arwebb Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Group A Poland v Finland Serbia v Azerbaijan Group B Georgia v France Italy v Lithuania Scotland v Faroe Islands Group C Hungary v Norway Malta v Bosnia-Herzegovina Moldova v Greece Group D Czech Republic v Wales Germany v Republic of Ireland Slovakia v Cyprus Group E England v Andorra (Old Trafford) Estonia v Israel Group F Latvia v Sweden Northern Ireland v Iceland Spain v Liechtenstein Group G Belarus v Albania Luxembourg v Holland Romania v Bulgaria Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Cassano is back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikel Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Spain will play against Liechtenstein in Badajoz, Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Badajoz is the see of a bishop. It occupies a slight eminence, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, and overlooking the Guadiana. A strong wall and bastions, with a broad moat and outworks, and forts on the surrounding heights, give the city an appearance of great strength. The river, which flows between the castle-hill and the powerfully armed fort of San Cristobal, is crossed by a magnificent granite bridge, originally built in 1460, repaired in 1597 and rebuilt in 1833. The whole aspect of Badajoz recalls its stormy history; even the cathedral, built in 1238, resembles a fortress, with massive embattled walls. It's situated close to the Portuguese frontier, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway. The population in 1990 was 126,781; in 2002 it was 136,851. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 The Welsh squad have had a scare today as the plane taking them to the Czech Republic was forced to make an emergency landing at Bournemouth. Wales squad in emergency landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 tonight the official debut of the world champions against Lithuania wearing the new shirt with the updated FIGC Logo, a star is added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Results so far today Group B Scotland 6-0 Faroe Islands Group F Northern Ireland 0-3 Iceland England have scored within the first five minutes against the footballing powerhouse that is Andorra through Peter Crouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 More results Group B Georgia 0-3 France Group E England 5-0 Andorra Group G Belarus 2-2 Albania Romania 1-0 Bulgaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Romania v Bulgaria is a latest score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe Islands Northern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland England 5 - 0 Andorra Malta 2 - 5 Bosnia-Herzegovina Georgia 0 - 3 France Hungary 1 - 4 Norway Belarus 2 - 2 Albania Serbia 1 - 0 Azerbaijan Czech Republci 2 - Wales 1 Slovakia 6 - 1 Cyprus Poland 1 - 3 Finland Luxembourg 0 - 1 Netherlands Germany 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania Latvia 0 - 1 Sweden Roman 2 - 2 Bulgaria Moldova 0 - 1 Greece Estonia 0 - 1 Israel Spain 1 - 0 Liechtenstein Big losers, Hungary, Romania and Poland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 We beat the crap out of the mighty Luxembourg today. Our coach is a tactical genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 We beat the crap out of the mighty Luxembourg today. Our coach is a tactical genius! Your in a easy group there is no need to sluaghter teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ñuto Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Spain 4- Liechtenstein 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Shame Wales lost to a late goal and at least the Republic of Ireland showed some improvement on their last outing against Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Your in a easy group there is no need to sluaghter teams. There is if you play Luxembourg. Goal difference might turn out to be important. Much more importantl, we played crap. Luxembourg could easily have scored 2 or 3 goals, that's exactly the number of chances we created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 A win is a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 For crap teams, yes. For The Netherlands, just a win is simply not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 As long as you qualify, nobody will remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Nobody except 16 million Dutchies that is. No one has forgotten how crap we played during qualification for Germany and this game was 10 times worse. The Dutch football (or sport in general) psyche is a weird one. The most important thing for us is playing good/beautiful football. We rather lose beautiful than win ugly. It is something foreigners can't and never will understand. Furthermore, we just love to complain about everything. It's one of our national hobbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Nobody except 16 million Dutchies that is. No one has forgotten how crap we played during qualification for Germany and this game was 10 times worse. The Dutch football (or sport in general) psyche is a weird one. The most important thing for us is playing good/beautiful football. We rather lose beautiful than win ugly. It is something foreigners can't and never will understand. Furthermore, we just love to complain about everything. It's one of our national hobbies. No wonder Canada and the Netherlands have such a close friendship (other then the obvious). Was Netherlands even at full strength yesterday? From the goal and cards it didn't appear so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Also, would you have rather tied a weak team that you should have thumped 1-1 a la Italy or won 1-0 not playing at your best a la Netherlands? Netherlands is not the only team to be thankful of victory and don't be too harsh the game was in Luxembourgh afterall. Anyways, I am completely shocked by two important results, Finland's 3-1 win over Poland in Warsaw and Norway's 4-1 thumping of Hungary in Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 No wonder Canada and the Netherlands have such a close friendship (other then the obvious).Was Netherlands even at full strength yesterday? From the goal and cards it didn't appear so. The Netherlands wasn't at full strength. The reason for that is that Van Basten has decided to no longer pick players like Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) and Van Bommel (Bayern München). He wasn't very happy (understatement) about the way the team played and he might change the entire team for wednesday's game against Belarus. I personally would have loved to see Luxembourg score the 1-1. But that's just because I hate Van Basten and I'm more of a club fan (PSV Eindhoven) anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe IslandsNorthern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland England 5 - 0 Andorra Malta 2 - 5 Bosnia-Herzegovina Georgia 0 - 3 France Hungary 1 - 4 Norway Belarus 2 - 2 Albania Serbia 1 - 0 Azerbaijan Czech Republci 2 - Wales 1 Slovakia 6 - 1 Cyprus Poland 1 - 3 Finland Luxembourg 0 - 1 Netherlands Germany 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania Latvia 0 - 1 Sweden Roman 2 - 2 Bulgaria Moldova 0 - 1 Greece Estonia 0 - 1 Israel Spain 1 - 0 Liechtenstein Big losers, Hungary, Romania and Poland Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania ? Are you happy ? I hope to meet again Germany, as semifinals in World Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 The Netherlands wasn't at full strength. The reason for that is that Van Basten has decided to no longer pick players like Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) and Van Bommel (Bayern München). He wasn't very happy (understatement) about the way the team played and he might change the entire team for wednesday's game against Belarus.I personally would have loved to see Luxembourg score the 1-1. But that's just because I hate Van Basten and I'm more of a club fan (PSV Eindhoven) anyway. I guess van Basten is looking to the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikel Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe IslandsNorthern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland England 5 - 0 Andorra Malta 2 - 5 Bosnia-Herzegovina Georgia 0 - 3 France Hungary 1 - 4 Norway Belarus 2 - 2 Albania Serbia 1 - 0 Azerbaijan Czech Republci 2 - Wales 1 Slovakia 6 - 1 Cyprus Poland 1 - 3 Finland Luxembourg 0 - 1 Netherlands Germany 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania Latvia 0 - 1 Sweden Roman 2 - 2 Bulgaria Moldova 0 - 1 Greece Estonia 0 - 1 Israel Spain 1 - 0 Liechtenstein Spain won 4-0 in the Nuevo Vivero Stadium of Badajoz, not 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 1-0 would have been fairly embarassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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