28.02.2013 - Y Gennaro Gattuso debutó con éxito como jugador – entrenador de su FC Sion: 2-0 a Lausanna por los cuartos de final de la Copa Suiza. (Casi) a su pesar y sin licencia habilitante, Gattuso se autosustituyó en el minuto 85 cuando el partido ya estaba definido.
Still in his first season with Swiss club FC Sion, World Cup winning midfielder and nightmare warrior Gennaro Gattuso has been named player-manager after the sacking of Terek Grozny. A 4-0 loss to Thun was too much for impatient owner Christian Constantin (seen here singing a song about Gattuso and embarrassing everyone) to take with the club currently in fourth place, so he decided that drastic action was necessary.
Gennaro Gattuso, currently FC Sion, has obviously been spending some time on the psychiatrist's couch since moving to Switzerland, back-tracking through the corridors of his mind and revisiting his most painful memories that is, if his latest revelation about a particular brush with Gazza during his year (1997/98) at Rangers is anything to go by.
Captained by former AC Milan and Italy defender Gennaro Gattuso, FC Sion Sitten is currently in fourth place in the Swiss Super League. Defending Swiss Cup champions, the club is...
FC Sion midfielder Geoffrey Serey Die is in a whole heap of scheisse after being caught on
camera slapping one of the Lausanne ballboys across the face after his side's 2-0 defeat last
night...
Lausanne striker Steven Lang (who we think is the chap on the touchline that comforts the child
after the slap) gave his account of the incident to Blick:
"Serey has gone to the ball boy and he said something that I can not repeat.
Freddy Adu will not be joining Swiss Super League club FC Sion, the team confirmed on Friday
afternoon, leaving his future for the approaching season still in limbo.
Swiss side FC Sion have been docked 36 points by their national federation, the Schweizer
Fussball Verband. The deduction came into force with the club losing three points for every game
which featured any of six ineligible players – namely Stefan Glarner, Pascal Feindouno, José
Julio Gomes Gonçalves, Billy Ketkeophomphone, Mario Mutsch und Gabriel Garcia de la Tore in the
country's Axpo Super League.
Just like walking in your grandparents making out, this one is going to get real ugly real fast.As
some of you may remember, Switzerland's FC Sion had illegally lured Egyptian keeper Essam El-Hadary
away from Al-Ahly in 2008 while still under contract and had been subsequently punished. Part of
that punishment is no player transfers may play for the club in competition.
Well, it looks like Adu's move to Switzerland isn't happening. Doesn't seem like he's in
anyone's plans at this point. You've got to wonder what's going on with young Freddy. I wonder how
much of this has to do with his contract. It could be a case of him being a solid player, but not
worth the contract he requires (I imagine Benfica is looking for someone to cover his wages while
on loan).
Real Salt Lake posted an interview that the club did with its recent signing, Costa Rican
international forward Álvaro Saborío. Álvaro is a very experienced player having played in Costa
Rica with Deportivo Saprissa, in Switzerland with FC Sion, and England with Bristol City. You can
check out the interview by clicking here.
Jean-Marc Bosman war Verantwortlich für einen Umbruch im Profifussball weltweit. Christian
Constantin, der Präsident des Schweizer Erstligisten FC Sion, könnte jetzt ebenfalls eine
tragende Rolle in der Fussballgeschichte zu Teil werden und das nur, weil er sich nicht dem
Schweizer Fussballverband und der UEFA beugen möchte.
According to the calendar, it is time to bash the first Old Firm match of this season. After
all, ample material currently exists to do so just on their recent performances in Europe alone.
Rangers failed to keep their European campaign alive past August whereas Celtic's grand
contribution was successfully challenging UEFA on the validity of an FC Sion squad that bested them
on the pitch and in so doing earned default 3-0 victories off the pitch.
With today's draw done, we're back again to get our UEFA cup tracker properly calibrated. First,
let's go ahead and spill all of today's relevant drawn match-ups for the Europa League playoff
round:Aalesunds FK v AZAtlético Madrid v Vitória SCBursaspor v Anderlecht Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v
FulhamFC Nordsjælland v Sporting CP FC Sion v Celtic HJK Helsinki v Schalke Hannover 96 v
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David Beckham has a few teams circling in the water for his services once his contract with the
Los Angeles Galaxy expires at the end of this MLS season, and Paris-St. Germain is the latest to
express an interest.
PSG's sporting director, Leonardo, who worked with Beckham when they were both at AC Milan,
addressed the possibility of bringing him to France, saying that "the door is open" and that he
"would always consider him.
Fernando Torres' performance since joining Chelsea has been below average on the field, and now
the Spanish striker is taking a bit of heat for comments he has made off the field.
According to reports, Torres called out some of his older Chelsea teammates for being "very
slow" in an interview with a Spanish soccer website.
FC Sion is a small club from a small Swiss town, one which only harbors under 30,000
inhabitants. And yet, they seem to be single-handedly taking on and defeating UEFA in perhaps the
fall's most intriguin football sideshow outside of Who Wants A Beckham? (PSG is, yes, the
perfect fit.)
After being booted from Europe by UEFA for fielding ineligible playesr, they've gone to court to
take them on, and in the process, beat them.
European football's governing body UEFA has decided against allowing Swiss club FC Sion back
into the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League, thus maintaining Glasgow Celtic's place in Group I of the
competition which begins this Thursday.
FC Sion qualified for this season's competition following an aggregate victory against the
Scottish giants in the Play-Off round but were subsequently expelled following a protest from the
Parkhead club who claimed that a number of the Swiss club's players were ineligible.
Overlooked in the American World Cup hype was the move by Seattle to sign their young striker
Freddy Montero to an extension which also makes him a designated player. Montero, 23, becomes
Seattle's third DP, joining Blaise Nkufo and Alvaro Fernandez. More importantly, the signing
prevents the young talent and 2009 Rookie of the Year from moving to Europe for more money and
allows Seattle to keep their nucleus of talent in tact.
As US Soccer prepares for a new cycle to prepare for a World Cup, one name continues to pass along
my consciousness in regards to potential contributors - Freddy Adu.
A standout at the youth international level- Under-17, Under-20, and Under-23 - perhaps this cycle
is when Freddy comes of age in our full US National team.
Do you still remember Freddy Adu? The American footballer who became professional at
the age of 14, who was seen as a future football legend with the potential and skill to become one
of the best. Unfortunately, his career is not following the direction it was expected to take.
Freddy Adu left his country in 2007 at the age of 18 to play for Benfica.
I've got the 2007 US U-20 World Cup team on the brain. After a strong showing in tournament, one
many Americans watched thanks to Canadian timezone friendliness, several players from the squad
earned themselves transfers to Europe; with the news that Freddy Adu failed to impress on his
latest trial, the ongoing uncertainty about where Jozy Altidore might play this season, and the
signing of Sal Zizzo with MLS, the fortunes of those that made their name in that tournament is an
interesting peek at the divergent fortunes of young players.
If Freddy Adu is to find consistent playing time in Europe next season, it likely won't be with
Aris Salonika.
While Aris departed for a Europa League qualifier on Tuesday, Adu was busy trialing for Swiss
club FC Sion. The club, which finished seventh in the 10-team Swiss League last season, is looking
to land Adu on loan for the entire upcoming season.
If Freddy Adu is to find consistent playing time in Europe next season, it likely won't be with
Aris Salonika.
While Aris departed for a Europa League qualifier on Tuesday, Adu was busy trialing for Swiss
club FC Sion. The club, which finished seventh in the 10-team Swiss League last season, is looking
to land Adu on loan for the entire upcoming season.
Woe Flowers of Scotland is a post from: Just Football
by William Heaney
Scottish football is in crisis. With Scottish clubs exiting European competition even earlier
than usual, fans and the media are mourning the latest ‘death' of the national sport. Newspapers
and radio phone-ins are leading the now annual debate asking "where do we go from here?
Celtic forward Gary Hooper has admitted that last year's shockingly early elimination from both
the UEFA Champions League and Europa League qualification has left him seeking vengeance.
Hooper, who scored his first goal for the Hoops over the course of the 4-2 aggregate defeat to
Portuguese outfit Braga in the club's first Champions League qualifier, went on to see his
teammates lose out to Utrecht in a Europa League qualifier while sidelined with an injury.
Celtic forward Gary Hooper has admitted that last year's shocking early elimination from both
the UEFA Champions League and Europa League qualification has left him seeking vengeance.
Hooper, who scored his first goal for the Hoops over the course of the 4-2 aggregate defeat to
Portuguese outfit Braga in the club's first Champions League qualifier, went on to see his
teammates lose out to Utrecht in a Europa League qualifier while sidelined with an injury.
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America has written a piece on Freddy Adu, the one-time future prodigy of
American soccer who now cannot get a look by mid-table Swiss Super League side FC Sion. The article
will draw attention because it's Freddy, because of the hype surrounding his arrival at age 14, and
because of his failure to live up to that hype in the USA or Europe.
O seleccionador do Benin, Michel Dussuyer, convocou 25 futebolistas para preparar a disputa da
Taça de África das Nações Orange-Angola 2010. A equipa beninense vai começar a sua
preparação domingo, em Lomé, capital do Togo.
Os Esquilos do Benin estão integrados no Grupo C, com sede em Benguela, juntamente com o Egipto,
Nigéria e Moçambique.
Free agent Emile Mpenza has penned a two-year contract with FC Sion, current holders of the Swiss
Cup. The Belgian striker will be praying for an upsurge in fortune having endured a catalogue of
inopportune injuries with his former employer, Plymouth Argyle.
This prolonged duration spent on the treatment table restricted the 31-year-old to making only nine
appearances on the south-west coast of England and his plagued record in preceding seasons
ultimately consigned the Pilgrims to act against any contract renewal.
The Chelsea transfer embargo detonated by Fifa this week will have massive and perturbing
repercussions. Even with Chelsea delaying proceeding and stagnating the affect of the transfer
prohibition by deploying a stalling bureaucracy the outcome appears inevitable.
This is some fascinating news that really could influence the 2010-2011 Premier League season, if
not this current 2009-2010 campaign.
Chelsea have been banned from signing any new players until 2011 by FIFA.
The club was found guilty of inducing French winger Gael Kakuta, 18, to breach his contract with
Lens when he joined in 2007.
The return of European football. Scotland expects.
The worst, usually.
Dundee United have already shuffled off, cramming a qualifying defeat into the SPL's
blink-and-you'll-miss-it summer holiday.
Three survive. Rangers reward for not winning their Champions League qualifier is a shot at the
Europa League if they can negotiate past Slovenia's NK Maribor in the play off round.
I won't have the time to post deep analysis of every weekend's game so I will just publish the
results and a small commentary. 9th Matchday Saturday 13th September Neuchatel Xamax - FC Sion 3-3
(2-1) Stade de la Maladière, 5732 spectators. Referee: Busacca 3rd Brown 1-0, 16th M'Futi 1-1,
21st Chihab 2-1, 57th
