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World Cup squads announced

Craig

World Traveller
Those announced today:

Italy:

Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Peruzzi (Lazio), Amelia (Livorno)

Defenders: Zambrotta (Juventus), Nesta (Milan), Cannavaro (Juventus), Grosso (Palermo), Zaccardo (Palermo), Barzagli (Palermo), Materazzi (Inter), Oddo (Lazio)

Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), Pirlo (Milan), Gattuso (Milan), De Rossi (Roma), Perrotta (Roma), Barone (Palermo)

Attackers: Totti (Roma), Toni (Fiorentina), Gilardino (Milan), Del Piero (Juventus), Inzaghi (Milan), Iaquinta (Udinese)


Not a bad squad here, although the decision to select Materazzi was more of a token Inter slection, unless he is there as the player so everybody can blame when he hacks down Ronaldino in the Semi Final that gives away the free kick/penalty that gets Italy knocked out of the World Cup or gives away a comical own goal and results in similar fashion for Italy :ph34r: :dry:

Good to see Peter Pan wasn't there (Cassano), not only wasn't not getting any game time (or enough) at Real Madrid, the fact that I think he and Totti want to have brawl (well they are not friends) is a good thing for team harmony.

Brazil:

Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter), Rogerio Ceni (San Paolo)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Cris (Lyon)
Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus), Edmilson (Barcelona), Zé Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Kakà (AC Milan), Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona)
Strikers: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Adriano (Inter), Fred (Lyon)


Ricardinho surprised me a little bit, aalthough I have to admit that Carlos Alberto Parreira has seen him play more then I have lately so he must be going ok at Santos, and Fred was bit of a bolter, and I think Ceni is there for the penalty shoot-out (not for saving but for scoring them). I hope Adriano can refind his form and I am happy Gilberto Silva is there as well.

Portugal:

Goalkeepers: Ricardo (Sporting Lisbon), Quim (Benfica), Bruno Vale (Estrela Amadora)
Defenders: Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Miguel (Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Caneira (Sporting Lisbon), Ricardo Costa (Porto), Nuno Valente (Everton)
Midfielders: Petit (Benfica), Costinha (Dynamo Moscow), Tiago (Lyon), Maniche (Chelsea), Hugo Viana (Valencia), Deco (Barcelona), Figo (Inter)
Srtikers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Simao (Benfica), Boa Morte (Fulham), Pauleta (Paris SG), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Helder Postiga (St. Etienne)


Remember Postiga and Viana? Two guys for who completely failed to make it in England (although that was the manager's fault in the case of Postiga and probably for Viana), and Caneria a flop at Valencia which forced him to go on loan to Sporting. Thought maybe Joao Moutinho would be in there, unless he is injured or out of form?

Argentina:

Abbondanzieri, Leo Franco, Ustari, Coloccini, Cufré, Ayala, Gabriel Milito, Sorin, Heinze, Burdisso, Scaloni, Luis González, Maxi Rodríguez, Cambiasso, Mascherano, Aimar, Riquelme, Palacio, Crespo, Tevez, Messi, Saviola, Cruz

Little bit surprised about Burdisso TBH, with only 16 games in the league, and five of them as a sub, he hasn't that amount of games to convinces us what he is worth. Probably as depth more then anything, although he has been shown a red card in both the league and Coppa Italia. I am happy with Cruz being in there and I hope Messi isn't too underdone.

Serbia & Montenegro:

Dragoslav Jevric (Anakaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia), Vladimir Stojkovic (Nantes); Goran Gavrancic (Dinamo Kiev), Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (Seville), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade); Dejan Stankovic (Inter), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade) Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade) Ivan Ergic (Basel); Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade), Savo Milosevic (Osasuna), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce).

Czech Republic:

Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)

Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mares (Zenit St Petersburg), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam), David Jarolim (Hamburg SV), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Girondins Bordeaux)

Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Red Bull Salzburg), Jiri Stajner (Hanover 96)


Karel Poborsky must surely be getting on now?

Ecuador:

Goalkeepers: Edwin Villafuerte (Deportivo Quito), Cristian Mora (LDU), Damian Lanza (Aucas)

Defenders: Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi, Qatar), Geovanny Espinoza (LDU), Ulises De la Cruz (Aston Villa), Paul Ambrossi (LDU), Neicer Reasco (LDU), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Jose Luis Perlaza (Olmedo)

Midfielders: Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona), Edison Mendez (LDU), Patricio Urrutia (LDU), Cristian Lara (El Nacional), Segundo Castillo (El Nacional), Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo Huelva, Spain), Luis Fernando Saritama (Deportivo Quito)

Forwards: Cristian Benitez (El Nacional), Felix Borja (El Nacional), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd, Qatar), Agustin Delgado (LDU), Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors, Argentina)


Germany:

Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal/ENG), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart).

Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Marcell Jansen (Borussia Monchengladbach), Per Mertesacker (Hannover), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen).

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund).

Fowards: Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne), Mike Hanke (VfL Wolfsburg), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Monchengladbach), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04).


Holland:

Keepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburg SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax).

Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV).

Strikers: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).

I have made my thoughts known in the Dutch thread.
 

Craig

World Traveller
Iran:

Goalkeepers: Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foolad Khuzestan/IRI), Vahid Talebloo (Esteghlal Tehran/IRI), Hassan Roudbarian (Pas/IRI)

Defenders: Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba Battery/IRI), Mohammad Nosrati (Pas/IRI), Rahman Rezaei (Messina/ITA), Sattar Zare (Bargh Shiraz/IRI), Hossein Kaabi (Foolad Khuzestan/IRI), Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba Battery/IRI), Amir Hossein Sadeqi (Esteghlal Tehran/IRI)

Midfielders: Javad Nekounam (Sharjah/UAE), Anderanik Teymourian (Abomoslem Khorasan/IRI), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg/GER), Fereydoon Zandi (Kaiserslautern/GER), Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich/GER), Mehrzad Madanchi (Persepolis/IRI), Javad Kazemian (Persepolis/IRI)

Forwards: Ali Daei (Saba Battery/IRI), Vahid Hashemian (Hanover/GER), Reza Enayati (Esteghlal Tehran/IRI), Arash Borhani (Pas/IRI), Masoud Shojai (Saipa/IRI), Rasoul Khatibi (Sepahan Isfahan/IRI)


Japan:

Goalkeepers: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

Defenders: Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds), Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Koji Nakata (Basel)

Midfielders: Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Junichi Inamoto (West Brom)

Forwards: Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg)


Mexico:

Goalkeepers: Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara/Chivas), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Jesus Corona (UAG/Tecos).

Defenders: Jose Antonio Castro (America), Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Mario Mendez (Monterrey), Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul), Francisco Rodriguez (Guadalajara/Chivas), Carlos Salcido (Guadalajara/Chivas), Claudio Suarez (Chivas USA), Andres Guardado (Atlas), Gonzalo Pineda (Guadalajara/Chivas).

Midfielders: Luis Perez (Monterrey), Pavel Pardo (America), Antonio Naelson (Toluca), Rafael Garcia (Atlas), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Ramon Morales (Guadalajara/Chivas).

Forwards: Jared Borgetti (Bolton Wanderers), Guillermo Franco (Villarreal), Francisco Fonseca (Cruz Azul), Omar Bravo (Guadalajara/Chivas), Jesus Arellano (Monterrey).


Paraguay:

Defenders: Denis Caniza (Cruz Azul), Carlos Gamarra (Palmeiras), Julio Cesar Caceres (River Plate), Delio Toledo (Real Zaragoza), Jorge Nunez (Estudiantes), Julio Manzur (Santos), Paulo da Silva (Toluca)

Midfielders: Edgar Barreto (NEC Nijmegen), Roberto Acuna (Deportivo Coruna), Carlos Paredes (Reggina), Julio dos Santos (Bayern Munich), Carlos Bonet (Libertad), Cristian Riveros (Libertad), Diego Gavilan (Newell's Old Boys), Jose Montiel (Olimpia)

Forwards: Nelson Haedo Valdez (Werder Bremen), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich), Nelson Cuevas (Pachuca), Salvador Cabanas (Chiapas), Jose Cardozo (no club)


How lucky is Cardozo? No team and still get's picked...
 

Craig

World Traveller
Togo:

Goalkeepers: Kossi Agassa (Metz/FRA), Nimini Tchagnirou (Djoliba/MLI), Kodjovi Dodji Obilale (Etoile Filante)

Defenders Yaovi Dosseh Abalo (Apoel/CYP), Dare Nibombe (Mons/BEL), Ludovic Assemoassa ((Clermont/FRA), Karim Guede (Hamburg/GER), Toure Assimiou (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Richmond Forson (J.A. Poire/FRA), Kuami Agboh (Beveren/BEL), Eric Akoto (Admira Walker/AUT), Afo Erassa (Clermont/FRA)

Midfielders: Kaka Aziawonou (Youngs Boys/SUI), Cherif Toure Mamam (Metz/FRA), Thomas Dossevi (Valencien/FRA), Alexis Romao (CS Louhans Cuiseaux/FRA), Adekambi Olufade (Al Siliyah/QAT), Yao Junior Senaya (YF Juventus/SUI), Sheyi Adebayor (Arsenal/ENG)

Forwards: Robert Malm (Brest/FRA), Abdel-Kader Cougbadja (Guingamp/FRA), Massamesso Tchangai (Benevento/ITA), Moustapha Salifou (Brest/FRA)


Ivory Coast:

Squad

Goalkeepers: Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis/TUN), Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren/BEL), Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier/FRA).

Defenders: Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil/FRA/D2), Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes/FRA), Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille/FRA), Etienne Arthur Boka (Strasbourg/FRA), Abib Kolo Toure (Arsenal/ENG), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal/ENG), Marc Zoro (FC Messina/ITA).

Midfielders: Didier Zokora (St Etienne/FRA), Emerse Fae (Nantes/FRA), Kanga Gauthier Akale (Auxerre/FRA), Romaric Ndri Koffi (Le Mans/FRA), Gnegneri Yaya Toure (Olympiakos/GRE), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys/SUI), Guy Roland Demel (Hambourg/GER).

Strikers: Bakari Kone (Nice/FRA), Didier Drogba (Chelsea/ENG), Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille/FRA), Aruna Dindane (Lens/FRA).


T & T:

Kelvin Jack (Dundee), Shaka Hislop (West Ham United), Clayton Ince (Coventry City), Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham) Cyd Gray (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Marvin Andrews (Glasgow Rangers), Brent Sancho (Gillingham), Ian Cox (Gillingham), Atiba Charles (W Connection), Avery John (New England Revolution), Silvio Spann (unattached), Chris Birchall (Port Vale), Aurtis Whitley (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Anthony Wolfe (Jabloteh), Densill Theobald (Falkirk), Carlos Edwards (Luton Town), Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC), Russell Latapy (Falkirk), Stern John (Coventry City), Kenwyne Jones (Southampton FC), Collin Samuel (Dundee United), Jason Scotland (St Johnstone), Cornell Glen (LA Galaxy)
Stand-by: Evans Wise (Waldhof Mannheim)


Sweden:

Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (Stade Rennes), John Alvbage (Viborg), Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad)

Defenders: Erik Edman (Stade Rennes), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen), Teddy Lucic (BK Hacken), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Karl Svensson (IFK Gothenburg), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Fredrik Stenman (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Kim Kallstrom (Stade Rennes), Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)

Forwards: Marcus Allback (FC Copenhagen), Johan Elmander (Brondby), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona), Markus Rosenberg (Ajax Amsterdam)


Remember Marcus Allback, the former Aston Villa striker?

Poland:

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic/SCO), Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion/ENG)

Defenders: Jacek Bak (Al Rayyan/QAT), Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Cracow), Michal Zewlakow (Anderlech/BEL), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow/RUS), Seweryn Gancarczyk (Metalist Kharkiv/UKR), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Cracow)

Midfielders: Euzebiusz Smolarek (Dortmund/GER), Kamil Kosowski (Kaiserslautern/GER), Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Vienna/AUT), Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna/AUT), Miroslawa Szymkowiak (Trabzonspor/TUR), Piotr Giza (Cracow), Damian Gorawski (FC Moscow/RUS), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Cracow)

Forwards: Maciej Zurawski (Celtic/SCO), Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton/ENG), Ireneusz Jelen (Wisla Plock), Pawel Brozek (Wisla Cracow)


Dudek can not be happy at Pepe Reina after losing his spot due to a lack of games for Liverpool.

Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: 1-Pascal Zuberbuhler (FC Basel), 21-Fabio Coltorti (Grasshoppers Zurich), 12-Diego Benaglio (CD Nacional)

Defenders: 2-Johan Djourou (Arsenal), 3-Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), 4-Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), 13-Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), 17-Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), 19-Valon Behrami (Lazio), 20-Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), 23-Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: 5-Xavier Margairaz (FC Zurich), 6-Johann Vogel (AC Milan), 7-Ricardo Cabanas (Cologne), 8-Raphael Wicky (Hamburg SV), 10-Daniel Gygax (Lille), 14-David Degen (FC Basel), 15-Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich), 16-Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen),

Forwards: 9-Alex Frei (Rennnes), 11-Marco Streller (Cologne), 18-Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague), 22-Johan Vonlanthen (NAC Breda)


Ukraine:

Goalkeepers: Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vladyslav Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev)

Midfielders: Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Rotan (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow)

Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev), Artyom Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk)
 
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Barney Rubble

International Coach
No Andres D'Alessandro in the Argentina squad?!?!? Well, there's a stupid decision. He's on fire at the moment, who cares if he plays for a 'small' club? 8-)
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Roy Miller dropped. :@

Costa Rica squad

Apparently, he was told he was to go by 1 May, but that's now changed. Awful for Glimt as well - although he's a good player and lifts the squad, we need the money we can get from selling him, because we've got an equity of -£500,000. Not good.
 

Craig

World Traveller
Do you know what his value and what is Glimt likely to get from him?

Relegation must suck eh?
 

Craig

World Traveller
Barney Rubble said:
No Andres D'Alessandro in the Argentina squad?!?!? Well, there's a stupid decision. He's on fire at the moment, who cares if he plays for a 'small' club? 8-)
I half expected Javier Zanetti to be there, I know he isn't captain, but I would have thought expereince would have got him instead of bench warmer Nicolas Burdisso.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Craig said:
Do you know what his value and what is Glimt likely to get from him?

Relegation must suck eh?
Dunno really, just praying for anything - if we keep having a negative equity, it's down to Division 2.

Not too bad playing in Division 1, though, at least we're winning games...
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Barney Rubble said:
No Andres D'Alessandro in the Argentina squad?!?!? Well, there's a stupid decision. He's on fire at the moment, who cares if he plays for a 'small' club? 8-)
Whose he going to replace? Had an awful couple of years at VFL Wolfsburg also, played well for Pompey but Jose Pekerman has travelled quite a bit to Germany to watch him. His development from the boy wonder at River Plate to the tinted hair tart is not good enough. There is no way anyone could suggest his a better player at this moment in time than Pablo Aimar (a very similar player to Andres) and Juan Roman Riquelme, two players he would be competing against. Don't think small club has anything to do with it, seen in selection of West Ham's on loan Argentina Lionel Scaloni.

Elsewhere looks a pretty strange team choice by Peckerman, no Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel or even Diego Milito, 'The Gardner' Julio Cruz and Lionel Scaloni travel instead. :wacko:
 

Craig

World Traveller
Walter Samuel was a strange one, I think Cruz got in after scoring 21 goals for Inter and playing well enough to get a new contract (there was speculation last season he was goin to go to his former Italian club Bolonga before they went down), and has probably been more reliable then Adriano who is more interesting in having a sulk and having fights with Veron.

And since when has Leo Messi has been a forward as listed on Eurosport News?
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Craig said:
And since when has Leo Messi has been a forward as listed on Eurosport News?
Since he began his career as a centre forward for the Barcelona youth teams, also don’t forget he plays up front for Barca alternating from a central position (Eto’s) to the right hand side. The official Barcelona website tend to agree as well, listing Messi as a forward.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Barney Rubble said:
No Andres D'Alessandro in the Argentina squad?!?!? Well, there's a stupid decision. He's on fire at the moment, who cares if he plays for a 'small' club? 8-)
sounds like a sensible decision to me, hes a lightweight.
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
I see Raymond Domenech is still as crazy as ever, how anyone could omit namely Robert Pires, Ludovic Giuly and take players of the ability and temperament as Fabien Barthez, Mikael Silvestre, Djibril Cisse, Jean-Alain Boumsong et cetera is just nuts. Already Gregory Coupet, the current French number one has questioned the selection of Barthez and elsewhere Henry is supposedly very upset that Pires and Giuly are not travelling.

France squad
Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez, Gregory Coupet, Mickael Landreau.
Defenders: Eric Abidal, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Pascal Chimbonda, William Gallas, Gael Givet, Willy Sagnol, Mikael Silvestre, Lilian Thuram.
Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo, Alou Diarra, Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda, Patrick Vieira, Zinedine Zidane.
Forwards: Djibril Cisse, Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Louis Saha, David Trezeguet, Sylvain Wiltord.
 

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
TT Boy said:
Henry is supposedly very upset that Pires and Giuly are not travelling.
Why no Giuly? How can Saha and Cisse be there and Giuly not?

Ribery is one to watch, outstanding talent.

Craig said:
Ukraine:

Goalkeepers: Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vladyslav Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev)

Midfielders: Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Rotan (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow)

Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev), Artyom Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk)
My dark horses, decent back four and keeper, strong midfield, Shevchenko up front should he recover in time.
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Jungle Jumbo said:
Why no Giuly? How can Saha and Cisse be there and Giuly not?

Ribery is one to watch, outstanding talent.
Raymond Domenech is not a fan and supposedly bad blood remains from when Giuly was in Domenech's les Bleuets.

Franck Ribéry is indeed a talent, he can ****ing hit a ball. Saw him play for Galatasaray a couple of years ago and he looked like a little boy lost but he has found his feet at the Velodrome.
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Jungle Jumbo said:
My dark horses, decent back four and keeper, strong midfield, Shevchenko up front should he recover in time.
Ukraine also have a pretty easy group, other than Spain you don't expect Saudi Arabia or 'North African Giants' Tunisia causing many problems.
 

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