U.S. vs. Argentina Ticket Sale Info

Leo Franco had a man of the match performance against Atletic Bilbao on the weekend. he was injured for a while and replaced by abiatti but Leo finally got back to his best and found his place back in the team. lets hope he can build on the weekends performance.

Waltar Assman and Sergio Romero are both good U22 goalkeppers.

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Franco Di Santo is proving a lot of people wrong, it sucks because he is probably as good a Mauro Zarate(A lot taller them Zarate as well) but Mauro Zarate plays in a lesser Club while Franco Di Santo is playing in one of the best clubs in the world with one of the best attacking forces in the world. He scored six goals in seven matches, next year he will surely get a lot of minutes for the 1st team. He might squeeze in some appearance this year if results aren’t going to affect the standings.

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Congrats -a !!! it’s a done deal so I’d suggest you forget about how much money you spent and enjoy your football match like there’s no tomorrow.
That would be the South-American way to look at it

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Maradona. I think Carrizo is at a point in his career where nobody really knows how good he can get to be.
To me, he is becoming a superb GK, and by far the best that we currently have.

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1st generation American of an Albiceleste family.

Should be a GREAT time!

Aurelius,

I was very pleased to see your remarks.
With regards your reference about Dutch football
and “Total” football. All I know is Holland
in 1974 and 1978 when I was very young. Everything else
predates me. thanks a lot for your comments Englishman.
How are you doing in the Food industry?
Kind regards,
Ken

Obrigado Romarinho… (just retired)

Thanks Romario for making it look so easy…

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I’m very well Ken but I’m certainly not in the food industry but in logistics.

Albo not to worry. The king is dead long live the king. Aguero is certainly as near to Romario as we have.

I would not like to see him end up in the circus at Chelsea but stay at Atletico & push for a La Liga title. di Santo . How many minutes will he get next season.

Chelsea will spend & add to their already huge squad. They have stolen for want of a better word talented kids from clubs all around the world ie Vincenzo Camalleri from Reggina. di Santo should aim for a loan. Reserve team football in England is not that competitive to be honest more of a way of getting injured players back to fitness , seeing howing kids perform & occasionally throwing the sulking star into the reserves as a humiliation.

I would not get down on our keepers either. Carizzo & Romero are certainly the right size for the modern keeper. Both command the area but the latter tends to rashness still.

Not to worry they are kids in the goalkeeping world. Ustari has all the attributes but needs more game time.

Carizzo will be with Lazio next season & Romero should get more time with AZ & all are highly rated. They do need more international exposure to get them adjusted to the arena.

I would like to see Escudero persisted with as a left back to see how he copes.Valeri should be given a more prominent role. As for Saviola unless he gets more game time he may find it hard to get back into the NT. And how about Jonatan Maidana at left back ? He looks very assured & technically of a high standard & at ease coming forward.

——————-Carizzo——————-
Maidana—–Demichelis—-Garay—-Escudero–
—————-Mascherano——————-
—————————Gago————–
—————————————Maxi–
Messi————-Valeri———————
——————Cavenaghi——————

Subs:
Romero
Zabaleta
Banega
Aguero
Tevez
Cambiasso

Both full backs can press foward in support when required. Its easy to switch Gago for Banega or Cambiasso, Riquelme for Valeri or Tevez for Maxi, Aguero for Cavenaghi.

Tevez could play in a more advanced role & track back down the left flank much like the superb effort he put in the WC QF.

Chau amigos .

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It’s funny that everyone wants to play 4-5-1 which is a good choice when you see that we have plenty of central midfielders and second forwards that can play on the sides such as Palacio, Messi, Saviola, …

I have a question: has Argentina ever played 4-5-1 in the past? Is Basile reluctant because of the country’s tactical culture? I know he tested 4-3-3 (defending 4-5-1) against Bolivia but it only seemed to calm down the press, Tevez & Messi.

MESSAY,
Of course I have it! But it takes time to do it. I’m sure you noticed that the video i sent was Chapter 5. It means there will be a chapter one day…

AURELIUS,
I like your team because it prepares the future with Valeri starting instead of Riquelme. I agree for Di Santo or kids that move to top teams in general. If only they could have the choice…

I wonder who wanted to buy Aguero except Atletico when he was at Independiente. Where was this Chelski bastard of Abramovitch? Trying to buy stars such as Shevchenko probably. And now he wants to take our Kun…

Sorin will be out for one more month. A muscle problem. It seems that he made too much effort and hadn’t recovered physically. Seems that Barca doctors have friends in Hamburg…

(MESSAY, I meant chapter 2)

hi maxilopez,
can u please upload the ARG Vs Serbia match somewhere? i tried all sorts of things to download that. most of the torrents are not working or very little seeds; that its not possible to download this match. or if u know some already uploaded links, can u just share those?

Finally, your video was awesome!!!. how superior were we when compared to the germans… i still cant believe that we got out

Thanks,
Miany

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Juventus held Real Madrid talks over Higuain, Diarra
tribalfooball.com – April 16, 2008

Juventus have made a move for Real Madrid pair Gonzalo Higuain and Mahamadou Diarra.
AS says Juve sports chief Alessio met last week with his Real counterpart Pedja Mijatovic and fellow director Carlos Griffon to discuss the availability of Higuain and Diarra.

Both players are rated highly by Juve coach Claudio Ranieri, though Secco left the meeting only sure of Diarra’s sale in the summer. Higuain remains part of Real coach Bernd Schuster’s first team plans and the German is reluctant to part with the versatile attacker.

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Arsene Wegner likes Lucho.

http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=660142

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WAS NOT ARSENE SAYING THAT

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Arsene Wenger, despite his innovative coaching
and tendency to espouse beautiful football,
is losing credibility because he has NOT won
anything for the past 3 years. Our tough
cruel world has no place for losers unfortunately
though gifted otherwise. So Arsene has no credibility.
By the same token, if Alex Ferguson win both CL and
EPL this year , whatever he says about Tevez will have a hell
of a lot of weight.

P.S: Aurelius, thanks for your response. Keep in
touch with us. Thanks for your contribution.

Mandy,
you mention superiority of our
team with regards to Maxi’s video.
Well football game changes with the blink
of an eye. Just ask Arsene Wenger how he lost
a place in CL this year about two minutes after his team scored
against Liverpool. May be this is one of the
many reasons billions of people are attracted to football.
It is so unpredictable. thanks for your comments
Ken

I have all the WC games recorded in VHS. I actually pretty much have all argentina games since the WC, in some form or the other.

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Debasish… sorry to ask this question but is there any possibiliy you share your videos? (I don;t mind to buy them) I am looking some games. Thanks

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Martín Demichelis and Ottmar Hitzfield are going at it again.
Hitzfield, referring to Micho (for wanting to participate in the Olympic Games) said:
“Some players nowadays expect lots more than what’s agreed to. They should understand what the real priorities are.”
And once again Micho responded like an argentinean:
“They (Bayern Munich) should feel proud that I got nominated by Batista to represent my country.”

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here’s a suggestion for all those people wanting a copy of Argentina games. type in google ‘bit torrent’. learn a little about it. once you do, you’ll get a hold of just about every game your heart desires….

Deshashish,
can u please share Arg Vs Serbia match somehow?

thanks and regards,
Miany

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Sure! I could do something. Since so many are interested, please give me some time to convert those into media files or copy in DVDs. VHS is bad. Let me do something about it. Some games are there just sitting in my DVR, I will copy them too. Will keep all posted.

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Anyone know numbers on ticket sales so far for the USA/Argentina match? Will it sell out?

Pardon me if anyone has posted this interview (Carlos Tevez) here.

carlos tevez interview
written by sergio levinsky
march 27 2008

as he nears the business end of a successful second season in england, carlos tevez runs the rule over the campaign so far – and talks boy bands and boca juniors
how do you rate your own performances so far this season – are you happy with how you’ve fitted in at manchester united?

“i’ve scored 15 goals so far, which isn’t bad, but i am still not at my true level yet. I can give even more. I’m playing at only 70 or 80 per cent of my ability, but i’m getting stronger with every game. I still need that extra bit, though – i usually fade a little in the last 25 minutes of matches.”

why do you think that is?
“i think my body needs a rest. I haven’t had one for two years now, because of playing for argentina at the world cup in 2006 and the copa américa in 2007. I really need a vacation this summer. I need to be able to enjoy some peace and quiet with my family, to have at least 20 days without doing anything. Let’s see how i do between now and the end of the season, though – hopefully i will get there in good shape.”

some said that your partnership with wayne rooney would never work but, together with cristiano ronaldo, you’ve formed a devastating attacking unit for united. Has that surprised you?
“no. We’re all players of a high level, of similar calibre, and paul scholes is incredible too. He is the architect of the team, the one who makes everybody play, and it’s a great pleasure to be part of that. Playing with players like that is a dream, but then you could also say it would be a dream for them to be playing with me, no?” [laughs] indeed.

What about your relationship with sir alex ferguson? he has the reputation of being quite the disciplinarian…

“alex is quite approachable, actually.”

alex? you don’t call him sir alex or mr ferguson? or mr alex?
“no, nobody does. To us, he is just alex.”

after almost two seasons in the premier league, do you feel that you’ve now fully adapted to the specifics of english football? “yes, last season was one of adaptation, but now it’s different. Now i have a better knowledge of the way the game is played here, the movement, the players…”

how was it last season? you had to wait what seemed like an age to be given a proper chance to shine at west ham. What happened there? [smiles] “last season was tough. I’d won the title in argentina with boca juniors and then with corinthians in brazil, but then i came to the premier league and i was like a nobody. Alan pardew didn’t play me at west ham, even though the fans were asking for me. I didn’t say anything at first, but one day i decided to do it. I was on the bench in one game and the fans were shouting my name. So i got up, tapped him on the shoulder and said: ‘mister, they are all chanting for me.’ he brought me on, and from that moment i showed how valuable i was to the team and made a name for myself… And, of course, we saved ourselves from relegation.

” your teammates call you ‘the lion’. What’s that all about? is it because you play with a lot of heart? “no, it’s because of my hair, because i never take care of it. I just show up at training wearing it however it is when i get out of bed. But that’s okay. At manchester united, i feel just like i am at home.”

didn’t you start out with a different name? “when i started out playing for all boys, i used the surname martínez, which is my mother’s name. That’s the normal thing to do in argentina, for boys who are hoping to become football stars. They don’t use their father’s name, because then it’s easier for the big clubs to sign them without having to pay too much. You make it to the top by changing names.”

our man in argentina explains… when a player knows that he’ll grow up to be a footballer, he uses a surname that doesn’t appear on his passport. Then, if a club signs him before the age of 16 and he then changes his name, it will be as if he never played for any other club – if he moves, his new club will not need to pay compensation. Because tevez played for all boys as martínez but signed for boca as tevez, boca could claim they had signed a new player with no previous form.

were you the star at all boys? [smiles] “i had a good time there. I played with guys older than me and normally started on the bench. We’d usually be losing, and my teammates always asked the coach to bring me on. I’d come on and dribble past all the opposition, but i wouldn’t score – on purpose. The coach would be on the sideline shouting: ‘when are you going to score?’ i’d signal back to him that there was still too much time left, but i always managed to turn the match around and score the winning goal. I enjoyed seeing them suffer on the bench – they all depended on me.”

back home, they’re currently making a film about you, directed by the famous argentinian actor gastón pauls. How’s it going? “i’ve been taking a peek at the script, and i like it. My life has been quite a story. There were tough times, growing up in fuerte apache (in buenos aires). When it was dark and you looked out of the window… Well, what you saw would scare anyone. After a certain hour, you couldn’t go into the street. It was incredible.”

is that where you got the broken teeth? “yes, that happened in a street fight in a row over money. In apache, you always played for money – even as a kid.” and the scar? “i had boiling water spilt on me. It was a defining experience – it marked me for life.”

you’ve always said that you’d never have plastic surgery? do you still feel that way? “of course. I am like that. You either take me as i am, or you don’t. The same goes for the teeth. I won’t change the way i am.”

you’re the singer in a ‘cumbia’ band called piola vago, together with several friends and cousins. You’re clearly a man of many talents – how serious is that sideline? “it’s just something a bit different. With piola vago, we just have fun – but, of course, my thing is football. That’s what makes me really happy and is where my main focus lies.”

you’ve spoken in the past about wanting to end your career back at boca. How long do you expect to play in england for? “i plan to play four or five seasons at man utd and then finish my career in argentina, wearing the boca jersey. One thing i am clear on is that i’ll finish my career at boca – they’re the club i support and i don’t see myself retiring from football without winning another league title in argentina. I left as a champion, winning the copa sudamericana with boca, and i’d love that to happen again before i finish.”