Arsenal striker Carlos Vela was rested for Mexico’s game with Panama, which ended with 3 players sent off.
Vela has made a surprisingly quick recovery from his injury suffered against Nicaragua, and was photographed training on Wednesday. However, it can be assumed that Aguirre (Mexico manager) decided to give his young striker some more time to heal rather than playing him in this bruising encounter.
In fact, it looks like Vela may well be fit for the final group game against Guadeloupe, who qualified last night with a win against Nicaragua. Vela himself had this to say on his injury:
“It was just a scare. But what a scare.”
The game itself was remarkable for its aggressive nature and crowd trouble. It ended 1-1 with both goals in the first half. Sabah for Mexico and Perez for Panama, but the real action occurred towards the end when Panama’s Phillips got sent off for a scuffle with Aguirre who was sent to the stands. There were also missiles thrown by Mexico fans at Panama’s goalscorer Perez, and a serious of incidents between sets of fans. Both teams were already down to ten men and the whole game was pretty messy.
Hopefully Vela will be able to restore a degree of class to Mexico on Sunday, and they’ll need to beat Guadeloupe to ensure progression.
Article By – Gianni Sonvico
J. – What happened with blogger idol? Did Giovanni win?
Will Carlos ever have a proper pre-season with the Arsenal squad? It seems that Mexico always play at this sort of time in the year and although it’s good he’s playing for his country it immediately puts him at a disadvantage when he comes back. Wenger will give him time off and he’ll be playing catch up in terms of opportunities and fitness. It’s frustrating because he really needs to stake a claim this season otherwise he could get left in limbo
Blogger Idol is on going Dave. All the people who reached the second round have until midnight tonight to send their articles for round two. They will be judged over the weekend and the final three will be announced later in the week. It’s nice to see you taking an interest, mate.
I suppose it’s just good that Vela isn’t a regular at the minute, otherwise he’d be tired come the start of the season.
And no, Gianni didn’t win, I’m just special :p
Great look forward to it – there’s not many blogs which offer that kind of interaction to it’s readers and its nice to see you doing it. Too true about Vela though, can’t wait for him to start getting properly involved!
How many entered Blog Idol J?
Gianni has joined us as our international editor. He’ll be writing about everything to do with the players while they’re away on international duty, whereas the blogger idol winner will be working with me on all aspects.
Derik – I’ve not actually counted.
J i emailed you, did you get it?
Don’t think so mate. Did you send it to –
youngguns.wordpress@googlemail.com ?
Yeah i did, to both infact. Includind the mental-acid@hotmail.co.uk one.
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Really sick of seeing our players getting injured，jet-lagged and
basically screwed when going on intrenational “duty”。Why should we have to go through this season after season。There are too many meaninglees international competitions and should be reduced。F**k off FIFA!!
i’m relieved that his injury is nothing serious
sorry m8, was testing sumthing
“There were also missiles thrown by Mexico fans at Panama’s goalscorer Perez…”
lol missiles. Seems like there was no respect for Fair Play.
The Huracan midfielder Pastore signed for Palermo a five year deal. So he won’t come, but I don’t think we missed much with him. Hope he won’t prove me wrong next season though…
JS whats going to happen to Luke Ayling? Kyle Bartley? Will they go on loan? Is Luke Ayling 17? Does that mean hes young enough to play in next year fa youth cup
It was crazy.. Scuffle is right. I wish futebol guys would fight like real men instead of bitch slapping each other. Just a thought that’s all. It was a good match. The young guns from Arsenal are proving their worth Bobby Gee Thanks http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/
lol