loyola Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Some surprises in Europe this week end: Austria 3 France 1 Macedonia 1 Scotland 0 Romania 0 Lithuania 3 Norway 2 Iceland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by loyola Some surprises in Europe this week end: Austria 3 France 1 Macedonia 1 Scotland 0 Romania 0 Lithuania 3 The Macedonia match was considered a toss-up beforehand so not really much of a surprise there. The France loss made my day though! LOL We'll see what they are made of now with Serbia then away to Romania in the next 5 weeks. The last couple of qualifying draws were somewhat kind to France. Now they have to do a little more than just finishing ahead of the likes of Scotland or Israel. The fact this group is so balanced means you might only see one team qualifying from it. [8D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Love seeing Les Bleu fall to such a nation as Austria! Fantastique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Sigma The Austrians are playing like a completely different side ever since Bruckner took over. They are currently loosing 2-0 to Lithuania with half an hour to go. That group could be quite a fight with France, Austria, Serbia, Romania and Lithuania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Good result for Scotland away. France still under the gun, 0-0 with the tough Serbs in Paris. Klose saves Germany some embarrassment with 3 goals in a 3-3 draw away. England eking out a big result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Iceland awarded a PK as McManus is sent off for a red card foul on the play (deliberate handball). Iceland 1-2 Scotland FT now. Holland hold on to win in Macedonia 1-2. Thierry Henry just scored for France. Whatever happens, i hope they don't win both games against Serbia and Romania and the FFF is forced to fire Domenech....and Anelka makes it 2-0. A draw in Romania will usher in Deschamps, a win and France is well on their way - it's a win-win situation . Ohhhhh, Kovac sent off for Croatia and now England are up 2-0 on Walcott's second. Rooney just made it 3-0. Bosnia destroys Estonia 7-0!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 Switzerland 1 - 2 Luxembourg, injury time. Would be the biggest upset so far with Switzerland loosing at home to Luxembourg. That kind of results (and Scotland winning 2-1 in Iceland) make me realized how some V's are a bit delusional when we are playing weak or average european opposition away. Thinking we should always win 2 or 3-0 in Luxembourg or Iceland isn't really doable for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Isn't this Luxembourg's first win EVER against a non-minnow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstackho Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Joe Cole doing the "getting nailed in the head, standing right up, walking a couple of steps with stunned look, and then collapsing to the floor" routine reminds me of someone. PLEASE post a Youtube video. I need to watch this again and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 ^ The Croatian coach and players were talking about 3 in a row (no team had defeated England in major competitions 3 times in a row). Not a good thing. I forgot to post that surprising Luxembourg result. All 14 citizens must be celebrating wildly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wow! Lots of surprises today. I thought Portugal dodged a bullet when Deco scored the penalty in the 86th minute to go 2-1 up. But once again, they blow a lead in spectacular fashion. When was the last time we had such a clear-cut #1 country in the world? Maybe France about 8 years ago, but that might be pushing it. Right now it's Spain and then everybody else in a pack starting about 35 miles behind. [8)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
closetboostie Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I watched that Portugal game online and what an unbelievable last ten minutes. I was updating a Danish friend and I couldn't text quick enough. Couple of beautiful goals from Denmark. Huge away win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-A Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Daniel Isn't this Luxembourg's first win EVER against a non-minnow? I am really bored today I just looked up some of Luxembourg's wins. He goes Luxembourg 5:4 (2:3) France 08/02/1914 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 2:1 (1:1) Germany 26/03/1939 Differdange Friendly Netherlands 4:5(2:3) Luxembourg 31/03/1940 Rotterdam Friendly Luxembourg 4:1 (2:0) Belgium 13/05/1945 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 3:2 (1:0) Norway 28/07/1946 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 6:0 (3:0) Afghanistan 26/07/1948 Brighton Olympic Football Tournament Final Luxembourg 3:0 (2:0) Finland 04/11/1951 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 5:3 (0:1) Great Britain 16/07/1952 Lahti Olympic Football Tournament Final Luxembourg 4:2 (1:0) Portugal 08/10/1961 Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier Netherlands 1:2 (1:1) Luxembourg 30/10/1963 Rotterdam Continental Qualifier Luxembourg 2:1 (0:1) Mexico 10/04/1969 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 2:0 (2:0) Turkey 22/10/1972 Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier Luxembourg 2:1 (1:1) Norway 03/11/1973 Luxembourg Friendly Luxembourg 1:0 Thailand 01/05/1980 Medan Friendly Luxembourg 3:2 Korea Republic 09/05/1980 Medan Friendly Luxembourg 1:0 (0:0) Czech Republic 07/06/1995 Luxembourg Continental Qualifier Luxembourg 2:1 (0:1) Gambia 07/02/2007 Hesperange Friendly Belarus 0:1 (0:0) Luxembourg 13/10/2007 Gomel Continental Qualifier Switzerland 1:2 (1:1) Luxembourg 10/09/2008 Zürich World Cup Qualifier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 bosnia 7-belarus-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 quote:Originally posted by snake bosnia 7-belarus-0 I think Belarus won in Andorra 1-3, what are you citing here? Bosnia is in another group. Of Luxembourg's few wins this was only the third to come in an official WCQ match, as indicated. Hitzfield came out saying how embarrassed he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 It's Bosnia 7 Estonia 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 If you had put 1 dollar on Luxembourg, you would have won 66 or something ridiculous like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Blackdude If you had put 1 dollar on Luxembourg, you would have won 66 or something ridiculous like that. True. It has to be one of the biggest upsets ever. Their last win in Belarus was in a match that meant nothing to both teams, so the odds would not have been anywhere near 65/1. To put in perspective, the odds for Bolivia to draw Brasil was only 7/1 (and that's probably the second-biggest surprise of the day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 FIFA has eliminated Etiopia from South Africa 2010. Etiopia was sitting in a comfortable 3rd place in their group. All their games will be removed. Etiopia failed to install FIFA recognized leaders in their Federation after promising to clean their act back in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by The Ref FIFA has eliminated Etiopia from South Africa 2010. Etiopia was sitting in a comfortable 3rd place in their group. All their games will be removed. Etiopia failed to install FIFA recognized leaders in their Federation after promising to clean their act back in February. The didn't install a FIFA recognized leader like Jack Warner? Surely they could have found a criminal in Ethiopia who would have voted for Blatter and installed him to end this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItaloCanadian Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 A not so special start for the Azzurri... they barely managed to snag 6 points but hey, they scored when it counted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by amacpher When was the last time we had such a clear-cut #1 country in the world? Maybe France about 8 years ago, but that might be pushing it. Right now it's Spain and then everybody else in a pack starting about 35 miles behind. [8)] Euh??? You are really getting excited with a 1-0 home win over Bosnia and a 4-0 over Armenia? Spain has a quality squad but I'm not sure they are that far ahead of everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by loyola Euh??? You are really getting excited with a 1-0 home win over Bosnia and a 4-0 over Armenia? Spain has a quality squad but I'm not sure they are that far ahead of everybody else. I wasn't looking at Spain's 2 recent matches so much. More at their convincing Euro triumph combined with the complete inabilty of ANY other "power" nation to show some kind of consistency. Brasil, Argentina, Italy, France, England, Portugal, Germany: they all look very mediocre at the moment. Actually I don't know why I said "France 8 years ago" in my last post. They were very good, but there were other very good teams at that time too. Right now there's just Spain. Can anybody even name the center-backs and goalkeepers of the other 3 Euro 2008 semifinalists? I sure can't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Great day ahead in Europe: Germany v Russia Romania v France Bulgaria v Italy Sweden v Portugal Sounds more like a weekend at the Euro finals than a WC qualifying round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Here you go with another big surprise: Faroe Islands 1 - 1 Austria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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