Dikalahkan Valencia, Nil Tetap Bangga dengan Para Pemain

Jakarta - Pelatih timnas Indonesia, Nil Maizar, tak terlalu kecewa meskipun timnya kalah telak dari Valencia. Menurut Nil, dengan segala kondisi yang ada, para pemainnya sudah membuatnya bangga.

Timnas--yang menggunakan nama Indonesia Selection dalam laga ini--tak bisa berbuat banyak saat menjajal Valencia di Stadion Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Sabtu (4/8/2012) malam WIB. Bambang Pamungkas dkk. takluk lima gol tanpa balas.

Nil menilai timnya memang kalah kelas dari Los Che. Selain itu, dalam kondisi puasa, persiapan anak asuhnya juga tak terlalu maksimal.

"Ini pengalaman buat tim nasional. Banyak pelajaran yang kita dapat dari Valencia, baik itu cara bermain, taktik dan strategi, pergerakan pemain, semuanya," ungkap Nil.

"Kalau 0-5 kita rasa wajar karena kualitas mereka yang sangat baik. Tapi, saya salut dengan perjuangan anak-anak. Saya bangga dengan para pemain saya. Meski dalam keadaan puasa, letih, tapi demi 'Merah Putih' mereka tetap bermain," imbuhnya.

"Mudah-mudahan ke depannya kita akan lebih banyak belajar lagi dan mendapatkan hasil yang lebih maksimal," kata Nil.

Pernyataan senada diungkapkan oleh pemain yang baru saja pensiun dari timnas, Bima Sakti. Bima berharap timnas akan membaik di waktu mendatang.

"Ini pelajaran berharga buat kita. Mudah-mudahan ini menjadi titik awal perkembangan sepakbola kita yang lebih baik ke depan karena timnas bukan hanya untuk ujicoba ini, tapi untuk Piala AFF," ujar Bima.

"Dengan bersatunya pemain-pemain ISL dan IPL, semoga bisa membangun timnas lebih baik lagi ke depan," tuturnya.

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Indonesia Selection 0 - Valencia 5

Jakarta - Indonesia Selection gagal memetik hasil bagus kala menjamu Valencia dalam laga ujicoba di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, Sabtu (4/8/2012). Indonesia Selection takluk 0-5 pada laga tersebut.

Pada pertandingan tersebut, Valencia bahkan mampu mencetak tiga buah gol dalam tempo kurang dari 30 menit. Ketiga gol tersebut dicetak oleh Pablo Piatti, Francisco Alcacer, dan Ricardo Costa.

Gol Piatti tercipta ketika pertandingan baru berjalan empat menit dengan diawali operan satu-dua para pemain Valencia di depan kotak penalti Indonesia. Bola kemudian berada di sisi kiri sebelum dikirim ke depan gawang yang dikawal Wahyu Tri Nugroho. Piatti kemudian dengan tenang menyelesaikannya lewat sepakan kaki kiri.

Alcacer kemudian menggandakan keunggulan tim tamu pada menit ke-12. Ia bebas berdiri di tengah-tengah barisan pertahanan Indonesia, lepas dari jebakan offside, dan menerima umpan terobosan yang dikirimkan kepadanya. Alacacer, yang tinggal berhadapan satu lawan satu dengan Wahyu, mudah saja menceploskan bola ke dalam gawang.

Gawang Indonesia kemudian bobol lagi di menit ke-25. Kali ini, umpan lambung dari sisi kanan diterima dengan sundulan oleh Ricardo Costa yang tak terkawal di dalam kotak penalti. Gol tersebut menjadi gol terakhir di babak pertama.

Indonesia sebenarnya sempat mendapatkan peluang bagus melalui Patrich Wanggai di awal-awal babak pertama. Namun, tendangan pemain bernomor punggung 27 itu masih bisa ditangkap oleh Diego Alves.

Di babak kedua, Valencia menambah dua gol lagi. Satu dari Alcacer--gol keduanya dalam laga ini--, sementara yang lainnya dari Pablo Hernandez.

Gol Hernandez tercipta di menit ke-50 setelah dirinya melakukan tusukan dari sayap kiri, dan tak mendapatkan gadangan dari satu pemain pun. Ia kemudian melepaskan tendangan kaki kanan dari dalam kotak penalti dan Wahyu tak mampu menghalaunya.

Terakhir, Alcacer menyempurnakan kemenangan Valencia setelah menerima umpan silang dari sisi kanan pada menit ke-55. Tendangannya ke arah pojok bawah gawang lagi-lagi tak mampu dibendung Wahyu.

Indonesia menurunkan beberapa pemain senior dalam laga ini, seperti M. Ridwan, Firman Utina, Bambang Pamungkas, Ponaryo Astaman, hingga Bima Sakti. Baru di babak kedua, satu per satu beberapa dari pemain-pemain itu diganti--Bima sendiri baru bermain di babak kedua.

Laga ini, seperti disebutkan pelatih Nil Maizar, dimaksudkan sebagai salah satu laga ujicoba jelang perhelatan Piala AFF yang akan berlangsung akhir tahun ini.

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David Silva

Full name : David Josué Jiménez Silva

Date of birth : 8 January 1986

Place of birth : Arguineguín, Canary Islands, Spain

Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
 
Playing position : Attacking midfielder




David Josué Jiménez Silva is a Spanish footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Spanish national team. Silva is capable of playing on the wing, as a traditional number 10, and sometimes as a supporting striker. A Spanish international since the age of 20 with over 50 caps, he was a member of the squads that won both the Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup.

He spent six years of his professional career with Valencia CF, appearing in more than 150 games and winning one Copa del Rey, before moving in 2010 to Manchester City.

Early life .
Silva was born in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, to Fernando Jiménez, a former municipal police officer who eventually was responsible for the safety of the Valencia CF stadium, and Eva Silva. His father, Fernando, is Canarian while his mother, Eva, is of Japanese descent, confirmed in an interview by his family members to the Canarian media. Silva has two younger siblings, sister Natalia and brother Nando. He is commonly called by the nickname Chino (Spanish for "Chinese") due to his physical appearance.

Silva began playing football in the youth team of UD San Fernando, near Maspalomas. Originally, he played as a goalkeeper, before becoming a winger and mirrored his game around his footballing idol as a youth, Michael Laudrup. When he was 14, he received an offer to become a youth player at Valencia CF, which he accepted. He stayed in Valencia's youth set-up until he was 17.

International career

Silva first represented Spain in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, scoring three goals. In 2006, he became an under-21 international and scored four goals during the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship; this was enough to earn him joint-fourth place in the goal ranking, alongside Italian strikerGraziano Pellè.

Silva made his senior international debut in the 1–0 friendly home defeat to Romania on 15 November 2006, and continued to receive call-ups to the side after good contributions in his first games. On 22 August 2007, he scored his first two goals for Spain, netting twice in a 3–2 friendly win versus Greece, and was then called-up to the squad of 23 for UEFA Euro 2008.

In the semi-finals game versus Russia, Silva scored the third goal for Spain after a quick counter-attack in which Cesc Fàbregas delivered a low cross, and he sent the ball into Igor Akinfeev's goal with his left foot. In the final, he was involved in an incident with Germany's Lukas Podolski. After he pulled Podolski to the ground, the German approached Silva, which resulted in an angry exchange of words and a coming together of heads that the referee decided not to punish. Shortly afterward, Spanish coach Luis Aragonés substituted Silva for Santi Cazorla in an attempt to calm the tensions.

After appearing regularly during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification stages – Spain won all ten fixtures – Silva was also picked for the squad for the finals in South Africa. His participation would be, however, a small one, as the national team won the tournament: he started in the first match, a 0–1 group stage defeat against Switzerland, then played the last four minutes of the 1–0 win against Germany in the semi-finals.

On 11 August 2010, during an international friendly with Mexico, Silva scored two minutes into second-half injury time, ending the game with a 1–1 draw

In a Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein on 3 September 2010, Silva scored after 62 minutes, in a 4–0 away win. The following month, in the same competition, he scored through a rare header, as the national team downed Lithuania in Salamanca (3–1).

In Spain's first match for 2011, a friendly against Colombia on February 9, he came off the bench to score the game's only goal with just four minutes remaining, helping Spain to a hard-fought 1-0 win. He scored twice and provided one assist in Spain's 3-1 victory against Scotland in their final match of the Euro 2012 qualifiers. The win saw the Spaniards enter the tournament with a perfect qualifying record by winning all their group games. He scored the first goal in Spain's 2-2 comeback against Costa Rica, a friendly match where he came on as a substitute in the second half with Spain trailing 2-0. He once again scored in Spain's first friendly of 2012 against Venezuela to make the score 2–0 in a match that ended in a 5–0 win.

Europa League wrap: Inspired Bilbao sink Schalke, AZ power past Valencia

koclokindoblog, 30 maret 2012, 

Athletic Bilbao continued their dream run in the Europa League on Thursday with a 4-2 away win over Schalke in their quarter-final first leg.

Late goals to Oscar de Marcos and Iker Muniain ensured the La Liga side will take a major advantage into the second leg against their Bundesliga opponents.

Braces from Bilbao's Fernando Llorente and Schalke's Raul saw the game level with few minutes remaining, before de Marcos and Muniain scored to give the visitors victory.

The opening breakthrough for Bilbao arrived on 20 minutes, when Llorente knocked home a dropped ball from Schalke goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand.

But the hosts at Veltins-Arena managed to respond in the 22nd minute when young Japanese defender Atsuto Uchida played a direct ball to the front post, where Raul got a little touch to beat Gorka Iraizoz to make it 1-1.

In the second half, Kyriakos Papadopoulos appeared to have earned the hosts the advantage off a set piece, heading on a cross from Jose Manuel Jurado from the middle of the box, but the Greek player's effort just slid by the right post.

Moments later, Raul - the top scorer in the history of UEFA competition - gave the hosts a slim advantage when he controlled the ball from 30 yards out, looking to play Klaas-Jan Huntelaar into the box, where Fernando Amorebieta got a touch on it, sending it into the air.

Raul followed up, drilling a volley from outside the box into the right side of the goal with thunderous power, leaving the Bilbao custodian Iraizoz with no chance, and cementing a fantastic double with his 76th goal in Europe.

Llorente would match his fellow Spaniard's effort, heading home at the front post off a corner 17 minutes from time to make it 2-2, using his strength and height to rise above Schalke's Joel Matip.

De Marcos then tapped home a rebound from a few yards out after Mathias Schober could not control a shot from Susaeta in the 80th minute, before Muniain drilled Bilbao further in front in the tie with an easy finish.

The other three quarter-final first legs saw each of the hosts claim 2-1 victories on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid snuck past Hannover courtesy of an 89th-minute winner to Eduardo Salvio, after Radamel Falcao and Mame Biram Diouf traded first-half goals.

AZ Alkmaar produced a stirring late rally to beat Valencia and increase the pressure on Los Che coach Unai Emery.

Australia international Brett Holman opened the scoring against the run of play from a corner, but the hosts were pegged back early in the second half through a Mehmet Topal header.

Maarten Martens struck the winner late in the game, leaving the Spanish side needing a victory at the Mestalla to make the semi-finals.

Metalist Kharkiv could not avoid defeat away at Sporting Lisbon, but managed to earn a late away goal which could prove vital.

The Portuguese outfit led 2-0 after goals to Marat Izmailov and Emiliano Insua shortly after the interval, but a Cleiton Xavier penalty gave the Ukrainians hope heading to their home second leg.

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