July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Paul
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Continuing Julian's posts, here's an intro on one of our highly touted young goal keepers:
Vincenzo Fiorillo
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Jan
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Louis van Gaal's first working day in Munich has been hailed by the German media. The new coach received compliments for his "warm words" during his press presentation. The papers were also very positive about his command over the German language and the way he managed the first training. In
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Marlon
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It was a tournament that displayed the highest highs and the lowest lows of American soccer. A tournament where we saw everything we dreamed about and everything we feared. The first two games were displays to be forgotten. After a tough 3 - 1 loss to Italy and another stupid
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Julian
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Our beloved Azzurri is in a time of transition; I've said that, you've read that on other sites, and you probably think that, too. But what does that really mean? In essence, older players are going to be let go and younger players are going to be brought into the national team setup. "Intro" is a new series of posts that I'm doing to, well, introduce players that are pretty likely to be a part of the Azzurri sometime into the not too distant future. First up is U-21 star defender, Salvatore Bocchetti.
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Andrea
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Edgar Castillo has come out and said it: he wants to play for the US. The New Mexican native would take advantage of the FIFA rule that allows players to switch national teams as long as they have not played any full internationals. The America defender had first been called up by Hugo Sanchez. He was then played by Eriksson in a friendly. Javier Aguirre has called up the defender as well, but he was unable to participate during his call up because he lost his passport and couldn't travel.
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July 2nd, 2009 | By:
Jan
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Johan Cruyff was silent this year. The last time he was actually big news was when Marco van Basten told him he didn't want to follow JC's guidelines at Ajax. As a result, JC said: Fine. And walked away. He was also conspiciously absent from Champions League analysis on Dutch
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July 1st, 2009 | By:
X-ino
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As most of us might know, Honduras is currently undergoing some political issues. The news is everywhere, the story keeps changing and the mystery of not knowing what will happen tomorrow, has the country panicking. Both, South Africa 2010 and the future of all Hondurans are a mystery.
Anyways, the world still moves on and so must we. Lets get focused on our team future event, The Gold Cup.
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June 30th, 2009 | By:
Kevin
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Republic of Ireland and now former Reading striker Kevin Doyle has been linked with a handful of Premier League clubs ever since Reading lost in the Coca-Cola Championship playoffs, but it was Wolves who won out for the signature of the widely proclaimed all-rounder for a club record fee of
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June 30th, 2009 | By:
Jan
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Before wrapping up the whole tournament again, factoring in the final as Nick suggested in the comments, it's time for me to collect a few more thoughts on the final itself. Feel free to share your own analysis in the comments.
1. All is well that ends well. Well, at least the comprehensive and dominant victory over England added a glossy finish to Germany's tournament performance. It was a team that had its' flaws but discussing them is academic now. They won the tournament and you can't one up that except for a few style points. It's nothing to be concerned with for the future either, as this team will never play together again. A lot of players will be too old for the next tournament and Horst Hrubesch will go back to his U20 team, with Rainer Adrion taking over the U21 now.
2. Horst Hrubesch is part tactical genius and part lucky bastard. I have to give credit to Hrubesch for making all the right adjustments to the team's tactics. Especially playing Hummels in front of the backline. He argued that he wanted to gain aerial dominance over England to counter their strength from set pieces, but Hummels did much more than heading away crosses and corners with his all around excellent defensive display. He also allowed Khedira to go forward, which really helped his game. Though, as far as Özil's return to his natural midfield position is concerned, we probably have to thank Ashkan Dejagah for his second yellow, which partly forced this adjustment onto Hrubesch.
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