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Utilizing Soccer Specific Movements for the Interval Running Program
Michael Rose, MS, CSCS
Soccer is a sport that requires anaerobic energy demands. To meet those anaerobic energy demands, it is vital to implement an interval running program that is structured properly to help soccer athletes meet specific game conditioning needs. Typical interval running programs utilized by soccer athletes(as with athletes, who participate in other anaerobic sports) involve straight ahead sprints of various distances. However, soccer athletes obviously utilize various types of other running patterns, besides only straight ahead sprints during actual game conditions. They also utilize a variety of footwork patterns and agility movements during their game running movements.
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City delivers huge statement to United
After all those long years and the pain of trying not to watch as United devoured trophy after trophy, City are doing everything they can to burst out of the shadows. This was billed as the most important Manchester derby of them all. Although the game itself was more compelling for its tension than its theatre, the result resounds through English football. Roberto Mancini's team returns to the top of the Barclays Premier League. The title is back in their hands. The prize is in sight.
Amidst the euphoria Monday night at Etihad Stadium, with match-winning captain Vincent Kompany visibly moved as he talked about his childhood dreams, City's head coach could not bring himself to admit his team are bearing down on the finish line. He might be trying to convince people that United are still the favorites, but the resigned look on Sir Alex Ferguson's face as he pondered a question about whether the title was slipping away spoke volumes. As a banner in the stands politely read, "The noisy neighbors are getting louder, Alex."
For all the crazy box scores in this most unpredictable of seasons and after the seven goals that marked the most remarkable of Manchester derbies earlier in the season when City won 6-1 at Old Trafford, one solitary goal was all that was needed to underline how this rivalry has been transformed: from something that resembled an afterthought from a United perspective to a deeply concerning threat. City were never really troubled. Most of the pressure they felt came from the occasion, not the opposition.
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10-man Blues reach Champions final
Lionel Messi walked off the Camp Nou pitch in tears, as one of the most dominant eras in European club soccer came to a crashing halt.
He wasn't the only one shaking his head in disbelief.
Despite going a man and two goals down in the first half, Chelsea pulled off one of the unlikeliest comebacks in Champions League history on Tuesday, earning a 2-2 draw against Barcelona. That sent the London club into the final 3-2 on aggregate and eliminated the defending champion.
For the second time in two weeks, Chelsea withstood a never-ending onslaught from the Spanish powerhouse and displayed ruthless efficiency when rare opportunities finally presented themselves.
"It's a historical night for the club. I believe we deserve to be in the final," said Chelsea's interim manager Roberto Di Matteo, whose team will face either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the May 19 final at Munich's Allianz Arena. "We had a difficult season, but we seem to always get something special out when we need to. That's part of the DNA of these players."
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Bayern Munich reaches CL final
Bastian Schweinsteiger sent his penalty kick slicing straight down the middle, and then ripped off his shirt with a roar of triumph.
No way Bayern Munich was going to miss the big party at its own house.
Bayern Munich became the first team to advance to a Champions League final it is hosting, beating Real Madrid 3-1 on penalty kicks Wednesday night when Schweinsteiger converted the final shot after Sergio Ramos skied his over the crossbar.
"When I think about the fact that we can play a final in our own stadium, this is something to go absolutely crazy about," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said.
Go wild, Bayern, and its fans did, staying on the field long after Madrid coach Jose Mourinho -- who watched the shootout from his knees -- descended into the tunnel. Madrid's players left the field with their heads hanging low, and some were in tears after coming so close to reaching their first final in 10 years.
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MLS would use goal-line technology
Major League Soccer would implement goal-line technology quickly if it is approved in July by the sport's rules-making body.
"We're interested in being a test league and we hope that we could achieve that," MLS commissioner Don Garber said Thursday while speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors group. "I would be open to whatever it is that could be done to ensure that we have goal-line technology."
The International Football Association Board meets July 2 and could approve Sony Corp.'s Hawk-Eye or GoalRef, owned by a German-Danish company. Following a series of erroneous calls in high-profile games ranging from the 2010 World Cup to this year's FA Cup, there could be more support for goal-line technology among tradition-bound soccer officials.
Hawk-Eye is a camera-based ball-tracking system used in tennis and cricket. GoalRef employs a magnetic field with a special ball. Both could be approved.
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Messi v Ronaldo in numbers
A worldwide TV audience of over 500 million is expected to tune in this weekend as the latest Clasico is played out in Barcelona. And while the spectacle of Spain's best teams and oldest rivals slugging it out is tantalising enough, there is also the substantial added attraction of watching the world's two best footballers strut their stuff.
After all, while the likes of Andres Iniesta, Karim Benzema and Xavi provide a sparkling supporting cast, Pep Guardiola summed it up when he observed last week: "Messi and Ronaldo dine apart from the rest." The fact that this brilliant duo are in direct competition, playing for two of the of world's fiercest foes, merely makes their rivalry all the more gripping. Indeed, as Barca and Real have battled for titles, Messi and Ronaldo have been contesting a scintillating personal duel in which incredible achievements have become commonplace.
Rarely a week goes by, in fact, without a fresh record falling to one or both, and to whet your appetites for their latest showdown, FIFA.com has compiled a list of this peerless pair's most spectacular statistics.
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