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Gorando
02 Jul 2008, 11:44 AM
Belgium pre-selection:
GOALKEEPERS: Logan Bailly (Racing Genk), Yves De Winter (Westerlo), Yves Ma-Kalambay (Hibernian/Sch), Simon Mignolet (Sint-Truiden) en Glenn Verbauwhede (Kortrijk)
DEFENDERS: Laurent Ciman (Club Brugge), Wouter Corstjens (Westerlo), Sepp De Roover (Groningen/Ned), Reginal Goreux (Standard), Vincent Kompany (Hamburg/Dui), Massimo Moia (AA Gent), Landry Mulemo (Standard), Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ/Ned), Jason Vandelannoite (Bursaspor/Tur), Anthony Van Loo (Roeselare), Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax/Ned) en Jan Vertonghen (Ajax/Ned)
MIDFIELDERS: Alessandro Cordaro (Bergen), Marouane Fellaini (Standard), Faris Haroun (Racing Genk), Maarten Martens (AZ/Ned), Vadis Odjidja Ofoe (Hamburg/Dui), Killian Overmeire (Lokeren), Gaby Mudingayi (Lazio Rome/Ita), Jeroen Simaeys (Club Brugge), Anthony Vanden Borre (Genoa/Ita), Axel Witsel (Standard)
STRIKERS: Moussa Dembélé (AZ/Ned), Tom De Mul (FC Sevilla/Spa), Stijn De Smet (Cercle Brugge), Tom De Sutter (Cercle Brugge), Roland Lamah (Anderlecht), Jonathan Legear (Anderlecht), Kevin Mirallas (Rijsel), Mbo Mpenza (Larissa/Gri), Giuseppe Rossini (KV Mechelen), Bjorn Vleminckx (KV Mechelen) en Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (Roda JC/Ned)
Final 22 players will be announced july 15th. 4 over 23 players are Martens, De Roover, Mpenza, Mudingayi. Coach De Sart said De Roover & Martens will surely be in the selection so it will be between Mpenza and Mudingayi for the final spot. Standard & Anderlecht will only allow max. 2 players from their team to go to Beijing.
Kompany won't be a part of the team:
http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=23885
Gorando
15 Jul 2008, 12:02 PM
Kompany won't be a part of the team:
http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=23885
looks like Kompany will go afterall:
Doelmannen: Logan Bailly (Genk), Yves De Winter (Westerlo), Yves Ma-Kalambay (Hibernian/Sch)
Verdedigers: Laurent Ciman (Club Brugge), Sepp De Roover (Groningen/Ned), Vincent Kompany (Hamburg/Dui), Landry Mulemo (Standard), Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ/Ned), Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax/Ned) en Jan Vertonghen (Ajax/Ned)
Middenvelders: Marouane Fellaini (Standard), Faris Haroun (Genk), Maarten Martens (AZ/Ned), Vadis Odjidja Ofoe (Hamburg/Dui), Jeroen Simaeys (Club Brugge) en Anthony Vanden Borre (Genua/Ita)
Aanvallers: Moussa Dembélé (AZ/Ned), Tom De Mul (Sevilla/Spa), Stijn De Smet (Cercle Brugge), Roland Lamah (Anderlecht), Kevin Mirallas (Rijsel/Fra) en Giuseppe Rossini (KV Mechelen)
Gorando
22 Jul 2008, 05:05 AM
Belgium will play a friendly against Holland tomorrow before travelling to China.
Also Kompany was absent from training. Looks like Hamburg is playing hard ball
http://www.sport.be/nl/voetbal/rodeduivels/?Article_ID=297699
Paganitzu
27 Jul 2008, 09:00 AM
I vote Belgium as "outsider" for a medal. They have a very talented squad with players as Dembélé, Kompany, Mirallas, Fellaini, vd. Borre...
Gorando
28 Jul 2008, 05:42 AM
Too bad we miss Defour, Witsel, Lombaerts, De Sutter, Steppe and also we don't bring an experienced player which is always usefull.
Its sucks we can't even send our strongest team:(
Paganitzu
28 Jul 2008, 07:50 AM
Too bad we miss Defour, Witsel, Lombaerts, De Sutter, Steppe and also we don't bring an experienced player which is always usefull.
Its sucks we can't even send our strongest team:(
"We" (Netherlands) neither, shame the EC players aren't selected for the Dutch Olympic team. Sneijder, Robben, Afellay..
Lombaerts impressed me at the Euro U21, but I think your defence wouldn't be much weaker with players as De Roover, Kompany, Vermaelen, Pocognoli, Vertonghen...
johan neeskens
29 Jul 2008, 07:22 AM
I vote Belgium as "outsider" for a medal. They have a very talented squad with players as Dembélé, Kompany, Mirallas, Fellaini, vd. Borre...
It's a shame that only the Dutch know just how many talented youngsters Belgium has. I really can't understand why their national team proper isn't doing any better, they have more quality than say Germany in my view (seriously!).
Paganitzu
29 Jul 2008, 08:33 AM
It's a shame that only the Dutch know just how many talented youngsters Belgium has. I really can't understand why their national team proper isn't doing any better, they have more quality than say Germany in my view (seriously!).
That might be slighty overrated, but I get your point. They play with the wrong players and have the worst manager you can find in this world.
pablo85
09 Aug 2008, 01:11 PM
If the under23 team would play against the senior squad the under23 would win, but in Belgium it is all politics, they never give the youth a chance.
Belgian guy
10 Aug 2008, 09:54 AM
What are you talking about? More than half of our senior team is on the Olympic team.
Mirallas, Dembele, Kompany, Fellaini, Pocognoli, Vanden Borre, Haroun, are/have been starters on our senior NT.
Belgian guy
10 Aug 2008, 09:56 AM
Anyway, good win for us. A draw against New-Zealand next Wednesday now means we're guaranteed a trip to the QF.
Gorando
13 Aug 2008, 09:41 AM
1-0 for Belgium and a place in the QF!
New Zealand can thank their lucky stars with this result, it should have been atleast 5-0
We need to start finishing better or we'll be in trouble for the next game
Belgian guy
13 Aug 2008, 10:17 AM
We hit the cross-bar twice just in the second half.
Not surprising though, finishing has been the eternal problem for this generation, not just in Olympic play, but also for the senior squad.
Belgian guy
16 Aug 2008, 08:02 AM
We're through to the semis! Whatever happens now, we'll be playing for a medal.
Congrats. I hope you get a medal.
Maruti
16 Aug 2008, 08:30 AM
Yeah. If you win with the Africans in the semi I'll be backing you in the final. But don't count on anything in the SF :)
Gorando
16 Aug 2008, 08:37 AM
Even with this good results I'm not happy with a few players;
Haroun pisses me of, he makes terrible passes & can't control the ball
atleast he is ok defensiveley.
Van den Borre: could you be any more unmotivated and nonchalant :confused:
bree
16 Aug 2008, 08:38 AM
Yes! I'm so glad that we're through. Amazing game. Dembele was fantastic. I still can't believe that we've made it to the semis. Cannot wait for the next match. Let's hope Bailly feels better in time to play the next match. Go Belgium!
Belgian guy
16 Aug 2008, 08:51 AM
Even with this good results I'm not happy with a few players;
Haroun pisses me of, he makes terrible passes & can't control the ball
atleast he is ok defensiveley.
Van den Borre: could you be any more unmotivated and nonchalant :confused:
That was his problem back when he fell out with both Broos and Vercauteren at Anderlecht. He really needs to address that or it will plague him all through is career.
Dembele: legend! :D