Germany coach Joachim Loew lauded his players for having “internalized” the fast-paced, flowing style of play that earned them praise during the World Cup, and expects to see more of it in their European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Germany struggled at times during its opening 1-0 win over Belgium on Friday, but the winning goal came after the kind of…
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Loew glad to see Germany keeping World Cup form (AP)
The Blaugrana strolled to an opening day win, and Goal.com rates the players on show.
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Player Ratings: Racing Santander 0-3 Barcelona (Goal.com)
With Arjen Robben injured, PSV Eindhoven winger Jeremain Lens was named Friday in the Netherlands squad for the World Cup runner-up’s first two European Championship qualifiers.
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Jeremain Lens keeps place in Netherlands squad (AP)
A study of Europe’s top clubs says Argentine footballers are catching up with Brazilians as the favored foreigners to sign. The Professional Football Players Observatory says that Brazil still had the most players with top-tier clubs in Europe’s five highest-ranked leagues, but its lead over Argentina was 139-120 last season.
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Europe’s football clubs turn to Brazil, Argentina (AP)
Argentina interim coach Sergio Batista admits his players are still hurting from the humiliating way they were knocked out of the World Cup as they prepare to begin the post-Diego Maradona era with a friendly against Ireland on Wednesday. Argentina’s 4-0 defeat by Germany in the quarterfinals in South Africa proved to be Maradona’s last match in charge as the country’s football…
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Batista leads Argentina in post-Maradona era (AP)
The Netherlands will be without the players who led the team to the World Cup final last month when it plays Ukraine in a friendly match on Wednesday. Coach Bert van Marwijk has retained only backup goalkeeper Michel Vorm from the World Cup squad for the match in Donetsk, allowing the Dutch to test how deep the country’s new pool of talent goes ahead of its first 2012 European Championship…
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The Netherlands rests WCup stars against Ukraine (AP)
Lionel Messi, Javier Macherano and Gonzalo Higuain were among the players selected Tuesday for Argentina’s roster for its Aug. 11 exhibition at Ireland, a group announced hours after coach Diego Maradona was fired. The Argentine Football Association said the roster was selected by Maradona.
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Argentina announces roster for Ireland exhibition (AP)
New Brazil coach Mano Menezes has chosen a young squad for the national team’s first match after the World Cup, picking Alexandre Pato, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Neymar for the friendly against the United States next month. Only four players were included from Brazil’s World Cup squad in South Africa — Daniel Alves, Ramires, Thiago Silva and Robinho.
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Menezes calls up Pato, Ganso, Neymar for debut (AP)
Focus on the fundamentals of movement. Every single day, Manchester United focus on the drills that hammer home a repetition of the moves that the players will use countless times each game.
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France coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match in charge next month as collective punishment for the team’s embarrassing fiasco in South Africa.
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France coach Blanc drops all 23 WCup players (AP)
