why is blanco sitting down in this world cup of 2006???
368714
Because he is not good enough, I mean the guy can't even control his temper, and that is not good for any country.
584015
He will definetly play. He is healthy again and will be part of Roma's team against Treviso tomorrow. He is slowly coming back in form. It is unthinkable to send Italy to the World Cup without Francesco Totti.
626287
wayne rooney is most likely out of the world cup because of his foot injury,which is said to be even worst than first thoought. but erikisson is still naming him on the sqaud with some hope that he will be ok. it would be really sad if he misses his first world cup with the big boys. as for michael owen he is said to be fit in time for the world cup so don't worry. any more details contact me at sweetasusual_07@yahoo,com. cool
1010551
He's already feeling guilty about his injury and letting his nation down when needed most. If England wins the world cup, recoverying will be fast and easy for him, if not it may take a long while to recover. I guess Newcastle will understand what Mike is going through right now and be there for him as he recovers. Afterall, he was on a national assignment when he got injured.
1002163
Because they did not qualify for the World Cup
1178641
His glamorous lifestyle outside the field is at fault. He seems to find a fiancee every couple of months, goes on almost to the alter and then, just before he ties the knot, finds another model and starts all over again with million dollar receptions. His passion is gone, at least for football. He might have a good game here and there but he will never be consistent as before. Well, not to blame him, he is only 28 but is in the national team since he was 17 and even longer at the team level. I predict he will go back to Brasil soon and leave all the responsibilities of playing on a big european team and become another Romario, he sure played like him today. Cheers
1112277
Right now? I know for sure that he is in Germany. He is under contract with Mexican TV network Televisa and is commentating the World Cup games for the TV channel TV Azteca, owned by Televisa. He retired from soccer about a year and a half ago. Before retiring, he was playing for Al-Arabi in Qatar and was thinking of making a move to Club San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina. He trained with them for one day but declined the offer and retired from soccer. Lately, he has been on Maradona's variety show "La Noche del 10" and has been on other programs. He has been a feature subject for interviews for magazines, newspapers, and TV programs around the world as well as for FIFA.com. Last week, he visited Argentina's training camp in Herzogenaurach, Germany and had lunch with the national team of Argentina competing in the World Cup. According to TN Noticias, a news station from Argentina reporting live in Herzogenaurach at the time, Batistuta was not allowed to conduct an interview with TV reporters because of his contract with Televisa. There has been photographs of him at the training camp, but I haven't seen them. Another little fact is that he has also taken up golf :)
1065779
S&M is playing cos they qualified for the World Cup as a team. They have only separated a week before the start of the World Cup finals, so it wouldn't make sense to disallow them from playing, or allow them to participate as two separate teams.\n\nAs for the trophy, a duplicate will be made, so the actual and duplicate will be rotated between the two countries during the four years that they hold the cup. Of course, the chances of them winning are slim.\n\nSerbia will then be defending the title in the next World Cup, cos 22 of the 23 players in the current squad is Serbian! Only one is from Montenegro.\n\nAnd note that S&M used to be one country - they only split recently. Which means that countries aren't allowed to simply pool their players together and field a team of mixed nationalities in the World Cup.\n\nYup, hope this addresses your queries ;)
509998
Blanco shoul be there with El Tri un monton de pendejos did not want him there its all about politics and mafia when it comes to who goes with the seleccion mexicana. You will see Blancos experience would have helped alot.
1183977
I agree with you. He created quite a few scoring opportunities against the Czech Republic, but he is still sitting on the bench. He needs to start against Ghana and score the USA's first goal of the world cup.
662317
He is going to be in a rematch of the Mexico-USA qualifying matches! This Sunday, check it out: \n\nPLease vote on my answer please i said it first he copied me
867913
marlene....yes, it is a very sad news indeed!!!! hey can you give me the link to the site where you got this information from? I have been searching all over but I could not find any news article concering this latest injury on  Ronaldo. I heard  he has been sidelined but I do not know the extent of the injury and how long it would take him to recover from it.\nAnyhow, I am really disappointed in this news. I know he is the BEST STRIKER in the world and to me he will always be one of the best alongside Romario but  seeing him going through so much hardships pains me so much. I really hope he does not make the mistake of joining the MLS which will put a black mark on his glittering career. Ronaldo is still one of the most fearsome strikers in the world and there are other big teams who would welcome him with open arms. If he wants a change ( which I think he needs one), he better join a team in Italian/ English/Brazilian league than humiliate himself by playin in the MLS. I will never lose my hope on Ronaldo as he is the "phenemeno" and only a "phenemeno" can get out of this mess and show the world what he is capabale of doing.
825867
I DONT KNOW BUT THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE MEXICAN ON THE TEAM THIS TIME AROUND.IM TIRED OF NO MEXICANT'S ON THE TEAM.THIS GUY HAS BEEN A WINNER ALL HIS LIFE,AS A PLAYER AND COACH,HE KNOWS TALENT LIKE NO OTHER COACH SO BE READY FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP BABY.BY THE WAY "PURO MONARCA DE MORELIA"
1068703
They're out of the tournament, I don't think England has ever won a game against Sweden in a World Cup, and they're going to play very relaxed on Tuesday since they're already qualified to the next round. Trinidad has a good defense but I can't see them scoring a lot of goals, they have to win by 2-0, and Sweden has to lose by 1-0 atleast.
432018
I couldn't possibly know that they'll make it to the semis but I do believe they have a legitimate chance. They'll surely move on to the next round and from there it will be interesting to see how the matches turn out. It will be tough though, without Blanco, undoubtedly one of the better play-makers on the team.
1179185
No why wont he play? He has to play all the way to the final! Dont beleive something like that.
991984
actually zidane is getting retired after this world cup. so he wants to make memorable and thus wants to win every match for his team in world cup. so naturally he was upset with the result.