Is there any probability that D'Alessandro be called back into Argentina national team of  the World Cup?
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No. He is a good player and would be certainly called up if he was from an other country. There are very good players in his position in Argentina like Riquelme , Aimar and Messi.\nI think he did a big mistake when moved to Bundesliga, good players should not play for small clubs.
1075599
Argentina is one of the top 4 favorites for Germany World cup 2006 and have a new "Maradona" to be presented to the world, do not loose detail for tomorrow morning!
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IN 2006 WORLD CUP NO BODY CAN UNDER ESTIMATED BECAUSE EVRY TEAM HAVE GREAT PLAYERS TO WIN THE WORLD CUP. ARGENTINA ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR WORLD CUP.
1144864
Absolutely YES, but unfortunately for Australia, he will be out of the game.\nHe has been one of the best performers of the Team. I consider this a big limitation for Australia, and the substitutions may not be at the same level. \nViduka and Kewell are forwards, and they have nothing to do with Emerton position on the field... actually they will most likely have more problems with the amount of balls they will play.\nThe previous answerer forgot that they play with one of the strongest defense in the world (Buffon, Cannavaro, Nesta, Zambrotta, Grosso, Materazzi): Italy allowed only 1 goal in the previous 3 games (own-goal Zaccardo).
1014410
No, he was not chosen to represent the US team in this World Cup. Interestingly, since he hasn't yet suited up for the U.S. in a FIFA sanctioned game, he is still eligible to play for Ghana. The same team that just eliminated the US.
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In the current Argentina squad, there  are three players with English teams; Crespo of Chelsea, Heinze of Manchester United, and Scaloni of Wet Ham.\n\nCrespo and Heinze are doing well, but Scaloni has just been released by West Ham after a disappointing season.
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Diego Maradona- Argentina
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we've lost owen, but rooney seems to be back (and could well be fully match fit after an outing against ecuador).\n\ni doubt if any world-cup squad can lose one of its best players and still be a favourite for the tournament - but teams have been lucky in the past (uruguay in particular).\n\nif england can get through to the semis anything might happen.
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desailly has retired recently , its as follows :\n\nBARTHEZ, ZIDANE,HENRY, THURAM, TREZEGUET,PIRES,VIERA (if these are selected - yet to be announced ..pires, barthez might be out)
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Some possible candidates:\n\nHernan Crepo or Carlos Tevez of Argentina.\nAdriano or Ronaldo of Brazil.\nLuca Toni or Alberto Gilardino of Italy.
321223
Brazil, once again, has the potential to bring the cup home once again. However, they need to restructure their attack to allow players like Ronaldihno and Kaka do their job. My only concern is the strikers. Ronaldo, Adriano and Robihno are not playing at their top of their game right; but we all now that a similar scenario occurred in the last world cup, and they ended up kicking some serious BUTT! - However, beware of Italy, England, Germany and Holland
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I want Argentina to win this year. So far they are at the top of the score board, and new players such as ZABALETA Pablo, and MESSI Lionel are going to bring some fierce competition to the cup. Aside from that, there are also some very interesting  new countries that have qualified in the world cup, so there might be a lot of surprizes.
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Unfortunately, I'd have to say no.  But there's nobody who'd love to see 'Il Divin Codino' play again.  There were few before him that had the magic and skill that he possessed, and even fewer after him.  When a man that is 'too old' is the third highest scorer in Serie A, behind Christian Vieri and Francesco Totti in 2000, for player selected to the National team, and he didn't get selected, you know something is wrong with the higher-ups.  4 goals in 4 games in the '98 World Cup, his last international tournament.  He was a clutch player, who (almost) always came through when the team needed him most.  Ignorant football fans wish to talk down about him because of one penalty miss.  English have gotten over Beckam...and Batty, and Southgate, and the list goes on and on for them.  The Dutch forgave De Boer, and he missed TWO in the SAME GAME!  The best players throughout history, have failed at least once, and that's what makes them great.  You have to lose to win.  I do believe only 5 players have ever scored over 200 Serie A goals, him being one of them.  Pretty impressive for a career, plagued with serious knee injuries (many of them career-threatening, mainly the one when he was 18, and the doctors said his career was finished.)  A winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon D'or.  Scorer of one of the greatest World Cup goals ever scored (sorry Czech Republic, or Czechoslovakia, as they were known then).  Over the last 6-8 years, the problem with the National team has been their lack of creativity, lack of vision.  There's no more magic in the Azzurri.  Primarily because there's no Roby.  Euro '96 could have been different if it wasn't for Arigo Sacchi.  How could you not pick the man that single handledly took the country to the final of the World Cup, just two years before.  Sadly, this has been a serious problem in Italian football for years.  It really is a shame, that due to injuries and the ignorance and stupidity of the managers, coaches and officials in the Italian game, we barely got to see what Roberto Baggio was really capable of.  \n\nHell, he was transfered from Inter Milan because he refused to tell the coach (Lippi, god I love him, but he fucked up!) which players were criticizing him.\n\nFucking politics!\n\nBy the way, one of my favourite moments has go to be when in 1998, Euro 2000, when Alessandro Del Piero came out, the Italian fans were all chanting 'Roby! Roby!'.  It's absolutely beautiful that some never forget the greats.  \n\nIn case anyone is interested, you can search for this on the net.  I seen a picture once of a banner that some Azzurri fans had brought to an International game.  It read Pele + Maradona = Baggio.  I'm not quite sure about that, but if you aren't aware of Baggios' true talent, check some clips in the net of him.  His skills were very comparable to Maradona.\n\nAnd to the ignorant fools that say he'd too old.  You obviously know nothing about football.  Ever heard of Roger Milla?  And on top of that, check some clips of Baggio in his last couple of seasons, mainly the goals against Lazio, Udinese, Inter and Juventus.  Sheer class!\n\nBy the way, who was the first ever Golden Foot winner in 2003?  Beating the likes of Batistuta, Romario, Zidane, Figo and Giggs?  That's right...Baggio!\n\nForever in our hearts, Baggio, the last of the fantasia.
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The US team is indeed great this year but they will have a tough time making into the next round now as they need to win against Ghana who upset Czech 2-0 plus they will need to beat them by atleast 3 goals unless Italy beats Czech in the next game.\n\nThe French have Zinedine Zidane who actually was the greatest player in the world --a world champion, European champion, European Cup winner and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year.  Unfortunately, every player's time eventually comes; he will be retiring after this cup.\n\nI'm supporting the USA also (though it will take a near miracle to make it into the next round - not altogether their fault - bad ref in Italy game) but I'm predicting Argentina upset over Brazil 2-1.
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Yes i think he will be fine before the world cup.\nYes Shevchenko's absence will be a big blow for Ukraine
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If your talking about messi. Probabaly not aganist milan unless they go down big in the first game. He hasn't been starting or even subing for them recently probably due to inexperiance.
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Absolutely. This ref won't have a long future in World Cup football. He will have to stick with Premier League.