“Hay mucho por aprender y este camino lo vamos a hacer en conjunto con los jugadores.
En la vida hay que prepararse para ganar y queremos crecer para llegar con posibilidades de clasificación al Mundial, algo que sería histórico para este país”.
Julio Cesar Ribas. DT Seleccion de Gibraltar.
El uruguayo Ribas, clave. Julio Ribas, seleccionador uruguayo de Gibraltar, tiene gran parte de culpa de esta nueva época brillante para la selección, según cuentan los mismos futbolistas:"Nos ha ayudado mucho a mejorar, es una figura muy importante".(marca.com)
Julio Ribas and his team of warriors have deserved everything they have achieved tonight. Speaking to the press after the game Ribas commented: This win will go down as a very important historic moment for Gibraltar. We have come away and faced a very strong Armenian side and we have beaten them on their home turf. I am so proud of our players, so proud of the work and effort they have put in. And now the hard work begins again as we have a very important game on Tuesday night, at home against Liechtenstein.
(gibraltarfa.com)

Un comienzo a lo RIBAS!! VICTORIA de la Selección de OMAN 2 a 0 contra Singapur"!!


GRANDE JULIO!!!



La Selección de Omán, bajo la dirección técnica de Julio Cesar Ribas, comenzó en forma positiva, su preparación para la clasificación al Mundial del 2010, con una victoria 2 a 0 sobre la selección de Singapur, el dia de hoy (domingo 27).

El amistoso se jugó en el Complejo Deportivo Sultan Qaboos, siendo la primera oportunidad para Julio, de ver al "verdadero" equipo, en un partido.

"Fue un partido muy importante".

"Tuve la oportunidad de ver a todos los jugadores importantes, en acción, y también ver, como ellos juegan juntos, como equipo", dijo Julio, después del partido.

"Nosotros pusimos a los principales jugadores del equipo, e hicimos solamente una sola sustitución, porque queria ver a los jugadores, en un verdadero encuentro",agregó Julio.

Julio Ribas, también, quedó muy satisfecho, con la actuación de los muchachos, en su primera excursión como DT.



"Como lo expresé, fué un partido muy importante, tanto, que estamos más cerca de la clasificación a la Copa del Mundo."

"Estoy feliz con la forma en que los muchachos jugaron hoy".

"Jugaron mucho mejor, y tuvieron el control, casi todo el partido".

"Estoy feliz, también, por la cantidad de espectadores, que esperaban un buen partido de fútbol."

El próximo amistoso será el miércoles con Kuwait, antes de comenzar la campaña de clasificación contra Bahrain en casa, el 6 de febrero.




Oman blank Singapore in friendly!!.

MUSCAT — Oman, playing under new coach Julio Cesar Ribas for the first time, made a positive start to their preparations for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers with a 2-0 victory over Singapore yesterday. The friendly match played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex provided the newly appointed Uruguyan coach an opportunity to have a look at the ‘real’ team in a match situation for the first time. “It was a very important match. It gave me a chance to see all the main players in action and also see how they play together as a team,” said Ribas after the match. “We fielded all the main players and made only one substitution because I wanted to see the real players in real match situation,” added the Uruguyan.

Ribas also sounded satisfied with the players performance in his first outing as coach. “As I said it was very important match as we are now closer to the World Cup qualifiers. I am happy the way the boys played today. They played better and had the proceedings under their control for most part of the match,” said Ribas adding “I am also happy for all the spectators as they are treated to a good game of soccer.” For the record, experienced striker Imaad al Hosni and midfielder Hassan Mudhaffar scored the goals for Oman in the sixth and eighth minutes respectively. Oman yesterday fielded entire first team, with the exception of Bolton Wanderers’ goalkeeper Ali al Habsi, whose place under the bar was taken by Badr Juma.

The team also tried young Mohammed Abdullah in defence alongside captain Mohammed Rabee’a and Khalifa Ayil while the midfield was ably manned by Mudhaffar, Ahmed Hadeed, Ahmed Mubarak ‘Kanu’, Fauzi Basheer and Ismal al Ajmi. Imaad had Badr al Maimani for the company in the forwardline. After dominating the first half, Oman made a few experiments in the second, during which they made the only change bringing in talented striker Hashim Saleh in place of Badr al Maimani. They tried to score from free-kicks and long rangers though with little success. But Khalifa Ayil’s trade mark bullet shots provided some entertainment for the spectators.



Besides Badr Juma, who was making a comeback into the team, the new coaching staff also called up several former internationals for the 25-member team, including Hani Dhabit, Hamdi Hubeis & Nabeel Ashoor. “It is good to have all these experienced players back in the team. We will definitely gain from their experience, especially with the World Cup qualifiers round the corner,” said captain Mohammed Rabee’a.
Oman play another friendly against Kuwait on Wednesday before they start their qualifying campaign against Bahrain at home on February 6.



Oman-Singapore friendly today
Date - 27 Jan 2008
The Oman senior national football team will play a friendly match against Singapore at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex today. Oman, who will be playing their first match under newly appointed coach Julio Cesar Ribas, are preparing for the 2010 World Cup qualifying matches. They are also scheduled to play another friendly against Kuwait Wednesday.



“It was a good warm-up for Oman and I am confident of building a good team,” said Ribas after the match. However, Ribas must have found out that all his star professional players were a bit rusty in their approach and might need a few more strong training sessions to get back into the rhythm.

Ribas actually played all the professionals in the match and the line-up was similar to that of Milan Macala’s famed combination in the previous two Gulf Cups.

Ribas has 25 players in the camp now and it is brimming with experience, but it has to watched how good the individuals are as age is catching up.

“We will continue to have closed camps with two sessions of workout every day and I believe that the performance in the next match against Kuwait will be even better.”

Ribas also has very little time in his hand as he needs to put a winning combination in the home World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain on February 6.

“I am happy that our players were good in all departments and will improve,” the Uruguayan added.

Going against the trend, yesterday’s friendly surprisingly attracted a good audience. May be the message of Ribas playing a full-strength team had spread rather quickly attracting a decent crowd.

“We need experienced players to form a good outfit and it is good to see players like Hani Al Dhabit and others returning. We played well yesterday, but this is the first time after a long gap we are together and I hope we will build-up well for the match against Bahrain.”
However, the skipper also agreed that the match on Wednesday against Kuwait will be good test.
OFA chairman Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi was also rejoicing the win yesterday as he revealed his jubilance with a big compliment (a hug) to coach Ribas.

DESTACADO

EL HOMBRE DE LOS MILAGROS ( FUENTE : LINCOLN NEWS , LA GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT )

LN  -  MISTER RIBAS, ES USTED EL HOMBRE DE LOS MILAGROS ?  - JULIO RIBAS :  NO, LOS MILAGROS SOLO LOS  REALIZA DIOS. LN   -  COMO LOG...



Ahí se va el entrenador más exitoso de la historia del Lincoln, Campeón de Liga , Campeón de Supercopa , Campeón de Rock Cup , 1 año y seis meses invicto por Premier League , 39 partidos invicto , deja al club Lincoln primero con 8 puntos de ventaja , con el equipo más goleador del Torneo , con menos goles en contra, con más victorias , y a un paso del título!!.


FRASES DE CABECERA DE JULIO RIBAS

"Todo lo que tiene forma, puede ser definido.

Todo lo que puede ser definido, puede ser vencido."


"Hay quienes a veces ganan y no son ganandores, hay quienes a veces pierden y no son perdedores, ser perdedor es dejar de creer, dejar de luchar, dejar de soñar."


"Los que hablan, hablan, los que hacen, hacen cosas que dan que hablar, los que hablan imaginan lo que se siente, los que hacen , saben lo que se siente, sentir lo que haces esa es la diferencia."


"Ser ganador no es solo ganar repetidas veces, es mucho mas que eso, es elegir ganar siempre y hacer lo que necesario para que eso suceda"


"Perder duele, no poder ser campeon duele mas aun."


"La unica diferencia entre la genialidad y la locura, es el exito.


"El exito no te cambia, te delata".


"Es sencillo: Existen buenas y malas maneras de hacer las cosas, se pueden tirar 30 tiros libre, si la tecnica es erronea, solo te convertiras en un jugador que es bueno para tirar mal."


"Algunas personas quieren que algo ocurra, otras suenan con lo que pasara, otras hacermos que suceda".


"La fuerza que te pone en marcha, viene del sueno que tengas, de la ilusion enorme de querer logar un objetivo, por eso te levantas cada dia buscando por todos los medios y recursos posibles.

la forma de poder lograrlo, conquistarlo y hacerlo tuyo para siempre".


"Si no enseñas algo a una persona que podria aprovechar la leccion, pierdes a una persona, si intentas enseñar algo a una persona que no quiere aprovechar la leccion, pierdes tiempo.

Un lider sabio no pierde personas ni tiempo."


"Hay quienes desean que sucedan cosas, hay quienes rezan para que sucedan cosas, y hay quienes tienen coraje para hacer que esas cosas sucedan."