World Cup U-20 - Columbia 2011

EDIT: WC U-20 from 29 July until 20 August

More info: http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/index.html

Spain U-20 Squad announced


- Thiago was adviced to rest! This means he will be available for pre-season

- Kiko(RB/RW, 20) who is close to join Barca was also called!

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Full Squad:

- C. ATLÉTICO DE MADRID SAD: Jorge Pulido Mayoral & Jorge Resurrección Merodio “Koke”

- ATHLETIC CLUB: Aitor Fernández Abarisketa

- FC BARCELONA: Martín Montoya , Marc Bartra Aregall, Marc Muniesa Martínez, Oriol Romeu Vidal, Sergi Roberto Carnicer & Cristian Tello Herrera.

- SL BENFICA: Rodrígo Moreno Machado

- RCD ESPANYOL DE BARCELONA SAD: Jordi Amat Maas & Álvaro Vázquez García

- HÉRCULES CF SAD: Francisco Femenia Far “Kiko”

- LIVERPOOL FC: Daniel Pacheco Lobato

- MÁLAGA CF SAD: José Luis García del Pozo “Recio”

- REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ SAD: Ezequiel Calvente Criado

- REAL MADRID CF: Fernando Pacheco Flores & Sergio Canales Madrazo

- SEVILLA FC SAD: Antonio Manuel Luna Rodríguez

- VALENCIA CF SAD: Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez “Isco”

- REAL ZARAGOZA SAD: Alejandro Sánchez Benítez “Alex”

Source: http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=39&ID=3661

It heavily conflicts with la Copa America, saldy. Not much of a chance of watching many games, even over here.

Oh, and it's ColOmbia.

brazi will not have neymar and lucas this time,i hope coutinho performs well

England U20 World Cup squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Jak Alnwick (Newcastle United), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Lee Nicholls (Wigan Athletic).

Defenders: Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Ben Gordon (Chelsea), Jack Robinson (Liverpool), Adam Smith (Tottenham Hotspur), Reece Wabara (Manchester City), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool), Scott Wootton (Manchester United).

Midfielders: Reece Brown (Manchester United), Gary Gardner (Aston Villa), Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers), Dean Parrett (Tottenham Hotspur), George Thorne (West Bromwich Albion).

Forwards: Benik Afobe (Arsenal), Nicholas Ajose (Manchester United), Callum McManaman (Wigan Athletic), Alex Nimely (Manchester City), Ryan Noble (Sunderland), Matthew Phillips (Blackpool).

WHen does it start?

1st august i think

England to win it (serious face)

Only one Arsenal boy in that team?

i think for players like Pacheco, going there isnt doing themselves any favour.
now he will miss all the pre-season and therefore wont be able to impress Kenny and show him he deserves to be part of LFC squad...

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:Only one Arsenal boy in that team?

One too many, in my opinion. Would much rather Afobe play in pre-season.

Most of our good English talent play U21 or senior level - Wilshere, Walcott, Gibbs and Lansbury - while the rest are "okay" but not really that special. Bartley is too good for U20 and will probably step-up to U21 if Smalling makes more senior team appearances. Other than him, it's pretty average.

We've got some good 15-17 year olds coming through, at the very least.

By the way, England start their campaign on July 29th against North Korea. 20:30 Colombian time.

Delighted Chelsea didn't allow McEachran to go especially after that EURO farce.

Anyway Kakuta is going to **** some s*** up yo.

No Neymar and Lucas, oh well there still Coutinho and Danilo.

yeah it's too bad there's no neymar or lucas, but as a santos fan i'm glad neymar was spared.

the copa américa + u-20 WC are basically destroying santos.

RealGunner wrote:1st august i think

EDIT: WC U-20 from 29 July until 20 August

More info: http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/index.html

France to win it, you saw it here 1st.
(basically, the team has the players that were U19 European champions last year)



Goalkeepers : Pierrick Cros (Sochaux), Benjamin Lecomte (Lorient), Jonathan Ligali (Montpellier).

Defenders : Lionel Carole (Benfica), Maxime Colin (Boulogne-sur-Mer), Sébastien Faure (Lyon), Timothée Kolodziejczak (Lyon), Florian Lejeune (Istres), Johan Martial (Brest), Chris Mavinga (Genk), Loïc Nego (Nantes).

Midfielders : Francis Coquelin (Lorient), Gueida Fofana (Le Havre), Clément Grenier (Lyon), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Enzo Reale (Lyon).

Forwards : Cédric Bakambu (Sochaux), Gaël Kakuta (Fulham), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Gilles Sunu (Lorient), Yannis Tafer (Toulouse).

nj wrote:France to win it, you saw it here 1st.
(basically, the team has the players that were U19 European champions last year)



Goalkeepers : Pierrick Cros (Sochaux), Benjamin Lecomte (Lorient), Jonathan Ligali (Montpellier).

Defenders : Lionel Carole (Benfica), Maxime Colin (Boulogne-sur-Mer), Sébastien Faure (Lyon), Timothée Kolodziejczak (Lyon), Florian Lejeune (Istres), Johan Martial (Brest), Chris Mavinga (Genk), Loïc Nego (Nantes).

Midfielders : Francis Coquelin (Lorient), Gueida Fofana (Le Havre), Clément Grenier (Lyon), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Enzo Reale (Lyon).

Forwards : Cédric Bakambu (Sochaux), Gaël Kakuta (Fulham), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Gilles Sunu (Lorient), Yannis Tafer (Toulouse).

This team played vs Spain in Euro U-17 Final & lost 4-0 .. 3 years ago (Thiago was on the team)..

last season France U-19 also played against Spain U-19 IN FRANCE (Euro U-19 Final) & france were lucky to win 2-1!!

Imo, Spain has a better team.. but its Wc now not just european teams.. african teams in youth always make gd results (better physically).. + they have to face Brazil & Argentina!! so it won't be easy for Spain or France, but for sure they will compete..

Hopefully, Sergi Roberto will take Thiago's role in this tournament & lead Spain for glory lol

haha Varane is aready u21, what a beast at 18

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:haha Varane is aready u21, what a beast at 18

a little bit like when Jones was 1st called to play with englands' u21.
those kind of players are so ahead of their group of age that its logical to promote them so soon.

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:haha Varane is aready u21, what a beast at 18

Garay ?