Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

ISRAEL SENT WEAPONS TO ARGENTINA TO KILL THE BRITISH


According to the book 'Operation Israel', during the Falklands War, there were five flights from Israel to Argentina. These flights carried weapons such as air to air missiles.

Israel 'supplied arms to Argentina during Falklands War'

1. In 1982, Britain was at war with Argentina in a dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Israel supported Argentina and its fascist government.

This is according to 'Operation Israel: the rearming of Argentina during the dictatorship (1976/1983)' by Hernan Dobry.


2. Argentina has had several fascist governments.

At the end of World War II, hundreds of Nazis were allowed into Argentina.

These included Josef Mengele, Adolf Eichmann, Klaus Barbie, and, reportedly, Adolf Hitler.

Yet, Israel supported Argentina in the Falklands War.


Galtieri

3. The USA trained Argentina's fascist leader General Galtieri, who invaded the Falkland Islands.

Some top people in the US government sympathised with Argentina during the Falklands War.

Menachem Begin

4. Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin supplied weapons to Argentina during the Falklands War.

Zionists seem to be fans of fascism.

Menachem Begin was once chief of the Zionist youth movement Betar in Poland.

Begin and his Betar members wore brown shirts and used the fascist salute.

In 1933, the Zionist Federation of Germany sent a memorandum of support to the Nazi Party.

The World Zionist Organization 'became the principal distributor of Nazi goods throughout the Middle East and Northern Europe'. (aangirfan: The Zionists are in bed with the Nazis)

5. Israel has no love of Britain (aangirfan: THE REAL TERRORISTS; THE ATTEMPT TO BOMB THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.)


Operation Paperclip - many Nazis went to the USA to work for the US government.

6. According to the book 'Operation Israel', during the Falklands war, there were five flights from Israel to Argentina via Peru.

These flights carried weapons such as air to air missiles.

7. Argentina has many connections to the fascists in the USA and Europe.

A. Operatives of the CIA-NATO's Operation Gladio reportedly carried out the bomb attack on Bologna Railway station in 1980 in which 85 people were killed and hundreds injured.

"The outcry over this led to the exposure of much of the conspiracy and the CIA arranged for P2's Grandmaster, fascist Lucio Gelli to escape to Argentina."

Http://www.wakeupmag.co.uk/articles/cia6.htm / 9 11


Eichman, who was said to be Jewish.

B. "British authorities called off the hunt for the man who organised the Nazi Holocaust just 17 months after the end of World War II, files have revealed.

"The files relating to Adolf Eichmann were released by The National Archives.

"They show that at the time the decision was made, Eichmann was hiding in the British-controlled zone of Germany.

"He went to Argentina in 1950."

Eichmann search was ended early

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- MUST SEE: The Nazi-Zionist Connection: The Final Solution to Adolf Hitler - Documentary video by Jim Condit, Jr.-

On the Jewish Funding, Control, and Leadership of the Third Reich-

Adolf Hitler's DNA shows North African and Ashkenazi Jew ancestry-

Occultist Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party tools of the Synagogue of Satan; "persectuted" lesser jews as pretext for creation of state of 'Israel'-

Was the Nazi Party Controlled Opposition, Top Leadership Jews and Crypto-Jews?-

Hitler - The Ultimate Zionist False Flag Operation-

History of Judas Goat Kosher Nazis in the White Nationalist Movement-

Canadian Jewish Congress Organized Canadian Nazi Party

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

World Soccer News

World soccer news: For week of December 20th

Soccer Crusaders: Crosses on shirts upset Moslems

Soccer is known for knocking down many barriers, except for those fortified in religious fanatism. One Baris Kaska, a Turkish lawyer from Izmir, filed a complaint against UEFA with the local court asking for the annullment of Inter Milan's 3-0 Champions League win over Fenerbahce on account that the "Italians wore a red cross on a white surface." For Kaska, a clear symbol of the Crusades.
"The cross reminded me of the bloody days of the past. In my opinion, the design of the shirt openly suggests the superiority of one religion," claims Kaska.

Naturally, the complaint has no chances of prospering since UEFA approved the design of Inter's reserve kit, inaugurated on the occasion of the Milan club's forthcoming centenary. Indeed, Inter had the sensitivity to ask Fenerbahce whether they would object to their using the crossed shirt at San Siro, and the Turks said no problem.

Barcelona, who sell tons of shirts in Islamic countries, have forestalled a possible customers' boycott by redisigning their coat of arms in the batches intended for Moslem markets. Instead of the city's patron saint St George's cross in the upper left corner, Barça's coat of arms on sale in Islamic states cointains an ordinary vertical red line on the white surface.
"They don't tolerate crosses, be it Barça's or another club's," said a Spaniard living in Saudi Arabia to the La Vanguardia daily.
"Barcelona's merchandise sells well, but it would not be the same if there was a red cross drawn within a white square."

John Terry six weeks out of action

Chelsea's captain and England international John Terry will spent at least six weeks on the sidelines after sustaining an injury during the London derby against Arsenal. The team doctors confirmed Terry broke three bones in his left foot.
The international defender tried to continue playing even after Eboué's rough tackle, but the pain was too strong, forcing him to abandon the pitch. Eboué apologized to Terry for the tackle before getting injured himself.
This has been yet another blow to the Blues, already without Ricardo Carvalho since the early stages of the season.
The brave skipper could return to action against Birmingham in late January and should certainly be ready for Fabio Capello's England debut against Switzerland at Wembley on February 6th.


Kaká's double triumph

The journalists who determine the winner of the Golden Ball in France Football's poll have a similar taste to that of the coaches and skippers of national teams taking part in FIFA's contest for the world's best player.
As a consequence, the same player has won the Golden Ball and the FIFA's award in the same season for the tenth time in 17 years. This year's double winner is Milan's Kaká, the fifth Brazilian to have unified the two most prestigious individual prizes in soccer.

That was not the end to Kaká's astonishing run of trophies: by winning FIFA's World Club Cup, the 25-year-old attacking midfielder has become only the second player to have won the set of soccer's most distinguished trophies. Just like Marco van Basten in 1989, Kaká has collected the Champions' League, the Supercup, the World Clup Cup and the Golden Ball. Van Basten could not win FIFA's player of the year award simply because it was not given before 1991.

Here are the ten double-winners since 1991, when FIFA started to award the prize for the top player of the year.

Golden Ball plus FIFA award

1992. Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1993. Roberto Baggio (Italy)
1995. George Weah (Liberia)
1997. Ronaldo (Brazil)
1998. Zinedine Zidane (France)
1999. Rivaldo (Brazil)
2002. Ronaldo (Brazil)
2005. Ronaldinho (Brazil)
2006. Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
2007. Kaka (Brazil)

Inzaghi like Cruyff and Rijkaard!

Filippo Pippo Inzaghi has become the third European player to have scored a goal in all three finals of club cup competitions in the same cycle.
Before Pippo, only two Dutchmen achieved that distinction.
The first was Ajax' Johan Cruyff, who scored twice against Inter in the Champions' Cup, twice against Rangers in the Supercup and once against Independiente in the Intercontinental Cup in 1972 and early 1973.
Eighteen years later, Milan's Frank Rijkaard repeated the feat in the games against Benfica, Sampdoria and Olimpia of Asunción.


Milan's third hat-trick
AC Milan has joined for the third time the select group of the elite European clubs who won the three most important international trophies in one competitive cycle.
Before winning the World Club Cup by beating Boca Juniors 4-2, Milan collected the Champions' League at the expense of Liverpool (2-1) and the European Supercup against Sevilla (3-1).
The world's most successful club picked up their first two hat-tricks in 1989 and 1990 under the guidance of Arrigo Sacchi.
This elite group includes Ajax (twice), Porto, Juventus and Real Madrid.

Hat-trick of titles

1972. Ajax
1987. Porto
1989. Milan
1990. Milan
1995. Ajax
1996. Juventus
2002. Real Madrid
2007. Milan

Wanchope says goodbye in January

Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rica's top soccer export, will bid a final farewell on January 13th against Sweden in San José.
The gigantic striker, who announced his retirement last month, will play his final game at the national Ricardo Saprissa stadium, where he debuted for the national team back in 1996.
The former Derby County, West Ham and Manchester City player scored 45 goals in 73 appearances for Costa Rica and was the country's top scorer until Rolando Fonseca recently overtook him.

European leagues' top scorers

Kruno Lovrek, the leading scorer in the Croatian 1st Division, is the highest scoring player in all of Europe with 14 hits, a goal above a group of six players with 13 goals each. This group includes Celtic's Scott McDonald and Ajax' Jan-Klas Huntelaar alongside two other players from the Croatian League – Nikola Kalinic and Radomir Djalovic.
Only two strikers from the top leagues are present among the European top scorers: the French boy wonder Karim Benzema of Lyon and Juventus' David Trezeguet, both with 12 goals.
The Spanish number one is Sevilla's Brazilian Luis Fabiano with 10 goals, while both in the Premier League and Bundesliga the leading scorers are still within single digits.
Bayern's Klose and Toni, Hamburg's Van der Vaart and Werder's Diego have finished the first part of the season with nine goals on their account, like Arsenal's Adebayor, Manchester United's Ronaldo and Everton's Aiyegbeni.


1. Kruno Lovrek (Zagreb) – 14 goals
2.-7. Nikola Kalinić (Hajduk) – 13
Radomir Đalović (Rijeka) - 13
Jan-Klas Huntelaar (Ajax) - 13
Gheorghe Bucur (Politechnica T.) – 13
Scott McDonald (Celtic) - 13
Hakan Yakin (Young Boys) - 13
8-17. Karim Benzema (Lyon) - 12
David Trezeguet (Juventus) - 12
Oleksandr Hladki (Šahtar) – 12
Peter Graulund (Arhus) – 12
Juraj Halenar (Artmedia) – 12
Sanel Jahić (Željezničar) - 12
David Bunderla (Primorje) – 12
Dario Zahora (Domžale) – 12
Marek Zienczuk (Wisla) - 12
Pawel Brozek (Wisla) - 12

Argentina bought 1978 World Cup, says a mafioso

The former Columbian mafioso Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón has revealed new details of the scandal that allegedly took place at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina and that cost the Brazilians the title.
According to the ex-narco dealer, it was the then Argentinian vice-admiral, Carlos A. Lacoste, who masterminded the bribing of the Peruvian FA so that Argentina would beat Peru by at least four goals and qualify for the finals ahead of Brazil.
"My uncle and dad were called by the players' agent Carlos Quieto asking them to mediate between the Argentinian and the Peruvian FA's, since he was the Peruvian FA's president's friend," said Mondragón to terra.es digital newspaper.
"Two days before the key game, at the meeting in Lima, the Argentinian bought the favours of four players for 50,000 USD each, and their government gave Peru some grain free of charge," continued the infamous Guillermo Rodríguez Mondragón's son, promising to reveal all the names, amounts and other details of the scandal in his forthcoming book.
Lacoste was the chairman of the World Cup organizing committee, short lived president of Argentina and long-time FIFA vice-president.
Argentina won that World Cup by beating Peru 6-0 in the crucial semifinal group game and the Netherlands 3-1 in the finals.
All players involved have always rejected claims of foul play.

Copyright Ozren Podnar/Soccerphile

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Blatter U-turns on World Cup rotation

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has signalled that the policy of World Cup rotation is about to be ditched.

Speaking to the BBC, Blatter admitted he would welcome England bidding for 2018, a tournament which under the present model, should be held in North or Central America.

"I am advocating we open the market," said Blatter. Back in May, he described rotation as "a milestone", speaking to FIFA delegates in Zurich, while only a month ago, announced that a final decision on rotation with regard to 2018 would come at the end of October.

With 2010 going to (South) Africa and 2014 to South America (Brazil), Europe's next turn would not have been in 2018 (CONCACAF) but in 2022, a ridiculously long wait for that continent's front runner, England.

Given the concentration of money, power, media and fan interest in European football, it seems brave, or foolhardy, to award it the tournament only once every 24 years (there are six FIFA regions).

The traditional system of alternating from Europe to South America was ripe for reform with the global spread of the game and now Japan/Korea, South Africa and the USA have all hosted, or are about to host, the sport's showpiece event.

Outside of the traditional power bases, Australia and China could both mount serious bids before long, but political worries will probably keep the Islamic world, in the form of Morocco and Egypt, excluded for the foreseeable future. The USA is also determined to host the World Cup again after the success of 1994, the the swathe of impressive new American stadia and the arrival of David Beckham to MLS. Mexico, too, is interested in hosting its third World Cup.

It is therefore, unquestionably the world's cup, yet any change to the traditional Atlantic alteration should not be so rigid as FIFA's rotation system. Four years is a long time to wait and in a continent like Europe where England, Russia, Spain, Italy and Holland & Belgium are all itching to host the World Cup, a possible wait of half a century is too long for any country.

Rotation was never fully explained - does Oceania or CONCACAF has as much right to host the World Cup as Europe? , never universally accepted by the football world and was only rushed in as a response to Germany sensationally snatching the 2006 tournament from the heavily Blatter-endorsed South Africa by the narrowest of margins (Oceania's Charles Dempsey abstained on the final vote).

Brazil had a shoe-in for 2014 because South America had not hosted the event since Argentina in 1978.

Brazil and its decrepit stadia and infrastructure is far from ready to host the World Cup however, a fact which swayed Blatter to renege on one of his favourite pet policies.

After Colombia and Argentina withdrew, the one-horse race south of the equator illuminated a flaw in the rotation system if the only contender is manifestly unable to host the month-long show.

"We are not in a very comfortable situation in South America," admitted the FIFA President.

"It is better to have three or four associations trying to get the number one competition of the world."

Rumours abound that a new system will prevent only the previous two host regions from applying, reducing the minimum wait for any country to 12 years.

It should be remembered of course that the FIFA Executive committee and not Blatter ratifies policy and CONCACAF's controversial Jack Warner for one is against any change to the status quo.

However, the days of the half-baked, hasty and unconvincing rotation system are now clearly numbered.

(c) Sean O'Conor & Soccerphile



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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Player Focus - Juan Román Riquelme

Otpadnik u Barci, junak u Villarrealu

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Riquelme je godinama slijedio putanju Diega Maradone: Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona.
Čak je debitirao u Boci ušavši umjesto Diega. Gledajući ga u dresu Argentine u kvalifikacijama i na Kupu konfederacija, shvatili smo da je pred nama savršen vezni igrač. Nikad nećemo znati zašto Barcelona nije razumjela njegovu umjetnost, no važno je da Villarreal i argentinska reprezentacija jesu, na vlastitu sreću i na radost milijuna koji ljube nogometne virtuoze.

Dan prije no što će Argentina osvojiti prvo Svjetsko prvenstvo u Buenos Airesu rođen je Juan Roman Riquelme. Bio je 24. lipnja 1978. kad je skromna obitelj Riquelme dobila jedno od svoje jedanaestero djece.

Životna priča Juana Romana Riquelmea slična je pričama mnogih velikih južnoameričkih igrača koji su zahvaljujući nogometu izašli iz bijede. Ljubav između Juana i lopte vrlo je brzo planula. Od malena se isticao u pionirima kluba svoje gradske četvrti San Fernando. Njegove su izvrsne igre dospjele do ušiju tragača za talentima, koji su morali uložiti veliki napor da ga nagovore da prijeđe u veći klub. Izaslanik Argentinos Juniorsa Jorge Rodriguez uvjerio je Riquelmea i odveo ga na La Paternal. - "Čuo sam da u pionirima kluba San Jorge ima jedan mali koji 'rastura' loptu. Nakon Maradone, on (Riquelme) bio je nešto najbolje što sam ikada vidio." - govorio je Rodriguez. Tako je Juan Roman, kao i Diego Maradona, debitirao u Argentinosima. I dalje će pratiti Diegovu putanju, prešavši u Bocu Juniors, pa u Barcelonu.

Kao igrač Argentinos Juniorsa debitirao je u juniorskoj reprezentaciji 1996. igrajući na mjestu srednjeg veznog, da bi nakon turnira u Punta del Esteu prešao na ofanzivnu spojku. I River i Boca su ga htjeli uzeti, no Riquelme je od svog zastupnika Franchija tražio da "ugovori prelazak u Bocu, pa makar tamo zarađivao pola od onog što nudi River!". Na kraju, Boca ga kupuje od Argentinosa za 800.000 dolara.

Na treninzima i u Bocinim pričuvama je "uništavao" loptu i uvjerio Carlosa Bilarda, tadašnjeg trenera, da ga uvrsti u prvu momčad. Riquelme debitira 10. studenog 1996. protiv Uniona iz Santa Fea. Ulazi umjesto nikog drugog nego Diega Maradone i izaziva ovacije tribina. Dva tjedna kasnije postiže prvenstveni pogodak protiv Huracana. Pokazao se kao duhovit, inteligentan igrač izvrsne distribucije lopte i strahovitog udarca. To je igrač poteza, "rolice", pete, namijenjen gurmanskom uživanju.

Prvak Amerike i svijeta

Iduće godine s mladom reprezentacijom Argentine osvaja Južnoameričko pa Svjetsko prvenstvo u kategoriji do 20 godina, a 16. studenog pojavljuje se u seniorskoj reprezentaciji protiv Kolumbije. Svoj je debi doživio na Bocinoj "Bomboneri", gdje je prvu reprezentativnu utakmicu odigrao i Maradona.
Parma iste godine nudi Boci 14 milijuna dolara za njega, ali on odlučuje ostati dok ne ponese s Bocom poneki značajni trofej. Trofeja će biti napretek, a ponajviše zahvaljujući njemu.
Novi Bocin trener Hector Vieira koristi ga 1998. samo sporadično., no dolazak Carlosa Bianchija vraća ga u prvi plan. Mladić je promaknut u vođu sastava, koji ubrzo osvaja dva uzastopna prvenstva.
Marcelo Bielsa zove ga na Copu America 1999. u Paragvaju, gdje je jedan od boljih članova momčadi "gaucha", no nakon tog turnira, Bielsa ga neobjašnjivo "zaboravlja". Unatoč ispadanju iz reprezentacije, domaći mu tisak dodjeljuje nagradu za igrača godine.
Još uvijek pod Bianchijevim vodstvom, Boca i Riquelme 2000. osvajaju Copu Libertadores i Interkontinentalni kup, što ovom slavnom klubu nije uspjelo od 1977. Iduće godine Boca je ponovno najbolja u Copi Libertadores, dok u "Interkontiju" gubi od Bayerna. No, Riquelmeu to nije smetalo da pokupi najprestižniju južnoameričku nagradu, onu urugvajskog El Paisa, koji ga je proglasio "Kraljem južnoameričkog nogometa" za 2001.

Van Gaalova žrtva

Do tog je trenutka Riquelmeova karijera bila toliko blistava da se usporedbe s Maradonom nisu doimale suludima. Samo je manjak reprezentativnih nastupa spriječio europske navijače da ga bolje upoznaju, no
njegovo izbacivanje iz kruga reprezentativaca najviše je naškodilo samoj Argentini. Bielsa na Svjetsko prvenstvo u Japanu i Koreji ne vodi ni njega i Saviolu pa Argentina ispada u prvoj rundi, a izbornik dobiva nogu.

Barcelona, koja je godinu ranije Boci za Riquelmea uzalud nudila 20 milijuna eura, sad ga dobila po povoljnijoj cijeni zahvaljujući "dalekovidnoj" Bielsinoj odluci da ga ne vodi na Mundial. Boca je tako utržila samo 11,5 milijuna eura podijeljenih na dvije rate, a Riquelme je u tom trenutku s navedenim iznosom bio tek deseti igrač Barce po skupoći. Taj ga podatak sigurno nije zabrinjavao, no tretman trenera Louisa van Gaala sigurno jest. Nizozemac je dvije godine nakon otkaza senzacionalno vraćen za trenera Barce, no nije promijenio pogrešan način razmišljanja zbog kojeg je i 2000. proglašen "nepodobnim" za klupu Nou Campa.

Dok je u prvom mandatu maltretirao Rivalda, sad se njegovo stručno oko usmjerilo na Riquelmea, kojemu nije podario ni status ni minutažu koje je ovaj zasluživao. No, tijekom cijele sezone Argentinac je iskazivao strpljenje i vjeru da će trener ipak progledati:
"Da sam ja Van Gaal, uvijek bih se postavljao u momčad." - kazao je Riquelme, vraćajući se u stvarnost odmah u sljedećoj rečenici. - "Ne sviđa mi se gledati utakmice s klupe. Prije svake utakmice nadam se da ću biti uvršten u prvu jedanaestoricu, ali na kraju 'mister' Van Gaal odluči drukčije, što ja poštujem."
Argentinac je bio vrlo korektan prema šefu: "Ni kad igram, ni kad ne igram, ne tražim objašnjenja od trenera. On radi za dobro momčadi, a ja ću se truditi na treninzima da uskoro postanem prvotimac." - uzalud se nadao američki igrač godine 2001. Upitan kako bi rangirao Van Gaala na ljestvici trenera s kojima je radio, Riquelme je samo mudro odgovorio da mu nedostaje trener iz Boce, Carlos Bianchi. - "On mi je prijatelj. Naš odnos nadilazi nogometne okvire i uvijek ću ga voljeti. Bilo bi mi drago da mi opet bude trener."
Logična želja, jer se kod Van Gaala nije ni mogao naigrati; Riquelme je improvizator i umjetnik lopte, a ne "ptica trkačica" i robot, kakve je Nizozemac priželjkivao u svojoj momčadi. I makar je Van Gaal "izvisio" prije kraja katastrofalne Barcine sezone, koju je izvukao Radomir Antić odličnim finišem i plasmanom u Kup UEFA, za Riquelmea nisu svanula bolja vremena. Iako je u ljeto 2003. klub preuzela nova uprava s novim stručnim stožerom na čelu s Rijkaardom i Begiristainom, Argentinac je upućen prema jugu u tada još neugledni Villarreal. Činilo se da je to početak silazne putanje igrača kojeg su do prije par godina smatrali najboljim na Zelenom kontinentu.

No, Villarreal i Riquelme jedan su na drugoga izvršili čaroban utjecaj. Klub iz Castellona u prvoj je sezoni u kojoj je njegovu igru vodio Argentinac izveo senzaciju i uvrstio se u polufinale Kupa UEFA, u kojemu je tijesno i kontroverzno poražen od kasnijeg pobjednika Valencije, a i u prvenstvu je još jednom izborio mjesto u Europi.

"U Barci nisu sa mnom dobro postupali"

"U Barceloni sa mnom nisu postupali tako dobro kao u Villarrrealu." - primijetio je Juan Ramon Riquelme,
svjestan da se ni neće vratiti s posudbe na Nou Camp. Argentinska zvijezda osjetila se preporođenom u svom novom klubu te je bez straha govorila o svom iskustvu u Barci. - "Puno se toga izmišljalo o meni dok sam bio u Barceloni, da sam navodno bio tužan i bezvoljan. Ništa od toga nije istina. Jednostavno se nekima u klubu nisam svidio pa su sa mnom loše postupali. Barca je Riquelmea posudila na dvije godine, s opcijom povratka nakon godinu dana. No, Argentinac je Barcu praktično otpisao. - "Ne razmišljam više o Barceloni, jer imam sreću da sam mogu odlučiti hoću li se vratiti ili ne." Iako žali što neće igrati s bivšim kolegom iz Boce, Martinom Palermom, koji se skrasio u Betisu, vjerovao je da će se Villarreal "boriti za naslov ili barem 'dosađivati' onima koji su na vodećim mjestima."

Da ta obećanja nisu bila prazna pokazala je sezona 2004/05, u kojoj su i Villarreal i Riquelme zaigrali najbolji nogomet od svog postanka. Argentinska je desetka spojila neumornu trku, izbrušenu tehniku i artiljerijski udarac, uprtila momčad na leđa i dovela je do prvog plasmana u Ligu prvaka u klupskoj povijesti. S 15 je pogodaka Riquelme završio sezonu kao najefikasniji vezni igrač Primere i osigurao standardno mjesto u reprezentaciju.

Nevjerojatno, ni to nije uvjerilo Barcelonu da ga povuče natrag na Nou Camp. Ponudu je zato Barci uputio Atletico Madrid, koji je netom sklopio sporazum s bivšim Bocinim trenerom Carlosom Bianchijem, no i Villarreal je već bio financijski potkožen zahvaljujući dvije odlične europske sezone i projekcijama zarade od nastupa u Ligi prvaka. Barcino je povlačenje iz igre bilo je prava prilika za Villarreal da otkupi igračev ugovor i učini ga samo svojim i Riquelme je nakon dvije godine posudbe napokon postao zaposlenik kluba iz Castellona, potpisavši s njim na četiri godine.

"Pregovori s Barcelonom bili su naporni i skupi, ali završili su uspješno. Zadržali smo jednog od najboljih igrača na svijetu, koji upravo igra briljantno za Argentinu. Do prije nekoliko dana pisalo se da će završiti u Atletico Madridu jer ga je htio novi trener Carlos Bianchi, dok Villarrealu nitko nije davao izgleda. No, na koncu smo ipak mi ti kojima je pripao Riquelme." - kazao je oduševljeni predsjednik Villarreala Fernando Roig.

Riquelme je proslavio sporazum izvanrednim pogotkom Brazilu te probojem Argentine na Svjetsko prvenstvo u Njemačkoj čak godinu dana prije početka natjecanja, a potom i sjajnim nastupom na Kupu konfederacija. Njegova je izvedba u netom završenoj "generalnoj probi" pojačala nerazumijevanje javnosti
za tretman koji je imao u Barceloni. Većina ni danas ne shvaća zašto Barcelona nije željela povratak igrača kojeg je dovela 2002. kao veliko pojačanje i zašto ga je uopće otjerala s Nou Campa. Možda priča ima dublji smisao, koji ćemo doznati ako Villarreal s Riquelmeom osvoji prvi trofej.


Osobna karta

Pravo ime: Juan Roman Riquelme
Nadimak: Romy
Igračka pozicija: Spojka
Datum rođenja: 24. lipnja 1978.
Mjesto rođenja: San Fernando
Visina i težina: 182 cm, 75 kg
Bračno stanje: Oženjen s Anabelom, kći Florencia
Obitelj: Desetoro braće

Igračka karijera (nastupi i golovi)

1995/96 Argentinos Juniors
1996/97 Boca Juniors 22 - 4
1997/98 Boca Juniors 19 - 0
1998/99 Boca Juniors 37 -10
1999/00 Boca Juniors 24 - 4
2000/01 Boca Juniors 27 -10
2001/02 Boca Juniors 22 -10
2002/03 Barcelona 30- 3
2003/04 Villarreal 33- 8
2004/05 Villarreal 35- 15

1997-05 Argentina 26- 5

Trofeji i nagrade
1 Copa Libertadores (2000. i 2001)
1 Interkontinentalni kup (2000)
3 prvenstva Argentine (Apertura 1998, Clausura 1999, Apertura 2000)
1 Svjetsko prvenstvo U-20 (1997)
1 Južnoameričko prvenstvu U-20 (1997)
1 finale Kupa konfederacija (2005)
Najbolji igrač Južne Amerike (2001)

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Sunday, July 3, 2005

Millonarios River Plate

El Monumental, River Plate StadiumWe changed our flights, sped round the south of Argentina at the speed of light and managed to get to Buenos Aires in time for the weekend and the footy - River Plate playing Olimpio on the Saturday night, a lad in our hostel was going with a girl from Buenos Aires and we were in. Excellent. We walked through the cobbled streets of San Telmo, past the old men in berets with handlebar moustaches sipping red wine on the Plaza and took the bus up to El Monumental, home of Los Millonerios, aka River Plate.
El Monumental
As we walked up 90 mins before kickoff, the air was already full of the crack and boom of fireworks, the police poised on their horses, but not too many fans about to tell the truth. This wasn't a big game and with the Boca River derby only a week away, people were saving their energies. So us men paid our 10 pesos (2quid/400 yen), the ladies their 5 and we were off into the "Populare" end of El Monumental, the peoples end where apparently under no circumstances should you show any sign of wealth or of being a tourist. Ooh er. After 5 body searches and the confiscation of my lighter (only me, everyone else got frisked once, bloody typical) we got in, greeted by the irresistible rhythm of the drums from inside the ground and the 4ft baton toting policemen on the perimeter. Up the stairs we went (lambs to the slaughter? I was beginning to wonder), greeted by a man with blood covered hands crouched over another in a pool of his own blood, not the best of omens.
River fans
And then we were in, "Vamos Vamos Vamos Millonarios, Vamos Vamos Vamos River Plate", the singing and the music never stopped for a second, people hanging very precariously off every available ledge, the pitch just visible through the ganja fog. Not that it mattered. The players came on, not many noticed, the game went on, not many watched. As a pretty dismal, scrappy display of footy unfolded on the pitch below (surprising as River are one of the top teams in one of the top leagues of South America), the band played on and the crowd sang on, oblivious to what was happening down below them. Nobody cared. They were there to sing, dance and taunt Boca ahead of next weeks derby, and the footy going on right now wasn't going to spoil that for them.
River Plate
Highlight of the game was a penalty given near half time - River protested, the ball was put on the spot, but then oh no, the refs changed his mind, No penalty, a corner. Eh? Whats going on? The Olimpio players come crowding round the ref, they want their penalty and then poof! Its back on again, a penalty. I've never seen a more ridiculous display of refereeing and people aren't happy. Momentarily. Then its back to singing and dancing again.
River fans

River Plate lost 2-0, but I've never seen anyone so happy in defeat -half an hour after its all ended, they're still there singing their hearts out with no sign of budging. We on the other hand squeeze past the tear gas gun toting cops in riot gear and head out for a night of steak and tango. Vamos Millonarios!

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