GROUP A GREAT BRITAIN SENEGAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY GROUP B MEXICO SOUTH KOREA GABON SWITZERLAND GROUP C BRAZIL EGYPT BELARUS NEW ZEALAND GROUP D SPAIN JAPAN HONDURAS MOROCCO
FIXTURES Group A July 26, 5.00pm BST; Old Trafford: United Arab Emirates v Uruguay July 26, 7.45pm BST; Old Trafford: Great Britain v Senegal July 29, 5.00pm BST; Wembley: Senegal v Uruguay July 29: 7.45pm BST; Wembley: Great Britain v United Arab Emirates August 1, 7.45pm BST; Ricoh Arena: Senegal v United Arab Emirates August 1, 7.45pm BST; Millennium Stadium: Great Britain v Uruguay Group B July 26, 2.30pm BST; St James' Park: Mexico v South Korea July 26, 5.15pm BST; St James' Park: Gabon v Swizterland July 29: 2.30pm BST; Ricoh Arena: Mexico v Gabon July 29, 5.15pm BST; Ricoh Arena: South Korea v Swizterland August 1, 5.00pm BST; Millennium Stadium: Mexico v Swizterland August 1, 7.45pm BST; Wembley Stadium: South Korea v Gabon Group C July 26, 7.45pm BST; Millennium Stadium: Brazil v Egypt July 26, 7.45pm BST; Ricoh Arena: Belarus v New Zealand July 29: 12.00pm BST; Old Trafford: Brazil v Belarus July 29, 2.45pm BST; Old Trafford: Egypt v New Zealand August 1, 2.30pm BST; St James' Park: Brazil v New Zealand August 1, 2.30pm BST; Hampden Park: Egypt v Belarus Group D July 26, 12.00pm BST; Hampden Park: Spain v Japan July 26, 2.45pm BST; Hampden Park: Honduras v Morocco July 29: 5.00pm BST; St James' Park: Spain v Honduras July 29, 7.45pm BST; St James' Park: Japan v Morocco August 1, 5.00pm BST; Old Trafford: Spain v Morocco August 1, 5.00pm BST; Ricoh Arena: Japan v Honduras Top two teams go through to the quarter-finals QUARTER-FINALS August 4, 12.00pm BST; Old Trafford: Winner of D v Runner-up of C August 4, 2.30pm BST; Wembley Stadium: Winner of B v Runner-up of A August 4, 5.00pm BST; St James' Park: Winner of C v Runner-up D August 4, 7.30pm BST; Millennium Stadium: Winner of A v Runner-up of B SEMI-FINALS August 7, 5.00pm BST; Wembley Stadium: Winner of QF 1 v Winner of QF 2 August 7, 7.45pm BST; Old Trafford: Winner of QF 3 v Winner of QF 4 BRONZE MEDAL MATCH August 10, 7.45pm BST; Millennium Stadium GOLD MEDAL MATCH August 11, 3.00pm BST; Wembley Stadium
Brazil Goalkeepers: Neto (Fiorentina), Rafael Cabral (Santos), Wingbacks: Danilo (Porto), Rafael (Manchester United), Alex Sandro (Porto), Marcelo (Real Madrid) Centrebacks: Thiago Silva (AC Milan), Bruno Uvini (São Paulo), Juan (Inter Milan) Midfielders: Sandro Ranieri (Tottenham), Rômulo (Spartak Moscow), Lucas Moura (São Paulo), Oscar (Internacional), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos) Forwards: Alexandre Pato (Milan), Neymar (Santos), Leandro Damião (Internacional), Hulk (Porto) GB Jack Butland (Birmingham), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough); Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Tottenham), Craig Dawson (West Brom), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Neil Taylor (Swansea), James Tomkins (West Ham); Joe Allen (Swansea), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Jack Cork (Southampton), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Scott Sinclair (Swansea); Craig Bellamy (Liverpool), Marvin Sordell (Bolton), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea).
Spain's Prelim Roster. Goalkeepers: David De Gea (Manchester United), Diego Marino (Villarreal), Joel Robles (Atletico Madrid).Defenders: Jordi Alba (Valencia/Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta (Marseille), Alberto Botia (Sporting Gijon), Alvaro Dominguez (Borussia Monchengladbach), Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad), Javi Martinez and Mikel San Jose (both Athletic Bilbao), Martin Montoya (Barcelona).Midfielders: Thiago Alcantara and Cristian Tello (both Barcelona), Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao), Isco (Malaga), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Juan Mata and Oriol Romeu (both Chelsea).Forwards: Adrian Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), Rodrigo (Benfica), Alvaro Vazquez (Espanyol).
Looks like Spain v Brazil to me. Still won't believe Giggs is playing till I see it. First he'd be playing for Stuart Pearce and they don't stand a chance.
germany and brazil are the only two world cup holders never to have won wc im guessing because germany cares more about u21 euros than it does the olympics
assuming the ioc uses the same rule for age that uefa does (calender year), germans that would be eligible: mesut ozil marco reus thomas muller andre schurrle lewis holtby mario gotze julian draxler peniel mlapa ilkay gundogan toni kroos lars bender sven bender marcel schemlzer benedict howedes mats hummels holger badstuber
Would have to be some special generation to compete with those 2. Over half of Brazil's first choice XI is on that team and Spain has pretty much their U21 Euro winning team.
Spain and Brazil are co favorites at 9/4 England 6/1 Uruguay 7/1 Switzerland 9/1 Mexico 14/1 Japan and South Korea 33/1 Belarus and Senegal 40/1 Gabon, Morocco, and Egypt 50/1 Honduras and New Zealand 150/1 UAE 200/1
with its three exceptions, germany would literally field its starting xi fuck now im pissed they didnt do this so they could crush the competition mercilessly only to lose to the spain u21 team in the semifinals 1-0
The U21 tourney is what UEFA used as Olympic qualifying, but Germany isn't losing any sleep over it South American teams take Olympics and all youth tournaments very seriously, believe players should play together as much as possible before reaching the senior team. Weird though that they used U17 tourney instead of U20 to determine their 2 teams (Brazil and Uruguay). Thiago Alcantra and Xherdan Shaqiri will miss the games.
Mexico's Olympic team is struggling with Leon right now. A club that is just promoted to Mexico's 1st division.
Uruguay Olympic squad: Goalkeepers: Martin Campana (Cerro Largo), Leandro Gelpi (Penarol) Defenders: Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Diego Polenta (Genoa), Ramon Arias (Defensor Sporting), Alexis Rolin (Nacional), Emiliano Albin (Penarol). Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Palermo), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax), Matias Aguirregaray (Palermo), Gaston Ramirez (Bologna), Maximiliano Calzada (Nacional), Diego Rodriguez (Defensor Sporting) Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Vitoria Guimaraes), Tabare Viudez (Nacional) Stand-by: Alejandro Silva (Fenix), Marcelo Silva (Penarol), Federico Pintos (Defensor Sporting), Martin Rodriguez (Wanderers)
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I usually hope England do well in major tournaments but not this team, I dislike a majority of the players, especially Bellamy/Rose/Ramsey/Sturridge
Can someoen give a nutshell description of the goals so far for a poor guy stuck in the office without streaming? Alex take her top off?
Alex Morgan = Fernando Torres both incredibly good looking, fast, strikers, both wear the same nikes, both have a weird running form both are people that I love