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JEg er rimelig sikker på, at han skal sunde sig efter Diego Alves ikek er i truppen.

Jeg er god igen, dr. Phil...

Efter at have nærstuderet det her kort:
http://billsportsmaps.co…ie-a_2f.gif
- er jeg kommet frem til 2-3 emner, men vil ikke ud med dem før din kyndige behandling :-)

Et par kriterier:
- Nok hellere lidt aristokratisk end arbejderklasse.
- Dog ikke for vindende, ligesom fleste São Paulo-klubber.
- Så heller ikke for populær og nymoderne, men hænger fast i historien.
- Talentudviklende. Gerne top10 eller højere af leverandører til landsholdet.
- Evt. pga. lidt økonomiske problemer og skattegæld (elsker at undersøge og diskutere sådanne bagom-facaden-ting).

Ovenstående lyder nok en kende overfladisk til noget så følsomt som fodbold, men forhåbentligt kan du bruge de her laster til at stille en diagnose!

JEg er rimelig sikker på, at han skal sunde sig efter Diego Alves ikek er i truppen.

Jeg er god igen, dr. Phil...

Efter at have nærstuderet det her kort:
http://billsportsmaps.co…ie-a_2f.gif
- er jeg kommet frem til 2-3 emner, men vil ikke ud med dem før din kyndige behandling :-)

Et par kriterier:
- Nok hellere lidt aristokratisk end arbejderklasse.
- Dog ikke for vindende, ligesom fleste São Paulo-klubber.
- Så heller ikke for populær og nymoderne, men hænger fast i historien.
- Talentudviklende. Gerne top10 eller højere af leverandører til landsholdet.
- Evt. pga. lidt økonomiske problemer og skattegæld (elsker at undersøge og diskutere sådanne bagom-facaden-ting).

Ovenstående lyder nok en kende overfladisk til noget så følsomt som fodbold, men forhåbentligt kan du bruge de her laster til at stille en diagnose!

Hvad har du af smag på banen? Defensivt, offensivt, counterbaseret?

Hvad har du af smag på banen? Defensivt, offensivt, counterbaseret?

Ligesom Cholo Simeone kan jeg bedst lide en god organisation med dynamisk og intenst kontraspil.

Nej tak til unødig boldtrilleri og nykker, men derimod gerne en lidt uortodoks angriber.

Boca: Riquelme, titular en ensayo de fútbol

BUENOS AIRES -- Como suele ocurrir cada jueves, Carlos Bianchi probó, durante una práctica de fútbol formal, un probable once para el partido que Boca disputará el próximo domingo ante Lanús.

La principal novedad pasó porque fue titular Juan Román Riquelme, ausente en el partido ante All Boys por un hematoma en el quinto metatarsiano del pie izquierdo. El enganche ocupó el lugar de Juan Sánchez Miño, manteniéndose en la franja izquierda Nicolás Colazo.

Mientras tanto, por Federico Bravo, suspendido por acumular cinco tarjetas amarillas, ingresó Pablo Ledesma. El mediocampista, que regresó desde el Catania hace dos años, vuelve a la titularidad tras recuperarse de un desgarro.

Finalmente, hubo una modificación en el sector ofensivo debido a la lesión de Juan Manuel Martínez (esguince en el ligamento colateral de la rodilla derecha). El "Burrito" no está descartado pero, por lo pronto, Bianchi probó con Claudio Riaño en el ataque.

En definitiva, con la incógnita en el ataque por despejar, los once para jugar ante Lanús serían: Agustín Orión; Hernán Grana, Daniel Díaz, Juan Forlín, Emanuel Insúa; Cristian Erbes, Pablo Ledesma, Nicolás Colazo; Juan Román Riquelme; Claudio Riaño o Juan Manuel Martínez y Emmanuel Gigliotti.

Boca recibirá a Lanús desde las 18:15 hs. del domingo buscando acumular su cuarto triunfo consecutivo, ya que viene de ganarles a Tigre, Arsenal y All Boys. Cabe recordar que el "Xeneize" ya se aseguró la clasificación a la Copa Sudamericana 2014

Belgrano: se lesionó Juan Carlos Olave

BUENOS AIRES -- Baja fundamental para Belgrano de Córdoba en las dos fechas finales para la finalización del Torneo Final. Juan Carlos Olave padece una distensión y estará ausente en el cierre del campeonato.

El arquero, que se retiró lesionado en el comienzo del segundo tiempo del partido con Tigre, padece una distensión en el recto anterior del muslo derecho y en su lugar ingresará el juvenil Juan Carlos Heredia.

Mientras tanto, el cuerpo técnico, aguardará la evolución de Lucas Aveldaño, ya que padece una molestia en el bíceps.

Cabe recordar que, ante Arsenal, no podrán jugar Guillermo Farré y Juan Quiroga, expulsados ante Tigre, y Esteban González, quien llegó a cinco tarjetas amarillas.

Por eso, durante un ensayo de fútbol desarrollado en la mañana del jueves en el predio que el club tiene en Villa Esquiu, los once que paró Zielinski fueron: Juan Carlos Heredia; Gastón Turus, Sergio Rodríguez o Lucas Aveldaño, Luciano Lollo, Federico Álvarez; Emiliano Rigoni, Lucas Pittiniari, Marcos Rivadero, Jorge Velázquez; Lucas Zelarayán y César Pereyra.

Belgrano recibirá a Arsenal de Sarandí desde las 17:10 hs. del domingo y con el arbitraje de Silvio Trucco. El "Pirata" acumula cinco partidos sin triunfos, ya que no gana desde fecha 12, cuando superó a River (2-1).

Racing: Villar debió dejar la práctica

BUENOS AIRES -- En el día después de oficializarse la salida de Reinaldo Carlos Merlo, el plantel de Racing trabajó nuevamente bajo las órdenes de Fabio Radaelli, quien programó una práctica de fútbol.

En un principio, los once titulares que puso en cancha el entrenador interino fueron: Sebastián Saja; José Luis Gómez, Yonathan Cabral, Gabriel Migliónico, Alejandro Garcia; Diego Villar, Francisco Cerro, Luciano Aued, Guillermo Hauche; Rodrigo De Paul; Luciano Vietto.

Sin embargo, durante el ensayo, Diego Villar volvió a sentir molestias en su rodilla derecha y está en duda para jugar el sábado. Por lo pronto, para completar el trabajo, Radaelli apostó por el ingreso del colombiano Roger Martínez.

Mientras tanto, el equipo suplente tuvo a: Nelson Ibáñez; Ismael Quílez, Matías Cahais, Rodrigo Paillalef, Luis Ibáñez; Gabriel Hauche, Leonel Pierce, Gastón Campi, Ezequiel Melillo; Valentín Viola y Juan Ignacio Dinenno.

Por otro lado, Bruno Zuculini y Claudio Corvalán continuaron trabajando de manera diferenciada y todo indica que no podrán estar a disposición para jugar ante los "Canallas".

Cabe recordar que, para este partido, están suspendidos por acumulación de tarjetas amarillas Esteban Saveljich y Matías Cahais.

Racing recibirá a Rosario Central desde las 20:10 hs. del sábado y con el arbitraje de Fernando Echenique. La "Academia" necesita al menos un punto para asegurarse su permanencia en la Primera División para la próxima temporada.

Estudiantes: Verón vuelve al equipo titular

BUENOS AIRES -- El final de la carrera de un símbolo se acerca. Juan Sebastián Verón será titular el próximo sábado en el partido en el cual Estudiantes recibirá a San Lorenzo, buscando seguir en la lucha por el título.

El experimentado mediocampista ingresará al equipo luego de cumplir una fecha de suspensión ante Colón de Santa Fe y jugará su partido número 500 como futbolista profesional.

Quien dejará la titularidad será Israel Damonte. Mientras tanto, también habrá una modificación táctica ya que reaparecerá Joaquín Correa y saldrá del equipo Mariano González.

De esta forma, de no mediar inconvenientes, los once para enfrentar a San Lorenzo serían los mismos que Mauricio Pellegrino puso en cancha durante un ensayo de fútbol desarrollado en el country de City Bell.

Ellos son: Jerónimo Rulli; Leonardo Jara, Jonathan Schunke, Leandro Desábato, Jonathan Silva; Carlos Auzqui, Gastón Gil Romero, Juan Sebastián Verón, Joaquín Correa; Franco Jara, Guido Carillo.

Estudiantes recibirá a San Lorenzo desde las 17:10 hs. del sábado y con el arbitraje de Mauro Gianinni. El "Pincha" buscará sumar de a tres y aguardar un traspié de Gimnasia y River, quienes lo superan por sólo un punto en la tabla de posiciones.

Leandro Romagnoli jugará ante Estudiantes

BUENOS AIRES -- En el día posterior al histórico triunfo de San Lorenzo en el partido de ida de los cuartos de final de la Copa Libertadores, el plantel continuó con el trabajo en la Ciudad Deportiva, ya pensando en lo que será el partido del próximo sábado, ante Estudiantes.

Si bien hay posibilidades remotas de luchar por el título, la prioridad de Edgardo Bauza y de todo San Lorenzo es la competencia continental. Por eso, ante el "Pincha", volverá a jugar un equipo compuesto por mayoría de jugadores suplentes.

Los once que jugarán desde el inicio el sábado serían: Cristian Álvarez; Gonzalo Prósperi, Fabricio Fontanini, Walter Kanemann, Germán Voboril; Fernando Elizari, Enzo Kalinski, Facundo Quignon, Leandro Navarro; Leandro Romagnoli; Nicolás Blandi.

La gran sorpresa en esta formación es la presencia de Romagnoli quien, al igual que Fontanini, estaría en condiciones de jugar el partido de vuelta por haber cumplido las cuatro fechas de suspensión impuestas por la CONMEBOL.

Mientras tanto, aquellos que tuvieron minutos en el encuentro ante Cruzeiro realizaron trabajos regenerativos. De no mediar inconvenientes, ellos mismos jugarían la vuelta del próximo miércoles en Belo Horizonte.

San Lorenzo visitará a Estudiantes desde las 17:10 hs. del sábado y buscará sumar tres puntos clave para asegurarse el primer lugar en la tabla acumulada y, de esta manera, la clasificación directa a la Copa Libertadores 2015.

Tenfield’s Hemingway expects surprises in Uruguay’s World Cup Roster

With Brazil announcing their 23-man squad, the question most of us are asking ourselves is when will Uruguay announce their list? A better question is will the list have any surprises?

For the last two years, this Blog has written extensively with a touch of sarcasm on something called “El Equipo de Memoria” – surprises at this point are therefore unlikely – sure, it’s possible maybe one name makes the cut that wasn’t expected but will that name mean that Uruguay will improve tenfold?

What’s possible is a shock exclusion, something which occurred in 2010 when Cristian Rodríguez was left out of the 2010 World Cup roster altogether. So it’s quite possible an “Equipo De Memoria” player is left out in 2014… but who will it be?

Well these are all good questions in my opinion, but questions need answers so I went to Tenfield.com for some answers and was surprised to see that Tenfield is grasping at straws, which means, they know just about as much as we know.

Unfortunately getting to the gravy, i.e., the juicy rumors means I had to sift through the irritating section called “Son Rumores” – what is this? Well some reporter at Tenfield thought using an outdated Hemingway technique of asking imaginary questions to an imaginary source would be cute – actually it’s not, but here’s what Tenfield came up with: Giorgian De Arrascaeta, the Defensor playmaker may be included in the 30-man squad Tabárez names.

Other Tenfield guesses include Aguirregaray, Gastón Silva and Emiliano Velázquez. Tenfield reports that Peñarol “It” player, Jonathan Rodríguez doesn’t have the profile Tabárez likes in a player – this report was later updated to say that Rodríguez was indeed being scouted by the NT coaching staff… huh? Make up your mind is he being considered or not?

Other “surprise” names as per Tenfield includes Sebastian Coates and Carlos Valdez, which may mean that Tabárez isn’t completely sold on Lugano. Hmmm here’s where again I look at the last 2 years and can’t for the life of me say that Tabárez would even contemplate deep-sixing Lugano, Lugano will go, start and captain this team in the World Cup.

I somewhat concur with Tenfield’s Hemingway wannabe that the main surprises will be found in the 30-man squad (if there are any) but will any of these surprises make the set in stone 23-man squad? This is where one has to take the last two years into account and look past fantasy. The odds that Tabárez will break call-up habits he himself imposed on this NT is highly unlikely.

Scolari bullish about his untested Brazil squad

When a smiling Cafu stepped onto the Mané Garrincha pitch in June 2013, one could see how thrilled the young men were. It would be one of those perfect scenes for youth academy appearances, but he was actually greeting the Brazilian national team squad in their last practice session before their Confederations Cup opener against Japan.

It was a nice and rare motivational surprise prepared by Seleção manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. Now, it is likely that a procession of former World Cup winners will take up residence in Brazil´s team hotels and the Rio HQ during the tournament. For while Big Phil might not be commanding Brazil´s youngest World Cup squad ever -- the average age of 27.8 years is actually their third highest for a WC campaign -- he´s got a veritable army of rookies.

Out of the 23 names announced by the manager in Rio on Wednesday, only six have actually taken part in a World Cup: goalkeeper Julio Cesar, fullbacks Dani Alves and Maicon, defender Thiago Silva, midfielder Ramires and striker Fred. The other 17 will have to hit the ground running, a concern given a tournament that will bring special pressure for the Brazilians thanks to their host status and the pressure to overwrite that infamous failure in 1950.

It´s an issue that Scolari has had to understandably address time and time again since returning to the managerial seat in November 2012. Wednesday´s squad announcement was no different, when the absence of names such as Robinho and Kaka -- players who didn´t make an immense impact under Scolari but were seen as easy ways to add leadership to the squad -- became official.

"I know a lot of these guys have not experienced a World Cup before but I trust their ability [to soak up the pressure] based on what I have been observing in the last 18 months. Besides, we are planning to have a series of World Champions to visit the team and talk to them. This could help them assimilate a bit more what the World Cup is all about," Scolari said in a news conference attended by almost 900 journalists in a Rio concert hall.

The irony is that 12 years ago Scolari won the World Cup with a younger group (average age: 26.5). The class of 2002, however, had a core of veterans from Brazil´s 1998 campaign including a resurgent Ronaldo, then playing his third edition of the tournament and playing European football since 1995. The reference point now is Neymar, a 22-year old who is just finishing his first season with Barcelona. Even captain Thiago Silva, present in South Africa, has never indeed played a World Cup -- he saw the action from the bench as an unused substitute.

"I can´t remember a team of rookies simply arriving and winning the tournament, which is why I have always said this generation is set to peak in Russia 2018. A World Cup is already a huge ordeal, let alone at home and with all that talk about the ghosts of 1950," 1970 World Cup winner Carlos Alberto Torres said after the reveal.

But it is another famous Selecao figure who argues that the lack of relative mileage shouldn´t lead to panic. Although Carlos Alberto Parreira relied upon veterans at the 1994 and 2006 World Cup, he is now convinced that different outcomes -- champions in the USA, a quarterfinal defeat in Germany -- were down to... hunger.

"That 1994 squad was peppered with players who had a very bad experience in Italy 1990. They were hurting and really eager to put things right. This hunger for success can be priceless. It´s much harder to keep motivation after you tasted success and the 2006 team, which had a number of 2002 champions, was a good example," Parreira explains.

As you might remember, Parreira is now Big Phil´s technical director, and he doesn´t disguise a smile when answering if Neymar and Co.´s bellies are growling. "They know they won´t have another chance to win a World Cup at home in their professional lives. And most of those guys endured some gruesome times with the Seleção in the past two years. You see they have fire in their eyes," Parreira adds.

That most of the squad is based in Europe´s big leagues is also a plus in terms of testing. But it recently brought up another worry as well: playing time.

Even without properly setting the Camp Nou on fire, Neymar has been playing regularly. Albeit out of the center-back position he occupies for Brazil, David Luiz can say the same at Chelsea. However, his West London colleague Oscar hasn´t played a full 90 minutes for Chelsea since February. Paulinho, another crucial cog in Scolari´s machine, fell out of favor at Tottenham. Even mercurial winger Bernard, so promising in the first semester, has become a fringe player at Shakhtar Donetsk. Last but surely not least, Julio Cesar: one match in nine months at QPR and an emergency spell at Toronto FC to try and amass enough minutes -- making him the first North America-based player to feature for Brazil in a World Cup -- won´t disguise worries about sharpness.

While Scolari put on a brave face to address the issue, it is clear that he has identified a loophole that the short preparation time before the World Cup will hopefully tackle. "I fully trust the players I have picked. I am not worried about what the club managers think of my players or if they are in the starting line-up all the time. What I need to know is how fit they are. It´s the fitness levels that worry me because I really don´t think Paulinho or Oscar have forgotten how to play football," sneers Big Phil.

In previous interviews, the manager actually expressed hope that his commandeered players wouldn´t be exhausted upon arrival at the Seleção training camp. Jokingly, he said Chelsea being dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid could have been a blessing in disguise. In fact, the European decider in Lisbon might not feature a single Seleção player now that left-back Marcelo seems to have lost his place at the Real Madrid starting line-up to Portugal´s Fabio Coentrão.

Largely untested at the biggest of stages and with some instrumental actors struggling at club level, Brazil will now focus on their June 12 World Cup opener against Croatia in São Paulo. Surely, the Seleção is in a much better place than in November 2012, when Felipão took over a Brazil side drenched in hubris. He is now betting that their appetite for redemption will spur them on.