Bilos dreams of Argentine World Cup place (5 May 2006 06:55 GMT)
Daniel Bilos, who plays for Argentine league team Boca Juniors, told sports broadcaster TyC Sportsthat he still dreams of being called up for Argentina's World Cup team.
"It is a dream I hope comes true, although it is difficult. There is not much time left and the manager has little time to try out new players," he said.
Bilos, 25, has rejected the call up from Croatia, where his grandparents were born, despite repeated entreaties from Croatia national soccer team manager Zlakto Kranjcar.
Bilos played 45 minutes of November's friendly Argentina, Qatarmatch, in the Qutari capital, Doha, but his performance has suffered since that date and he was never summoned by Pekerman.
However, on Sunday, when Boca massacred Estudiantes 4-0, Bilos showed the form he had shown when he first arrived at Boco, tranferred from Banfield, in the middle of 2005.
"I had a bad patch, but these things happen to everyone. The same thing happened to me in Banfield, but it was not so imporant. Luckily, things began to turn out for me again when I got to Boca.I hope to stay this way," he said.
source : Xinhua