So far City players have not excelled at the WC. Hart? Kicked the board Silva? missed & does the MARCArena steps out of sync with the Marca lads Milner - Kaki Bangku Dzeko - 0 Aguero - 0
Attrition rate of City's WC players Dzeko, Yaya are gone with the others. Who's left? Zab? VK & Aguero are injured. Hopefully will be fit for the new season as we don't want to repeat last year poor starting season performances.
City are delighted to announce the signing of Argentinian goalkeeper Willy Caballero.
The 32-year-old has joined the club from Malaga on a 3 year deal and will bring a wealth of experience as he joins fellow keepers Joe Hart and Richard Wright.
He is the Club's third signing of the summer, with Fernando and Bacary Sagna also joining City in the past month.
Caballero exclusively told mcfc.co.uk: “I am very happy, and really looking forward to the start of pre-season and performing well to help the team.
“This is a new challenge and a new league for me. I have been doing well in the previous years and my goal is to go on and hopefully perform at the same level for City.
“I know I am coming to a big club with a very good goalkeeper. City already have a great goalkeeper in Joe Hart, but I will try and compete for the no.1 spot. I will do my best in the training sessions.” Caballero began his career in his homeland with Boca Juniors, where he won the Argentine Primera League, Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 2003.
He moved to Spain in 2004 and spent seven years with Elche, before linking up with Manuel Pellegrini at Malaga.
The stopper entered the club’s record books by going 480 consecutive minutes without conceding, and gained valuable Champions League experience during his time with the La Liga side.
He revealed: “The most beautiful moments of my career were under Manuel Pellegrini in Malaga, where we achieved big things and we made Malaga’s name known around Europe.
...Willy Caballero on Pellegrini...
“As for my new team-mates, I have a very good relationship with Martin Demichelis, but I’ve never met Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio Aguero. It’s something I’m looking forward to. For me it is very good to have people from Argentina in the squad because I think it will be very helpful.
“I spoke to Roque Santa Cruz and Demichelis, and they told me that Manchester is a very beautiful city and very welcoming, so that will be great for my family and I can’t wait to enjoy it.”
As in food taste, we may like English Fish & Chips (Liverpool fans?), Dutch treat (MU fans), German sausage & sauerkraut (Arsenal flavor of the day) However at City will we have French cuisine? After the Argentinian barbecue or asado fest.
I love French Cuisine. Hence will Mangala & Pogba ( minus Yaya) follow Sagna, Clichy & Nasri? To join the Argentinian CABALlero Definitely Vieira (future City's manager?) have an influence @ City.
Zaba & Dimichelis formed half the PL Champion's (City) Defense Corp.
Likewise for the Argentinian WC team which was UNLUCKY not to win the World Cup. Most of us (even those who favoured Germany to win prior to the final) would agree to that seeing that Argentina could have been 3 goals up in the first half. Why would I say that?
1. In the Playoffs Germany had difficulties in defeating the Algerians in extra time (and if you recall Algeria was denied a penalty) & eked out a win over France from a set piece. 2. In the group match Germany draw with Ghana and barely managed a win over US. 3. Most importantly had an EXTRA DAY of REST & RECUPERATION over Argentina who were battle weary after extra time & PKs over the Dutch.
On the other hand Argentina 4. Had the best Defense in the Tourney ( 0 goals conceded in the playoffs prior to the WC Final) & lost to a Goal when the Best DEFENSE were KNACKERED because of (3) above.
Anyways because of his heroics @ the WC our Zaba has a stadium named after him in his home town
Our City hero attended a ceremony earlier this week in which he was also given the title of “Distinguished Citizen” of Arrecifes.
A Well Deserved CITIZEN, the raison d'être for this posting!
This post has been edited by CityBluePrint: Jul 19 2014, 04:30 PM
I have seen Aquero in action for Argentina. Winner of Golden Boot & Golden Ball of the U-20 WC in 2007 where he was the MAN among the boys (that included Sergio Ramos, Pique, Pato, Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sanchez, Cavani et al). Aquero has a proclivity of scoring vital goals from unlikely angles etc & unexpectedly. I knew then Aquero is a special kind of striker! What a Welcome to Manchester City! This WC unfortunately we, football connoisseurs, were not able to see a fully fit Aquero in action.
There is a certain sine qua non that makes City TWICE a Worthy PL Champion for the last 3 seasons. Its the presence of The Black Beast!!! A MAN CITY MACHINE.
To our noisy neighbours I say keep on drooling
The above 2 Players were part of our juggernaut (that included Nasri, Silva, Dzeko et al) that rolled over our opponents last season. Noting that Teams parked their buses against City. That's a FACT!
Will they this coming season. Stay tune
P.S. Don't just troll over here, try to refute or pose up a decent debate.
I have seen Aquero in action for Argentina. Winner of Golden Boot & Golden Ball of the U-20 WC in 2007 where he was the MAN among the boys (that included Sergio Ramos, Pique, Pato, Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sanchez, Cavani et al). Aquero has a proclivity of scoring vital goals from unlikely angles etc & unexpectedly. I knew then Aquero is a special kind of striker! What a Welcome to Manchester City! This WC unfortunately we, football connoisseurs, were not able to see a fully fit Aquero in action. There is a certain sine qua non that makes City TWICE a Worthy PL Champion for the last 3 seasons. Its the presence of The Black Beast!!! A MAN CITY MACHINE.
To our noisy neighbours I say keep on drooling The above 2 Players were part of our juggernaut (that included Nasri, Silva, Dzeko et al) that rolled over our opponents last season. Noting that Teams parked their buses against City. That's a FACT!
Will they this coming season. Stay tune
P.S. Don't just troll over here, try to refute or pose up a decent debate.
MC fan should know how to pronounce your own star. 4 times you write in a single post you refer him as Aquero. It's Aguero not Aquero. Now I really doubt you are a fan
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QUOTE(CityBluePrint @ Jun 20 2014, 03:05 AM)
Bump this thread.
So far City players have not excelled at the WC. Hart? Kicked the board Silva? missed & does the MARCArena steps out of sync with the Marca lads Milner - Kaki Bangku Dzeko - 0 Aguero - 0
Others?
QUOTE(CityBluePrint @ Jun 26 2014, 01:28 PM)
Attrition rate of City's WC players Dzeko, Yaya are gone with the others. Who's left? Zab? VK & Aguero are injured. Hopefully will be fit for the new season as we don't want to repeat last year poor starting season performances.
QUOTE(CityBluePrint @ Jul 10 2014, 01:20 PM)
City's warriors remaining @ WC Finals Hope Aguero will have an outstanding game on Sunday.
OK Aguero (spelt correctly in my previous posts. No?) should be right. To be precise its Agüero pronounced as aˈɣweɾo But does it matter? ALL I wanted to say is that Agüero has an uncanny ability & knack to score from unlikely places & angles. I am concerned about his injury which will be a main factor for City this coming season!