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Arsenal Striker Emmanuel Adebayor To Start For Togo



The injured centre-forward is expected to answer his country's call, it seems, fit or not...

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor looks set to play a prominent role for his country, Togo, in their World Cup qualifying match against Cameroon on Saturday.

The flamboyant striker has been suffering the consequences of a leg injury he sustained while playing for the Gunners against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on February 8.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had been easing the player back into action, and is yet to pitch the forward back in to the hustle and bustle of a Premier League fixture.

The Frenchman will not be pleased to hear the news from Africa though, as the Togo management team have confirmed today that Adebayor will not only appear for his country's side, he will captain them.

"Adebayor hasn't joined up with us in Lome for nothing," a Togo official told AFP.

"He will play in the match against Cameroon. He will play in his role as captain as he always has, as this is a huge match for Togo."

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Kaka doubtful despite training



Brazil playmaker Kaka remains doubtful for their World Cup qualifier against Ecuador despite training with the squad.

The midfielder injured his foot in AC Milan's win over Siena earlier this month, his first game following a month out with a similar problem.

The Brazilian Football Confederation revealed on Tuesday they had received positive results from medical tests but the team doctor remains pessimistic ahead of the match at the Olimpico Atahualpa this weekend.

"There was progress because Kaka trained on the field and we are watching him every day to see how he is," said Runco.

"If the match was being played today, he would not be able to play. He is not ready physically yet."

Kaka, however, is optimistic.

"I trained well," he said. "I am quite happy and hopeful I will play.

"We'll talk to the medical staff to see how the injury is reacting, whether I will feel any pain. I have not felt anything during the whole training session."

After the trip to Ecuador Brazil face Peru in Porto Alegre.

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Diego: Messi key to masterplan



Diego Maradona faces his first competitive game insisting his star man Lionel Messi must have a licence to roam.

"I want Messi to play with absolute freedom. He is the best player in the world - in Barcelona, in Argentina, in Cameroon or any other part of the planet," the coach said.

"Everything is much more even in today's football and Venezuela have grown," Maradona admitted.

"But they cannot buy history. We have to put all the weight of our history on their shoulders. They might want to come here and attack us, well, that will not be possible."

Messi hopes Maradona opts for a three-man strike force which he experimented with in training this week.

"If we play like we have been practising with the three of us, with Carlitos (Carlos Tevez) and Kun (Sergio Aguero), in attack that would be great for the squad's performance," the Barcelona star said.

"I believe it is more direct, with more chances to attack."

"Argentina will have a change in their way of playing. Changes like this always take time to work and we could take advantage of that. We have to be brave and take the game to them, being cautious has never worked for us."

Midfielder Jorge Rojas believes the match has been given extra spice because it is Maradona's competitive bow in international management.

"They have the motivation of knowing that they are being coached by one of the best players in the world. I think that this is an additional spice for them," said Rojas.

"In South America every match is hard, but we believe that we are capable of reaching a spot in South Africa. We are aware of our limitations, but we believe we can perform well here."

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Chiellini demands wins against Montenegro & Ireland

Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini is urging his side to take maximum points from the World Cup double header against Montenegro on Saturday and then Ireland on Wednesday.

The Azzurri have been working hard in training this week as they plan a scheme to take down the opposition and affirm control of Group 8. The Juventus man is showing hunger and determination as he prepares to carry his side further towards South Africa 2010.

"We have to win both games and obtain the 6 points", Chiellini told.

"Maximum points would be determining in terms of prospective World Cup qualification."

Although Calcio's image has suffered a blow following Champions League elimination for Inter, AS Roma and Juventus, Chiellini believes the national team can put Italian football back on the football map.

"We have to show a difference between club and country", added the stopper.

"Like Lippi said, a country shows its football through the national team."

Montenegro can prove to be a tough side to break down, Chiellini has picked out the dangermen, but he is convinced his side can meet the threat full on.

"Jovetic will represent the biggest threat for us alongside Sporting Lisbon's Simon Vukcevic. They are a good group and want to do well in front of their own crowd", concluded Chiellini.

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Dunga confirms Kaka ready to return for Peru clash

After an insipid display against Ecuador in high altitude last Sunday, Brazil will be hoping to get their World Cup qualifying campaign back on the right track when they face Peru on Wednesday.

The good news for coach Dunga is that pivotal playmaker, Kaka, has shrugged off the foot injury which sidelined him from the 1-1 draw in Quito at the weekend. But after completing Monday's training session, the AC Milan maestro has been passed fit to play, although he is unlikely to start.

"In theory, Kaka will be available. We just don't know how long he will be able to play for, but we are going to talk about that later", Dunga told reporters.

"We have just returned from Quito and I have to assess the physical condition and the recovery of all the players", he added.

Dunga then went on to defend his team's performance at Ecuador, played at over 9.000 feet above sea level.

"There is always going to be criticism. Everybody wants us to win, to dominate all our games, but playing there is not easy. You should try and run up and down a flight of stairs 4 or 5 times at altitude and see if there's a difference", he boomed.

"Every team that plays in high altitude will always try to slow down their rhythm. It is normal for the athletes to lower the pace, recover their breathing, try and cool down the opponent, then take control of the game once we have more air."

Brazil are currently 4th in the CONMEBOL standings, 5 points behind leaders Paraguay.

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beavise imi furasi poza

on: d'abea astept sa revina si la milan

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Aguirre named as new Mexico coach

Javier Aguirre has been officially appointed as the new coach of Mexico's national team following the sacking of Sven Goran Eriksson last Thursday.

The Swede was given the axe following El Tri's shock 3-1 defeat at Honduras in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. The official statement from the Federation's headquarters read: "The Mexican Football Federation and the Main Directorate of the National Team would like to inform that Javier Aguirre will be presented as the new coach on 16 April."

Meanwhile, according to Spanish sports daily Marca, Eriksson will be given a $4.2 million compensation fee for his dismissal. This comes on top of the $7 million-plus he earned in the 10 months he was at the job, where he was in charge of only 13 games ($553.846 per game).

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Vom fi în roşu, roşu aprins!

Naţionala va juca în preliminariile pentru Euro 2012 în echipament de un roşu aprins, culoare identică cu cea purtată de Spania la turneul final de anul trecut

România a rămas singura care a învins campioana Europei, în 2006

O sarcină importantă a noului selecţioner, Răzvan Lucescu, este schimbarea imaginii echipei naţionale, care s-a îndepărtat de suporteri în ultima parte a mandatului lui Piţurcă. Conştienţi că interesul publicului pentru echipă aduce contracte mai bune din partea sponsorilor, şefii FRF i-au stabilit acestuia şi obiective în cea ce priveşte deschiderea faţă de presă şi suporteri.

Pentru a se separa ca imagine de echipa care a ratat calificarea la Mondialul din 2010, FRF a decis şi schimbarea echipamentului.

Surse apropiate conducerii federaţiei susţin că naţionala va juca în preliminariile pentru Euro 2012 în echipament roşu. România va avea tricouri de culoarea roşu aprins, aproape identice cu cele purtate de naţionala Spaniei la Euro 2008, cele două federaţii având acelaşi sponsor tehnic. Cu acele tricouri, spaniolii au câştigat turneul final din 2008 şi rămân neînvinşi de la meciul cu România de la Cadiz, din noiembrie 2006.

Între sponsori şi superstiţii

Trecerea la noul echipament se va face după preliminariile pentru CM 2010 pentru că Regulamentul FIFA nu permite acest lucru mai devreme. În decizia conducerii de la Casa Fotbalului a cântărit enorm şi dorinţa principalului sponsor, URSUS, care nu agreează folosirea în continuare a echipamentului galben, asociat des cu Bergenbier, fostul sponsor al naţionalei. Singura problemă a echipamentului roşu ţine de superstiţie. România a jucat în această culoare sfertul pierdut în faţa Suediei la CM din 1994, probabil cel mai dureros moment din istoria tricolorilor.

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poa' sa joace si-n roz..degeaba

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poa' sa joace si-n roz..degeaba

mereu contra

cred ca Razvan va face treaba buna la nationala

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treaba buna=califica echipa la cm, noi cand ne calificam la un turneu final parca l-am fi castigat. si eu sper sa faca treaba razvan, e singuru antrenor din liga1 care-mi place.

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"I want to win the Confederations Cup"

This summer Italy will make their first ever appearance as World Champions at the Confederations Cup, the traditional pre-World Cup warm-up tournament, which will be held in South Africa.

Not much is known about the squad coach Marcello Lippi will bring along, but today he announced that the fans can expect some surprises.

"You will see a lot of new faces in my next call-ups", he said to Sky today. "The players who have done well in the league will be rewarded."

"The Confederations Cup will be an important test for us, I want us to go all the way and I also want to recreate a team spirit similar to that of the World Cup."

The World Cup winning coach stirred up a lot of controversy recently by leaving out Sampdoria star Antonio Cassano, who is having possibly his best season ever without showing any signs of immaturity, as he did in the past.

Recently he said he would even join the Azzurri squad as a reserve player or full-back. Asked to reply to these declarations, Lippi simply said: "I am happy that every player between 18 and 40 dreams of the national team."

The Confederations Cup will kick-off on 14 June and Lippi is expected to announce his squad at the start of next month. The Azzurri will kick off against the USA on 15 June.

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După patru ani

Tiberiu Ghioane şi Mihăiţă Neşu sunt surprizele oferite de selecţionerul Răzvan Lucescu pentru meciul echipei naţionale a României din deplasare cu Lituania, din 6 iunie.

Mijlocaşul formaţiei Dinamo Kiev a fost convocat după patru ani de absenţă, el evoluând ultima oară pentru prima reprezentativă pe 26 martie 2005, în partida România - Olanda, 0-2, din preliminariile pentru CM 2006. Răzvan Lucescu a convocat pentru întâlnirea cu Lituania, prima din mandatul său de selecţioner, şapte jucători români legitimaţi la cluburi de peste hotare: Cristi Săpunaru (FC Porto), Mirel Rădoi (Al-Hilal), Cristi Chivu (Inter Milano), Răzvan Raţ (Şahtior Doneţk), Mihai Neşu (FC Utrecht), Tiberiu Ghioane (Dinamo Kiev) şi Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart).
Numele jucătorilor din campionatul României vor fi anunţate pe 31 mai, după disputarea partidelor din cadrul etapei a 33-a. Reunirea echipei naţionale în vederea meciului de la Marijampole, din 6 iunie, ora 21, este prevăzută pentru 1 iunie, la ora 13.00, la Mogoşoaia.


Mutu lipseşte motivat

De pe lista stranierilor lipseşte Adrian Mutu. Atacantul Fiorentinei a fost operat la menisc şi, actualmente, se află în perioada de recuperare după intervenţia chirurgicală. Dintre stranierii obişnuiţi ai “erei Piţurcă”, Răzvan Lucescu a renunţat la Răzvan Cociş şi la Paul Codrea.

Lista stranierilor

Cristi Săpunaru (FC Porto)
Mirel Rădoi (Al-Hilal)
Cristi Chivu (Inter Milano)
Răzvan Raţ (Şahtior Doneţk)
Mihai Neşu (FC Utrecht)
Tiberiu Ghioane (Dinamo Kiev)
Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart)

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Şi Bornescu la "naţională"

După fundaşul dreapta Ovidiu Dănănae şi atacantul Florin Costea, goalkeeper-ul Craiovei a devenit al treilea alb-albastru convocat de Răzvan Lucescu pentru meciul cu Lituania, care se va disputa pe 6 iunie.

Mircea Bornescu revine astfel la lot după aproape doi ani de pauză. Portarul de 29 de ani nu a reuşit deocamdată să debuteze sub "tricolor".

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Ferdinand out, Cahill called up

Ferdinand's calf injury, a complaint he was understood to be carrying before Manchester United's Champions League final, means he will miss the trip to Almaty but could return for the clash against Andorra next week after the problem is assessed.

With Phil Jagielka sidelined, England boss Fabio Capello turned to Cahill after the 23-year-old's impressive season with Bolton.

"I was at home and I got a phone call from the FA saying that they wanted me in the squad", Cahill said on his club's official website.

"I've had to get a few tools together - the boots and the shin pads - and now I am really looking forward to the opportunity."

"I've had a good season and I've worked really hard. I've been in the provisional squad twice before and then this third time I was included once again, so I'm obviously delighted to get the call."

Tottenham skipper Ledley King, whose call-up in March caused controversy as he cannot play matches in quick succession because of a chronic knee problem, would have been another option but he could only have played in one of the two qualifiers.

Cahill now joins Matthew Upson and Joleon Lescott as the players competing for a place alongside skipper John Terry at centre-back for the clash against Kazakhstan.

The rest of Capello's squad have trained, including Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole, who sat out yesterday after taking a kick during the FA Cup final at the weekend.

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Se ştiu deja 4 calificate



Olanda, Japonia, Australia şi Coreea de Sud sunt la CM

Olanda şi-a asigurat fără emoţii calificarea pentru mondialul sud-african, învingând-o pe Islanda, la Reykjavik cu 2-1. Cu 14 goluri marcate şi doar 2 încasate, "portocala mecanică" a luat maximum de puncte din cele 6 partide disputate în această campanie. Doar Spania şi Anglia au un parcurs asemănător între echipele din Europa care se bat pentru un loc la CM 2010.

Japonia şi Coreea de Sud s-au calificat şi ele la Campionatul Mondial. "Samuraii albaştrii" au câştigat cu 1-0 în Uzbekistan şi sunt la al patrulea turneu final consecutiv. Coreea de Sud, care va participa a şaptea oară la rând la CM, şi-a obţinut biletele pentru Africa de Sud după 2-0 în Emiratele Arabe Unite.

De asemenea, Australia, care terminat ieri la egalitate în Qatar, 0-0, şi nu a primit nici un gol în grupă, va participa şi ea la CM 2010.

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GRUPA 1

Sweden 0 - 1 Denmark

Albania 1 - 2 Portugal REZUMAT


GRUPA 3

Slovakia 7 - 0 San Marino


GRUPA 4

Azerbaijan 0 - 1 Wales

Finland 2 - 1 Liechtenstein


GRUPA 6

Kazakhstan 0 - 4 England REZUMAT

Belarus 5 - 1 Andorra

Croatia 2 - 2 Ukraine


GRUPA 7

Lithuania 0 - 1 Romania GOL MARICA

Serbia 1 - 0 Austria


GRUPA 8

Bulgaria 1 - 1 Ireland REZUMAT

Cyprus 2 - 2 Montenegro


GRUPA 9

Macedonia 0 - 0 Norway

Iceland 1 - 2 Holland REZUMAT

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GRUPA 1

Sweden 4 - 0 Malta REZUMAT


GRUPA 4

Finland 0 - 3 Russia REZUMAT


GRUPA 6

England 6 - 0 Andorra

Ukraine 2 - 1 Kazakhstan


GRUPA 7

Feroe Islands 0 - 2 Serbia REZUMAT


GRUPA 8

Macedonia 2 - 0 Iceland

Holland 2 - 0 Norway REZUMAT

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Cannavaro to miss Italy-USA with injury

Lightening seems to have struck twice for Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro and he will miss his side's Confederations Cup opener with USA on Monday.

The Italian is injured with a calf injury and there are fears he could miss further games, bringing back memories of Euro 2008 when he missed the whole tournament.

According to reports, the captain was unable to train on Friday and Italy doctor Enrico Castellacci revealed he would not be playing on Monday night.

La Nazionale clash with USA before playing Egypt in their second Group B match on Thursday in Pretoria.

Cannavaro did not feature against New Zealand on Wednesday and he missed the 6-0 win over local team Tshwane on Friday in the Azzurri's final warm-up match.