Comments on: Olympic soccer is a serious business — just ask Messi

By: South American rivalry to spice up the Games : Soccer News

South American rivalry to spice up the Games : Soccer News — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:54 +0000

[...] Olympic soccer tournament does not cut much ice in Europe but it is taken much more seriously in South America. Brazil have won the World Cup five times, the Copa America eight and the Confederations Cup twice [...]

By: Maran Collection

Maran Collection — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:14:44 +0000

By: South American rivalry to spice up the Games | TotalClubFootball

South American rivalry to spice up the Games | TotalClubFootball — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:02:27 +0000

By: njau

njau — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:21:07 +0000

You gotta feel for the Argentine coach who made his plans with Messi central to it and he now has to lose him as the Court ruled. Also for liverpool who lost babel and Leiva just to learn late they did not have to. Good luck to the Brave

By: diana

diana — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:07:38 +0000

gomez, I was just on the Eurosport website earlier and it has this news flash that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled in favour of the clubs. I also personally like to see the three you mentioned but then with this news, not sure how it will work out.

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/ticker/ticker hub.html?item=1657690

I had read somewhere that FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Monday that even if the CAS really rule in favour of the clubs, they should allow their players to be in China. Unless they are injured.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:12:25 +0000

Cool soccer video! http://olympics.cbseyemobile.com/users/c bsolympics/channel/item/2360

By: gomez

gomez — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:50:22 +0000

It can only be good for the Olympic football tournament when players such as Messi, Diego and Ronaldinho play there.

By: Olympic Football: There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity - World Cup Blog - Euro 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:11:09 +0000

[...] The Reuters Olympics Blog points out, the fact that some big name footballers are determined to go and play football in China sends a [...]

By: diana

diana — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:00:10 +0000

‘The moment I received the bronze medal in the Olympics in Seoul 1988 when Germany beat Italy it was my number one outstanding emotion’. - Juergen Klinsmann

FIFA President Sepp Blatter today quoted what (the new Bayern Munich coach) Klinsmann wrote in his autobiography when he took part in the 1988 Olympic football tournament in the South Korean capital. Obidike, I have to agree with what you said. And even when someone like Klinsmann said something like this of his own Olympic experience, it’s heartening.

The link - http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0 ,16368,3033_3909660,00.html

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:26:11 +0000

The Olympic tournament has always been taken very seriously by players in South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

It is the Western Europeans who tend to think that it is not important (partly because soccer is over-commercialized in Western Europe and partly because teams from this area have little hope of success).