Claudio Pizarro News and Results -pt. 4 [r]

[KesOne]

Old Thread here:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346516&page=13

[BorrachoNJ]

OK, my only rant of the year:D

to just finish off what we were discussing in the Part 3 thread.....

i don't place pizarro in the upper-ranked striker class. i look at henry, shevchenko (in his italy days), eto'o, van nistelrooy, etc. and the such as world-class forwards b/c they consistently put up 20-25 goals a season....

pizarro has put up what, 13 or 14 goals a season with bayern and werder (and i'm talking domestic). i just don't see opponents in the champions league in the locker room, biting their nails and making a specific game plan for him....if anything, they all fear makaay and now podolski...

i'm not saying he sucks and that bayern blows. i just think he's a tad out of reality if he thinks he can just show up with arsenal or chelsea or inter and settle in just like that.

i think a 2nd-tiered team (but not a sucky one) would be good for pizza....like you guys mentioned before: a roma, valencia, deportivo, or even monaco.

i don't dislike the guy, i support him b/c he's talented and he's from peru. i just think he should just shut the fucq up, negotiate his contract and put in a gawddamn buyout clause.

and spare me the huevadas that he's playing headgames with bayern through the media...that's horse caca.

[julio1987]

OK, my only rant of the year:D

to just finish off what we were discussing in the Part 3 thread.....

i don't place pizarro in the upper-ranked striker class. i look at henry, shevchenko (in his italy days), eto'o, van nistelrooy, etc. and the such as world-class forwards b/c they consistently put up 20-25 goals a season....

pizarro has put up what, 13 or 14 goals a season with bayern and werder (and i'm talking domestic).


RvN scored only 15 goals last season.

[BorrachoNJ]

(here's an article i got from Deutsche Welle: no link, sorry "mods.":D)

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Claudio Pizarro is used to testing his luck. It comes as no surprise that race horses are his passion. And like he does at the race track the Peruvian keeps his cool when it comes to negotiating the extension of his contract with Bayern Munich.
"It's all still open. There's still time. My contract runs until 2007 and I'll stay at Bayern for at least that long."
But what if Bayern Munich and Pizarro's agent Carlos Delgado can't agree?
"Then I'll have to find another club."
The striker has a clear idea of what requirements a new club would have to fulfill.
"I have no problems with languages"
"Even if I don't have any favorites, it'll be a team just as strong and big as Bayern, a team that plays for the Champions League title.
In Spain?
"That would be nice, but it's not necessary. I have no problems with languages. I adjust quickly. Perhaps Italy or England."
The owner of 50 Argentine race horses follows the most important American races from home, through a horse racing channel on satellite TV. Pizarro never won any big sums on horse betting. Once $300 (235 euro), another time $500, but then he had to split it with a friend. He bets for the fun of it.
He knows that a lot more money is at stake at Bayern Munich. A sum similar to superstar Shevchenko's salary, something that Chairman of the Executive Board at Bayern, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, bemoans.
"That's speculation from one side or the other. Everyone sees the situation differently," says Pizarro and adds with a smile to the question if Rummenigge's worries are reasonable: "Of course. It's no different from what any player who plays well would demand."
Plans to start
His goal against Spartak Moscow gave him new confidence. "It took some time before I was fit again. The coach was very patient and I'm happy that my goal opened the way to our victory."
Pizarro now sees himself as a player for the starting eleven. "I hope so. I believe in it. I will definitely not just play the role of a wild card if I stay at my best performance."
He hasn't set himself an easy task if you consider that Lukas Podolski and Roque Santa Cruz also want to be part of the first squad. The Peruvian, whose first job after finishing school was helping out in a print shop, stays calm.
"It's good for the coach to have so many options. We play in several competitions and it's only good for us to take turns. That's how we all stay fit."
The only thing that bothers Pizarro is the communication with coach Felix Magath. In an interview with a Peruvian radio station Pizarro said: "You never know where you stand with (Magath)."
He explains: "Well, the coach only tells us a day before when the next training session will be and only two hours before a game who will play. You get used to it, it's part of the game, but I think it would be easier and better if I were informed earlier."
This does not stop the Peruvian striker, who loves to dance to Brazilian music and who likes a party whenever he comes across one, to get along well with his teammates.
"German is officially the only language here, but almost everyone speaks Spanish." Almost all? Even Podolski? Pizarro replies: "We're slowly teaching him Spanish. We've already taught Poldi swear words and greetings."
Playing for Peru: non-negotiable
Pizarro still has two dreams he wants to fulfill. The first is to represent his country at a World Cup. That's why he ignores the critical voices raised about his long journeys to play for the Peruvian national team. "I'll keep playing as long as my country needs me. That's not negotiable."
The second dream is to win the Champions League. Perhaps with Bayern. "There are players here who already had the honor. I haven't and for that I work hard. If not here, then somewhere else, but this dream is something I want to fulfill and it's something a potential new club must have as one of their goals."
Claudio Pizarro's future only holds one certainty: a visit to the hair dresser. "I've got a ponytail because my hair's simply too long. It's not a fashion statement. I haven't had time to have my hair cut… OK, I had the time, but I was too lazy to go there. But it really is overdue."
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i'm glad to see he'll fight for the national team shirt, no matter what.

[BorrachoNJ]

RvN scored only 15 goals last season.


i'm talking early ManU days, not last year... but like what, 2 or 3 years ago before his injury?
and besides, that's not the point.

[KesOne]

I think the most surprising thing from that interview is, he owns 50 Argentine horses. Aint 1 or 2 enough :D

I agree with Borracho for the most part. Any of those teams you mentioned would be a good place for him. Villareal too, I'd get that yellow jersey :D

[ROMERO879]

(here's an article i got from Deutsche Welle: no link, sorry "mods.":D)


"German is officially the only language here, but almost everyone speaks Spanish." Almost all? Even Podolski? Pizarro replies: "We're slowly teaching him Spanish. We've already taught Poldi swear words and greetings."

LOL

You guys must be stupid if you think Pizarro has a big ego. The guy has been loyal to Bayern for so long, like he said, he worked very hard all these years and and still doesnt have a CL to his name. He probably never will. But he should still leave to a club where he can be a starter and not sit the bench when players like Makaay and SC play like shit and still start.

[BorrachoNJ]

LOL

You guys must be stupid if you think Pizarro has a big ego. The guy has been loyal to Bayern for so long, like he said, he worked very hard all these years and and still doesnt have a CL to his name. He probably never will. But he should still leave to a club where he can be a starter and not sit the bench when players like Makaay and SC play like shit and still start.

yea, but not arsenal, chelsea and/or inter like the dumbass said.

will you be hurt if he transfers to, oh i don't know, blacburn? of course not, you'd still have your posters of him up in your bedroom, right?
at least he'll get playing time there. he'll sit on the bigger teams' benches.

[KesOne]

LOL

You guys must be stupid if you think Pizarro has a big ego. The guy has been loyal to Bayern for so long, like he said, he worked very hard all these years and and still doesnt have a CL to his name. He probably never will. But he should still leave to a club where he can be a starter and not sit the bench when players like Makaay and SC play like shit and still start.

Dude, you know where ever he ends up at, he'll still be seeing bench. Its inevitable with this injury proned Pizarro. But yeah, his positives outweigh his negatives.

[ROMERO879]

yea, but not arsenal, chelsea and/or inter like the dumbass said.

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but that's what i just said. he should still leave to a club where he can be a starter, those clubs dont include arsenal, chelsea, milan... he would probably never start there unless there was an injury crisis or something.

my guess is that he said that just to let everyone know that he is available.

[Garcia]

You guys must be stupid if you think Pizarro has a big ego.
All star soccer players have big egos, silly.

[ROMERO879]

im talking about Chinaglia ego.

[BorrachoNJ]

im talking about Chinaglia ego.


ooooh, OK....well, in that case....:rolleyes:

[ROMERO879]

ooooh, OK....well, in that case....:rolleyes:
What's your point?

[BorrachoNJ]

your boy should have just shut the fucq up and concentrate on scoring goals.
he's got an agent to let peeps know he's "available..."

i got work to do, son. lemme alone.
do some homework or something:D

[ROMERO879]

my boy wants to leave bayern or get more money from them, why else whould he say that?

go smoke a blunt or something, your starting to get cranky :D

[BorrachoNJ]

a blunt does sound good, actually.

who gives a fucq about the pretty boy and his "ponytail" anyway?....he'll still suck por la blanquiroja anyway.

[jlscrub]

I think its a great article...from a person who understands his position in life (relative to our measley ones)...

humble? maybe not but who cares.

When I reach supreme status, I will probably act like that to...but I will never forget that any success I have is always due to a team effort, so the gratitude will always go to them....even if I say it with my chest puffed out;)

[condor11]

pizarro has put up what, 13 or 14 goals a season with bayern and werder (and i'm talking domestic). i just don't see opponents in the champions league in the locker room, biting their nails and making a specific game plan for him....if anything, they all fear makaay and now podolski...



Pizarro domestic numbers in the bundesliga
Temporada Club País Div. PJ GA
1999/2000 Werder Bremen Alemania 1ra. 25 10
2000/2001 Werder Bremen Alemania 1ra. 31 19
2001/2002 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 30 15
2002/2003 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 31 15
2003/2004 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 31 11
2004/2005 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 23 11
2005/2006 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 26 11
2006/2007 FC Bayern Munich Alemania 1ra. 3 0

save to say he hasnt played a vast majority of 90 minute games in his time for Bayern, specially the last 2 seasons

if he wants a new challenge he should leave, if he is fine with being a rotation/bench guy then stay at Bayern

Guerrero left, yet he finds himself on a bench, with less talented fowards in front of him than his days at Bayern

[pepehyo]

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