Here's a list of the obligatory annoying and pointless international friendlies that will be played on the 15th:

Mexico vs USA
Puerto Rico vs Spain
Russia vs Ivory Coast
Croatia vs Switzerland
Sweden vs Brazil
Denmark vs Slovakia
Belgium vs Netherlands
Germany vs Argentina
Wales vs Bosnia
England vs Italy
France vs Uruguay
Portugal vs Panama

England squad to play Italy:

Joe Hart (Man City), John Ruddy (Norwich), Jack Butland (Birmingham)

Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Tottenham), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Leighton Baines (Everton), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

Jake Livermore (Tottenham), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Michael Carrick (Man Utd), Tom Cleverly (Man Utd), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Man City), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Adam Johnson (Man City), Ashley Young (Man Utd), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham), Andy Carroll (Liverpool)

Spain squad to play Puerto Rico:

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Manuel Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Naxto Monreal (Malaga), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid)

Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), David Silva (Man City), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Pedro (Barcelona)

Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Fernando Llorente (Ath. Bilbao)

France squad to play Uruguay:

Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda

Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Mahamadou Sakho (PSG), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), M'Biwa (Montpellier), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Jallet (PSG), Patrice Evra (Man Utd), Gael Clichy (Man City)

Etienne Capoue (Toulouse), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Rio Mavuba (Lille), Marvin Martin (Lille), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille), Dimitri Payet (Lille), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Bafetembi Gomis (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)

German NT line-up to play Argentina:

Goal: Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)

Defense: Jerome Boateng, Holger Badstuber (both Bayern München), Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (both Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke 04)

Midfield: Sven Bender, Mario Götze, Ilkay Gündogan, Marco Reus (all Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (Schalke 04), Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira (both Real Madrid), Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller (both Bayern München), André Schürrle (Bayer Leverkusen)

Attack: Miroslav Klose (Lazio Rom)


Germany U21 line-up to play Argentina U21:

Goal: Oliver Baumann (SC Freiburg), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defense Marc Hornschuh (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Jung (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jan Kirchhoff (FSV Mainz 05), Sebastian Neumann (Hertha BSC), Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Oliver Sorg (SC Freiburg), Stefan Thesker (1899 Hoffenheim)

Midfield: Patrick Funk (FC St. Pauli), Lewis Holtby (Schalke 04), Moritz Leitner (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt), Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim)

Attack: Maximilian Beister (Hamburger SV), Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), Alexander Esswein (1. FC Nürnberg), Daniel Ginczek (FC St. Pauli), Sebastian Polter (1. FC Nürnberg), Kevin Volland (1899 Hoffenheim)

Honduras Call-up for Boca Juniors Friendly

Porteros: Noel Valladares (C.D. Olimpia), José Mendoza (C.D. Marathón)


Defensas: Mauricio Sabillón (C.D. Marathón), Arnold Peralta (C.D.S. Vida), Osman Chávez (Wisla Krackow), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic), Víctor Bernárdez (San José Earthquakes), Juan Carlos García (C.D. Olimpia), José Velásquez Colón (C.D. Victoria)


Mediocampistas: Edder Delgado (Real España), Mario Martínez (Seattle Sounders FC), Luis Garrido (C.D. Olimpia), Mario Berríos (C.D. Marathón), Marvin Chávez (San José Earthquakes), Boniek García (Houston Dynamo), Wilson Palacios (Stoke City), Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City)


Delanteros: Jerry Bengtson (New England Revolution), Georgie Welcome (C.D. Motagua), Juan Ramón Mejía (C.D. Olimpia)

Italy squad to face England.

Goalkeepers: Andrea Consigli (Atalanta), Mattia Perin (Pescara), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain)

Defenders: Ignazio Abate (Milan), Francesco Acerbi (Milan), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Federico Balzaretti (Roma), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Daniele Gastaldello (Sampdoria), Angelo Obinze Ogbonna (Torino), Federico Peluso (Atalanta)

Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Antonio Nocerino (Milan), Andrea Poli (Sampdoria), Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain)

Attackers: Mario Barwuha Balotelli (Manchester City), Mattia Destro (Roma), Stephan El Sharawy (Milan), Manolo Gabbiadini (Atalanta).

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Fantastic to see some genuine experimentation from Prandelli, with all players participating in the Italian Supercup between Juventus and Napoli being rested, along with other Euro 2012 members Cassano, Montolivo and Thiago Motta.

Denmark squad to face Slovakia!!! AGGER vs SKRTEL

Goalkeepers: Stephan Andersen (Evian), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United)

Defenders: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Lars Jacobsen (Kobenhavn), Andreas Bjelland (Twente), Daniel Wass (Evian), Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland), Jesper Juelsgard (Midtjylland)

Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Ajax), William Kvist (Stuttgart), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby), Jacob Poulsen (Monaco), Niki Zimling (Club Brugge), Lasse Schone (Ajax), Kasper Lorentzen and Nikolai Stokholm (both Nordsjaelland), Lasse Vibe (SonderjyskE)

Attackers: Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Tobias Mikkelsen (Greuther Furth), Nicklas Helenius (AaB)

No Lahm, no Schweinsteiger

Kizu wrote:No Lahm, no Schweinsteiger

Lahm was left out because his wife expects their first child these days and Schweinsteiger should concentrate on getting fit again.

BTW, I think the BMG players that might be an option for the NT (ter Stegen, Jantschke, Herrmann and Hanke) are very likely omitted as BMG has to play a very difficult CL qualification match against Dynamo Kiev the week after and Jogi Löw is known to take care of such things whenever possible.

After all, he didn't call up Mertesacker and Podolski either as he wants them to be able to prepare for the EPL start with Arsenal.

I'm glad Italy are taking an experimental squad for Wednesday's game. That means our not-so-good experimental squad might actually have a chance of getting a good result.

Hopefully Hodgson plays a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.

Balo, Destro and Stephan El Sharawy vs England Defense

Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge have pulled out the England squad though "injury". What a shocker.

GoonerJay29 wrote:Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge have pulled out the England squad though "injury". What a shocker.

So England play without a goalkeeper?

Northern Ireland v Finland too. Should be a close match but hopefully Finland wins

Goalies - Niki Maenpaa & Henri Sillanpaa

Defenders - Paulus Arajuuri, Kari Arkivuo, Markus Halsti, Niklas Moisander, Juhani Ojala, Jukka Raitala, Joona Toivio & Jere Uronen

Midfielders - Alexei Eremenko, Roman Eremenko, Perparim Hetemaj, Kasper Hamalainen, Toni Kolehmainen, Roni Porokara, Riku Riski, Daniel Sjolund, Tim Sparv & Mika Vayrynen

Forwards - Teemu Pukki, Timo Furuholm, Njazi Kuqi

rwo power wrote:

GoonerJay29 wrote:Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge have pulled out the England squad though "injury". What a shocker.

So England play without a goalkeeper?

Ruddy and Butland are actually pretty decent.

GoonerJay29 wrote:

rwo power wrote:

GoonerJay29 wrote:Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge have pulled out the England squad though "injury". What a shocker.

So England play without a goalkeeper?

Ruddy and Butland are actually pretty decent.

It is a pity then that no bigger Premier League club has a space for them.

vsk92 wrote:Northern Ireland v Finland too. Should be a close match but hopefully Finland wins

Goalies - Niki Maenpaa & Henri Sillanpaa

Defenders - Paulus Arajuuri, Kari Arkivuo, Markus Halsti, Niklas Moisander, Juhani Ojala, Jukka Raitala, Joona Toivio & Jere Uronen

Midfielders - Alexei Eremenko, Roman Eremenko, Perparim Hetemaj, Kasper Hamalainen, Toni Kolehmainen, Roni Porokara, Riku Riski, Daniel Sjolund, Tim Sparv & Mika Vayrynen

Forwards - Teemu Pukki, Timo Furuholm, Njazi Kuqi

No Alex Ring??
Pukki to get a goal for sure

Heh. I shouldn't have jinxed it, it seems - now Manuel Neuer had to withdraw from the German squad due to injury (fortunately only something minor, it seems)

Luckily Löw can call up a guy like Marc-André ter Stegen as replacement.

"What a pity, I would have loved to join the squad, but I hope that the team will win anyway", Neuer stated via Facebook, according to transfermarkt.de

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:Pukki to get a goal for sure

Pukki-Power!

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:

No Alex Ring??
Pukki to get a goal for sure

Nope maybe he has a small injury

but another great young player is 17 year old Jere Uronen has played 9 matches for Helsinborgs this season in the Allsvenkan and 3 in the champions league qualifiers

vsk92 wrote:

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:No Alex Ring??
Pukki to get a goal for sure

Nope maybe he has a small injury

Alex Ring was injured this July, so probably he still isn't fully fit.

Xabi in Spain Squad

Oliver Torres should be called up

Le Samourai wrote:Xabi in Spain Squad

Oliver Torres should be called up

Xavi and Alba have been rested. Villa is not ready for Spain game time...

Germany U21 vs Argentina U21 are playing tonight. The match will be shown on German Eurosport at 20:15 GMT+2. I guess streams should be available for those who are interested.

So, the match is underway.

German U21 line-up:
Leno
Jung - Kirchhoff - Sobiech - Sorg
Rode - Holtby (c) - Leitner
Beister - Polter - Esswein

Argentina U21 line-up:
Mehring
Icardi
Magallan (c) - Beloso - Kranevitter - Fragapane
Gianetti - Ruiz - Villalba
Innocenti - Iturbe

So far Germany looks a bit more dangerous than Argentina. BTW, I'm a bit puzzled about the line-up that kicker.de give for Argentina. Is that supposed to be a libero? Intriguing!

Source: http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/intwettbewerbe/u-21-nationalteams-freundschaftsspiele/2012/1/1426404/livematch_deutschland-3096_argentinien-u-21.html

23.) 1:0 - Maximilian Beister (assist by Polter)
35.) 2:0 - Lewis Holtby
44.) 2:1 - Iturbe (assist by Ruiz)

France XI tomorrow v Uruguay: Lloris - Debuchy, Yanga-Mbiwa, Sakho, Evra - Valbuena, Gonalons, Mavuba, Ribery - Giroud, Benzema. (confirmed)

HT - Germany U21 2:1 Argentina U21

Not a bad match so far!

it is more like Germany U21 vs Argentina U19/18, but a good game so far ..