The Football - Beckham Not Go to Great Britain Olympic Squad

The Football - David Beckham had to bury his desire to defend Great Britain competed in the 2012 Olympics. His name was not on the list released by coach Stuart Pearce.

After deciding to retire from the England national team, Olympic Games 2012 will be Beckham's last chance to defend his country. Several times the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan's expressed a desire to strengthen the UK football team.

Poor him, coach Stuart Pearce chose to enter the name of defender Micah Richards in the squad as one of three senior players are allowed to participate. Two other senior players are Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy.

Beckham had previously been in the list of 35 players while the Great Britain squad. But in the final list is then released, 36 years old midfielder's name is no longer listed. Thus quoted from DailyMail.

"Everyone knows how much it meant I could play for his country. So I was honored to be part of the Great Britain team is unique," said Beckham.

"Naturally I was disappointed, but I'll be the biggest supporter for the team. And like others, I will help them win a gold medal," said Beckham.

The Football - Del Piero Confident Italy beat Germany

The Football - Alessandro del Piero confident Italy beat Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 2012. According to Del Piero, Gli Azzurri showed an increasingly solid performance in every game.

Germany is slightly more favored than Italy while diving game at National Stadium, Warsaw, Friday (06/29/2012) pm dawn later. Impressive performance since the qualifications to be the reason.

Nevertheless, it can not be forgotten also that Italy had a nice record against Die Mannschaft. In addition, Andrea Pirlo et al. had a quite brilliant performance in this tournament.

Del Piero scored one goal when Italy beat Germany in the 2010 World Cup to advance to the finals. Assesses the legendary Juventus player squad Cesare Prandelli has the ability to repeat such success.

"Why can not beat German Italian? Because they (Italy) have shown that they become more solid in every game," said the man who is familiarly called Alex is told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"They have a strong mentality and know how to take advantage of the opportunities they have."

"I think the Germans a bit like Italy. They are a solid team with a great number of individuals. We must be vigilant (Mesut) Oezil, (Mario) Gomez and (Thomas) Mueller," said Del Piero.