October 12, 2011
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Duo David beat Scotland

Preamble: They might be playing the world and European champions in Alicante, but it’s not all bad news for Scotland, who can lose 348-0 tonight and still qualify for the Euro 2012 play-offs if the Czech Republic fail to get a point from their set-to with Lithuania in Vilnius.

As the Guardian’s Scottish fitba correspondent Ewan Murray pointed out on Twitter earlier this afternoon, the bookies’ odds of 16-1 against Scotland compared to the 6-1 against Lithuania make it abundantly clear which team of plucky outsiders has the better chance of prevailing in their respective matches, but Scotland can at least console themselves with the cheery news that the trio of Darren Fletcher, Barry Bannan and Craig Mackail-Smith, who had been major injury doubts, have all been passed fit to play.

The talk in Alicante has been that Spain may rest several of their top players, prompting a stream of predictable gags that this means Fernando Torres is certain to start. The Chelsea striker started his country’s 2-0 win over the Czechs on Friday and was replaced by David Villa on the hour, but his manager Vicente del Bosque has hinted strongly that Torres will start again tonight.

“I saw Fernando in good form with a lot of energy and enthusiasm,” he said of the striker’s performance in the Czech game. “Unfortunately we didn’t find the right pass for him against the Czechs. He did what I asked of him. Fernando made them defend deep and opened up space.”

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes looks set to start between the sticks for Spain tonight, while his club team-mate Carles Puyol is likely to start in place of Raúl Albiol, who is nursing a cheekbone he broke in training. We’ll be back with all the team news as soon as we have it, but in the meantime here’s Kevin McCarra on how himself and several million other Scotsmen have that familiar, hybrid feeling of anticipation and dread.

As Barney Ronay pointed out while writing about England in yesterday’s Fiver, “it is not the despair that kills you and it’s not the hope either. It is instead the almost complete absence of hope, not to mention the utter banality of what replaces it: the strangulating boredom, not of recurrent grand failure, but of recurrent measly, small-minded, cloggingly dull failure”. Good luck, Scotland.

Spain: Valdes, Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Pique, Jordi Alba, Xavi,
Busquets, Silva, Santi Cazorla, Villa, Pedro.
Subs: Casillas, Javi Martinez, Torres, Mata, Arbeloa, Llorente, Thiago.

Scotland: McGregor, Hutton, Berra, Caldwell, Bardsley,
Morrison, Fletcher, Adam, Bannan, Mackail-Smith, Naismith.
Subs: Marshall, Whittaker, Cowie, Robson, Forrest, Goodwillie,
McManus.

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

An email from an upbeat Scotland fan: “Craig Levein is more delusional than Ally McLeod ever was,” writes Billy Williamson. “So far in this qualifying series we’ve won three games. Two of the wins were by one goal against a village team, and the other was by the same margin against possibly the worst Baltic side ever. On what basis does he think we have a chance against the European and World champions, in front of their own fans? Even if we play his beloved 4-6-0 we won’t sneak a draw. Massive missed opportunity in such a terrible group.”

Meanwhile in Dublin: Despite being the better team on the evidence so far, 10-man Armenia have just gone a comedy own goal down to Ireland. Their goalkeeper was harshly sent off a few minutes ago too, so it looks like the Republic of Ireland are set fair to qualify the play-offs.

“Tell me that you’re not wiggling in your seat about the prospect of Scotland and Ireland making the playoffs – and drawing each other,” writes Mike Wilner. “Now that would be a result for which you would have anticipation and dread.”

Not long now: The teams are out on the pitch in Alicante and have lined up for their anthems. Spain’s players wear their usual strip of intimidating red shirts with blue flashes under their armpits, blue shorts and red socks. Scotland’s players wear navy shirts with white trim, white shorts and navy socks with natty white crosses.

Pre-match niceties: Team captains Darren Fletcher and Xavi shake hands and exchange pennants, before Scotland win the toss. Little victories …

Spain kick off: They’re playing a 4-3-3, with Sergio Busquets flanked on the right and left by Xavi and Santi Cazorla, respectively. David Silva is playing in the centre of their front three, with David Villa on the right and Pedro on the left.

2 min: Nothing of note to report so far, as assorted Spain players ping the ball around midfield. Scotland look to be playing a 4-5-1, with Darren Fletcher in the centre of midfield, Charlie Adam and Barry Bannan on his left and right and James Morrison and Steven Naismith making up the numbers.

3 min: Scotland string a few passes together, prompting loud shouts of “Ole!” from their supporters at the successful completion of each pass. Four shouts of “Ole!” in, their fun is spoilt when Steven Naismith sprays a ball from the centre out to Alan Hutton on the right wing, where the full-back miscontrols horribly.

5 min: Scotland’s lone frontman Craig Mackail-Smith almost gets his first touch of the ball, but doesn’t quite …

GOAL! Spain 1-0 Scotland (Silva 6) Allan McGregor gets beaten at his near post as Spain score a goal of stunning simplicity after a period of possession and passing play lasting well over a minute. From midfield, Xavi pinged the ball out to the left wing, where Santi-Cazorla took possession, sprinted forward and played a low diagonal pass into a sprinting red and blue blur. It delivered a first-time pass inside to Silva, whose finish was clinical as he sent the ball fizzing through a defender’s legs and between goalkeeper McGregor and the near post.

8 min: Few tasks in the field of minute-by-minute reporting are as futile as trying to describe a Spain goal: pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-bang! Trying to remember who did what and how is particularly tricky.

12 min: Cazorla tries his luck, from outside the penalty area, but Allan McGregor gets down to his left to save comfortably.

14 min: Gary Caldwell gets penalised for a foul on David Silva, who he bundled to the ground.

14 min: Spains players are buzzing around between the lines of the Scotland back four and midfield five like particularly persistent flies, pressing the Scotland defence back ever further as they tiki-taka the ball around between them.

16 min: More bad news for Scotland – the Czech Republic are a goal up in Lithuania. As things stand, Scotland will finish third in their group and fail to qualify for the play-offs.

17 min: Pedro tries a shot from the edge of the Scotland penalty area and it appears to take a deflection. McGregor is slightly wrong-footed but manages to save anyway. Moments later, from a corner, Puyol is left unmarked but skims his header wide of the back post.

19 min: For all the vigour with which they’re going about their shadow-chasing, Scotland’s defending has been pretty abject so far. To many nimble Spaniards are being given far too much time to turn, look up and pick out a team-mate as they receive the ball with their backs to goal on the fringe of the Scotland penalty area.

21 min: Scotland win a free-kick about 40 yards from the Spain goal for a Gerard Pique foul on Craig Mackail-Smith. Charlie Adam’ curling delivery towards the far post isn’t wonderful and Spain clear.

22 min: The Czech Republic have just gone 2-0 up in Lithuania, which means Scotland are almost certainly going to have to win this match if they are to qualify for the play-offs. Scotland are almost certainly not going to win this game. They’re having their be-kilted backsides handed to them at the moment.

22 mins: Darren Fletcher plays a good ball in to the edge of the Spain penalty area, where Steven Naismith had crept in without being spotted. Gerard Pique dispossesses Naismith with a marvellous tackle just inside the penalty area, prompting several thousand Scotland fans to appeal for a penalty. None is forthcoming.

26 min: Xavi, Cazorla, Ramos and Busquets patiently try to pass Scotland into submission in and around the right hand side of the Scotland penalty area, before abandoning their search for an opening and switching the play to the left.

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29 min: From the goal-line, Pedro pulls the ball back to Sergio Busquets, around whom several Scots swarm, forcing him to play the ball back to Santi Cazorla. He threads the ball through a thicket of legs for David Silva to chase, but the striker is correctly flagged for being offside.

30 min: “Just read a stat,” writes Chris Lowe, who I suspect is neither the Pet Shop Boy nor the father of ESPN touchline reporter Rebecca, who both share the same name. “There were 41 passes in the build-up to Spain’s goal and the 42nd touch was that of goal scorer Silva!”

34 min: Darren Fletcher makes a great run through the centre to get on the end of a clever backward flick off Steven Naismith’s head. From the edge of the six-yard box, the Manchester United midfielder volleys over the bar under pressure from a defender. That was a decent chance – Scotland’s best (and possibly first) of the night.

36 min: Scotland get forward again, for the second time in a minute. In fact they get so forward that their move breaks down when Alan Hutton, of all people, is penalised for being offside. Moments later, Sergio Ramos gets booked for a foul on Steven Naismith.

38 min: Hmmm … Scotland are doing quite well now. Phil Bardsley goes on a strong run down the left flank and picks out James Morrison, who turns Ramos inside out with a slaloming run along the left edge of the penalty area, before cutting inside and sending a driving shot high over the bar from a narrow angle.

40 min: Of course the obvious problem with getting notions above your station like that is that such behaviour is just going to make Spain mad. David Villa robs either Caldwell or Morrison on the edge of their own penalty area and tries his luck, only for the ball to take a deflection and go out for a corner from which nothing comes.

42 min: Spain carve open the Scotland defence again and this time Santi-Cazorla shoots from distance. His low drive looks to be heading for the bottom left-hand corner, but Allan McGregor gets down to push the ball around the upright with a splendid save.

44 min: Great play from Craig Mackail-Smith, who turns on the after-burners and leaves Gerard Pique in his dust as he hairs down the left flank to win a corner for Scotland after running into Carles Puyol. Nothing comes of it.

GOAL! Spain 2-0 Scotland (Silva 44) Gah! Just when it looked like Scotland might be getting back into this match, David Silva delivers another hammer-blow to their hopes of qualifying for the play-offs. He cut inside from the right flank, pinged a short pass to Pedro on the edge of the Scotland penalty area and darted a couple of yards forward to collect the return pass. Cutting backwards a yard or two to create a shooting angle, he paused briefly before sending a low diagonal drive across the bows of three defenders and one goalkeeper, into the bottom left-hand corner.

Half-time

Meanwhile in Lithuania: The Czech Republic are 3-0 up, which means Scotland have to win this match if they are to qualify for the play-offs. They haven’t a snowball’s chance in hell of winning this match.

Second half: Scotland get the second half started, facing a team that has made one change at half-time. Alvaro Arbeloa has come on in place of Carles Puyol. He goes in at right-back and Sergio Ramos moves to the centre of the Spain defence.

47 min: “I’ve just had some of what Craig Levein’s on, so I’d like to apologise for my earlier negativity and say that tonight marks the end of Scotland’s run of glorious failure,” writes Billy Williamson. “Second-half goals from Adam, Naismith, and Hutton will see Scotland through in a 4-2 win (Naismith will score twice).”

47 min: Steven Naismith registers a shot on target for Scotland, but Victor Valdes saves easily. Spain move play up the far end of the field, bypassing the Scotland midfield as it wasn’t there, with Silva and David Villa exchanging a series of short passes before running out of room upon running into a wall of Scottish resistance on the edge of the penalty area.

50 min: “So, the Czechs are 3-0 up in the worst game of football ever played and Scotland need to score three times in Spain,” writes the Reverend Stuart Campbell. “What are the odds, do you think, of Craig Levein playing two strikers in the second half?” I’d say, going on Levein’s past form, they’re very slim and you should be grateful he’s thrown caution to the wind by playing one striker tonight.

52 min: David Silva holds up a hand in apology after injuring Darren Fletcher’s ankle in a mid-air collision just outside the Scotland penalty area. Free-kick to Scotland and Fletcher is fit to continue.

54 min: “Seeing as you’re the only one doing a live MBM right now, can we get an update on other team’s situations?” writes Paulo Padilha, who might want me to stick a broom up my jacksy so I can sweep the floor as well. Here you go ….

GOAL! Spain 3-0 Scotland (Villa 54) David Villa strokes the ball past McGregor into the bottom right-hand corner after picking up a pass across the Scotland penalty area from David Silva, who’d cut in from the left. Too easy.

57 min: Spain substitution: David Silva off, Thiago Alcantara on. According to BBC commentator Guy Mowbray, Alcantar’s father Mazinho won the World Cup with Brazil and was one of the players in that three-man “rocking the cradle” goal celebration of Bebeto’s at USA 94. Interestingly, Matheus, the baby whose birth inspired the celebration is now 17 years old and training with Flamengo in Brazil.

60 min: “Other than the boredom of the pass-pass-pass part of their game, is there anything ‘wrong’ with Spain’s manner of play?” asks Paul Taylor. “It seems they excel at dribbling, passing, finding angles and open men, moving with or without the ball, shooting, and just about every other aspect of offense. Honestly, now, which of those traits are not to be aspired to?” None, in my opinion. But who’s been carping?

64 min: Scotland substitutions: Bannan and Adam off, David Goodwillie and James Forrest on.

Spain off: Xavi off, Llorente on.

GOAL! Spain 3-1 Scotland (Goodwillie 65pen) David Goodwillie dispatches a beauty of a penalty into the top left-hand corner with his first touch of the match after coming on as a substitute. Scotland were awarded the spot-kick after Victor Valdes manhandled Craig Mikail-Smith to the ground on the edge of the six-yard box.

68 min: That’s David Goodwillie’s first international goal, by the way. Scored against the World and European champions, it’s one he can be very proud of. His run-up was short and his aim was true – he left Valdes with no chance.

69 min: James Forrest wins a corner for Scotland, which he takes himself, sending an inswinger to the far post. Christophe Berra leaped highest and steered a header across the face of goal, which looked like it might creep in at the opposite post, but Spain scrambled frantically to clear their lines.

71 min: The calm which David Goodwillie exuded while taking his penalty deserts him as he charges down the inside right flank on to a ball over the top from Alan Hutton and blasts it high and wide from a narrow angle. If he’d looked up he’d have seen Craig Mackail-Smith unmarked and waving for a pass in the centre ready to tap in and make it 3-2. That’s poor, poor play from the Blackburn striker.

72 min: Goodwillie’s certainly having an impact. From the left side of the pitch, he attempts to pick out the excellent Mackail-Smith, who was trying to steal in at the back post. Alvaro Arbeloa is forced to cut out the ball with an excellent interception.

76 min: More good play from Mackail-Smith, who jinks his way past a couple of defenders on his way towards the Spain goal before having a stop put to his gallop by Sergio Ramos.The Scotland striker didn’t really have the ball under control and tried to take a touch too many instead of firing off a shot.

78 min: Santi Cazorla sends a low cross fizzing in from the left towards Fernando Llorente, but an off-balance Phil Bardsley hacks clear at the near post before falling over and landing on his backside.

80 min: On the edge of the Spain penalty area, James Morrison kicks Jordi Alba’s ankle and the Spain left-back goes down holding his thigh. Morrison gets booked. In other yellow card news, Darren Fletcher had his name taken about 10 minutes ago in an incident I’ve only just got round to telling you about.

81 min: Another vaguely noteworthy incident I didn’t get to tell you about involved the substitution of Xavi. Spain had originally intended to take off David Villa, but he and Xavi had a brief chat on the pitch, after which Xavi trotted off instead. This team is so good it seems to manage itself.

83 min: Santi Cazorla tries a shot from the edge of the penalty area, but Gary Caldwell blocks.

84 min: Lanky Basque Fernando Llorente tries a shot from about 10 yards out, almost knocking Allan McGregor off his feet with his surface-to-air screamer. Good save from the Rangers goalkeeper, whose palms will be stinging from the power of that shot.

87 min: Down by the bye-line to the right of the Scotland goal, Llorente pounces on a wayward back-pass from Christophe Berra and picks out Santi Cazorle, who is unable to capitalise on the error.

88 min: Spain carve open the Scotland defence again and the ball is pinged across the edge of the six-yard box to Santi Cazorle, who looked to have a simple job of making it 4-1 with a chip over McGregor, who was rushing off his line. The ensuing chip clears both goalkeeper and crossbar, however, leaving the scoreboard operator untroubled.

90 min: A brilliant bit of skill from Pedro leaves Alan Hutton looking very foolish indeed on the edge of the Scotland penalty area. The Spanard then cuts inside and creates room for a shot, but sends his effort curling high and wide.

90+2 min: “Levein must go now,” writes the Reverand Stuart Campbell, who clearly isn’t his biggest fan and not too full of Christian charity either. “We have a promising young side which is capable of playing some football and more Premiership talent than for years, but Levein insists on sending them out to play to their biggest weakness – the defence. We’re always going to let goals in, we have to score some if we want to win, and 4-5-1 (if we’re lucky) will never deliver that. Get Gordon Strachan, bring back George Burley – hell, I’d even take Kay Burley over this muppet.”

90+3 min: Peep! Peep! Peep! It’s all over and Scotland hasve failed to make the play-offs and will play no further part in Euro 2012. They were totally outclassed by a sensational Spain side tonight, so their only hope of qualifying for the play-offs lay in Lithuania. Indeed, they would have got away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky free-scoring Czechs.

October 11, 2011
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Wayne Rooney is red carded

Fabio Capello reveals his debt to the Theatre of the Absurd

Discussion on the England coach Wayne Rooney’s red card was a farce of non sequiturs, and hidden meanings

I do not know if anyone has considered releasing Geoff Shreeve-Fabio Capello talks like a CD or other form of entertainment, but I’m sure those of us who remember the theater of the absurd, then in vogue in the 1960′s and 70′s, the like the intellectual challenge of the collection through them again to try to discover a deeper meaning.

Communication failure has been the central theme of comedy Absurdistan, which questioned the ultimate purpose of human existence – and who among us has not done that in the match England – so that the audience nodded wisely non sequitur, of save them for later analysis, is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a plate of spaghetti bolognese and a glass of red wine.

Montenegro, England, Sky, tireless Shreeves was cast as a wise, Nodder, and while Glenn Hoddle and Jamie Redknapp avoided the chance to sit cross-legged on the floor Studio – the idea for the future of football Sky show, which can be one for me – they are usually accused of giving a sense of poor post-match discussion.

In the theater of the absurd, always signs against the tide, and if you have never seen a play by NF Simpson and Samuel Beckett, you may be familiar with the unity of the work of the late Peter Cook, and some of the sketches of Monty Python. A particular piece came to mind during the execution of Fabio on Friday, one in which Cook played the head of Scotland Yard is asked about The Great Train Robbery. It is important to note that Cook told his inquisitor that the train itself was not stolen, there was no actual loss of the train, just the content, and in fact the police were very good keep track of trains not lost one since 1943.

Wayne Rooney will be sent to the shadow of England over the next eight months. Following the red card on the front in the 2-2 draw with Montenegro last week, Fabio Capello has decided to use it only as a substitute until he has served his suspension to the final Euro 2012 in June, UEFA will decide on Monday whether the attacker should not be used for a game or two.

“Without the sending off of Rooney, we would have won,” said the leader, as he described the consequences of firing the second player’s international career. “Sometimes it comes on half the time, but not from the beginning;. He will not start We have to prepare the first XI, which begins in euro. “. Sardonic humor lightened the mood a little when Capello added.” It will be cool ”

There was also a warning that Rooney should not assume that it will cease to be a simple substitute for the final. “I have lots of strikers at the moment, very good step forward,” said Capello. “In my life as a manager, I put on the bench for many players.”

The only consolation for Rooney came in the fact that the manager will take him to the Euro 2012, Capello was still sentenced to highlight the alternatives and distributed more compliments than usual. “Danny Welbeck [Manchester United] played 15 minutes [against Montenegro] and played really well and it gets interesting when we play against Spain [in a friendly at Wembley on Nov. 12] that these new players start.”

Rooney will not participate in this fixture at all. Another friendly against Portugal, has scheduled three days later, as these opponents are not in the Euro 2012 play-offs. Capello is keen to experiment with team selection and tactics. She wants to study the emerging talents of young strikers like Chelsea, Daniel Sturridge.

Its investigations will continue in the players with the power to serve a target. Andy Carroll and Bobby Zamora in this category. In addition, Jermain Defoe, a completely different type of center-forward at Tottenham Hotspur, has caught his eye again, although it was not a party in Montenegro.

“Defoe and Sturridge, these two,” said Capello when asked after the draw last week about the strikers in their thoughts. “For this game, I selected five players. I wanted to see Zamora, Andy Carroll [training]. It was the third or fourth time Andy with us. Zamora is an interesting player and we have to see him play against some big teams. We will.

“I saw the game against Arsenal Defoe played [in the 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur] and he really played well, ran much, much more depressed. Sturridge is the same. I have to find the solution to the first game or two games Rooney will not play. And if we find the solution has to work to return to the first XI. ”

In reality, of course, Capello can not be separated in his mind, the class Rooney player. Before the red card before she was involved in the formation of both England goals. Later, it was the dismissal and its aftermath, which has gotten the attention. If UEFA consistent, Rooney may remain in the first two group games of Euro 2012.

A vengeful misdemeanor Andrey Arshavin in a qualifying match with Andorra has led to the suspension of the Euro 2008. The Football Association still hopes Rooney will miss the first match in England.

Rooney has not been a substitute for his country since the 2006 World Cup, when an ankle injury limited his match against Trinidad and Tobago.

At the time, no pain This can be seen in his mind. Capello was infuriated by unnecessary red card against Montenegro, but Rooney has lost, because he had lost a ball.

The manager was sure that the player was imperturbable temperament despite the arrest of Father Rooney as part of a police investigation suspected of Paris, but the management of Montenegro said that he could have played a role in their subsequent expulsion.

Professional confidence in front of Capello was wrong, and speak in memory of the collapse of the Italian mind.

Cynics may think that the player has enough of a star for UEFA to be lenient. Capello intends to marginalize Rooney until June could be the greatest difficulty at all. It is almost possible that the front may by then have to worry about his place in the starting line-up.

Rooney has had an eventful career, but is curious about the area. Even if he does not need to justify themselves targets, would go a long in England, as if someone puts a key role in a more direct threat.

Tournaments cause problems in the life of Wayne Rooney. And vice versa. Broken metatarsal cards, red pepper spread apathy and their attempts to be known as a great footballer. This time, started early, drawing a suspension for the start of Euro 2012 with a low blow a champion of Montenegro in a game England were winning when he lost his self control.

Rooney dismissal lacked the ramifications of the expulsion in Gelsenkirchen in 2006. That day will be placed in the ineffable Ricardo Carvalho in the World Cup quarterfinals. Cristiano Ronaldo winking at the Portugal bench threatened to drive a wedge between the two colleagues from Manchester United and became a cause celebre in deflation, England, angry.

This time, the national team in their group ran an evening of entertainment for rich, wonderful contempt of Montenegro and the invasions of the fans are unhappy at home. For 18 minutes, held on without their best player. But one can not escape the futility of self-destructive Dzudovic Miodrag kick Rooney, a day after the England striker’s father was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the setting of an alleged scam where a system of Scotland.

Before Wolfgang Stark reached for his red card Rooney was brought up to hate. England lost 2-0 after their half hour from the most powerful individuals have grown increasingly difficult, hunching his shoulders and spasms in her arms the ball went off the road every time, bounced off the leg, and a promising position.

The catalyst for most of his tantrums, is the mediocrity of his teammates or neglect in their own room. However, the darkest cloud seemed to have erased from his mind, with peace returning to private life and the United States to find a new impetus to the house. The memory of him screaming obscenities from the mouth of a device for West Ham has decreased. The damage here was immediate and projected in the summer. Fabio Capello’s team for Euro 2012 the first aircraft will be a selection of engagement, while the star is sitting in his place.

Rooney has not lost his cunning and skill to produce a meaty challenge United. He is intelligent in its retaliation first. Mainly, however, has no risks wrath of Sir Alex Ferguson with a score of settling out of the ball. England games have become the stage where he surrendered to his demons. World Cup, I remember, was dull and boring, as harmless to the ground, because he had taken the field.

Coming changes is the most likely explanation is deprived of his behavior in South Africa. So people are forced to speculate today about the effect her father’s arrest in connection with an alleged crime that is too close to home: football, Rooney away from his land.

Rain and ridicule was the end of the English Football European final qualifying campaign matches. It meanders a small Balkan state, where the men escaped Wembley Capello neurosis a night of rain and relief. The price is a bad first chance to compete against Spain in a friendly match.

So the England players for Capello stuck with another tournament and the same Don Fabio a second chance and the last to lift the “sick man of Europe” label in the country will pay 6 million pounds a year on the grounds that is certainly capable of handling the internal management of the national team.

The biggest test was Phil Jones, 19 years on average from the center deployed at right-back and Darren Bent, chosen ahead of Danny Welbeck and Bobby Zamora. Jones has forgotten fullback, but broke through in the four again by force of talent, ahead of two specialist right-back, Micah Richards and Kyle Walker, who must be tired of cold shoulderings Capello.

Is it a new facet England? Not really. From burlesque of Bloemfontein, is Joe Hart is an automatic choice in goal and Matthew Upson has disappeared. But Glen Johnson, John Terry, Ashley Cole, James Milner, Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Rooney and Jermain Defoe (all starters on the day) is always on stage.

Scott Parker, 30, is an old face again, Ashley Young broke into the image on the left, Jack Wilshere has brought a ray of Spanish sunshine and Jones will likely exceed Gary Cahill on the center-left, before the next summer, with Welbeck and Tom Cleverley perhaps also on the hunt for caps. Adam Johnson and Stewart Downing are the other candidates off: one of the most important areas of England after several years of famine.

But it is hardly a revolution – at least that Capello pushes change in the next eight months. The question now is whether the balance tips in favor of young and hungry and far from the demoralizing and fatalistic.

This is the last game before the Euro 2012 competition tougher and more stressful every stage of the game. Best teams to control games, not so good, but I hope to have done them. It helps when the player puts the top of the most talented team – and remains in the field.

UEFA has pledged to “pay attention” to the treatment of Marseille fans outside after accepting the complaints of the fans of Manchester United who were beaten by police and subjected to crush dangerous.

Marseille, Arsenal, who host October 19 changed access to the Stade Velodrome after UEFA started to investigate the events before and after the United match in France in the last 16 of Champions League in February.

A lot of supporters ‘groups, such as red Breakaway, have been working with the Football Supporters’ Federation to launch a full investigation of reports of fans after UEFA held the position, which is known as the Hall 7, before the game and hit The batons. After the game, there was only one door to go through the reports and injuries.

UEFA General of the match operations, Marl Vouillamoz, the federation wrote to say he has “no reason to doubt the veracity of the accounts of true events” and that there was “a negative attitude Police supporters in general. ”

Vouillamoz wrote that “UEFA should pay attention to the treatment of adherents away from this place during the next season,” although he noted the problems caused by “delay of many supporters of U.S. and the unusual behavior of a small minority.”

UEFA studied a safety report from Marseille last month home game against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League to see if the incident was a U.S. compensation or a part of something more serious.

“We will speak of Marseilles,” writes Vouillamoz. “It is, however, the interest that the report highlights a plan to improve access for supporters and improve facilities in Hall 7. These changes include queuing systems and better control … and support to smaller groups on previous occasions. ”

The Guardian was told by senior figures in the Greater Manchester Police, were deeply dissatisfied with the actions of their French counterparts, believing that they were “Baton-happy ‘and ignoring advice from the police, who regularly travel to the United supporters, and had been warned by many fans would be too late.

October 11, 2011
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Ryan Giggs Win the 2011 Golden Foot Award

Manchester United Ryan Giggs won the Golden Foot Award in 2011.

Prince Albert II of Monaco presented the trophy for the midfielder, came after the largest record number of votes cast on the competition website.

The 37 years will have a permanent mold of the feet placed in Monte-Carlo “Champions Promenade”, which includes some of the biggest names in football like the story of Diego Maradona, Zidane and Alfredo Di Stefano.

Giggs has paid tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson after being the prize, and did not rule on the withdrawal at the end of the season.

“He [Ferguson] hard but fair. It requires a lot of his players as he does of himself, “said Giggs at the ceremony.” It is the best manager and it’s great to have had throughout my career.

“It’s a great honor to win such a prize, and have my fingerprints and some of the greatest football players is a real privilege. I had the chance to play with great players, playing for the greatest manager and player for the best club in the world. ”

“At the moment I’m still enjoying football, so I have not thought about what I’m going to do when I’m done, but if it’s all over tomorrow, I could say I had a fantastic career and not replace it with anybody.”

Giggs has won the former team-mate David Beckham is the prize and the other candidates, Gianluigi Buffon, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol and Javier Zanetti.

Ryan Giggs thanked the man who led his 20 years at the top with Manchester United after digging the Golden Foot Award in 2011.

After receiving his trophy Prince Albert II of Monaco, said the legend of the red was “lucky to play as great conductor,” Sir Alex Ferguson.

“It’s tough, but fair. It takes a lot of his players as he does of himself,” says Ryan, Monday night, the ceremony of foot sparkling gold.

“It’s the best coach, and it’s great to have been there my whole career.”

Giggs has been named winner of the Golden Foot, after a record number voted in the contest website. As part of his prize, his Welsh is a permanent form in the footsteps of Monte Carlo the “Champions Promenade”. This Hollywood-style celebration features some of the biggest names in the history of the game.

Ryan said: “It’s an honor to win this award and have my fingerprints alongside some of the best football players is a real privilege.

“I had the chance to play with great players, playing for the greatest manager and player for the best club in the world. At the moment I am still enjoying my football, so I do not think I’m going to do when I’m done, but if all this ended tomorrow, I could say I had a fantastic career and would not trade it with someone. ”

Giggs rivals “for the 2011 prize included former teammate David Beckham States. The other nominees were in alphabetical order, Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon and FC Anzhi Makhachkala), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid and Spain ), Javier Zanetti (Internazionale and Argentina), Carles Puyol (Barcelona, ​​Spain)

Ryan Giggs has now been named winner of the Golden Boot, there is a recognition given to players over 29 years, selected by journalists from around the world and voted by the fans.

“It’sa great honor to win this award and have my fingerprints alongside some of the best football players is a real privilege,” said Giggs. “I was fortunate to play alongside great players, playing for the best manager and play the best club in the world. Right now I’m still enjoying my football, so I do not think I’m going to do after, but if all it ended tomorrow I could say I had a fantastic race and I would not trade with anybody. ”

Other nominees for the 2011 prices were Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, Carles Puyol, Raul, Xavi and Javier Zanetti.

Giggs has been nominated for this award six times before and finally won the right to have his mark on Walk of Fame “Walk of Champions in Monaco together with that of Francesco Totti (2010), Ronaldinho (2009), Carlos Roberto (2008), Alessandro Del Piero (2007), Ronaldo (2006), Andriy Shevchenko (2005), Pavel Nedved (2004) and Roberto Baggio (2003).

Manchester United Ryan Giggs won the Golden Foot 2011.

Prince Albert II of Monaco presented the trophy at midfield after he came to the record number of votes in the competition website.

The 37 years will have a permanent mold of his feet set in Monte Carlo are “masters walk” that includes some of the biggest names in football history, as Diego Maradona, Zidane and Alfredo Di Stefano.

Giggs has paid tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson after being the prize, and did not rule on the withdrawal at the end of the season.

“He [Ferguson], a tough but fair. It takes a lot of his players than himself,” said Giggs ceremony. “He is the best manager, and it is wonderful that he’s been there my whole career.

“It ‘a great honor to win this award, and in my tracks alongside the biggest players is a real privilege. I was fortunate to play alongside great players that play the largest manager and play the best club in the world.”

“Right now I’m still enjoying my football, so I do not think I’m going to do after, but if all ended tomorrow I could say I had a fantastic race and not sharing with anyone.”

Giggs has won the former team-mate David Beckham is the prize and the other candidates, Gianluigi Buffon, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol and Javier Zanetti.

October 11, 2011
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Fabio Capello Latest Performance

Fabio Capello reveals his debt to the Theatre of the Absurd

Discussion on the England coach Wayne Rooney’s red card was a farce of non sequiturs, and hidden meanings

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I do not know if anyone has considered releasing Geoff Shreeve-Fabio Capello talks like a CD or other form of entertainment, but I’m sure those of us who remember the theater of the absurd, then in vogue in the 1960′s and 70′s, the like the intellectual challenge of the collection through them again to try to discover a deeper meaning.

Communication failure has been the central theme of comedy Absurdistan, which questioned the ultimate purpose of human existence – and who among us has not done that in the match England – so that the audience nodded wisely non sequitur, of save them for later analysis, is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a plate of spaghetti bolognese and a glass of red wine.

For Montenegro against England on Sky, was the tireless Shreeves cast and sage Nodder, and while Glenn Hoddle and Jamie Redknapp avoided the chance to sit cross-legged on the floor of the studio – an idea for the spectacle of football heaven to come, you can have one on me – they were accused of making sense of a typical dysfunctional post-match interview.

In the theater of the absurd, the characters have always been against the current, and even if you’ve never seen a work of NF Simpson and Samuel Beckett, you may be familiar with this unit of work of the late Peter Cook and some of the sketches Monty Python. A particular piece came to mind during the execution of Fabio on Friday, where he played the head chef at Scotland Yard for questioning about the great train robbery. It is important to note, Cook told his inquisitor, the train itself was not stolen, there was no actual loss of the train, only the content, and, indeed, the police failed to track either of the trains, having not lost since 1943.

Wayne Rooney will be shipped in the shadow of England’s squad for the next eight months. After the red card in front 2-2 with Montenegro last week, Fabio Capello has decided to use it exclusively as a substitute until he has served his suspension by the Euro 2012 finals in June UEFA will decide Monday if the attacker should be banned for a game or two.

“Without the expulsion of Rooney, would have won,” said the director as he sets out the consequences of dismissal in the second player’s international career. “Sometimes it’s half time, but not from the beginning. All we need to start preparing the first XI, to be launched in Euros ..” sardonic humor mood cleared a little when Capello added: “. It will be great”

There was also a warning that Rooney should not assume that it will cease to be a simple substitute for the final. “I have lots of strikers at the moment, very good step forward,” said Capello. “In my life as a manager, I put on the bench for many players.”

The only consolation for Rooney came in the fact that the manager will take you to the Euro 2012, Capello was still keen to stress the alternatives and provided more praise than usual. “Danny Welbeck [Manchester United] played 15 minutes [against Montenegro] and played very well and it will be interesting when we play against Spain [in a friendly at Wembley on November 12] that these new players start.”

Rooney will not be involved in this slice of everything. A second friendly against Portugal, is due three days later, as these opponents are not in the Euro 2012 play-offs. Capello is keen to experiment with team selection and tactics. He wants to study the emerging talents of young strikers like Chelsea, Daniel Sturridge.

His investigation continues with the power of the players’ target man to intervene. Andy Carroll and Bobby Zamora will be in this group. In addition, Jermain Defoe, a very different kind of Tottenham Hotspur striker, has caught his attention, even if it was not a party in Montenegro.

“Defoe and Sturridge, these two,” said Capello when asked last week after the draw some strikers in his thoughts. “For this game, I selected the five players. I wanted to see Zamora, Andy Carroll, [education]. This was the third or fourth time Andy’s with us. Zamora is an interesting player and we need to see him play against some of the major teams . We will.

“I saw the game against him, Defoe Arsenal [2-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur] and played really well, and ran a lot, a lot of pressure. Sturridge is the same. I need to find a solution for the first game or two games that Rooney does not play. And if we find the solution, it needs to return to work in the first XI. ”

In reality, of course Capello can not dismiss from his mind of a player the caliber of Rooney. Before the red card ahead was involved in the construction of two goals in England. Then there was the dismissal and the consequences that caught your attention. If UEFA are consistent, Rooney could miss the first two group games at Euro 2012.

A vengeful misdemeanor Andrey Arshavin in a qualifying match with Andorra has led to the suspension of the Euro 2008. The Football Association still hopes Rooney will miss the first match in England.

Rooney has not participated as a substitute for his country since the 2006 football World Cup, when the ankle injury has limited his participation in Trinidad and Tobago.

Currently, no pain is felt in his mind. Capello was furious at the unnecessary red card against Montenegro, where Rooney has lost control of himself because he had lost control of the ball.

The manager was sure that the player was imperturbable temperament despite the arrest of Father Rooney as part of a police investigation suspected of Paris, but the management of Montenegro said that he could have played a role in their subsequent expulsion.

Capello’s confidence in the professionalism of the front has moved and the memory of the debacle will remain in the minds of Italians.

Cynics may think that the player has enough of a star for UEFA to be lenient. Capello intends to marginalize Rooney until June could be the greatest difficulty at all. It is almost possible that the front may by then have to worry about his place in the starting line-up.

Rooney has had a turbulent career, but it is a strange territory. Although it does not have to be justified with goals, it is important for England, if someone in such a central role was a more direct threat.