Mancini: Arsenal-Barca Same trouble

Roberto Mancini assess Arsenal and Barcelona have in common, they both could not handle in addition to playing defensive.

It relates to the Premier League match between Arsenal and City, at the Emirates on Wednesday (01/05/2011), which ended 0-0 draw.

Referring to statistics, Arsenal had the ball as much as 62 percent and created five golden opportunity from 16 businesses. Meanwhile, the City release five shots, without a single one leads right into the target.

Mancini admitted he played a tactic to survive. However, he said, was because the two players, David Silva and Mario Balotelli missed due to injury.

Petrov Two Years More at Renault

Answered puzzle Vitaly Petrov future with the team Renault. Russian rider will certainly survive, after signing a two-year contract with the French team.

Indeed, Petrov was on the brink of dismissal following the inconsistency throughout the Formula 1 season 2010. Therefore, the Renault team asked him to show significant changes in the coming season, after being given the trust again.

Thus, Petrov would remain a tandem Robert Kubica. Although Kubica has not signed the contract, but the suspected driver from Poland was willing to extend their cooperation for the coming season.

Xavi Aims degree Ballon d'Or

Barcelona midfielder, Xavi Hernandez, claim to be happy if successful awarded the Ballon d'Or in 2010.

As is known, the Spanish maestro who managed to play a record550 times with "El Barca" when faced with Athletic Bilbao's Ballon d'Or is a finalist for 2010. He competes with his own teammate, namely Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi.

As is known, Iniesta became a strong candidate to earn the prestigious title after scoring a goal in the historic 2010 World Cup final. Goal solo goal against Holland made him regarded as a hero "La Furia Roja".

Hayden promise in Season 2011

Nicky Hayden set a big target in the face of the MotoGP 2011 season. While not too ambitious to be a champion, former world champion for 2006 is promising to achieve better results than what was obtained last season.

Last season, the Ducati rider failed to realize his ambition to penetrate the top five positions. The result of the last round at Valencia in early November, which makes the United States rider was catapulted into seventh position the final standings, because she failed to podium.

However, what is achieved "The Kentucky Kid" (the position 7) is an achievement that is quite good. The reason, in his debut for the Italian team in 2009, Hayden could only be ranked 13. That is, Hayden make a drastic change.

Ducati worries Rossi Conditions

Ducati sport manager, Filippo Preziosi, asserted that current training programs she worried about Valentino Rossi, who might be disturbed. The reason is, "The Doctor" is still in the healing process of postoperative shoulder injury.

Italian rider, who has become the MotoGP legend, join Ducati next season after leaving Yamaha. However, preparations for the nine-time world champion motor racing was a bit annoyed at having to undergo shoulder surgery, after doing the post-season test at Valencia in November. Shoulder injury was caused by accident when the incident happened early Motocross season in 2010.

In an interview with Motosprint, Preziosi confirmed that the fitness Rossi alarming. This makes him somewhat pessimistic Rossi can not perform optimally in the official test debut in 2011 in Malaysia, beginning in February.