Friendly Copa America Contestants Test

There are 17 friendlies taking place around the globe this week, several of them providing valuable run-outs for South America’s finest as they continue their preparations for July’s Copa America. As for the coaches of the European teams in action, there is a welcome opportunity to rest tired legs and try out some untested talent.

FIFA.com looks ahead to the forthcoming action, which includes some intriguing Europe-versus-South America match-ups.

Game of the week
Uruguay-Netherlands, 8 June, 18.30 GMT, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
The Uruguayans will not be lacking in motivation for this game, which gives them an early opportunity to avenge their 3-2 defeat in the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. After surprising everyone with their run to fourth place at last year’s world finals, La Celeste are planning to consolidate their reputation with another strong showing at the upcoming Copa America in Argentina.

Beaten 2-1 in Germany at the end of last month, Oscar Tabarez’s team will line up with the formidable attacking trident of Diego Forlan, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez, with midfielder Cristian Rodriguez also coming in for the injured Alvaro Fernandez in a game the home side will not be taking lightly.

Though the Dutch will be without the likes of Mark van Bommel, Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart, they still have a wealth of talent to call on, and will be looking to Barcelona's Ibrahim Afellay to turn in the kind of display he produced in the goalless draw against Brazil at the weekend.


Elsewhere
France will be making wholesale changes for their meetings with UEFA EURO 2012 co-hosts Ukraine and Poland, on Monday and Thursday respectively. “The players are worn out,” said coach Laurent Blanc after their disappointing 1-1 draw with Belarus in last Friday’s EURO qualifier. 

Romania coach Razvan Lucescu surprised everyone by resigning after his side had overcome Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 the same evening. Stepping into the breach is U-21 boss Emil Sandoi, who has a baptism of fire with games away to Brazil on Tuesday and then Paraguay on Saturday. Seleção fans will be anxious to see their side produce some of the entertaining play coach Mano Menezes has been promising.

Ecuador take on the ever-solid Greece in New York, while Venezuela face a daunting assignment at home to European and world champions Spain, who thrashed USA 4-0 in their own backyard on Saturday.


Among the clutch of other European teams taking to the field are Czech Republic, who pit their wits against Japan, while Serbia take on Australia and Russia host Cameroon, with Samuel Eto'o no doubt anxious to make up for his penalty miss against Senegal in an CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the weekend.

Finally, Cesare Prandelli will use Italy’s meeting with Republic of Ireland to screen test some home-based talent for his new-look and fast-improving side.

Player to watch
Paris Saint-Germain central defender Mamadou Sakho is the talk of French football at the moment, and his emergence has not come a moment too soon for national coach Laurent Blanc. “We’re not exactly that well off in the centre of defence,” said Blanc. “We’ve got some promising players but they haven’t reached international standard yet.”

The stat
4-2-1 - Not Brazil’s new formation but their record since Mano Menezes took over (four wins, two draws and one defeat).

What they said
“It was important to get the players together for a few days after their domestic seasons and strengthen ties again. Doing it in Brazil was also useful. It allowed us to look to the future and get a feel for Brazilian conditions,” Bert van Marwijk, Netherlands coach.

Have your say
Can Uruguay build on their fourth place at South Africa 2010 and win the Copa America?
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Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore Has Revealed A New Directive

Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore Has Revealed A New Directive To Referees To Give Greater Protection And Respect For This Season

Scudamore has warned players and leaders will face severe punishment if they abuse the referees this season.
In the afternoon of Thursday, has revealed all the clubs, managers and referees had been questioned during the summer to tackle the indiscipline, which is a lively game England last year.The scenes of the players around the referees were common and the last term of discipline is not limited to the pitch, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, who are in trouble with the league on the device for his tirade against referee Martin Atkinson.Scudamore said the new "revitalization" and the 'go ahead with Game "three years ago, it was agreed by all parties this summer.

The main objectives of the new Directive is to eliminate disrespectful behavior towards match officials, players surrounding referees stop or turning your back on them, and promote respect between officers and managers during and after games.Refusal of such laws will not be tolerated, Scudamore warned."We went to Game Match Officials Board of Trade (PGMOB) and asked what they will help," he said."We came with a reduction of disrespectful conduct the match officials are turning their backs on the judges and we do not want the referees and players around the performance of managers."We do not want players surround the match officials. It will be treated more seriously this season it was the last."In the post-game interviews, we do not want to eradicate the constructive criticism. If a manager believes that a judge has had something wrong so he is quite right to say it, but it's more about color and disrespectful language. "

The promise of an operation will inevitably be met with some skepticism, since many similar campaigns have so far failed to stop such incidents in the English game.

Scudamore is convinced that it works, though."My confidence is in charge of the discussions we had during the summer," he said."It 'the first time we met all the actors together. We met with [the professional players union chief executive], Gordon Taylor, the representatives of the players club.' Been very positive."They said a man that the relationship between referees and players have improved since the 2008-launch."They were eager to ensure that we do not throw these things. The players understand.

"All leaders have a pre-season meetings - again, very constructive."Of course we are all waiting in the first incident - there are always incidents we are trying to reduce the incidents, but we will not remove them .."
West Brom manager Roy Hodgson for the leaders have a responsibility to do their part of the bargain."The judges are an integral part of the game, and sometimes we are just as easy for them that we have," he said."We all make mistakes, managers, players and referees."If you take to let our emotions run us, we all know that tomorrow we are wrong and we should not do."These initiatives are very important and we really need to stand out."

Football Association chairman David Bernstein has given its support to the campaign, stressed the importance of football to be good role models.He said: "On the behavior in the field is so important - both directly in the way it affects young people to play football, but also in terms of larger practices."


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