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Rio Ferdinand out of England game as Gary Cahill is called up
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Rio Ferdinand has withdrawn from the England squad to face Kazakhstan on Saturday because of a calf problem.
The uncapped Bolton Wanderers centre-back, Gary Cahill, has been called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifier in Almaty.
"I've had a good season and I've worked really hard,'' said a "delighted'' Cahill, who makes the full squad for the first time after three summons to provisional parties. "I'm thankful that I have got the chance and I'm determined to take it with both hands.''
Either Joleon Lescott or probably Matthew Upson is expected to partner John Terry against Kazakhstan.
With the game falling on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, England fans will be laying a St George Cross wreath at the city's own World War Two monument on Saturday morning.
Paid for by supporters, the wreath bears the message 'Never Forget, Never Again' in English, Kazakh and Russian.
Meanwhile, the manager of Kazakhstan has complained that his players are badly unfit as he prepares them to take on England on Saturday.
Bernd Stork accused managers of three major club teams in the country of undermining his preparations for the World Cup qualifier by ignoring fitness regimes for his players.
Stork said: "Physical fitness is a key issue in modern football. Our game against Belarus turned into disaster because in the second half the team completely stopped." The Kazakh side lost that match, also at home, to Belarus 1-5.
"After that game I issued my recommendations what should be done to improve the situation," said the German. "And some players started working in training according to them.
"But not those from Aktobe, Tobol and Lokomotiv Astana. So 11 footballers from top clubs didn't do what I wanted them to do because they were not allowed to by their teams.
"The managers of those clubs are boycotting my efforts in the national team.
"When I wanted to watch Lokomotiv in training they slammed the door in my face saying it was a closed session. It's unbelievable. And it happens just days before the game against England."
Stork stressed: "I hope on Saturday my players will come onto the pitch and do everything they can to achieve a positive result.
"There is a gap in class between us and England. I wish we could at least move around the pitch as much as them. But our players' average running distance per game is just 7 kilometres and the English cover 12. A big difference."
Another major setback for German boss of Kazakhstan is that his captain Ruslan Baltiev will miss the match due to injury.
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yah .. cedera lagi ...
tapi selamat de buat gary cahill .. smoga dapet caps pertamanya ...
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3rd June 2009, 04:34
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sepi amat yak disini ... gw terus yang post ...
mana nih pens inggris lain ....
Steven Gerrard tips Wayne Rooney to take Champions League failure out on Kazakhstan
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Steven Gerrard has said that Wayne Rooney will take Manchester United's Champions League failure out on the unsuspecting players of Kazakhstan and Andorra.
England face the two underdogs, on Saturday and next Wednesday respectively, knowing that successive victories to take Fabio Capello's men within one more win of guaranteed qualification for next year's World Cup finals.
And Rooney, who suffered with his team-mates as United lost 2-0 to Barcelona in last week's Champion League final in Rome, will be keen to put that disappointment behind him.
"Wayne is a fantastic player and I think if you give a player like him freedom he is going to cause the opposition many problems, he is such a talent," said Gerrard.
"Wayne has come off the back of a Champions League defeat I am sure he is still hurting and will take it out on the next opposition."
And Gerrard believes England will be determined to out their qualifying programme to bed as soon as possible, adding: "We want the job done as soon as possible, and with all due respect to Kazakhstan and Andorra, these are games we should win.
"So we need to approach them with the right attitude and get the job done and if we win these two games we will be three points away from qualification with three games to play and that puts us basically in the driving seat.
"It can be difficult if you think negatively or you think you are tired, if you are thinking about the end of the season – but for me there are still two big games to play to get seven wins out of seven and put ourselves into a fantastic position to qualify.
"The majority of the time when England play these type of teams we are expected to win very comfortably but these teams can be very organised and difficult to beat and everyone wants to beat England. That's the unfortunate position we are in. Because we have one of the best leagues in the world and a lot of our players are big names throughout the world, everyone wants to beat us."
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yup Roo .. saatnya fokus ke timnas ..
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3rd June 2009, 04:39
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England work up a sweat for final 2010 World Cup push
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For those who thought it was all over, who thought the football season might finally surrender to summer, the intensity of England training at London Colney on Monday was astonishing.
Little wonder. Fabio Capello told his players that victory over Kazakhstan on Saturday and Andorra next week will sweep England to within three points of the 2010 World Cup.
For 90 minutes in conditions more St Kitts than St Albans, Capello worked his players hard in an attack-orientated session, placing particular emphasis on width, on crosses and flooding the box with runners. England know they must stretch Kazakhstan and Andorra, opponents who will defend in depth.
Encouragingly for Capello, his players made light of their draining club seasons and the merciless sun, pushing themselves until their white shirts glistened with sweat. Steven Gerrard, the new Footballer of the Year, looked particularly sharp in front of goal. Wayne Rooney was not far behind.
David Beckham, the LA Galaxy and AC Milan nomad who will probably view Wednesday's seven-hour flight to Almaty as short haul, earned the admiration of a group of schoolboys and members of the England women's team with his dedication at 34, particularly during a series of ultra-competitive shuttle runs with Frank Lampard and John Terry.
The presence of so many marquee names in a June squad is a tribute to Capello. Gerrard, Rooney, Beckham, Lampard, Terry and the rest clearly believe they are going places with their distinguished coach. Players often withdraw from June squads in non-tournament years but Capello has really lost only David James, Ben Foster and Michael Carrick injured.
Rio Ferdinand (calf) and Ashley Cole (unspecified knock) spent the session with physios and are desperate to make the plane. If fit, England could line up strongly against Kazakhstan as: Green; Johnson, Ferdinand, Terry, Cole; Lampard, Barry; Walcott, Rooney, Gerrard; Heskey. Dressing-room faith in Capello is reflected on the terraces with 1,300 fans making the trip into Borat's backyard. Although a European group qualifier, Almaty is as far away as Chicago.
England's confidence was articulated by two of the squad's understudies, ambitious souls such as Peter Crouch and Joleon Lescott keen to catch Capello's eye in training, knowing the coach picks on form and has a Plan B and Plan C. If Capello wants to go long, Crouch could lope on from the bench. If Ferdinand feels his calf, Lescott (or more probably Matty Upson) can step up.
Crouch gave an insight into Capello's demanding nature. "Every player has to prove himself in every game with England – even JT the captain,'' said the Portsmouth striker, who hopes he has given Capello "food for thought'' with his goal against Ukraine.
"He keeps his cards close to his chest but there was a pat on the back, a 'well done' and 'see you next time'. He expects a lot from us. When we don't perform, he certainly lets us know. When we do, he doesn't say too much because that's what he expects.''
Capello has devised a 4-2-3-1 strategy that exploits the squad's strengths, namely attacking players who like raiding from the deep. "Most of our world-class players like playing in behind – Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard – and you adapt the system around that,'' added Crouch, smiling ruefully at the reminder this meant one up.
"We'd all prefer to play two up because we'd have more chance to get in the team! He does have other systems; during a game, he's not shy to change a formation. Even if you don't start, you know you can come on and affect the game.''
If Crouch does emerge, he will look forward to the familiar service of his Pompey colleague, Glen Johnson. "The majority of my goals came when he was bombing on down the right,'' Crouch said. "He's had a fantastic season. He might admit himself that, when he went to Chelsea, he was young and made the odd high-profile mistake. Now he's completely cut that out of his game and he's England's best right-back, one of the best in the world.''
Crouch is one of the most popular members of Capello's squad and the obvious camaraderie at London Colney was touched on by Lescott. At one point, the Everton defender went running with Lampard and Terry, Chelsea players who beat David Moyes's side in Saturday's FA Cup final. "They are not going to rub it in my face,'' Lescott said. "I congratulated them. There's respect from both parties. JT will pass on advice – that's why he's captain and a great ambassador for football.''
Terry's advice currently is to push all out for South Africa. "If we can do the job in hand, winning the next two games, we'll be in a position to make that happen,'' Lescott said. The champagne corks could be popping to celebrate reaching the World Cup with a Wembley victory in September over Steve McClaren's nemesis, Croatia. England have gone from brolly to Bolly.
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fiuuuff ngantuk
Go England Go
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3rd June 2009, 09:10
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hehe... keep posting bro...
yakin bgt gw 2 match ini dapet 6 poin penuh...
btw kazakstan jauh jg yah perjalanan udara 7 jam, kirain cm sejam-dua jam doang dari inggris...
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hehe... keep posting bro... : hi:
yakin bgt gw 2 match ini dapet 6 poin penuh... : music:
btw kazakstan jauh jg yah perjalanan udara 7 jam, kirain cm sejam-dua jam doang dari inggris... : D
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sekalian sundul ... up up up ...
iya bro ternyata jauh ... hehehe ..
Fabio Capello disgruntled by late England withdrawal of Michael Carrick
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Michael Carrick's withdrawal from the England squad has annoyed manager Fabio Capello because he was not told earlier that the midfielder was carrying an injury.
The 27 year-old dropped out on Sunday after Capello was told he had sustained a foot injury, thought to be a broken toe, which is believed to have been picked up during the Champions League final on Wednesday last week.
Capello immediately called up James Milner for the World Cup qualification matches here, on Saturday, against Kazakhstan and then at home to Andorra next Wednesday. Capello then lost another Manchester United player, Rio Ferdinand, because of his persistent calf problems.
The fact that both players are from United is a coincidence but Capello has been concerned at the number of dropouts for this squad, especially as it follows a long, arduous season. Club managers have privately suggested that the double header, which has involved a seven-hour flight to Almaty, is one their players may have been better to avoid.
Carrick has had a stop-start time to his England career under Capello, being unavailable for several squads due to injury. That has been a frustration to the Italian, who rates the midfielder highly, particularly with his passing ability which is ideally suited to international football. It was not until August last year that Capello was able to include Carrick.
Capello has had several run-ins with managers over injuries to players and while there is no suggestion he is angry with Sir Alex Ferguson, he is understood to be disappointed that he was not informed earlier by United that Carrick was a doubt so he could have planned accordingly.
Of more immediate concern to Capello, when he takes his squad for a training session here on Thursday, will be the conditions. At the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains, Almaty is around 700 metres above sea level, which will take some adjusting to, while pollution levels are also high.
The pitch at the Central Stadium will have to be guarded against. It has been hardened by a recent 30C heatwave, prompting the Kazakhstan football federation to leave the grass long, and this has led to vast clusters of clover. It will be cut and watered, hopefully, before kick-off but the touchlines and some of the other areas of the pitch and rutted and pockmarked and uneven, on an inspection on Wednesday, and it will not be an easy surface to play on.
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duh ..
masi aja salah komunikasi anatara timnas n klub ..........
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5th June 2009, 04:10
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Kazakh pitch suggests bumpy ride for England
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England's home surface at Wembley isn't the only dodgy pitch they will have to play on in the next week.
Predictably enough the surface at the ramshackle Central Stadium in Almaty will raise a few eyebrows when it is inspected by the players later today.
The stadium itself, more of an athletics venue, albeit it one with a fairly worn out, patched up, running track, offers a warning of what is to follow as you walk through it. Paint peeling, steps crumbling, it looks nothing like an international football arena.
I got to walk around the stadium yesterday while the Kazakhstan riot police were enthusiastically going through their drills and even strolled down the area to where the dressing rooms are situated.
Peter Crouch beware - the 6ft 7in striker will have to stoop very low to negotiate the steps down to where he and the rest of the players will be getting changed.
But it's the pitch that will cause some concern. The grass has been allowed to grow longer and will, surely, be cut before kick-off, due to the heatwave that has affected the city. But it is rutted and pockmarked underneath with clumps of clover growing over, making it look, to be honest, like a pretty average Sunday parks pitch.
It looks dry and bumpy with the area around the touchline gouged out in places. Not exactly the Premier League carpets John Terry and Co are used to.
One groundsman was working enthusiastically at repairing a sad-looking patch near the half-way line but he had his work cut out. The pitch could do with a lot of watering, too, but that's not necessarily going to happen.
It will be interesting to see what Fabio Capello makes of it all while Premier League managers will fret that, even though the domestic season has ended, some of their charges may pick up an injury, a turned ankle or twisted knee.
It's not the only worry. Pollution levels in Almaty are high, especially when it's dry. It rained a couple of days ago but not since and it makes breathing, after a little exercise, not so comfortable. The city is also 500 metres or so above sea level and that, too, has an effect.
The Kazakhs are hardly a world superpower and England should win comfortably. Travelling to venues such as this are all part of the process of qualifying for the next World Cup and tests don't just include beating the likes of Croatia but negotiatin.
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resiko cedera semakin besar nih ...
mana mainnya di akhir musim .. kondisi pemain mungkin dah menurun karena dah bermain sepanjang musim .. mudah2an ga ada yang cedera ..
intermezzo ..
mungkin "dia" dah nunggu di Almaty ..
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5th June 2009, 04:25
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England v Kazakhstan: England role is my favourite, says Manchester United's Wayne Rooney
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Defeat in the Champions League final must have hurt. Wayne Rooney radiated schoolboy joy at the prospect of playing football on a park pitch five time zones from home. Anything to bury the memory of Rome.
There is also the relief of reverting to the central role he so enjoys under the England regime of Fabio Capello. Rooney will not be deployed in the wide receiver position on Saturday, fishing long balls out of the sky as he was by Manchester United a week ago.
Perhaps Sir Alex Ferguson will be dipping his toe into warmer waters somewhere and not reading this. He doesn't miss much, however. For the record Rooney made it plain where his sentiments lay in regard to the position he prefers to play.
That Rooney is retreating to the bosom of the England set-up for succour after a coruscating defeat is also a reversal of sorts. Sir Alex Ferguson has long lamented the affect on his players of negative international engagements. In this example it is Capello who has to hope that his premier strike weapon is sufficiently recovered from a bad experience.
Three days romping around the England camp as a deep lying centre-forward appears to have banished the Barcelona blues. "The position I play for England is the one I most like to play in. I have not played that for a while at United. It is of course the manager's choice but I have always said that my best position is up front. I'm enjoying it.
"When you are playing out on the left you have responsibilities defending. That does take some of your energies when you are attacking. With England you don't have to get back so much. Me and Steven [Gerrard] can swap it. You get your rest, which leaves you with more energy to get forward."
First Ronaldo, now Rooney detonating an incendiary analysis of Ferguson's tactics in Rome. Rooney meant no offence. He is after all in the form of his career, fulfilling the potential he showed in his precocious early England period.
The impact of Capello can not be overstated. The upturn in Rooney's gross domestic output coincides with the appointment of Capello to the England coaching post. This is not intended as a slight against Ferguson, whose management of genius ranks with the best, but simply to acknowledge the benefit that can accrue when a different set of eyes scan the landscape.
Capello has given the England players the kind of confidence enjoyed hitherto only at their clubs. And in Rooney's case there is the added value that has come with the improvement in his deportment on the pitch. Capello has taught him how better to channel his wholesome approach to the game.
Rooney is maturing as a man as well as a footballer and better able to make sense of the vast coaching acumen to which he is exposed at club and country. While happy to serve Ferguson and Capello in any way they ask, maybe the time is coming when his input carries as much weight as theirs.
Ferguson might want to pay particular attention to the following observation made by Rooney on Thursday. "As forward players you have to be selfish if you want to score goals. Obviously it is a team game. I love playing for the team but maybe I have to try to be more selfish in where I want to play and what role I want to play. Playing in different positions has given me lots of experience, which has got to be good for me, but my best position is up front."
Nothing lost in translation there. Rooney went on to speak about the prospect of ending his international career in the Sir Booby Charlton slot as England's highest scorer. Fifty caps have thus far yielded 21 goals, leaving a further 28 required to reach nirvana.
"Of course you would love to become England's leading goal scorer. That is some way away. But obviously it is something I look at. It would be a privilege if I can become that."
Rooney was the first of the global football icons to be rolled out before the Kazakh media. Posing for pictures and signing autographs is not a new development. Obliging requests from individuals who moments earlier had been putting questions on behalf of their newspaper was probably a departure. These are the rules of the game in football frontier land 140 miles from the Chinese border.
Rooney should enjoy it here. It will take him back to the days when the Croxteth crew put down jumpers for posts. Sophisticated it is not. The objective is to qualify for the World Cup. To be reminded of how football's other half live might be considered a bonus as England's first world players power towards that objective.
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hehehe .. gw setuju ma posisi Rooney dibawah arahan Capello ..
Roo main dibelakan Stiriker n diberi keleluasaan buat berkreasi ..
dalam bertahan, di Timnas dia hanya dapet sedikit bagian aja ..
bahkan kalo dikutip pernyataan Roo, dia lebih senang bermain sebagai striker dibandingkan sayap ..
mungkin waktu bermain diklub, ada berbagai pertimbangan sehingga SAF menaruhnya di posisi sayap .. keterbatasan sayap MU .. atau bahkan untuk menahan agresifitas sayap lawan.. ingat Roo punya Work Rate yang sangat tinggi dan mau ikut serta dalam bertahan ..
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Becks Training with England at Arsenal's training facility
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