MAVHARIVHARI (Rumours) & INTERNATIONAL UPDATES • Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said he had experienced the worst day of his life after seeing his side lose 7-1 at home to Germany in their World Cup semi-final at Estadio Mineirao on Tuesday. • Dietmar Hamann believes Germany will win the World Cup and Manuel Neuer should be crowned Player of the Tournament. • Dani Alves does not believe the Brazil players careers will be stained by the humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup semi-final on Tuesday. • Argentina coach Alex Sabella had to persuade Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, 27, not to quit international football three years ago. • Arjen Robben is as important to Netherlands as Lionel Messi is to Argentina, according to Alejandro Sabella. • Nigel de Jong escaped a red card for his challenge on Xabi Alonso in Johannesburg World Cup winner Ricky Villa - a member of Argentinas triumphant 1978 squad - has backed forwards Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero to fire his country past the Netherlands and into the World Cup final. • Referee Howard Webb has defended his performance at the 2010 World Cup final by saying he was unsighted when he failed to send off Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong for a kung-fu kick on Spains Xabi Alonso. • Not one England player has performed well enough to make the the 2014 World Cups dream team, according to a tournament sponsor. • Arsenal will complete the signing of Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, 25, from Barcelona on Wednesday, manager Arsene Wenger has revealed. • Tottenham have made a fresh bid to hijack Liverpools move for Belgium midfielder Divock Origi, 19. • Juventus are pressing ahead with a £2m bid for Manchester United and France left-back Patrice Evra, 33. • Manchester City will not sell Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, 31, despite claims that he wants to leave. • Liverpool will sell Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva, 27, to fund their bid for Southamptons Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren, 25. • West Brom are interested in 23-year-old Australia left-back Jason Davidson, who is a free agent after leaving Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. • Former Arsenal striker Eduardo, 31, has said his goodbyes to Shakhtar Donetsk amid reports he is set to join Brazilian club Flamengo. • Italian giants Roma and Napoli and Belgian champions Anderlecht have made offers for 21-year-old United States right-back De Andre Yedlin, who played in Major League Soccer for Seattle Sounders last season. • Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj, 19, has received death threats over his decision to play for Belgium instead of Albania or Kosovo, according to reports in Serbia. • Liverpool will have all of their England World Cup contingent - including captain Steven Gerrard, striker Daniel Sturridge and winger Raheem Sterling - on show for their tour of the United States later this month. • Costa Rica goalkeeper Kaylor Navas and midfielder Bryan Ruiz took a ride in the cockpit as they flew home from their World Cup adventure. • Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has shown his shock at the ease of Germanys World Cup semi-final win over Brazil with a cheeky photo on Twitter and the message: Oooh myyyy goood. • Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano tweeted a photo of a few mates on the team coach as they head to Sao Paulo for their World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands. • Brazil striker Neymar has tweeted his thanks for the messages of support he has received since suffering a serious back injury towards the end of his countrys quarter-final victory over Colombia. • And with Brazil trailing 5-0 at half-time, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen - on the wrong end of an Ashes whitewash in Australia last winter - tweeted: Ive seen 5-0 a few times before... its not the end of the world, Brazil! • A football fan decided it would be hilarious to get a Luis Suarez bite mark tattooed on his shoulder - only to spell the 27- year-old Uruguay strikers name wrong. • Injured Brazilian striker Neymar had to put up with an image mocking him on Colombia midfielder James Rodriguezs website - after it was targeted by hackers. • Former Netherlands midfielder Edgar Davids, 41, has turned down a move to non-league minnows Greenwich Borough
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:03:17 +0000
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