Morning news 12/2: Bookies believe Ronaldo will win FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014

Bookmakers believe Ronaldo will win the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Yacine Brahimi was voted the best African player, Modric may not need surgery... are the highlights until 6:30 a.m. on December 2.

Ronaldo is the number 1 candidate for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or award.

BALL ROLLING LAST NIGHT

Serie A Round 13

Sampdoria 1-1 Napoli

Round 13 La Liga

Almeria 0-1 Rayo Vallecano

DOMESTIC

- Two days before leaving for Malaysia, coach Toshiya Miura received bad news when defender Xuan Thanh suffered a knee injury and will have a hard time playing in the first leg of the semi-final on December 7.

Due to a knee injury, Xuan Thanh had to undergo rehabilitation. Photo: Phan Tung

INTERNATIONAL

- According to bookmaker Ladbrokes, Ronaldo is the number 1 candidate for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 with odds of 1/6 (bet 6 win 1). The odds for Messi and Neurer are 5/1 and 8/1 respectively).

- The latest match of round 13 of La Liga between Almeria and Rayo Vallecano ended with a minimal victory for the visitors. The only player to score in the minute Rayo Vallecano won all 3 points was midfielder Gael Kakuta.

- Thanks to the equalizer scored in the second minute of injury time by Duván Zapata, Napoli was able to earn a 1-1 draw at Sampdoria in the latest match of round 13 of Serie A. This was the match in which Napoli let Eder score in the 57th minute, and by the 84th minute they were down to 10 men because Kalidou Koulibaly received a second yellow card.

- Striker Thierry Henry has just said goodbye to New York Red Bulls after 4 and a half years with them. Immediately after that, he posted a photo of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on his Facebook page.

- The possibility of former Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes joining MU in the near future has not been ruled out, despite the fact that he returned to Barcelona last weekend. According to the British press, yesterday Valdes was back at the Red Devils' Carrington training center.

- Due to an ankle injury sustained in training last weekend, Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul will be out until the end of the year.

- Doctor Mikel Sánchez said that Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric may not need surgery to fix his groin problem. If he does not have to go under the knife, the time for the Croatian player to recover will be significantly shortened.

- Porto midfielder Yacine Brahimi has been voted the best African player of 2014 by the BBC. Notably, before Brahimi, no Algerian player had received the honor.

- Southampton coach Ronald Koeman confirmed that key midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is having problems with his adductor muscle and he will be absent from the upcoming important match against Arsenal (December 4).

- Center-back Jonny Evans has recovered from an ankle injury and is available for the match between MU U21 and Southampton.

- Ronaldo, Messi and Robben have been nominated for the striker position in FIFA's 2014 best team.

BEHIND THE SCENES

- Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is facing the risk of being punished by the FA because he recently made offensive comments about Jews on Instagram.

- Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech just impressed with his drum performance while covering the song "Best Of You".

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