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| It already rolls the ball in the golden Cup |
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| Mexico will think about how to vindicate itself in the golden Cup. The United States and Honduras play in the RFK on Wednesday, the 8th. Foto:AP. |
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The big unknown of the golden Cup, which begins on Friday, the 3rd of July, is if Mexico will be capable of remaining with the crown.
At least this way they demand it in the Aztec grounds, but the reality is that, since the tournament happens in the middle of the hexagonal one of the Concacaf, many teams stopped out of his lines to his maximum figures.
Also, it is necessary to add the fact that the "Tri" crosses a results crisis in the qualifying round mundialista in the direction of South Africa 2010, in that quarter goes. For the same, Mexico will think about how to be reconciled by the victory in the golden Cup.
" In July 26, in New York, we must raise the Cup, it is the target and the obligation to come to this most important day before the United States, a team that has come of less to more", said Justino Compeán, president of the Mexican Federation of Soccer.
The "most important" day to which the Mexican leader referred is August 12, when Mexico gets the United States in the Aztec stadium for the qualifying rounds mundialistas.
It is not necessary to forget that the winner of the golden Cup gains the right to dispute the Cup Confederacy.
The Aztecs make debut on Sunday, the 5th against Nicaragua in Oakland for the Group C, then they hit Panama and conclude the first round before Guadeloupe. The United States plays his first meeting on Saturday, the 4th against Granada, then they play with Honduras on Tuesday, the 7th in the stadium RFK and close with Haiti in the first round of the Group B.
The United States, which is the defending champion of the golden Cup, has just lost the final of the Cup Confederacy opposite to Brazil, in a party in which the North Americans were gaining 2-0 in the first time before 3-2 succumbed (to see note on page 21).
The USA summoned only two players who took part in the Cup Confederacy, the forward Brian Ching and side Steve Cherundolo.
While, Costa Rica comes to American grounds in a big moment, since it heads the hexagonal one after breaking the United States and Trinidad and Tobago in his last two meetings I travel South Africa 2010.
His strategist, Rodrigo Kenton admitted that his priority is the hexagonal one and not the golden Cup, for which it left out players like Andy Furtado, Cristian Bolańos and Michael Umańa.
“ The vital thing for us is to conquer a square for South Africa 2010”, affirmed Kenton. “We will rotate players to come to an ideal point for our next party for the qualifying rounds against Honduras”.
| El Salvador will not be able to be provided with his regarding maximum |
| Cheyo, the big one stays away |
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| Eliseo Quintanilla. Photos: AP |
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Eliseo Quintanilla will not be able to count El Salvador with his regarding maximum in the golden Cup of the Concacaf, because he wants to adapt himself as soon as possible to his new team, Ermis Aradippou of Cyprus.
" I would like going (to the Cup), but it is difficult to adapt itself to this soccer and one needs time before Cypriot begins the tournament", mentioned the ex-player of the DC United and of the Alajuelense of Costa Rica.
Quintanilla made sure that he announced his decision to the Salvadoran soccer federation. The 26-year-old Salvadoran revealed that the Ermis will begin the pre-season in the next days that coincide with the development of the golden Cup, programmed from July 3 until July 26 in several American cities.
" We are going to go to the mountains of Greece and be employed hard at the physical thing. This is the idea of the technical body so that we all are to point by the beginning of the championship", he told the frill.
Quintanilla, one of the principal props of El Salvador in the qualifying round mundialista, informed without detailing that after arriving to Cyprus he signed his contract with the Ermis.
The technician of El Salvador, Carlos De los Cobos, will be able to be provided with the new reinforcements of the León of the second division of Mexico, in addition to flying Julio Martínez and the forwards Rodolfo Zelaya and Christian Castillo.
The Mexican driver also will have in the golden Cup to the left side street Alfredo Pacheco of the Network Bulls of the MLS.
“ If we manage to advance in the first phase, he would speak that well about our national team. Now it endorses us the fact that we have demonstrated a development and growth”, pointed out Carlos de los Cobos The Graphic Press.
| What left the Cup Confederacy |
| Favorite Brazil, the USA advances |
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| The USA was going 2 to 0 in the final of the Confederacies, but Brazil demonstrated because five times have been world champions. Foto:AP. |
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After conquering the United States coming of behind, Brazil awarded for third time the title of the Cup Confederacy and was propped up again like the team to be conquered when it returns to South Africa to dispute the World cup in search of a sixth crown.
Those of Dunga disembarked in South Africa like new leaders of the South American qualifying rounds, intoned by a victory to domicile on Uruguay in the Centenary stadium of Montevideo, the first one there in three decades.
In the Cup Confederacy, Brazil it was sweeping per moments, as in occasion of 3-0 that endorsed the world champion Italy in the first round, but it was out of tune in others. He suffered to conquer 4-3 to Egypt in his début, shook off of South Africa in the semifinals with a goal by the end and in the definition against the United States revirtió 2-0 in against.
“ We have demonstrated that we are a team with the personality that is needed to overcome adverse situations”, said the archer Julius Caesar.
The numbers justify entirely the consecration: Brazil gained his five parties, the team was more scorer of the tournament with 14 so many people, infuriating the average of three for duel.
It was the second excellent title that obtains Brazil with Dunga as technician after gaining the Cup America two years ago.
Now, the challenge of the technician will be to prevent from repeating itself the disappointing ending of the World cup of Germany 2006, in which Brazil gave the return on having succumbed opposite to France in the quarter finals, only one year after having devastated to Argentina in the final of previous Confederacies.
The USA surprises
On the other hand, the Cup Confederacy was a showy shop window of the new and big stride that gave the United States to join to the elite of the world soccer.
To advance in a group with teams like Brazil, Italy and Egypt, to break the European champion — Spain — in an amazing semifinal and to play the first manly final of the FIFA are examples of the progress of the Americans, although 3-2 have fallen down in the final before the Scratch.
The Americans came to the semifinals in the first World Cup in 1930 and reached the quarter finals in 2002. Also, his most famous victory, before ending with the gust of 15 unconquered parties of the Spanish selection in the semifinals, was when they gained 1-0 to England in the world cup of 1950 in Brazil.
" I believe that the people in the world see that we have a good team, that we have good players", said the strategist Bill Bradley. “I hope that we could keep on advancing”.
| The "galactic" 2.0 take form |
| Kaká puts 8, Ribery wants to join |
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| Kaká is already galactic, but: will the hirings be translated in qualifications? Foto:AP. |
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Kaká remained with the number eight of Fernando Gago at his arrival to Real Madrid.
The Brazilian star Santiago Bernabéu was presented before approximately 50 thousand fans in the stadium, and his T-shirt has the number that the Argentine mediocampista used the last two periods.
The sports director of Madrid, Jorge Valdano, told that the change of numbers does not mean that Stammerer goes away of the team. On the other hand, the Argentinian agreed to transfer eight there remained with five, the number that Fabio Cannavaro was using until it went away to the Juventus.
" It was doing special illusion to Stammerer to take the back number five because it is the one that in Argentina identifies to the half center. Of the same way, also it was doing illusion to Kaká to dress the number eight ", said Valdano.
It indicated that it is "the first time in a lot of time in Real Madrid that achieves an agreement that stopped to all contentments".
Kaká used 22 during six periods with the Milan, to which Madrid paid 92 million dollars for his transference.
Cristiano Ronaldo, another big signing of Madrid, possibly will use nine, which remained available after the exit of the Argentine forward Javier Saviola al Benfica.
Ribery: "Madrid or nothing”
Franck Ribery said that Munich wants to go away of the Bayern to record with Real Madrid.
The French frill wants that the transference takes place rapidly, and it discarded the possibility of going away to some another club.
" I already decided it, I want to go away", said Ribery. "It is to the Real one or nothing".
Real Madrid has spent enormous sums of money on the current market, on having recorded Kaká del Milan, Cristiano Ronaldo of the Manchester United, Karim Benzema of the Lyons and Raúl Albiol of the Valencia.
But the director of the Bayern, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, discarded completely the transference of the French star.
" This way I interpret the Franck comments: it is the Real one or nothing. And our clear answer is: not at all", said Rummenigge. "We are not anxious. Franck remains".
The president of Madrid, Florentino Pérez, wants to arm the second age of the "galactic ones" after a period in which the club meringue did not gain any title and his archirrival Barcelona took a historical triplete with the Champions League, the Cup of the King and the domestic league.
Pérez was the architect of the first age of the "galactic ones" when it recorded to stars like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, David Beckham and Ronaldo.
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