Lille wins Coupe de France final 2011

This Saturday 14 May 2011 in France, Ludovic Obraniak's was hero of Lille OSC by beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to lift the Coupe de France. 

It was Lille's sixth Coupe de France and important trophy since 1955. For more than 56 years they did not win anything like that. Who would have expected it, when the same manager Rudi Garcia was pushed out of the club and then he came back. Now they can even aim for a double by winning the Ligue 1 with some recent poor performance of Olympique de Marseille over which they have a four point lead.

This indeed could be the year for Lille OSC.

Manchester City 30 years after

Manchester City won the FA Cup 2011 on 14 May 2011 at Wembley. After 30, years without winning any title, the squad of Roberto Mancini can be proud of themselves. All those time City had been under the shade of Manchester United, who kept on winning titles despite many obstacles namely the “Munich crash”. Now it’s the time for glory for the City fans and time to praise about their performance. Together with United winning the English premier league, the whole Manchester would be partying tonight. United fans can hope to lift the Champion’s league on that same field of Wembley by beating Barcelona on the 28 May 2011.

Congrats to both teams. Party time at Manchester tonight.

Manchester United's 19 league titles

19th. Manchester United finally made it, the 19th English premiership trophy on the 14 May 2011 with a draw match with Blackburn. When Alex Ferguson won his first English premiership cup with Man United, the Liverpool fans said “come back when you are at 19th”. This is what they did, 19 years after, they won the 19th trophy.

This is an achievement that has to be highlighted, especially when the majority of the trophies were won during the last two decades compared to his rival Liverpool. Indeed there is a lot to say behind such a success. Many players have marked those two decades, namely: Cantona, Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Yorke, Keane, Van nistelrooy, Ronaldo and recently Rooney. Each and every time Ferguson has managed to evolve with his current talents and produce results. However, far too often field players get all the credits compare to the goalkeeper. In the times of Peter Schmeichel, Man United was doing pretty well, but when he left, it was difficult to find another great keeper like him. Consequently, during that search period, with massimo taibi, Man United performance was poor. With outstanding, Fabien Barthez and Van der sar, the results can be seen through more titles.

Hats off for such achievements

Comments for you now, Man United fans :)

Cheers & Congrats