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ZURICH - Fifa has announced the provisionary list of the 30 Rossoneri called-up for the World Club Cup, in program from the 7th to the 16th December in Japan: GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Kalac, Fiori, Offredi; DEFENDERS: Cafu, Maldini, Kaladze, Nesta, Simic, Jankulovski, Favalli, Bonera, Serginho, Digao, Darmian, Oddo; MIDFIELDERS: Emerson, Gattuso, Seedorf, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Brocchi, Caraglia, Ba; ATTACKERS: Inzaghi, Gilardino, Kakà, Aubameyang, Ronaldo. (Fifa.com)

Wish Pato could participate too...

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I didn't know where to put this piece .. So I guess this is an appropriate thread.

Boca Captain Palermo: We Will Miss Riquelme

Martin Palermo has rued the absence of Juan Roman Riquelme from the Boca Juniors lineup to contest the Club World Cup, but he remains confident of success...


Martin 'El Loco' Palermo is disappointed with the absence of Juan Roman Riquelme from the Boca Juniors Club World Cup side.

The playmaker, who jsut returned to Boca from Villarreal, is ineligible to play in the competition that may see the Buenos Aires side meet AC Milan in the final.

"We will miss Riquelme," Palermo told Reuters.

"He is a terrific player and took much of the responsibility on his shoulders.

"But the rest of the players need to work hard to fill the gap left by his absence here. We're desperate to take the trophy back to Argentina."

Boca must negotiate past either Pachuca of Mexico or Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel in order to reach the final, where they will almost certainly encounter AC Milan.

The rossoneri are the tournament favourites, but Palermo hopes that his side's prior history in the competition will help them along.

Indeed, they won this tournament's precursor, the Intercontinental Cup, on three occasions, most notably beating AC Milan themselves on penalties in 2002 and Real Madrid in 2003 in a match in which Palermo scored twice.

"That was an unforgettable night," he continued.

"To score two goals to beat a great club like Real Madrid was incredible. You only get that sort of feeling once in a lifetime.

"No disrespect to our team but Milan are frightening. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)   Nevertheless if we play them in the final it will be one game and it's in those situations where we thrive -- it doesn't matter who it is."

Goal.com


This post has been edited by Rossoneri7: Dec 8 2007, 03:36 PM