International Qualifiers Week

[Amir]

No thread?

Anywho....England up 2-0 at half time with the former club team mates Barry and Heskey scoring. Looks like England is heading to the World Cup and quite comfortably. England for champion! (just kiddin!)

[Amir]

Actually mods, just change this thread to the International Football thread. Keep it simple I guess?

Saturday, 6 June 2009
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
Albania v Portugal, Gp 1, 195
Azerbaijan v Wales, Gp 4, 16:00
Belarus v Andorra, Gp 6, 17:00
Bulgaria v Rep of Ireland, Gp 8, 18:30
Croatia v Ukraine, Gp 6, 19:15
Cyprus v Montenegro, Gp 8, 18:30
Finland v Liechtenstein, Gp 4, 17:00
FYR Macedonia v Norway, Gp 9, 165
Iceland v Netherlands, Gp 9, 195
Kazakhstan v England, Gp 6, 16:00
Lithuania v Romania, Gp 7, 19:00
Serbia v Austria, Gp 7, 19:30
Slovakia v San Marino, Gp 3, 16:30
Sweden v Denmark, Gp 1, 19:00
UEFA Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Faroe Islands U21 v Romania U21, Gp 1, 19:00
Hungary U21 v Luxembourg U21, Gp 3
Latvia U21 v Andorra U21, Gp 1, 16:00
Lithuania U21 v Greece U21, Gp 9
International Match
Estonia v Equatorial Guinea, 17:00
Georgia v Moldova, 18:00
Italy v Northern Ireland, 19:50
South Africa v Poland, 13:00

[Geordie Ahmed]

C'mon Kazakhstan - find 2 goals from somewhere

[Geordie Ahmed]

Oxy's boys are leading 1-0 away to Azerbaijan

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed Oxy's boys are leading 1-0 away to Azerbaijan

Chokers will lose 2-1

[Geordie Ahmed]

Its 4-0 to England now

Rooney and Lampard (pen)

[Zechariah]

Originally Posted by Amir England for champion! (just kiddin!)

Capello Magic

[Amir]

Media make no sense. England win 4-0, and still not considered a good performance. You can only beat whats in front of you and not many teams dominate the full 90 minutes. After the first 15 when Kazakstan tired itself out, England just controlled the game with ease. 4-0 is pretty comprehensive but it is seen as "just enough." You would have thought the team squezed in a 90th minute winner.

If England lose, they are torn up but if they win....it seems they still were not good. Really, there is no win for the English team.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Amir Media make no sense. England win 4-0, and still not considered a good performance. You can only beat whats in front of you and not many teams dominate the full 90 minutes. After the first 15 when Kazakstan tired itself out, England just controlled the game with ease. 4-0 is pretty comprehensive but it is seen as "just enough." You would have thought the team squezed in a 90th minute winner. If England lose, they are torn up but if they win....it seems they still were not good. Really, there is no win for the English team.

You talking about the english media?

Well then i agree BUT thats always what they have been like

End of the day Kazakhstan are nobodies so pointless getting excited over beating them, regardless of how comfortable it was

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed You talking about the english media? Well then i agree BUT thats always what they have been like End of the day Kazakhstan are nobodies so pointless getting excited over beating them, regardless of how comfortable it was

I agree, and your right no need to get excited. But at the same time, why make it sound like they just barely scraped through and won? They won 4-0 for crying out loud....that's almost as comfortable as it gets.

[invincible]

Portugal saved their world cup campaign with a goal in the 92nd minute. The game against Albania (away game) ended 2-1 to Portugal.

They are now third in the group. Still have a lot to do to qualify for the WC Finals.

[Shahid A]

Anyway wanted to watch Arshavin in action so im watching the Russia vs Finland game online

[Amjid Javed]

Rooney has a shot saved, then hits bar from 2 yards (Sitter) and then scores a min later.

1-0 england after 3 mins....

[Amjid Javed]

Italy losing to the mighty new zealand 2-1 at moment lol! In a friendly!

[Amjid Javed]

Lampard makes it 2-0 england.

Holland winning 1-0 against norway also.

[Amjid Javed]

Wow Andorra had a shot on goal, one there strikers has a go from half way line and nearly scores!

[Amjid Javed]

3-0 england... rooney volleys home.

[Amjid Javed]

gilardino gets a 2nd goal for italy v Kiwis

2-2 now...

[Amjid Javed]

Robben gets a 2nd goal for dutch against norway.

[Amjid Javed]

Iquinta gets two goals in 2nd half for italy as they lead 4-3 against new zealand now.

[Amjid Javed]

5-0 england

2 goals in 3 mins for defoe.

[On_the_up]

6-0

[On_the_up]

Crouchy

[Oxy]

Seems as though about 50,000 made it to Wembley with all the disruptions with the tube strike.

Will be hell getting out of there though!

[On_the_up]

Finishes 6-0

[Oxy]

What was Eng's performance like?

6-0 - thats the way to kill a minnow

[Geordie Ahmed]

England were playing? totally forgot about it - which shows how much importance i give it

Lets hope the hype machine goes into overdrive and then would love to see them balls it up South Africa

[invincible]

Originally Posted by Oxy What was Eng's performance like? 6-0 - thats the way to kill a minnow

Watched only the second half ... Lampard seemed to run the show but Andorra were awful! England had two typical wingers - Walcott and Young who kept drilling in crosses and had some neat interchanging play with the full backs Johnson and A.Cole ... Johnson seemed to have had a very good game as he was involved in all the goals in the first half!

[invincible]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed England were playing? totally forgot about it - which shows how much importance i give it Lets hope the hype machine goes into overdrive and then would love to see them balls it up South Africa

They seem a pretty disciplined unit under Capello ... Why would you so badly want them to lose? Is it just coz of their media?

[Shahid A]

How did Walcott Play?

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by Oxy What was Eng's performance like? 6-0 - thats the way to kill a minnow

It was decent at best. They need to move the ball around better and quicker and the crossing from both flanks was appauling!

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by Shahid A How did Walcott Play?

He had a very average game, a few good dribbles but final end product was poor. needs to be played through the middle not on the wing.