South America

Diego wants Mascherano as captain

By worldcuppers at 5 November, 2008, 7:23 pm

It seems that the new Argentina coach Diego Maradona wants Liverpool’s midfielder Javier Mascherano to captain the country. Maradona is a long-time admire of the hard-working player and according to FIFA.com had once mentioned “The only player that can’t be replaced in the national team is Javier Mascherano. In Argentina, it’s Mascherano plus ten.”

No Anderson for Brazil

By worldcuppers at 1 September, 2008, 6:01 pm

Brazilian Football Confederation confirmed that Sao Paulo’s midfielder Hernanes has been called up to replace his midfield counterpart Anderson in Dunga’s World Cup 2010 qualifiers squad against Chile and Bolivia. The Manchester United midfielder has been ruled out with an undisclosed injury. Hernanes was part of the Brazil under-23 squad that took bronze at the [...]

Tevez back for Argentina

By worldcuppers at 1 September, 2008, 5:44 pm

Five England-based players including striker Carlos Tevez (Manchester United) has been named in the Argentina squad for the upcoming World Cup 2010 Qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru. The others are Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United) and Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City). Olypic heroes Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors) and Lionel [...]

Ecuador protest against Valencia’s absence

By worldcuppers at 27 August, 2008, 5:39 am

The Ecuadorian Football Federation are to protest to FIFA over Wigan Athletic midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia’s no-show antics from last week’s international friendly against Colombia. Earlier reports mentioned that Valencia was suffering from a knee injury, but curiosuly he started the league game against Chelsea on Sunday, which Wigan lost 1-0. Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) [...]

Guerrero issues apology for outburst

By worldcuppers at 27 August, 2008, 5:06 am

Peru striker Paolo Guerrero has apologised for his colourful language on referee Pablo Pozo during his side’s 6-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Uruguay in June. The Hamburg player was dismissed for excessively protesting against a penalty decision. For his trouble, he was banned by FIFA for six games, ruling him out from helping Peru’s [...]