World Cup 2014 Qualification

Vincent Vega

The commentary on youtube for the Portugal v Sweden game has been something else.

Nuri Sahin

Yarmolenko scores from the penalty spot, 2-0 to Ukraine

Moneymaker

France are 2 nil down?

Renn

Vincent Vega wrote: »

The commentary on youtube for the Portugal v Sweden game has been something else.

Ha yeah. Something tells me he's a fan of Portugal. I have it on another tab and during the first half he was screaming "Pepe" etc, I'd flick over and it'd just be some standard tackle in the centre of the pitch.

Rayne Wooney

That's Cristiano's 63rd goal in 2013, some man

Can't see Sweden beating Portugal now, were bad tonight

Nuri Sahin

Koscielny has lost the plot, now sent off.

roanoke

Renn wrote: »

Ha yeah. Something tells me he's a fan of Portugal. I have it on another tab and during the first half he was screaming "Pepe" etc, I'd flick over and it'd just be some standard tackle in the centre of the pitch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYUa7DpPses&t=1m18s

BetterCallSaul

Moneymaker wrote: »

France are 2 nil down?

Not sure if that's funny as a Newcastle fan Moneymaker! :pac: We would want our players having the extra motivation of a world cup squad place to play for this season!

Nuri Sahin

Well done Ukraine. They'll tear France on the counter in the 2nd leg hopefully.

greendom

2 - 0 will be very tough for France - Ukraine are very well set up defensively although I think they will be missing a few in the 2nd leg. Koscielny won't feature after getting sent off for retaliation. He lost it after the sending off too and could face further sanction. Probably pissed for giving away the penalty.

Moneymaker

BetterCallSaul wrote: »

Not sure if that's funny as a Newcastle fan Moneymaker! :pac: We would want our players having the extra motivation of a world cup squad place to play for this season!

Meh, love to see them sent packing tbh. Karma is a wonderful thing.

And if they had a WC to get ready for, they'd spend the last 2 months ducking out of tackles incase they get injured or something.

steirishrover

Great win for Greece... How Mitroglu hasn't been snapped by a big European club is beyond me... Very highly rated can see him go on to bigger things..

Also a great result this is for Ireland's seeding for euro play off draw.. If I'm not mistaken I think Romania needed to win both legs to finish above us on the seeding..

P.S... Au Reviour Francais ;-)

Mr.Nice Guy

I'm shocked by the France result. They are in big trouble now. Have mixed feelings on it as I think the WC would be a poorer competition without the likes of Ribery on show.

Augmerson

Iceland with 10 men held Croatia to a draw?? Fair ****ing play!! They could draw 1-1 now back in Croatia and still go through, I would love it.

ArmaniJeanss

Tuesday potentially the last competitive game France play until June 2016, bleak prospect for them. :pac:

8-10

steirishrover wrote: »

Great win for Greece... How Mitroglu hasn't been snapped by a big European club is beyond me... Very highly rated can see him go on to bigger things..

Is it just me or does that sound more a Romanian name than Greek? Liverpool were interested at one stage I think

citytillidie

This weeks Plays off updated for friday night

13th November
Mexico 5 V 1 New Zealand
Jordan 0 V 5 Uruguay

15th Novermber
Greece 3 V 1 Romania
Portugal 1 V 0 Sweden
Ukraine 2 V 0 France
Iceland 0 V 0 Croatia

16th November
Nigeria 2 V 0 Ethiopia (Agg 4-1) On BT Sport 2 @ 3pm Nigeria in the World Cup
Senegal 1 V 1 Ivory Coast (Agg 2-4) On BT Sport 2 @ 7pm Ivoery Coast in the World Cup

17th November
Cameroon 4 V 1 Tunisia (Agg 4-1) On BT Sport 1 @ 2pm Cameroon in the World Cup

19th November
Egypt V Ghana (Agg 1-6) On BT Sport @ 4pm
Algeria V Burkina Faso (Agg 2-3) On BT Sport @ 6:15pm
Croatia V Iceland (Agg 0-0)
Sweden V Portugal (Agg 0-1) On Sky Sports 1 @ 7:45pm
France V Ukraine (Agg 0-2)
Romania V Greece (Agg 1-3)

20th November
New Zealand V Mexico (Agg 1-5) On Setanta / Premier sports @ 6am
Uruguay V Jordan Agg (5-0) On LFC TV @ 11pm

roanoke

Moneymaker wrote: »

Meh, love to see them sent packing tbh. Karma is a wonderful thing.

TBH I'm long over the whole handball incident.

However if that story is true about Lloris whining about France losing play-off seeding this time around because they were a in five team group, then I'd have to say I've little sympathy for their current predicament.

Lawrence1895

Weren't the French moaning about the seedings a few weeks back?

Anyway, that's some uphill battle now for them, but I have the strange feeling, they will turn the match around on Tuesday

GTR63

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'm shocked by the France result. They are in big trouble now. Have mixed feelings on it as I think the WC would be a poorer competition without the likes of Ribery on show.

I amn`t really they haven`t been in great form for a while(since Zidane retired tbh). Failed to get out of the group in 2008 & 2010 then scrapped through to the quarters and got comfortably beaten by Spain in 2012. Pity Ribery & Pogba won`t be there, not a lot else who i`d feel sorry for there off the top of my head

greendom

GTR63 wrote: »

I amn`t really they haven`t been in great form for a while(since Zidane retired tbh). Failed to get out of the group in 2008 & 2010 then scrapped through to the quarters and got comfortably beaten by Spain in 2012. Pity Ribery & Pogba won`t be there, not a lot else who i`d feel sorry for there off the top of my head

Might not be a bad thing. Plenty of talent coming through and it will be an opportunity to get a team together based on youth. France didn't qualify for the WC in '94 and 2 years later they made the semis at the Euros and then in 98 won the World Cup.

roanoke

8-10 wrote: »

Is it just me or does that sound more a Romanian name than Greek? Liverpool were interested at one stage I think

Nope, sounds more like a Turkish name to me? For example Emre Belozoglu or Tugay Kerimoglu.

Gbear

GTR63 wrote: »

I amn`t really they haven`t been in great form for a while(since Zidane retired tbh). Failed to get out of the group in 2008 & 2010 then scrapped through to the quarters and got comfortably beaten by Spain in 2012. Pity Ribery & Pogba won`t be there, not a lot else who i`d feel sorry for there off the top of my head

To be fair, they've been utter ****e since they won the Euros in 2000.

They had a brief flash in the pan when Zidane dragged their arses through to the final but that was out of nowhere really.


They must be one of the worst teams per capita and the most underachieving national sides over the past 10 years.

Amirani

Gbear wrote: »

They must be one of the worst teams per capita and the most underachieving national sides over the past 10 years.

England? :pac:

Gbear

NiallSparky wrote: »

England? :pac:

I covered my arse with "one of the".:pac:

WallyGUFC

Delighted for France tbh, after 2009 and their moaning about this year's seeding. Also happy for Iceland, big chance going into 2nd leg. Portugal - Sweden is delicately poised, should be a great second leg. And as was said, Mitroglu is somebody who should be at a higher level than Olympiacos. Tuesday will be very interesting, potentially some excellent games in there!

ebbsy

Will the 4 away teams on Tuesday be brave enough to go for the goal that could well put them through ?

greendom

Gbear wrote: »

To be fair, they've been utter ****e since they won the Euros in 2000.

They had a brief flash in the pan when Zidane dragged their arses through to the final but that was out of nowhere really.


They must be one of the worst teams per capita and the most underachieving national sides over the past 10 years.

Along with England ? At least France managed a World Cup final in that period

Brussels Sprout

Gbear wrote: »

They must be one of the worst teams per capita and the most underachieving national sides over the past 10 years.

Amazing that China qualified for the WC in 2002 and not only have they not managed to qualify since then (after all Korea and Japan weren't in the '02 qualifiers) but have failed to make the final round of Asian qualifiers in the 3 qualifying campaigns since.

TaosHum

No way I'd rule France out yet. As we seen 4 years ago, poor referring decision tend to favour the big teams in these matches.

ebbsy

TaosHum wrote: »

No way I'd rule France out yet. As we seen 4 years ago, poor referring decision tend to favour the big teams in these matches.

And d'ont forget their "penalty" in the playoff 2 years ago.

Ukraine should go for the goal that would settle it.

LuckyLloyd

mike65 wrote: »

Iceland v Croatia live stream

Enjoyed that. Fair play to Iceland, real gritty performance and the crowd were fantastic. Great support when Croatia had the ball and a huge cheer at the end. They probably get savaged in Croatia but you never know...

Headshot

African football must be a dreadful standard since Ethiopia got this far. They are woeful

Charisteas

steirishrover wrote: »

Great win for Greece... How Mitroglu hasn't been snapped by a big European club is beyond me... Very highly rated can see him go on to bigger things..

He already plays for a big European club!

Lawrence1895

Charisteas wrote: »

He already plays for a big European club!

I think, he grew up in Germany and played for Monchengladbach

roanoke

1-0 at 75 for Senegal. This tie has suddenly become interesting if anyone feels like tuning in.

Jelle1880

Been a decent enough game, Senegal do deserve to win this.

7 minutes to snatch the goal that sends them to Brazil.

Headshot

Drogba up this old tricks, what a load of crap.

Skylinehead

Gbear wrote: »

They had a brief flash in the pan when Zidane dragged their arses through to the final but that was out of nowhere really.

That didn't happen. Zidane was only truly great in the quarterfinal against Brazil.

GTR63

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Been a decent enough game, Senegal do deserve to win this.

7 minutes to snatch the goal that sends them to Brazil.

Pity they didn`t, missed a sitter just before Ivory Coast got a hugely undeserved equalizer. Doubt i`d have them as even dark horses come next June, they only tried to coast through tonights game

LuckyLloyd

Jaysus lads, how could you have been cheering against Drogba? One of the greatest strikers of all time. Will be great to see him finish off at the World Cup.

HalloweenJack

TaosHum wrote: »

No way I'd rule France out yet. As we seen 4 years ago, poor referring decision tend to favour the big teams in these matches.

I remember in that same game, they had a goal disallowed and Given could have been sent off for pulling down Anelka in a one-on-one and they would've had a peno.

SantryRed

Croatia vs. Iceland is about to kick off. Live here on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EmCgcOIncM

major bill

Iceland won't be no pushovers here...started off well so far

Com'on!!

roanoke

Agreed. Don't want to tempt fate here but Iceland look quite comfortable in this game. They're on the backfoot but they definitely have a counter-attack goal in them by the look of it.

roanoke

33 : Croatia 1-0

Corvo

Some reception for Portugal.

Hope they wipe the floor with the Swedes now.

SantryRed

Mandzukic sent off for Croatia

Iceland may have a chance. Horrendous and clumsy chalenge.

GavRedKing

Greece still beating Romania ya??

deafroadrunner

GavRedKing wrote: »

Greece still beating Romania ya??

Ya half time now