2008 Beijing Olympic Thread

[vancity eagle]

Surprised a thread for this does not yet exist. All 16 teams have qualified, and I think the draw is weeks away. Should be a great tournament. The teams are

Serbia, Belgium, Italy, Holland
Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon
China, S Korea, Japan, Australia
Brazil, Argentina
USA, Honduras
New Zealand

Anybody know which 3 overage players will be comming for each country ?

[moneypower redded]

Surprised a thread for this does not yet exist. All 16 teams have qualified, and I think the draw is weeks away. Should be a great tournament. The teams are

Serbia, Belgium, Italy, Holland
Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon
China, S Korea, Japan, Australia
Brazil, Argentina
USA, Honduras
New Zealand

Anybody know which 3 overage players will be comming for each country ?

This time, fancy teams like Spain or Paraguay aren't here.
Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Italy, Cameroon, Korea.
Only these teams are useful and the rest are not worth mentioning it.

[Kaka10725]

Anybody know which 3 overage players will be comming for each country ?

Brazil = Might be Juan, Kaka, Robinho
Argentina = Might be Riquelme, Mascherano, Demichelis

[vancity eagle]

Brazil = Might be Juan, Kaka, Robinho
Argentina = Might be Riquelme, Mascherano, Demichelis

are messi and aguero going to play ?

[Andrés_]

Probably but they aren't overage, the 3 overage replacements would be Gabriel Milito, Cambiasso and Cruz.

[Cassano]

Anybody know which 3 overage players will be comming for each country ?

Italy coach Casiraghi said he doesn't want to use the 3 overage players, he just wants to bring the U21 side.

[Kaka10725]

I heard Messi won't play but Aguero will be there.

[Andrés_]

It may depend on Barça, but he's on the 56 players pre-selection that Batista gave away some weeks ago.

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14153257&postcount=44

[THOMA GOL]

We've seen some players celebrate goals with a saying/slogan on a shirt underneath their kit. Could a player/ team get in trouble for scoring a goal and then flashing a Free Tibet shirt to the masses? I apologize for the political reference, but...........

[moneypower redded]

I really doubt of Lionel Messi will take part in Olympics.

[Wezza]

This time, fancy teams like Spain or Paraguay aren't here.
Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Italy, Cameroon, Korea.
Only these teams are useful and the rest are not worth mentioning it.
What a load of crap! No wonder this guy got red carded..... :rolleyes:

[vanderven]

The draw is April 20.

[jcvf90]

dont even worry about it, Honduras will win, they wont concede one goal in the whole tourney watch. they will win each game by two goal margins too......whoa i just woke up from a dream if only it were true.

[realsoccer-redded]

Wow. Mexico failed to qualify?

[shinzui]

dont even worry about it, Honduras will win, they wont concede one goal in the whole tourney watch. they will win each game by two goal margins too......whoa i just woke up from a dream if only it were true.

Honduras could be an interesting team for this tournament if they can get all of Suazo, Cesar and Guevara to play for them. If they also have to play a World Cup qualifier right in the middle of the Olympics forget it, they will be the worst team in the tournament if that is the case.

[AussieLFCfan]

We should boycott this thread due to poor human rights in China.

[scmcbride1]

I know Riquelme already said he will play in the olympics. I know Robinho is too. Kaka wants to, but if AC Milan get the 4th Champions League spot in Italy......AC Milan will have to play in the early Champions League rounds which may affect Kaka's chances of playing. For the U.S. look for Brian McBride, Landon Donovan, and a defender. These are the pots for the draw which is this Sunday April 20th.

Pot 1
- China (A)
- Australia
- Korea Republic
- Japan

Pot 2
- New Zealand
- Cameroon
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria

Pot 3
- Argentina
- Brazil
- USA
- Honduras

Pot 4
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Italy
- Serbia

[Gibraldo]

I know Riquelme already said he will play in the olympics. I know Robinho is too. Kaka wants to, but if AC Milan get the 4th Champions League spot in Italy......AC Milan will have to play in the early Champions League rounds which may affect Kaka's chances of playing. For the U.S. look for Brian McBride, Landon Donovan, and a defender. These are the pots for the draw which is this Sunday April 20th.

Pot 1
- China (A)
- Australia
- Korea Republic
- Japan

Pot 2
- New Zealand
- Cameroon
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria

Pot 3
- Argentina
- Brazil
- USA
- Honduras

Pot 4
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Italy
- Serbia


Oh, thankfully they didn`t create a "special pot" for us serbians this time, like they did in WC 2006 :-(

My favorite:

Japan
New Zealand
Honduras
Serbia

[jcvf90]

Honduras three will be the ones alredy based in china, saul and emil martinez, and Samuel caballero famous for kissing cuahtemoc.

[Gold is the Colour]

Oh, thankfully they didn`t create a "special pot" for us serbians this time, like they did in WC 2006 :-(

My favorite:

Japan
New Zealand
Honduras
Serbia

You'd certainly want NZ out of pot 2 wouldn't you