World Cup 2014 Qualification

roanoke

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

The impact of having to play in Mile High City cannot be underestimated. It's a big advantage for the likes of the Denver Nuggets in the NBA, although they are very good home and on the road this season, teams travelling there have struggled even when the Nuggets weren't all that great back in the day.

Whilst the climate there undoubtedly has an effect on both players and the ball, one has to factor in though that the "home" team in this instance are not really a home team either. They're also a collection far-flung players assembling outside Denver for the game, rather than being individuals who live their or play there frequently.

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Also (and something unrelated to your point) at a glance one could imagine these wintery conditions favouring the US team but, when I checked, it turned out that 9 of the Costa Rica XI play in Europe (and 3 of that actually play in Norway.). I imagine they've nearly all experienced inclement playing conditions in their time too.

Professional Griefer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luz_aYWe-us

Hammer Archer

^
How on earth was that not a penalty? :eek:
New Zealand now play the winner of the Asian playoff to go to Brazil.

roanoke

Hammer Archer wrote: »

New Zealand now play the winner of the Asian playoff to go to Brazil.

NZ willl play the CONCACAF 4th place team, which I suspect could probably be a tougher tie for NZ than playing an AFC counterpart.

AFC 5th place has to play CONMEBOL 5th (which is only ever going to go one way imho).

citytillidie

CAF Games
Group A
South Africa 2 V 0 Central African Republic
Ethiopia 1 V 0 Botswana

All played 3
Ethiopia gd3 pts7
South Africa gd2 pts5
Central African Republic gd-2 pts3
Botswana gd-3 pts1

Group B
Tunisia 2 V 1 Sierra Leone
Equatorial Guinea 4 V 3 Cape Verde

All played 3
Tunisia gd4 pts9
Sierra Leone gd0 pts4
Equatorial Guinea gd-1 pts4
Cape Verde gd-3 pts0

Group C
Ivory Coast 3 V 0 Gambia
Tanzania 3 V 1 Morocco

All played 3
Ivory Coast gd5 pts7
Tanzania gd1 pts6
Morocco gd-2 pts2
Gambia gd-4 pts1


Group D
Lesotho 1 V 1 Zambia
Ghana 4 V 0 Sudan

All played 3
Zambia gd4 pts7
Ghana gd10 pts6
Lesotho gd-7 pts2
Sudan gd-7 pts1

Group E
Burkina Faso 4 V 0 Niger
Congo 1 V 0 Gabon

All played 3
Congo gd5 pts9
Burkina Faso gd0 pts3
Niger gd-2 pts3
Gabon gd-3 pts3

Group F
Nigeria 1 V 1 Kenya
Namibia 0 V 1 Malawi

All played 3
Nigeria gd1 pts5
Malawi gd1 pts5
Namibia gd-1 pts3
Kenya gd-1 pts2

Group G
Mozambique 0 V 0 Guinea

Egypt p2 gd3 pts6
Guinea p3 gd0 pts4
Zimbabwe p2 gd-1 pts1
Mozambique p3 gd-2 pts2


Group H
Rwanda 1 V 2 Mali

Mali p3 gd1 pts6
Benin p2 gd1 pts4
Algeria p2 gd3 pts3
Rwanda p3 gd-5 pts1


Group I
Cameroon 2 V 1 Togo
Congo DR 0 V 0 Libya

All played 3
Cameroon gd1 pts6
Libya gd1 pts5
Congo DR gd1 pts4
Togo gd-3 pts1

Group J
Senegal 1 V 1 Angola
Liberia 2 V 0 Uganda

All played 3
Senegal gd2 pts5
Liberia gd0 pts4
Angola gd0 pts3
Uganda gd-2 pts2

CONCACAF Games
Honduras 2 V 2 Mexico
Jamaica 1 V 1 Panama
USA 1 V 0 Costa Rica


Honduras p2 gd2 pts4
USA p2 gd0 pts3
Panama p2 gd0 pts2
Mexico p2 gd0 pts2
Jamaica p2 gd0 pts2
Costa Rica p2 gd-1 pts1


CONMEBOL Games
Colombia 5 V 0 Bolivia
Uruguay 1 V 1 Paraguay
Argentina 3 V 0 Venezuela
Peru 1 V 0 Chile

Argentina p10 gd16 pts23
Colombia p9 gd13 pts19
Ecuador p9 gd3 pts17
Uruguay p10 gd-2 pts13
Venezuela p10 gd-4 pts12
Chile p10 gd-5 pts12
Peru p10 gd-4 pts11
Bolivia p10 gd-7 pts8
Paraguay p10 gd-10 pts8


OFC Games
New Zealand 2 V 1 New Caledonia
Tahiti 2 V 0 Solomon Islands

New Zealand p5 gd13 pts15
New Caledonia p5 gd10 pts9
Tahiti p5 gd-9 pts3
Solomon Islands p5 gd-14 pts3

New Zealand will play in the Intercontinental play off V 4th place team in North America


UEFA Games
Group A
Croatia 2 V 0 Serbia
Macedonia 0 V 2 Belgium
Scotland 1 V 2 Wales

All played 5
Belgium gd9 pts13
Croatia gd6 pts13
Wales gd-7 pts6
Serbia gd-1 pts4
Macedonia gd-2 pts4
Scotland gd-4 pts2


Group B
Bulgaria 6 V 0 Malta
Czech Republic 0 V 3 Denmark

Italy p4 gd6 pts10
Bulgaria p5 gd7 pts9
Denmark p4 gd1 pts5
Czech Republic p4 gd-1 pts5
Armenia p3 gd-2 pts3
Malta p4 gd-11 pts0


Group C
Austria 6 V 0 Faroe Islands
Sweden 0 V 0 Republic of Ireland
Kazakhstan 0 V 3 Germany

Germany p5 gd12 pts13
Sweden p4 gd3 pts8
Austria p4 gd9 pts7
Republic of Ireland p4 gd-1 pts7
Kazakhstan p5 gd-13 pts1
Faroe Islands p4 gd-13 pts0


Group D
Andorra 0 V 2 Turkey
Hungary 2 V 2 Romania
Holland 3 V 0 Estonia

All played 5
Holland gd14 pts15
Hungary gd5 pts10
Romania gd4 pts10
Turkey gd0 pts6
Estonia gd-8 pts3
Andorra gd-15 pts0


Group E
Norway 0 V 1 Albania
Slovenia 1 V 2 Iceland
Cyprus 0 V 0 Switzerland

All played 5
Switzerland gd6 pts11
Albania gd1 pts9
Iceland gd1 pts9
Norway gd0 pts7
Cyprus gd-4 pts4
Slovenia gd-4 pts3


Group F
Israel 3 V 3 Portugal
Luxembourg 0 V 0 Azerbaijan
Northern Ireland P V P Russia

Russia p4 gd8 pts12
Israel p5 gd5 pts8
Portugal p5 gd3 pts8
Northern Ireland p4 gd-2 pts3
Azerbaijan p5 gd-4 pts3
Luxembourg p5 gd-10 pts2


Group G
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 V 1 Greece
Slovakia 1 V 1 Lithuania
Liechtenstein 1 V 1 Latvia

All played 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina gd15 pts13
Greece gd2 pts10
Slovakia gd2 pts8
Lithuania gd5-3 pts5
Latvia gd-3 pts4
Liechtenstein gd-13 pts1


Group H
San Marino 0 V 8 England
Poland 1 V 3 Ukraine
Moldova 0 V 1 Montenegro

Montenegro p5 gd11 pts13
England p5 gd18 pts11
Ukraine p4 gd1 pts5
Poland p4 gd0 pts5
Moldova p5 gd-6 pts4
San Marino p5 gd-24 pts0


Group I
France 3 V 1 Georgia
Spain 1 V 1 Finland

France p4 gd5 pts10
Spain p4 gd5 pts8
Georgia p5 gd-4 pts4
Belarus p4 gd-5 pts3
Finland p3 gd-1 pts2

citytillidie

Next Round of games

Oceania
Solomon Islands V New Zealand
New Caledonia V Tahiti

Asia
Jordan V Japan
Uzbekistan V Lebanon
Australia V Oman
Korea Republic V Qatar

Africa
Egypt V Zimbabwe
Algeria V Benin

Europe
Estonia V Andorra
Wales V Croatia
Republic of Ireland V Austria
Northern Ireland V Israel
Armenia V Czech Republic
Denmark V Bulgaria
Serbia V Scotland
Turkey V Hungary
Netherlands V Romania
Belgium V FYR Macedonia
Malta V Italy
Germany V Kazakhstan
Poland V San Marino
Azerbaijan V Portugal
Montenegro V England
Ukraine V Moldova
France V Spain

South America
Ecuador V Paraguay
Bolivia V Argentina
Venezuela V Colombia
Chile V Uruguay

North America
Costa Rica V Jamaica
Mexico V USA
Panama V Honduras

Charisteas

Argentina and Japan will guarantee qualification tomorrow with a win, (or if other results go there way). That's handy for Japan with the Confederations Cup to play in June.

citytillidie

updates

Oceania
Solomon Islands 0 V 2 New Zealand
New Caledonia 1 V 0 Tahiti

All Over
New Zealand gd15 pts18
New Caledonia gd11 pts12
Tahiti gd-10 pts3
Solomon Islands gd-16 pts3

New Zealand will play in the Intercontinental play off V 4th place team in North America

Is there going to be a shock in Australia who are getting beat 0-1 at home to Oman at HT

gustafo

Australia 2-2 Oman

Good game oman unlucky not to win.

Hammer Archer

Jordan leading Japan 1-0 at half time.
Japan need to at least draw to be the first qualifier for Brazil 2014 (other than Brazil of course).

Charisteas

2-0 to Jordan now......

Professional Griefer

2-1 now, Kagawa scored.

And Japan missed a peno.

Oat23

Big win for Korea earlier at home against Qatar. Looked like it was heading for a 1-1 draw before Heung-min Son scored in the 96th minute! Puts them in position to all but confirm their place at WC2014 with a win over Lebanon in June.

The game against Iran two weeks after that will be huge if Iran beat Qatar and SK fail to beat Lebanon in the next games.

FT in the Jordan-Japan game (2-1)

Nuri Sahin

Lot of time for Endo but playing J2 players is stupid.

Anyway, AFAIK Youtube streams aren't illegal. Portugal game is on if anyone is bored/interested - http://www.youtube.com/user/Videosport/featured?v=K0ZD7XMFFpg

Ronaldo suspended.

Starting XI:
Rui Patrício
Pepe
Bruno Alves
Fábio Coentrão
João Pereira
Raul Meireles
Danny
Miguel Veloso
João Moutinho
Vieirinha
Hélder Postiga

Charisteas

Servia vs Scotland is undergoing a pitch inspection at the moment due to heavy snow.

What's the story weather wise on Northern Ireland v Israel? Was gutted Israel couldn't hold on to beat Portugal last week.

Oat23

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Lot of time for Endo but playing J2 players is stupid.

People were mentioning the J2 thing on twitter earlier but it's not a big deal. There were only 3 home based players in the XI, Maeda from Jubilo (J1) and Konno & Endo from Gamba (J2). Konno has been a regular for years and remained so when he was relegated with Tokyo. Endo is Endo.

Should have enough quality in that starting XI to beat Jordan, even without Honda & Nagatomo.

Stevecw

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Lot of time for Endo but playing J2 players is stupid.

Anyway, AFAIK Youtube streams aren't illegal. Portugal game is on if anyone is bored/interested - http://www.youtube.com/user/Videosport/featured?v=K0ZD7XMFFpg

Ronaldo suspended.

Starting XI:
Rui Patrício
Pepe
Bruno Alves
Fábio Coentrão
João Pereira
Raul Meireles
Danny
Miguel Veloso
João Moutinho
Vieirinha
Hélder Postiga

Watching this and Portugal are really struggling here, 0-0 after 52 mins.

Professional Griefer

Youtube streams are legal, cause of ads and whatnot.

That is stupidly soft.

Boots234

Portugal have had a lot of chances but are starting to get frustrated now

EdenHazard

Portugal really seem to limp through groups. They constantly have very strange results/performances.

Boots234

goal for Portugal, could end up with 2 or 3 now

Rekop dog

Charisteas wrote: »

Servia vs Scotland is undergoing a pitch inspection at the moment due to heavy snow.

What's the story weather wise on Northern Ireland v Israel? Was gutted Israel couldn't hold on to beat Portugal last week.

Should be fine I'd imagine, was up in Belfast last few days, had mainly thawed by yesterday unless they had another downpouring today.

Andersonisgod

Anyone know if France vs Spain is being broadcast on any television station available in Ireland tonight?

Stevecw

Boots234 wrote: »

goal for Portugal, could end up with 2 or 3 now

2-0 now. Portugal minus Ronaldo will be happy with that. Lucky to escape with a win after playing as bad as they did for most of that game.

danthefan

Anyone know if the France v Spain game is on TV this evening at all?

Lovely Bloke

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Anyone know if France vs Spain is being broadcast on any television station available in Ireland tonight?

danthefan wrote: »

Anyone know if the France v Spain game is on TV this evening at all?

Guardian Live Stream

I don't know if it's geolocked

Actually -

Please note, this stream is only available to viewers in the UK and Ireland

danthefan

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Guardian Live Stream

I don't know if it's geolocked

Actually -

Thanks a lot. Should be ok, says the following:

Please note, this stream is only available to viewers in the UK and Ireland

Nuri Sahin

Stevecw wrote: »

2-0 now. Portugal minus Ronaldo will be happy with that. Lucky to escape with a win after playing as bad as they did for most of that game.

Azerbaijan is a tough place to go to and get a win to be fair. Portugal created a lot of chances but as per usual with them, wasted the majority. Azerbaijan keeper played a blinder too going on the first half which I only saw. Was a good result after the Israel game.

Nuri Sahin

Oatesy23 wrote: »

People were mentioning the J2 thing on twitter earlier but it's not a big deal. There were only 3 home based players in the XI, Maeda from Jubilo (J1) and Konno & Endo from Gamba (J2). Konno has been a regular for years and remained so when he was relegated with Tokyo. Endo is Endo.

Should have enough quality in that starting XI to beat Jordan, even without Honda & Nagatomo.

Thought Endo and Konno were the poorest players on the pitch for Japan tbh.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin

Fantastic Spain move. Xavi should have put them 1-0 up.

HalloweenJack

Xavi misses a sitter.

Lawrence1895

Borussia Dortmund's players on fire...Reus and Goetze for Germany. Lewandowski and Piszczek for Poland

Nuri Sahin

Dortmund players scoring for fun tonight for the respective countries I see.

Lewandowski, Götze, Reus, Gundögan and Piszcek all on the scoresheet

missingtime

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/gif-montenegro-fans-fight-between-themselves-before-the-england-match/

Lawrence1895

3:0 Germany...Gundogan :cool:

HalloweenJack

Had to be a penalty for Spain there.

AdamD

Can't stand Spain. Some dive from Pedro, then the whole team surround the ref as per usual.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/26/france-spain-live-mbm

legal live link

markie29

Argentina losing to Bolivia 1-0...Marcelo Moreno scored(remember him?)

Nuri Sahin

Hell of a chance for Ribery that he spurns.

Lawrence1895

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Hell of a chance for Ribery that he spurns.

Poor old Ribery

3:0 Poland. Guess who? Lewandowski

Nuri Sahin

Spain 1-0, Pedro with the goal.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Hell of a chance for Ribery that he spurns.

Matuidi now. France have had a few excellent they've failed to take.

AdamD

Pogba's having a good game

Lawrence1895

That must be embarrassing for Scotland :eek:

Nuri Sahin

Well that escalated quickly! Pogba sent off for 2 yellows. Himself and Valbuena were the best players on the pitch for France tonight.

Nuri Sahin

Don't rate Valdes but what a ****ing save there!

Finishes 1-0 to Spain, entertaining game.

Lawrence1895

Borussia Dortmund 4, Kazakhstan 1. Should have played Weidenfeller for a clean sheet

Andersonisgod

A great victory, a really great victory tonight for Spain. Facing all sorts of scrutiny in Spain following back to back draws against France and, most disappointingly of all, Finland. Leading to the players having to defend their famed philosophy, tonight was the perfect answer to those questions.

Spain were really terrific in possession tonight, much less ponderous than they were in the home game against France or the game against Finland, tonight there was a real purpose about their play, a sharpness and some really well put together moves. In particular Xavi Hernandez was outstanding in the centre of the pitch, along with Alonso, Busquets and Iniesta, as too were Monreal and Pedro and Navas really is a game changer when he comes on. Valdes produced some really top drawer saves, showing again that when called upon he is one of the best goalkeepers around.

Overall the game in Paris tonight was superb, a really exciting, technically brilliant and pulsating game. A real joy to watch and even after France went down to 10 men they still looked threatening. It's also great to see France playing the likes of Varane and Pogba who could be huge players in the future for them. Despite losing 1-0 France were quite impressive tonight.

It's another big win for Spain, it puts them in control of group i, it's another show of defiance to the naysayers and it's yet another example of the attitude and quality of this special group of players, going to Paris under immense pressure, Spain once again produce the goods and leave victorious. A joy to behold.

citytillidie

Update groups for Oceania, Asia, Africa and Europe

Oceania
Solomon Islands 0 V 2 New Zealand
New Caledonia 1 V 0 Tahiti

All Over
New Zealand gd15 pts18
New Caledonia gd11 pts12
Tahiti gd-10 pts3
Solomon Islands gd-16 pts3

New Zealand will play in the Intercontinental play off V 4th place team in North America

Asia
Group A
Uzbekistan 1 V 0 Lebanon
Korea Republic 2 V 1 Qatar

Uzbekistan p6 gd2 pts11
South Korea p5 gd6 pts10
Iran p5 gd0 pts7
Qatar p6 gd-3 pts7
Lebanon p6 gd-5 pts4

Group B
Jordan 2 V 1 Japan
Australia 2 V 2 Oman

Japan p6 gd10 pts13
Jordan p6 gd-6 pts7
Australia p5 gd0 pts6
Oman p6 gd-3 pts6
Iraq p5 gd-1 pts5

Africa
Group G
Egypt 2 V 1 Zimbabwe

All played 3
Egypt gd4 pts9
Guinea g0 pts4
Mozambique gs-2 pts2
Zimbabwe gd-2 pts1


Group H
Algeria 3 V 1 Benin

All played 3
Algeria gd5 pts6
Mali gd1 pts6
Benin gd-1 pts4
Rwanda gd-5 pts1

Europe
Group A
Serbia 2 V 0 Scotland
Belgium 1 V 0 FYR Macedonia
Wales 1 V 2 Croatia

All played 6
Belgium gd10 pts16
Croatia gd7 pts16
Serbia gd1 pts7
Wales gd-8 pts6
Macedonia gd-3 pts4
Scotland gd-6 pts2

Group B
Armenia 0 V 3 Czech Republic
Denmark 1 V 1 Bulgaria
Malta 0 V 2 Italy

Italy p5 gd8 pts13
Bulgaria p6 gd7 pts10
Czech Republic p5 gd2 pts8
Denmark p5 gd1 pts6
Armenia p4 gd-5 pts3
Malta p5 gd-13 pts0


Group C
Germany 4 V 1 Kazakhstan
Republic of Ireland 2 V 2 Austria

Germany p6 gd15 pts16
Austria p5 gd9 pts8
Sweden p4 gd3 pts8
Republic of Ireland p5 gd-1 pts8
Kazakhstan p6 gd-16 pts1
Faroe Islands p4 gd-13 pts0

Group D
Estonia 2 V 0 Andorra
Turkey 1 V 1 Hungary
Netherlands 4 V 0 Romania

All played 6
Holland gd18 pts18
Hungary gd5 pts11
Romania gd0 pts10
Turkey gd0 pts7
Estonia gd-6 pts6
Andorra gd-17 pts0

Group F
Azerbaijan 0 V 2 Portugal
Northern Ireland 0 V 2 Israel

Russia p4 gd8 pts12
Israel p6 gd7 pts11
Portugal p6 gd5 pts11
Northern Ireland p5 gd-4 pts3
Azerbaijan p6 gd-6 pts3
Luxembourg p5 gd-10 pts2

Group H
Ukraine 2 V 1 Moldova
Poland 5 V 0 San Marino
Montenegro 1 V 1 England

Montenegro p6 gd11 pts14
England p6 gd18 pts12
Ukraine p5 gd2 pts8
Poland p5 gd5 pts8
Moldova p6 gd-7 pts4
San Marino p6 gd-29 pts0

Group I
France 0 V 1 Spain

Spain p5 gd6 pts11
France p5 gd4 pts10
Georgia p5 gd-4 pts4
Belarus p4 gd-5 pts3
Finland p3 gd-1 pts2