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Tottenham Hotspur attacker, Bamidele Alli has included Real madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi in his dream team. The England international chose his first XI in FIFA 18, the team includes his current Tottenham team-mate Harry Kane and some big names. The 21 year-old called the team 'Delstroyers' and went for 4-2-2-2 formation with Bayern Munich shot-stopper Manuel Neuer starting in goal and he is protected by Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Jerome Boateng and Alli former Tottenham team-mate Kyle Walker. In Midfield, he chose former Tottenham player, Luca Modric, and Bayern Munic's Arturo Vidal while Lionel Messi plays behind his rival Cristiano Ronaldo on the left with Ali supporting his team-mate Harry Kane on the other side of the pitch. The former MK Dons player received the special 99-rated version of his player card, which make him the most rated player in the squad.

The organisers of the Ballon d'or, France Football, has announced the first five nominees for the coveted award via their official Twitter account. Real Madrid pair, Marcelo and Luca Modric alongside Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala are among the first five players nominated for the individual accolade. https://twitter.com/francefootball Chelsea's N'Golo Kante, who won the PFA award in England and Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar Junior are also on the list. During the day, France football will announce the other 25 players that will fight for the coveted award. Only selected international journalists will be able to vote. Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the league and the champions league last season, is the favorite to win the award for the fifth time in his career. The Portuguese won the award in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016. If the Portuguese captain wins he will equal Lionel Messi's record of five ballon d'or, which was won in 2009, 2010

Arsenal youngster Alex Iwobi came off the bench to score only goal as Nigeria secured a hard-fought 1-0 win over a resilient Zambian side at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium on Saturday. Iwobi, who missed the doubleheader between the Eagles and the indomitable lions of Cameroon last month came off the bench in the final 25 minutes for Moses Simon and it took him eight minutes of football to ease the nerves in the stands with a calmly taken effort from Shehu Abdulahi's right-wing delivery to hand Nigeria its 6th FIFA World Cup ticket. With the victory, Nigeria became the first Africa country to qualify for the World cup in Russia next summer. The Eagles sit top of group B with 13 points and in second place is Zambia with seven points while Cameroon who defeated bottom-placed Algeria 2-0 on Saturday are placed third.

Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has revealed why he no longer show much of his skills on the pitch, but rather focuses more on scoring goals. The forward said that at a certain point in his career, he decided to focus less on showing off his skills because goals are needed to win games and not skills. The Portuguese captain scored 118 in 291 appearances for Manchester United between 2003 and 2009, but drew criticism early on for often attempting fancy step-overs and other skills But since he joined the Real Madrid, Ronaldo has upped his rate considerably and is on 411 goals in 401 outings for the club, while in recent times the winger has often played as a centre-forward. Ronaldo told YouTube freestyler Soufiane Touzani, that goals had to come ahead of entertaining supporters. “In a game the most important thing is to win. And goals helps to win. You can mix — first goals, and after tricks and assists after. What the people want is goals, so I try to score goals.”

Due to the size of the local airport, Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese squad traveled to Andorra in a military plane ahead of their World Cup qualifiers this weekend. The European Champions landed in Andorra in a military C-295 plane, which can carry 69 passengers. The Portuguese teams, who qualified to the 2014 World Cup via playoff, will hope to qualify automatically this time around. They are currently three points behind Switzerland, who currently occupy the automatic spot, with two games to go.

Former Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been appointed as the new assistant coach of Ivory Coast. Toure, who is also a technical assistant with Scottish champion, Celtic, will combine the two coaching roles as he hope to help Ivory Coast qualify for the World Cup. The 36 year-old will work alongside the head coach, Mark Wilmonts, who was the former Coach of Belgium, for the forthcoming Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifiers. The former Liverpool defender joined the coaching staff of his most recent club, Celtic, after he officially retired from the beautiful game last month. "Any club I have been the managers all spoke to me about the next step and wanted me to be involved in coaching " Toure told Press Association Sport. "I love to speak to the players and when I play I like to advice that is what I learned from Martin Keown, Patrick Vieira, Sol Campbell, Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp. "I can still call them and ask for their a

Real Madrid and Spain International full-back Daniel Carvajal has been ruled out of action for two months after he was diagnosed with Pericarditis, according to Marca. The Spainard will not be available for selection for at least two months, joining the likes of Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Karim Benzema, Mateo Kovacic and Theo Hernandez on Real Madrid's treatment table. The Spanish international is suffering from a heart disease known as Pericarditis, which is the swelling and irritation of the thin, sac-like membrane surrounding the heart. The 25 year-old will have to rest his heart very well,  meaning that, he must not train or do any form of exercise as he recovers from the ailment. Real Madrid medical team has formulated a care plan for the former Bayer Laverkusen player, who last played for Real Madrid against Borrussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Another youth product, Hakimi Achraf, who was handed his first -team debut by Zinedine Zidane against Espanyol at the

Following the high political tension that is currently going on in Catalonia, there has been speculations about where Barcelona and other Catalan clubs could end up playing their football if they were to depart the Spanish LaLiga. After his side defeated Brighton and Hove Albions 2-0 at the Emirate stadium on Sunday, the Frenchman was asked about the prospect of his team playing against Barcelona in England and what he would do if that was the case. "I'd try to learn Catalan," he told reporters. "If Barcelona want to join the Premier League, it makes things even more difficult for everybody. "But I don't think they have gotten as far as that. "It is interesting and there will be incidents on the sporting side as Barcelona are a highly political club." When he was asked whether or not he would welcome Barcelona to the Premier League, the Frenchman said the Blaugrana should look closer to home for new teams if they are planning an ex

Chelsea and Italy legend Gianfranco Zola told sky sport that Alvaro Morata is not on the same level as Diego Costa. The former West Ham manager said he prefer the Brazil-born forward to the former Juventus and Real Madrid striker. Zola, who scored 80 goals in over 300 appearances for the Blues, also commended Costa's decision to leave the Chelsea after he received a text from Antonio Conte, informing him that he is not in his plan for the following season. "I have no doubt that Costa did the right thing," Zola explained, "he obviously had problems, the team is not formed by one players,  and I think it was best he left. " Chelsea brought in Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid to spearhead their attack after it was clear Diego Costa will leave the club but yet Zola does not believe Morata is as good as the man he is replacing. "As of today, Morata is not on the same level as Diego Costa. Technically, he is great player. Obviously he has many qualitie

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo could set an unwanted record against Espanyol in the spanish league on Sunsay.  Since his arrival at the capital club from Manchester United in 2009, Cristiano has never failed to score in his first three LaLiga matches. The Portuguese skipper mixed the first four games in the Spanish league after he picked up a red card against Barcelona in the Spanish super cup final in August.  He played his first Laliga game this season against Real Betis where he failed to score despite shooting twelve times. His second match was against Alaves, he also fire blank. The former Manchester United player experienced the same situation to what he is going through right now in La liga in four out of his nine seasons with the Spanish giant. In the 2010/11 campaign he scored against Real Sociedad after failing to score against Mallorca and Osasuna.  In the 2012/13 season he scored his first league goal in the third match against Getafe and the followi