Guedioura misses out once again

Guedioura made his debut in Algeria's warm-up game against Ireland.

Despite Algeria losing their first group game to Slovenia, Adlene Guedioura has failed to grab a starting position for the game against England tonight.

Guedioura was a late sub in the first game and Algeria have copied England in dropping their keeper for the game.

Here are tonight’s teams:

England: James, Johnson, Carragher, Terry, Ashley Cole, Lennon, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Heskey.
Subs: Green, Dawson, Crouch, Joe Cole, Warnock, Upson, Milner, Wright-Phillips, Defoe, King, Carrick, Hart.

Algeria: M’Bohli, Bougherra, Belhadj, Yahia, Kadir, Yebda, Lacen, Halliche, Boudebouz, Ziani, Matmour.
Subs: Gaouaoui, Mansouri, Ghezzal, Saifi, Djebbour, Bellaid, Laifaoui, Guedioura, Medjani, Mesbah, Abdoun, Chaouchi.

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

*Nenad Milijas was an unused substitute in Serbia’s suprising 1-0 win over Germany earlier.

Nenad Milijas loses his place for Serbia’s crucial game

Nenad Milijas was today dropped to the bench for Serbia’s second Group D match against Germany.

He was less than impressive in the opening game against Ghana and Kuzmanovic has replaced him in the centre of midfield.

At the time of writing the game is ten minutes old and Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is the co-commentator on BBC 1 & HD.

Milijas lasts 61 minutes for Serbia

Milijas played in the same team as Birmingham's new signing Nikola Zigic.

Nenad Milijas lasted just 61 minutes in Serbia’s 1-0 defeat to Ghana in Pretoria.

He looked far from fully fit and was replaced by Zdravko Kuzmanovic with a third of the game still to go.

Kuzmanovic went on to concede a penalty that Ghana subsequently scored with under ten minutes left.

In line with the way the rest of the tournament has gone so far, the game was far from a classic with shots on goal at a premium.

Nenad Milijas starts for Serbia

Milijas will play alongside Dejan Stankovic in the centre of Serbia's midfield.

Wolves midfielder Nenad Milijas starts for Serbia in their opening game against Ghana today.

I wasn’t sure whether he’d start after mixed reviews during the warm up games but he has made the first eleven.

*Adlene Guedioura came on late on for Algeria in their 1-0 defeat to Slovenia. Ex-WBA midfielder Robert Koren scored the goal after a second goalkeeping howler in Group C within 24 hours.

Serbia v Ghana line-ups:  

Serbia: Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Lukovic, Vidic, Kolarov, Krasic, Milijas, Stankovic, Jovanovic, Pantelic, Zigic.
Subs: Isailovic, Rukavina, Kacar, Tosic, Lazovic, Obradovic, Ninkovic, Petrovic, Subotic, Mrdja, Kuzmanovic, Djuricic.
Ghana: Kingson, Pantsil, Vorsah, John Mensah, Sarpei, Tagoe, Annan, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Andre Ayew, Asamoah, Gyan.
Subs: Adjei, Inkoom, Jonathan Mensah, Derek Boateng, Appiah, Muntari, Amoah, Rahim Ayew, Adiyah, Addy, Owusu-Abeyie, Ahorlu.
Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

Danijel Ljuboja offered to Wolves

Ljuboja has scored one goal in 19 caps for Serbia and hasn't been included in their World Cup squad.

The Times has today reported that Serbia international Danijel Ljuboja has been offered to both Wolves and Stoke.

The 31-year-old spent four years in Germany, with Stuttgart, Hamburg and Wolfsburg.

Here is his playing record:

1998–2000 2000–2004 2004–2006 2005–2006 2006–2009 2006–2007 2008 2009–

Sochaux Strasbourg Paris Saint-Germain → VfB Stuttgart (loan) VfB Stuttgart → Hamburger SV (loan) → Wolfsburg (loan) Grenoble Foot 38

62(20) 123(34) 42(7) 26(8) 04(0) 16 (5) 08 (1) 34(10)

Milijas an unused sub as Serbia draw a blank

Milijas has 16 caps for Serbia.

Nenad Milijas was an unused substitute in Serbia’s final warm-up game before the World Cup.

Serbia faced Poland at the FC Kufstein stadium in Austria and Milijas’ central midfield slot was taken by Zdravko Kuzmanovic of Stuttgart.

After not featuring much this season, Milijas will be hoping to impress Mick McCarthy by some impressive displays in South Africa, where McCarthy will analyse matches for the BBC.

Guedioura and Milijas book their place on the plane to South Africa!

Wolves had no players at the 2006 finals in Germany.

Wolves midfielders Adlene Guedioura and Nenad Milijas have been named in their respective countrys’ 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.

This means there will be a trio of Wolves players at the finals with two expected to play for their countries. 

Guedioura recently played 90 minutes at right back for Algeria in Ireland whilst Milijas played the first 45 minutes of Serbia’s friendly against New Zealand last week. 

The USA arrived in South Africa two days ago and although he is in the squad, Marcus Hahnemann is unlucky to dislodge Tim Howard from the number one slot.

World Cup watch: Milijas, Doyle and Guedioura play in warm-up matches

Guedioura will be hoping to make Algeria's final squad for South Africa.

Nenad Milijas played 45 minutes in Serbia’s 1-0 defeat to minnows New Zealand last night.

Nemanja Vidic was forced to appeal to Serbia fans for calm as they rioted during the game in Klagenfurt.

During the second half in Austria, fans threw flares and missiles onto the pitch while a number of fans ran onto the pitch before being captured by stewards. Vidic had to speak over the tannoy to calm fans with New Zealand apparently ready to abandon the game.

The trouble calmed but Serbia were unable to salvage anything from the game following Shane Smeltz’s first-half strike.

On Friday night both Adlene Guedioura and Kevin Doyle featured in Ireland’s 3-0 win over Algeria in Dublin.

Guedioura made his debut for Algeria at right-back with Dolyle partnering Robbie Keane in attack for Ireland.

Guedioura hit the woodwork late on for the Africans.

Nenad Milijas wants to stay at Molineux

Milijas has made 19 league appearances for Wolves this season scoring two goals.

Nenad Milijas has re-iterated his desire to stay at Molineux after only a handful of appearances this season.

The Serbian is due to represent his country at the World Cup in less than a month.

He told the Express and Star: “I’m really happy here and I’m excited about playing here next season. I really expect to be here – I have three more years on my contract and I can’t think why I’d want to leave.

“It would be stupid of me to think of going anywhere else now. If people at the club or the fans have a problem with me, then I’ll to to find another club who want me.

“I know there are some clubs abroad who want me, but I’m really happy here and no one such as the gaffer has said ‘you need to go.’

“I feel the fans are happy with me being here – every time I see a fan, they say ‘see you next season’ and that makes me feel good.”

Marcus Hahnemann and Nenad Milijas included in World Cup squads

Both players joined Wolves last season.

Wolves’ Marcus Hahnemann and Nenad Milijas have both been seleceted in their respective country’s 30-man squads for the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Hahnemann faces competition from Tim Howard and Brad Guzan in the USA squad and is unlikely to be discarded when the squad is trimmed to 23 players.

Serbia coach Radomir Antic selected his normal captain Milijas despite playing only a handful of games for Wolves this season.

This means Wolves look set to be represented by three players at the World Cup after Adlene Guedioura was selected for Algeria earlier this week.