world cup 2010 - News

• No Sign Adler And Rolfes German National Team

Goalkeeper Rene Adler and midfielder Simon Rofles certainly not be called into the team coach Joachim Loew of Germany provisional.

Loew said Adler had to undergo surgery to cure a broken rib injury. Rolfes, Bayer Leverkusen midfielder survive, no longer played since January 26 due to knee injury.

Adler was injured April 17th, while Leverkusen face Stuttgart. Leverkusen medical staff initially said that Adler did not need surgery, but Tuesday (4 / 5), they say the number one German keeper had to be operating.

"This is the most difficult decision of my life" says Adler.

"My pain is very disturbing, and perhaps for the long term. I can not show my best performance during training and matches," she said again.

Loew will announce a provisional squad on Thursday (6 / 5). He said sorry can not include Adler and Rolfes to the squad which will undergo selection.

Adler became the number one goalkeeper after Robert Enke to end his life by suicide last November. Now Adler injury, and Loew will likely appoint a goalkeeper Manuel Neuer as number one, with Tim Wiese in the second.

"I'm sorry he can not be with us," Wiese kada.

Wiese said he hopes to become number one. However, all decisions in the hands of trainers.

Rolfes situation is more complicated. Throughout the second half of the season he only played two times, and not a full 90 minutes.

The second time since surgery, Rolfes could not come up with his best performance, because a new injury haunted.

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• Torres Absence In Action First World Cup

Striker Fernando Torres likely to lose the first match of World Cup 2010, when Sanyol face Switzerland, due to a knee injury that has not fully recovered.

Peter Brukner, a sports medical expert, says there is no certainty whether Torres can be completely cured before the game against Switzerland, June 16.

"He has been working well, and go through all the therapy to rehabilitate his knee," says Brukner.

"If others can not recover from injury in the near future, Torres can," continued the doctor who worked for the Australian national team.

One thing that can not be ascertained is whether progress can be shown Torres lasted until the World Cup in 2010. More precisely, if she can fit two days before the first game.

Brukner said Torres Liverpool do not want played prior to his injury healed. The Reds want to start next season with Torres fit, and re-scored.

According Brukner, which must be done for Liverpool and the Spanish national team is discussing this issue.

"I hope the two sides reached an agreement about Torres," he said.

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• Algeria Appoints Yazid Mansouri As Captain

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane appoint 25 members of the shadow team that will be brought to the World Cup, with Yazid Mansouri as captain.

Saadane will streamline the squad to 23, July 2010, untu submitted to FIFA.

Mansouri, French-born player who holds two of citizenship, is a Lorient player. He was one of seven players recruited in Algerian French clubs, and into the provisional team.

Some of the seven players that hold two citizenship, and had strengthened the French junior team. Only four players from domestic clubs.

"After missing the World Cup for 24 years, Algeria is now present again. Our target is to play at the highest level, and we are proud to be a representative of Arab and African football," said Saadane told reporters.

Algeria is the only Arab countries that qualify for the World Cup, and one of six countries in Africa.

Civil war that occurred in the 1990s, and is often associated with the terrorist network Al Qaeda, Algeria, escaped in the last minute after defeating Egypt.

Success shook Algeria Algerian society. Public soluble in joy.

Algeria joined in Group C alongside the British, U.S., and Slovenia.

Saadane said it was hoping his team qualify for the second half. However, he said, everything will depend on many things. For example, the player health and the weather.

"Many of them have only just recovered from injury," said Saadane.

Defender Nadir Belhadj has not played since March 20, akiabt hamstring injury. Madjid Bougherra be the audience for his club from 18 Apri, due to calf muscle cramps.

Algeria will hold training camp in Crans-Montana, a ski resort. In these places the medical staff and coaches will help players recover from injury.

Before leaving for the World Cup, Algeria will face Ireland, May 28, and will practice in Nuernberg, Germany, until early June. Another friendly match is against the Union of Arab Emirates, June 5.

• Shadow squad Algeria

Goalkeepers: Lounes Gaouaoui (ASO Chlef), Fawzi Chaouchi (ES Setif), Mohamed Liamine Zemamouche (MC Alger), Rais M'bohi Ouhed (Slava Sofia)

Rear: Abdelkader Laifaoui (ES Setif), Madjid Bougherra (Rangers), Carl Medjani (Ajaccio), Rafik Halliche (Nacional Madeira), anther Yahia (Bochum), Habib Belaid (Boulogne), Inferno Belhadj (Portsmouth), Djamel Josiah (Lecce )

Midfielders: Hassen Yebda (Portsmouth), Medhi Lacen (Racing Santander), Yazid Mansouri (Lorient), Adlane Guedioura (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Riad Boudebouz (Sochaux), Djamel Abdoun (Nantes), Fouad Kadir (Valenciennes), Mourad Meghni (Lazio ), Karim Ziani (Wolfsburg), Karim Matmour (Moenchengladbach)

Home: Abdelkader Ghezzal (Siena), Rafik Djebbour (AEK), Rafik Saifi (Istres)