Sign up for San Iker's official website: http://www.ikercasillasworld.com/
It has competitions to win signed jerseys, gloves or tickets for matches. You can also download wallpapers and buy urban clothing.
A must for every Iker fan....
Monday, 27 June 2016
Iker Casillas' website
Sign up for San Iker's official website: http://www.ikercasillasworld.com/
It has competitions to win signed jerseys, gloves or tickets for matches. You can also download wallpapers and buy urban clothing.
A must for every Iker fan....
Saturday, 18 June 2016
Our Euro 2016 Final Predictions
We think that the two teams who will go to the Euro Final will be Spain and France. We also think that the French, the hosts, will lift the trophy. We would love to hear your predictions so tell us in the comments bellow, which team do you think will win the Euros???
Monday, 13 June 2016
Saturday, 11 June 2016
TOP 5 GOALKEEPER GLOVES 2016/2017 SEASON
- NUMBER 5: PUMA EVOPOWER GRIP 2 RC TRICKS
- NUMBER 4: ADIDAS ACE TRANS PRO
- NUMBER 3: UHLSPORT ELIMINATOR SUPERGRIP HN
- NUMBER 2: NIKE GK VAPOR GRIP 3
- NUMBER 1: ADIDAS ACE TRANS PRO IKER CASILLAS
Friday, 10 June 2016
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Monday, 6 June 2016
EURO 2016: THE BEST GOALKEEPERS
It has been an incredible season of football this year. We’ve watched in awe as unlikely title winner Leicester City managed to fend off the greatest teams the Premier League has to offer to become champion for the first time in the club’s history. We’ve seen England come back against arch-rivals Germany in a thrilling 2-3 comeback in Berlin and now we can look forward to plenty of football action as we ready ourselves for the start of Euro 2016. There’s bound to be a lot of memorable goals during the tournament, but the world-class keepers are expected to deal with the formidable strike forces that they'll undooubtedly face. Well, here's a list of the top 10 goalkeepers who will be at the Euros.
- NUMBER 10: SALVATORE SIRIGU
He is one of the two keepers on this list who are second-choice but still, one of the best... This season, Sirigu had to fight against Kevin Trapp in order to be the first-choice keeper for PSG and he managed to gain a spot in PSG's starting 11 for La Ligue. Only one thing is for sure, the Italians have world-class backup for their captain Gigi Buffon.
- NUMBER 9: RUI PATRICIO
Patricio is, was and will be a world-class keeper. He is Portugal's number one keeper and a brick wall for them (as long as his defenders cooperate with him). Great at organizing his defense, Patricio is truly someone capable of great things. Can't wait to see how he will perform for Portugal.
- NUMBER 8: HUGO LLORIS
Lloris was without a doubt Tottenham's savior this season. With a bad defense and a weak team structure, Lloris had to be excellent every time he faced a strong and dangerous opponent. Well, this won't be the case with France as the captain will have a better defense to work with. Expect great things from him.
- NUMBER 7: THIBAUT COURTOIS
Courtois enters the Euros with plenty to prove after a disappointing season at Chelsea. So far the physical rigors of English football have not suited him as much as the Spanish game. He must quickly recover and rediscover his form with his country.
- NUMBER 6: JOE HART
Extraordinary keeper with exceptional 1vs1 skills and great reflexes. A goalkeeper clearly capable of making his team's way through the group stages. Just wait to see him in action against Russia this Friday...
- NUMBER 5: DAVID DE GEA
This is the goalkeeper who won the Premier League's SAVE OF THE SEASON 2016 award. Even though he is extremely good, he will most likely be benched for the Euros. He is an upcoming star and he will be Spain's keeper after Iker Casillas' possible retirement. Still, he is one of the best and if he becomes first-choice, he will be a strong contestant for the Golden Glove.
- NUMBER 4: MANUEL NEUER
He was the winner of the Golden Glove awards for the 2014 World Cup. He is the game's best sweeper-keeper and one of the best shot-stoppers. He is Germany's first-choice keeper and sometimes the captain (when Lahm is absent). To make it even better, Neuer has announced that he is determined to take more risks while playing as a sweeper so I am sure that we will have a good time watching him come out of his box and humiliate his opponents.
- NUMBER 3: PETR CECH
Like the other two remaining keepers of this list, Cech is an idol, a great captain for his national team and a legend. He is one of the most iconic players of the game, with his "helmet" being his "trademark". Cech managed to win the Premier League Golden Glove even though it was his first season with Arsenal FC. He is a very powerful figure inside the pitch and clearly the best player on his national team.
- NUMBER 2: Iker Casillas
Casillas' performance with his club (FC Porto) hasn't been the best this season but this isn't the case with his country's team. Casillas has played a really important role in Spain's matches. He has been phenomenal, helping his team to win some really important games. He is the most experienced goalkeeper of the tournament. He is the captain, the idol and Spain's brick wall but his retirement is getting closer and closer every year. I hope he has a great tournament and that Spain manages to reach the Final and win it all!!!
- NUMBER 1: GIANLUIGI BUFFON
He is Italy's most important player and the captain of the team. Even though he is 38 years old he is in great form. He will do his best to ensure that Italy will go as far as it is possible. For the Italians, he is the key for their success. This legendary keeper will most likely be the best one in the Euros.
Saturday, 4 June 2016
GOALKEEPER NEWS: LUCAS CASILLAS CARBONERO IS SAN IKER'S SECOND SON
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas and his wife, journalist Sara Carbonero, have become parents for the second time yesterday.
Iker Casillas in Spain's match against South Korea
Casillas revealed the news on Twitter, adding that the baby boy was named Lucas and that both the baby and his mother are doing fine.
“Everything went great,” Casillas tweeted.
The tweet included a black and white photo showing only the hand and mouth of Lucas, who was born on Thursday in a hospital in Spain.
According to Carbonero, the newborn will be a perfect teammate for his elder brother Martin, who is two years old.
Casillas will be representing the national team at next week’s Euro 2016 in France.
Friday, 3 June 2016
GOALKEEPER NEWS: ADIDAS ACE TRANS NOW AVAILABLE
Finally, some models of the new Adidas 2016/2017 Collection are now available for purchase (online).
Here are the links:
Here are the links:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS FT:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS ULTIMATE:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS PRO:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS FINGERSAVE:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS LEAGUE:
- ADIDAS ACE TRANS FINGERSAVE REPLIQUE:
Thursday, 2 June 2016
GLOVE SPOTTING: SOME OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS IN EUROPE DEBUT THEIR NEW GLOVES
TER STEGEN: ADIDAS ACE TRANS FT
GUILLERMO OCHOA: NIKE PREMIER SGT
IKER CASILLAS: ADIDAS ACE TRANS PRO
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
GLOVE SPOTTING: HART SHOWED UP IN ENGLAND TRAINING WITH HIS NEW GLOVES
Last week, Joe Hart, England's number one goalkeeper, used his new goalkeeper gloves for the first time. His gloves were the Nike Vapor Grip 3 RS in the brand new colorway for 2016/2017. One modification on his gloves is the Profi Foam Palm. This palm is made exclusively for the pro Nike goalkeepers. It's grip is phenomenal but it's durability isn't that great. All the Nike gloves that feature the Profi Foam are a little bit more expensive than the regular retail models because they are more rare and hard to find. Hart's gloves have also latex thumbs. Still, the best thing about these gloves is the fact that they have colored palms, something never done before by Nike (except black palms). These gloves have fluo yellow palms and I think they are stunning.
So here are the pics:
So here are the pics:
Awesome gloves, can't wait for them to come out.
MORE GLOVE SPOTTINGS TO COME
Sunday, 29 May 2016
GLOVE SPOTTING: JAN OBLAK AND KEYLOR NAVAS DEBUT THEIR NEW GLOVES
Real Madrid returned home following their dramatic Champions League triumph over city rivals Atletico – and immediately jumped onto an open-top bus for a victory parade. Thousands of jubilant fans – the vast majority of whom had no doubt been partying all night – lined the city streets to salute their heroes after their record 11th European Cup win.
Real beat Atletico 5-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw at the San Siro in Milan on Saturday night, with Cristiano Ronaldo firing home the decisive kick.
During that extraordinary game, the 2 goalkeepers, Jan Oblak and Keylor Navas, were wearing their brand new equipment. The Champions League Final was the game chosen for their debut. Navas was wearing the new Adidas Ace Trans goalkeeper gloves in the black colorway while Oblak was wearing his Nike SGT NC in a new colorway ( solar yellow/ pink).
Here are the pictures:
NIKE SGT PREMIER RS
Oblak's Nike SGT gloves were stitched from the inside (negative cut), they did not feature the Laser Etched Sipe Grip Technology and had the Profi Foam palm instead of Contact Foam.
ADIDAS ACE TRANS PRO
Keylor's gloves were the Adidas Ace Trans Pro in a Negative Cut. His gloves didn't have any difference from the retail models. They had both the Stretch-Strap and the Abrasion Zone.
MORE GLOVE SPOTTINGS TO COME
Saturday, 28 May 2016
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2016: A BATTLE FOR THE TITLE
- Real Madrid and Atlético to meet in second Champions League final in three seasons
- Repeat of 2014 final, when Real Madrid came back to beat Atlético in extra time
- Madrid also triumphed 1-0 over 2 legs in last season's quarter-finals
Zinédine Zidane says:
- Ronaldo has been feeling a bit of pain but he's OK. He'll be there 100%. He has a little niggle, but that disappears when you're going to play in a Champions League final.
- I see the players the same as in Lisbon. We're one game away. We're all very happy to be in this final. We're ready for this, and that's the big word: we're ready to play. We've worked hard to achieve this. I'm happy with the work we've carried out. We've suffered a lot, but reaching a final without suffering is impossible. We know how to do that and that's what we'll have to do again, no doubt. In a final it's perfectly normal to have difficulties. If you want to win it, you have to suffer.
- Losing will not be a failure. Failure is in your attitude, or if you don't give your all. It's just a football game. You never know what will happen but I can tell you we're very prepared. [Since 2014] some players have left but the idea of this club is always the same. It's the great story: unity, effort, companionship and, when the time comes to play, quality and leaving everything on the field. We want to repeat that.
- When the match begins I'll be a bit more tense [than as a player] but that's usual too – it's part of the coaching job. I like it, I like this kind of pressure. I've experienced it as a player but as a coach it's completely different. Carlo Ancelotti used to tell me that often. He told me before the final in Lisbon: "I hope you experience this some day as head coach." Here we are, so I keep thinking of Carlo.
- Above all you have to defend well, first and foremost, especially when you don't have the ball. On top of that, we have our weapons to work well when we're attacking. What we really have to do is run: run, run, run.
- The game will be very tense, very even, especially at the beginning. Casemiro enables them to regroup better if they lose the ball. Whoever wins the early battles in midfield will have an advantage – Madrid, with their technical qualities, might try to play more.
- The club, the players, the group we've created, is reinventing itself continuously. That's what is most valuable at this club. Everyone works with the idea of improving, growing, and that's life – if you work, work, work, eventually you get what you want.
- To play a final is absolutely fantastic, to win it is even better. That experience makes you want to continue living these moments. It's not easy; you have to pick yourself up, keep inventing yourself, change the players but not change the commitment, the values, the work. If you keep working, you're insistent, you can achieve things
- We're not really going to change much for this game – neither team will. Madrid haven't changed much [since 2014]; we've changed more but we have the same structure. Casemiro makes Madrid a lot more dangerous on the counterattack – that's how they played in both [semi-final] legs against Manchester City. Many people think that's bad – not me. There could be different situations during the game but it's clear that, if you give Madrid space, they're very dangerous.
- I like to have 113 years of history on my back – I like that, I love the pressure. Only winning would satisfy me.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
REAL MADRID
Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modrić; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.
ATLETICO MADRID
Oblak; Juanfran, Godín, Savić, Filipe Luís; Koke, Gabi, Fernández, Ñíguez; Griezmann, Torres.
2014 Champions League Final (Full Highlights)
Friday, 27 May 2016
ADIDAS ACE TRANS: ADIDAS' NEW GOALKEEPER GLOVE FOR THE NEXT SEASON
The Adidas Ace Trans Gloves are Adidas' all-new goalkeeper gloves. Set to be released in June 2016, the new Adidas Trans 2016-2017 Goalkeeper Gloves will be worn by the likes of Manuel Neuer, Iker Casillas, Petr Cech and David de Gea in the Euro 2016 in France, while they could be already debuted in the 2016 Champions League final .
The Adidas Ace Trans collection will include the Ace Trans Pro (5 different colorways including the Iker Casillas SMU), the Ace Trans FingerSave Allround (2 colorways), the Ace Trans FT (2 colorways), the Ace Trans FingerSave Ultimate (1 colorway), the Ace Trans Climaproof (1 colorway), the Ace Trans Competition, the Ace Trans FingerSave Replique and the Junior models like the Ace Trans FingerSave Junior and the Ace Trans Training.
Here are the pictures:
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
GOALKEEPER NEWS: DE GEA NAMED IN PFA TEAM OF THE YEAR
David de Gea has been rewarded for his fine form by being named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for 2015/16.
Manchester United Goalkeeper have had a mixed season however De Gea excellent form in goal have gone a long way to maintaining the Reds’ push for a top 4 finish.
It’s the third time De Gea has been named in the best top-flight XI for the season after being selected in 2012/13 and this is his second successive appearance after featuring in the 2014/15 team.
The Team in full
David De Gea (Manchester United); Hector Bellerin (Arsenal); Wes Morgan (Leicester City), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Danny Rose (Tottenham); Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), N’Golo Kante (Leicester City), Dele Alli (Tottenham), Dimitri Payet (West Ham United); Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham).
Thursday, 19 May 2016
GOALKEEPER NEWS: PETR CECH WINS THE GOLDEN GLOVE IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH ARSENAL
Arsenal Goalkeeper Petr Cech has won the Premier League Golden Glove in his first season at the Gunners.
The former Chelsea goalkeeper has kept an incredible 16 clean sheets in 34 appearances . Cech’s clean sheet in Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa moved his total one ahead of Manchester United’s David De Gea.
With United’s final fixture being postponed, it’s not yet known if Cech will win the award outright or be forced to share it with De Gea.
Cech told his official website “David De Gea from Manchester United could still catch up with me since their last game has been postponed. I really value those clean sheets. I’ve been told this would be the first time someone might win the Glove at two different teams”
De Gea can’t pass Cech’s total but he can equal.
Kasper Schmeichel and Joe Hart both kept 15 clean sheets each.
ADIDAS PREDATOR PRO MANUEL NEUER REVIEW
When I got the opportunity to buy a pair of the Adidas Predator Pro at a fairly low price ($40 on ebay), I was thrilled .... By the way, this was my first pair of top notch and state-of-the-art goalkeeper gloves. When they arrived, I quickly took them out of their glove bag and I tried them on. The first thing I noticed was how comfortable they were. I also noticed that they were really sticky. I could palm a ball without any effort at all. They were amazing.
The next day I took them to training. I was so excited to test them that I didn't even give them a pre-wash. I just couldn't wait .... When I arrived at the field, I quickly put them on. During the warm up, I realized that the gloves had also one negative aspect. Their ventilation wasn't really good and I started to sweat a lot in them but I knew and still believe that this "negative aspect" wouldn't be a deal-breaker. Later on, during our crossing drill I realized that the grip wasn't just sticky, but one of the best I had used to that date. The ball stuck between my hands and it was almost impossible to drop. Even my coach noticed that I had claimed more crosses than usual and that I was more confident. When I returned home I washed them because they were really dirty and I looked for small tears and loose threads but I couldn't find anything. The only thing that was damaged was my glove bag because one of my teammates had stepped on it but that wasn't that much of a problem.
After four months the only tears they had were on the fingertips but that is normal because of their cut (negative cut). The grip didn't deteriorate. It was pretty much the same. Overall, an amazing glove. I definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great glove for matches or high-level training. So, here are my ratings:
- GRIP: 8/10
- COMFORT: 9/10
- SHOCK ABSORPTION (PALM THICKNESS): 8/10
- DURABILITY: 8/10
- PUNCHING: 7.5/10
- WRIST STRAP: 10/10
- CUT: 8/10
- LOOKS: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
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