Cardozo blow for Paraguay

[royalian]

Cardozo blow for Paraguay
6 June 2006
by FIFAworldcup.com
 
The experienced Paraguay forward Jose Cardozo could miss the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ after suffering a muscle tear in his left leg.
The veteran of Paraguay's 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup campaigns will not be able to play for three or four weeks, according to the squad's medical team. Cardozo suffered the injury in the friendly with Denmark on 27 May, a match in which he scored the Paraguayans' goal in a 1-1 draw.

Anibal Ruiz's side open their Group B campaign against England in Frankfurt on 10 June. In Cardozo's absence, the two obvious options up front for the South Americans will be Nelson Valdez and Roque Santa Cruz, who is recovering from a knee problem.

[kingman]

Roque Santa Cruz has suffered a fresh injury setback which could rule him out of Paraguay's opening World Cup game against England on Saturday.

The Bayern Munich striker has been battling to be fit for the game after being dogged by knee injuries for the last couple of seasons, and it had been widely assumed he would recover in time.



But Santa Cruz was forced to leave training this afternoon after just 35 minutes citing pain in his left knee, sparking new fears about his fitness.

Coach Anibal Ruiz has not confirmed how serious the injury is and whether his star player would be okay for the weekend.

Despite the blow, Santa Cruz remains confident he will be fit to play, claiming he would have to 'feel very bad on Saturday' to miss out.

He added: 'The injury is improving and developing very well.

'There's a big difference from one day to the other. That's why we need to wait a bit more.'

Santa Cruz has the full support of Ruiz, who said: 'If he feels good, I'll back his decision.'

Kingman

[trini_chris]

i believe santa cruz is playing. he declared himself fit.

[Dutty]

Men droppin like flies oui


With the exception of silvio.....thank goodness all our guys managed to stay healthy