The New York Giants will now move ahead and face the defending champion of Super Bowl Packers in the encounter that will take place on next Sunday. They are moving forward after putting down the Atlanta Falcons in the Wild Card Game of Sunday in an NFC. The skills and portrayal of the Giants were too much for the Falcons, which is evident from the 24-2 result of the game. Everyone was anticipating a good game, but at the end of the day it was quite a one sided affair. It is to be seen how the Giants handle their potential against the defending champions of Super Bowl next Sunday at Green Bay. In the last encounter that took place in December, Packers proved to be good over the Giants as they defeated the later team 38-35.
Now, here are some key aspects of the Sunday’s game between the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. This NFC wild card game witnessed a competition where the Giants almost ran over the Falcons in a rout of 24-2. Because of Eli Manning’s three excellent touchdown passes, the Giants were able to dominate the Falcons and end up the match with such a convincing result. Manning is definitely having a great season, in fact, it can be said that it is his best NFL season. Manning connected a pass to Mario Manningham for a 27 yard score and to Hakeem Nicks for a score of 72 yards. These were some of the main highlights of the match that took the game away from the Falcons.
In the first half, Manning threw a TD pass of 4 yard to Nicks. It happened after the 14 yards scramble of the quarterback to create the amazing drive of 85 yards. The touchdown passes of Manning set the tempo of the game and the defense of the Giants also did their task quite well. They never allowed the Falcons to settle down. Though this rushing game was of lowest rank, but it yet scored season-high 172 yards, which is season’s high. With 92 yards resulting out of 14 carries, Brandon Jacobs’s efforts were prominent.
After the match, Jason Pierre-Paul was proud for his team and said that he is confident the team will win the game against Packers on next Sunday hundred percent. The Packers will definitely like to differ on this thought and it will make an enjoyable encounter.

From now on, he will be known in Italy as “The American Marine” “General Bradley and also the midfield sergeant. However, the name doesn’t count what counts is the performance of Michele Bradley who had successfully adapted the highly technical game style of his new country Italy and of the native country America as well. In the month of August, he has joined the Chievo Verona with the motto to play as an American in Serie A. The midfielder is just in his 24 now but is now playing as a regular starter and has already learned speaking Italy quite fluently.

What the midfielder belief is when a player is earning their live hood from the game and this is their profession it is imperative to give the best and to put everything that one have into it. During the last weekend, Bradley had an interview with the Associate press where he explained he had no doubt about the fact that as he was new in the country and has signed a new club it was important for him to introduce himself with the world in short period of time.

He has football in his blood, as he is the son of the former coach of U.S national team Bob Bradley. However, when the player landed in Italy he showed a distinctive look and what he did before coming to Italy is that he shaved his head thoroughly, but he didn’t give up the New Jersey roots and hold the nickname, Omar Bradley, who was known universally as famous general of World War II. Bradley is the forth-native American who joined the Serie A club in this year and his successors are Alexi Lalas, Oguchi Onyewu and Giuseppe Rossi. All of them have played good football in their career and now it is to see how far this new, young American can move.

Lalas started his career as during 1994-world cup football, played for the US team, and then continued for 1996. Rossi on the other hand was born to Italian parents but as he was born in America, he has been marked as American. During 2007, this American player played with Parma and he played on loan. The history of the other player Onyewu is quite different from these two. He had an injury –plagued stretch with the club AC Milan during 2009-10, and he has made only one spirited appearance.

This new player, Bradley has been marked on the bench just during the first match he played with Chievo, and form then on is playing as the starter in every matches.

Barcelona got a blow from Real Madrid as the team reached almost the top of La Liga living Barcelona behind in six points. In the previous match Granada was the star who brought the win with he difference of 5- 1.

Barcelona who was seeking a forth-following title form the league will not be able to slip up in the next trip with Espanyol.

The perfect start was made by Jose Mourinho’s Real as soon the Spanish Winter broke when Karim Benzema netted for two times. The motion of the game changed instantly when Cristiano Ronaldo extend the leading goal and tallied it to 21.

This was Real’s fourteenth win among 17 league- games. During this 17 matches the team has scored 43 points and there is possibility that the score may reach 51, with 61 goals on its for and sixteen against.

Benzema was the first one who helped to put a mark on the scorecard of Real Madrid and he has been able to do this just within twenty minutes of the game. Before him, Mesut Ozul and Ronaldo tried well to play together inside the box, but surprisingly Granada, who was in 14th place, soon leveled the match just after Rico was headed in a traverse by Nigerian forwarder Ikechukwu Uche. Now, the question is who is supposed to be the month’s top transfer target?

The Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos has restored the home side’s advantage as he succeeded to nod powerfully in Ozul’s corner during the 34th minute. On the other hand the forwarder of Argentina, Gonzalo Higuin tried to make it 3-1 straight just after the break, with the 13th goal of this league session, after Maercelo got the permission to rush forward into the box. In this match, Marcelo was also in full- form and has showed a good example of football.

During the 59th minute Benzema made that safe almost as the France forwarder Xabi Alonso lofted a slanting pass and ablaze in low shot for the 13th of La Liga and for the 16th goal of this overall season.

Ronaldo finally succeed to enlist his name in the score shit and he did that when one minute of regulation timing was left. Ronaldo is now the expensive player of world and he has been shortlist for the coming FIFA Ballon d’Or award . In this match, Ronaldo fired from the border of the consequence area.