Craig
World Traveller
Those announced today:
Italy:
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Peruzzi (Lazio), Amelia (Livorno)
Defenders: Zambrotta (Juventus), Nesta (Milan), Cannavaro (Juventus), Grosso (Palermo), Zaccardo (Palermo), Barzagli (Palermo), Materazzi (Inter), Oddo (Lazio)
Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), Pirlo (Milan), Gattuso (Milan), De Rossi (Roma), Perrotta (Roma), Barone (Palermo)
Attackers: Totti (Roma), Toni (Fiorentina), Gilardino (Milan), Del Piero (Juventus), Inzaghi (Milan), Iaquinta (Udinese)
Not a bad squad here, although the decision to select Materazzi was more of a token Inter slection, unless he is there as the player so everybody can blame when he hacks down Ronaldino in the Semi Final that gives away the free kick/penalty that gets Italy knocked out of the World Cup or gives away a comical own goal and results in similar fashion for Italy
Good to see Peter Pan wasn't there (Cassano), not only wasn't not getting any game time (or enough) at Real Madrid, the fact that I think he and Totti want to have brawl (well they are not friends) is a good thing for team harmony.
Brazil:
Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter), Rogerio Ceni (San Paolo)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Cris (Lyon)
Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus), Edmilson (Barcelona), Zé Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Kakà (AC Milan), Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona)
Strikers: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Adriano (Inter), Fred (Lyon)
Ricardinho surprised me a little bit, aalthough I have to admit that Carlos Alberto Parreira has seen him play more then I have lately so he must be going ok at Santos, and Fred was bit of a bolter, and I think Ceni is there for the penalty shoot-out (not for saving but for scoring them). I hope Adriano can refind his form and I am happy Gilberto Silva is there as well.
Portugal:
Goalkeepers: Ricardo (Sporting Lisbon), Quim (Benfica), Bruno Vale (Estrela Amadora)
Defenders: Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Miguel (Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Caneira (Sporting Lisbon), Ricardo Costa (Porto), Nuno Valente (Everton)
Midfielders: Petit (Benfica), Costinha (Dynamo Moscow), Tiago (Lyon), Maniche (Chelsea), Hugo Viana (Valencia), Deco (Barcelona), Figo (Inter)
Srtikers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Simao (Benfica), Boa Morte (Fulham), Pauleta (Paris SG), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Helder Postiga (St. Etienne)
Remember Postiga and Viana? Two guys for who completely failed to make it in England (although that was the manager's fault in the case of Postiga and probably for Viana), and Caneria a flop at Valencia which forced him to go on loan to Sporting. Thought maybe Joao Moutinho would be in there, unless he is injured or out of form?
Argentina:
Abbondanzieri, Leo Franco, Ustari, Coloccini, Cufré, Ayala, Gabriel Milito, Sorin, Heinze, Burdisso, Scaloni, Luis González, Maxi Rodríguez, Cambiasso, Mascherano, Aimar, Riquelme, Palacio, Crespo, Tevez, Messi, Saviola, Cruz
Little bit surprised about Burdisso TBH, with only 16 games in the league, and five of them as a sub, he hasn't that amount of games to convinces us what he is worth. Probably as depth more then anything, although he has been shown a red card in both the league and Coppa Italia. I am happy with Cruz being in there and I hope Messi isn't too underdone.
Serbia & Montenegro:
Dragoslav Jevric (Anakaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia), Vladimir Stojkovic (Nantes); Goran Gavrancic (Dinamo Kiev), Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (Seville), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade); Dejan Stankovic (Inter), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade) Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade) Ivan Ergic (Basel); Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade), Savo Milosevic (Osasuna), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce).
Czech Republic:
Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)
Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mares (Zenit St Petersburg), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)
Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam), David Jarolim (Hamburg SV), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Girondins Bordeaux)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Red Bull Salzburg), Jiri Stajner (Hanover 96)
Karel Poborsky must surely be getting on now?
Ecuador:
Goalkeepers: Edwin Villafuerte (Deportivo Quito), Cristian Mora (LDU), Damian Lanza (Aucas)
Defenders: Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi, Qatar), Geovanny Espinoza (LDU), Ulises De la Cruz (Aston Villa), Paul Ambrossi (LDU), Neicer Reasco (LDU), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Jose Luis Perlaza (Olmedo)
Midfielders: Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona), Edison Mendez (LDU), Patricio Urrutia (LDU), Cristian Lara (El Nacional), Segundo Castillo (El Nacional), Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo Huelva, Spain), Luis Fernando Saritama (Deportivo Quito)
Forwards: Cristian Benitez (El Nacional), Felix Borja (El Nacional), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd, Qatar), Agustin Delgado (LDU), Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors, Argentina)
Germany:
Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal/ENG), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart).
Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Marcell Jansen (Borussia Monchengladbach), Per Mertesacker (Hannover), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen).
Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund).
Fowards: Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne), Mike Hanke (VfL Wolfsburg), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Monchengladbach), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04).
Holland:
Keepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar).
Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburg SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax).
Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV).
Strikers: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).
I have made my thoughts known in the Dutch thread.
Italy:
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Peruzzi (Lazio), Amelia (Livorno)
Defenders: Zambrotta (Juventus), Nesta (Milan), Cannavaro (Juventus), Grosso (Palermo), Zaccardo (Palermo), Barzagli (Palermo), Materazzi (Inter), Oddo (Lazio)
Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), Pirlo (Milan), Gattuso (Milan), De Rossi (Roma), Perrotta (Roma), Barone (Palermo)
Attackers: Totti (Roma), Toni (Fiorentina), Gilardino (Milan), Del Piero (Juventus), Inzaghi (Milan), Iaquinta (Udinese)
Not a bad squad here, although the decision to select Materazzi was more of a token Inter slection, unless he is there as the player so everybody can blame when he hacks down Ronaldino in the Semi Final that gives away the free kick/penalty that gets Italy knocked out of the World Cup or gives away a comical own goal and results in similar fashion for Italy
Good to see Peter Pan wasn't there (Cassano), not only wasn't not getting any game time (or enough) at Real Madrid, the fact that I think he and Totti want to have brawl (well they are not friends) is a good thing for team harmony.
Brazil:
Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter), Rogerio Ceni (San Paolo)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Cris (Lyon)
Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus), Edmilson (Barcelona), Zé Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Kakà (AC Milan), Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona)
Strikers: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Adriano (Inter), Fred (Lyon)
Ricardinho surprised me a little bit, aalthough I have to admit that Carlos Alberto Parreira has seen him play more then I have lately so he must be going ok at Santos, and Fred was bit of a bolter, and I think Ceni is there for the penalty shoot-out (not for saving but for scoring them). I hope Adriano can refind his form and I am happy Gilberto Silva is there as well.
Portugal:
Goalkeepers: Ricardo (Sporting Lisbon), Quim (Benfica), Bruno Vale (Estrela Amadora)
Defenders: Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Miguel (Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Caneira (Sporting Lisbon), Ricardo Costa (Porto), Nuno Valente (Everton)
Midfielders: Petit (Benfica), Costinha (Dynamo Moscow), Tiago (Lyon), Maniche (Chelsea), Hugo Viana (Valencia), Deco (Barcelona), Figo (Inter)
Srtikers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Simao (Benfica), Boa Morte (Fulham), Pauleta (Paris SG), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Helder Postiga (St. Etienne)
Remember Postiga and Viana? Two guys for who completely failed to make it in England (although that was the manager's fault in the case of Postiga and probably for Viana), and Caneria a flop at Valencia which forced him to go on loan to Sporting. Thought maybe Joao Moutinho would be in there, unless he is injured or out of form?
Argentina:
Abbondanzieri, Leo Franco, Ustari, Coloccini, Cufré, Ayala, Gabriel Milito, Sorin, Heinze, Burdisso, Scaloni, Luis González, Maxi Rodríguez, Cambiasso, Mascherano, Aimar, Riquelme, Palacio, Crespo, Tevez, Messi, Saviola, Cruz
Little bit surprised about Burdisso TBH, with only 16 games in the league, and five of them as a sub, he hasn't that amount of games to convinces us what he is worth. Probably as depth more then anything, although he has been shown a red card in both the league and Coppa Italia. I am happy with Cruz being in there and I hope Messi isn't too underdone.
Serbia & Montenegro:
Dragoslav Jevric (Anakaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia), Vladimir Stojkovic (Nantes); Goran Gavrancic (Dinamo Kiev), Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (Seville), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade); Dejan Stankovic (Inter), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade) Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade) Ivan Ergic (Basel); Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade), Savo Milosevic (Osasuna), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce).
Czech Republic:
Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)
Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mares (Zenit St Petersburg), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)
Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam), David Jarolim (Hamburg SV), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Girondins Bordeaux)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Red Bull Salzburg), Jiri Stajner (Hanover 96)
Karel Poborsky must surely be getting on now?
Ecuador:
Goalkeepers: Edwin Villafuerte (Deportivo Quito), Cristian Mora (LDU), Damian Lanza (Aucas)
Defenders: Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi, Qatar), Geovanny Espinoza (LDU), Ulises De la Cruz (Aston Villa), Paul Ambrossi (LDU), Neicer Reasco (LDU), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Jose Luis Perlaza (Olmedo)
Midfielders: Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona), Edison Mendez (LDU), Patricio Urrutia (LDU), Cristian Lara (El Nacional), Segundo Castillo (El Nacional), Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo Huelva, Spain), Luis Fernando Saritama (Deportivo Quito)
Forwards: Cristian Benitez (El Nacional), Felix Borja (El Nacional), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd, Qatar), Agustin Delgado (LDU), Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors, Argentina)
Germany:
Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal/ENG), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart).
Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Marcell Jansen (Borussia Monchengladbach), Per Mertesacker (Hannover), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen).
Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund).
Fowards: Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne), Mike Hanke (VfL Wolfsburg), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Monchengladbach), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04).
Holland:
Keepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar).
Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburg SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax).
Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV).
Strikers: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).
I have made my thoughts known in the Dutch thread.
