Fights Within Manchester City As Edin Dzeko Arrives
There has been much criticism aimed towards
Roberto Mancini's Manchester City. Although the Italian has guided City to
third in the Premier League table, he still has a lot of work to do. This
hectic month is the window for City to get rid of a few problems, and buy a
talented Bosnian forward.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes the quest to win the Premier League title is now a five-horse race.The north London club have gone eight league games unbeaten and have enjoyed a memorable festive period having recorded back-to-back wins over Aston Villa and Newcastle.
Newcastle United are enjoying a solid first season back in the Premier League, despite the shocking sacking of Chris Hughton earlier in the campaign.Boss Alan Pardew has made a decent start to his tenure on Tyneside and he is looking to strengthen his squad in January.
2006 Italy won their fourth world crown in Germany, beating France on penalties in Berlin. If Zinedine Zidane's red card was the Final's defining image, Italy's triumph would be remembered as a team effort with ten different Azzurri players finding the net. It was also a special month for Germany, the goals of Miroslav Klose helping secure third place in a tournament memorable for the festival mood across the host country.
2002
Brazil became champions for the fifth time as top scorer Ronaldo
exorcised the ghosts of 1998, scoring both goals in the Final against
Germany. This was Asia's first FIFA World Cup™ and both host nations
made history by reaching the knockout rounds Korea Republic going as
far as the last four. A tournament of surprises, it opened with France
losing to Senegal and closed with Turkey third in the world.
