Sebastián Coates has been included in Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabárez’s 25-man preliminary squad for this summer’s [U]World Cup[/U].
Liverpool defender Coates was sidelined for almost eight months after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury on international duty last August, but has been on the comeback trail at former club Nacional, whom he joined on loan from the Premier League club in January
There are three other Premier League players in the squad with Liverpool’s Luis Suárez, West Bromwich Albion’s defender Diego Lugano and Southampton’s midfielder Gastón Ramírez included, along with the 34-year-old Cerezo Osaka forward Diego Forlán and Paris St Germain’s Edinson Cavani in a powerful-looking attack.
The defensive duo José María Giménez and Jorge Fucile have also been called up, despite not playing regularly for Atlético Madrid and Porto respectively, but there was no place for the veteran Penarol goalkeeper Juan Castillo.
Castillo’s omission means there are no domestic-based players in Tabárez’s 25-man group, although Nacional defender Andres Scotti is one of three players on the stand-by list.
Uruguay, who reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and won the Copa America the following year, will face [U]England[/U][/URL], Italy and [URL=‘http://www.theguardian.com/football/costarica’][U]Costa Rica[/U] in Group D in Brazil.
[SIZE=5]Uruguay squad[/SIZE]
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama), Rodrigo Muñoz (Libertad); Diego Lugano (West Brom), Diego Godin, José María Giménez (both Atletico Madrid), Martin Cáceres (Juventus), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfical), Jorge Fucile (Porto), Sebastián Coates (Nacional); Egidio Arevalo-Rios (Morelia), Walter Gargano (Parma), Diego Perez (Bologna), Sebastián Eguren (Palmeiras), Alvaro González (Lazio), Alejandro Silva (Lanus), Alvaro Pereira (Sao Pablo), Cristian Rodríguez (Atlético Madrid), Gaston Ramírez (Southampton), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo); Edinson Cavani (PSG), Luis Suárez (Liverpool), Diego Forlán (Cerezo Osaka), Abel Hernández (Palermo), Cristian Stuani (Espanyol).
Standy-by list Andres Scotti (Nacional), Alvaro Fernández (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), Gonzalo Castro (Real Sociedad).
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Napoli), David De Gea(Manchester United)
Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Alberto Moreno (Sevilla), JaviMartinez (Bayern Munich), Raul Albiol (Napoli), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), DaniCarvajal (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Koke(Atletico Madrid), Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao), Xavi (Barcelona), ThiagoAlcantara (Bayern Munich), Pedro (Barcelona), Jesus Navas (Manchester City), David Silva (Manchester City), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Juan Mata (Manchester United), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Forwards: Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), David Villa (Atletico Madrid), AlvaroNegredo (Manchester City), Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Fernando Llorente(Juventus)
Think Moreno, Carvajal, Iturraspe, Mata, Villa, Torres and Llorente will be cut from that squad.
Isco left out of the 30.
Soldado’s season hasn’t exactly gone to plan you’d imagine.
Switzerland World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Roman Bürki (Grasshopper), Yann Sommer (Basel)
Defenders: Johan Djourou (Hamburg), Michael Lang (Grasshopper), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg), Fabian Schär (Basel), Philippe Senderos (Valencia), Steve von Bergen (Young Boys), Reto Ziegler (Sassuolo)
Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Eintracht Frankfurt), Valon Behrami (Napoli), Blerim Dzemaili (Napoli), Gelson Fernandes (Freiburg), Gökhan Inler (Napoli), Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich), Valentin Stocker (Basel), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach).
Forwards: Mario Gavranovic (Zurich), Josip Drmic (Nurnberg), Haris Seferovic (Real Sociedad), Admir Mehmedi (Freiburg)
Reserves: Marwin Hitz (Augsburg), Timm Klose (VfL Wolfsburg), Silvan Widmer (Udinese), Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen), Fabian Frei (FC Basel), Pajtim Kasami (Fulham), Pirmin Schwegler (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Ridiculous than Nainggolan isn’t goin, he’s their best midfielder by a good distance.
[QUOTE=“chewy louie, post: 944309, member: 1137”]Sebastián Coates has been included in Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabárez’s 25-man preliminary squad for this summer’s [U]World Cup[/U].
Liverpool defender Coates was sidelined for almost eight months after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury on international duty last August, but has been on the comeback trail at former club Nacional, whom he joined on loan from the Premier League club in January
There are three other Premier League players in the squad with Liverpool’s Luis Suárez, West Bromwich Albion’s defender Diego Lugano and Southampton’s midfielder Gastón Ramírez included, along with the 34-year-old Cerezo Osaka forward Diego Forlán and Paris St Germain’s Edinson Cavani in a powerful-looking attack.
The defensive duo José María Giménez and Jorge Fucile have also been called up, despite not playing regularly for Atlético Madrid and Porto respectively, but there was no place for the veteran Penarol goalkeeper Juan Castillo.
Castillo’s omission means there are no domestic-based players in Tabárez’s 25-man group, although Nacional defender Andres Scotti is one of three players on the stand-by list.
Uruguay, who reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and won the Copa America the following year, will face [U]England[/U][/URL], Italy and [URL=‘http://www.theguardian.com/football/costarica’][U]Costa Rica[/U] in Group D in Brazil.
[SIZE=5]Uruguay squad[/SIZE]
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama), Rodrigo Muñoz (Libertad); Diego Lugano (West Brom), Diego Godin, José María Giménez (both Atletico Madrid), Martin Cáceres (Juventus), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfical), Jorge Fucile (Porto), Sebastián Coates (Nacional); Egidio Arevalo-Rios (Morelia), Walter Gargano (Parma), Diego Perez (Bologna), Sebastián Eguren (Palmeiras), Alvaro González (Lazio), Alejandro Silva (Lanus), Alvaro Pereira (Sao Pablo), Cristian Rodríguez (Atlético Madrid), Gaston Ramírez (Southampton), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo); Edinson Cavani (PSG), Luis Suárez (Liverpool), Diego Forlán (Cerezo Osaka), Abel Hernández (Palermo), Cristian Stuani (Espanyol).
Standy-by list Andres Scotti (Nacional), Alvaro Fernández (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), Gonzalo Castro (Real Sociedad).[/QUOTE]
Have a hunch Uruguay will flop. I accept they have one of the best strike forces in the world and a rich tradition in the tournament. Its a small country with a population of just 3 million so despite the unprecedented quality of player they produced per head of population, its still a small playing pool to pick from. Invariably countries outside of the big heavyweights that go to a World Cup relying on the same core of players that performed well four years previously don’t replicate it 4 years on. The contrast between Poland 82-86, Cameroon 90-94, Bulgaria 94-98, Croatia 98-02 would immediately spring to mind and even Portugal, Netherlands and Turkey all failing to qualify in 1970, 82 & 2006 after their heroics of four years previous. Its an ageing Uruguay side and qualification form was poor, 5th in a group that didn’t even feature Brazil, 5 defeats from 16 games and needing a play off win over Jordan to advance.
10 of the starting 11 against Netherlands in the 2010 semi final are included in that provisional squad of 25.
[QUOTE=“Il Bomber Destro, post: 944402, member: 2533”]Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Napoli), David De Gea(Manchester United)
Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Alberto Moreno (Sevilla), JaviMartinez (Bayern Munich), Raul Albiol (Napoli), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), DaniCarvajal (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Koke(Atletico Madrid), Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao), Xavi (Barcelona), ThiagoAlcantara (Bayern Munich), Pedro (Barcelona), Jesus Navas (Manchester City), David Silva (Manchester City), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Juan Mata (Manchester United), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Forwards: Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), David Villa (Atletico Madrid), AlvaroNegredo (Manchester City), Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Fernando Llorente(Juventus)
Think Moreno, Carvajal, Iturraspe, Mata, Villa, Torres and Llorente will be cut from that squad.[/QUOTE]
Moreno, Koke, Thiago, Torres, Villa, Ander & Juanfran will probably be left at home. Recent injury will count against Thiago while Azpilicueta and Carvajal will both get in as they both can play either side of the defence
Here is a list of all the squads that hnave been named so far
Sadly the other number 1 Argentina supporter on the forum resigned in disgrace recently so I am alone now it seems. We named our provisional 30 man squad today. We’ll be hard bet.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Sampdoria), Mariano Andújar (Catania), Agustín Orión (Boca Juniors)
Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Federico Fernández (Napoli), Ezequiel Garay (Benfica), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon), Hugo Campagnaro (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Manchester City), José Basanta (Monterrey), Nicolás Otamendi (Atlético Mineiro), Lisandro López (Getafe), Gabriel Mercado (River Plate)
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors), Lucas Biglia (Lazio), Éver Banega (Newell’s Old Boys), Ricardo Alvarez (Inter Milan), Augusto Fernández (Celta Vigo), José Sosa (Atlético Madrid), Angel Di María (Real Madrid), Maxi Rodríguez (Newell’s Old Boys), Fabián Rinaudo (Catania), Enzo Pérez (Benfica)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli), Sergio Agüero (Manchester City), Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint-Germain), Franco di Santo (Werder Bremen)
Caballero and Speroni omitted as expected. Bizarre stuff.
Javier Pastore not on the list either.
Looking through the squad, it doesn’t look good enough.
Colombia World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Nice), Faryd Mondragon (Deportivo Cali), CamiloVargas (Santa Fe)
Defenders: Mario Yepes (Atalanta), Aquivaldo Mosquera (Club America),Cristian Zapata, Carlos Valdes (San Lorenzo), Amaranto Perea (Cruz Azul),Eder Alvarez Balanta (River Plate), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), CamiloZuniga (Napoli), Pablo Armero (Napoli)
Midfielders: Carlos Sanchez (Elche), Fredy Guarin (Inter Milan), Abel Aguilar (Toulouse), Aldo Leao Ramirez (Morelia), Juan Fernando Quintero (Porto), Victor Ibarbo (Cagliari), James Rodriguez (Monaco), Macnelly Torres (AlShabab), Juan Guilermo Cuadrado (Fiorentina), Edwin Valencia (Fluminense), Alexander Mejia (Nacional)
Forwards: Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin), Luis Fernando Muriel (Udinese), Teofilo Gutierrez (River Plate)
No Jackson Martinez.
Jackson Martinez is actually in the squad but not in that list there.
[QUOTE=“Il Bomber Destro, post: 944625, member: 2533”]Colombia World Cup squad
No Jackson Martinez.[/QUOTE]
WTF?
He’s actually been included in the squad but he’s not on the list I cut and pasted.
Isn’t Mondragon about 41 or something? He played against England in 1998 and was very good from what I remember.
Alvarez Balanta is supposed to be an absolutely top class centre back in the making.
Is Falcao going to make it?
[QUOTE=“The Scouse Cafu, post: 944631, member: 2660”]Isn’t Mondragon about 41 or something? He played against England in 1998 and was very good from what I remember.
Alvarez Balanta is supposed to be an absolutely top class centre back in the making.
Is Falcao going to make it?[/QUOTE]
Yes Mondragon would be around that age, he was an excellent keeper alright, Yepes is also 38.
I would be very skeptical about Falcao making it but he is being given every chance.
[U]Samir Nasri[/U][/URL], who was instrumental in helping Manchester City to win the Premier League title, was left out of [URL=‘http://www.theguardian.com/football/france’][U]France[/U][/URL]'s [URL=‘http://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football’][U]World Cup[/U] squad when Didier Deschamps announced a 23-man list plus seven stand-by players.
Nasri’s omission prompted a furious Twitter rant against the manager and the team by his girlfriend.
Nasri, who has a reputation of being a troublemaker and was disappointing in France’s play-off first leg against Ukraine last year, was a notable absentee along with the defender Eric Abidal. Abidal has been used sparingly by Claudio Ranieri at Monaco during the second part of the season. French radio RMC reported that the 34-year-old is retiring from international football.
“Samir is an important player for Manchester City but he has not performed that well with France,” Deschamps said. “He is a starter at City, which is not the case with France and he has made clear that he is not happy when he is not [a starter], and I can tell you it can be felt in the squad. I built the best squad, I did not pick the 23 best French players.”
A tweet from the account of Nasri’s girlfriend, Anara Atanes, said: “Fuck france and fuck deschamps! What a shit manager!” She then repeated the insults before adding: “Lets just get this straight! Im not mad i get my bf for 2 months… I just think theres a level of respect to be had!”
Nasri was banned for three matches after launching a foul-mouthed rant at a reporter following France’s quarter-final defeat by Spain at Euro 2012.
Also left out was Gaël Clichy, who was at the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 but Deschamps instead picked the talented yet inexperienced Lucas Digne of Paris Saint-Germain.
Deschamps’ starting lineup in Brazil is likely to feature Franck Ribéry and Mathieu Valbuena supporting the Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
In the midfield PSG duo Yohan Cabaye and Blaise Matuidi will be alongside Paul Pogba of Juventus while Deschamps is expected to pick two from Raphaël Varane, Mamadou Sakho and Laurent Koscielny at centre-back.
The stand-by players, who include Southampton’s Morgan Schneiderlin, will be with the squad until 28 May.
France will play Switzerland, Ecuador and Honduras in Group E. They will gear up for the World Cup with friendlies against Norway (27 May), Paraguay (1 June) and Jamaica (8 June).
[SIZE=5]The squad[/SIZE]
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mickaël Landreau (Bastia)
Defenders: Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United), Lucas Digne (PSG) Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala (Porto), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (PSG), Clément Grenier (Lyon), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Rio Mavuba (Lille), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Loïc Rémy (Newcastle), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Stand-by players: Stéphane Ruffier (Monaco), Loïc Perrin (St Etienne), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton), Benoît Trémoulinas (Dynamo Kiev), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)
How has Griezmann done in 2014? I think he’s a fantastic player - gives them options anyway in that supporting role.
Know your squads?
http://www.theguardian.com/football/quiz/2014/may/14/world-cup-squads-quiz
I obviously don’t - 4 :oops: