vs. Ronaldo | Comparison Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

April 9, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Analysis:
Saturday the 10th of April 2010 the big clash in the Spanish League between eternal rivals will take place in the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Though the match will be 11 against 11 as is customary in football the pre-match focus is primarily centered upon just two players: Messi and Ronaldo. Lionel and Cristiano.
Below we will look at their respective stats for the season 2009/10 in the Spanish League. The stats related exclusively to Spanish league matches and thus exclude their performances in the Spanish Cup and the Champions League (and in the case of FC Barcelona their other matches as reigning champs of the Uefa Champions League).

MessiRonaldo
Matches played:2721
In the starting lineup:2320
Coming of the bench:41
Goals:2618
Right foot:413
Left foot:193
Header:32
Other:00
Goal pr. match:0.960.85
Scoring percentage:21%12%
Shot attempts: 124152
Right foot:16104
Left foot:9730
Header:1117
Other:25
Cards:25
Yellow:23
Direct red:01
Double yellow:01
Off side:817
Assist: 93
Ball losses: 235227
Ball wins:4216

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As can be seen from the table above both players make significant contributions to the overall production of their teams. However, since football is a team sport and 11 players are on the field for each side it can be difficult to analyse individual stats out of context.
Cristiano has more shots on goal than Messi. But Messi has scored more goals than Ronaldo thus having a far higher accuracy. But is that due to the fact that Real Madrid is playing a more direct way with more shots on goal as a team than FC Barcelona ? Which on the other hand might rely on playing the ball through for better but fewer chances .. Or is Messi simply better in front of goal than Ronaldo.
Messi has more assists than Ronaldo but again is that due to the way of playing of the team or is he better to spot his fellow team mates for open chances or are the surrounding Barca players better than the team mates of Cristiano when it comes to finishing in front of goal ?
The individual stats do not answer such questions which would either require additional stats or are simply unanswerable due to the way that football works. Being primarily a team sport where individual stats might not be bringing as much evidence about a player’s performance than in other sports such as basketball.

The data is taken from the Spanish sportspaper Marca:
Marca stats Cristiano
Marca stats Messi

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Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona financial statements

January 25, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Analysis:
In this blog post we will bring the links to the financial statements which can be found on the respective Spanish language websites of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Click here to find the Real Madrid financial statement
The information relates to the season 2008/09. The language is Spanish. I have not been able to spot an English language version of the report.

Click here to find the FC Barcelona financial statement
The financial statement is included in the club’s yearly review which covers all aspects of the club’s activities.
The part relating to the finances starts on page 154 and is for the season 2008/09.

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Messi Ballon d’Or France Football 2009 | 4 Real Madrid players in the vote

December 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

News:
Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona and Argentina is the new winner of the Golden Ball. Messi takes over from the 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo who ends up second in the vote. Messi is the first Argentinian player ever to win the honor (players from outside Europe were only included in 1994 so the likes of Maradona or Kempes never had the chance to win). Messi won the award in 2009 by the largest margin ever: 240 points over the number 2 Cristiano Ronaldo.
To read more about the draw and the event check out the France Football website.
Below the final classification. The list clearly dominated by FC Barcelona players after their completion of the treble – the first ever Spanish team to accomplish that feat:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona) : 473 points
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United now Real Madrid) : 233 pts
3. Xavi (Spain, FC Barcelona) : 170 pts
4. Andrès Iniesta (Spain, FC Barcelona) : 149 pts
5. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroun, FC Barcelona now Inter Milan) : 75 pts
6. Kaka (Brazil, AC Milan now Real Madrid) : 58 pts
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan now FC Barcelona) : 50 pts
8. Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United): 35 pts
9. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea): 33 pts
10. Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool) : 32 pts
11. Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool): 22 pts
12. Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal) : 13 pts
13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg) : 12 pts
14. Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United) : 11 pts
15. Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelona) : 9 pts
16. Luis Fabiano (Brazil, FC Sevilla), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United),
Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid): 8 pts
19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid) : 7 pts
20. Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux) : 6 pts
21. Andreï Archavin (Russia, Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Brasil, Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea) : 5 pts
24. Maicon (Brazil, Inter Milan) : 4 pts
25. Diego (Brazil, Werder Bremen now Juventus) : 3 pts
26. David Villa (Spain, Valencia), John Terry (England, Chelsea) : 2 pts
28. Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, FC Barcelona) : 1 pt
30. Karim Benzema (France, Lyon now Real Madrid): 0 pt

The winner of the Golden Ball since the very beginning in 1956:
1956 – MATTHEWS
1957 – DI STEFANO (Real Madrid)
1958 – KOPA
1959 – DI STEFANO (Real Madrid)
1960 – SUAREZ
1961 – SIVORI
1962 – MASOPUST
1963 – YACHIN
1964 – LAW
1965 – EUSEBIO
1966 – B.CHARLTON
1967 – ALBERT
1968 – BEST
1969 – RIVERA
1970 – G. MÜLLER
1971 – CRUYFF
1972 – BECKENBAUER
1973 – CRUYFF
1974 – CRUYFF
1975 – BLOCHIN
1976 – BECKENBAUER
1977 – SIMONSEN
1978 – KEEGAN
1979 – KEEGAN
1980 – RUMMENIGGE
1981 – RUMMENIGGE
1982 – P. ROSSI
1983 – PLATINI
1984 – PLATINI
1985 – PLATINI
1986 – BELANOV
1987 – GULLIT
1988 – VAN BASTEN
1989 – VAN BASTEN
1990 – MATTHÄUS
1991 – PAPIN
1992 – VAN BASTEN
1993 – R. BAGGIO
1994 – STOITCHKOV
1995 – WEAH
1996 – SAMMER
1997 – RONALDO
1998 – ZIDANE
1999 – RIVALDO
2000 – FIGO
2001 – OWEN
2002 – RONALDO (Real Madrid)
2003 – NEDVED
2004 – SHEVCHENKO
2005 – RONALDINHO
2006 – CANNAVARO (Real Madrid)
2007 – KAKÁ
2008 – C.RONALDO
2009 – MESSI

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The start of the season for FC Barcelona in the Press

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

FC Barcelona started the campaign in La Liga on the 31st of August with a home match against Sporting Gijon. Barca won the match 3-0. Goals from Bojan , Keita , and Ibrahimovic.

The Barcelona based daily writes Arranque de Campeon in the headtitle. “The start of the Champion”. Subtitle is “Bojan opened the road to victory in the league start and Ibrahimovic scored his first goal as player in blue and red.

Frontpage of the Sport on the 1st of September

The pages 1-21 are dedicated to FC Barcelona. The paper has a total of 48 pages. Besides an ample coverage of the match between Barca and Sporting Gijon there is also coverage of Barca’s new signing Chygrynskiy who will wear the jersey number 21.

The Barcelona players also get a mark for their performance on a scale from 5 to 10. 5 being the lowest grade and 10 the highest. Valdes – 7 (impressive) , Dani Alves – 7 (untiring), Puyol – 6 (strong), Pique – 6 (exhaused), Maxwell – 6 (inquired), Busquets – 6 (irregular) , Xavi – 8 (master – man of the match), Keita – 6 (proud), Pedro – 6 (insisting), Bojan – 7 ( the killer), Ibrahimovic – 6 (liberated).

The Madrid based newspaper Marca is not so concerned with the match of FC Barcelona but is more preoccupied with the continued efforts on behalf of Madrid of signing Franck Ribery.

Marca first of September 2009

The headtitle reads: The first to arrive the year to come. Florentino has already tied up the bomb for the summer 2010. Hoeness sent an email yesterday to Real Madrid emphazising the syntony between Robben and Ribery – a way to insinate that FC Bayern would not sell Ribery before the closure of the transfer window. Madrid is a bit short when it comes to wingers after the sale of Robben there is only one real winger in the club – Cristiano.

The first 11 pages are dedicated to Real Madrid. The following 4 to Atletico Madrid and only on page 16 there is coverage of FC Barcelona’s match against Sporting Gijon.

Marca also evaluates the player’s performance on the pitch giving them 1 -3 stars. 1 being the lowest mark and 3 the highest: Valdes – 1 , Alves – 1, Pique – 1 , Puyol – 1 , Maxwell – 1 , Abidal – 1 , Xavi – 1 , Busquets – 1 , Keita – 2, Pedro  - 1 , Ibrahimovic – 1 , Bojan – 2 , Guardiola – 2  (coach).

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