Pre-season Friendlies thread

Sumo

Looks like he'll fit right in with the Rangers drinking culture that did for Le Guen last season.

The Moscow Tournament - 3rd to 5th August

Milan, Real Madrid, PSV and the host Lokomotiv Moscow

so it be ; PSV v AC Milan and Real Madrid v Lokomotiv Moscow .. and winners in the final

Hibs vs Bolton (3-0)

Calidad wrote:Hibs vs Bolton (3-0)

Bolton are going to be relegated.

Sammy Lee is never a manager in a million years

Hibernian: Ma-Kalambay, McCann, Hogg, Jones, Murphy, Stevenson (Lynch 89), Kerr, Beuzelin (Gatteussi 75), Zemmama (Chisholm 75), Benjelloun (Campbell 83), Fletcher (Donaldson, half-time). Subs not used: McNeil, Joneleit, McCormack, McCaffrey, .

Bolton Wanderers: Walker, Sinclair, Jamieson, Faye, Michalik, Speed (Cassidy 87), Stelios (Woolfe, half-time), Guthrie (Sissons 64), Helgusson (Harsanyi, half-time), Vaz Te, El-Hadji Diouf (Obadeyi 64). Subs not used: O'Brien, Kazimierczak.

anyone know if henry is playing for barca?

its 0-0 HT.

Newcastle currently beating Celtic 3-0, 2 goals from Luque and one more Martins.

Henry is expected to play according to Frank Rijkaard , I'm not sure if he is starting.

he probably will as i dont think messi is back

Barca have scored. Game is very nearly over.

HAHA

and guess who scored it!

Mr Thierry Henry

how as it

FT.

Barca 1 - Dundee 0

(ps the goal was a pen)

Alive and Kicking wrote:

Great avatar !

Apparently Barca won with a clear Dundee goal not counting and a dodgy penalty that Henry missed and scored on the rebound. Toure was allegedly the worst player in the field.

Thought the Barca-Dundee game was disappointing. Barca weren't particularly fluid, but that is to be expected I guess.

Dundee Utd gave a great account of themselves, and were unlucky to have a goal disallowed. They certainly didn't deserve to lose, and it wasn't a case of them parking the bus either. They were happy to attack Barca.

Most of the Barca players were 'meh'. Iniesta as usual, was probably the best player on park. I thought Toure looked quite good, quite disciplined and passed the ball well too.

Dos Santos, Bojan & Crosas all played in the 2nd half. Gio won the penalty. Henry took, GK saved it - but Henry scored the rebound.

Torrente wrote:Apparently Barca won with a clear Dundee goal not counting and a dodgy penalty that Henry missed and scored on the rebound. Toure was allegedly the worst player in the field.

One of their best players from what i saw (only watched the 1st half). He made about 2 rash challenges, apart from that was pretty much flawless. He didn't misplace a single pass as far as i can remember.

Agooner wrote:

Torrente wrote:Apparently Barca won with a clear Dundee goal not counting and a dodgy penalty that Henry missed and scored on the rebound. Toure was allegedly the worst player in the field.

One of their best players from what i saw (only watched the 1st half). He made about 2 rash challenges, apart from that was pretty much flawless. He didn't misplace a single pass as far as i can remember.

I didn't see the game. This is just from what a friend told me. But then again, he's a Madridista so he's bound to be a bit biased

Did he do a gay goal celebration?

No just the usual "I'm the man" celebration.

The crowd booed for some strange reason, so he did a finger to his lips for a couple seconds, then just ran off staring at his shoelaces as usual. Looking forward to watching the match later tonight or tomorrow, I've taped it.


btw Torrente,


(I'm very glad to see that Yaya did well)

(more details)

The Russian Railway Cup : 3rd Aug - 5th Aug

the Tournament which commemorates the 170th anniversary of the Russian Railways

AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Lokomotiv Moscow and Real Madrid

3rd August

PSV Eindhoven v AC Milan
Lokomotiv Moscow v Real Madrid

5th August

Final + 3/4 playoff

Stoke were beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid in their glamour friendly in Austria.

Goals in each half from Raul and Roberto Soldado (penalty) were enough to give the Spanish champions a comfortable victory.

New Real coach Bernd Schuster gave debuts to new signings Jerzy Dudek, Javier Saviola, Pepe and Christoph Metzelder.

Real broke the deadlock on 19 minutes when captain Raul slotted home after a poor clearance.

Stoke refused to be overawed by their illustrious opponents and had chances of their own, but they could not find a way past the Real defence.

Substitute Soldado wrapped up the victory with the second goal from the penalty spot after Ivan De la Red was brought down in the box.

I guess Inter haven't brought their Copa America stars to england to face ManU and Arsenal.... which impacts our defence a lot - mostly youth players...

Roberto Mancini's squad for England tour:

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar, Paolo Orlandoni, Francesco Toldo

Defenders: Ivan Fatic**, Marco Filippini**, Marco Materazzi, Maxwell, Walter Samuel

Midfielders: Francesco Bolzoni**, Cesar*, Olivier Dacourt, Luis Figo*, Attila Filkor**, Luis Jimenez*, Ibrahim Maaroufi**, Daniele Pedrelli**, Santiago Solari, Dejan Stankovic

Strikers: Adriano, Mario Barwuah Balotelli**, Julio Ricardo Cruz, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Suazo

* will arrive in England directly from Brunico training camp
** Inter Primavera players with first team for England tour

Predicted line-up vs Arsenal...?

boooooooooo inter to come 4th!

bluenine wrote:I guess Inter haven't brought their Copa America stars to england to face ManU and Arsenal.... which impacts our defence a lot - mostly youth players...

Roberto Mancini's squad for England tour:

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar, Paolo Orlandoni, Francesco Toldo

Defenders: Ivan Fatic**, Marco Filippini**, Marco Materazzi, Maxwell, Walter Samuel

Midfielders: Francesco Bolzoni**, Cesar*, Olivier Dacourt, Luis Figo*, Attila Filkor**, Luis Jimenez*, Ibrahim Maaroufi**, Daniele Pedrelli**, Santiago Solari, Dejan Stankovic

Strikers: Adriano, Mario Barwuah Balotelli**, Julio Ricardo Cruz, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Suazo

* will arrive in England directly from Brunico training camp
** Inter Primavera players with first team for England tour

this is Cr@p, im going to the match 2morro and i wanted to see Crespo and Zanetti!

bluenine wrote:Midfielders: Francesco Bolzoni**, Cesar*, Olivier Dacourt, Luis Figo*, Attila Filkor**, Luis Jimenez*, Ibrahim Maaroufi**, Daniele Pedrelli**, Santiago Solari, Dejan Stankovic

No Vieira!

Still some very big names in that squad though, which of the younger players have the best chance of making the first team in the future?