well, we got our forum, we got our first thread! we play Argentina tonight in our first game for Brazil 2014! Vamos ticos!
Douglas Sequiera, Esteban Granados, and Daniel Jimenez are going to start in this match Wish it would've been Jose Mena, David Guzman, and Josue Martinez instead even though they are Morados
Argentina's starting line-up will be... Portero: Cristian Campestrini Defensas: Clemente Rodríguez, Carlos Matheu, Guillermo Burdisso, Fabián Monzón Volantes: Walter Erviti, José Sosa, Mercier, Gaitán Delanteros: Gabriel Hauche y Martín Palermo Many Che's see a goleada coming...hope our SELE can give them a little suprise...but we'll need Navas to have a huge game tonight
Primer post que hago en el nuevo subforo tico! Ojalá los carajillos (y los no tan carajillos) de esta selección sepan aprovechar estos fogueos tempraneros rumbo al 2014!
Prediction Costa Rica 1 Argentina 1 - only if Keylor Navas has a huge night and Jose Mena starts instead of Douglas. Costa Rica 1 Argentina 3 or 4 - If Douglas, Granados, and "El Travieso" Jimenez play the full 90 (hope they shut me up )
or misses three pks Won´t be too bad, we held our own against Uruguay. Congrats on the forum everyone
Alineaciones Argentina: Clemente Rodríguez, Carlos Matheu, Guillermo Burdisso, Fabián Monzón, Walter Erviti, José Sosa, Juan Mercier, Nicolás Gaitán, Gabriel Hauche y Martín Palermo. Costa Rica: Keylor Navas, Darío Delgado, Esteban Maitlan, Oscar Esteban Granados, Michael Barrantes, Douglas Sequeira, Cristian Gamboa, Bryan Oviedo, Juan Diego Monge, Daniel Jiménez, Marco Ureña.
Minute 17 Argentina 1 Costa Rica 0 Keylor Navas with a bad mistake and Jorge Sosa makes him pay. Too bad becuase we started playing well. The only positve team is we aren't playing bunker ball...but we've lost possesion after Sosa's goal.
Minute 38 Argentina 2 Costa Rica 1 Guillermo Burdisso scores on another defensive error from Costa Rica. Our defense has looked really weak. Damn Marco Urena was close to tying up the match.
More like Mardona's C team and if we were to list it, Argentina's D team. Some players don't really belong here.
Yes....only a few of them might make the team for South Africa....might. Not a bad first half from us but we allowed 2 very bad goals. I would sub in Diego Estrada for granados, Esteban Sirias for Monge, Jose Mena for Delgado, and Diego Madrigal for Jimenez. I really liked the Sub-20's Gamboa, Oviedo, and Urena. Barrantes has been excellent even though he was resposible for Argentina's 2nd goal.
Final Argentina 3 Costa Rica 2 Damn....our U-20 players are fukin good! Diego Estrada was sick in the middle. Urena and Madrigal were tough up front. Oviedo and Gamboa were really good in the wings. Too bad our defense was really weak though...but its a good way for young defenders like Delgado and Maitland to get this type of experience incase they are called up in the future. P.S. Granados sucks....we need Jorge Davis in the midfield!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sszDavXXfs8"]Argentina 3 Costa Rica 2 - Amistoso en San Juan 2010[/ame] Our under-20s really aren´t bad, though I didn´t recognize a single Argentine out there.
Not bad from our boys... it's always good to score two goals on Argentina (and could've scored a couple more), and only concede 3 away isn't too shabby, even if it is an Argie C or D team. The goals were good. I'm still depressed about not making the WC, what an implosion of our squad in the end, and what a roller-coaster ride they put us on. In any case, congratulations on the new Costa Rica Forum! I feel it's my duty to be more involved with the discussions now, because I hope we can keep this around. It's a travesty it hasn't existed before, and hopefully we can increase the Tico population around here since we have our own forum now. Pura vida.
http://www.diarioextra.com/2010/enero/28/deportes01.php Ronald Gonzalez is doing a good job...but i can't believe how the press is trying to pressure the Federation to hire him as our new coach just for one game. I'm glad Ronald said he will only be the assistant though and that he wants to be the U-23 coach for the 2012 process. He definitely will be a lot of help as the assistant since he knows all the U-20 players real well and can help whoever our Federation decides to hire as our new coach (hope someone with good background and European). Ronald also said he will be calling up 4-5 "legionarios" plus the U-20 team for the match against Chile in March. The only ones that should have an option due to their age and skill are (please no more Junior Diaz or Alvaro Saborio)... Bryan Ruiz - 24 Bryan Oviedo - 19 Cristian Bolanos - 25 Carlos Hernandez - 27 Celso Borges - 21 Randall Azofeifa - 25 Pablo Herrera - 22 Dennis Marshall - 24 Roy Myrie - 27 Roy Miller -25 Carlos Johnson - 25 Marvin Angulo - 23