blutgraetsche wrote:Spain without Xavi are only half as good. Fact! Will be interesting to see who / how he will be replaced. Cesc, Thiago etc. are fine, but they are no Xavi.
Still, a great result for a young and promising Italian team. Italy is on track, they are modernising their style. They'll be quite a different team in the coming years.
blutgraetsche wrote:That's one of the most beautiful, most skillful goals I have seen in years. It's absolutely brilliant.
The kid probably just needs the right environment to develop his talent.
THANK GOD he didn't play for that racist c**t! 
EMP wrote:Surprised nobody mentioned Brasil v Ghana. Went to it. Great atmosphere and more spectators than tickets. Match was shaping up nicely until Daniel Apare got second yellow for persistent fouling. "That's five," Mike Dean said when sending him off. Bit unlucky as wsa stumbling from foul when he caught Lucio. Leandro Damiao got only goal of match. Ronaldinho was back and got rapturous reception at end. Pity about sending off though as it ended the match as an eual contest, even though Mike Dean warned both Apare and Pantsil that one more foul would have that effect. Perhaps a discreet word in Goran Stepanovic's ear to sub him would have been better. It was a friendly though.
Emmanuel Frimpong opts to play for Ghana ahead of England
• 'He wants to play for Ghana' – GFA president
• Arsenal midfielder had previously played for England youth
Emmanuel Frimpong, the Arsenal midfielder, has chosen Ghana over England after meeting Kwesi Nyantakyi, the Ghana Football Association president, at a London hotel following the Black Stars' 1-0 friendly defeat to Brazil at Craven Cottage on Monday night.
On Tuesday Frimpong tweeted: "I have Done My Part For the Love of The country Now Lets Wait and See The Outcome……"
Nyantakyi, who has held his position for less than a week, told the Guardian: "Yesterday we met him after the game at Fulham at a hotel. He wants to play for Ghana. We have to apply to Fifa now – send them the documentation and wait. It is out of my hands how long they will take, but with my experience [of these matters] I expect no longer than three months and it will probably be shorter than that."
Frimpong's decision will disappoint the senior England management and the Football Association. The 19-year-old, who was born in Accra and has impressed so far this season for Arsenal, played for the England Under-16 and Under-17 sides, before he pulled out of the England Under-21 squad named last week by Stuart Pearce for the Euro 2013 qualifier against Azerbaijan and the friendly against Israel.
Earlier this year Frimpong said: "If Ghana call me, I will ride my own bicycle from England to Ghana."
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