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World Cup 2014 - Official squads

Knoxville91 said:
England (23)

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Defenders:
Glen Johnson (Liverpool F.C.)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea F.C.)
Chris Smalling (Manchester United F.C.)
Luke Shaw (Southampton F.C.)
Phil Jagielka (Everton F.C.)
Phil Jones (Manchester United F.C.)
Leighton Baines (Everton F.C.)
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:FAIL:

my fav team tho, midfield and the attacking area looks promising
 
Algeria (23 Players)

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Goalkeepers:
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger)
Raïs M'Bolhi (CSKA Sofia)
Cédric Si Mohamed (CS Costantine)

Defenders:
Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwiya)
Essaïd Belkalem (Watford)
Rafik Halliche (Académica)
Carl Medjani (Valenciennes)
Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Aïssa Mandi (Reims)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)
Djamel Mesbah (Livorno)
Liassine Cadamuro (Mallorca)

Midfielders:
Hassan Yebda (Udinese)
Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham)
Medhi Lacen (Getafe)
Saphir Taïder (Internazionale)
Yacine Brahimi (Granada)

Forwards:
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
Moumen Djabou (Club Africain)
Hilel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb)
Ryad Mahrez (Leicester City)
Islam Slimani (Sporting CP)
Nabil Ghilas (FC Porto)
 
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Russia (23)

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Goalkeepers:
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
Yuri Lodygin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan)

Defenders:
Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow)
Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow)
Aleksei Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)
Andrey Yeshchenko (Anzhi Makhachkala)
Andrey Semyonov (Terek Grozny)

Midfielders:
Yuri Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow)
Aleksei Ionov (Dynamo Moscow)
Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow)
Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow)
Aleksandr Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin Kazan)
Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow)
Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak Moscow)
Viktor Fayzulin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Oleg Shatov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)

Forwards:
Aleksandr Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow)
Maksim Kanunnikov (Amkar Perm)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
 
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Knoxville91 said:
England (23)

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Goalkeepers:
Joe Hart (Manchester City F.C.)
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion F.C.)
Fraser Forster (Celtic F.C.)

Defenders:
Glen Johnson (Liverpool F.C.)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea F.C.)
Chris Smalling (Manchester United F.C.)
Luke Shaw (Southampton F.C.)
Phil Jagielka (Everton F.C.)
Phil Jones (Manchester United F.C.)
Leighton Baines (Everton F.C.)

Midfielders:
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool F.C.)
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal F.C.)
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool F.C.)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool F.C.)
James Milner (Manchester City F.C.)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea F.C.)
Ross Barkley (Everton F.C.)
Adam Lallana (Southampton F.C.)

Forwards:
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool F.C.)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United F.C.)
Rickie Lambert (Southampton F.C.)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal F.C.)
Danny Welbeck (Manchester United F.C.)
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No Terry? I didn't follow him or Chelsea lately, but why would you leave him alone? Late punishment for 2010? Or is he really too old to play on WC level?

And what's with Walcott? Again left out of a WC squad?
 
Ghana (26 - 3 players to axe)

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Goalkeepers:
Fatau Dauda (Orlando Pirates)
Adam Kwarasey (Stromsgodset)
Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars)

Defenders:
Samuel Inkoom (Platanias)
Daniel Opare (Standard Liege)
Harrison Afful (Esperance)
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City)
John Boye (Stade Rennes)
Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon Gaillard)
Jerry Akaminko (Kisehirspor)
Rashid Sumalia (Mamelodi Sundowns

Midfielders:
Michael Essien (AC Milan)
Sulley Muntari (AC Milan)
Rabiu Mohammed (Kuban Krasnodar)
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese Calcio)
Afriyie Acquah (FC Parma)
Christian Atsu (Vitesse)
Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough FC)
Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille)
Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Schalke 04)

Forwards:
Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain)
Abdul Majeed Waris (Valenciennes)
Jordan Ayew (FC Sochaux)
David Accam (Helsingborg)
 
So Hodgson picked Luke Shaw as backup for Baines. No Cashley Cole, no Kieran Gibbs?
Maybe Cole wouldn't be a very positive influence in the dressing room and has seen his better days, but I think Gibbs is ahead of Shaw and wouldn't be a problem, as he's a very down to earth boy and also considering it's clear Baines will be the undisputed starting left back.

England's back four doesn't look too bad, but Johnson will have to be more disciplined defending and you'd better wish for no injuries or suspensions, because the backup CBs aren't good enough for WC level.

As for strikers it's pretty clear the best partnership is Rooney and Sturridge. But it's in the midfield that lies many doubts. Hodgson was a wealth of midfielders for only 4 spots and Gerrard, the captain, will be one of them.
 
If I could decide, this would be the starting 11.

----------------------Hart---------------------
---Johnson----Cahill-------Jones-----Baines----
---------Wilshere---Gerrard---Lallana----------
-------------------Sterling--------------------
----------Sturridge-----------Rooney-----------
 
If it was up to me: I'd leave the diamond 4-4-2, put Jagielka instead of Jones and switch Cahill to the left. I'd also put Henderson as RCM, Wilshere as LCM and Rooney as AM. The partnership upfront would a Sturridge-Welbeck cambo.
 
i would pick...

--------------------- Hart -------------------

Johnson ---- Jagielka ----- Cahill ---- Baines

----- Henderson -- Gerrard ----- Lallana ----

----------------- Wilshere ------------------

-------- Rooney ----------- Sturridge -------
 
USA (30 - 7 players to axe)

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Goalkeepers:
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)
Tim Howard (Everton FC)
Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders:
DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla)
Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City)
John Brooks (Hertha BSC)
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City)
Timothy Chandler (1. FC Nürnberg)
Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC)
Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)
Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes)
Fabian Johnson (1899 Hoffenheim)
Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew)
DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)

Midfielders:
Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake)
Alejandro Bedoya (FC Nantes)
Michael Bradley (Toronto FC)
Joe Corona (Club Tijuana)
Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg BK)
Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union)
Julian Green (Bayern Munich)
Jermaine Jones (Besiktas)
Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards:
Jozy Altidore (Sunderland AFC)
Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna)
Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)
Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar)
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
 
Rentboy said:
So Hodgson picked Luke Shaw as backup for Baines. No Cashley Cole, no Kieran Gibbs?
Maybe Cole wouldn't be a very positive influence in the dressing room and has seen his better days, but I think Gibbs is ahead of Shaw and wouldn't be a problem, as he's a very down to earth boy and also considering it's clear Baines will be the undisputed starting left back.

England's back four doesn't look too bad, but Johnson will have to be more disciplined defending and you'd better wish for no injuries or suspensions, because the backup CBs aren't good enough for WC level.

As for strikers it's pretty clear the best partnership is Rooney and Sturridge. But it's in the midfield that lies many doubts. Hodgson was a wealth of midfielders for only 4 spots and Gerrard, the captain, will be one of them.
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Cole just retired from the NT
 
Cameroon (28 - 5 players to axe)

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Goalkeepers:
Charles Itandje (Konyaspor)
Ndy Assembe (Guingamp)
Sammy Ndjock (Fetihespor)
Loic Feudjou (Coton Sport)

Defenders:
Allan Nyom (Granada)
Dany Nounkeu (Besiktas)
Cedric Djeugoue (Coton Sport)
Aurelien Chedjou (Galatasaray)
Nicolas Nkoulou (Olympique Marseille)
Armel Kana-Biyik (Stade Rennes)
Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyon)
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Queens Park Rangers)
Gaetang Bong (Olympiakos CFP)

Midfielders:
Eyong Enoh (Antalyaspor)
Jean II Makoun (Stade Rennes)
Joel Matip (Schalke 04)
Stephane Mbia (FC Sevilla)
Landry Nguemo (Girondins Bordeaux)
Alexandre Song (FC Barcelona)
Cedric Loe (CA Osasuna)
Edgar Sally (RC Lens)

Forwards:
Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea FC)
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (Mainz 05)
Benjamin Moukandjo (AS Nancy)
Vincent Aboubakar (FC Lorient)
Achille Webo (Fenerbahce)
Mohamadou Idrissou (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Fabrice Olinga (Zulte-Waregem)
 
Uruguay (23)

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Goalkeepers:
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama)
Rodrigo Muñoz (Libertad)

Defenders:
Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion)
Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
José María Giménez (Atlético Madrid)
Martín Cáceres (Juventus)
Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica)
Jorge Fucile (Porto)
Sebastián Coates (Nacional)

Midfielders:
Egidio Arévalo Ríos (Morelia)
Walter Gargano (Parma)
Álvaro González (Lazio)
Alejandro Silva (Lanús)
Álvaro Pereira (São Paulo)
Cristian Rodríguez (Atlético Madrid)
Gaatón Ramírez (Southampton)
Nicolás Lodeiro (Botafogo)

Forwards:
Edinson Cavani (PSG)
Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
Diego Forlán (Cerezo Osaka)
Abel Hernández (Palermo)
Cristian Stuani (RCD Espanyol)

Axed:
Sebastián Eguren (Palmeiras)
Diego Pérez (Bologna)
 
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Knoxville91 said:
England (23)

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Goalkeepers:
Joe Hart (Manchester City F.C.)
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion F.C.)
Fraser Forster (Celtic F.C.)

Defenders:
Glen Johnson (Liverpool F.C.)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea F.C.)
Chris Smalling (Manchester United F.C.)
Luke Shaw (Southampton F.C.)
Phil Jagielka (Everton F.C.)
Phil Jones (Manchester United F.C.)
Leighton Baines (Everton F.C.)

Midfielders:
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool F.C.)
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal F.C.)
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool F.C.)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool F.C.)
James Milner (Manchester City F.C.)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea F.C.)
Ross Barkley (Everton F.C.)
Adam Lallana (Southampton F.C.)

Forwards:
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool F.C.)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United F.C.)
Rickie Lambert (Southampton F.C.)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal F.C.)
Danny Welbeck (Manchester United F.C.)
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Too many duffers there. Predict we'll finish 3rd in our group, at best.
 
amineken22 said:
Algeria (30 - 7 Players to axe)

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Goalkeepers:
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger)
Raïs M'Bolhi (CSKA Sofia)
Izzedine Doukha (USM El-Harrach)
Cédric Si Mohamed (CS Costantine)

Defenders:
Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwiya)
Essaïd Belkalem (Watford)
Rafik Halliche (Académica)
Carl Medjani (Valenciennes)
Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Nacereddine Khoualed (USM Alger)
Aïssa Mandi (Reims)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)
Djamel Mesbah (Livorno)
Liassine Cadamuro (Mallorca)

Midfielders:
Hassan Yebda (Udinese)
Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham)
Adlène Guédioura (Crystal Palace)
Medhi Lacen (Getafe)
Saphir Taïder (Internazionale)
Amir Karaoui (ES Sétif)
Yacine Brahimi (Granada)
Ryad Boudebouz (Bastia)

Forwards:
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
Moumen Djabou (Club Africain)
Fouaed Kadir (Rennes)
Hilel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb)
Ryad Mahrez (Leicester City)
Islam Slimani (Sporting CP)
Nabil Ghilas (FC Porto)
Rafik Djebbour (Nottingham Forest)
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That guy shouldn´t even play football and goes to the WC?! :RANT:
 
Algeria should not be in the WC at all, if you think about it. Burkina Faso shoud share the group with Germany, Portugal and USA.
 
In the second leg of the playoff against Burkina Faso Madjid Bougherra, who even scored the winner if I'm not wrong, was supposed to be suspended as he was sent off in the first leg
 
I heard that in quile a lot of newspapers. FIFA was to take a decision on tbe topic and eventually let them play. It's like Henry's hand five years ago.
 
There you go, as you can see he didn't even get a card that match.
That was all false accusations from the Burkinabese FA, so their team can get the ticket, even worst we were the ones that suffered from bad refereeing that day as the ref gave them two inexsitent pens.
It's outragous that you're making such statements without any knowledge what so ever on the events, If anyone had the right to claim anything it was us.
 
Okay, you proved me wrong. I didn't intend neither to be rude nor to offend you with my statements if you consider I've been, and I apologize. Apparently the source where I got it from was rubbish :P
 
I apologize as well, I didn't see this until I saw your reply. My post wasn't meant to have an agressive tone, I was merely trying to set you straight, perhaps the use of the word "outragous" was a bit too much this time.
 
user name 99 said:
Uruguay (28 - 2 players to axe + 3 reserves)

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Goalkeepers:
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama)
Rodrigo Muñoz (Libertad)

Defenders:
Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion)
Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
José María Giménez (Atlético Madrid)
Martín Cáceres (Juventus)
Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica)
Jorge Fucile (Porto)
Sebastián Coates (Nacional)

Midfielders:
Egidio Arévalo Ríos (Morelia)
Walter Gargano (Parma)
Diego Pérez (Bologna)
Sebastián Eguren (Palmeiras)
Álvaro González (Lazio)
Alejandro Silva (Lanús)
Álvaro Pereira (São Paulo)
Cristian Rodríguez (Atlético Madrid)
Gaatón Ramírez (Southampton)
Nicolás Lodeiro (Botafogo)

Forwards:
Edinson Cavani (PSG)
Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
Diego Forlán (Cerezo Osaka)
Abel Hernández (Palermo)
Cristian Stuani (RCD Espanyol)

Reserves:
Andrés Scotti (Nacional)
Álvaro Fernández (GELP)
Gonzalo "Chori" Castro (Real Sociedad)

My guess is Alejandro Silva and J.M. Giménez. What do you think?
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agree. it could also be eguren instead of gimenez too. they could be short on defenders.
 
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