Weekend goals

Alexis Sanchéz (0-1): Serie A (2010-04-11) Livorno - Udinese 0-2

'El niño maravilla' has woken up late this season scoring for the second week in a row. His goal came early in the game, allowing Udinese to have an advantage throughout the rest of teh game. Hopefully he will keep this good form for the World Cup which starts in two months. Alexis currently said that he is enjoying this period in his career. We have high expectations of you.

Luis Jiménez (2-3): Serie A (2010-04-11) Napoli - Parma 2-3

Jiménez was loaned to Parma from Inter (via West Ham) during the transfer opening in January and has made quite an impression on Parma. He has been expulsed two games in a row in February. Today, he scored the last goal for Parma, who's had a descent season as newcomers of Serie A. Jimenez has played about 20 games for Chile, even a few as a captain. However, his appearance under Bielsa's team has not been great, he has only played two games in the qualifying round back in 2007.



Arturo Vidal (1-1): Bundesliga (2010-04-10) Leverkusen - Bayern München 1-1

Arturo Vidal has been one of Leverkusen's best player this season. The team has been at the top of the league most of the season. This weekend Leverkusen played against rivals Bayern München, who are league leaders and Champions League semi-finalists. The game ended 1-1 and Vidal's goal was not the nicest, a rebound from a freekick placed him alone in front of the goal, but he's a defensive midfielder whose yellow cards are far more common than goals. His importance for the both Leverkusen and La Roja is indisputable and I see no problem in him being a starter of La Roja's first three games in the World Cup.

Pizarro goal

David Pizarro (2-3): Serie A (2010-03-14) Livorno - Roma 3-3



Pizarro scored Roma's last goal in the game against Livorno. Although, in the shadows of Lucarelli who scored a hat-trick for Livorno. Roma lost ground in the chase for the Serie A title. Pizarro has been one of the best in Roma this season, delivering many assists and scoring important goals as well.

Unfortunately, David Pizarro has recently stated that he will NOT play for La Roja in this year's World Cup. Since he hasn't played in the qualifying round, he sees that it would be wrong to come in and play in the tournament. David has been away from the national team for quite a while now and states in the interview that he sees the final in his active career. He will return to his hometown Valparaiso and play for the team in his heart, Santiago Wanderers when the contract with AS Roma is terminated in 2013, after more than 10 years in Italy.