Venezuela squad

[Shaydee]

http://www.fvf.org.ve/noticias/noticia136.htm

Héctor González - U. A. Maracaibo
Giancarlo Maldonado - U. A. Maracaibo
Pedro Fernánez - U. A. Maracaibo
Jorge Rojas - Caracas FC
Javier Toyo - Caracas FC
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo - Caracas FC
Alejandro Guerra - Caracas FC
Edgar Jiménez - Caracas FC
Ricardo David Páez - Dvo. Italmaracaibo
Leonel Vielma - Dvo. Italmaracaibo
Jesús Gómez - Estudiantes de Mérida
Gerson Chacón - Dvo. Táchira
Renny Vega - Aragua FC
Daniel Arismendi - Carabobo FC
Gabriel Cichero - Lecce de Italia
Alejandro Cichero - Litex de Bulgaria
Miguel Mea Vitali - Livadiakos de Grecia
Jonay Hernández - Real de Murcia de España
José Torrealba - Sundowns Mamelody de Sudáfrica
Juan Arango - Real Club Deportivo Mallorca de España

[Scotty]

They're bringing quite a few Euro-based players.

Should be interesting.

[Autogolazo]

Worth noting that with Arango and the Euros, this is a better Venezuela squad than Mexico faced.

[BED-STYPUNDIT]

Worth noting that with Arango and the Euros, this is a better Venezuela squad than Mexico faced.

With Arango on the roster, it should be a good test for the centerbacks

[Scotty]

Arango finished as Mallorca's top scorer this season, if I'm not mistaken.

[dmike]

ah this friendly will be much more intriguing then

[Zeppelin]

I am waiting for someone to start a thread on Marocco game actually (which is supposed to be ahead of Venezuela's game ) but, this is great too.

[DanRod78]

Hello, I'm from Venezuela and live in the US (can't go to the game).
This team is MUCH better than the one that Mexico played because Venezuela is going to have their 2 best players:

Alejandro Cichero: Central defender that plays in Bulgary and just played in the UEFA Cup.
Juan Arango: Attacking midfielder. One of the best players in La Liga this year (have heard the narrator say that many times)

Cichero is the leader in defense and Arango the leader in attack.

[macheath]

Is Hugo Chavez coming to the game?

[Poet]

Is Hugo Chavez coming to the game?

His visa got lost in the mail.

[DanRod78]

Is Hugo Chavez coming to the game?
I don't think so.
He's not much of a soccer fan, besides, it's not exactly the biggest game ever played by the venezuelan squad.

Ask George Bush to send him an invitation

[Sion]

Is Hugo Chavez coming to the game?

IIRC, Chavez changed his mind on attending when he heard televangelist Pat Robertson was going to attend the match.
http://www.bestsyndication.com/Articles/2006/Nicole-WILSON/Images/05/051806-pat_robertson_warns_of_tsunami_in_usa.jpg

[Poet]

I don't think so.
He's not much of a soccer fan, besides, it's not exactly the biggest game ever played by the venezuelan squad.

Ask George Bush to send him an invitation

He already turned down an invitation to hunt wabbit with Cheney...why would he do such a thing?

[MarioKempes]

Hello, I'm from Venezuela and live in the US (can't go to the game).
This team is MUCH better than the one that Mexico played because Venezuela is going to have their 2 best players:

Alejandro Cichero: Central defender that plays in Bulgary and just played in the UEFA Cup.
Juan Arango: Attacking midfielder. One of the best players in La Liga this year (have heard the narrator say that many times)

Cichero is the leader in defense and Arango the leader in attack.

Why the hell would a foreign player go to Bulgaria?

[DanRod78]

Why the hell would a foreign player go to Bulgaria?
He actually got an offer from Cagliari in Serie A about a year ago, but looks like it didn't work out mainly because of his "manager" or whatever is called.
Then he got an offer from Bulgary and he moved there.

He's younger brother that is going to play in the national team for the 1st time played a few months in Serie A with Lecce.

[Say What?]

IIRC, Chavez changed his mind on attending when he heard televangelist Pat Robertson was going to attend the match.
http://www.bestsyndication.com/Articles/2006/Nicole-WILSON/Images/05/051806-pat_robertson_warns_of_tsunami_in_usa.jpg

Whenever someone brings up religous nuts and the middle east, this picture should always be shoved in their face.

Pot calling kettle black.

[Vinotinto10]

ha ! funny.. just like the American way,trying to get the Politics into everything !

[fscat]

With Arango on the roster, it should be a good test for the centerbacks

I was thinking the same thing, I was hoping Venezuela would bring him along to test our defense. I've seen him in some La Liga games, and he's a good forward. Other than him, I'm ignorant on other Venezuelan players, but I know he's good.

[fscat]

Whenever someone brings up religous nuts and the middle east, this picture should always be shoved in their face.

Pot calling kettle black.

I understand what you are saying and Pat Robertson is senile, but as a Christian myself, I am frankly embarassed that this man is part of the same faith as me, and I KNOW that alot of other Christians are also. This man does not speak for us. He's just another idiot with a microphone.

[DanRod78]

I understand what you are saying and Pat Robertson is senile, but as a Christian myself, I am frankly embarassed that this man is part of the same faith as me, and I KNOW that alot of other Christians are also. This man does not speak for us. He's just another idiot with a microphone.
That guy should be banned from TV, at least for calling for the assasination of a democratically elected president.

But did you hear the one about Dover, PA that voted against "intelligent design", this is what he said about it:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-11-robertson-pa-warning_x.htm
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club.

Dumbest quotes (#1 and the 2 bonuses are the ones about Chavez)
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnyquotes/a/patrobertson.htm

OK, BACK TO SOCCER NOW!