Ferdinand fällt für WM aus

[themanwho]

Der Guardian schreibt:

Rio Ferdinand ruled out of the World Cup with knee injury

Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of the World Cup after injuring his left knee in training.

The England captain broke down after a tackle in the final few minutes of his team's first training session since landing in South Africa, and was taken to hospital for a scan.

The results of the scan are believed to indicate knee ligament damage and the 31-year-old will take no further part in the World Cup.

Michael Dawson, who was part of Fabio Capello's initial 30-man squad, is the likely replacement, while Steven Gerrard will be promoted to the captaincy.

Capello said earlier: "In the last moment of the training, Rio suffered a problem with the knee.

"He has gone to hospital for a scan. We hope it will not be so bad an injury but we have Michael Dawson on call.

"It came from a minor tackle during the training. It happened in a normal tackle.

"It is his left knee. How bad is it? We will have to wait and see."

Ferdinand had an injury-hit season at Manchester United, being laid low for considerable periods with back and groin problems.

But he was happy with his fitness at the end of the season and during England's two-week training camp in Austria before coming through the friendly internationals with Mexico and Japan unscathed.

Capello's alternatives in the current squad are West Ham's Matthew Upson and Tottenham's Ledley King.

Upson has started nine of the last 17 internationals while King has forced his way into Capello's thinking despite his long-term knee problem.

King has impressed for Tottenham this season although by his own admission he looked far from convincing in the recent friendly with Mexico at Wembley.

Dawson was named in Capello's initial party of 30 for the finals but was excluded from the final 23 after not playing against either Mexico at Wembley or Japan in Graz. He has had an outstanding season at Tottenham, often alongside King.

Bin gespannt wer ihn ersetzen wird, die Chancen für King dürften jedoch gut stehen. Glaube nicht dass Carragher oder Dawson statt ihm spielen werden, eher sogar Upson.

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http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2010/Ferdinand_040610

[berniebond]

Das Positive:

Stevie G. hebt den Pokal!

(ich war sowieso irritiert, dass Ferdinand auf Terry nachfolgte)

[themanwho]

(ich war sowieso irritiert, dass Ferdinand auf Terry nachfolgte)

Blöde Frage, aber was is daran komisch wenn der Vize-Kapitän neuer Kapitän wird?

[berniebond]

Terry war nicht von Capello zum Kapitän ernannt. Also hätte er mmn diese Gelegenheit nützen können, Gerrard zum Teamkapitän zu machen.

[Kante]

Der Guardian schreibt:

Bin gespannt wer ihn ersetzen wird, die Chancen für King dürften jedoch gut stehen. Glaube nicht dass Carragher oder Dawson statt ihm spielen werden, eher sogar Upson.

King wird aber kaum alle Spiele bestreiten können, und da Carragher als RV mitgenommen wurde, wird wohl Upson ziemlich sicher zum Spielen kommen, obwohl ich ja Dawson besser fände.