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All the information and early team news ahead of Saturday's friendly in
Germany
16.07.2010
Pre-season friendly
VfL Borussia Monchengladbach v West Ham United
Waldstadion, Ruhpolding, Germany
Saturday 17 July 2010
Kick-off: 6.30pm
Introduction
. West Ham United will take on Bundesliga side VfL Borussia Monchengladbach
in their second pre-season friendly in Germany on Saturday evening.
. Avram Grant's Hammers will face Borussia at the Waldstadion home of
lower-league club SV Ruhpolding, with kick-off at 6.30pm local time.
. The match will be the first of two contested by West Ham during their
pre-season training camp in Germany. A second match has been arranged, with
the Hammers facing Greek champions Panathinaikos just across the border in
Austria in Kitzbuhel on Friday 23 July.
Last meeting
. West Ham United have never met Borussia Monchengladbach before.
Last time out
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Pre-season friendly
Peterborough United - West Ham United
West Ham United: Kurucz, Faubert (Spence 46), Da Costa (Tomkins 46),
Gabbidon (Fry 46), Brown (Ilunga 46, McNaughton 75), Noble (Dyer 46, Abdulla
75), Kovac (Lee 46, Eyjolfsson 82), Hitzlsperger (Edgar 46), Boa Morte
(Sears 46), Stanislas (Montano 46), Cole (McCarthy 46)
Sub not used: Stech
Goals: Cole 13, Edgar 65
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Pre-season friendly
EVV Echt 2-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach: Bailly, Jaures (Wissing 46), Brouwers (Daems 46),
Dante (Heubach 46), Jantschke (Levels 46), Neustadter (Dowidat 46), Alberman
(Meeuwis 46), Arango (Marx 46), Herrmann (Korb 35), Backer (Bobadilla 46),
Hesse (Reus (46)
Goals: Dante 30
West Ham United
. West Ham United will be seeking to make a positive start under new manager
Avram Grant, having ended last season in 17th place in the Barclays Premier
League table.
. West Ham will continue their pre-season training camp with a fixture
against Greek champions Panathinaikos just across the border in Austria in
Kitzbuhel on Friday 23 July.
. The Hammers began their pre-season schedule with a 2-1 victory at League
One side Peterborough United on Wednesday evening. Grant used 24 players at
London Road, handing a debut to new signing Thomas Hitzlsperger. Goals
either side of half-time from Carlton Cole and Anthony Edgar were enough to
give the new manager a successful start to his reign.
. Young professionals Matt Fry, Olly Lee and Edgar have all signed new
contracts with the club and will hope to impress the new manager this
season. Defender Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson will also be eager to push on after
spending the second half of last season on loan at Belgian side KSV
Roeselare.
. A number of players have departed from West Ham since the end of the
2009/10 season. Josh Payne, Bondz N'Gala, Ilan, Guille Franco, Davide
Ferrari, Danny Kearns, Terry Dixon and Tony Brookes have all departed after
their respective contracts expired, while Mido's short-term loan from
Middlesbrough was not renewed.
. Grant's side will kick-off their Premier League campaign with a trip to
Aston Villa on Saturday 14 August.
Borussia Monchengladbach
. Borussia Monchengladbach finished the 2009/10 Bundesliga season in 12th
place, having gathered 39 points from 34 matches.
. Borussia are coached by former Borussia Monchengladbach, VfB Stuttgart,
Manchester City and Germany defender Michael Frontzeck. The 46-year-old took
charge at Borussia-Park in June 2009.
. The club won five Bundesliga titles in the space of eight seasons between
1969/70 and 1976/77. During the so-called 'Golden Decade' in the club's
history, Borussia also reached the European Cup final in 1977, losing to
Liverpool, won the UEFA Cup in both 1975 and 1979 and also reached the UEFA
Cup final twice more. During their 1970s heyday, Borussia also achieved a
Bundesliga record 12-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in April 1978.
. Borussia made a fine start to their own pre-season schedule, defeating
local league sides FC Ottenstein (9-0), SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 (4-0) and
Wegberg-Beeck (5-0) without conceding a goal.
. On Tuesday evening, Borussia took on Dutch outfit EVV Echt and were beaten
2-1. Brazilian defender Dante scored the German side's goal.
. Borussia had two representatives at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South
Africa, both of whom faced England. Michael Bradley was an ever-present in
the United States midfield in their four matches, while attacker Karim
Matmour started all three of Algeria's Group C fixtures. New signing Mo
Idrissou was also a member of the Cameroon squad before joining Borussia
earlier this month.
. Former Tottenham Hotspur full-back Paul Stalteri, who scored the dramatic
late winner in Spurs' 4-3 Premier League win at the Boleyn Ground in March
2007 - a result that sparked the Hammers' 'Great Escape' from relegation -
is also a member of the Borussia squad.
. Borussia have signed Cameroon forward Mo Idrissou from Bundesliga rivals
SC Freiburg. The 30-year-old appeared in all three of his country's
group-stage fixtures at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
. Frontzeck's side will begin their Bundesliga campaign with a home match
against 1. FC Nurnberg on the weekend of 21/22 August.
Team news
. West Ham United will be without their four representatives at the 2010
FIFA World Cup - England's Robert Green and Matthew Upson, Switzerland's
Valon Behrami and the United States' Jonathan Spector - as well as Scott
Parker, who returned to training this week after spending the early part of
his summer with England's provisional World Cup squad. Frederic Piquionne
will also not play after joining up with the squad for training on Saturday.
. Fabio Daprela could figure after missing Wednesday's trip to Peterborough
United with a twisted ankle suffered in training.
. Jack Collison and Young Hammer of the Year Zavon Hines will be unavailable
as both continue their recovery from long-term knee injuries.
. Thomas Hitzlsperger will be on familiar ground, as the German spent the
past five years at VfB Stuttgart before a brief stay with S.S. Lazio earlier
this year.
. Frank Nouble will also be absent due to his commitments with England at
the UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals in France, starting with
Sunday's game against Austria.
. Borussia could include new signing Mo Idrissou after the Cameroon
international forward completed a move from Bundesliga rivals SC Freiburg.
General information
. The weather forecast is for a sunny day with a top temperature of around
27C.
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Manager speaks on WHUTV
WHUFC.com
Check out WHUTV now to see the manager's thoughts on new recruits Pablo
Barrera and Frederic Piquionne
17.07.2010
Avram Grant has given his first thoughts on new recruits Frederic Piquionne
and Pablo Barrera exclusively to WHUTV. Piquionne arrived in the early hours
of the morning before joining his new team-mates out on the training pitch
for a light session at 10am. He shook hands with everyone before the players
began with some ball work games where the squad were divided into two
groups. With two players at a time taking turns to be in the middle, the aim
was to do one-touch passing while keeping the ball away from them. Whoever
messed up then had to take their turn being in the centre. There was plenty
of banter as the pace quickened, while coaches Paul Groves and Kevin Keen
also got involved. After about 30 minutes, the players then went through
some stretching drills before Piquionne and Scott Parker - who only began
his pre-season work this week - were taken on a run around the grounds. The
others were free to go for a light lunch ahead of a couple hours' rest but a
few chose to stay out on the pitch for a little while longer - not least
Alessandro Diamanti and Thomas Hitzlsperger, with the two left-footers
whacking precision passes back and forth to each other across the pitch.
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England boss slates Rob Green in controversial Capello Index
Published 12:13 17/07/10 By MirrorFootball
The Mirror
Fabio Capello has finally launched his controversial player rating system
the Capello Index - and the results won't make pleasant reading for
England's World Cup flops. The system awards players points in various
technical categories to come up with an overall rating out of 100. Jermain
Defoe was judged to have been England's top performer, with a score of
62.47, while blunder keeper Rob Green was the worst, earning a rating of
just 51.67. Capello judged Diego Forlan to be the player of the World Cup,
awarding the Uruguayan an average score of 65.77 for the tournament. The
England manager had originally planned to publish his player ratings live
throughout the World Cup - until he was convinced by the FA that that might
not actually be a very good idea .
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West Ham trials for Rapid Vienna keeper Lukas Konigshofer
17.07.10 | tribalfootball.com
West Ham United boss Avram Grant is taking a look at a new goalkeeper. West
Ham are giving a trial to Rapid Vienna goalkeeper Lukas Konigshofer, 21.
Grant has insisted this week that he is counting on Robert Green to be his
No1 this season.
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