One of the best players in the history of American basketball league is fan of football and stated that he would like to meet the star of Barcelona. "I love football and I hope you can hear," he confessed.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard and took photos with Kun Agüero during a luncheon in the dining room of the villa. Now going by La Pulga.

At the Beijing Olympic village can generate a large gathering of world sport: the star Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi and the U.S. NBA Kobe Bryant.



It was stated publicly that Bryant unconditional follower of the player from Barcelona and when the news service of the Games asked him if he had any athlete who would like to know, in a perfect Italian replied: "Yes, yes, of course: Messi" .

The escort also Los Angeles Lakers confessed his passion for the sport king, "inculcada in the years he spent in Italy while his father, Joe" Jellybean "Bryant, played in several basketball teams in the Italian league. "I love football, I love football and I hope you can hear", topped Bryant, who went last year and a training team Barca in the Nou Camp, while on vacation in Barcelona.

It would be a meeting between Olympic stars to be in the medallero Beijing 2008: Bryant next to the "Dream Team" of the United States will try to recover gold, in the hands of the selection argentina, and Messi will seek to hold together the team of Chechen Batista, presea golden obtained in Athens.

Every four years, cites this world produces changes in the behavior of some athletes who are transformed into what is often uncomfortable: their fans. Those who are more accustomed to being photographed claimed not hesitate to take the maximum now in session from sports stars to portray them with some admired colleague.

Rafael Nadal, the world number one, acknowledged that attitude when asked if he had asked someone photographed together: "This same Sunday, I asked one by Phelps," the great American swimmer who could become the great figure of these games, for the moment already has two gold medals hanging on his neck.

In the meantime, the star of the NBA already has photos with Sergio Agüero, with whom was found in the dining room of the Olympic village during a luncheon.

But Bryant not only admires the Argentine kid. The very Diego Buonanotte, deputy natural footballer Rosario, admitted that it welcomes the chance to play alongside Lionel and said: "I am amazed, is impressive. This is the first time you see it from so close. When you have more confidence I am going to request a T-shirt, "he said with the freshness of his own 20 years.

The Argentine Olympic selector, Sergio Batista, confirmed the 18 players who will participate in the Games in Beijing. Thus, Argentina will be attended by Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Fernando Gago to defend the gold medal in Athens 2004 obtained.



The biggest uncertainty of the call was resolved with the inclusion of the Inter defence, Nicolas Burdisso, as a third player older than 23 years, before the negative Bayern Munich's Martin Demichelis to give in to and Deportivo La Coruna for this square had been for Fabricio Coloccini.

Besides Burdisso, Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano will be the other two Olympic completing the list of Sergio Batista. Others who surprised by its inclusion on campus were Argentine Olympic Lautaro Acosta, new recruitment of Seville, and Boca defender youth, Luciano Munoz.

List summoned:
Goalkeepers: Oscar USTARI (Getafe) and Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Luciano Monzon (Boca Juniors), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Federico Fazio (Seville) and Lautaro Acosta (Seville).

Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Ever Banegas (Valencia), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) and Jose Sosa (Bayern Munich)

Strikers: Diego Buonanotte (River Plate), Sergio Agüero (athletics Madrid), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Naples) and Angel Di Maria (Benfica).

Substitutes: Nicolas Navarro (Naples), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Nicholas Young (Anderlecht) and Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool).

The Barça sees no door. And one of its greatest exponents is Messi. The Argentine Pichichi was in the early days of League door watching with great ease. But he stayed stuck in the day thirteen.

Rijkaard clung to the Argentine to alleviate the great evil of Barcelona, the lack of scoring. It should be borne in mind that the team reached Sánchez Pizjuán with the baggage poorest of recent times, four goals in five matches, and that Messi is currently the footballer who is more in the form of staffing culé. But it seems to have been infected by the lack of success of the classroom. The attacker does not hold somewhat since last November 24, when it marked the Recreativo. Since then, are two and a half months without scoring.

Without Etoo without Bojan, with Ronaldinho on the bench the first part and with a lot of casualties, Rijkaard was forced to set up eleven with many changes and a significant change tactics. When more normal seemed that he was going to be a triplet attacker with Messi, Henry and Iniesta, the technician decided to align Giovanni despite his jet-lag, forcing Messi playing as a centre forward for the Mexican occupy your position natural and Henry could act on the left, where else is paying.

The demarcation Messi also led to a lack of understanding with Henry, as many times the two were at the centre of the attack culé. The usual permutations position among front barcelonistas not occurred and Giovanni were not separated from the band right.

Henry marked on outside game. The Argentine left Villarreal with ten in two minutes. The arbitrator was invented a penalty. Diego Lopez was sensational

Incredible game of the Flea. He did what he wanted with the ball and came diagonally. A crack, a luxury.

Walk yesterday by Barcelona reflected that the public expected culé scared the party last night. His Barça has worked intermittently so far this season. With a walk in the moribund League (nine points of Real Madrid), the azulgrana trying to hold to anything to be able to save the course, honour and reputation. Some claim that the present situation is due to bad luck in injuries (Samuel Etoo, Ronaldinho, Deco, Thierry Henry, Leo Messi ...); others to life some of the cracks when carrying away clothing sports and are decorated to showcase tipito, fame and credit card. The issue, which appeared Villarreal in the Camp Nou with an obligation to mark the tie to zero after the round, but gave the impression that the Yellow Submarine was a simple beach mat.

Joan Laporta had made a public appeal on the morning of Wednesday. He wanted the president to see the stands of the stadium packed with fans hungry to see some playing his throat and left to lift the team. There was filled, or much less, and the harrow pulled singing (aided by special effects launched from the PA system), but really reacted when Leo Messi hartó is expected on the right and became master of the ball. A spectacle. Retrieved from the muscle injury that was done in Valencia and that made her be fearful since the team returned ten days ago, the Flea gambeteó, combined, chutó, addressed ... He did everything. Well. Within two minutes (40 , 42), he just pushed the French Cygan, who had to use force and his body to prevent break the party. In the absence of five minutes to rest, a fault in the line three quarters (right) was botada by Deco and Henry, out of the game, opened the scoring, beating Diego Lopez.

The other protagonist. He was the goalkeeper of the quarry raised in Madrid. Everything that came, stopped. He got incredible hands, those that only the elect are capable of stopping. Sensational. Rafa Marquez, Messi, Andres Iniesta, Bojan Krkic ... Desesperaban everyone on the field, while fans believed they were before the man orchestra and put into practice all his arguments for display as a serious candidate in the prayers of Luis Aragones to accompany Iker Casillas and Pepe Reina to Euro. Hand above, below, blocando, clearing ... A doorman at luxury for a team that yesterday was powerless over when he stayed with ten in the field and with the injury to his helmsman, Senna. What is not understood is how Manuel Pellegrini has not relied on the galician until barely a month ago, confirmed that theory (and nobody bother) the idea of Fabio Capello, when assessed the possibility of giving him the title in Madrid last season.

The climax of the recital Lopez arrived just when Ronaldinho (requested and acclaimed by the harrow) went on the field of play. A moment before, when the Brazilian had just prepared, Mejuto again make theirs. In a vertical pass Xavi, Bojan made a sensational control, approached the doorman that the momentum of the output touched the ball and the tumbó ilerdense. Picó the collegiate and castellonenses were outraged. Many believed that the Brazilian recurrence kicking from eleven meters. But no. The strike was responsible for Messi and Lopez diverted the ball.

Total, which although Villarreal played with ten for almost 50 minutes and only chutó once close to the goal of Barça (Rossi in the 16 ), ended the match in the area azulgrana with Capdevila as striker center, waiting for a glorious rejected . But there was no luck. Valdes not ruled on the two balls that you arrived at the top, while those remaining in the Camp Nou was just biting their nails so anxious.

He won Barça and became semifinals per game. Mejuto collaborated, but the team of Frank Rijkaard is a phenomenon called Messi, who won the pulse fear culé.

The star of AC Milan valued quality blaugrana to which believes that harmed the poor role of his team.

The bright Ballon d2007, milanista Kaka, broke into praise Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the two players who have followed him in the vote to award delivery "France Football."

Ronaldo represents the speed and power Messi and the skill and control of the ball. They are young and full of talent, I appreciate

The difference is that Messi has not won any major title this season, nor the Spanish league or the Champions League and that I think that has been a negative point for him

Admirador of RAI and Ronaldo

a dream come true for child
the worlds most desired trophy at the individual level

The trio comprised the winning podium youngest in history because Kaka is 25 years, Cristiano Ronaldo 22 and Messi 20. Moreover, the Argentine is also, like the other two that had preceded it, from the nominees to the FIFA World Player.

The midfielder and striker "rossonero" is the fourth Brazilian wins award since it was opened to all players playing in the European league. It is the first player of this nationality that is imposed in votes and has not played in Barça, unlike Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. Five of the last ten editions have been for Brazilian footballers.

Kaka, who collected the award accompanied by his wife, his parents and his brother Digao, was also "escorted" by the leadership of Milan. Adriano Galliani declared "non-transferable" to the star who led the team to win the Champions League final. In addition, the club Lombard matches with Juventus as teams with more awards, with eight. Real Madrid has six, and Barça and Bayern, five each. For leagues, the Calcium is the most first prize amount, seventeen, eleven of the Spanish league, ten in the Bundesliga and five in the Premier League.

While Messi is the first player in the League in the classification of 2007, the first Spanish is the Catalan Cesc Fàbregas, Arsenal, located on the eighth position. Ronaldinho took the tenth second place, while Thierry Henry is the nineteenth and Eto or, Thirty. Fernando Morientes (Liverpool), Villa (Valencia), Raul Gonzalez (R. Madrid) also nominated, did not receive any votes.