In today's world nothing goes unnoticed, thanks to the technology is possible to notice whats happening on every corner of the world in a very quick way. For this reason, the teams have been able to spot young talents all across the globe and try to sign them. This seems like a wise decision but it also brings some difficulties that can make the club regret their efforts to bring those players.

Dubbed as the best the most exciting Croatian prospect since Luka Modric, Alen Halilovic is the youngest player to ever score in the Croatian league, and also is the second youngest player to play a Champions League match. Such achievements caused that every team in Europe laid their eyes on  him, among many contenders for his signing he chose FC Barcelona.

The 18 years old has played some matches with the first team, but most of his FC Barcelona career has been spent at Barcelona B, and was in a match between this team and Alcorcon that he caused a dissapointment to his teammates and coaches, The croatian was subbed at the 25 minute because the goalkeeper got a red card, he came out of the pitch so mad that didnt even greet the keeper that was going in and went straight to the changing room.
     
The player wasted no time in asking for forgiveness to his fellow teammates and he looked very sorry for his actions.

In the other side of La Liga there is also preoccupation because of a young talent, this is the case of Norwegian sensation Martin Odegaard. During January of the present year he had a bunch of teams looking to recruit him, a lot of rumors came out until he finally signed for ten times Champions League winners Real Madrid, a dream come true for almost every player in the world, achieving that at the age of 16 shows the quality of a player he is.


But in recent days, the Norwegian has been noticed more by his ego than his talent, to the point of exhausting the patience of Real Madrid board. Odegaard refuses to train with Real Madrid second team Real Madrid Castilla and only joins in with training sessions on the eve of the team’s games. It has been said that this caused a discontent in his manager Zinedine Zidane that has punished him by not playing him in the last two matches of the team.

We can only wait that this players overcome their personal problems and keep improving their talent, so one day they would stop being wonderkids and start being the new football superstars they are promised to be.

Rafael Van der Vaart is a name that is not unusual for any football fan, his talent has taken him to play in some of the most respected clubs in Europe such us Real Madrid and Ajax, the dutch man has also defended the colors of Tottenham Hotspurs and Hamburger SV. For this reason it is very strange that Van der Vaart wants to retire in a small club not even in the Netherlands but in the south of Spain.



It turns out that Van der Vaart promised to his grandfather that he would retire at Cadiz CF that currently plays at Spanish third division. The former Real Madrid player has an important Spanish heritage since his mother was born there, for this reason the family spent many of their summers in Cadiz, a beautiful city full of national heritage and touristic beaches.

Who knows if he would fulfill his word but without a doubt Rafael Van der Vaart would make a big impact in the team and it would be really interesting to see him playing at that level.

Football is universal, it doesnt matter where in the world you are everybody understand the world "goal" this was no exception in Moscow during the 40s. In the Russian capital was where Lev Yashin, the best goalkeeper in history started his career and without a doubt is was a really bad time to pursue that kind of dreams.


Due to the situation that was going through in the Soviet Union, Yashin had to start working on a tool factory at a young age to be able to help his struggling family. The factory was really big so they had a hockey team which is a very important sport for Russians, when the shift ended Yashin was in charge of defending the goal, but because of an injury of the goalkeeper of the football team he was forced to change the ice for the grass.




Lev Yashin retired in 1971 having a testimonial match with an attendance of 100,000 the presence of football superstars such as Pele and Beckenbauer. He died in 1990 leaving a really important legacy for this sport. Without a doubt the black spider was a football legend.



"The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save."

Lev Yashin

In recent years, Atletico de Madrid has been revolutionized by coach Diego Pablo "El Cholo" Simeone. Since his arrival, 'los colchoneros' have won the Copa del Rey, La Liga, Spanish Super cup, UEFA Europa League and a UEFA Super Cup. One of the key points of this success has been the stopped ball, Someone's Repertoire is full of set pieces so accurate that it´s hard that those tactics don't end up been a goal.

Every corener, every free-kick, is a headache for the rivals. Double marking, marking in zone, man to man, they study all, and there is no way that these set pieces are not a risk, even less when the team gets used to them and mechanized this movements. That's why they score a lot of goals in these ways, they practice them a lot.

The important guys in this type of plays are Koke, the pitcher, and Miranda, Godin and Raul Garcia when it comes to head kicks. Also Arda Turan or Gabi are useful when the idea is to play low. They are so important for Atletico and for Simeone that the youths are starting to imitate them.

The boys from the feeder team have named this set pieces with the names of the players of the main team to honor them so for example if you go to a match of the U-18 team you'll hear one of the youths scream Arda, Godin, Miranda or Gabi, that's because they are preparing a corner or a free kick and telling their team mates how to move so it can be a goal.



Miranda: Usually a corner kick from Koke so Miranda can kick the ball with the head at the first post.



Godin: Set piece in which Godin is free of marks thanks to his team mates and locates himself at the second post.



Arda: The player is free of marks inside the area so a low pass put him alone in front of the goalkeeper.



These are just some of the tactics of Simeone, in this video you can find more goals and from other players like Mandzukic.

5. Soccer City Stadium (Johannesburg, South Africa) 



How many memories this stadium brings to our mind, the glorious 2010 World Cup Final was disputed there in a really closed match between the Netherlands and Spain. It was inicially constructed in 1987 and partially demolish for the 2010 World Cup to be able to fill the requirements of the event, this stadium is the house of South Africa national football team.

Capacity: 94.700

4. Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain)




A Stadium well known for most of us, located in Barcelona its the place where FC Barcelona hosts local games, it was constructed back in 1957 and was officially opened with a match between Barca and Legia Warsawa. Camp Nou has hosted many important events such us two UEFA Champions league finals and the Semi-finals of 1982 World Cup


Capacity: 99.354

3. Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne, Australia)



With that name one would think of anything before football but this majestic stadium is where Australia National Team plays most of its games, curiously the first time the Soceroos played a match in this stadium was against Italian giants Juventus back in 1984.

Capacity: 100.024

2. Estadio Azteca (Mexico DF, Mexico)



Since its opening in 1966, the stadium has been the official home stadium of the professional football team Club América and the official national stadium of the Mexico national football team. This is stadium has a lot of history behind, this is the last place in which both Maradona and Pele lifted the World Cup for the last time.