Month: March 2015

FIFA Interactive World Cup is one of the biggest video game tournament held by EA Soports, where you usually buy FIFA 15 Coins from when playing the game. It’s obvious that Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge has seen its fair share of drama and League titles won finally.

But little can compete with the excitement generated by the UK qualifier for the Fifa Interactive World Cup, a competition to find the best FIFA15 player in the world.

Competitors came to the John Hollins suite in Stamford Bridge’s West Stand from all over the UK as they attempted to seal a place at the competition’s grand final, which will be held in Munich this July.

Thom Gibbs travelled to West London to witness the event, and spoke to some of the country’s top FIFA players, including beaten finalist Dave Bytheway and Jack Daniels.

The winner of the qualifier was presented with a ticket to the final by Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta, who gave some advice on coping with pressure.

“I’ve had the chance to play for one of the biggest club in the world, Chelsea and for Spain, a World Cup winner and two-time European champion,” he said, “and the pressure is there to win every single game. It’s always the same.”

“If you are nervous you cannot play your game and you are not going to be 100 per cent. The most important thing is to try to be as relaxed as possible and to enjoy it. That’s what I do in big games.

“Sometimes I am more nervous than others, but always, I try to be as relaxed as I can.”

FIFA 15 has been out for ages, we know. But it’s still getting played to death in living rooms and bedrooms all over the world, and rivalries between mates are still burning strong as we near the end of the game’s life cycle.

If you are still battling your mates regularly and often play without 5 star teams, or simply want to avoid the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in online seasons, we have identified the five best 4.5 star teams to use in FIFA 15, and the line-ups to ensure their effective usage.

Wolfsburg

If 4-2-3-1 is your favourite formation, you should look to use Bundesliga side VFL Wolfsburg. The key man here is without a doubt Kevin De Bruyne, as his 4 star skills, decent pace and strength, and ridiculous shooting and passing will see him as the focal point of every attack. Shurrle on the wing is a huge bonus, and Caligiuri is no slouch either. The two CDM’s are ferocious workers and you’ve got pace all along the back four. As solid as they come.

Atletico Madrid

Surprising that they are 4.5 stars after last year, but that’s not your fault. Going with Griezmann up top allows him to be more important in the match, and his pace compliments Mandzukic’s ridiculous heading stats. Every goal kick should be aimed at the Croatian striker, and Koke and Turan out wide should be firing crosses into him. Godin and Minanda at the back are rock solid.

Liverpool

If you don’t hate Liverpool then they are a decent option if you like the 3-5-2 formation as they have the perfect players for it. Balotelli needs to start for his FIFA ability, and Daniel Sturridge is one of the most effective strikers in the game. All of Coutinho, Sterling, and Lallana can sprint-dribble with devestating effect, and the back three have enough physicality to stand firm.

FC Porto

Porto are a hell of a lot of fun to use FIFA 15. 4-3-3 suits them best thanks to the pace of Brahimi and Tello, and Jackson Martinez is a beast, but if you prefer two strikers then Aboubakar is a serious handfull too. Quintero’s shooting is incredible, and there’s great balance in midfield with Herrera and Casmeiro sitting. The wing backs are lighting quick too.

AS Roma

Without a doubt the most devestating 4.5 star team to use are AS Roma. Look at that front three, an obnoxious amount of pace. Gervinho, Doumbia, and Ibarbo are uncatchable, so if you get a foot of space you are gone. No back four can cope with them. Behind the sweaty beasts up top you have Pjanic, Nainggolan, and De Rossi who work amazingly well as a three, and you have enough pace at the back to cope well, as long as your not playing Roma v Roma.

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UTfifa15coins – FIFA chooses six cities and seven stadiums as soccer venues for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, which was announced by FIFA on Monday. But if FIFA not want to give necessary alterations, Sao Paulo club Corinthians will pull their ground out.

There will be two venues in the host city of Rio de Janeiro with matches held at the Olympic stadium and the Maracana, site of the 2014 World Cup final, FIFA said.

The other games are to take place at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, the Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia, the Amazonia arena in Manaus, the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador and the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo.

“The Olympic football tournaments will be a fantastic opportunity to revive the great atmosphere seen during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, not only in Rio de Janeiro but also in the other five cities,” said Marco Polo Del Nero, chairman of the organising committee for the Games soccer.

“They did an excellent job in 2014 and now they can use the World Cup stadiums and infrastructure already in place to unite the country for a major event once more,” he added in a news release.

Sixteen men’s sides and 12 women’s teams will play 58 matches between Aug. 3-20.

However, Andres Sanchez, former president of Corinthians and who is responsible for overseeing stadium management, said the club would not foot the bill for alterations.

“It’s a great honor for Corinthians to have the Corinthians arena selected as the city’s stadium for the 2016 Olympic Games,” Sanchez said in a statement posted on their web site.

“However, we are once again replying to a request from the city of Sao Paulo and we need to know who will be responsible for paying.

“If we don’t, the club will review the decision to host the Olympic (football),” Sanchez added.

The Corinthians arena hosted six matches in the 2014 World Cup, including the prestigious opening game and the semi-final between Argentina and the Netherlands.

However, it was one of the last to be ready and one of the most costly. Corinthians are in severe financial difficulties and although Sanchez has travelled the world seeking companies to pay for naming rights, no buyers have appeared.

Olympic gold is the only major title that Brazil have not won and the host nation are determined to end that run.

All the teams will be largely made up of youngsters but three players over 23 are permitted in each squad.

“I will be one of Brazil’s three over-age players ” says Neymar, Barcelona forward.

We have already know the event from UTfifa15coins that the international football federation(FIFA) expel Zimbabwe from the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but do this really fair to Zimbabwe and it’s millions of soccer-loving people? No! It’s unfair to Zimbabwe, FIFA’s decision is just vexatious and harsh.

The Standard Editorial

While everyone agrees that Zifa are the reason why Zimbabwean football is in the mud, a question must be raised as to how Fifa, big as they are, could seek to punish a lowly footballing country on the basis that the Cuthbert Dube-led executive failed to honour a $60 000 debt.

This is the first time in Fifa’s long 111-year history that a national football federation has been expelled from the World Cup over a debt owed to a former coach.

Granted, Fifa gave Zimbabwe several warnings over its intransigence over the Valinhos issue, making their heavy sentence sound justified, couldn’t the world body have taken issue with the Zifa administrators instead of dropping its axe on the whole nation?

Could they not have taken other punitive measures to make Zimbabwe realise the folly of her action or take other steps to enforce payment of the amount.

A decision to ban the country from the World Cup over a $60 000 salary squabble is, in our view, unwarranted — even for a country whose prospects of a successful World Cup campaign may be dim.
Fifa may have set a wrong precedence as the international football federation could soon find itself flooded with similar small cases which should not be at their door at all.

Imagine if all the poor associations that fall under Fifa had a fall out with their coaches or their employees, there would be no football at all in the world.

While we do not exonerate Zifa for its legendary administrative ham-fistedness, we do not subscribe to the notion that Fifa should ban countries from participating in football tournaments, for failure to pay their coaches.

Whatever the circumstances, Fifa should be promoting football, rather that preventing people from kicking the ball.

The football governing body could have dealt with the matter differently, rather than resorting to the harshest punishment that can be meted on a country. It could have simply deducted the $60 000 from Zifa’s annual $250 000 grant, or excluded Zifa bosses from their programmes.

When Zimbabwe is expelled, it’s not Dube — who is rarely seen anywhere football is played — who gets punished but it’s the ordinary people, some who may not have the faintest idea of who Valinhos is.

It’s obviously that FIFA sometimes do the wrong thing, which appears to take away the world’s most beautiful game from the people, heavy-handedness will never help to the development of football.

Cologne – VfL Wolfsburg are currently fighting it out on all three fronts in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and UEFA Europa League, but how do the wolf pack fare when it comes to FIFA 15’s Ultimate Team?

Make sure you click on the video above to see who reigns supreme in the multi-player challenge.

• We’ve also prepared a handful of pre-match stats on Matchday 25’s penultimate fixture between the Wolves and struggling SC Freiburg, especially for you lovely folk…
• Freiburg have scored just three goals in their last six games, failing to score in four of them.
• Wolfsburg has taken the lead with their first shot on goal in nine games so far this season, including in the reverse fixture in Freiburg.
• Wolfsburg have never lost against Freiburg during Dieter Hecking’s tenure as head coach (W3, D1).
• Wolfsburg have scored at least once in all of their last 25 home games since going down 2-0 to Eintracht Braunschweig on 5 October 2013.
• Wolfsburg midfielder Daniel Caligiuri is unbeaten in three games against former club Freiburg (W2, D1), scoring twice.

According to the latest news of UTfifa15coins, Zimbabwe Football Association was booted out of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, beacause of a $60 000 debt the association owes to former Warriors coach Valinhos. This really make people have nothing to say, it’s so embarrassed.

The embarrassing expulsion that comes at a time the association’s debts saw the Astro turf that was installed at Rufaro Stadium being sold to a private school in Harare while the provincial headquarters in Bulawayo were up for auction over a $1,5 million debt but for a timely settlement plan struck between Zifa and CBZ lawyers, paint a gory picture of the sorry state of Zimbabwean football.

Valinhos, whose full name is José Claudinei Georgini, took his case to FIFA after trying without success since October 2008 to get ZIFA to pay him his outstanding salaries.

The Brazilian, who led the Warriors on failed campaigns for both the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the African Cup of Nations staged in Angola earlier that same year, was on a $10 000 a month salary and was only paid for the first six months of his tenure when the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority took charge of his upkeep.

Seven years on, Valinhos has returned to haunt ZIFA with heavy sanctions as Zimbabwe’s Warriors have been expelled from the qualifiers of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

This means Zimbabwe can now only dream of taking a crack at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

FIFA wrote to ZIFA on the matter on Wednesday and yesterday publicly announced that Zimbabwe had been expelled from the World Cup qualifiers after the association failed to pay the debt owed to Valinhos on time.

The world soccer governing body also issued a statement on their official website explaining the circumstances that led to this drastic action.

FIFA also indicated in their statement that the decision was not subject to appeal but ZIFA were adamant late yesterday that they would seek recourse with the Zurich-based international body.

The FIFA statement read:

“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee today, 12 March 2015, notified the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) that it was expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018

“The expulsion comes as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt by ZIFA to the coach following a decision passed on 15 August 2012 by the single judge of FIFA’s Players’ Status Committee.

“As the single judge’s decision was final and binding and ZIFA did not settle its debt, disciplinary proceedings for failure to respect a decision (in application of art. 64 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code) were opened against ZIFA upon the request of the coach.

“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee passed a first decision in April 2013, by means of which in particular, and in addition to receiving a fine, ZIFA was granted a 60-day period to settle half of its debt to the coach and a 120-day period to settle the remainder of the debt. ZIFA was warned that, if they did not pay within the granted periods, the case would – upon the express written request of the creditor – be resubmitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for the possible imposition of harsher sanctions, which could lead to expulsion from a FIFA competition. ZIFA did not appeal the decision.
“In view of the fact that ZIFA did not settle its debt to the coach, and following the request of the coach, the case was presented again before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, which rendered a second decision. In its decision, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee granted ZIFA a final period of grace of 60 days to settle the debt with Mr. Georgini. Additionally, ZIFA was warned that, if the debt was not settled within the granted period (and upon the presentation of a formal claim by the creditor), then, in addition to the imposition of a fine, they would be expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

“ZIFA was informed that the expulsion would be ordered automatically without any further decision needed from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and, once more, ZIFA did not appeal the decision.

“Given ZIFA’s failure to make any payment within the granted periods and the request presented by the creditor, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee – in line with its second decision – ordered the expulsion of ZIFA from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™,” wrote FIFA.

ZIFA chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze insisted yesterday that they would appeal the decision to FIFA.
“We are appealing the decision through the office of the FIFA secretary-general (Jerome Valcke). We acknowledge the debt but we have been telling FIFA that we are unable to pay off the debt and that suspending us from the World Cup would not take away the debt but would only worsen our plight,” Mashingaidze said.

Mashingaidze in communication to FIFA and Valinhos lawyers in October and December last year had indicated that ZIFA would start servicing the debt from January 31 this year but even that date lapsed with the bankrupt association failing to remit any money towards servicing the debt.

It also emerged that ZIFA were aware of the impending FIFA ban from the World Cup by the end of last year.

“Following our request through Mr. Jose Claudinei Georgini’s lawyer, Mr Victor Eleuterio copied to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 27th and 31st October 2014, for a payment plan in respect of the former national coach Mr Jose Claudinei Georgini, we hereby request your esteemed office to allow us to start servicing the amount in question from the 31st January 2015.

“Our request has been occasioned by the dire financial straits the association is in. The association is currently constrained but we acknowledge full responsibility of the debt in question. We are aware of the sanctions should we fail to honour the debt.

“Is is against the backdrop of possible sanctions and our commitment to service the debt that we request your esteemed office not to exclude us from the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifiers,” wrote Mashingaidze to FIFA.

But in a letter to ZIFA on Wednesday, deputy secretary to the FIFA disciplinary committee Jose Rodriguez said the world body had taken the action in view of the fact that the association had failed to meet the deadline for payment of Valinhos’ dues.

“… in view of the request received (immediate expulsion of ZIFA from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup), in line with point III.4 of the decision FIFA Disciplinary committee and bearing in mind the fact that no payment has apparently been made within the deadline granted by means of the foregoing, the Zimbabwe Football Association is expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

“Consequently the Zimbabwe Football Association will not be entitled to participate in the preliminary draw of the said competition,” said Rodriguez.

Each week EA Sports creates a FIFA Ultimate Team Team of the Week (TOTW) based on players in the real world that are in form for that week. Take a look at the team that will be available for one week from 11th March at 6pm.

Starting XI

GK: Iraizoz – Athletic Club de Bilbao (Spain)
LB: Kieran Gibbs – Arsenal (England)
CB: Loïc Perrin – AS Saint-Etienne (France)
CB: David Luiz – Paris Saint-Germain (France)
LM: André Ayew – Olympique de Marseille (France)
LM: Vitolo – Sevilla FC (Spain)
CM: Maximilian Meyer – FC Schalke 04 (Germany)
CAM: Adrian Mierzejewski – Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
ST: Salomón Rondón – Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)
ST: Rubén Castro – Real Betis Balompié (Spain)
ST: Luis Suárez – FC Barcelona (Spain)

Substitutions

GK: Tyler Deric – Houston Dynamo (MLS)
LB: Lorcan Fitzgerald – Bohemian FC (Rep. of Ireland)
CAM: Edwin Cardona – Monterrey (Mexico)
RW: Michael Ríos – Universidad Católica (Chile)
ST: Moestafa El Kabir – Gençlerbirliği SK (Turkey)
ST: Marco Ruben – Rosario Central (Argentina)
ST: Marcus Berg – Panathinaikos FC (Greece)

UTfifa15coins: Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) was notified by The FIFA Disciplinary Committee – they were expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, which is really a shocking news to all football fans.

The expulsion comes as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt by ZIFA to the coach José Claudinei Georgini following a decision passed on 15 August 2012 by the single judge of FIFA’s Players’ Status Committee.

As the single judge’s decision was final and binding and ZIFA did not settle its debt, disciplinary proceedings for failure to respect a decision (in application of art. 64 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code) were opened against ZIFA upon the request of the coach.

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee passed a first decision in April 2013, by means of which in particular, and in addition to receiving a fine, ZIFA was granted a 60-day period to settle half of its debt to the coach and a 120-day period to settle the remainder of the debt. ZIFA was warned that, if they did not pay within the granted periods, the case would – upon the express written request of the creditor – be resubmitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for the possible imposition of harsher sanctions, which could lead to expulsion from a FIFA competition. ZIFA did not appeal the decision.

In view of the fact that ZIFA did not settle its debt to the coach, and following the request of the coach, the case was presented again before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, which rendered a second decision. In its decision, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee granted ZIFA a final period of grace of 60 days to settle the debt with Mr Georgini. Additionally, ZIFA was warned that, if the debt was not settled within the granted period (and upon the presentation of a formal claim by the creditor), then, in addition to the imposition of a fine, they would be expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. ZIFA was informed that the expulsion would be ordered automatically without any further decision needed from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and, once more, ZIFA did not appeal the decision.

Given ZIFA’s failure to make any payment within the granted periods and the request presented by the creditor, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee – in line with its second decision – ordered the expulsion of ZIFA from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

Are you a football fan and keeping a watchful eye on football world? What’s your feeling about this event? Do you feel sad for Zimbabwe football team?

FIFA 15 to join the new system, make the game more real, this is without a doubt, the players run as players will find that they have the breath frequency, just like a real player, better physics engine at the same time, the game player’s hair will be with flap, the details of the game to make the game more fit players true feelings, images in this production team said it will be over nature.

FIFA 15 as usual, are three line speed, style, shape structure. Front main set attack movement more forward or coordination. The midfielder is main lightning or fast forward. The back is oppressive and position before and after the wide tight. Midfield and movement are random strain or your location option, the defence of high pressure is decided you play defense or back leaving no space.

Stance on and oppression can nip up play in the midfield but at the same time easy to play behind, back + not urgent can prevent balls but are easy to be holding up play and width is the defence position is compact or scattered, Barcelona types of infiltration and long shots are hard to break through can easily blow your side, but your opponent out can have a good side but the door wide open.

FIFA 15 is no longer a defensive mentality a direction is such a simple set, each player can according to the different positions have different options, such as the striker is walk or stand, looking for space or job and how much for the defence of the compression degree, midfielder is forward or protection, is the most changeable winger, can be used as a winger or more cross winger in the wing began to organize, in general, in the FIFA 15 flexible tactics to change more than its rivals ball time.

An incredible FC Copenhagen video makes the relationship between football and computer games to go full circle, which is a football tourment on Sunday. It’s looks really like FIFA 15, you even have a feeling that you can spend some FIFA 15 Coins to buy a football players on the football field, the real world football field!

Two of Danish football’s biggest sides faced off in Copenhagen as the home side ran out eventual 3-1 victors against rivals Brondy.

With a range of high definition cameras in use, the club filmed every aspect of the game to create arguably the greatest, most uplifting highlights reel we’ve ever seen.

Replicating the pre-match routine that can be seen on FIFA 15, the clip takes us through the tunnel, past the handshakes and all three Copenhagen goals.

The surreal clip consistently blurs the lines between reality and CGI, Delaney’s finesse finish and celebration being the prime example.

Are you a fan of football or a fan of FIFA 15? Have we really reached the point where a computer game, based on football, is now being recreated in real life by the subject on which it was initially based?