Most paid manager(s) in the world

One of the respected sports magazine in the world this Tuesday issued an article of 20 most paid trainers worldwide. Because this list is very long, here is going to be mentioned only five names.
Whether is true or not and if we are going to believe this story, 'France football' has put the coach of Atletico Madrid in first place. The Argentine Diego Simeone yearly receives 41 million euros. At next two places are couple of former managers of Manchester United and Monaco. Despite laying off, Jose Mourinho collected 31 million euros from the English club, while his colleague at the French team Thierry Henry is rich with 25.5 million euros. Spanish trainer Pep Guardiola at Manchester City gets 24 million, while 23 million euros is receiving the Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde who concludes top 5.

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Penultimate mystery revealed for the CONCACAF championship

The all exciting Gold Cup event this summer will appear for the fifteenth time, 16 teams are going to entertain us in 17 stadiums across the region. From earlier we knew that this is not going to be played in only one country, because the confederation wanted everyone to enjoy this tournament spreading throughout the whole continent. Unfortunately, only three chosen states are going to see the best teams of the confederation.
Majority of games are going to be played in United States of America. And for the first time ever: Central America and the Caribbean region will also have the opportunity to participate in this great event who will be watched by millions of viewers worldwide. During the overall Nations league competition it was decided that Costa Rica is going to be the second host. Its national team is going to play at least one duel at home in group B as well as Jamaica who will be in group C. This Caribbean nation was announced yesterday as the final host after the above mentioned Nations league tournament was completed last Monday morning. Two duels are going to be played at National stadium in the Independence park complex in the capital Kingston.
Now only the last mystery remains for this tournament which everyone eagerly anticipate: the final groups and schedule of plays which will be disclosed next Thursday morning.

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Croatian champions severely punished

At the start of 2019-20 season (from second qualifying round for the Champions league), the following club will play on an empty stadium. Yesterday the European football organization penalized the Croatian champions with 67.000 euros together with 2 matches without spectators, whom one of them is on the waiting list in a period of 24 months.
The reason for this decision is the inappropriate racist behavior of Dinamo Zagreb supporters, throwing fireworks and various objects onto the pitch plus blocked stairways against Benfica of last 16 phase, first leg of the Europa league this March at the Croatian capital. For the last three cases the club is ordered to pay 47.000 euros plus additional 20.000 euros who are for the xenophobic conduct. On top of that, one duel has to be played without fans. However, if similar incidents are repeated at the next two years the second European match will be automatically activated and played in the same manner.

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Bombardment of an innocent country who must not be forgotten

Zenit Saint Petersburg and Orenburg played their match yesterday afternoon in the Russian Premier league, but before it even started the home supporters gave unconditional support to one country which was bombarded 20 years ago.
Last month was the anniversary of the NATO (North atlantic treaty organization) aggression on Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999. Many innocent lives were lost, thus with a huge banner the Zenit Saint Petersburg fans did a tribute for the victims in this military operation who must never be forgotten.

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Famous venue is going to be demolished

A new project of Milan and Inter is to build a modern and new stadium with 60.000 seats. Legendary 'San Siro' will be tear down and in its place is going to be a new venue worth 600 million euros. Last Tuesday Inter officially gave the green light with the proposal. Italian media has revealed that this great architecture will have retractable roof, the facade is going to change colors depending which team is playing, whilst the lucrative sponsorship contract is going to be 25 million euros a year. Apart from the sport facilities, also there will be a concert hall with 5.000 seats plus shopping complex dedicated to these two clubs. Official opening is planned for 2023, while the model is taken from MetLife stadium in New Jersey, United States of America. Still, this idea has to be approved by the city council.

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