Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Wenger hope over the concern of veal Vermaelen

Defender Thomas Vermaelen Arsenal will be the subject of tests Wednesday after arriving off the coast of calf problem like towards the end of the Carling Cup victory against Bolton.

Thomas Vermaelen
GettyImagesThomas Vermaelen is helped from the field in the Carling Cup win on Bolton

Vermaelen made his return very expected of an Achilles injury in starting in the fourth round 2-1 victory, playing 84 minutes at the Emirates before being replaced by rookie Daniel Boateng. Manager Arsene Wenger revealed Vermaelen has requested to be removed after a printing problem in his calf, but he is convinced that the Belgian has not suffered actual injury.

"He did very well, but he had to go out for a calf problem," said Wenger. "I hope that's not too bad." It will be a little short for Saturday [against Chelsea in the Premier League]. I know not yet what happened.

"We'll test him tomorrow [Wednesday], but was not too bad air.". He has been off for a long time and not had a single training session yesterday with the team.

"I did not expect a game of this intensity because it was a really difficult gamefor a central back tonight as they put us under pressure in the secondhalf.". I do not think that it is a strain of veal, I think it's just a calfbecause tight he has not played 90 minutes for three months.

"He wanted to get out." In all fairness, I would not remove because Ithought it was stupid to four minutes to go when we conceded a goal. He was adamant that he could not go on so I hope that's not too bad. »

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City dispel fears about the absence of Hargreaves

Manchester City moved to dispel fears Owen Hargreaves suffered anythingother as a very minor setback in its bid to resurrect his career.

Owen Hargreaves
GettyImagesOwen Hargreaves will not be playing in Carling Cup Wednesday

Hargreaves was eliminated from the Carling Cupfourth round to Wolves traverse after a kick in the calf. The match would have otherwise provided the age of 30 years with an excellent opportunity to get some competitive football under its belt it seeks to establish itself in the city.

The midfielder, who made early top scorer for the overBirmingham city of their victory in the third round, came out by Manchester United in the summer after the threeinjury-ravaged seasons.

First team coach David Platt, said: "there is no concern about it." There alittle niggle that, because it is Owen Hargreaves, we talk about it. It's not much, it is just a kick in the calf. We had it scanned and there was no attraction or anything.

"He was in was has not decomposed. If it had broken down we would be talking about himbeing out for three or four weeks, but this is not the case. »

Hargreaves played 57 minutes against Birmingham five weeks but his onlyappearance since then was as a late substitute in the first League of Barclays 4-1 Aston Villa winover October 15.

It was thought to be in the running for a place on the bench for Sunday over his former club derbywin, he was not named in the team.

Hargreaves has been hampered by problems in both knees during his stay in the Unitedbefore, he suffered a wound in the thigh at the start of what proved to be his finalappearance for Club last November. Yet, while the city do not want to risk him at the Molineux, they insist it is not because they need to treat with more care than any other player.

Platt said: "it is there or nearby, but the fact of the matter is hehasn can't trained for three or four days. Go and do a light training session and then go to it, you wouldn't do with any player. Which has nothing to do with whether or not it is Owen.

"Since we have returned to the international break, Owen Hargreaves has been available for selection to be the 24-25 players. It may well have been in the team for the derby. It might have been in the stand, on the bench, or he may have played.

"We look more like another case, while leading to the international break, we were still in its preparation"pre-season ". We are more than. He comes into the equation as any other player he is now.

"He came on 1 September and we are now at the end of October. It is seven weeks, and it was off the field of the formation of five days. Rather than talk about what is happened in the past three years, it is now a Manchester City player, and we must leave when it was atManchester City to it. »

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Beckenbauer calls for clarity of the offside rule

Franz Beckenbauer, the head of the Task Force Football 2014 FIFA, asked that there an offside rule "clear and understandable."

Franz Beckenbauer
GettyImagesFranz Beckenbauer wants to see some changes.

Beckenbauer believes there needs to be clarification on when a player is actively or passively offside, with task due to respond quickly, should provide for discussion and "triple punishment", which means players expelled for refusing to only a chance of striker will receive a red card, concede a penalty and the subsequent ban.

On the law of offside, reading from a statement: "the Group discussed the interpretationof law 11 regarding active and passive offside." The Chairman asked the members of the task force to come with suggestions for a clear and understandable rule at the time of the next meeting of the group. »

Beckenbauer, nicknamed 'Der Kaiser', added: "in my time it was very simple, off was an offside, case itdidn can't where the ball was. [Now] is nonsense, it's too complicated.

"We have a situation with an offside active and passive at this time." I think that weshould stay far away from complex expressions, we should return to make itmore simple, not as if it were at the beginning but somewhere between the two. »

On the question of the triple penalty, the statement added: "simple other faults in the area of the penalty should only be sanctioned with a penalty and a yellow card." The same penalty is proposed for a goalie who is trying to catch the ball but clad legs of a player. The objective is to make it easier for referees ensure uniform and fair decisions. »

Legislative changes should be submitted to the Commission of the FA International in March, while Beckenbauer has also commented on the topic of fair play: "there were a number of items on the agenda, including the subject of fair play, and we discussed what must be done better in the future.".

"What we saw last year was terrible, including the most important match of the last four years, namely, the FIFA World Cup 2010 final between the Spain and the Netherlands in South Africa."

"The way in which both teams behaved in the first half was horrible." It is supposed to be good of bea to the football game, but it was quite the contrary. The final of the Copa Libertadores in South America was similar and things like that do not belong on a football field, they need to be punished. »

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