De Olympische Spelen voetbal #1 - Op naar medailles!

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Op donderdag 3 juli 2008 11:23 schreef AminBen het volgende:
Waar is die trainer mee bezig, Sosa boven Higuain.. !? Zarate is er ook niet bij en Piatti was ook een groot talent dacht ik..

Burdisso is er ook pas bij gekomen toen bleek dat Demichelis, Heinze en Coloccini niet van hun clubs mochten gaan.

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 17:53 schreef Outpost76 het volgende:
Jong Oranje op weg naar goud!!!!

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 17:59 schreef EnGCatjuh het volgende:

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Tsja, deze was toch echt eerder

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 18:02 schreef One_conundrum het volgende:
Oupost

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 18:08 schreef Outpost76 het volgende:
pfff wat nou doppel mijne was helemaal nie doppel Waar is t volledige schema hiero??

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Op donderdag 3 juli 2008 21:34 schreef DiegoArmandoMaradona het volgende:

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Sosa en Higuan met elkaar vergelijken

Lavezzi, Messi en Kun zijn de spitsen, Zarate en Higuain hebben niet genoeg gepresteerd dit jaar om mee te mogen.

Sosa is een middenvelder en een hele goede ook. Al zal hij wel op de bank komen

Piatti gaat niet mee omdat Enano doorgebroken is bij River

Goede selectie, het 2e zou nog steeds de grote favoriet zijn

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 18:12 schreef Blawh het volgende:

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De Olympische Spelen voetbal #1 - Op naar medailles!

De Olympische Spelen voetbal #1 - Op naar medailles!

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Op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 13:37 schreef Gordon_Shumway het volgende:
Vind Banega bij Valencia nog tegenvallen

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Australian Olympic football squad unveiled
Updated：2008-07-04

(BEIJING, July 4) -- The Australian Olympic men's football team was announced on the official website of the Australian Olympic Committee today. The 18-man team includes three over-age players: striker Archie Thompson, midfielder David Carney and defender Jade North. At 19 years old, midfielder James Troisi is the youngest member of the team. The Australian men's football team finished seventh at Athens 2004, and their Beijing 2008 campaign will start with a group game against Serbia in Shanghai on August 7.

The Australian Olympic men's football team (age in brackets):

Mark Bridge – Striker (22)
Billy Celeski – Midfielder (22)
Adam Federici – Goalkeeper (23)
Neil Kilkenny – Midfielder (22)
Adrian Leijer – Defender (22)
Trent McClenahan – Defender (23)
Mark Milligan – Defender (23)
Stuart Musialik – Midfielder (23)
Nikita Rukavytsya – Striker (21)
Kristian Sarkies – Midfielder (21)
Matthew Spiranovic – Defender (20)
Nikolai Topor-Stanley – Defender (23)
James Troisi – Midfielder (19)
Tando Velaphi – Goalkeeper (21)
Ruben Zadkovich – Defender (22)
David Carney – Midfielder (24, over-age)
Jade North – Defender (26, over-age)
Archie Thompson – Striker (29, over-age)

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Rossi returns to Italian team for the Olympics
Updated：2008-07-04

(BEIJING, July 4) -- The Italian football team's coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has chosen his 22-man squad for Beijing 2008. The squad includes Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi. Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the squad. Rocchi is joined by Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Both players are returning to national duty after not being chosen for Euro 2008. Italy's first challenge will be Honduras on August 10 in Qinhuangdao. The country will also play matches against the Republic of Korea and Cameroon.

Italy's Olympic squad:
Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Robert Acquafresca (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Antonio Cadreva (Udinese), Luca Cigarini (Parma), Andrea Coda (Udinese), Andrea Consigli (Atalanta), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Lazio), Daniele Dessena (Parma), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Marco Motta (Udinese), Antonio Nocerino (Palermo), Andrea Ranocchia (Arezzo), Tommaso Rocchi (Lazio), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Andrea Russotto (Treviso), Salvatore Sirigiu (Citta di Castello), Emiliano Viviano (Brescia)

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New Zealand Men's squad:
Goalkeepers:
Liam Little (Caversham AFC/Otago United – 21)
Jacob Spoonley (Miramar Rangers – 21)

Defenders:
Michael Boxall (Santa Barbara University – 19)
Ian Hogg (Western Suburbs/Hawke's Bay United – 18)
Sam Jenkins (Western Suburbs/Hawke's Bay United – 21)
Ryan Nelsen* (Blackburn Rovers – 30)
Steven Old (Macarthur Rams – 22)
Jack Pelter (Unattached – 20)
Aaron Scott (Melville/ Waikato FC – 21)
Cole Tinkler (Miramar Rangers/Team Wellington – 22)

Midfield:
Jeremy Brockie (Miramar Rangers/Hawke's Bay United – 20)
Simon Elliott* (Unattached – 34)
Craig Henderson (Dartmouth College – 21)
Cole Peverley (Stop Out FC/Hawke's Bay United – 20)
Shaun van Rooyen (Western Suburbs/Waikato FC – 21)

Forwards:
Daniel Ellensohn (Western Suburbs/Team Wellington – 23)
Chris Killen* (Celtic FC – 27)
Sam Messam (Napier City Rovers/Hawke's Bay United – 22),

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Endo in Japan Olympic squad

TOKYO: Gamba Osaka midfielder Yasuhito Endo was the only over-age player in Japan's preliminary 20-member Olympic football squad announced on Monday.

Endo, 28, has scored six goals in 70 full internationals, gaining a reputation for his probing passing and sharing free-kick duties with Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura. Another over-age candidate, ex-Real Mallorca striker Yoshito Okubo, was not chosen after his struggling J-League side Vissel Kobe refused to release him to avoid exacerbating an injury.

Japan will use only one of the three over-age slots available, according to Japan Football Association technical director Takeshi Ono. Olympic team coach Yasuharu Sorimachi said he would announce a final squad on July 14 after a training camp. "I have called up the best members available at the moment," he said.

The under-23 line-up included two regular defenders from the senior national team, Gamba Osaka's Michihiro Yasuda and Atsuto Uchida of Kashima Antlers. Two Europe-based players, VVV-Venlo midfielder Keisuke Honda and Catania striker Takayuki Morimoto, were also named.

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Star duo in Brazil Olympics squad

Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Real Madrid forward Robinho will lead Brazil's assault on a first Olympic football gold in Beijing in August. Manchester United midfielder Anderson is one of three Premier League players selected in the 18-man squad. Manchester City's new record signing Jo, Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva and Anderson will all miss the start of the new season.

The Olympics is the only significant title Brazil have never won. The Brazilians won the silver medal twice, in 1984 in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul and they won the bronze in 1996 in Atlanta. Brazil are in Group C with Belgium, China and New Zealand and begin their campaign on 8 August against Belgium.

Coach Dunga picked Fluminense defender Thiago Silva as the third player older than 23 in the squad, in addition to Ronaldinho and Robinho.

"The experience factor can be decisive in the Olympics," Dunga said. "That's why several players born in 1985 were chosen, and even the youngsters already have international experience."

Goalkeepers: Diego Alves (Almeria), Renan (Internacional).
Defenders: Ilsinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), Rafinha (Shalke), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Alex Silva (Sao Paulo), Breno (Bayern Munich), Thiago Silva (Fluminense).
Midfielders: Anderson (Manchester United), Diego (Werder Bremen); Hernanes (Sao Paulo), Lucas (Liverpool), Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona), Thiago Neves (Fluminense).
Forwards: Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Jo (Manchester City), Rafael Sobis (Real Betis), Robinho (Real Madrid).