Tuesday, July 10, 2007

U20 match up with Uruguay

I think the biggest fear as a fan is that the USA will come out flat. After the big win against Brasil the hope is that this team does not underestimate Uruguay. Fans may remember the 2005 loss to Italy, another third place team, after beating Argentina. Well there are a few guys on this team that also remember that, here's what Danny Szetela about that:
“I think in 2005 we beat Argentina and a lot of guys thought with Italy being a third-place team it wouldn’t be real tough test. We learned our lesson then and now we have to concentrate on Uruguay and understand that they are a really good team

On what he told his teammates about 2005:

“I told them we need to keep our focus. We made some history by beating Brazil, but we have to put that game aside and turn our focus on the next game. I think that’s what happened last time. We took our focus off of Italy a bit, so I think it is very important to keep our mind on Uruguay.”

Freddy Adu and Nathan Sturgis have also talked to the team about the 2005 experience.
I also believe the fact that the Brasil game was five days ago will also help this team remain focused on the game at hand.
As is the custom, in International tournaments all yellow card counts have been reset to zero. Uruguay will be without their starting Gk who is serving a suspension for a red card issued in the last game.
Look for Uruguay to try to take the speed out of the USA game with some very physical play. While Uruguay is not expected to bunker, they will probably be playing counter attacks.
The big threat is striker Edinson Cavani of Italian team,Palermo. He's supported by Luis Suarez of FC Groningen. The best of the midfielders is attacking player Juan Surraco of Udinese. The way this team shut down Pato for Brasil, we should be able to contain him.
Here's the video of his goal in his first game in the Serie 'A':


LAST BUT NOT LEAST HERE IS HOMER SIMPSON'S ANALYSIS IN FIVE LANGUAGES:

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