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Death of 17-Year-Old Sparks Bus Burnings in Rio

Residents of a northern suburb of Rio torched five buses Monday shortly after a 17-year-old youth died in a shootout between criminals and police, Brazilian media reported. It again put a harsh spotlight on security in the country, just six weeks before Brazil hosts the football World Cup, with Rio staging seven matches including the July 13 final.

The victim was in a stolen car and a firearm was found by his side, military police said after the shooting, which the G1 web portal reported came during a police crackdown on drug dealing and car thefts in the Morro de Chapadao slum. Following the shootout, a 20-strong group of youths set fire to the buses.

It came nearly a week after police and people in a slum a short walk from the tourist haven of Copacabana beach clashed following the death of a dancer which residents blamed on police. Separately, earlier Monday, youths set alight three cars in the Alemao slum after the death of a 72-year-old woman in circumstances which remained unclear, G1 reported.

Since 2008 the Rio government has been rolling out a program of police "pacification," sending specialist units into 174 favelas in thrall to criminal gangs who have been fighting back to protect their turf. Brazilian authorities and world football body FIFA say they are confident a massive security program comprising 150,000 police and troops and 20,000 private security agents will maintain order for the month-long event

Til Valencia ? - tja hvorfor ikke - er vel et ganske godt køb til den pris, de skal vel sælge ud igen Racing (sidste røg Fariña og Centurion), nu Zuculini og De Paul så er der kun Vietto tilbage.

Havde troet han røg til italiensk fodbold, Blanco har åbenbart været i støvleland ? de/han vil jo gerne have Milito hjem - og til den pris kan vel selv broke-ass Italians være med ? .... men det handler vel om Ayala, penge og det noget højere niveau i La Liga som trækker i den spanske retning trods alt ?

Lidt detaljer og kilder sakset fra min Twitter:
#VCF seem to win battle for winger De Paul(19) over Udinese & Catania. 38 games for Ayala´s ex #RacingClub (DiMarzio).

#ClubRacing presi Blanco arrives in Europe Thursday to meet #ValenciaCF. €4-6M also offered by Udinese but turned down by De Paul(DiMarzio).

#RacingClub offered €3,6M & 10% of future sales for 19.y.o. winger Rodrigo De Paul. To sign a 5 season long #ValenciaCF contract(DiarioOle).

Italienerne kan uden tvivl være med om den pris, men hvor du selv nævner Ayala og liganiveauet, skulle Pizzi også være en ret så stor motivator - i hjemlandet er han jo kendt som en succesfuld talentudvikler efter det historiske mesterskab.

Gunshot Survivor Cabañas Could Join Barueri & Face Santos in Brazilian Cup

After signing for 2nd division club Tanabi a couple of months ago, Salvador Cabañas has not played a single minute for the club yet. Clearly, the Paraguayan international who survived a gunshot to the head in 2010, was signed by a Tanabi only to build media hype. Now, a new club in Brazil wants Cabañas for the same marketing purpose.

The football director of Tanabi has a great relationship with the people that manage another club from Sao Paulo, Gremio Barueri. These two clubs will face off on May 18th when Salvador Cabañas is set to make his debut with Tanabi. After that match, the Paraguayan could be on the move precisely to Gremio Barueri.

Both clubs are exploring the possibility of sending Cabañas to Barueri in case the club moves on to the next phase of the Brazilian Cup. If Barueri do move on, they will face Santos, the club that was home to stars like Pele, Neymar, Robinho, and Diego.

Playing Santos will bring a lot of media attention to the club, which they want to exploit to the maximum by adding Cabañas to their roster. The idea is not to have the Paraguayan play in the potential match against Santos, but just to sit on the bench.

Cabañas, who was the star striker of Liga MX´s Club America, lost everything after being shot in the head in a nightclub in Mexico City in 2010. The past few years have been tough for the Paraguayan, but a couple of clubs in Brazil have been touched by his story and are giving the player the possibility to remain inside the world of soccer to earn an honest living.

Til Valencia ? - tja hvorfor ikke - er vel et ganske godt køb til den pris, de skal vel sælge ud igen Racing (sidste røg Fariña og Centurion), nu Zuculini og De Paul så er der kun Vietto tilbage.

Havde troet han røg til italiensk fodbold, Blanco har åbenbart været i støvleland ? de/han vil jo gerne have Milito hjem - og til den pris kan vel selv broke-ass Italians være med ? .... men det handler vel om Ayala, penge og det noget højere niveau i La Liga som trækker i den spanske retning trods alt ?

Lidt detaljer og kilder sakset fra min Twitter:
#VCF seem to win battle for winger De Paul(19) over Udinese & Catania. 38 games for Ayala´s ex #RacingClub (DiMarzio).

#ClubRacing presi Blanco arrives in Europe Thursday to meet #ValenciaCF. €4-6M also offered by Udinese but turned down by De Paul(DiMarzio).

#RacingClub offered €3,6M & 10% of future sales for 19.y.o. winger Rodrigo De Paul. To sign a 5 season long #ValenciaCF contract(DiarioOle).

Italienerne kan uden tvivl være med om den pris, men hvor du selv nævner Ayala og liganiveauet, skulle Pizzi også være en ret så stor motivator - i hjemlandet er han jo kendt som en succesfuld talentudvikler efter det historiske mesterskab.

Tja Pizzi burde da ihvertfald have et godt kendskab til de unge talenter i argentinsk fodbold - men interessant at først Mussis og sidenhen De Paul takker nej til Udinese. - der ligger gode køb og venter hvis man har kolde kontanter. Mon ikke Cartabia kan komme med et par anbefalinger han var trods alt en del af U-20 holdet (uden dog at være i startopstilling), Kranevitter, Allione, Romero, Vietto kunne da alle være aktuelle i Valencias nuværende setup.

men interessant at først Mussis og sidenhen De Paul takker nej til Udinese.

Selvom ligaens kvalitetsfald helt sikkert har sit at sige, er Udinese jo heller ikke just berygtede for at tro på nytilkomne såsom talenter og nyindkøb. Multiejeren Pozzo sender dem oftest bare på "permanent leje" til en af sine bastardklubber, som da brasseren Siqueira røg til Granada selvom han længe viste sig god nok til Udinese jf. Benfica-skiftet.


der ligger gode køb og venter hvis man har kolde kontanter. Mon ikke Cartabia kan komme med et par anbefalinger han var trods alt en del af U-20 holdet (uden dog at være i startopstilling), Kranevitter, Allione, Romero, Vietto kunne da alle være aktuelle i Valencias nuværende setup.

Præcis. Buena relación calidad-precio, som scout Ayala udtalte om sit hjemland.

Kranevitter skal være mere end velkommen, fordi Romeu er ikke ti potter pis værd (Barca-DNA).

Selvom ligaens kvalitetsfald helt sikkert har sit at sige, er Udinese jo heller ikke just berygtede for at tro på nytilkomne såsom talenter og nyindkøb. Multiejeren Pozzo sender dem oftest bare på "permanent leje" til en af sine bastardklubber, som da brasseren Siqueira røg til Granada selvom han længe viste sig god nok til Udinese jf. Benfica-skiftet.


Kvalitetsfaldet er ihvertfald ganske tydelig, og så er der vel det med penge både for spillere og klubber - Argentina fattes penge, så klubberne er ikke så begejstret, for gratis delejerskaberne med videre salgsklausuler - der skal penge på bordet - men ligefem at blive økonomisk udkonkurreret af en dansk superligaklub siger vel det hele.

Præcis. Buena relación calidad-precio, som scout Ayala udtalte om sit hjemland.

Kranevitter skal være mere end velkommen, fordi Romeu er ikke ti potter pis værd (Barca-DNA).

Romeu var det ikke også noget Chelsea-agtigt socialt affald - Barca DNA er ret beset blot et middel mod søvnløshed - nogle tæller får, andre afleveringer...

Hvad har i af angribere, Jonas, Vargas, Araujo ..og kunne da være der var plads til en til...

Tijuana Xolos vs Toluca: Apertura 2012 Final Rematch

Club Tijuana skirted into the Liguilla after losing their final game of the season in Tijuana to Leon. It took some help from Tigres UANL and Puebla to guarantee a spot for Xolos, but here they are, ready to face their 2012 Apertura Final opponent in a rematch for a place in the 2014 Clausura semi-finals. 2012 was the last time these two met in a Liguilla; Tijuana won 2-1 in the home leg and 2-0 in the second away leg for the Championship.

Toluca arrive at the playoffs following a dominant Clausura 2014 season where they finished in second place of the league table, four points off of league leaders Cruz Azul.

Head to head, Xolos are 4-3-1 against Toluca for a total of 15 points to Toluca´s six, and has outscored them 10-5 in their last eight meetings, including the most recent - a 3-1 defeat at Estadio Caliente. Goals by Tijuana´s top scorers in Dario Benedetto and Crisitan Pellerano helped Xolos achieve the victory, in addition to a midfield quick to counter and build an attack capable of finishing.

TIJUANA XOLOS´ FORM TOO MUCH OF A WILDCARD

Historically, Tijuana have outplayed Toluca and the results on paper suggest they´re stronger in that aspect, but Xolos have experienced a number of inconsistencies over the tournament which could prove to make them a wildcard, and not in a favorable way. They have struggled to win a regular season road game over a span of exactly 15 months, finally breaking their win-less-on-the-road streak on April 20 against recently-relegated Atlante. (The last time they´d won a league road game had been January 20 2013 against Pumas in Mexico City). They´ve shown extreme vulnerability in their back line, falling flat at times and failing to close in on their opponents´ attack to force them into difficult situations. Easy giveaways and allowed goals have been a result of something that craves more creativity and cohesion. It could be a killer for this team against a squad like Toluca, especially at Nemesio Diez.

Positively, their leading goalscorer is their defensive midfielder, Cristian Pellerano, who has seven goals in 13 games, and tied for fourth place in league goals with Toluca´s Pablo Velázquez and Cruz Azul´s Marco Fabián. He can defend, hold, serve, and finish. He´s everything Tijuana needs in a player at the moment.

Dario Benedetto is second in goals scored on the team with six. He´s quick and versatile and has proven his worth since his 2013 debut when he scored three goals in his first game. Both Argentinians have been integral figures in the success Tijuana has seen in achieving a seventh place finish in the table.

TOLUCA WELL OILED DEFENSE LOOKS TO SHUT DOWN XOLOS

Toluca are less of a "wild card" - in fact, they could very well end up winning the title or coming very close to it if history doesn´t repeat itself in the quarterfinals.

One of their strongest players, and some will argue he´s best in the league at the moment (including Mexican National Team coach Miguel Herrera), is Isaac Brizuela. The 23 year old Mexican-American midfielder from San Jose, CA has impressed Herrera and earned a return call up for Mexico, after first becoming cap tied in the 2013 Gold Cup against Panama under Chepo de la Torre. His versatility is second-to-none on this team and he works extremely well with Velázquez and da Silva in feeding their attack, having finished three of his own in 13 games.

Though their game against Tijuana three weeks ago wouldn´t suggest it, their defense is well organized and best in the league, having only allowed 14 goals during the Clausura (by comparison, Tijuana allowed 23). They´ve learned their lesson at Caliente and will work hard to protect their goalkeeper and prevent the same mistakes from costing them advancement in this match.

Head to head, Talavera and Tijuana goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo are closely matched - Saucedo boasts one more save with 50 on the season, but Talavera has eight shutouts compared to Saucedo´s four. Both are quality in their positions but Toluca is at a bigger advantage with a more well-oiled back line.

The key for Toluca in advancing is to beat out Tijuana´s midfield, dismantle any connecting passes to Pellerano and Benedetto, and score early. For Tijuana, controlling Brizuela and Velázquez is crucial while scoring at least two early goals of their own for a confidence booster heading into Nemesio Diez.

Hvis folk er i nabolaget....

St. Lucia ready for Windward Islands tournament

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia men’s national team departs with a 17-man squad on Tuesday for Dominica, where it will participate in the Windward Islands Football Tournament, April 30 – May 4.

The four-team competition, which also includes the host nation, Grenada and St. Vincent & the Grenadines, will be played entirely at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium.

In 2013, Grenada captured the event, which was contested for the first time since 2001. Two days before that tournament was to start, Dominica withdrew after head coach Kurt Hector and defender Noran Jno Hope were killed in a car accident.

Late last year, St. Lucia traveled to Dominica for a two-game friendly series in Roseau with each winning once by the same 1-0 score.

ST. LUCIA ROSTER

(Windward Islands Football Tournament: April 30-May 4, 2014, in Roseau, Dominica)

GOALKEEPERS: Randy Poleon (Northern United All-Stars), Alton Robert (Big Players)

DEFENDERS: Rickson Augustin (1987 All-Stars), Emmery Edward (Valley Soccer Academy), Sheldon Emmanuel (Young Roots), Sabbatus Hunte (Micoud), Gervan Janvier (Survivals)

MIDFIELDERS: Melvin Aurelien (Northern United All-Stars), Eden Charles (W Connection/Trinidad & Tobago), Romiel Felix (Lancers FC), Nyhime Gilbert (Aux Lyon United), John Perry Joseph (Northern United All-Stars), Everton Lambert (Northern United All-Stars), Zacchaeus Polius (Old Lime Road/Antigua), Pernal Williams (Aiglon Le Lamentin/Martinique)

FORWARDS: Vernan Abbott (Mabouya Valley), Gerlanne Neptune (Rising Stars)


2014 WINDWARD ISLANDS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Roseau, Dominica -- Windsor Park Sports Stadium

Schedule (all times local)

April 30, 2014

Grenada v St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 5:00 p.m.

Dominica v St. Lucia, 7:00 p.m.

May 2, 2014

Grenada v St. Lucia, 5:00 p.m.

Dominica v St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 7:00 p.m.

May 4, 2014

St. Lucia v St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 5:00 p.m.

Dominica v Grenada, 7:00 p.m.

Når man har fulgt lidt med i hvordan Atletico Madrid har gjort det i hhv. Champions League og La Liga, så må man undre sig over at Filipe Luis ikke sidder tungt på venstre back positionen på det brasilianske landshold.

@ Deportivo FAS

Valencia skal bare holde nallerne fra Lucas Romero. Han har været sendt til Firenze på rygteplan de seneste par dage.