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Ronaldo better than Zidane?

March 20th, 2007

Football News headlines brought to you by Globet International Sports Betting Limited and the team at BookieLabRat.com.

Man Utd No2 Queiroz: Ronaldo better than Zidane
Queiroz, who helped groom Luis Figo through the Portugal youth system and worked with Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, gushed: “In my career I have never found a player with as much quality. He plays in a unique way and I cannot see any player in the world who can produce as much as he can. “I’ve never seen a player with so many different qualities as Cristiano. His courage, ambition, speed and technique make him really special.”

[Ed’s comment: get a hotel room]

Juventus coach Deschamps: I want Liverpool’s Gerrard, Lampard
“Gerrard and Lampard? In terms of quality, there can be no argument about them. But it’s not up to me to try and negotiate for them,” said Deschamps. “Clearly, their international experience would make any team comfortable.”

Newcastle approach West Ham for Ferdinand
After going AWOL to the USA recently, Ferdinand’s relationship with manager Alan Curbishley shows no signs of thawing. “Anton is causing unrest in the dressing room and there are teams interested in taking him at the end of the season, with Newcastle making the firmest enquiry,” a Hammers source told the News of the World.

Villa join interest for Celtic keeper Boruc
The News of the World says Villa boss Martin O’Neill is planning to go back to Parkhead in the summer for the Poland international. Boruc has also been linked with AC Milan and Bayern Munich in recent weeks.

Koeman: “We handled them with velvet gloves”
PSV Head Coach Ronald Koeman admitted at the post-match press conference that Ajax had been physically the stronger team as well as footballwise. “We handled them with velvet gloves. We should have used different weapons against a team like Ajax”, was his harsh verdict.

Henk ten Cate said his team had had the upper hand and earned ‘a fine and deserved win.” Ronald Koeman reviewed the game at the post-match press conference at the Philips Stadium. “I think the 5-1 defeat should be seen as a random indication”, claimed Koeman, who emphasized that Ajax had shown more fighting spirit. “They played a physical game, often on the borderline and at time across it, which the referee accepted. They scored their goals at very convenient moments, in particular their second, which they scored on the stroke of half time, when I felt we deserved to draw level. We were punished after the break for giving away space at the back. Ajax started some lethal counter attacks and obviously fully deserved to win this afternoon. We handled them with velvet gloves. We should have used different weapons against a team like Ajax.”

Henk ten Cate was not unexpectedly delighted with the result. Ajax manager Henk ten Cate thought his team had earned ‘a fine and deserved win.’ “We put in a tactically skilful display, anticipating our opponents’ ideas really well. We survived a few scares when PSV had reduced the deficit, as Babel and Huntelaar found it hard to thwart the build-up of the PSV defenders. But then we brought on Tom de Mul, which proved to be a successful substitution. He was involved in as many as three goals. I think we completely deserved to win.”

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