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YOUTH IS THE ANSWER

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Brazilian national team coach Mano Menezes has said that his decision to select a number of young players for the match against Denmark was taken in such a way as to perform well at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Brazil.

Brazil will be hoping to perform well at this World Cup given that it will be the first time it will be held at home for almost 5 decades. The Brazilian national team has failed to inspire in the last couple of World Cups. Former manager Dunga paid the price for overseeing a poor 2010 FIFA World Cup with his job.

Mano Menezes, though, will have a number of talented players available for selection at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, but he is unlikely to have the same experience and depth in squad that Dunga had when he was the manager of the national team. Yet, Mano Menezes has not stopped at the attempts to look at the possibility of using a number of young players from now till the start of the World Cup so as to prepare them for the major competition. Brazil will be facing Denmark on Saturday, but Mano Menezes has named a very young squad for the match.

“It is a young team, younger than Denmark. The goal is the Olympic team. We are renovating the team and need young players for 2014. The team in the U.S will be stronger. And for the last two games I have more time to train with the players,” said Mano Menezes ahead of the match.

The national team will be having matches against the United States of America, Mexico and Argentina in friendlies before the second week of June. Menezes has said that he wants to give as much as experience to the younger players like Rafael da Silva.

PARK LOOKS LIKE MOVING ON

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It’s been a disappointing season for Manchester United’s Korean star Park Ji Sung and it seems ever more possible that it could be his last at Old Trafford. Park signed an extension last summer which ties him to United until the end of next season.

With just a year to go and Park seemingly behind Young, Nani and Valencia in the pecking order for the Champions’ wing positions it seems likely that Sir Alex Ferguson will look to cash in on Park rather than seeing him leave for free in 2013.

Monday’s derby against City was Park’s first league start for three months and his failure to impress in the sort of game he has usually served United so well over the years is not a good sign for Park.

It is expected that whether United win the league or not Ferguson is keen to strengthen his aging squad in an attempt to return United to the top of European game and the likes of Park will probably be one of the first to make way for younger fresh blood.

Juventus are expected to be one of the sides interested in Park and a move to Italy’s slower top division would perhaps suit an aging Park. Juve are also being linked with a move for Park’s United team mate and captain, Nemanja Vidic but that talk has been rubbished by the Serbian’s agent Silviano Martina.

Park’s United career has taken in three Champions League Final and seen him win an impressive collection of medals. His class is undoubted and he can surely still give one of Europe’s top clubs a few years service, not to mention the commercial benefit that he will bring any club in the Korean market. At 31 it can be expected that Park will have a few years left in him and the gamble could be a great move for a club such as Juventus.

BRAZIL ALLOW ALCOHOL

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FIFA has welcomed the decision by Brazil to allow sale of alcohol in its stadiums. Brazil and FIFA were locked in a battle over the sale of alcohol outside the stadiums.

It is currently banned in Brazil due to the fact that it causes a lot of problems. However, since the army are going to be deployed when it comes to the protection at the 2014 World Cup, Brazil have decided to go ahead with the sale of alcohol. FIFA were extremely insistent on making alcohol available outside the stadiums because one of the major sponsors for FIFA is an brewery.

Budweiser, who currently sponsor the English FA Cup, also sponsor the world football governing body – FIFA. In order to please FIFA, the Brazilian government has retracted on its insistence to not allow alcohol outside the stadium in order to prevent violence by passing a law in the Parliament recently.

FIFA has expressed its joy at being able to reach an agreement with the hosts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A lot of discontent has been generated between FIFA and Brazil over the upcoming World Cup, but slowly and surely, they seem to be disappearing. The sale of alcohol is one such example.

FIFA had gone to extreme lengths in order to stress the importance of allowing alcohol sales outside the stadiums. It even threatened Brazil by saying that the World Cup could be shifted to another location and a huge penalty could be imposed on Brazil.

Prior to giving a country the status of hosting the World Cup, FIFA always imposes certain criteria. One of the most important among them is the fact that the countries should be allocating one percentage of the total tickets to disabled people, while more than 300,000 tickets should be sold at lower prices.