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Gardiens : Joe Hart (Manchester City), Rob Green (West Ham/D2), Jack Butland (Birmingham/D2)
Défenseurs : Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), Martin Kelly (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton)
Milieux de terrain : Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Manchester United), James Milner (Manchester City)
Attaquants : Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Benny Feilhaber scored and set up his first goal of the season as the New England Revolution beat the Chicago Fire 2-0 on Saturday night at Gillette Staduim.
Kelyn Rowe and Benny Feilhaber scored for the local side within just five minutes apart midway through the second half to win what looked to be a scoreless game on a rainy night for the Revolution.
Rowe came in as a sub in the 64th minute to replace Fernando Cardenas and scored five minutes later on pass by Benny Feilhaber to break the scoreless affair between two teams who where eliminated from the US Open Cup tournament earlier this week. Benny would increase the lead for the local side when he received a pass from Rowe from the right side of the penalty area to score his first goal of the season.
The victory improved the Revolution home record to 4-1-1, while Chicago Fire dropped to 2-4-1 on the road, three straight defeats on the road.
Kelyn Rowe’s Post game interview:
Game Notes:
New England Revolution picked up its first win against the Fire after failing to beat them in the last 10 games. New England’s last regular season victory against the Fire was on May 6, 2007 at Gillette Stadium.
All time record between both clubs: 41 meetings; 18 wins for the Fire, 14 for NE Revolution and 9 ties.
NE England Revolution head Coach Jay Heaps coached his first game against the fire, and picked up his first win against them while Fire’s Coach, Frank Klopas picked up his second defeat against the Revolution on three attempts.
BP/HTP
La sélection ghanéenne
Gardiens: Adam Kwarasey (Stromsgodset/NOR), Daniel Adjei (Liberty), Ernest Sowah (Berekum Chelsea)
Défenseurs: Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro/UKR), Daniel Opare (Standard de Liège/BEL), Harrison Afful (Espérance/TUN), Lee Addy (Dalian Aerbin/CHN), John Boye (Rennes/FRA), Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim/GER), Jerry Akaminko (Manisaspor/TUR), Daniel Ashley Addo (Zarya Louhansk/UKR), Richard kissi Boateng (Berekum Chelsea)
Milieux: Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese/ITA), Derek Boateng (Dnipro/UKR), Anthony Annan (Vitesse Arnhem/NED), Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese/ITA), Sulley Muntari (AC Milan/ITA), Mohammed Rabiu (Evian Thonon Gaillard/FRA), Christian Atsu (Rio Ave/POR), Richard Mpong (Medeama SC)
Attaquants: Jordan Ayew (Marseille/FRA), Dominic Adiyiah (Arsenal Kiev/UKR), Emmanuel Clottey (Berekum Chelsea), Ben Acheampong (Asante Kotoko).
NB: La sélection ghanéenne pour les matches de qualification zone Afrique du Mondial-2014 contre le Lesotho (1er juin) et la Zambie (9 juin).
By James Louis-Charles
HaitiTempo
Washington, DC — May 31, 2012
The Brazilian soccer team that came into Washington DC last night showed the U.S. there is still a gap between them and the Americans. Despite the fact The United States Men’s National team went into this friendly not lacking confidence in Jurgen Klinsmann’s more aggressive coaching style after beating Scotland in a lopsided match a few days prior to the game, it didn’t take long for the Brazilians to show their superiority.
The outcome of the game was decided soon after kickoff when the referee, Jeffrey Calderon of Costa Rica, awarded a somewhat controversial penalty kick to Brazil. Brazilian forward Damiao took a shot just outside of the U.S. penalty box with American defender Onyewu in the path of the ball heading toward goal. With mili-seconds to react and the ball going straight for his rib cage, Onyewu turned and braced himself with his arms to block the shot. But because the ball then hit his hand on his chest, the referee awarded a penalty shot, which young Brazilian superstar Neymar converted easily for the 1-0 lead.
With both teams playing an aggressive 4:3:3, this was the perfect scenario for Neymar to showcase his talent firsthand to the American public. However, Neymar wasn’t the usual selfish and showboating star we had come to expect from watching highlights of him with his club team Santos, in Brazil. With Marcelo playing left defense and making his runs down the left flank, and Neymar playing left Forward, the two of them complimented each other nicely on that side. Everyone was expecting the Neymar show, but they got his being Robin to Marcelo’s Batman instead.
What then of the Hulk who tore apart in Brazil’s friendly last week against Denmark?! Well, he must not have gotten mad enough to turn green because with the exception of a few flashes of him here and there, he wasn’t really a factor in this game.
Marcelo and Neymar pressing on the U.S. right side of the defense meant that Donovan playing right forward, Edu playing right midfield, and Cherundolo playing right defense, could mount a counter attack on the side the Brazilians were attacking. But that wasn’t the case as Marcelo and left midfield Romula stopped any attacks the Americans were attempting at them. The result was a pretty quiet night for Donovan, who just days ago had one of his most successful matches with a hat trick against Scotland.
Every now and then, the Americans kept possession of the ball in search of an opening, but they simply couldn’t penetrate the attacking third past the Brazilian defense. The Brazilians meanwhile kept attacking and almost made it 3-0 a couple of times, had it not been for the quick reflexes of a clearly frustrated U.S. keeper Tim Howard.
The Americans were finally able to muster something right before halftime. They attacked the left side with left midfield Bradley and left back Fabian Johnson linking up nicely to provide a low cross in front of the goal for Gomez to finish.
The score at halftime was 2-1, with Brazil leading.
The 2nd half started pretty much the way the 1st half began, with Brazil still pressing forward. Jurgen Klinsmann said after the game “We need to get nastier” because he thought his players lacked confidence against Brazil. Not surprisingly enough, German-American player Germaine Jones responded right after halftime with a hard tackle on Marcelo to intimidate the player who seemed to cause the Americans the most trouble. The referee responded by giving Jones the first warning of the match.
The mental message seemed to have worked as a few minutes later Marcelo, a player known as being too easily intimidated with Real Madrid, seems to have lost his composure with a hard tackle on an American player. He subsequently was awarded the second yellow card of the game.
Klinsmann inserted the slower Michael Parkhurst in the place of Cherundolo on defense midway through the 2nd half. I am not sure I understood the meaning of this substitution but it seemed to have provided more space for Neymar and Marcelo to abuse. Not surprisingly, Marcelo off a nice combination with…(who else?) Neymar, ended up putting the ball in the back of the net from a nice side volley for Brazil’s 3rd goal.
In the dying minutes, Marcelo ended up crossing the ball to a wide-open Pato, who nicely collected the ball off his chest and slotted it pass Howard for the 4th goal. This goal enticed a few laughs from the Brazilian journalists up in the press box and I am not sure why. Could it be because the scorer was Pato, a player who seemed to have fallen out of favor a little with his club team AC Milan? Or was it because the goal was scored too easily?
Klinsmann may have a point believing his side was simply too soft and lacked aggressiveness. While the make up of this Brazilian team may end up being mostly the team they use in the World Cup in Brazil a few years from now, this is a young team that is preparing for the Olympics. If they play in the Olympics the way they demolished this U.S. Senior side, then they should be the heavy favorite to win the Gold medals in Mens Soccer in London this summer.
JLC/HTP
Le marché des transferts n’ouvrira officiellement que le 13 juin, mais les tractations vont déjà bon train en France et en Europe. L’Argentin Ezequiel Lavezzi est annoncé avec insistance comme la première recrue du PSG. En Espagne, Diego ne devrait pas rester à l’Atletico Madrid.
LE BUZZ : LAVEZZI EN ROUTE POUR PARIS ?
Ezequiel Lavezzi, première recrue estivale du PSG ? C’est en tout cas ce que disent lequipe.fr et La Gazzetta dello Sport. Le site internet du quotidien français annonce que l’agent de l’attaquant argentin de Naples, Alejandro Mazzoni, sera demain à Paris pour rencontrer les dirigeants parisiens, tandis que le média italien affirme que le PSG est tombé d’accord avec le club napolitain sur la base d’un transfert de 26 millions d’euros, plus des bonus. Dans le même temps, Leonardo, le directeur sportif parisien, a annulé la conférence de presse qu’il avait prévu mercredi après-midi. Pas forcément la preuve irréfutable de l’arrivée imminente de Lavezzi, mais clairement une indication qu’il se passe des choses dans les coulisses du club de la capitale…
C’EST SIGNE OU PRESQUE
Dave Whelan, le président de Wigan, a annoncé que Roberto Martinez serait encore l’entraîneur des Latics la saison prochaine. Martinez a notamment été annoncé du côté de Liverpool, qui a choisi d’engager Brendan Rodgers, le manager de Swansea City.
Zdenek Zeman, l’entraîneur de Pescara, va succéder à Luis Enrique au poste d’entraîneur de l’AS Roma.
C’EST DANS L’AIR
D’après Le Progrès, Saint-Etienne vise le danois Thomas Kahlenberg pour remplacer Laurent Battles, parti à la retraite. L’ancien Auxerrois, prêté à Evian lors du mercato d’hiver, appartient toujours à Wolfsburg.
Selon As, le FC Barcelone s’intéresse à Alvaro Vazquez, l’attaquant international Espoirs de l’Espanyol, estimé à 8 millions d’euros.
Le site internet de L’Equipe affirme que Naples piste Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, le défenseur central de Montpellier.
Sous contrat à Manchester City, Edin Dzeko est dans le viseur du Bayern Munich, qui aimerait l’associer à Mario Gomez en attaque, selon Bild.
C’EST DIT
DIEGO : « JE PENSE JOUER A WOLFSBURG ». Auteur d’une belle saison à l’Atletico Madrid, avec une victoire en Ligue Europa à la clé, Diego ne devrait cependant pas rester dans la capitale espagnole. « Je pense que je sera à Wolfsburg la saison prochaine. Il me reste deux ans de contrat », a déclaré le milieu offensif brésilien dans les colonnes du Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. Les dirigeants des Colchoneros ont déjà pris les devants en signant Belozoglu Emre, le milieu turc de Fenerbahçe.
Vincent BREGEVIN / Eurosport
Neymar, la jeune vedette de Santos courtisée par les plus grands clubs européens, a conduit le Brésil à une large victoire sur les Etats-Unis 4 à 1 en match amical, mercredi à Landover dans la banlieue de Washington.
Devant près de 70.000 spectateurs, Neymar a ouvert la marque sur penalty à la 12e minute avant de tirer le corner du 2-0 (26e), repris de la tête par Thiago Silva, et de centrer en retrait pour Marcelo, le défenseur du Real Madrid, à la 52e pour le 3-1.
Entre-temps, Herculez Gomez, du Santos mexicain, avait réduit le score juste avant la mi-temps.
Pato, de l’AC Milan, a parachevé la victoire brésilienne à la 88e minute d’un beau tir croisé.
« J’ai marqué un but et j’ai donné deux passes décisives, alors je suis très content avec ça », a déclaré Neymar.
« Je ne m’attendais pas à cela, vraiment, s’est réjoui le sélectionneur brésilien, Mano Menezes. Mais j’ai vu la confiance des jeunes joueurs, et je savais qu’on pouvait leur faire confiance. La réponse a été très bonne ».
Klinsmann a apprécié Neymar et ses coéquipiers, tout en entrevoyant des « failles » dans ce Brésil, comparé à ses grands anciens. « Neymar, avec son adresse technique, a la fraîcheur pour tenter des choses auxquelles on ne s’attend pas, a commenté l’entraîneur des Etats-Unis. Ils ont une très bonne jeune équipe, prometteuse. Mais battable ».
Avec Neymar, 20 ans, et Pato, 22 ans, le Brésil alignait une équipe très jeune, en route pour les jeux Olympiques de Londres, qui s’est mise en confiance en mettant fin à une série de cinq victoires des Américains.
Les joueurs de Klinsmann joueront leur dernier match de préparation à la phase qualificative pour le Mondial-2014 contre le Canada dimanche à Toronto.
Le Brésil a remporté la seizième de ses dix-sept rencontres contre les Etats-Unis, dont la seule victoire contre la Seleçao date de 1998 (1-0).
AFP
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