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Sådan drenge, jeg er sikker på Herediano snupper Saprissa på udebane

De sidste par turneringer har de i hvert fald vundet deres udekamp i semifinalen, men det har også været mod formodet svagere modstandere. Sidste sæson var det Pérez Zeledón og sæsonen før var det Cartagínes.

Fabricio brugte Spiderman-masken, da han spillede i Sydkorea for Seongnam tilbage i 2009. Men vi har også en wannebe fra Gabon:
http://www.youtube.com/w…e1raj2fCumU

I Brasilien tager man den 6. december hul på kampene om U/20-mesterskabet. Der er 20 hold med i turneringen, heriblandt de forsvarende mestre fra América Mineiro. Grêmio er også med i en pulje, der heder Fluminense, Portuguesa, Atlético Mineiro og Avaí.

Ny landsholdstræner i Chile - ingen overraskelse i det blevJorge Sampaoli..

Jorge Sampaoli, nuevo DT de Chile

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- El argentino Jorge Sampaoli fue presentado como nuevo seleccionador de Chile, cargo que el técnico asume con la "obligación" de llevar a la Roja al Mundial de Brasil 2014.

"Como cuerpo técnico agradezco esta oportunidad, es algo muy importante esta oportunidad y la tomamos con mucha responsabilidad y con la obligación de llevar a Chile a Brasil", dijo Sampaoli en una conferencia de prensa en la sede de la Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).

El argentino compareció junto al presidente de la ANFP, Sergio Jadue, y los dos integrantes del cuerpo técnico que llegan con él a la selección: Sebastián Becaccece, ayudante técnico, y Jorge Dessio, preparador físico.

El exentrenador de la Universidad de Chile dijo que le seduce la posibilidad de llevar a un equipo a un Mundial y anunció que hoy mismo viajará a España para conversar con algunos jugadores chilenos que juegan en ese país.

Sampaoli señaló que visitará otros países europeos durante el viaje, aunque no dio más detalles de este primer periplo como seleccionador chileno. "Iremos a Europa a ver partidos y hablaremos con varios jugadores con los que vamos a contar en este proceso", apuntó.

El argentino abrió las puertas de la selección a todos los futbolistas que hagan méritos para ser convocados, y agregó que su prioridad será formar "un grupo de jugadores que tengan la posibilidad de adaptarse rápido" a lo que él quiere.

Al ser interrogado sobre los problemas de indisciplina en el vestuario que debió afrontar su antecesor, el también argentino Claudio Borghi, el nuevo seleccionador apuntó que el directorio de la ANFP le ha dado "autonomía" para manejar el grupo y apeló al "compromiso" de los futbolistas con su país.

"Acá todos tienen que tener clara la importancia de ponerse la camiseta de la selección chilena", señaló.

Sampaoli anticipó que su metodología de trabajo y el sello que le quiere imprimir al combinado chileno son similares a lo que hizo en la U de Chile, con el que ganó tres campeonatos de liga y la Copa Sudamericana.

"Pretendemos un equipo que protagonice siempre los partidos, intentando que el equipo tenga la valentía y audacia de buscar la clasificación al Mundial", dijo.

También le preguntaron por el volante Arturo Vidal, de Juventus italiano, que ha sido expulsado en sus dos últimas salidas con la Roja.

Sampaoli consideró que Vidal es un jugador "muy importante que destaca en el fútbol mundial", y agregó que sería "fantástico" que pusiera todas sus virtudes al servicio de la selección chilena.

El argentino indicó que preparará una pretemporada a partir del 3 de enero con jugadores del torneo chileno.

El 6 de febrero Chile jugará un amistoso internacional contra un combinado europeo aún por confirmar que será el último test antes de la jornada doble de clasificación a Brasil 2014, en Perú el 22 de marzo y en Santiago frente a Uruguay, el 26.

Tras nueve partidos disputados, Chile ocupa la sexta posición en la tabla con doce puntos y está, provisionalmente, fuera de las plazas que dan acceso al Mundial.

Sampaoli, que en varias ocasiones ha expresado su admiración por Marcelo Bielsa, reconoció que es un "seguidor" del rosarino, aunque precisó que no tiene ningún tipo de relación con el exseleccionador de Chile y actual entrenador del Athletic de Bilbao.

Trezeguet fortsætter i River Plate...


David Trezeguet seguirá en River

BUENOS AIRES -- Después de un día triste en el que algunos hinchas de River Plate lo trataron de traidor, el delantero David Trezeguet confirmó que seguirá en el club de Núñez.

"Viví un día muy triste. Sentí un gran dolor cuando se fue Matías (Almeyda), porque él me trajo al club. Me siento en deuda con él por lo que pasó en estos seis meses, no pude dar lo que pretendía, pero son cosas que pasan", señaló el delantero en declaraciones a Radio del Plata.

Luego se refirió a su reunión de la semana pasada con Daniel Passarella: "Conozco los trascendidos que dicen que yo le bajé el pulgar a Almeyda, algo totalmente equivocado. Soy un tipo derecho, voy de frente. Con Passarella hablamos de jugadores que podrían llegar, pero no de una posible salida del entrenador. No entiendo a los que me atacaron".

Más adelante, en la presentación de la filial millonaria de Vicente López, que llevará su nombre, confirmó que seguirá en la institución.

"Voy a seguir en la institución. En estos seis meses, el objetivo grupal era el de consolidar el equipo, hacer crecer a los más jóvenes. Pero ahora River tiene que volver a ser lo que era antes. Queremos pelear arriba".

Con respecto a la llegada de Ramón Díaz, señaló: "Vino un entrenador que es muy querido por los hinchas de River. Ramón Díaz sabe que voy a luchar por un puesto. Nadie me regaló nunca nada. Espero poder estar a la altura de lo que me pida el nuevo técnico".

Argentina - runde 18.

Newell´s Old Boys - Atletico Rafaela 3-0

1-0 og 2-0 Fabian Nicolás Múñoz (2´) og (46´) 3-0 Igancio " El Nacho" Scocco (84´)

http://www.youtube.com/w…_0QSfl8a0us

http://www.youtube.com/w…_PocLkQlvAg

http://www.youtube.com/w…IToEI5Uam7Y

Estudiantes de La Plata - San Martin 2-0

1-0 og 2-0 Carlos Auzqui (80´) og (90´)

http://www.youtube.com/w…K24wgJQoiqE



Colombia

Atletico nacional holdt liv i mesterskabsdrømmene da i Medellín besejrede itagui med 1-0 - målscorer Lus Fernando mosquera.

http://www.youtube.com/w…L_BM5_x-JrU

Stillingen i de 2 gruppeer efter 4 kampe..ganske jævnbyrdig må man sige...

Gruppe A

Atletico Junior 7 point

Millonarios 6 point

Pasto 6 point

Tolima 4 point


Gruppe B

Independiente Medellín 7 point

La Equidad 6 point

Atletico Nacional 6 point

Itagui 4 point.

En af de helt store målmandsprofiler er gået bort ....RIP El Condor

En un comunicado el Pachuca confirmó la terrible noticia

Confirman muerte cerebral de Miguel Calero

México/Bogotá, 3 de diciembre de 2012.- El exfutbolista Miguel Calero, uno de los mejores porteros del fútbol mexicano en lo que va de siglo, presenta muerte cerebral, anunció hoy el Pachuca, equipo con el que el colombiano ganó una Copa Sudamericana y cuatro títulos de liga.

"Después de haberle realizado los estudios y análisis correspondientes, informamos que el director técnico de arqueros, del Grupo Pachuca, Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez, presenta muerte cerebral. A partir de este momento continuará en terapia intensiva bajo medidas de soporte vital", afirma el breve comunicado.

Calero, de 41 años, sufrió el 25 de noviembre una trombosis de la arteria carótida derecha y, aunque al principio los doctores mostraron optimismo y enfatizaron en que su vida no corría peligro, a partir del jueves comenzó a empeorar.

Ese día fue trasladado de urgencia desde Pachuca, su ciudad de residencia, a la Fundación Médica Sur, de la capital mexicana, donde se encuentra recluido.

Poco antes de conocerse en la capital mexicana el comunicado del Pachucha, en Bogotá RCN Televisión transmitió una entrevista con el el médico Edgar Nathal, que asiste al exfutbolista, en la que anunció que su vida está "en peligro".

"Su estado es muy crítico y por ende su vida está en peligro", señaló Nathal tras explicar que Calero sufrió una retrombosis.

"La retrombosis es una oclusión de la vía que ya se había abierto para mantener un flujo a nivel del hemisferio cerebral derecho" y esto "aumentó el edema cerebral y produjo un infarto en el hemisferio cerebral derecho", explicó el médico en su diálogo con la televisión colombiana.

Precisó que el equipo médico estaba corroborando "un diagnóstico bastante pesimista, que es la muerte cerebral".

"Esto requiere de una serie de pasos protocolarios, debemos hacer unos electroencefalogramas. Si esto se confirma, podría fallecer en las siguientes horas o días", anunció.

Recordado por sus reflejos felinos entre los palos de la selección colombiana, el Deportivo Cali y el Atlético Nacional y el Pachuca que lo consagró en el fútbol, Calero llegó a las filas de los Tuzos en el 2000 y enseguida se convirtió en el líder del equipo al combinar su nivel deportivo con una gran personalidad y carisma.

Integrante de la selección colombiana en seis Copas América, de las cuales ganó la del 2001, Calero fue una de las claves para que el Pachuca se convirtiera en el equipo mexicano de mejor rendimiento en los últimos 12 años, al estar presente en un título de Copa Sudamericana, en el 2006, tres de la Concacaf y cuatro de liga.

Con gran habilidad para convertirse en líder, se trata de uno de los jugadores más querido que ha pasado por México en los últimos años, y un apasionado y conocedor no solo del fútbol, sino de los deportes de los Juegos Olímpicos, de los cuales solía debatir con propiedad

Calero abandonó las canchas el 29 de septiembre del 2011 luego de sufrir una trombosis venosa en el brazo izquierdo de la que fue operado en Estados Unidos.

Con el Pachuca, ganó tres títulos de liga mexicana, la Copa Sudamericana de 2006, tres ediciones de la Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf y, además, jugó un Mundial de Clubes.

A good read for los Bielsanistas...

Like a lepra messiah…

Writing in The Guardian’s Sport Blog recently, Jonathan Wilson explored the influence Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa (and his methods) has had on the modern game. Wilson, author of Inverting the Pyramid and editor of quarterly football magazine The Blizzard, suggests that in recent years football ‘has gone through a process of Bielsafication’.

While Bielsa confronts training ground site managers in the Basque Country, back in his hometown of Rosario one of his former players is spearheading a bielsaissance in the stadium bearing El Loco’s name. The club is Argentine primera side Newell’s Old Boys, and the former player is Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino.

Martino, who turned 50 last Tuesday, returned to La Lepra this year for the first time since leaving in 1996. Since then he has made a successful transition from playing to management, and encountered great success in Paraguay, winning several league titles with Libertad and Cerro Porteño before taking over the national side in 2007.

Following the dismissal of head coach Diego Cagna, it was rumoured Newell’s were trying to bring back Marcelo Bielsa as his replacement. Of course, this never came to pass, but in Tata Martino they certainly got the next best thing.

If Marcelo Bielsa is Newell’s Old Boys’ all-time idol on the touchline, Martino is their all-time idol on the pitch. Throughout Bielsa’s three-year spell in charge of La Lepra, Martino was his trusted No.8 and together they have a special place in Newell’s hearts.

And it is clear that the apprentice paid very close attention to the master. At Newell’s, Martino has assembled a typically bielsista side, one that shares El Loco’s ideals and uses several of his techniques.

What is so refreshing is the coach and squad are totally committed to ‘the idea’ of their football, instead of obsessing over results or league position. Before a crucial away match against Boca Juniors this month, Martino dismissed the pressure of the occasion, saying: “You have to be consistent, we have played all of our matches with the same intention (…) if that results in us moving up the table a bit, so be it, but our idea is always the same.”

The combination of their attitude, playing style, and the narrative surrounding Martino’s return, makes this Newell’s side a welcome breath of fresh air amid the polluted cloud that is Argentine domestic football.

The shapes they are a-changin’…

It is Newell’s disciplined transitions that make them so difficult to beat. They defend in numbers, they attack in numbers.

While most sides in their division attack with three or four players at a time, Martino orders his men to pour forward when in possession. With forward bursts from the full-backs and central-midfielders, it is not uncommon for Newell’s to have six or seven players attacking the opponent’s penalty area. Predictably, this creates more 2 on 1 opportunities in dangerous areas, and more often than not this leads to goals.

The situation is much the same on the other side of the ball. The whole team retreats when Newell’s lose possession, leaving only centre-forward Ignácio Scocco in their opponent’s territory. With so many bodies defending against teams that are reluctant to bring players forward to attack, it is hardly surprising that Newell’s have one of the best defensive records of the league – they conceded only six goals in their first fifteen matches this season.

Successfully employing a tactic like this requires good stamina and crucially, it requires a huge amount of tactical discipline.

The animation on the left represents how Newell’s shape changes during their transitions. The basic formation is 4-1-4-1, but as you can see it retreats into a 5-4-1 in defence, with defensive midfielder Hernán Villalba dropping back between the centre-backs.

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In attacking phases, the wide midfielders bomb forward to become wingers, and the shape resembles a 4-3-3, with plenty of support from the full-backs and Bernardi and Pérez in midfield.

Newell’s display military precision when shifting from one shape to the next, rarely is there a player caught out of position. It is clear that they have trained extremely hard at holding their shape.

Under pressure

Of course, Newell’s could not be a genuine bielsista team without an intense pressing game. When not in possession, their objective is to recover the ball as quickly as possible, and in favourable areas.

The players press in packs – a classic Bielsa tactic – and try to force their opponents into making errors. This has proved to be particularly effective in the Argentine domestic game, as the tempo of matches tends to be slower and players are accustomed to having more time on the ball to make decisions. When players are pressed and have less thinking time, the decisions they do make are usually the wrong ones.

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In Martino’s Newell’s, the majority of the pressing is carried out in the middle of the field by their line of four midfielders. They try to strangle their opponent’s space and win the ball back before any attacking moves can be put together.

As they press so high up the field, when they do reclaim possession they pose an immediate attacking threat. It is not uncommon to see Newell’s steal the ball from an opposing defender, and immediately find themselves in an advantageous 5 on 4 situation.

The only way is vertical, baby!

While many regard the defining characteristic of ‘the Bielsa Method’ to be the constant pressing and dogged closing down described above, the true cornerstone of El Loco’s philosophy is something he calls verticalidad.

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Verticalidad, or verticality, is a style of football that involves bringing the ball from back to front as quickly as possible. Unlike the ‘vertical’ route one style that prevails at many clubs across South America, verticality is when the ball is brought forward through swift short passing combinations.

Bielsa’s mantra, repeated several times by Martino, is that ‘the man in possession should always have at least three vertical passing options’. To achieve this, attacking moves at Newell’s always start with Hernán Villalba, the defensive midfielder who drops back to defence. With four midfielders in front of him and an advancing full-back on either side, Villalba always has plenty of forward options to initiate play.

It is hardly a surprise that Martino preaches verticality to his players, as he himself was a crucial part of Marcelo Bielsa’s most fundamentally vertical team – the 1991 championship winning Newell’s Old Boys.

Their shape was a 3-4-3, and comprised three diamonds with Martino at the tip of the midfield quartet. This was a really radical (and risky) system, geared towards relentless attack and always offering multiple passing options to the player in possession.

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Old Boys run out of steam

Though they have lost only one of their 17 matches in the torneo inicial, it is looking increasingly likely that Newell’s will fall short and fail to clinch the title.

Despite leading the pack for several months, Newell’s form has dipped and they have failed to win in their last five matches. Their once healthy lead at the top has been devoured by their rivals, and they now sit in third place, five points behind leaders Vélez Sarsfield and three behind second placed Lanús (who have suffered four defeats apiece).

There are several credible hypotheses for this slump in results. Perhaps the most accurate is that the squad are completely exhausted. Martino’s strategy of intense pressing and drastic transitions requires a physical commitment nearing superhuman levels, and as the end of the tournament approaches, the tired legs are beginning to appear.

In their recent match against All Boys, no fewer than four Newell’s players had to leave the match with injuries. La Lepra slumped to a 2-1 defeat – their first reversal of the season.

Another theory is that Newell’s lack a ‘plan B’. When protecting a lead or chasing a goal, Martino rarely makes any tactical variations, instead he opts to make like-for-like substitutions to try and freshen things up. This is often perceived as a serious problem, especially when facing the league’s more defensively organised sides.

The idea of a ‘plan B’ is one that is not compatible with the Bielsa Method. Bielsa believes that a successful system does not need a plan B, and that if any alternative plan proves to be effective, then it should be used as the principal system. This goes back to the fundamental bielsista idea that sometimes the better team just does not win. The better team should not in turn abandon their original approach for the sake of one result, as their results will remain positive in the long run.

Time to say ta-ta to Tata?

The pressing question surrounds Martino’s future. With his contract at Newell’s due to expire at the end of the year, not a day goes by without him being linked to a move away from Rosario.

Boca Juniors has been mentioned; los Xeneizes are looking to get rid of their coach Julio César Falcioni. However, the more ‘realistic’ move was to take over the Chilean national team, following once again in Bielsa’s footsteps.

When Universidad de Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli was announced as the man appointed by the Chilean FA to replace the outgoing Cláudio Borghi, Newell’s fans hoped that the speculation would calm down. Not a chance. The day after Sampaoli was announced as the new manager of La Roja, Martino was already being tipped to fill his vacancy at La U. Martino has remained predictably tight-lipped about his future, stating that once his contract runs out he will explore his options (of which includes a possible extension at Newell’s).

Felipão may be a ten-year step in the wrong direction

As expected, the CBF have appointed Luiz Felipe Scolari, Felipão, as the new head coach of the seleção, replacing Mano Menezes. The clues were laid out for all to see when Felipão was appointed as a consultant to the Ministry of Sport at the end of September, not long after leaving his post as head coach of Palmeiras.

While on the one hand Mano Menezes is cold, serious and thoughtful, Felipão is charismatic, cheery, and has a far better connection with the Brazilian public. Considering the magnitude of the task of leading Brazil to the 2014 World Cup, Felipão’s personality fits the bill.

This doesn’t take anything away from the ridiculous timing of Menezes’s dismissal. After surviving a poor Copa América and the disastrous Olympic final against Mexico, Menezes made some real progress and got the team playing the way he wanted – compact, with great movement off the ball and high pressing. For the first time in years, Brazil were playing like Brazil. But then Menezes was sacked.

Menezes made several mistake throughout his tenure, particularly in his selections, but I still believe that he should have continued.

My fear is that this decision will prove to be retrograde. Felipão is an experienced coach, and tends to be successful in a knockout setting, but his tactical methods may be becoming outdated.

Upon leading Palmeiras to the Copa do Brasil earlier this year, Felipão shifted the side into a 3-5-2 formation and packed the midfield with limited defensive-minded players. This approach is a polar opposite to the one employed by Mano Menezes, which saw the midfield composed of technical players who could defend and attack.

During the rest of his time in charge of Palmeiras, Felipão implemented a type of percentage-based football, relying on set-pieces and aerial power. Again, this does not translate to the current seleção.

However, if Felipão can attempt to continue with Menezes’s approach, this change of manager could work out. Speaking to blogger Marcus Alves, Mano’s assistant Sidnei Lobo said: ‘whoever takes over will inherit a seleção that is practically ready’. Too much change could disrupt their rhythm, Felipão should try to keep things the same.

The appointment of Carlos Alberto Parreira as ‘national team co-ordinator’ could prove to be crucial. His role will be to advise Felipão, much like ex-’national team director’ Andrés Sanches advised Menezes.

Parreira, unlike Sanches, is an experienced coach with a lot of good advice to give. I don’t imagine that he will interfere too much, and his input can only be beneficial to Felipão and the future of the seleção. Furthermore, Parreira reminds me of Mano Menezes in his ideas and mannerisms, and could be useful in this period of transition from one coach to another.

Der var i aftes fodboldgalla i São Paulo, hvor man afrundede Serie A med en masse kåringer. Neymar blev præmieret for årets mål, ligesom man fik sat navn på Årets Stjerne, Årets Stjerneskud etc. Vi skal selvfølgelig have nævnt Martina Spier fra Grêmio, som vandt Musa do Brasileirão 2012.
Her har I Årets hold i Serie A:
Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)
Marcos Rocha (Atl.-MG), Leonardo Silva (Atl.-MG), Réver (Atl.-MG), Carlinhos (Fluminense)
Jean (Fluminense), Paulinho (Corinthians)
Ronaldinho (Atlético-MG), Lucas (São Paulo)
Neymar (Santos), Fred (Fluminense)
Træner bliver Abel Braga, som førte Fluminense frem til mesterskabet.

Vi skal selvfølgelig have nævnt Martina Spier fra Grêmio, som vandt Musa do Brasileirão 2012.

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