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World cup squads thread (pg. 8)
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Croatia:
Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (Club Bruges), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split), Joe Didulica (Austria Vienna)
Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Igor Tudor (Siena), Marijan Buljat (Dinamo Zagreb)
Midfielders: Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin), Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Leko (Club Bruges), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen), Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos)
Forwards/strikers: Dado Prso (Rangers), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Bosko Balaban (Club Bruges), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow), Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb). |
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Ghana:
Goalkeepers: Sammy Adjei (Moadan Sport Ashdod, Israel), Richard Kingston (Ankaraspor, Turkey), George Owu (AsantiGold).
Defenders: Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Issah Ahmed (Randers, Denmark), Shilla Alhassan Illiasu (Asante Kotoko), Samuel Osei Kuffour (AS Roma, Italy), John Mensah (Stade Rennes, France), Habib Mohammed (King Faisal Babes, Ghana), John Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel), Emmanuel Pappoe (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Israel), Daniel Quaye (Hearts of Oak), Hans Sarpei (VfL Wolfsburg, Germany)
Midfielders: Otto Addo (FSV Mainz, Germany), Stephen Appiah (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Derek Boateng (AIK Stockholm, Sweden), Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), Michael Essien (Chelsea, England), Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy)
Strikers: Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Asamoah Gyan (Modena, Italy), Razak Pimpong (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen, Switzerland) |
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Angola:
Goalkeepers: João Ricardo (unattached), Lama (Petro Atletico), Mário (InterClube)
Defenders: Delgado (Petro Atletico), Jamba (AS Aviacao), Kali (FC Barreirense, Portugal), Lebo Lebo (Petro Atletico), Loco (Primeiro Agosto), Marco Abreu (Portimonense, Portugal), Marco Airosa FC Barreirense, Portugal), Rui Marques (Hull City, England)
Midfielders: Andre (Kuwait SC, Kuwait), Edson (Pacos Ferreira, Portugal), Figueiredo, Mendonca (Varzim, Portugal), Miloy (InterClube), Ze Kalanga (Petro Atletico)
Strikers: Akwa (unattached), Andre Titi Buengo (Clermont Foot, France), Flavio (Al Ahli, Egypt), Love (AS Aviacao), Mantorras (Benfica, Portugal), Mateus (Gil Vicente, Portugal). |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Michael19
French Squad
No Guily. Quite suprising. No le sulk either, wasnt expect that **** to make it though. Same with pires, hes past it now and hasnt been great for arsenal. |
its surprising that dhorashoo makes the squad and players like guily, pires, mexes and malbranque get overlooked. Anelka's a whiny bitch so i can see dommy's reasonining behind excluding him.
Oh and you can change your sig now from champions of europe to 3rd in England :) |
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| paranoik0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by luisjb82
not a bad squad but they're still missing something in my opinion... perhaps this time with Scolari they can make it happen but I don't see them doing much at the WC |
Yeah we lack a decent striker (Pauleta is brilliant when at his best but hasn't shown much for a while), a decent left-back and a goalie that we can trust. Doesn't help that two key players at the Euro (Costinha and Maniche) haven't played much recently.
I still say we're beating our group without major problems then struggling in the knockout stage. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
Angola:
Goalkeepers: João Ricardo (unattached), Lama (Petro Atletico), Mário (InterClube)
Defenders: Delgado (Petro Atletico), Jamba (AS Aviacao), Kali (FC Barreirense, Portugal), Lebo Lebo (Petro Atletico), Loco (Primeiro Agosto), Marco Abreu (Portimonense, Portugal), Marco Airosa FC Barreirense, Portugal), Rui Marques (Hull City, England)
Midfielders: Andre (Kuwait SC, Kuwait), Edson (Pacos Ferreira, Portugal), Figueiredo, Mendonca (Varzim, Portugal), Miloy (InterClube), Ze Kalanga (Petro Atletico)
Strikers: Akwa (unattached), Andre Titi Buengo (Clermont Foot, France), Flavio (Al Ahli, Egypt), Love (AS Aviacao), Mantorras (Benfica, Portugal), Mateus (Gil Vicente, Portugal). |
Woah, what a dream team. 2 unattached players (haha, Akwa was actually hyped as the new Eusébio when he was young at Benfica), 4 players from our 2nd division (Barreirense actually got relegated, and Portimonense was close!), 9 players from the mighty angolan championship.
If these guys didn't have a ton of will to win, and we didn't struggle even against ing Liechenstein, I'd guess a 6-0. They'll get thrashed for sure by Mexico and Iran anyway. :stongue:
I also bet there's going to be at least one sending off in Portugal-Angola. |
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http://www.marca.com/caminoalmundial2006/los23.html
Marchena and not Morientes? Only 3 forwards (yes, a lot of offensive midfielders), and Marchena is a red-card prone (and had a bad season).
Joaquín and not Navas, Albelda and not Oubiña. Crappy list. |
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Japan
Goalies: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Akira Kaji (FC Tokyo), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama Marinos), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds), Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Alessandro "Alex" Santos (Urawa Red Diamonds), Koji Nakata (FC Bâle/SUI)
Midfielders: Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich/ENG), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton/ENG), Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic/ESC)
Forwards: Naohiro Takahara (Hambourg/ALE), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble/FRA), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)
Czech Rep
Goalies: Petr Cech (Chelsea/ING), Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Antonin Kinsky (Ramenskoye/RUS)
Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam/HOL), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan/ITA), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscou/RUS), Pavel Mares (Saint-Pétersbourg/RUS), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscou/RUS), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina/ITA)
Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam/HOL), David Jarolim (Hambourg/ALE), Pavel Nedved (Juventus Turin/ITA), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (Nuremberg/ALE), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco/FRA), Tomas Rosicky (Dortmund/ALE), Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux/FRA)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa/ING), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray/TUR), Jan Koller (Dortmund/ALE), Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzbourg/AUT), Jiri Stajner (Hanovre/ALE).
Switzerland
Goalies: Pascal Zuberbühler (FC Bâle), Diego Benaglio (Nacional/POR), Fabio Coltorti (Grasshopper)
Defenders: Valon Behrami (Lazio/ITA), Philipp Degen (Dortmund/ALE), Johan Djourou (Arsenal/ING), Stéphane Grichting (Auxerre/FRA), Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart/ALE), Patrick Müller (Lyon/FRA), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal/ING), Christop Spycher (Francfort/ALE)
Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Leverkusen/ALE), Ricardo Cabanas (Cologne/ALE), David Degen (FC Bâle), Blerim Dzemaili (Zurich), Daniel Gygax (Lille/FRA), Xavier Margairaz (Zurich), Johann Vogel (AC Milan/ITA), Raphaël Wicky (Hambourg/ALE)
Forwards: Alexander Frei (Rennes/FRA), Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague/CHE), Marco Streller (Cologne/ALE), Johan Vonlanthen (Breda/HOL)
Serbia & Montenegro
Goalies: Dragoslav Jevric (Ankaraspor/TUR), Oliver Kovacevic (Zeleznik), Vladan Stojkovic (Nantes/FRA)
Defenders: Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United/ING), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04/ALE), Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev/UCR), Milan Dudic (Etoile Rouge Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (FC Séville/ESP), Dusan Basta (Estrela Vermelha de Belgrado), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade).
Midfielders: Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk/UCR), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade), Ivan Ergic (FC Bâle/SUI), Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan/ITA), Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos/GRE), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth/ING), Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart/ING), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray/TUR).
Forwards: Savo Milosevic (Osasuna/ESP), Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Nikola Zigic (Estrela Vermelha de Belgrado), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce/ITA).
Germany
Goalies: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Timo Hildebrand (Estugarda)
Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Berlin), Per Mertesacker (Hannover), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Christoph Metzelder (Dortmund), Jens Nowotny (Leverkusen), Philip Lahm (Bayern Munique), Marcell Jansen (Mönchengladbach)
Midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munique), Bernd Schneider (Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Brême), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Estugarda), Sebastian Kehl (Dortmund), Tim Borowski (Brême), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munique), David Odonkor (Dortmund)
Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Brême), Lukas Podolski (Colónia), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Mönchengladbach), Mike Hanke (Wolfsburg)
Spain
Atlético de Madrid: Antonio López, Fernando Torres e Pablo Ibáñez
Arsenal: Cesc e Reyes
Barcelona: Iniesta, Puyol e Xavi
Betis: Joaquín e Juanito
Chelsea: Del Horno
Liverpool: Luis García, Xabi Alonso e Reina
Real Madrid: Casillas, Salgado, Raúl e Sergio Ramos
Valencia: Albelda, Cañizares, Marchena e Villa
Villarreal: Senna |
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easier to understand spanish one -
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool), Santiago Canizares (Valencia)
Defenders: Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Real Betis), Asier del Horno (Chelsea), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia)
Midfielders: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquin (Real Betis), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), David Albelda (Valencia), Marcos Senna (Villarreal)
Forwards: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Raul (Real Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)
Surprised Baraja & Vicente didn't make it, and the forward line looks a little bit thin (I know garcia can play there but i'd have t aken an extra man myself) |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by paranoik0
Who are Chimbonda and Ribery? |
Ribery played in the U21's in the side that beat england in a playoff. Quite a bit of hype about him, esp with zizou being gone soon, but I didn't think he was the finished article yet when I saw him. was quite ineffectual against Bolton in UEFA cup too
As michael mentioned, Chimbonda is a right back who is pretty much a cafú type player, although a bit stronger defensively. He's requested a transfer & is being covetted by Spurs & Man Utd amongst others here. Joined from a club who went down in Ligue 1 - i think bastia, but having seen a fair bit of him, he's impressive, if inexperienced at this level |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
Sand the forward line looks a little bit thin |
Very thin, that's why we need Morientes, and not another defender like Marchena. |
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| paranoik0 |
3 strikers only in the squad is fine if you're planning to play 4-2-3-1 all tournament. we're doing the same and i think it's more than enough (but have none as good as Morientes!).
Vicente is missing indeed, i find him an excellent player but to be fair that squad as it is, is one of the most solid i've seen so far. Only think 4 defensive midfielders is a bit of an overkill, even if they're all very good (Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Albelda, Senna).
If they manage to keep their head straight and overcome whatever always happens to Spain in the big tournaments they could be one of the biggest opponents to Brazil. Don't overlook Spain. |
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