Icardi, another rejection

Among the 29 players called Argentina there are four players in Serie A but not the striker.

They are going to go national. In South America we play to win a place at the 2018 World Cup.

The Argentine technical, Gerardo Martino, has submitted the list of 29 players that will take the field in the two matches that will see them through before Chile, who won the last Copa America, and after Bolivia.

In the long list are four players in Serie A: the two attackers of Juventus and Napoli Dybala and Higuain, Roncaglia defender of Fiorentina and Lazio midfielder Biglia.

Big excluded notice is Mauro Icardi. Inter striker fact just can not find space in the large list of strikers who wear the national team shirt. Before him, in fact beyond Dybala and Higuain, Tata Martino has decided to bring Di Maria, Lamela, Gaitan, Lavezzi, Messi, Agueroe Correa. Excluded therefore also the former Juventus Tevez.

Argentina's squad list of 29:

Goalkeepers: Romero Guzman, Rollers

Defenders: Zabaleta, Roncaglia, Mercado, Otamendi, Musacchio, Funes Mori, Rojo, Vangioni, Pinola, Demichelis

Midfielders: Mascherano, Kranevitter, Augusto Fernandez, Enzo Perez, Biglia, Shepherd, Banega

Forwards: Di Maria, Lamela, Gaitan, Lavezzi, Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Dybala, Correa

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Vrsaljko targeted by Juventus

The Bianconeri need a right back who can replace Lichtsteiner.

At Juventus you are already thinking about the future. For next season the team Massimigliano Allegri has no doubt need a right back who can rest Stephan Lichtsteiner.

The Bianconeri fact have virtually no one to replace the Swiss full-back, who Juve must ensure the possibility to rest to allow it to maintain this high level of its performance. The perfect profile seems to be to Sime Vrsaljko defender '92 class porprietà of Sassuolo.

Vrsaljko has grown a lot under the guidance of coach Eusebio Di Francesco, and Juventus will probably start negotiations to bring him to Turin as early as next season. The two clubs are on good terms, but the card of the Croatian coast almost 20 million. The high price of the Sassuolo defender could lead Juve to consider other options such as João Cancelo talented class of '94 Valencia.

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Tevez: "Retreat? The thought is ..!!!"

The former Juventus: "I'm not a c ... under which the first thing that goes wrong he goes."

Carlos Tevez, in an interview with Fox Sports, spoke of choice on the part of the leadership of Boca Junior to put on the bench the former Palermo Juan Schelotto: "Everyone thinks I have the key of the club, the Boca, however, is not true . of course not. I'm going to train, arrive first and leave for last: I have to do this. I'm not going to say to the leaders to take that or this, for what they are here. it would be a lack of respect for me. Schelotto ? the choice is to make the leadership, I was not asked anything, everyone thinks their tasks ".

Another point discussed is the dell'Apache withdrawal. Lately, in fact many voices gave the former Juventus departing from Argentine club but despite this Tevez has reiterated his desire to stay: "Retreat? The thought is always there, in fact. One weighs all things, and see if you wrong or not. it 'obvious that one must evaluate all, it is obvious that you might think that I leave the club in June, but those who know me know that is very difficult, you know that the fans of Boca hardly criticize me for what I do . I'm not a c ... under which the first thing that goes wrong he goes.

 I represent the Boca, we are going through a bad time and I want to talk about. These things happen, there is. the Boca fans are asking that things are well, others do not want to do anything. and 'normal. Anyone who knows me knows that I always go forward, and not for this one goes away. no, I came to Boca to bring it back in its place. The thought is always there, but it is difficult. "

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GUY ROUX: 44 YEARS Auxerre

Guy Roux, Auxerre coach from 1961 to 2005,
led the French club in football matters.

GUY ROUX: 44 YEARS Auxerre - Roux, however, has coached Auxerre from 1961 to 2005, making it the longest-serving coach in professional football history

as well as the one with the most appearances in Ligue 1 (894 benches), despite being He has been absent between 1962 and 1964 because of the military draft, and between 2000 and 2002 on several occasions due to health problems. With him transalpine club has gone from amateur football to categories that matters, returning to the top division in 1980 and winning the title in 1996 and the French Cup in 1994 and 1996, and then win it in 2003 and 2005, last year Roux on the bench of the white-blue. After his resignation Auxerre struggled to get results, and in 2012 was relegated to Ligue 2, where he currently plays, after 32 consecutive seasons in Ligue 1. In palmarés French coach's also included a second division championship (1980), an Intertoto Cup (1997) and two Cups of the Alps (1985 and 1987).

Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal guide since 1996
 is currently the longest-serving coach in Europe

WENGER IN HEAD - Arsène Wenger yesterday became the longest-serving coach in Europe, precisely because of the resignation of McFall from Portadown. At the head of Arsenal since 1996.

the Frenchman won three Premier League so far, six FA Cup and six Community Shield with the Gunners, losing in the UEFA Cup final against Galatasaray in 2000 and the Champions League final in 2006 against Barcelona. Wenger is the only coach of Arsenal's history to be born in Britain or Ireland and is the only one to have coached the Londoners the Emirates, plant opened in 2006 to replace the old Highbury. In 2004 he won the championship with 26 wins and 12 draws in 38 games, reaching the finish undefeated, business history that England had managed only to Preston North End back in 1888-1889.

Kurban Berdyev has coached Rubin Kazan '2001-2013,
succeeding in beating Barcelona at Camp Nou in 2009.

SIMILAR CASES - not as long-lived Ferguson, Wenger and Roux but still noteworthy are Kurban Berdyev and Thomas Schaaf. The first led the Rubin Kazan 'from 2001 to 2013.

bringing the Russian club from the second division to the title win in the top flight in 2008 and 2009. In 2009-2010, in particular, he became involved in a heroic, beating Barcelona 1-2 at Camp Nou the defending champion. The second, however, he coached Werder Bremen from 1999 to 2013, after having been a flag as a player from 1978 to 1995. With him the green and white won three German Cups, a League Cup and Bundesliga. Of note is the aforementioned David Jeffrey, McFall and Northern Ireland as the leadership of Linfield from 1997 to 2014, with 31 trophies won in 17 seasons.

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Inter-Milan derby for Boufal

The two teams of Milan are interested in the talented class of '93 Lille.

Sofiane Boufal is a playmaker, a naturalized Moroccan, who plays for Lille. His technical skills, and his eye for goal have attracted the attention of several European clubs among which there are also Milan and Inter.

Boufal this season has collezzionato 23 Prince's with Lille, in Qualli has produced 7 goals and 3 assists, and has become an important player for the team. his agent Yvan Le Mée, confirmed that Inter are interested in the player and is following the start of the season. Milan instead has come forward only last weekend, sending its observers to watch the young talent class '93.

It promises to be a heads up for Boufal during the summer market, just as it was for Kondogbia last summer, finally arrived at Inter for 31 million.

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McFall And The Portadown, A Love Lasted 29 Years

Ronnie McFall, a name that to little more hard or anything. Yet, the history of technical Northern Ireland is Guinness. McFall on Saturday resigned from the technical guidance of Portadown, after less than 29 years on the club's bench.

McFall, in fact, was chosen by the company December 21, 1986, remaining uninterruptedly until March of this year it was the longest-serving coach in Europe and wrote the history of Portadown (team where he also played as a player) well, winning 21 trophies and making sure five times the recognition of Northern Ireland's coach of the year. David Jeffrey, his compatriot who led the Linfield from 1997 to 2014, called the Godfather of Northern Irish coaches.

McFall AND PORTADOWN: A WINNING COMBINATION - McFall was able to bring the Portadown to win the national championship in 1990, thus interrupting the negative tradition and chasing away the supposed curse that fans believed persecute the club.

As he himself confessed, in fact, supporters of Portadown believed that burdening the club a gypsy curse and McFall was mad because he thought he could win something important. The coach won 20 trophies with other clubs in the city, including three other national titles in 1991, 1996 and 2002, reversing the odds.

The latest demonstration that with commitment and trust you can also reach the most unthinkable goals and that if a project is valid can lead to achieving excellent results even for long. His farewell to Portadown was scheduled for the end of this season, but his 70 was ahead of its time after the defeat against the Lurgan Celtic in the Irish Cup. Arrived at Portadown six weeks after the passing of Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, his name will remain inevitably in the history of Northern Irish clubs and football in general.

McFall, however, is not the only one to have achieved a milestone of the genre: think, for example, to the aforementioned Sir Alex Ferguson and his rival Arsène Wenger, but also to another Frenchman, Guy Roux, three coaches who made history at the helm of one team.

Sir Alex Ferguson with one of his pupils: Cristiano Ronaldo,
purchased 18 years from Sporting Lisbon

SIR ALEX FERGUSON: 27 years at Old Trafford - Ferguson led Manchester United from 1986 to 2013 and certainly did not need any introduction, as in 27 years on the Red Devils' bench, where he sat over 1500 times, practically won everything and has coached countless samples. 

Thirteen Premier League, five FA Cups, four League Cups, ten Community Shield, two Champions Leagues, one Cup Winners' Cup, one European Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup and a World Club: less than 38 trophies that make it the most successful coach as well as more present, in the history of the glorious English club. He has been able to exploit some of the best players in the English league history, including Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville. The Scottish manager had announced his retirement in 2002 and 2011, only to change his mind and stay until the end of the 2012-2013 season, hailing the Old Trafford after a home match drew with a pyrotechnic 5-5 against West Bromwich .

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Ultras Milan and the controversy banners

Ultras Milan and the controversy banners

Ultras Milan, on its official website, also claimed to have been under pressure during the match against Torino Auxilium.

Ultras Milan, on its official website, also claimed to have been under pressure during the match against Torino Auxilium.

 

"We were asked by a spokesman for Mr. Armani to abstain from exposing the customary and civil banner that expresses the position of the curve with regard to Proli and Portaluppi position due to our notice ... - explained -. Once defined accept the invitation, however, are different pressures coming from members of the police who have made it clear that if the banner were exposed those who would expose him would have been identified and warned. the Ultras Milan for these reasons han decided to abstain completely support from the team and from exposure of their banners as a gesture of denunciation ".

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