Footballer Review: Franck Ribéry

Footballer Review: Franck Ribéry

Arguably one of the best players in football, Franck Ribéry has been shining very bright lately. His beautiful combination of intelligence, speed, skill, power, and passion has proved to be his strong suits in the beautiful game. Very few people can move the ball with just as much speed and with as much control as Ribéry. In my eyes, he is the greatest player in the world right now.

His playing style is too beautiful to describe with words. Once he gets the ball on his wing he just goes. Nothing can get in his way, he just flies down the line. Only until he gets to defenders, he slows down a bit. This is, however, quickly followed up with some beautiful skills and ball control, then him leaving the defender on the floor and attacking the goal. This is finished with his deadly shot. The shot that few keepers have the guts to stop. 

The 30-year-old has set a way 12 goals and 8 assists in all competitions so far this season and is displaying no signs of stopping. In his entire career with Bayern he has 56 goals to his name in 165 appearances. He is a deadly attacker and he is a force to be reckoned with.

Now for the part everyone has been waiting for, the Ballon d'Or. Many questions have been raised regarding the Ballon d'Or and if it is truly fair. Many people feel Franck Ribéry is the one who deserves the award for this year but this may not be the case. We will truly have to wait and see what FIFA decides. All I can say is that I hope he wins it. He truly deserves it and he has been performing at a level none can reach. 

2014 FIFA World Cup Update

2014 FIFA World Cup Updates

It is one of the biggest gatherings in sport and it is arriving at our doorstep next year. Brazil has been working very hard to make sure they deliver with this upcoming World Cup. They will have to pull out all the stops to ensure this is a very good World Cup.  Brazil has had to build 6 new stadiums in order to pull up a grand total of 12 stadiums for the World Cup. There will be available transportation between the venues through the BRT systems and they should be able to cope with the high traffic by 2014.  The 2014 World Cup will also be the first World Cup to introduce goal line technology. There has been much want of this from the fans but FIFA waited until the Confederations Cup to introduce it to an official cup. It proved a success in that cup so they have chosen to continue to use it in the World Cup.  There has also been much controversy surrounding this World Cup. Many Brazilian people have protested against this world cup because they don't believe it is the best thing for their country. Although it is the country basically bleeds football, they still don't believe it should be hosted in their country at this point in time. The country has been suffering from increased poverty lately and they feel as if they have been overlooked because of the World Cup. The country has been boosting Billions of dollars into the World Cup and not into the people of the country. On top of all of this they are also hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. I guess we will have to wait a bit longer to see how this all unravels.