Football Internationals - 5th September

Eire-Dearg

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/matches/index.html

FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
Armenia v Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gp 5, 16:00
Austria v Faroe Islands, Gp 7, 19:30
Azerbaijan v Finland, Gp 4, 16:00
Bulgaria v Montenegro, Gp 8, 18:30
Croatia v Belarus, Gp 6, 19:30
Cyprus v Rep of Ireland, Gp 8, 19:30
Denmark v Portugal, Gp 1, 19:00
France v Romania, Gp 7, 20:00
Georgia v Italy, Gp 8, 19:00
Hungary v Sweden, Gp 1, 19:00
Iceland v Norway, Gp 9, 19:45
Israel v Latvia, Gp 2, 19:00
Moldova v Luxembourg, Gp 2, 17:00
Poland v Northern Ireland, Gp 3, 19:30
Russia v Liechtenstein, Gp 4, 16:00
Slovakia v Czech Republic, Gp 3, 19:30
Spain v Belgium, Gp 5, 21:00
Switzerland v Greece, Gp 2, 19:30
Turkey v Estonia, Gp 5, 19:00
UEFA Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Albania U21 v Azerbaijan U21, Gp 1, 15:30
Austria U21 v Scotland U21, Gp 1, 17:00
Latvia U21 v Russia U21, Gp 1, 16:30
Norway U21 v Croatia U21, Gp 7, 17:30
Serbia U21 v Slovakia U21, Gp 7, 15:30
International Match
England v Slovenia, 17:30
Germany v South Africa, 19:45

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im watching the scotland match atm

scott brown doing some unsporting behaviour

SantryRed

Shocking game of ball. Brown's a hero.

KevIRL

Headshot wrote: »

im watching the scotland match atm

scott brown doing some unsporting behaviour

lol at the commentator though...."perhaps unsporting"


PERHAPS!!!!!

Nalz

Big Mac is very agitated on Sky sports news anyway

SantryRed wrote: »

Shocking game of ball. Brown's a hero.

ha, you just reminded me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPM_8JCyY-4

Necronomicon

Second half has been pretty open, both sides have missed great chances.

Edit: 1-0 Scotland!

Headshot

Necronomicon wrote: »

Second half has been pretty open, both sides have missed great chances.

Edit: 1-0 Scotland!

goal for scotland

(nice ninja edit )

SantryRed

Scotland are so sh1t.

Tom10

Scotland are pretty poor - midfield doesn't retain possession and nothing happens between the front 3.

Headshot

holland are going to destroy this Scotland side

445279.ie

Great goal by McFadden

2-0 Scotland

SantryRed

Tom10 wrote: »

Scotland are pretty poor - midfield doesn't retain possession and nothing happens between the front 3.

Sure you don't mean Ireland?

Tom10

SantryRed wrote: »

Sure you don't mean Ireland?

Well some of it does apply to ireland alright but I'll reserve judgement on tonights game until i actually watch the game :P

Eirebear

Belter of a goal by mcFadden, sets things up nicely for some "glorious failure" against Holland.

Whatever Burley said at half time has obviously had the desired effect...why the hell didnt he say it too them months ago! :pac:

Necronomicon

If they lose against Holland can they still finish 2nd if other results go their way?

Eirebear

Necronomicon wrote: »

If they lose against Holland can they still finish 2nd if other results go their way?

2nd place is a posibility, but even if they beat Holland and finish 2nd there is a good chance they will be the 9th placed runners up and miss out on the play offs, i dont think its possible without a win on wednesday

mike65

George Burley survives for another few days....

Tom10

mike65 wrote: »

George Burley survives for another few days....

I think he's getting far too much crap considering the injuries and the fact its scotland, not like he should be beating all around him.

Plus i watched that game against norway and they were good until caldwell got sent off. He did make a mistake by not taking off alexander that game though when they went the man down

Raskolnikov

England - Slovenia kicking off soon. Almost full strength English team. Should be good for a few goals.

The Rooster

Eirebear wrote: »

2nd place is a posibility, but even if they beat Holland and finish 2nd there is a good chance they will be the 9th placed runners up and miss out on the play offs, i dont think its possible without a win on wednesday

If Norway beat Iceland tonight, then Scotland will be guaranteed NOT to come second if they lose to Holland.

If Norway only draw with Iceland, then the Scots could lose to the Dutch and still come second if Norway and Macedonia draw. In that event though, the Scots would be probably be favourites to be the worst 2nd place team and not qualify, so every point they can get could be vital. And of course with the Dutchies already qualified they may experiment a little.

Latest table for the current 2nd place teams.

Russia 5- 12
France 5- 10
Scotland 7- 10
Bosnia 5- 9
Croatia 5- 8
Hungary 4- 7
Switzerland 4- 7
N. Ireland 5- 7
Ireland 5- 7

The Volt

Damn it, c'mon Finland. Need them for my accumulator

blinding

Tom10 wrote: »

I think he's getting far too much crap considering the injuries and the fact its scotland, not like he should be beating all around him.

Plus i watched that game against norway and they were good until caldwell got sent off. He did make a mistake by not taking off alexander that game though when they went the man down

I am inclined to agree with you there and I believe that an international manager that has not previously been an international manager deserves two campaigns unless he has been a complete disaster.

The Volt

Voltwad wrote: »

Damn it, c'mon Finland. Need them for my accumulator

YES

A Dub in Glasgo

What a dive from Rooney to win a penalty

Headshot

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

What a dive from Rooney to win a penalty

dont start that ****e now

it was the refs fault

Tom10

Headshot wrote: »

dont start that ****e now

it was the refs fault

Hey it was a dive. No sh1te need be started. Think we can all agree defender did feck all there. Rooney had his shirt held too

A Dub in Glasgo

Rooney pulled the shirt of the other guy then goes down - he dived. Agree with you that it was a dreadful decision by the ref

Tyranax

It wasn't a dive, he wasn't looking to go down. He fell down all right. And may have had a kick at the defender. But it wasn't a dive, let's not be silly.

MagicMarker

I see the children are out to play here as well as the 'England Matches' thread.

HalloweenJack

Scotland did really well earlier on and deserved to win. I thought McFadden's goal was a cracker, tbh. Brown's header was class too.

Headshot

Denmark v Portugal match is live on ESPN later

Tyranax

Big game that. Portugal really need a win. All eyes on Ronaldo I would think.

MagicMarker

Great goal from Defoe.

I'll be amazed if he isn't starting on Wednesday.

Raskolnikov

Montenegro 1-0 against Bulgaria.

Surprised no one has mentioned it.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

If, and a big IF Montenegro win I feel we'll definitely finish second. Need to ensure we won't be the worst runners up though.

Headshot

Headshot wrote: »

Denmark v Portugal match is live on ESPN later

what a match so far

Denmark 1 up

therecklessone

Headshot wrote: »

what a match so far

Denmark 1 up

If it stays that way it will be ROFTtastic.

Paul Tergat

Northern Ireland 1 up IN Poland

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Denmark 1-1 Portugal

with 4 mins plus extra time to play

edit

game over

ends

Denmark 1-1 Portugal

dogpile

Isreal beaten at home by Latvia, what's happened them? looked like they had turned the corner not so long ago

MagicMarker

Headshot wrote: »

Denmark 1-1 Portugal

with 4 mins plus extra time to play

edit

game over

ends

Denmark 1-1 Portugal

That doesn't bode well for Portugal does it?

It would be kind of funny if Ronaldo doesn't even get to the WC.

Paul Tergat

Poland equalised :mad:, apparently NI played pretty well and were the better team. impressive when they're away to a tough team

Headshot

MagicMarker wrote: »

That doesn't bode well for Portugal does it?

It would be kind of funny if Ronaldo doesn't even get to the WC.

their lucky Hungary lost to sweden or I'd think they'll be gone

JerryHandbag

Great to see N.Ireland still in with a great shout to qualify. Portugal on the other hand...:eek:

Just seen Kaladze's 2 O.Gs, quality strikes!!

The Rooster

Norn Iron had a couple of great chances to go 2-0 up in the 2nd half, but the Poles nearly won it in the end.

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anybody watching the Uruguay match,is picture very dark ?

The Rooster

Latest playoff table

Russia 5- 12
Croatia 6- 11
France 6- 11
Greece 6- 10
Ireland 6- 10
Scotland 7- 10
Bosnia 5- 9
N. Ireland 6- 8
Hungary 5- 7

IRISHSPORTSGUY

The second place in Scotland's group are a dead cert to miss out, especially with Holland coming up for the Scots on Wedesday!

eirebhoy

If Scotland win against Holland, which they can, they should be safe in the playoffs. Northern Ireland's group likely to miss out if Scotland and ourselves get a win.

Headshot

eirebhoy wrote: »

If Scotland win against Holland, which they can, they should be safe in the playoffs. Northern Ireland's group likely to miss out if Scotland and ourselves get a win.

McFadden is suspended and brown is a big doubt

eirebhoy

I just think in these all or nothing games the British teams can win on pure adrenaline, emotion, etc. If there's something to play for in the last 20 minutes I'd fancy them.

I see Danny Fox has declared for Scotland. He's gonna be a quality left back by the looks of him so far at Celtic.