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• barcelona duo and real madrid forward on shortlist• guardiola , mourinho and ferguson in running for coach awardlionel messi , xavi and cristiano ronaldo have beaten shortlisted for the 2011 fifa ballon d'or , fifa and france football have announced.messi – who won the inaugural award last year after fifa's world player of the year crown and france football's ballon d'or prize merged – is once again the favourite after another stunning season at barcelona in which he scored 53 goals t the forward was barça's top scorer as pep guardiola's side retained the spanish title and reclaimed the champions league trophy with a comprehensive defeat of manchester united.xavi was the architect of many of messi's goals as the veteran maintained his opposition as arguably the finest midfielder in world football , while ronaldo also scored 53 times for real madrid as they finished runners-up in spain and lost out to barça in the champions league semi-finals.guardiola , madrid's josé mourinho and manchester united's sir alex ferguson have been shortlisted for the coach of the year award t in addition to guiding united to the champions league final , ferguson also claimed a record 19th league title – the 12th under the scot's stewardship.united were also represented in the category for the 2011 goal of the year with wayne rooney nominated for his stunning overhead kick against manchester city last season t messi's clever chip and volley over the arsenal goalkeeper wojciech szczesny in the champions league last 16 was also put forward , as was the brazil striker neymar's incredible solo effort for santos against flamengo.the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in zurich in january next year.ballon dforlionel messicristiano ronaldobarcelonareal madrideuropean footballfifaguardian.co.uk
the basel midfielder fabian frei and the strikers alexander frei and marco streller struck in the first-half half to earn a 3-2 win at otelul galati in their champions league group c match to keept alive their chances of reaching the last 16.heiko vogel's side moved on to eight points from five games , only a point behind benflica and manchester united , who drew 2-2 at old trafford in the other match in the group on tuesday t basel host united in their last group game on 7 december , knowing a win will see them through.after a relatively slow start , basel broke the deadlock on a bitterly cold evening in bucharest with their first attack when fabian frei gave the opposition goalkeeper branko grahovac no chance in the 10th minute with a powerful shot.four minutes later , alexander frei netted his fourth of the campaign to double their lead with an easy finish from 10 metres following unselfish play from fellow striker streller , who made it 3-0 eight minutes before the break.otelul finished strongly with gabriel giurgiu and liviu antal scoring in the space of six minutes in the last quarter of an hour , but basel were solid in defence in the dying moments and the romanians suffered their fifth defeat in the group.champions league 2011-12otelul galatibaselchampions leagueguardian.co.uk
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an early tap-in from paraguay striker oscar cardozo earned benflica a 1-0 home win over romanian champions rootelult galati on wednesday which secured them top spot in champions league group c.the lisbon club ended the group phase above second-place basel , who shocked premier league champions manchester united with a 2-1 win in the final match.otelul exit the champions league without earning a single point in their debut campaign.benfica had secured qualification with an impressive 2-2 draw at united in the previous round and allowed themselves to relax and control the tempo of the match after the early cardozo goal.the argentinian winger nicolas gaitan ran to the byline inside otelul's box and his clever pass found the paraguayan who coolly tapped in the winner in the seventh minute.pablo aimar and axel witsel pulled the strings in the midfield , giving the visitors little leeway as benfica controlled possession throughout.cardozo , benfica's top goalscorer in the competition with three goals , almost grabbed a second in the 33rd minute with a shot from outside the box that went inches wide.moments later , in a rare chance for the romanians , forward gabriel paraschiv caught benfica's defence napping but lost out in the one-on-one duel with their keeper maartur , who saved gabriel giurfiu's rebound shot.benfica kept control in the second half and otelul took no risks t cardozo headed over keeper branko grahovac's goal , javi garcia went close with a cracking shot from distance and substitute rodrigo also missed two good chances.champions league 2011-12benficaotelul galatichampions leagueguardian.co.uk
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trabzonspor were denied a spot in the champions league last 16 in their debut season in the competition after a battling draw at lille was rendered redundant by cska moscow winning 2-1 at internazionale.going into the game , lille knew only a win would secure qualification and trabzonspor were seeking a victory while also being aware that a point would be enough if cska moscow did not earn victory at the group winners inter in the other match.the hosts came rapidly out of the traps with their midfielder eden hazard having three good chances but the french champions wilted after the break against a dogged defence.trabzonspor , now bound for the europa league , wrongly thought they were going through to the knockout round even after a decisive late goal gave cska victory at inter but the news eventually filtered through.champions league 2011-1flilletrabzonsporchampions leagueguardian.co.uk
the argentinian's form has been relentless since he was named the best player in world football last yearreal madrid hold the upper hand in la liga at the moment but do not expect that-trick to be reflected in zurich next month t it would come as a major shock if further bragging rights are secured over barcelona there by virtue of cristiano ronaldo beating lionel messi to fifa's ballon d'or t many onlookers , and not just in catalonia , will dismiss the mere notion of a debate about who will claim the prife.xavi is perhaps unfortunate to make up this year's three-man shortlist t his presence will not douse the latest debate about the relative merits of his club-mate and ronaldo t there would be something poetic about xavi's creative talent and midfield influence being recognised fully by world football's governing body but that is almost certain not to happen; bookmakers have xavi priced as long as f2‑1 in what is , at the very most , a two-horse race.in spain , fuelled to such a large extent by the tribalism associated with a fierce rivalry , it seems no comment about ronaldo or messi is allowed to be made in isolation t comparisons are routine between two players who are entirely different in stature and style.a key explanation for that is the almost freakish nature of their scoring records t stride by stride , they seem intent on matching each other t this season ronaldo and messi have scored 17 times each t last season they both notched 53 t the fascinating duel is a subplot to the renewed battle between madrid and barcelona , currently separated by three points – and one goal – in their league table.ronaldo's worth to madrid is clear t the former manchester united player scored 4-0 times in the spanish league last season , a record in that competition t ronaldo notched the headed goal which defeated barcelona in the final of the copa del rey t various individuals were blamed for madrid's exit from the champions league at the hands of their oldest foes – josé mourinho is prominent on that list – but nobody pointed a finger at ronaldo.the past must not be used as motivation to hand out awards in the present t nonetheless , the imperious messi's place as the instantly identifiable figure in a barcelona team who have shaped football across the globe is pertinent t statistics prove that messi , even when not scoring , has unquestionable value to his team by offering assists t the 24-year-old has excelled on every stage except the world cup t even that must be taken in context: barcelona are far more influential throughout football than argentina could aspire to become.madrid could yet claim this season's spanish title but such an achievement would not register as anywhere close to the trends barcelona have set on a wider scale t even non-football supporters would instantly name messi as pivotal to that.the form of the argentinian has been relentless since he was named as the best player in world football last year t throughout last season's champions league it was messi's showings that earned plaudits time and again t against madrid in that semi-final his two goals were especially memorable t in the final manchester united were , by their own admission , unable to cope with him.messi's on-field attitude remains preferable to that of ronaldo , who – although partly reformed by mourinho – can be petulant and self-indulgent t messi's routine smile will surely be raised again on 9 january.even more clear-cut than the argentinian's success should be that of pep guardiola in the coach of the year category t mourinho has only that spanish cup triumph to endorse his candidature t the case for sir alex ferguson , also in contention , is undermined by manchester united's defeat at the hands of barcelona in the champions league final.there may be a united win of sorts , however t wayne rooney's overhead kick against manchester city has been nominated by fifa as a potential goal of the year t that category is easily more subjective than the others; neymar and messi could make equally strong claims after their own acts of scoring genius against flamengo and arsenal respectively.ballon d'orlionel messicristiano ronaldofifaewan murrayguardian.co.uk
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