Faster Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Group A too tough for South Africa. Any group is gonna be too tough for South Africa, they are the worst team to ever host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Any group is gonna be too tough for South Africa, they are the worst team to ever host. Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea was too hard of a group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I did a mock draw with the teams:Group A South Africa Israel Uruguay Costa Rica Group B Portugal Poland Nigeria Korea Republic Group C Spain England Egypt Australia Group D Brazil Croatia Ghana Korea DPR Group E Argentina Ireland Republic Cote d'Iviore Japan Group F Germany Greece Paraguay Iran Group G Netherlands Serbia Chile USA Group G Italy Denmark Cameroon Mexico Mock Match Schedule Some interesting matches Opening Match: South vs. Israel Soccer City 91,000 Johannesburg Portugal vs. Nigeria Soccer City 91,000 Johannesburg Spain vs. England Royal Bafokeng Stadium 45,000 Rustenburg England vs. Australia Ellis Park 62,000 Johannesburg Brazil vs. Croatia Moses Mabhida Stadium 70,000 Durban Brazil vs. Ghana Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 48,000 Nelson Mandela Bay Argentina vs. Ivory Coast Moses Mabhida Stadium 70,000 Durban Germany vs. Greece Green Point Stadium 69,000 Cape Town Netherlands vs. Serbia Ellis Park 62,000 Johannesburg Italy vs. Cameroon Ellis Park 62,000 Johannesburg Italy vs. Mexico Loftus Versfeld 50,000 Pretoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aronious Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 England vs. Australia Ellis Park 62,000 Johannesburg Re: Socceroo's v England 2003. I recall that day quite well... 3-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 England 4-0 Slovakia England warmed up for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine with a comfortable friendly win over Slovakia. Emile Heskey met Steven Gerrard's cross to open the scoring on eight minutes but he limped off injured soon after. David Beckham came on at half-time for his 109th cap, surpassing Bobby Moore's record for an England outfield player. Beckham crossed for Wayne Rooney to head home England's second goal and Frank Lampard fired home a third before he set up Rooney to cap a fine victory. Link Although to be fair, Andorra gave us a better game than the Slovaks! The worst side I've seen England play for many years. Ukraine on Wednesday will be a lot, lot tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 GERMANY vs. LIECHTENSTEIN 4:0 (in Leipzig) I have to admit that I didn't watch it - I am just watching a romantic US-movie right now... *sniff* *awww* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfale Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Although to be fair, Andorra gave us a better game than the Slovaks! The worst side I've seen England play for many years.Ukraine on Wednesday will be a lot, lot tougher. England is probably the best European team at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hardly, the Spanish are still tops and the Italians next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Two monstrous upsets in Africa Togo 1 - 0 Cameroon Morocco 1 - 2 Gabon For Morocco to be beaten at home by Gabon is unbelievable. Kenya 1 - 2 Tunisia Rwanda 0 - 0 Algeria Sudan 1 - 1 Mali Burkina Faso 4 - 2 Guinea Japan 1 - 0 Bahrain Uzbekistan 4 - 0 Qatar (a good victory for them to try to get in the playoff) Korea DPR 2 - 0 UAE Iran 1 - 2 Saudi Arabia (a shocking upset in Tehran) Albania 0 - 1 Hungary Portugal 0 - 0 Sweden (another excellent result) Moldova 0 - 2 Switzerland Israel 1 - 1 Greece N. Ireland 3 - 2 Poland Slovenia 0 - 0 Czech Republic (Slovenia is making an excellent show of it, if they can get a result in Belfast on April 1st they stand a decent shot at qualifying) Wales 0 - 2 Finland Germany 4 - 0 Liechtenstein Romania 2 - 3 Serbia Lithuania 0 - 1 France Cyprus 2 - 1 Georgia Montenegro 0 - 2 Italy Rep. Ireland 1 - 1 Bulgaria (disappointing result) Netherlands 3 - 0 Scotland Uruguay 2 - 0 Paraguay Argentina 4 - 0 Venezuela Colombia 1 - 0 Bolivia Mexico 2 - 0 Costa Rica Trinidad 1 - 1 Honduras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 England is probably the best European team at the moment. Hardly, the Spanish are still tops and the Italians next. I think England could give Italy a good game but Spain are by far the best team in Europe. We gave them a good game but they outclassed and beat us 2-0 in a friendly earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Out of the top flight of European teams I would say 1. Spain 2. Netherlands 3. Italy 4. Germany 5. England 6. France 7. Portugal. On paper, if they were to play a competition against each other I would think the order would be Spain than Germany/England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Oh and I think the Russians and Croats are better than both France and Portugal right now. Maybe even the Turks as well. France and Portugal have been playing some terrible football lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Wednesday, 01 April 2009 FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Andorra v Croatia, 6, 19:30 Austria v Romania, 7, 19:30 Bosnia-Hercegovina v Belgium, 5, 19:45 Bulgaria v Cyprus, 8, 16:00 Czech Republic v Slovakia, 3, 19:30 Denmark v Albania, 1, 19:15 England v Ukraine, 6, 20:00 Estonia v Armenia, 5, 16:00 France v Lithuania, 7, 20:00 Georgia v Montenegro, 8, 18:00 Greece v Israel, 2, 19:30 Netherlands v FYR Macedonia, 9, 19:45 Hungary v Malta, 1, 18:00 Italy v Rep of Ireland, 8, 19:50 Kazakhstan v Belarus, 6, 14:30 Latvia v Luxembourg, 2, 16:30 Liechtenstein v Russia, 4, 18:30 Northern Ireland v Slovenia, 3, 19:45 Poland v San Marino, 3, 19:30 Scotland v Iceland, 9, 20:00 Switzerland v Moldova, 2, 19:30 Turkey v Spain, 5, 19:00 Wales v Germany, 4, 19:45 Some interesting looking fixtures in the European qualifiers this week. A huge derby match which might go some way to explaining why Slovakia looked like they had their mind on other things when they were trounced by us yesterday. England have a decent chance of getting five wins from five against Ukraine. Spain, althouh they're the best side in Europe and arguably the world, have an away trip to Turkey; a scary fixture. Huge games for Wales and Ireland against Germany and Italy respectively. I'll be hoping these two giants will get bloody noses this week. Will also be keeping my fingers crossed for little Andorra. I reckon they're due a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Wednesday, 01 April 2009FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Andorra v Croatia, 6, 19:30 - Croatia Austria v Romania, 7, 19:30 - don't care Bosnia-Hercegovina v Belgium, 5, 19:45 - don't care Bulgaria v Cyprus, 8, 16:00 - don't care Czech Republic v Slovakia, 3, 19:30 - draw Denmark v Albania, 1, 19:15 - Denmark England v Ukraine, 6, 20:00 - don't care Estonia v Armenia, 5, 16:00 - don't care France v Lithuania, 7, 20:00 - Lithuania Georgia v Montenegro, 8, 18:00 - don't care Greece v Israel, 2, 19:30 - Israel Netherlands v FYR Macedonia, 9, 19:45 - don't care Hungary v Malta, 1, 18:00 - don't care Italy v Rep of Ireland, 8, 19:50 - Ireland Kazakhstan v Belarus, 6, 14:30 - don't care Latvia v Luxembourg, 2, 16:30 - don't care Liechtenstein v Russia, 4, 18:30 - Liechtenstein Northern Ireland v Slovenia, 3, 19:45 - Slovenia Poland v San Marino, 3, 19:30 - don't care Scotland v Iceland, 9, 20:00 - don't care Switzerland v Moldova, 2, 19:30 - Switzerland Turkey v Spain, 5, 19:00 - don't care Wales v Germany, 4, 19:45 - Germany England taking the away victory means that Croatia is aiming for second and a playoff win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRATK Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 So, the results of the South American qualifiers: Uruguay 2:0 Paraguay Colombia 2:0 Bolivia Argentina 4:0 Venezuela Ecuador 1:1 Bolivia Perú 1:3 Chile The stands at this moment... 1. Paraguay: 23 pts. 2. Argentina: 19 pts. 2. Chile: 19 pts. 4. Brazil: 18 pts. 5. Uruguay: 16 pts. 6. Colombia: 14 pts. 7. Ecuador: 13 pts. 8. Venezuela: 10 pts. 9. Bolivia: 9 pts. 10. Peru: 7 pts. After 24 years, Chile finally could win against Peru in a extremely hostile stadium. 6,000 polices had to take care of the stadium to stop any violent reaction of the crowd against the Chilean team or fans. Fortunately, nothing bad happened and the match had no problems. Besides, Chile now is in the road to the World Cup, while Peru now is practically eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 South Africa won a match!! Norway - Germany 1-0 (February 12, 2009) South Africa - Norway 2-1 (March 28 2009) Therefore using Jim Jones logic, South Africa is better than Germany! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Ivorian stadium stampede kills 22 At least 22 people have died in a crush at a football stadium during a World Cup qualifier in Ivory Coast. More than 130 people were injured in the stampede at the Houphouet-Boigny arena in the West African country's city of Abidjan. About 36,000 spectators were in the stadium, where hosts Ivory Coast beat Malawi 5-0. The BBC's John James says it was packed for the return of Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who scored twice. Our correspondent says the authorities tried in vain to control the panicking crowd. One report said the police had fired tear gas to control the stampeding fans. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7971140.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Bari welcomes Irish fans waiting for tomorrow's match at San Nicola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 To be sure, to be sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Australia 2 - 0 Uzbekistan Bahrain 1 - 0 Qatar Pretty simple process for Japan and Australia to move on now, Japan beats Uzbekistan and Australia beats Behrain in June and both qualify. Korea 1 - 0 Korea DPR That group is a little more muddled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 the match Wales - Germany started few moments ago in Cardiff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Wales - Germany 0:1 Ballack 11th min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Wales vs. Germany 0:2 own goal by Williams (Gomez) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Well some results so far Bulgaria 2 - 0 Cyprus Estonia 1 - 0 Armenia Georgia 0 - 0 Montenegro Hungary 3 - 0 Malta Kazakhstan 1 - 5 Belarus latvia 2 - 0 Luxembourg Liechtenstein 0 - 1 Russia In progress Andorra 0 - 2 Croatia Austria 2 - 1 Romania Bosnia 2 - 0 Belgium Czech 1 - 1 Slovakia Denmark 3 - 0 Albania England 1 - 0 Ukraine France 0 - 0 Lithuania Greece 2 - 1 Israel Netherlands 3 - 0 Macedonia Italy 1 - 0 Ireland N. Ireland 0 - 0 Slovenia (Come on Slovenia) Poland 8 - 0 San Marino Scotland 1 - 0 Iceland Switzerland 2 - 0 Moldova Turkey 1 - 2 Spain Wales 0 - 2 Germany too bad about the own goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Turkey 1 - 2 Spain Switzerland 2 - 0 Moldova Poland 10 - 0 San Marino Greece 2 - 1 Israel - disappointing Czech 1 - 2 Slovakia - shocker. Andorra 0 - 2 Croatia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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