Vladimír Weiss has been installed as coach of ŠK Slovan Bratislava following Karel Jarolím's departure, a post he will combine with his job of trying to lead Slovakia to UEFA EURO 2012.
Vladimír Weiss will combine his role as coach of Slovakia with the top job at ŠK Slovan Bratislava after Karel Jarolím left the club on Friday.
Weiss, 46, will be in charge of the Slovakian titleholders − who are in fourth place after three games of the new season − when they host FC Spartak Trnava on Sunday. He replaces Jarolím, who announced his departure following Slovan's 2-0 aggregate defeat by APOEL FC in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round this week.
As well as having club matters to focus on, Weiss is also preparing for Slovakia's friendly with Austria on Wednesday and a vital UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on 2 September. Ireland, Slovakia and Russia are level on 13 points at the top of Group B with four games remaining.
Article source http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/news/newsid=1656752.html
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Capello set to snub England's kids
Fabio Capello will ignore the temptation to experiment tonight when he names an experienced squad for Wednesday’s friendly with Holland.
Manchester United’s Phil Jones was included in Capello's provisional 30-man squad for the Wembley clash, but the 19-year-old defender is unlikely to make the final list.
The England boss will instead select a squad with an eye on next month’s crunch Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales, two matches which come to early for Jones.
Capello ranks the new Old Trafford man behind skipper John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Phil Jagielka, Michael Dawson and Gary Cahill – with the Spurs and Bolton men contesting the fourth and final cdentre-half slot.
Although the Italian is without the injured trio of Steven Gerrard, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott, he has Wayne Rooney available again after he was banned for the 2-2 draw with Switzerland in June.
Spurs striker Jermain Defoe and Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, who also missed the Swiss game through injury, will return and Liverpool’s Andy Carroll may also figure if fit.
Capello will name Frank Lampard and Peter Crouch, having been told they still want to be selected for national duty despite respectively expressing joint frustration in June for being subbed and kept on the bench.
First-choice keeper Joe Hart may give way to Robert Green at half-time, while Fulham’s uncapped keeper David Stockdale will also be included.
Capello is assessing young talent such as Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs, Manchester United’s Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck, and Chelsea duo Josh McEachran and Daniel Sturridge, but isn’t expected to include them.
Probable squad: Hart, Green, Stockdale, Baines, Cahill, A Cole, G Johnson, Ferdinand, Jagielka, Terry, Walker, Barry, Carrick, Downing, Lampard, Milner, Parker, Young, Rooney, Defoe, Bent, Crouch, Carroll.
Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/England-squad-face-Holland-expected-selected-Fabio-Capello-with-eye-on-vital-Bulgaria-Wales-Euro-2012-qualifiers-article781656.html#ixzz1UGEyRGFE
Manchester United’s Phil Jones was included in Capello's provisional 30-man squad for the Wembley clash, but the 19-year-old defender is unlikely to make the final list.
The England boss will instead select a squad with an eye on next month’s crunch Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales, two matches which come to early for Jones.
Capello ranks the new Old Trafford man behind skipper John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Phil Jagielka, Michael Dawson and Gary Cahill – with the Spurs and Bolton men contesting the fourth and final cdentre-half slot.
Although the Italian is without the injured trio of Steven Gerrard, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott, he has Wayne Rooney available again after he was banned for the 2-2 draw with Switzerland in June.
Spurs striker Jermain Defoe and Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, who also missed the Swiss game through injury, will return and Liverpool’s Andy Carroll may also figure if fit.
Capello will name Frank Lampard and Peter Crouch, having been told they still want to be selected for national duty despite respectively expressing joint frustration in June for being subbed and kept on the bench.
First-choice keeper Joe Hart may give way to Robert Green at half-time, while Fulham’s uncapped keeper David Stockdale will also be included.
Capello is assessing young talent such as Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs, Manchester United’s Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck, and Chelsea duo Josh McEachran and Daniel Sturridge, but isn’t expected to include them.
Probable squad: Hart, Green, Stockdale, Baines, Cahill, A Cole, G Johnson, Ferdinand, Jagielka, Terry, Walker, Barry, Carrick, Downing, Lampard, Milner, Parker, Young, Rooney, Defoe, Bent, Crouch, Carroll.
Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/England-squad-face-Holland-expected-selected-Fabio-Capello-with-eye-on-vital-Bulgaria-Wales-Euro-2012-qualifiers-article781656.html#ixzz1UGEyRGFE
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Hiddink's Turkey hoping for happy returns
Guus Hiddink started his Turkey reign with a 3-0 win in Kazakhstan and, almost a year to the day later, will hope for a similar outcome when the teams meet again.
Having kicked off their UEFA EURO 2012 Group A campaign with a win in Kazakhstan, Guus Hiddink's Turkey will hope the rematch − a day shy of a year since their last meeting − has no unpleasant surprises in store.
• In the Dutchman's first competitive game as Turkey coach, Hiddink's side won 3-0 in Astana with Arda Turan (24) breaking the deadlock before Hamit Altıntop (26) let fly with a sumptuous 25-metre volley. Nihat Kahveci (76) completed the victory.
• Kazakhstan's record in three games against Turkey reads W0 D0 L3 (W0 D0 L1 in Turkey). The former Soviet Republic have yet to score against Turkey and have conceded an average of over four goals a game in their previous encounters.
• The two previous meetings between the nations came during qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup; Turkey beat Kazakhstan 4-0 in Istanbul on 9 October 2004 and won 6-0 in Almaty in the return fixture on 8 June the following year.
• Fatih Tekke scored twice in both games for Turkey.
• Kazakhstan and Turkey also met in qualifying for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, with Turkey winning 1-0 at home but surprisingly going down 2-1 on their travels, when Vladimir Yakovlev fired the added-time winner.
• The only time that club sides from the two nations have faced each other was in the second qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League, when FC Tobol Kostanay held Galatasaray AŞ to a 1-1 draw at home before losing 2-0 away.http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002118/prematch/background/index.html
• In the Dutchman's first competitive game as Turkey coach, Hiddink's side won 3-0 in Astana with Arda Turan (24) breaking the deadlock before Hamit Altıntop (26) let fly with a sumptuous 25-metre volley. Nihat Kahveci (76) completed the victory.
• Kazakhstan's record in three games against Turkey reads W0 D0 L3 (W0 D0 L1 in Turkey). The former Soviet Republic have yet to score against Turkey and have conceded an average of over four goals a game in their previous encounters.
• The two previous meetings between the nations came during qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup; Turkey beat Kazakhstan 4-0 in Istanbul on 9 October 2004 and won 6-0 in Almaty in the return fixture on 8 June the following year.
• Fatih Tekke scored twice in both games for Turkey.
• Kazakhstan and Turkey also met in qualifying for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, with Turkey winning 1-0 at home but surprisingly going down 2-1 on their travels, when Vladimir Yakovlev fired the added-time winner.
• The only time that club sides from the two nations have faced each other was in the second qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League, when FC Tobol Kostanay held Galatasaray AŞ to a 1-1 draw at home before losing 2-0 away.http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002118/prematch/background/index.html
Monday, 1 August 2011
Capello keen to deliver Euro 2012 trophy
Fabio Capello last night vowed to redeem his tattered reputation by ending England’s 46 years of failure at Euro 2012.
The Italian, who will end his career in football when he leaves the England job next July, admitted he felt a huge personal responsibility for the World Cup debacle. And Capello promised he will finish the job by creating an England side that earns true glory in Poland and Ukraine.
Capello, who has a job on Italian television lined up after England, said: “I think my last year will be very good. I hope so. I will try all I can do to make everything better.
“So I will study, I will prepare, I will focus. I hope that at the end of my career will be one trophy, that we will win a trophy.
“And I really think it can happen. When you are a winner, you want to win something. Nobody wants to lose.”
FA chiefs are convinced Capello has an extra determination to demonstrate he is a far better coach than seemed the case in South Africa, with Club England boss Adrian Bevington saying: “The key point is that we have a manager who is absolutely clear.
‘‘There are a lot of managers from a lot of leading nations who did not come out to Rio but Fabio has travelled the length of the world to show he is committed to this job.”
The Italian, who will end his career in football when he leaves the England job next July, admitted he felt a huge personal responsibility for the World Cup debacle. And Capello promised he will finish the job by creating an England side that earns true glory in Poland and Ukraine.
Capello, who has a job on Italian television lined up after England, said: “I think my last year will be very good. I hope so. I will try all I can do to make everything better.
“So I will study, I will prepare, I will focus. I hope that at the end of my career will be one trophy, that we will win a trophy.
“And I really think it can happen. When you are a winner, you want to win something. Nobody wants to lose.”
FA chiefs are convinced Capello has an extra determination to demonstrate he is a far better coach than seemed the case in South Africa, with Club England boss Adrian Bevington saying: “The key point is that we have a manager who is absolutely clear.
‘‘There are a lot of managers from a lot of leading nations who did not come out to Rio but Fabio has travelled the length of the world to show he is committed to this job.”
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