Archive for July, 2010
Vicente Del Bosque is a quiet man, cunning, with nerves of steel. It does not have the verbiage with which other coaches sell smoke but when he speaks, speaks very clear. After the defeat against Switzerland in the first game came the next day to give a press conference that lasted as long as it took. Sitting, quietly, without a wry face, was answering all the questions that journalists might have. As much as attempted to touch the fiber, did not even blink: armed with patience until they attended at all and there was nothing more to ask.
Before that, he had to deal with the absurd debate about whether the call for Valdes could sow discord in the group. Then came the debate about the dual-pivot. I myself raised in these pages, albeit in a purely football. Meanwhile, the opportunists, the self-conscious, the ignorant, those who see Spanish players, but team members who are hooligans, they began to spin the carousel of idiots: if Del Bosque had no blood in the veins, if only had trained at the elite, that all he had won in Madrid was because he had players who win.
But Del Bosque followed his own, confident that hard work and effort of their own, would finally put everyone in place. They were going the rounds and the coach took key decisions. Alonso kept Busquets and despite everything, drain the match against Portugal with the departure of Llorente, corduroy broke the surprising appeal of Peter against Germany … And little by little, with all the humility that can fit in a human body , was leading his boys to the place that was theirs by right: the World Cup final. Read the rest of this entry »
Dani Pedrosa, Honda rider took victory in the German Grand Prix MotoGP. (Picture: AP / Jan Woitas)
* Dani Pedrosa ended the winning streak of Jorge Lorenzo.
* The pilot Balearic harmed him a red flag when he was leader.
* Valentino Rossi back in a big way and touched the podium in his comeback.
* Marc Marquez won their fifth straight 125 cc
* Toni Elias won the race Moto2 and strengthens its leadership.
The Spanish Dani Pedrosa (Honda RC 212 V) returned to the top of the podium after three races but failed to win the German Grand Prix MotoGP Sachsenring which took place in spite of the efforts of Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha YZR M 1) to prevent it.
The MotoGP race had to compete in two parts to be interrupted the same in the tenth rotation following the fall of three pilots.
The Spanish pilots managed another full of victories in all three categories
Once again the best in the first run was Dani Pedrosa (Honda RC 212 V), who took his wake at the best time of testing, Jorge Lorenzo and Hector Barbera a surprising (Ducati Desmosedici), who had the sixth registration of the qualifying session and wanted to take advantage of that circumstance.
But the joy was short-lived Pedrosa, as the pace of Lorenzo and his desire to win a track where you have not never gave him an extra motivation before the first turn and was leader of a career that began with Valentino Rossi (Yamaha YZR M 1), far behind.
Konami has a lot to prove to us on the next episode of Pro Evolution Soccer which is especially worthy of previous chapters. Today offers us a series of shots, dribbling and juggling dedicated to Lionel Messi. It seems that the player has been modeled carefully, please note that the animation of the players has obviously been completely reworked to celebrate this new year.
The Swedish player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) and the Swedish coach Erik Hamra (right). (Picture: Reuters)
* The player has confirmed at a press conference with the coach.
* Ensures not get into the World Cup affected him a lot.
* “I had no desire to play, I’m a competitor and play to win.”
Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced this friday his return to the Swedish national team after leaving the national team last November for lack of motivation, not qualify for the World Cup.
Ibrahimovic told a joint news conference in Malmö (Sweden), with coach Erik Hamra, which had not submitted any demand to play again with the selection and would be available for all matches, including friendlies, but coach admitted I could give you any rest.
I lost a bit of encouragement and motivation disappeared “After the last game when we do not qualify for the finals, I lost a bit of encouragement and motivation disappeared (…) I decided to quit, did not want to play, I am a competitor and play to win, “said Ibrahimovic.
Hamra, which took office in place of Lars Lagerbäck precisely in November, said a reasoned Ibrahimovic “worth its weight in gold for the Swedish national team, in my eyes is one of the best players in the world.”
Ibrahimovic captain shall also supported by veteran midfielder Anders Svensson.
Second return
This is the second return of the Swedish national team Ibrahimovic, who had left by choice a few months during the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 after being expelled from a previous merger with a qualifying match for not respecting the time of arrival to hotel.
Will debut in a friendly against Scotland on August 11
Ibrahimovic, 28, has played 62 games for Sweden, which has scored 22 goals since his debut in 2001 against the Faroe Islands.
Sweden will play a friendly against Scotland in Stockholm on August 11 and will begin qualifying for Euro 2012 on September 3 against Hungary.
Players of the Spanish soccer team pose with the World Cup, on the plane back to Johannesburg. (Picture: Juan Carlos Cardenas / EFE)
* The average age of the champions is less than 26 years.
* If nothing happens could validate success in the coming years.
* The next challenges: the 2012 European Championship and World Cup 2014.
If the present of the Spanish soccer team is still outstanding, the future looks equally promising. The champion of the world and Europe has a young group of players, where only two of the 23 players who have played the World Cup in South Africa over 30 years.
The current average is no more than the current average of 26 añosLa Spain does not exceed 26 years (25.9), which means that there will be no trouble maintaining a database of security in the face of the next two challenges facing the red: the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
In goal, Casillas (29), Queen (27) and Valdes (28) are still here to stay. More complicated is the situation for two title fights, Carles Puyol (32) and Capdevila (32).
Argentina’s Lionel Messi said in Panama that is happy with the hiring of David Villa in Barcelona and ‘for my happy’ if it also incorporates Cesc Fabregas.
Messi came tonight to Panama for the game tomorrow morning ‘Messi and his friends against the rest of the world’, at the national stadium Rommel Fernandez. During a press conference accompanied by several international players such as accompany Lucio, Argentina’s Martin Palermo and Germany’s Kevin Kuranyi Panamanian mother, Messi praised his future partner whose recruitment Villa ‘is a good thing for us’ in Barcelona.
‘It showed what can result in Valencia in the Spanish team, we hope to be together and to start preparing for this year, “he said the 22 year old Argentine star, who when asked about a possible engagement of said Fabregas’ by me happy, I played with him a boy, known to Barcelona. ”
