Manchester United Terdepan Daratkan Angelo Henriquez

Angelo Henriquez

Angelo Henriquez, striker Universidad de Chile, dikabarkan berada di ambang potensi bergabung dengan Manchester United setelah kedua belah pihak telah membuat agenda pembicaraan langsung dengan pelatih Sir Alex Ferguson, manajer The Red Devils.

Henriquez merupakan salah satu talenta berbakat yang paling diburu di Amerika Selatan karena catatan impresifnya bersama de Chile, yakni 11 gol dalam 17 pertandingan. Di samping itu, dia juga menjadi salah satu striker muda Cile U-20 yang terbilang paling produktif.

 

Kubu Setan Merah memang terdepan mendapatkan tanda tangan sang pemain, soalnya Henriquez sendiri sudah menyampaikan impiannya berseragam klub raksasa Liga Primer Inggris ini.

"Saya datang untuk tinggal di Manchester United, dan saya akan bermain untuk mencapai target saya itu," ujar Henriquez kepada La Tercera.

"Mereka [United] memberi saya kesempatan dan saya tidak bakal menyia-nyiakan, ini adalah sesuatu yang saya cari sepanjang karier saya. Inilah yang selalu saya impikan, sulit mengatakan tidak bergabung dengan klub ini," lanjutnya.

"Segalanya sungguh luar biasa di Manchester. Bagi saya inilah mimpi sejati. Bayangkan, bisa bermain dan berbagi di ruang ganti bersama orang seperti Wayne Rooney. Inilah sebuah mimpi."

Henriquez juga diyakini telah menolak rayuan dari tetangga sebelah United, Manchester City. Kendati diskusi dengan Ferguson belum terlaksana, namun pertemuan dengan sang bos diperkirakan bakal berlangsung segera.

"Saya tidak berhubungan dengan tim manapun, saya bersama dengan tim pemandu bakat dari Amerika Selatan, yang telah membantu saya sepanjang waktu dan selalu menemani saya," tandasnya. 

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Brazil challenged the Netherlands in the quarter-finals

Brazil saw off the challenge of a slightly disappointing Chile to seal a mouth-watering quarter-final tie against the Netherlands.

The Selecao defeated Chile 4-2 and 3-0 in World Cup qualifying - and Dunga's team eased to a comfortable victory at Ellis Park on Monday as their opponents became the first South American team to be eliminated from the competition.
Chile, shorn of suspended trio Marco Estrada, Waldo Ponce and Gary Medel, were always up against it after conceding twice in four minutes shortly after the half-hour mark.

Juan opened the scoring with a powerful header and Luis Fabiano slotted into an empty net to finish off an attacking move of lethal precision as Brazil took another step towards a sixth World Cup title.
A precise right-foot finish from the edge of the area saw Robinho, who had a later effort ruled out for offside, open his account at the tournament in the second half.
Brazil boss Dunga has been heavily criticised back home for constructing a team that values efficiency ahead of flair, but his side controlled the vast majority of the match and were comfortable winners.
Chile, as with Mexico against Argentina on Sunday, really took the contest to their opponents in the opening minutes.
Marcela Bielsa's side have won many admirers in South Africa with their quick-fire, skilful brand of attacking football, but apart from a weak Humberto Suarez shot that Brazil keeper Julio Cesar easily collected they had little end product to show for their bright start.
Brazil, with Dani Alves superb on the right of midfield, gave Chile no room to breathe and gradually took control of the contest.
They should have been awarded a penalty when Lucio was brought down by a late tackle from Pablo Contreras, but eventually took the lead through Juan's header from Maicon's corner.
The Brazil defender was left unmarked - and his perfectly placed header clearly rattled Chile, whose increasingly erratic passing prevented them from picking any holes in their opponents' defensive structure.
The tie was as good as won when Brazil scored their second just four minutes after Juan's header, with a goal of breathtaking movement and precision.
Robinho cut inside before playing a square ball to Kaka, who delivered a beautifully weighted first-time pass that Luis Fabiano, in an onside position, collected before easing past Claudio Bravo and slotting into an empty net.
The striker almost doubled his tally with a glancing header that flew wide, but Robinho sealed victory just before the hour mark with his precise finish after the impressive Ramires finished a surging run with a accurate pass. Ramires was later booked and will miss the match against the Dutch.
Bielsa had made all three substitutions with 30 minutes remaining as he chased the game and Jorge Valdivia almost pulled a goal back with a clean strike that narrowly flew over the crossbar shortly after his introduction, while Julio Cesar denied Suazo, who later clipped the crossbar.
Brazil slowed the pace of the contest but attacked in occasional devastating bursts that saw Robinho twice come close to a second goal.
He had an angled strike saved by Bravo and later slotted beyond the Chilean keeper, but was denied by a marginal but correct offside decision.
It made no difference to the outcome of a tie already over, but the five-time world champions will face a stiffer test against the Dutch in Port Elizabeth on 2 July.

Brazil	3-0	Chile	FT
Juan, 34 Luis Fabiano, 38 Robinho, 59	(HT 2-0)
Team
Brazil 01 Julio Cesar 02 Maicon 03 Lucio 04 Juan 06 Michel Bastos 13 Daniel 08 Silva 10 Kaka (20 Kleberson, 81) 18 Ramires 09 Luis Fabiano (21 Nilmar, 76) 11 Robinho (16 Gilberto, 85)		Chile 01 Bravo 02 Fuentes 04 Isla (20 Rodrigo Millar, 62 ) 05 Contreras (21 Tello, 46) 18 Jara 06 Carmona 08 Vidal 11 Gonzalez (10 Valdivia, 46) 07 Sanchez 09 Suazo 15 Beausejour
12 Gomes, 22 Doni, 14 Luisao, 15 Thiago Silva, 16 Gilberto, 05 Felipe Melo, 07 Elano, 17 Josue, 19 Julio Baptista, 20 Kleberson, 21 Nilmar, 23 Grafite		Substitutes: 12 Pinto, 23 Marin, 10 Valdivia, 14 Fernandez, 19 Fierro, 20 Rodrigo Millar, 21 Tello, 16 Orellana, 22 Paredes
Venue: Ellis Park Referee: Howard Webb Attendance: 54,096

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Spain meet Portugal in first Knock-out round

Spain's unquestionable class was just enough to edge them past a talented but ill-disciplined Chile team who deservedly joined the European champions in qualifying for the World Cup's knockout stages.

Vicente del Bosque's side have still not clicked in South Africa - and the South Americans put them under real pressure before being controversially reduced to 10 men just before half-time in Pretoria.
But flashes of individual brilliance from striker David Villa and fit-again midfielder Andres Iniesta sealed a last-16 clash against Portugal on Tuesday as they ran out Group H winners despite a shock defeat to Switzerland in their opening match.

Chile, who picked up seven red cards in qualifying, must face five-time winners Brazil on Monday without their strongest team after three key players were lost to suspension in a first half they threatened to take charge of with admirable invention before losing their heads.
After dominating possession but failing to score in that surprise 1-0 loss to the Swiss, Spain vowed they would not sacrifice their rich attacking instincts for a win-at-all costs philosophy.
Needing three points to guarantee progression, they started this match on the front foot - but Fernando Torres spurned two half-chances and the Liverpool striker clearly looks like a man still feeling his way back after injury.
Yet the European champions were soon being cut open as Chile, whom some observers consider to be a South American version of Spain, attacked them with short incisive passes and constant movement off the ball in support of their team-mates.
Coached by Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, they could have taken a 10th-minute lead after a brilliant move saw Jean Beausejour - a winger who plays for Club America in the Mexico - execute a clever one-two with Jorge Valdivia, but Mark Gonzalez failed to connect properly with his low cross.
In a rare struggle to monopolise the ball, Spain looked riled - but while Chile worked overtime to establish the upper hand they lost their discipline - both Gary Medel and Waldo Ponce were rightly booked for nasty tackles and will miss the match against Brazil.
Firmly against the run of play, Spain's first goal came fortuitously.
Gerard Pique over-hit a long pass out of defence - which the out-of-sorts Torres was never likely to reach - but Chile goalkeeper and captain Claudio Bravo foolishly raced out of his penalty area to clear unsuccessfully into the path of Villa.
Lurking near the left touchline as the ball squirmed towards him, Barcelona's new £35m signing Villa instantly guided it over Bravo into the net - with his weaker left foot - from all of 40 yards.
Undaunted, the ever-threatening Beausejour raced away from Spain's back-line as he nearly created a dangerous one-on-one with keeper Iker Casillas - but Pique sped back to make a crucial block.
Clever Iniesta, who has struggled for fitness in the past three months, then gave Spain what looked like some breathing space with a typically classy second goal, executing snappy give-and-go exchanges with first Torres and then Villa before coolly guiding the ball into Bravo's far corner with breathtaking simplicity.
The biggest flashpoint moment of the match occurred in the build-up to that goal, as Torres went down following his pass after what looked like an accidental trip from behind by Marco Estrada.
Referee Marco Rodriguez obviously saw the incident differently as he gave Estrada a second yellow card.
Only when Chile were down to 10 men did Iniesta and Xavi start dictating the flow of the match with the cute passing triangles they execute for Barcelona week-in week-out.
Recognising this, Bielsa made two changes at half-time - and three minutes after the interval substitute Rodrigo Millar, who had replaced Gonzalez, put the South Americans firmly back in to the match.
Finding space for himself among a posse of defenders outside the box, his snapshot took a wicked deflection off Pique to loop high past a flailing Casillas.
Chile now needed just one more goal to put themselves back in the frame to finish top, but Spain had just enough about them to take advantage of the extra man.
With Torres clearly struggling, on came Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas in his place as Del Bosque tweaked his side's formation to leave Villa - who now has three goals from this tournament - at the spearhead of their attack.
Although he thrived off the responsibility and set about terrorising the manful Chile defence with real adventure and wit, clear chances were at a premium as the match became more squeezed with both teams eyeing greater challenges ahead; namely a place in the quarter-finals.

Chile	1-2	Spain	FT
Rodrigo Millar, 47	(HT 0-2)	Villa, 24 Iniesta, 37
Team
Chile 01 Bravo 03 Carrizo 04 Isla 17 Medel 18 Jara 08 Vidal 10 Valdivia (20 Rodrigo Millar, 46) 11 Gonzalez (22 Paredes, 46) 13 Estrada 07 Sanchez (16 Orellana, 65) 15 Beausejour		Spain 01 Casillas 03 Pique 05 Puyol 11 Capdevila 15 Sergio Ramos 06 Iniesta 08 Xavi 14 Alonso (20 Javi Martinez, 73) 16 Busquets 07 Villa 09 Torres (10 Fabregas, 55)
12 Pinto, 23 Marin, 02 Fuentes, 05 Contreras, 19 Fierro, 20 Rodrigo Millar, 21 Tello, 09 Suazo, 16 Orellana, 22 Paredes		Substitutes: 12 Valdes, 23 Reina, 02 Albiol, 04 Marchena, 17 Arbeloa, 10 Fabregas, 20 Javi Martinez, 21 Silva, 22 G Jesus Navas, 13 Mata, 18 Pedrito, 19 Llorente
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee: M Rodriguez Attendance: 41,958

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the single goal Mark Gonzalez, to make Chilean Escaped

Mark Gonzalez's late header was enough for Chile to overcome a stubborn defensive display from 10-man Switzerland and leave the South Americans on the verge of qualification for the last 16.

The former Liverpool winger rose to head home an Estaban Paredas cross with quarter of an hour remaining to reward Chile's persistence if not their prolific creativity.

In holding the South Americans beyond the 67 minute mark, Switzerland surpassed the record for the longest run without conceding a goal at the World Cup finals, but they were made to work hard for this feat after Valon Behrami was sent off for raising an arm to Arturo Vidal.

The result gives Chile their second successive victory following an opening 1-0 win over Honduras and leaves them top of Group H on six points ahead of a final game against Spain on Friday.

Switzerland, who beat the Spanish in their first game, can still qualify if they beat Honduras and the other result goes their way.

The game promised much, with the irresistible force of the exciting Chile attack meeting the immoveable object that is the Swiss defence, but this reckoned without an influential third party - referee Khalil Al Ghamdi.

In the very first minute, Chile striker Humberto Suazo was booked for a high tackle, which set the tone for the Saudi Arabian official's performance.

Suazo's yellow was the first of nine - many of which were questionable - during a game consistently halted for minor indiscretions and needless flare-ups as the referee's control diminished.

This played into the hands of the conservative Swiss until what seemed like an inevitable red card materialised on the half hour when Behrami raised his arm into the face of Vidal as the Chilean challenged from behind, resulting in an instant dismissal and enraged protests amongst the Switzerland ranks.

Prior to this, the Swiss had been typically cautious and containing, with the only chances of note a dipping 25-yard effort from Chile's Vidal, which Diego Benaglio palmed away, and Carlos Carmona's 20-yard follow-up, which the keeper was also equal to.

After the red card, Switzerland's commitment to frustrating their opponents was total, a testimony to which was the withdrawal of record goalscorer Alexander Frei, who like Behrami had been recalled for this match, but failed to last until half-time.

Suazo, who with 10 goals was top scorer in South American qualifying, but missed Chile's opening game through injury, made it longer than his returning Swiss counterparts, but his substitution at half-time was a result of an uneventful first half, featuring just one effort, which he headed well over.

Chile's most likely source of a goal was forward Alexis Sanchez, who had his side's only other attempts of the opening 45 minutes, the first of which he struck straight at Benaglio from 12 yards and the second the keeper comfortably gathered after the 21-year-old's attempted cross had deflected to him.

Sanchez thought he had finally ended the Swiss reistance early in the second half when his shot from 20 yards deflected in off substitute Jorge Valdivia, but the latter was offside at the initial shot and celebrations were cut short by a linesman's flag.

Minutes later a mistake by Steve von Bergen allowed Sanchez to bear down on goal, but he slightly overran it and Benaglio was able to block at his feet before the ball was hammered to safety.

It was not long after Switzerland surpassed Italy's World Cup clean sheet record - set between 1986 and 1990 - that Chile broke the deadlock when substitute Gonzalez made amends for an earlier missed header by rising at the back post to head in after Paredes had skipped past Benaglio to supply the cross.

Paredas had two late chances of his own to ease his side's nerves but he shot wide with both before Swiss substitute Eren Derdiyok had a golden opportunity to snatch a point. But with the goal at his mercy he shot past the post from 12 yards out.

Chile	1-0	Switzerland	FT
Gonzalez, 75	(HT 0-0)
Team
Chile 01 Bravo 03 Carrizo 04 Isla 17 Medel 18 Jara 06 Carmona 08 Vidal (11 Gonzalez, 46) 14 Fernandez (22 Paredes, 64) 07 Sanchez 09 Suazo (10 Valdivia, 46 ) 15 Beausejour		Switzerland 01 Benaglio 02 Lichtsteiner 05 Von Bergen 13 Grichting 17 Ziegler 06 Huggel 08 Inler 11 Behrami 16 Fernandes (18 Bunjaku, 77) 09 Frei (07 Barnetta, 42 ) 10 Nkufo (19 Derdiyok, 68)
12 Pinto, 23 Marin, 02 Fuentes, 05 Contreras, 10 Valdivia, 11 Gonzalez, 13 Estrada, 19 Fierro, 20 Rodrigo Millar, 21 Tello, 16 Orellana, 22 Paredes		Substitutes: 12 Wolfli, 21 Leoni, 03 Magnin, 22 Eggiman, 07 Barnetta, 14 Padalino, 15 Yakin, 20 Schwegler, 23 Shaqiri, 18 Bunjaku, 19 Derdiyok
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Referee: K Al Ghamdi Attendance: 34,872

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