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El Salvador roster for Chile U20 friendly

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador under-20 national head coach Mauricio Alfaro announced Friday a list of 20 players, who will face host Chile in a friendly on May 15 in Valparaiso.

The Salvadorans are preparing for the U-20 World Cup, which will take next month in Turkey. It will be the Central American nation´s first-ever appearance at the FIFA event after finishing third at the 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico.


EL SALVADOR UNDER-20 ROSTER

Friendly away v Chile - May 15, 2013, at Valparaiso

Kevin Ayala (Turín), Olivier Ayala (Leon/Mexico), Kevin Barahona (Turín), Marvin Baumgartner (FC Zurich/Switzerland), Diego Coca (Turín), Benjamín Díaz (University of the District of Columbia/USA), Douglas Gil (Atlético Marte), René Gómez (Turín), Tomás Granitto (unattached), Jairo Henríquez (Turín), Romilio Hernández (Baltimore Bays/USA), Kelvin Herrera (Falls Church High School/USA), Miguel Lemus (Turín), Bernardo Majano (Louisburg College/USA), Adolfo Menéndez (CD FAS), Rolando Morales (Turín), José Peña (Turín), Óscar Rodríguez (San José Sacare), José Villavicencio (Turín), Giovanny Zavaleta (Turín).

El Salvador to begin Gold Cup prep

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador head coach Agustin Castillo released Friday a list of 18 players, who will start training in advance of this July´s CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The group, which includes foreign-based players Mark Lester Blanco (Marathon/Honduras) and Rodolfo Zelaya (Alania/Russia), will report on Monday to the Albergue del Futbolista to start the camp.

El Salvador qualified for its eighth Gold Cup after finishing in third at the UNCAF Copa Centroamericana earlier this year.


EL SALVADOR ROSTER

CONCACAF Gold Cup Training Camp - May 13, 2013

Gilberto Baires (unattached), Edwin Benítez (Atletico Marte), Mark Lester Blanco (Marathon/Honduras), Darwin Bonilla (Águila), Derby Carrillo (Santa Tecla FC), Andrés Flores (Isidro Metapán), Gustavo López (Universidad), Julio Martínez (Santa Tecla FC), Jaime Medina (Santa Tecla FC), Erick Molina (Atletico Marte), Alfredo Pacheco (Isidro Metapán), Marcelo Posada (Santa Tecla FC), Christopher Ramírez (Atletico Marte), Cristian Sánchez (Isidro Metapán), Kevin Santamaría (Santa Tecla FC), Joel Serrano (Universidad), Benji Villalobos (Águila), Rodolfo Zelaya (Alania/Russia).

Peruvian football receives injection of new ambitious clubs

Real Garcilaso of Cusco, who on Thursday eliminated Uruguayan club Nacional and moved on to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, is a team with just four years of history, part of a group of young Peruvian squadrons that have achieved rapid prominence in national and international tournaments.

In addition to Real Garcilaso, other clubs in Peru like Sport Huancayo, César Vallejo and Unión Comercio are recently founded institutions in different provinces of the country, which in recent years have managed to qualify in their own right to the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Garcilaso, founded in 2009, eliminated Nacional of Uruguay in a penalty shootout at the Copa Libedtadores. Nacional has been around for a hundred years and has 3 Copa Lib titles to their name.

"Our successes are based on the organization and good planning of our sports institution", said club vice president Wilder Cárdenas to the AFP, acknowledging their economic limitations compared to the big teams in Latin America.

Cárdenas considers the human factor, the economic tranquility (all players are paid on time) and the altitude, 3,400 meters at home in the city of Cusco, has helped them to achieve results in the Libertadores and the local tournament.

Valuable campaign
Garcilaso made it to the first division in 2011 and had a remarkable campaign in 2012, their debut, reaching the Peruvian championship where they lost to Sporting Cristal. Second place Garcilaso, with 24 wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats, qualified to play the Copa Libertadores for the first time.

The club, coached by Peruvian Freddy García, has a contingent of Paraguayan players led by Fabio Ramos, forwards Víctor Ferreira, Oscar Gamarra and defenseman Rolando Bogado.

Making a name in South America

At barely two years older than Garcilaso, Sport Huancayo club was founded in 2007 in the Andean city of Huancayo (3,200 meters) and is another young team that seeks to make a name for themselves and in 2010 qualified for their first Copa Sudamericana.

Of course their tournament wasn´t the best. The Andean team lost in Uruguay against Defensor Sporting by a 9-0 score line, which is the largest margin of defeat in the history of the tournament.

In 2011 Sport Huancayo had their best season to date in the Peruvian tournament coming in third and qualifying for the first time for the 2012 Copa Libertadores, where they were eliminated in first round.

This year they qualified to the Copa Sudamericana which begins in July.

César Vallejo, a club from the city of Trujillo and founded in 1996, qualified this year for the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores, but were eliminated by Tolima of Colombia. Currently the club sits in sixth place in the local tournament.

Another new Peruvian football club, Unión Comercio, was founded in 2002 in San Martín and after just two seasons in the local tournament qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

Despite efforts to win in regional football, Cienciano of Cusco is the only Peruvian club to achieve glory in international tournaments: the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and the Recopa in 2004. The paradox is that it has never been champion in Peru.

Libertadores 2013: Palmeiras y Tijuana por un lugar en cuartos de final

Listo para jugar en casa, con la ´torcida´ apoyándolo, Palmeiras se concentró esta semana en fortalecer la defensa para evitar riesgos. Y con la perspectiva de que el partido nuevamente termine empatado sin goles, el DT Gilson Kleina también reforzó la práctica de penales, método que definiría la serie.

"Necesitamos mantener el foco porque vamos a jugar al lado de nuestros hinchas y tenemos que entender que el adversario es peligroso", declaró el DT a periodistas.

El equipo de la segunda división brasileña avanzará a los cuartos de final con una victoria, pero si hay empate con goles el clasificado será el Tijuana. Una igualdad sin goles obligará a recurrir a los penales.

El vencedor de la serie se enfrentará con el temido Atlético Mineiro de Brasil, que comandado por un Ronaldinho Gaúcho extraordinario goleó al Sao Paulo por 4-1 y avanzó con comodidad a los cuartos de final.

Entre las novedades del ´verdão´ podría estar la entrada del volante Souza en lugar de Thiago Real para fortalecer la defensa contra los mexicanos.

Lo más probable, por otro lado, es que el chileno Jorge Valdivia no sea de la partida, debido a una lesión muscular, en el encuentro que se jugará el martes en el estadio Pacaembú de Sao Paulo.

Tijuana llegó la mañana del domingo a Sao Paulo y este lunes esperaba realizar un reconocimiento del campo de juego del Pacaembú.

El partido se jugará a partir de las 22h00 locales (01h00 GMT del miércoles) en el Pacaembú, donde ya se agotaron las casi 37.000 entradas a la venta. Será arbitrado por el venezolano Juan Soto, asistido por sus compatriotas Jorge Urrego y Carlos López.

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Så mangler vi bare Pele udtale at Neymar er bedre end Messi...

Neymar segue como o atleta com maior valor comercial em ranking

Astro do futebol brasileiro nos últimos anos, Neymar segue como o atleta com maior valor comercial, de acordo com um ranking elaborado pela revista "SportsPro". O camisa 11 da seleção brasileira ocupa o topo da lista pelo segundo ano consecutivo, seguido por Lionel Messi, Rory McIlroy Usain Bolt e Cristiano Ronaldo.

A lista é elaborada pela publicação desde 2010, e Neymar já havia sido apontado como o grande campeão do marketing esportivo no ano passado. De acordo com a revista, os critérios utilizados são "fortuna, idade, carisma, boa vontade de participar de ações de marketing e apelo". Em 2011, Neymar ocupava apenas a 17ª posição no ranking, enquanto o líder era Usain Bolt.

A lista atual conta com 50 nomes, sendo nove jogadores de futebol, oito tenistas, seis pilotos, cinco golfistas e quatro jogadores de basquete. Os outros brasileiros que aparecem no ranking são o para-atleta Alan Fonteles (17º), medalhista de ouro em Londres no ano passado; o meia Lucas (33º), do Paris Saint-Germain; e Anderson Silva (46º), detentor do cinturão dos médios do UFC.

Entre os futebolistas, o ranking traz, além de Neymar, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo e Lucas, o belga Vincent Kompany (21º), a americana Alex Morgan (27ª), o inglês Jack Wilshere (29º), o japonês Shinji Kagawa (38º) e o galês Gareth Bale (48º)
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Confira os 10 primeiros colocados da lista:

1- Neymar
2- Lionel Messi
3- Rory McIlroy
4- Robert Griffin III
5- Usain Bolt
6- Novak Djokovic
7- Lewis Hamilton
8- Cristiano Ronaldo
9- Sloane Stephens
10- Blake Griffin

Neymar - saga...

Neymar to Bayern a done deal claims ex-Santos official

A former Santos official claims that Neymar is set to join Bayern Munich rather than Barcelona this summer.

Ex-Santos official Vicente Cascione believes that despite talks between Barcelona and Neymar´s party, a deal is already done to take the Brazilian to the Allianz Arena.

Barcelona were believed to be in pole position to clinch a deal for Neymar but Cascione suggests that the Santos star has elected to join Pep Guardiola in Germany.

"I have this information first hand. Neymar has signed for Bayern Munich. It´s already a done deal," Cascione wrote on his blog.

"I am not speculating here. This information is irrefutable. From August this year on, the player will be part of Bayern´s squad.

"So his next destination will not be Spain, like many expected. He´s not going to Barcelona or Real Madrid. He will go to Germany."


men...........


Santos demands €50m for Barcelona target Neymar - reports

Santos have told Barcelona that they are demanding €50m for their 55% stake in Seleção star Neymar according to reports in Brazil.

Globoesporte claims that Santos are willing to start negotiations at €50m, and if that is paid then they would be willing to allow the player and his other stakeholders to talk to Barcelona officials.

Santos currently own 55% of the player, while the remaining 45% is split between DIS, who hold 40% and a consortium closely linked to the club, who hold 5%.

Barcelona would have to successfully negotiate with all of the aforementioned parties to secure a deal for the forward in the summer.

So far, Santos have consistently denied any deal is currently in the pipeline and that they intend to keep Neymar until 2014, when his contract expires.

However, reports suggest that the club are resigned to selling the player in order to make money, otherwise they risk him moving next summer for free.

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Apropos argentinske talenter...

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São Paulo manager Ney Franco admits new signings may come from abroad

São Paulo´s manager Ney Franco has admitted that the club´s next signings are likely to come from abroad.

The squad is being revamped since São Paulo were eliminated in the Round of 16 of Copa Libertadores.

Cañete, Cortez and five others players have been transfer listed and the club admitted they could sell Luís Fabiano if an offer comes.

The club have also signed Silvinho from Penapolense and are close so announcing the signing of Caramelo and Roni from Mogi Mirim.

Ney Franco also intends to bring big names from abroad, he told reporters: "These issues are handled by the club´s board, especially considering our failure to sign Vargas. Director of Football Adalberto Batista will handle it."

"There are some talks with players that play outside Brazil, but I prefer that Adalberto Batista talks about it."

The manager was asked about Galatasaray´s midfielder Felipe Melo and Manchester City´s right-back Maicon, he said: "They are two excellent players, I have even already worked with Maicon. But I would rather not talk about this

Scolari har udtaget truppen til Confederations Cup. Der blev ikke plads til hverken Kaká eller Ronaldinho blandt de 23 udtagne. Bernard er til gengæld trukket op af hatten:
Målmænd:
Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense) Jefferson (Botafogo) Julio César (QPR)
Backs
Daniel Alves (Barcelona) Filipe Luis (Atlético Madrid) Marcelo (Real Madrid) Jean (Fluminense)
Stoppere:
David Luiz (Chelsea) Dante (Bayern) Réver (Atlético-MG) Thiago Silva (PSG)
Midtbane:
Fernando (Grêmio) Hernanes (Lazio) Luiz Gustavo (Bayern) Oscar (Chelsea) Paulinho (Corinthians) Jadson (São Paulo) Bernard (Atlético-MG)
Angribere
Fred (Fluminense) Hulk (Zenit) Lucas (PSG) Neymar (Santos) Leandro Damião (Internacional)