redshirt Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I support two teams:Australia and Trinidad and Tobago Although Brazil will win it (again).Kelan kaya makakapasok ang Pinas sa world cup? Hehehe<{POST_SNAPBACK}> mahirap magsalita ng tapos....go england!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 hehehe ngayon lang kitang nakitang mag-tagalog rooney must play, or else ako na lang Italian soccer engulfed by turmoilBy FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press WriterMay 13, 2006 ROME (AP) -- Italian soccer was engulfed by turmoil Saturday when a World Cup referee's accreditation was withdrawn after he was implicated in a game-fixing scandal, and star goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was questioned by prosecutors for suspected illegal betting. The scandals were denounced by the Vatican as an "offense to sports" and an "offense to the joy of childhood." ADVERTISEMENTBuffon's team, Juventus, said the goalie "presented himself of his own volition to magistrates," but didn't say what he told prosecutors. Italy's World Cup team will be announced Monday, and his status is in doubt. Italian media quoted Buffon's lawyer as saying his client had gambled only on soccer games that didn't involve Italian teams, and he had stopped when that practice was banned last year. The Italian soccer federation said it sent letters to FIFA and European soccer authorities to rescind the accreditations of referee Massimo De Santis and linesmen Alessandro Griselli and Marco Ivaldi, plus those for Paolo Bergamo and Pierluigi Pairetto, who were to assign game officials at the monthlong World Cup in Germany, which begins June 9. De Santis won't be replaced at the tournament. "Instead of 23 referees, there will be 22 referees," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren said. Bergamo and Pairetto, who had also been vice chairman of UEFA's referees committee, assigned referees to Italian games last season. Prosecutors in Naples, Rome, Parma and Turin are conducting investigations ranging from game-fixing to illegal betting. Naples prosecutors said Friday they are investigating four Serie A clubs -- Juventus, Lazio, AC Milan and Fiorentina -- for alleged game-fixing which could implicate "top names." "We're absolutely confident that we are in no way involved in this affair," industrialist Diego Della Valle, whose family owns Fiorentina, said at a news conference Saturday. "We're asking the prosecutors to do really thorough work and not to leave anything untouched, and to be as fast as possible." AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani, president of the Italian soccer league, also denied any involvement. "What I care most about is reassuring our fans. It hurts to be involved, even if marginally or not at all," Galliani told the Italian news agency ANSA. "It's very sad, because we haven't done anything." The Vatican, in its newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, described the scandals as "an offense to sports and to its values. The earthquake which is turning the world of soccer upside down is an offense to the joy of childhood." Juventus seeks its second straight league title Sunday, the season's final round. The team's entire board resigned Thursday, including managing director Antonio Giraudo and general director Luciano Moggi, who are being investigated for allegedly trying to influence referee appointments. Italian news organizations printed what they said were transcripts of wiretapped conversations in which Moggi brags that he once locked referees in a locker room for not assuring Juventus of victory. "They would have to break down the door to get out," Moggi was quoted as saying in one excerpt. ANSA reported Friday that Moggi and Giraudo also were being investigated for possible involvement in kidnapping after Reggina beat Juventus in November 2004. The Italian soccer federation, whose president Franco Carraro resigned this week, is conducting its own investigation. Quote Link to comment
xycho_g Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 football news: barcelona will rest eight starters sa sevilla game to be prepared sa champions league.....if sevilla wins...sevilla will go to 4th place..because of goal diference.. Quote Link to comment
mauiboy Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 sayang!!!! talo west ham. steven gerrard was the man of the match. in a way,ok na rin ang outcome.if the hammers won,for sure traffic dito sa lugar namin. they already cancelled school classes in the afternoon on monday to make way for a victory parade in case they won. Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Lyon eye Van Nistelrooy-Diarra swap deal Lyon have indicated they may be prepared to do a deal with Manchester United for midfielder Mahamadou Diarra - in part exchange for out-of-favour striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been to watch Mali international Diarra, who he sees as a long-term replacement for Roy Keane who left United by mutual consent last November. The French champions are believed to want £25million for the 24-year-old, but club official Bernard Lacombe has indicated they may accept a cash-plus-player deal involving Van Nistelrooy. 'It is sure Lyon are interested in Van Nistelrooy,' Lacombe told the Daily Star. 'For the moment we have not officially negotiated with Manchester. It will be a complicated financial deal unless we can exchange one of our players they are interested in, like Diarra.' Van Nistelrooy appears to be on his way out of Old Trafford after he was left out for the final Premiership match of the season against Charlton and then banned from appearing in Keane's testimonial against Celtic last week. [READ] Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Reds win Cup on penalties http://soccernet-att.espn.go.com/design05/DJ/20060508/gerrardtrop_br.jpg Liverpool have won the FA Cup 3-1 on penalties after an all-time classic final finished 3-3. Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky and Anton Ferdinand all missed from the spot for West Ham - who looked certain to be victorious in the match until Steven Gerrard's stunning 91st minute equaliser. [READ] Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Saw the penalty shootout... maswerte talaga ang Pool hehehe Galing ni Teddt Sheringham bwahahaha Quote Link to comment
xycho_g Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 dko napanuod ung buong game...extra time lng naabutan ko...ang ganda ng laban...they were down 2-0 and 3-2 but they managed to tie and win sa penalties...reina didnt to the dudek style but they still won in penalties..hayewood couldve scored and let west ham win but di ata sya left footer or un ung pilay na ankle...congrats to the reds...and great game for gerrard... sayang tlga west ham... Quote Link to comment
teio Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 one of the best fa cup finals daw 'yung liverpool-west ham match... van nistelrooy for diarra?... hmm... h'wag na... free transfer na lang... wala naman na yatang kontrata si van nistelrooy... Quote Link to comment
howard_the_duck Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I saw Ferdinand cry for West Ham :cry: Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 News from ManUtd.com, United are close to signing Diarra for 20-25 million pounds, but Lyon is hinting they are willing to give up the 24-year old Mali midfielder for less if United are willing to exchange Van Nistelrooy for the prized midfielder.. Another rumor surfacing is that Athletico Madrid (am i right? is that the team of Fernando Torres?) are willing to trade Torres for Van Nistelrooy and extra money.. I'd prefer to buy Diarra for the usual price and get Torres for Van Nistelrooy para in the end United ang lamang hehehe... Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 congrats nga ba sa Liverpool, deserving sila manalo ng FA cup.. wawa ang Chelsea, aalis na si Gallas sa kanila, sino kaya ipapalit nila? or more playing time for Ricardo Carvalho Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Report: Why England needs a foreign coach to guide themWritten by: Dave Cohen http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/may/13/...h-to-guide-them The new coach of the England Football Team has already been announced. There had been much speculation in the press about whether England needs a foreign coach to guide them to the next European Championship as well as the World Cup in 2010? Developments over the past few months tended to suggest that the English FA were desperately keen to sign someone from overseas. Unfortunately The Brazilian Portuguese coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, the one earmarked for the job had withdrawn leaving Steve McClaren the leading contender. He, Alan Curbishley and Sam Allardyce, the leading contenders earlier in the race has each been successful in their own way with unfashionable English Premier Teams that completed their campaigns in the upper midway to lower sections of the Premiership table. At some stage both Martin O’Neill and Arsene Wenger were also touted as being contenders. While the British public may have been clamouring for an overseas coach, would it have been the best solution in the long run? I am not that sure that it would have been. Having said that, it must also be added that the current teams occupying the first five places in the English Premiership are managed by non – Englishmen. This in itself tends to suggest to me that there may be no one in England who was or presently capable of succeeding at the top level. SVEN-GÖRAN ERIKSSON VS PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL MANAGERS: While people may feel a touch of sadness and disappointment that Sven-Göran Eriksson will be vacating his England job after the World Cup and the void that he may be creating, he is only the fourth best in terms of win ratio since the Second World War. Who then has been the most successful? Rightly so it has to be the late Sir Alf Ramsey who led England to their solitary triumph at World Cup level in England in 1966. Sir Alf sits at a 66% success rate (69 wins from 105 matches), surprisingly Glen Hoddle is second with a success rate of 61% (17 wins from 28 matches), Ron Greenwood is third with 60% (33 wins from 55 matches) and Sven-Göran Eriksson at 59% (35 wins from 59 matches). ARSENE WENGER VS THE ENGLISH CHALLENGERS: With the withdrawal of Felipe Luiz Scolari, the leading contender over the past few weeks, and in an effort to sign a foreign coach/manager, Arsene Wenger has had his name mentioned recently. His success at Arsenal speaks for itself and he would no doubt have done a fantastic job. Steve McClaren, assistant to Eriksson and previously to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United has been well – groomed for the job. This aside, he has had an inconsistent season at Middlesbrough. They have had a fantastic run in Europe, but their local form has been inconsistent for one to suggest that he has what it takes. Sam Allardyce, one of my favourite Premiership managers may be very good with a team of fighters such as Bolton, but whether he is able to step up to the next level is uncertain. The shock resignation of Alan Curbishley as the manager of Charlton may have ruled him out. Or was it because he anticipated the announced as the next manager of England? He too has done a fantastic job with a team of fighters. He is also one of the few true gentlemen left in the game. Do England really need a gentleman at the helm of the English football team? The only other person in the running was Martin O’Neill, one of the more successful managers at the highest level in both England and Scotland. He is Irish though! THE GROOMING OF AN ENGLAND MANAGER/COACH: How much has been done over the past few years to actually groom a young local manager for the ultimate in managerial positions? I don’t have the answer to that question, but I would stick my neck out by saying, ‘very little’. One could say that Steve McClaren has, but that could be the only one! Ideally that would be the route that the English FA have to go over the next few years, even if the new coach has unlimited success. THE IDEAL SITUATION: When one looks at who is managing which teams at this World Cup, the more fancied teams are coached by coaches who are from that particular country. If there is no one in England suitable for the job, then they must appoint a foreign coach, but this must only be an interim arrangement. A young Welsh trainer in Mark Hughes mould should be earmarked and trained to take over after the 2010 World Cup. Hughes, in my opinion, is one of the best young managers around. He is impeccably attired for every match that his team play which is an indication of the dedication with which he would do the job. His team tends to play accordingly. One could have in fact employed Hughes. He is as close to being English as anyone could be. WHERE TO FROM THE WORLD CUP? A new manager has already been announced. At least the England team can now focus on this year’s World Cup. (In my opinion the timing of this has been absurd to say the least. There has been as much focus on the announcement of the new manager as there has been on the England team for the footballing showpiece of the world!) One has to give credit where credit is due. Sven-Göran Eriksson, a Swede, has done a fantastically good and dignified job as the England coach and it is feasible that there is a foreigner who can at least equal, if not improve on his success. Now that the new manager has been announced it has to be a matter of priority that is an English coach is standing in the wings ready to take over when the coach’s contract nears completion, or as I’m predicting, terminated before the 2010 World Cup. History does show us that the most successful coaches are those who are from the country of that team. *Incidently, the manager of Middlesbrough FC, Steve Mclaren, has been named as the successor of Sven Goran Erikkson as England Manager after the World Cup... Quote Link to comment
SonBorj Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Ballack and that AC Milan striker, what's his name ..... TO CHELSEA? Murinho has got his eyes on the Champions League huh? Quote Link to comment
ale828 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Ballack has already been introduced by Chelsea. start of the chelsea summer spending spree. hehe Great FA cup final, althought i really regret not watching it live. It was worth watching even in replay. Quote Link to comment
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