Seleccion Argentina

[Mario]

PS lastima q es gallina pero Costanzo es un jugadorazoooooooo!!!!

[Mario]

Im not sure if you guys agree but I think its time to call Seba Battaglia to perform with the "A" albiceleste, I know all of them play in Europe but why not make an exception with such and outstanding ball winner, thoughts?

[Juliana]

agreed, its time to give other players a chance in la seleccion and seba is one i'd like to see

[The Double]

Is Seba Saja on the team yet?

[Mario]

not yet :( Cavallero is ahead of him, however I see no more competition in Bonano and Burgos!

Chino (Saja) should be fighting for start!

[The Double]

Otro pregunta. Por que Bielsa sigue como DT?

[Mario]

Because he dealt with the devil!

[Mario]

El 20 de agosto en Florencia

Saviola, convocado por Bielsa para jugar contra Uruguay

El seleccionador argentino, Marcelo Bielsa, dio a conocer hoy la nómina de los futbolistas que convocará para el partido amistoso con Uruguay, el próximo 20 de agosto en la ciudad italiana de Florencia


Este encuentro servirá revancha del que empataron a dos goles el mes pasado en la ciudad argentina de La Plata, será el último de preparación de los dos clásicos rivales para las eliminatorias sudamericanas del Mundial 2006. En la lista hay varios jugadores que militan en la Liga española, entre ellos Javier Saviola y también el jugador del PSG Gabriel Heinze, por cuyo fichaje está interesado el Barça.

La nómina de convocados es la siguiente:

Porteros: Pablo Cavallero (Celta de Vigo, ESP), Leonardo Franco (Real Mallorca, ESP)

Defensas: Facundo Quiroga (Sporting Lisboa, POR), Roberto Ayala (Valencia, ESP), Walter Samuel (Roma, ITA), Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen, ALE), Gabriel Heinze (París Saint Germain, FRA)

Centrocampistas: Javier Zanetti (Inter, ITA), Juan Sebastián Verón (Chelsea, ING); Kily González (Valencia, ESP), Pablo Aimar (Valencia, ESP), Luis González (River Plate, ARG), Matías Almeyda (Inter, ITA), y Andrés D'Alessandro (Wolfsburgo, ALE)

Delanteros: Javier Saviola (Barcelona, ESP), Hernán Crespo (Inter, ITA), Claudio López (Lazio, ITA), Luciano Galletti (Real Zaragoza, ESP) y Diego Milito (Racing Club, ARG).

[Mario]

PS Double, I forgot about Mallorca's Franco! however I still believe Saja is better than him

[Enganche]

So a return to the seleccion albiceleste for Veron, Almeyda, Kily Gonzalez and Piojo Lopez. Can't say I'm real thrilled about any of those four coming back, except possibly for Veron. With this team it looks like he'll end up as the #5 in midfield.

No selection for Cambiasso, Coloccini and Gabriel Milito. I can see allowing Milito to settle with his new club but Coloccini should be an automatic selection in my view.

¿Luciano Galletti? ¿Why? ¿Leo Franco? Saja, Abbondanzieri and Costanzo are all better than he. Interesting that only Lucho Gonzalez and Diego Milito made the team from local league.

I hate Bielsa!

[Mario]

Re: locals in the albiceleste, I agree, it's weird and unfortunately I just dont see them as starters, Lucho in the left wing will face tough competition with Bielsa's favorite Kily Gonzalez and/or D'Alessandro, I wont even mention the playmaking rol, with Aimar and/or D'Alessandro ahead of him! TOO MUCH TALENT!!!

I'll play devil's advocate here, Galletti was tearing it up in Zaragoza, he lead the goalscoring charts for the maños to Primera in just one year (something Atletico Madrid couldnt accomplish) and Franco played quite well all year round, he even was mentioned to join Barcelona back in the day.

[Palermo]

Saja is a good goalkeeper, sometimes swallows funny goals though

[Ronaldinho11]

de los locales tienen que ser:

tevez, tevez, y tevez

[Ronaldinho11]

crespo va a jugar con veron en el chelsea

[Mario]

por 35 millones de pepinos!!! (that's US$) :)

[The Double]

Originally posted by Mario
Because he dealt with the devil!


I figured as much. That man is taking a golden youth of Argentinian up and comers, and what does he do? He still plays Claudio Lopez. Now don't get me wrong, I love Piojo (check out one of the teams I support) But to say his best days are behind him is an understatement. So why does he keep playing him?


35 Mil for Crespo. Vaya.

[The Double]

http://www.futbolargentino.com/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia23419.asp

[BocaFan]

Does anyone know if Tevez is on the World Cup Qualifying Squad for the Chile & Venezuela games next week??

[The Double]

I'm not sure if Bielsa announced the squad yet. If anything check www.futbolargentino.com

[chaski]

So far only the foreign-based layers announced-

Goalkeepers - Pablo Cavallero (Celta, Spain), Leonardo Franco (Real Mallorca, Spain)

Defenders - Facundo Quiroga (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Gabriel Heinze (Paris St
Germain, France), Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Spain), Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen,
Germany), Daniel Diaz (Cruz Azul, Mexico), Walter Samuel (AS Roma)

Midfielders - Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan, Italy), Matias Almeyda (Inter Milan, Italy), Juan
Sebastian Veron (Chelsea, England), Andres D'Alessandro (Wolfsburg, Germany), Pablo
Aimar (Valencia, Spain), Esteban Cambiasso (Real Madrid, Spain)

Forwards - Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul, Mexico), Hernan Crespo (Inter Milan, Italy),
Cristian Gonzalez (Valencia, Spain), Claudio Lopez (Lazio, Italy), Javier Saviola (Barcelona,
Spain).
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-argentinasquad&prov=reuters&type=lgns