Here's a message from the young forward's family. Courtesy of The Soccer Insider:
"The tremendous support the family has received is of great comfort and much
appreciated at this difficult time. Our thoughts also go out to the families and friends of those
involved in the accident. We would also like to thank all the staff at Washington Hospital Center
in Washington D.
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SoccerLens 27 August @ 03:27 AM EST
I would have thought that Franck Ribery and Franz Beckenbauer now finally agree on something.
The French sensation should have been sold. Der Kaiser has watched new manager Louis van Gaal take
a measly 2 points from his first 3 matches, and, following this weekend, the kings of German
football are sat in a rather peasant-like 14th in the Bundesliga.
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Kein Sieg aus den ersten drei Bundesligaspielen, dazu die demütigende Niederlage gegen den
Karnevalsverein Mainz 05. Der FC Bayern steckt schon kurz nach dem Start in einer schweren Krise.
Es handelt sich jedoch keineswegs nur um eine Ergebniskrise. Viel schockierender ist, was Trainer
Louis van Gaal derzeit auf den Rasen schickt.
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Soccer Pie 30 July @ 02:44 AM EST
The transfer saga involving Franck Ribery looks set to continue. Even though
the Frenchman is currently injured, speculations regarding his future are mounting. After
‘careful consideration', Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has reached a
conclusion that Ribery was worth €94 million and he will be allowed to leave if
any club match this offer.
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Em Agosto de 1990, a pedido da FPF, acompanhei a selecção alemã de futebol que nos visitiva para
um particular, sendo nessa altura seleccionador Artur Jorge. A Alemanha tinha sido campeã do
mundo, em Itália, e tinha mudado de seleccionador, substituindo o técnico vencedor, Beckenbauer,
por Berti Vogts.
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Soccerblog 08 June @ 10:48 PM EST
This promises to be a great way to catch up on movies about the beautiful game.
It is the inaugural Kicking and Screening festival which runs from July 14-18 in NYC at
different venues.
The movies including Once In A Lifetime, about the heady days of the Cosmos led by Pele,
Beckenbauer, and Giorgio Chinaglia in the New York of Studio 54 and CBGBs.
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Er ist einer der besten Spieler Europas und er hat die Bundesliga zwei Jahre lang wie kaum ein
anderer bereichert. Ein drittes Jahr wird es jedoch nicht geben - sein Weggang ist längst
besiegelt. Das Fußballgenie aus Frankreich wird den FC Bayern verlassen, und ich bin überzeugt
davon, dass die Verantwortlichen aus München das längst eingesehen haben und bereits mit den
Einnahmen des Megatransfers planen.
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for week of 5/3
Bayern oust Klinsmann, install HeynckessIn an extremely rare move for the otherwise orderly club, Bayern Munich have sacked coach Jürgen
Klinsmann with just five League games to go in an attempt of salvaging the season and securing at
least a place in the Champions League.
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Soccerblog 09 April @ 10:45 PM EST
Der Kaiser has taken an exceedingly dim view of Bayern's shellacking at the hands of Barca.
"This is a catastrophe," Beckenbauer told Premiere Television after the 4-0 defeat against
Barcelona. "This is schoolboy stuff. The first half was the worst I have ever seen Bayern
play."
Ouch.
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Pocas son las veces en las que Pelé no nos deja una nueva 'perla' tras ponerse detrás de
un micrófono. Las declaraciones que esta vez ha pronunciado el tres veces campeón del
mundo traerán cola, mucha cola. Además de su clásico 'palo' a Maradona, de cuya vida
personal dijo que "no fue un buen ejemplo", [.
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Oliver Kahn hat leicht reden. In regelmäßigen Abständen gibt er seinem Nachfolger
Michael Rensing, den er in aller Regel eher verteidigt als kritisiert, gute Ratschläge, wie er
sein Spiel noch verbessern könnte. Jüngster Rat: Der 24-Jährige müsse
"brutaler" werden. Leichter gesagt als getan.
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Apparently, Robinho wasn't the only big name player that Manchester City tried to recruit on the
deadline day of the transfer window as ESPN reports in this article that they placed a big for
Mario Gomez as well. I wonder if they also tried to recruit Pele and Franz Beckenbauer out of
retirement....
Anyway, it seems that "Super Mario" wants to move on to a bigger club after the success
that he has had in recent years with all of the goals that he has scored in the Bundesliga.
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Well, the window's over, and I've little desire to write about how Manchester City is going to take
over the world and has signed Pele, Garrincha, Cruyff and Beckenbauer or how Hicks and Gillett are
furiously rubbing two pennies together in the hopes they'll multiply.
But I do want to make sure everyone's aware Carragher has an autobiography coming out
(ghost-written by the excellent Brian Reade), and parts are being serialed in the Daily Mirror.
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Comparisons between rising stars and former legends are nothing new in football, rarely do they
prove to be accurate. Often used as a lazy get-out clause for coaches, spectators and journalists
alike to describe a youngster's attributes, these comparisons often result in undue pressure
resting on the shoulders of the players in question.
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Comparisons between rising stars and former legends are nothing new in football, rarely do they
prove to be accurate. Often used as a lazy get-out clause for coaches, spectators and journalists
alike to describe a youngster's attributes, these comparisons often result in undue pressure
resting on the shoulders of the players in question.
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EURO 2008 Quarter-final lineup:Germany v Portugal Croatia v TurkeyNetherlands v
RussiaItaly v Spain
Germany v Portugal tonight looks an intriguing contrast of styles.
The Lusitanians will be hoping Cristiano Ronaldo can catch fire in the right way tonight and burn
the German defence that was breached twice by Croatia in the group stage.
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With Wes Brown's Manchester United future still in severe jeopardy and club captain Gary Neville's
seemingly endless struggle to regain match fitness, the Red Devils could well be in danger of
starting next season without a right-back. So what options will Ferguson be looking to consider if
worse comes to worse?
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El delantero croata Ivan Klasnic, personaje del año en AlemaniaEl futbolista croata Ivan Klasnic ha sido votado personaje del año el Alemania en encuesta de la
revista Kicker, que publicó hoy los resultados.
El delantero del Werder Bremen ha merecido este gelardón por haber reanudado su carrera deportiva
después de sufrir una insuficiencia renal total y aguantar dos trasplantes de riñon, el segundo
de los que, el pasado mes de marzo, resultó exitoso.
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