vastar iner
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Post by vastar iner on Nov 14, 2009 22:11:06 GMT 1
Odds on an Algerian protest at Egyptian crowd behaviour?
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Post by Panda on Nov 14, 2009 23:12:03 GMT 1
European playoff 1st leg: IRELAND 0-1 FRANCE Nicolas Anelka's deflected goal gives the French a narrow advantage to take back home. France dominated possession but Ireland created some good chances and are far from out of it.
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Post by Panda on Nov 14, 2009 23:29:47 GMT 1
European playoff 1st leg: PORTUGAL 1-0 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA A narrow win for Portugal with Bruno Alves scoring the only goal but Bosnia missed some glorious chances to level, hitting the woodwork on more than one occasion. Still all to play for.
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Post by Panda on Nov 15, 2009 18:31:42 GMT 1
CONCACAF/South American playoff 1st leg: COSTA RICA 0-1 URUGUAY Captain Diego Lugano scored the only goal as two-time World Cup winners Uruguay take a lead back to Montevideo. Costa Rica had to play the last 40 minutes with 10 men after Randall Azofeifa was sent off. The winner of the tie will be the 32nd and last qualifier for the finals.
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Post by Panda on Nov 15, 2009 23:27:50 GMT 1
African 3rd round, Group D: GHANA 2-2 MALI Ghana earned a draw with a late equaliser after Mali had led twice. Ghana had already qualified for the World Cup and Mali had already qualified for the African Nations Cup. 1. Ghana (Q) 6-13 (+6) ------------------------ 2. Benin 6-10 (0) 3. Mali 6-9 (+1) 4. Sudan 6-1 (-7)
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Post by Tom on Nov 18, 2009 11:19:41 GMT 1
European playoff 1st leg: IRELAND 0-1 FRANCE Nicolas Anelka's deflected goal gives the French a narrow advantage to take back home. France dominated possession but Ireland created some good chances and are far from out of it. I admire your optimism and it would be great for Ireland to qualify, especially against France, but i just can't see Ireland winning tonight. Also discovered earlier that France haven't lost a World Cup qualifier at home for a decade. Ireland really needed a clean sheet or a win in the first leg to have a chance imo. Interesting stat that France always win when Anelka scores.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 11:33:59 GMT 1
European playoff 1st leg: IRELAND 0-1 FRANCE Nicolas Anelka's deflected goal gives the French a narrow advantage to take back home. France dominated possession but Ireland created some good chances and are far from out of it. I admire your optimism and it would be great for Ireland to qualify, especially against France, but i just can't see Ireland winning tonight. Also discovered earlier that France haven't lost a World Cup qualifier at home for a decade. Ireland really needed a clean sheet or a win in the first leg to have a chance imo. Interesting stat that France always win when Anelka scores. I'm not being optimistic, I'm just telling it how it is. Any team that's only 1 goal down from the 1st leg of a 2-legged tie is still very much in it. France are obviously firm favourites given the position of the tie and their home record but Ireland just need to find a goal from somewhere to throw it wide open again. It's hard to see Ireland coming back if France get the first goal tonight, though.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 11:39:13 GMT 1
And I forgot to add, anything is possible with Domenech in charge of the French.
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Post by Robin on Nov 18, 2009 13:08:25 GMT 1
I intend to watch the Algeria/Egpyt game later, it's going to be rather tense but hopefully exciting!
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 20:26:55 GMT 1
African playoff: ALGERIA 1-0 EGYPT (played in Sudan) ALGERIA qualify for the World CupAfter missing out on Saturday, Algeria succeed at the second time of asking to reach their first World Cup since 1986. Antar Yahia's goal just before half-time was the difference between the sides. Egypt's wait for a finals appearance goes on with the African champions not qualifying since 1990.
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Post by frag on Nov 18, 2009 20:36:50 GMT 1
Good start to the evening!
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 20:57:02 GMT 1
European playoff 2nd leg: UKRAINE 0-1 GREECE (Greece win 1-0 on aggregate) GREECE qualify for the World CupGreece reach the finals for the first time since 1994, thanks to Dimitrios Salpingidis's goal. Despite the fact Greece were the seeded team, many would see this as an upset considering Ukraine beat Croatia to 2nd place in Group 6. Greece manager Otto Rehagel finally gets to take his team to a World Cup, having missed out in his home country 4 years ago when they were European champions. Greece will hope to improve on their only previous finals appearance when they lost all 3 games and failed to score a goal.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 21:35:36 GMT 1
Number of teams from the previous finals qualifying for the next finals:
1934 - 6 out of 13 1938 - 11/16 1950 - 4/15 1954 - 7/13 1958 - 10/16 1962 - 9/16 1966 - 13/16 1970 - 8/16 1974 - 6/16 1978 - 8/16 1982 - 11/16 1986 - 14/24 1990 - 11/24 1994 - 15/24 1998 - 18/24 2002 - 20/32 2006 - 20/32 2010 - 17 so far. Could be as many as 20.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 21:36:50 GMT 1
Ireland lead against France!
Slovenia 1-0 up against Russia at half-time. 2-2 on aggregate - Slovenia are ahead on away goals.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 22:42:23 GMT 1
European playoff 2nd leg: SLOVENIA 1-0 RUSSIA (2-2 on aggregate - Slovenia win on away goals) SLOVENIA qualify for the World CupSlovenia complete the comeback after their late goal in the first leg. Russia finished the game with 9 men after Alexander Kerzhakov and Yuri Zhirkov were sent off. Zlatko Dedic was the hero, scoring just before half time. Slovenia's only previous finals appearance was in 2002, when they went out in the first round, losing all 3 games.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 22:47:53 GMT 1
European playoff 2nd leg: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 0-1 PORTUGAL (Portugal win 2-0 on aggregate) PORTUGAL qualify for the World CupAfter struggling through the early part of qualifying, Portugal complete a run of 4 consecutive victories to qualify for their 3rd consecutive World Cup. Even with Cristiano Ronaldo missing for Portugal, they had enough to see off Bosnia. The result means we will not have a first-time qualifier in South Africa next year (unless you count Slovakia).
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Post by Robin on Nov 18, 2009 23:13:31 GMT 1
Goal for France Haven't see it yet, but it's supposed to be controversial!
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 23:32:21 GMT 1
European playoff 2nd leg: FRANCE 1-1 IRELAND (After Extra Time - France win 2-1 on aggregate) FRANCE qualify for the World CupHuge controversy at the Stade de France as the 2006 runners-up qualify thanks to a William Gallas goal set up by Thierry Henry, who appeared to control the ball with his hand. Ireland had sent the tie into extra time thanks to Robbie Keane's first half goal.
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Post by paulgilb on Nov 18, 2009 23:35:52 GMT 1
So for the first time since 1986 (?) we have all 4 of last time's semi-finalists.
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Post by Panda on Nov 18, 2009 23:37:25 GMT 1
So for the first time since 1986 (?) we have all 4 of last time's semi-finalists. Correct. Cheating b*st*rds.
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