Christiano Ronaldo crowned Miss World 2010

The Albanian fans do not lack any sense of humour. They were looking to make fun of Portugal, who are in danger of missing out on the place in South Africa, and their ‘best’ player Cristiano Ronaldo by lifting the banner which portrayed the pretty boy of Manchester United as Miss World for the year 2010. Portugal somehow managed to win the game, thanks to injury time winner by Bruno Alves, and they thus kept slim chances of reaching the World Cup but the game will definitely be remembered by the aforementioned event rather than by the quality of the teams’ performance.

Albanian fans found a great way to mock Cristiano Ronaldo, who is obviously more concerned with his looks and style of his haircut than with anything that happens on the football pitch. Referring to Ronaldo’s chances of winning the World Player of the Year award second time in a row, which are at best pretty slim after a wretched season, the fans erected the banner which made the whole footballing world laugh. And how Portugal’s rivals in the group would have laughed if only Bruno Alves hadn’t scored an injury time winner, without which Carlos Queiroz’s team would be out of the race for the place in South Africa.

The ‘incident’ only portrayed the true situation in Portuguese national team at the moment, which are largely struggling under Carlos Queiroz, and where a player like Cristiano Ronaldo is the first star of the team. I just wonder how he deserved such a status. The looks can get you anything these days, right?

Barcelona refuse to follow Real's transfer policy

Barcelona president Joan Laporta is confident that his club will not be forced into paying excessive fees to try and emulate Real Madrid’s expected transfer activity.

Madrid are close to tying up a world record deal for AC Milan’s Kaka, with the likes of Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo also being linked with the Bernabeu club.

However, Laporta insists that his club will not be splashing the cash in a similar way.

He commented: “We are not going to show off by paying so much money for one player.

“I just hope that we don’t have to end up paying these excessive prices for players.

“From Barcelona’s point of view, we will try to be sensible and stay true to our criterion when it comes to this issue.”

Valencia midfielder David Silva has admitted to being flattered by reported interest from Real Madrid.

The Spain winger claims the interest is little more than speculation at the moment, but has hinted that a summer switch to the Bernabeu would be an appealing prospect.

Real are believed to be keen to sign both Silva and striker David Villa from a cash-strapped Los Che.

"I don't know anything and I still haven't talked to my agents," he said.

"That a team like Real Madrid are interested is good for Valencia and for me.

"At the moment I am focused on the national team. I hope everything works out well.

"It's flattering that a team like Real Madrid are interested but at the moment I am at Valencia."

Barcelona's Spain international midfielder Andres Iniesta is facing a lengthy spell out of action due to a thigh injury in his right leg.

The 25-year-old played with the problem in the Champions League final victory over Manchester United, but is now set to miss his country's Confederations Cup campaign.

Iniesta had reported for duty with the national team, but further tests on his injury had provided bad news.

Spain doctor Oscar Celada confirmed: "He has an injury which has a very high chance of suffering a relapse.

"We have to look out for Andres' health and not expose him to a relapse.

"The recovery period is long, between six and eight weeks. He is crushed to see that the injury is worse than what he could have thought at the beginning."

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