Olympics 2021

[gary69]

If/when Olympics go ahead later this summer, there will be some pretty good matches / players included.

Brazil announced their squad, I wonder has there ever been an older player then Dani Alves in the Olympics.

Brazil squad:
Goalkeepers: Santos (Athletico PR), Brenno (Gremio)
Defenders: Dani Alves (Sao Paulo), Gabriel Menino (Palmeiras) Guilherme Arana (Atletico), Nino (Fluminense), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal), Diego Carlos (Sevilla)
Midfielders: Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), B. Guimaraes (Lyon), Matheus Henrique (Gremio), Gerson (Flamengo), Claudinho (Red Bull Braga)
Forwards: Malcom (FC Zenit), Antony (Ajax), Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), Matheus Cunha (Hertha Berlin), Pedro (Flamengo)

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[Savant]

Some rumblings that LFC do not want Salah doing both the Olympics and AFCON. Developing situation. Can understand both sides

 

[cgf]

Very curious to see who we send. Figure the u21s that won the euros will make up the spine of the team...with Wirtz & Baku leading the way again if allowed. Wonder if Musiala can join them if he doesn't play at the Euros?

Udoukhai is rumored to be included, and hopefully, Geiger gets an invite as well.

I think Torunarigha is eligible as well, but the CBs could be set already with the u21 kids & Udoukhai. Katterbach should also be eligible, but with Jakobs & Raum having been on the euro-winners, they may opt for continuity over increasing the competition.

 

[Eye of Ra]

there will be some pretty good matches op says? south africa, new zeeland, mexico, honduras, romania, south korea, egypt, australia, saudi arabia...just full of mediocre teams.

 

[Savi]

There's a Red Bull Braga??

 

[luiginb]

there will be some pretty good matches op says? south africa, new zeeland, mexico, honduras, romania, south korea, egypt, australia, saudi arabia...just full of mediocre teams.

a Swede calling other teams mediocre ...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Some notables missing but this is a strong team. Not sure how it matches up with the other teams but they could go far

 

[Eye of Ra]

a Swede calling other teams mediocre ...

well we are better than all those teams. we are ranked 18 for a reason. but im not saying sweden should have a spot. where is belgium, italy etc.

 

[cgf]

there will be some pretty good matches op says? south africa, new zeeland, mexico, honduras, romania, south korea, egypt, australia, saudi arabia...just full of mediocre teams.

well we are better than all those teams. we are ranked 18 for a reason. but im not saying sweden should have a spot. where is belgium, italy etc.

Where does this arrogance come from? South Korea & Mexico have consistently been better than you over the past two decades. Australia has been on par with you.

And if you wanted to be there over Romania, you should've done better than them at the u21 euros; the qualification process from UEFA is pretty straightforward.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Where does this arrogance come from? South Korea & Mexico have consistently been better than you over the past two decades. Australia has been on par with you.

And if you wanted to be there over Romania, you should've done better than them at the u21 euros; the qualification process from UEFA is pretty straightforward.

u do realise we beat south korea and mexico in 2018 wc? they have not been better than us for years.

again, i did not say sweden should be there. do you really think this olympics would not have been more fun with teams such as belgium, croatia, italy etc instead of honduras, saudia arabia and new zeeland?

 

[cgf]

u do realise we beat south korea and mexico in 2018 wc? they have not been better than us for years.

again, i did not say sweden should be there. do you really think this olympics would not have been more fun with teams such as belgium, croatia, italy etc instead of honduras, saudia arabia and new zeeland?

Yes. Do you realize that 2018 isn't the only tournament that has happened over the past 20 years?

What about the difference between something happenning "over" the past two decades & something happening "for" the past two decades? Is that getting lost in translation or where you intentionally misrepresenting what I said?


And not really. The Olympics aren't about having the best NTs in the world cup face each other, that's what the World Cup is for. The olympics are about having U23 teams from all around the world playing together & showing where the game is heading in their nations. If you want to watch Belgium, Italy, etc., then you could've watched the U21 euros that just ended or the ongoing euros.

 

[Savi]

Why is't Neymar allowed to go? PSG can't beat Lorient, Dijon and Angers without him?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Why is't Neymar allowed to go? PSG can't beat Lorient, Dijon and Angers without him?

Playing 2 tournaments in one summer? Almost unheard of. Let alone for an injury prone star player.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Yes. Do you realize that 2018 isn't the only tournament that has happened over the past 20 years?

What about the difference between something happenning "over" the past two decades & something happening "for" the past two decades? Is that getting lost in translation or where you intentionally misrepresenting what I said?


And not really. The Olympics aren't about having the best NTs in the world cup face each other, that's what the World Cup is for. The olympics are about having U23 teams from all around the world playing together & showing where the game is heading in their nations. If you want to watch Belgium, Italy, etc., then you could've watched the U21 euros that just ended or the ongoing euros.

sweden was not worse than mexico in wc 2002. in euros 2004 we did great and almost beat out the dutch. wc 2006 we made qf, as did mexico but not korea. how exactly where mexico and korea better than us during 2002-2008? we had players such as zlatan, ljungberg, henrik larsson...

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hopefully Özil gets the chance.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Japan squad:

Goalkeepers: Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Kosei Tani (Shonan Bellmare)

Defenders: Maya Yoshida (Sampdoria/ITA), Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Reds), Kou Itakura (Groningen/NED), Yuta Nakayama (PEC Zwolle/NED), Reo Hatate (Kawasaki Frontale), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna/ITA), Daiki Hashioka (Sint-Truiden/BEL)

Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Stuttgart/GER), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus), Koji Miyoshi (Antwerp/BEL), Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale), Ritsu Doan (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Ao Tanaka (Kawasaki Frontale), Takefusa Kubo (Real Madrid/ESP)

Forwards: Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F Marinos), Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers)

 

[Eye of Ra]

Saudi Arabia's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 June 2021.

Head coach: Saad Al-Shehri


GK Zaid Al-Bawardi 26 January 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
GK Mohammed Al Rubaie 14 August 1997 (age 23) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
GK Amin Bukhari 2 May 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Ain

DF Saud Abdulhamid 18 July 1999 (age 21) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
DF Abdulelah Al-Amri 15 January 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
DF Khalifah Al-Dawsari 2 January 1999 (age 22) Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah
DF Khalid Al-Dubaysh 27 November 1998 (age 22) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
DF Yasser Al-Shahrani* 25 May 1992 (age 29) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
DF Hamad Al-Yami 17 May 1999 (age 22) Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah
DF Abdullah Hassoun 19 March 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
DF Abdulbasit Hindi 2 February 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli

MF Turki Al-Ammar 24 September 1999 (age 21) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
MF Salem Al-Dawsari* 19 August 1991 (age 29) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
MF Salman Al-Faraj* (captain) 1 August 1989 (age 31) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
MF Khalid Al-Ghannam 7 November 2000 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
MF Ali Al-Hassan 4 March 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
MF Ayman Al-Khulaif 22 May 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda
MF Sami Al-Najei 7 February 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
MF Nasser Al-Omran 13 July 1997 (age 23) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
MF Mukhtar Ali 30 October 1997 (age 23) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
MF Abdulrahman Ghareeb 31 March 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
MF Ayman Yahya 14 May 2001 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

FW Abdullah Al-Hamdan 12 September 1999 (age 21) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
FW Abdulrahman Al-Yami 19 June 1997 (age 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad

 

[Eye of Ra]

Mexico's 22-man preliminary squad was announced on 15 June 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Sebastián Jurado	28 September 1997 (aged 23)	Cruz Azul
	GK	Luis Malagón	2 March 1997 (aged 24)	Necaxa
	GK	Guillermo Ochoa*	13 July 1985 (aged 35)	América
	DF	Érick Aguirre	23 February 1997 (aged 24)	Pachuca
	DF	Alberto Angulo	30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Atlas
	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	7 September 1998 (aged 22)	Genk
	DF	César Montes	24 February 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey
	DF	Jorge Sánchez	10 December 1997 (aged 23)	América
	DF	Johan Vásquez	22 October 1998 (aged 21)	UNAM
	MF	Roberto Alvarado	7 September 1998 (aged 22)	Cruz Azul
	MF	Ricardo Angulo	20 February 1997 (aged 24)	Guadalajara
	MF	Uriel Antuna	21 August 1997 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
	MF	Fernando Beltrán	8 May 1998 (aged 23)	Guadalajara
	MF	Sebastián Córdova	12 June 1997 (aged 24)	América
	MF	José Joaquín Esquivel	7 January 1998 (aged 23)	Juárez
	MF	Diego Lainez	9 June 2000 (aged 21)	Real Betis
	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	3 January 1997 (aged 24)	Monterrey
	MF	Luis Romo*	5 June 1995 (aged 26)	Cruz Azul
	FW	Eduardo Aguirre	3 August 1998 (aged 22)	Santos Laguna
	FW	Henry Martín*	18 November 1992 (aged 28)	América
	FW	José Juan Macías	22 September 1999 (aged 21)	Guadalajara
	FW	Alexis Vega	25 November 1997 (aged 23)	Guadalajara

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[Eye of Ra]

why dont mexico and argentina include more players from europe? some big names missing from their own leagues aswell.

its like they dont take this tournament serious. i wish only nations who took this tournament serious would be in.

btw apperently france named a 80-man preliminary squad on 2 March. but i could not find anything. anyone have the names?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Most players aren’t allowed to go

 

[Eye of Ra]

...

Which players do you think will be included in Romanias team?

I hope Hagi is there.

Marin - Maxim - Stanciu as the 3 veterans?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Most players aren’t allowed to go

ah that sucks. olympics is olympics. its a big tournament, its sad it has so low status in soccer.

 

[cgf]

Most players aren’t allowed to go

On that note, Wirtz has already been ruled out by Leverkusen and I'm skeptical that Baku will be allowed to play in two tournaments this summer either.

 

[cgf]

ah that sucks. olympics is olympics. its a big tournament, its sad it has so low status in soccer.

Not in this sport. Our FA has prioritized the U21 Euros over this tournament.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Not in this sport. Our FA has prioritized the U21 Euros over this tournament.

thats what i said, its a big tournament, but not in soccer.