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marți, 31 mai 2016

Rashford, surprise for England for Euro 2016

The young striker Manchester United Marcus Rashford has been included in the squad of 23 players for the England team for Euro 2016 France, while midfielders Danny Drinkwater ( Leicester ) and Andros Townsend (Newcastle) have been left out.

Rashford, 18, ​​who debuted last Friday with a goal in the friendly against Australia (2-1), is one of the five forwards chosen by the coach, Roy Hodgson , with Wayne Rooney , Harry Kane , Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge .

The striker, author of eight goals in 18 games with the 'Red Devils' this course, played his first game for the Old Trafford last February, and in three months and replete media has managed to settle in the first team United, debuting with the selection and being called for a European Championship.

Rashford, who on Friday became the third youngest player to see goal with the 'Three Lions' (18 years and 208 days), after Rooney (17 years and 317 days) and Michael Owen (18 years and 164 days) he will wear the race number '22' in the continental competition .

Rooney, as has been customary in recent tournaments with the 'Pross', will wear the number 10, while Kane, Golden Boot in the last Premier, take the weight of the '9' and Vardy wear the '11'.

So, the three discards Hodgson of the initial list of 26 midfielders have finally been Andros Townsend (Newcastle United), Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City) and Fabian Delph ( Manchester City ).

The veteran coach opted for five attackers , though it looks like Rooney delayed his position- and only pure end - Raheem Sterling - and chose to leave out Drinkwater, one of the leading players in the Leicester champion Premier League .

In preparation for the European Championship, England and Turkey defeated at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester (2-1) and Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland (2-1) and will face next June 2 to Portugal at the stadium London Wembley.

England are drawn in Group B of the continental tournament (June 10-July 10) with selections from Russia, Wales and Slovakia.

Men Hodgson started his career in the competition on June 11 against Russia in Marseille, before facing four days later against Wales in Lens and close their participation in the group stage on June 20 against Slovakia, in Saint -Etienne.

- Call for England for Euro 2016:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tom Heaton (Burnley).

Defenders: Gary Cahill ( Chelsea ), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones ( Everton ), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathaniel Clyne ( Liverpool ).

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jack Wilshere ( Arsenal ).

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).

Manchester United renewed and binds Marcus Rashford until 2020

Manchester United has made ​​official Monday renewals Marcus Rashford and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson until the end of the 2019/20 season with an option to extend both contracts one more season, so two young pearls' red devil 'tie their future to the team that will train from this season the Portuguese Jose Mourinho .

Rashford, 18, ​​rose through the club 's youth ranks and made ​​his debut with the first team during the match of the Champions League against Midtjylland, at a premiere accompanied by two goals, made ​​repeated three days later in their first league match against Arsenal . The striker has played 17 matches and scored 8 goals this season, which has led even that has been convened in the English prelista for Euro France.

"I am delighted to have signed a new contract. I've always been a fan of Manchester United, so playing with the first team is a dream come true. I appreciate the opportunity it has given me to prove my abilities. Being able to play football in the the world's largest club means everything to me and my family, "he told the media the English club.

For its part, the deputy executive director of the club, Ed Woodward, said Rashford is equipped with a "natural talent and great potential." "It has taken advantage of its opportunities and has quickly integrated into the first team. I am happy that Marcus has signed a new contract, it is appropriate to continue with its development club. It is still very young and we need to have patience, but its development will on the right track and we believe has a great future ahead, "he predicted.

Manchester United defender continuity Cameron 19 Borthwick-Jackson, who as Rashford renewed contract until the end of the 2019/20 season with an option for another year also secured.

vineri, 27 mai 2016

Rashford and Rooney give England their second win before the Euro

The young Marcus Rashford and his teammate at Manchester United - Wayne Rooney gave Friday the selection of England a comfortable victory over Australia (2-1), the second in as many games preparation before Euro 2016.

He surprised England coach Roy Hodgson , to align Rashford holder, who little more than four months playing in the youth of the 'Red Devils' ago.

The career of the youth squad has been meteoric, and since last February 28, the date on which debuted with Manchester United, has managed to settle in the first team at Old Trafford and play his first encounter with the 'Three Lions'.

If Rashford seemed one of the strongest candidates to fall off the shortlist of 26 men for the continental competition , performance Friday at the Stadium of Light against Australia produce more than a pain in the head technician.

Just two minutes and 19 seconds after donning the English zamarra for the first time, the striker opened the scoring from first to impale a cross from the left Raheem Sterling who touched a defender.

Dream debut for the squad, dressed today with the No9, who has become, with only 18 years and 208 days, the third youngest player to see goal with the shirt of England player after Rooney (17 years and 317 days ) and Michael Owen (18 years and 164 days)

So, after a start of immaculate party, local, last Sunday and overpowered by the same score to Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, they played relaxed, without suffering practically no time before some harmless Socceroos.

The stroke of halftime, Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson was in his boots the second of his, but his shot from the edge was sent to corner by a successful Matthew Ryan.

In the second half, the pace of the game dropped slightly by the carousel of changes, but within 10 minutes of the restart Rooney, who replaced Adam Lallana , left the party for judgment.

The captain, after a quick counterattack led by Rashford and Sterling, picked up the ball on the balcony area and struck a whiplash drilled the goal defended by the goalkeeper of Valencia , who could do nothing despite its stretched.

Australia, absent overnight, put the fear in the body to local absence of a quarter to the end when Eric Dier, habitual midfielder and center today, two minutes earlier had entered the field by Chris Smalling , he finished off a diving header and his own goal Milos Degenek center.

Despite the rush of ocean, the scoreboard Stadium of Light did not turn to move and England celebrated a deserved victory that moral burden for Euro within two weeks.

- Data sheet:

2 - England: Forster (Heaton, m.87); Clyne, Smalling (Dier, m.73), Stones, Bertrand; Drinkwater, Wilshere (Milner, m.46), Henderson; Lallana (Rooney, m.46), Sterling (Townsend, m.76) and Rashford (Barkley, m.63).

1 - Australia: Ryan; Risdon (Degenek, m.74), Wright, Milligan, Smith; Jedinak, Mooy (Irvine, m.84), Luongo (Ikonomidis, m.58), Rogic (Juric, m.73); Kruse (Goodwin, m.84) and Maclaren (McKay, m.58).

Goals: 1-0, m.2: Rashford. 2-0, m.55: Rooney. 2-1, m.75: Dier (pp).

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED). He admonished Mooy (m.38), of Australia.

Incidences: second preparation match for England for Euro 2016 France match at the Stadium of Light ( Sunderland ).