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A shame we can't replace the Catalonia match with a match between two hopeless incompetents managing with both sets of fans trying to push them out before they do too much damage.

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Mastroeni out for... Zavagnin?


BRADLEY OUT

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Zavagnin

Another FM legend that helped me lift the MLS with Kansas City Wizards :cool:

[Sarah]

Frankie Simek to play brilliantly and be wanted by major clubs

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Originally posted by Daaaaave:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Splendid:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Puedlfor:
I think the Gold Cup demonstrated that barring several catastrophic injuries, we'll still qualify easily for the World Cup - which means Bradley will still be in charge.

Where Pablo will lead us out as captain. </BLOCKQUOTE>

ym michael bradley </BLOCKQUOTE>

That'd be so fb. Just like a U-12 class three team.

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Gladstone (Sporting CP) and Edu Dracena (Fenerbahçe) have been called up to take Alex and Alex Silva's places.

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Originally posted by Kizzak:
A shame we can't replace the Catalonia match with a match between two hopeless incompetents managing with both sets of fans trying to push them out before they do too much damage.

Sounds like another friendly against England?

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Kaka philosophical about bench role with Brazil

SAO PAULO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Brazil midfielder Kaka says he has no complaints about having to sit on the substitutes' bench for his country, despite his rampant success at club level.


Kaka was voted the best player in last year's Champions League after finishing as top scorer with 10 goals on his way to helping AC Milan win the trophy.


Yet when Brazil faced modest Algeria in a friendly last month, he suffered the indignity of starting on the bench.

Kaka, however, said he agreed with coach Dunga's decision, which followed his controversial request to skip the Copa America in Venezuela in June and July.

'Ever since he (Dunga) took over, he has said that nobody has a guaranteed place in the team and I think that's fair,' Kaka said.

'That's how it has to be, everybody has to win his place. I think it's a fair way to pick the team.'

Kaka and Barcelona's Ronaldinho asked to sit out the Copa America in Venezuela in June and July, saying they were tired after the long European season.

Dunga has demanded complete dedication from his players, however.

'I was on the physical limit,' said Kaka, justifying his request to skip the tournament, which Brazil still won.

'I wasn't frustrated exactly because I'm aware of what I've achieved. What I have done is a memory for me, a landmark in my life.'

Kaka played the second half of the Algeria match, which Brazil won 2-0 and is in the squad for the friendlies against the United States in Chicago on Sunday and against Mexico in Boston three days later.

'If the games are not in Europe, the club is not obliged to release me but for these two friendlies I asked Milan not to create any problems with the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) as I want to play,' he said.

Kaka said his big target this season was to win the Club World Cup which will be held in Japan in December and where Argentina's Boca Juniors are likely to be Milan's biggest threat.


'The world club cup is a title which is missing for me. In Brazil, we learn as we are growing up that this is the most important title.

'Here in Europe, it doesn't have the same value as it has for we Brazilians but my dream is to win this championship.'

Kaka, the subject of recent speculation about a move to Real Madrid, said he might leave Milan before his contract ended in 2011.

'This year at least, I will continue at Milan. But further ahead, I don't know. I'm happy and my family have adapted to Italy but it depends on Milan too.

'I don't want to stay in a place where neither myself nor the club are satisfied.'

Kaka said he supported the idea of Brazil hosting the 2014 World Cup, a tournament for which the country is the only candidate.

'Brazil can only win by staging this World Cup,' he said. 'We have time. A lot can happen before 2014 in terms of organisation.'

Kaka, who will be 32 by then, said he had not considered whether he would be playing in the tournament.

'I don't even know if I will take part in the next one in 2010, let alone in 2014,' he said.

His dream is to win the Club World Championship. Smart guy. :thup:

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But the Club World Championship is a Mickey Mouse competition. That's what the Euros told me.

[retired_jdupont]

Originally posted by Jason the Yank:
But the Club World Championship is a Mickey Mouse competition. That's what the Euros told me.

If it's a Mickey Mouse competition, as they say, does it mean the Euros are Goofies because they aren't even good enough to win it?