Articles tagged with "selection"
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Mohammed S. | Jun 22nd, 2009
So Prince Sultan bin Fahad, President of Youth Welfare, had a long chat with our national coach Jose Peseiro. I assume the conversation lasted 10 ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 8th, 2008
Men's Olympic Football commenced yesterday in China. Eight group stage matches were played. In Group C, football giants Brazil faced off against a politically splitting ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 6th, 2008
Tomorrow, Belgium kicks off their Olympic Games trip against Brazil. The match starts at 18 H (local time) and will be played at Olympic Stadium ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 4th, 2008
Yesterday, Belgium's olympic squad arrived in Shenyang, China. There they will finish practicing and preparing for their first Olympic Games match against Brazil. The match ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 28th, 2008
Belgium olympic coach, Jean-François de Sart, is convinced that Kevin Mirallas will be fit enough to play against South Korea this Saturday. The young Belgians ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 23rd, 2008
Bundesliga's Hamburger SV has finally let Belgian international Vincent Kompany play for the Olympics. The 22 year old defender is selected for tonight's friendly against ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 15th, 2008
On August 7th, Belgium kicks off against Brazil in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The match will be played in Shenyang with a kickoff time ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 14th, 2008
The country vs. club battle continues in football. Hamburger SV won't let Belgium's Vincent Kompany play in the Olympics. Their sporting director said:
"We have discussed ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 9th, 2008
Belgian youth coach Jean-François de Sart has announced one of his 38 player preselections for the Olympics. Each nation must select 18 players and 4 ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | May 16th, 2006
This part of the interview is crucial to me. I am constantly warning everyone about the damage the high heel effect can do to ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | May 8th, 2006
The clock is ticking and in less than 24-hours Sweden will know just which players Lars Lagerbäck & Roland Andersson are taking to Germany. One ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 4th, 2006
Now for the best part. Throughout the World Cup History the Netherlands have never been short of brilliant attacking talent: Rep, Cruyff, van der ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Mar 17th, 2006
It was after the Confederations Cup (2005) that the European teams started to negotiate his departure from São Paulo FC. Great teams like Real Betis, ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Mar 6th, 2006
Reading some of our WCB comments (read El Pelado's) it became clear that some people do not understand why Brazil has some funny nicknames. Some ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Mar 1st, 2006
The carnival here begins on a Friday and goes on until Tuesday. There is party on the streets all the time in what we call ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 27th, 2006
He is the man. The #1. Ronaldinho has been awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice (2004-2005) and once as the European ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 26th, 2006
The 1998 World Cup final was an accident. Things I’ve read until now show that most people don’t know some facts about that dreadful game. ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 14th, 2006
It seems that Brazil will display it’s full firepower against Russia in March/1st. The friendly match will be a good experiment for the team, and ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 14th, 2006
Rafael Sobis, Bruno Mezenga and André were the models to the Brazilian presentation. Our new shirt was clearly inspired by the 1970 Selection. That shirt ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 14th, 2006
One more issue about Cafu, poor man. Now the problem is in his left knee. He is coming to Brazil to get surgery on Thursday ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 10th, 2006
Brazil’s President Lula is not going to play at the World Cup, of course. But his comment after leaving the hospital after a series of ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Feb 7th, 2006
"Other coaches have trouble deciding who to pick, but our problem is who to leave out" said Parreira, probably with a big smile in his ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Jan 25th, 2006
This guy, SuperRich, has a good point. He believes that if Brazil wins again the sport may suffer. Non-Brazilian people would be less interested, since ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Jan 24th, 2006
One of the things that I love to do when the World Cup is in the air is to read international news about our team. ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Jan 22nd, 2006
The Selection (as we call our national team) is being considered one of the favourite teams to win in Germany. The team had an outstanding ...
