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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 22:25:28 GMT 1
European Group B: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +2 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | +1 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | -3 | 0 |
Italy and Bulgaria get their first wins following their draw on Friday, though neither was convincing. Denmark and the Czech Republic didn't play this evening and will fancy their chances of making an impression on the table next month.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 22:32:45 GMT 1
European Group C: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +4 | 6 | 2 | | 1 | +2 | 3 | 3 | | 1 | +1 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | | 2 | -3 | 0 | 6 | | 1 | -3 | 0 |
Germany make it two wins out of two after overcoming neighbours Austria. Marco Reus opened the scoring just before half-time before Mezut Ozil doubled the lead from the penalty spot. Austria pulled one back but couldn't find an equaliser. Sweden opened their campaign with a win over Kazakhstan thanks to goals from Rasmus Elm and Marcus Berg.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 22:40:15 GMT 1
European Group D: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +6 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | +5 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | +2 | 3 | 4 | | 2 | +1 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | -5 | 0 | 6 | | 2 | -9 | 0 |
Two wins out of two for Romania and Holland, with both sides scoring four tonight, albeit against different standards of opposition. Turkey picked up a much-needed win against Estonia after opening with a defeat on Friday.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 22:48:58 GMT 1
European Group E: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +4 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | +1 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | | 2 | -1 | 3 | 4 | | 2 | -1 | 3 | 6 | | 2 | -3 | 0 |
John Arne Riise's stoppage time penalty gave Norway their first win but it's Switzerland who lead the way after beating Albania 2-0.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 22:54:50 GMT 1
The stadium San Marino play at looks really strange, it's called Stadio Olympico, as if any of the events at the Rome Olympics took place at a location that pokey!.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 22:55:17 GMT 1
European Group F: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +6 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | +4 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | -1 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | -2 | 1 | 5 | | 2 | -3 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | -4 | 1 |
Even at this early stage, Group F looks like a straight fight between Russia and Portugal as both won again tonight. A late deflected goal cost Northern Ireland victory against Luxembourg and that result means Luxembourg are in 3rd place after two games with the best goal difference of the four teams with a single point.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 23:00:34 GMT 1
European Group D: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +6 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | +5 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | +2 | 3 | 4 | | 2 | +1 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | -5 | 0 | 6 | | 2 | -9 | 0 |
Two wins out of two for Romania and Holland, with both sides scoring four tonight, albeit against different standards of opposition. Turkey picked up a much-needed win against Estonia after opening with a defeat on Friday. Two of the suprise packages of Euro 2012 qualification coming back down to earth far too quickly
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 23:01:57 GMT 1
European Group G: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +10 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | +3 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | +2 | 4 | 4 | | 2 | -2 | 1 | 5 | | 2 | -4 | 0 | 6 | | 2 | -9 | 0 |
What looked to be a wide open group seems to be a bit more clear cut with Bosnia and Greece both picking up their second wins. Slovakia keep in touch with victory over Liechtenstein, but Latvia have it all to do after suffering their second defeat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 23:04:50 GMT 1
Why do Andorra and San Marino even bother?!, at least do a pre-qualifying round for the qualifying round for those microstate teams!.
I see Sealand have an unofficial national team, shame Pitcairn Islands have not as a result.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 23:08:01 GMT 1
European Group D: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +6 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | +5 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | +2 | 4 | 4 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | | 1 | -6 | 0 | 6 | | 2 | -7 | 0 |
England and Ukraine shared the points after an entertaining game at Wembley. Ukraine led at half-time after Konoplyanka's wonder strike. Having missed a hatful of chances, England levelled through Frank Lampard's penalty with three minutes to go, though Steven Gerrard was sent off a minute later and will miss next month's game against San Marino. Montenegro top the group on goal difference after putting six past San Marino, while Poland have their first win after beating Moldova.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 23:12:14 GMT 1
Why do Andorra and San Marino even bother?!, at least do a pre-qualifying round for the qualifying round for those microstate teams!. I see Sealand have an unofficial national team, shame Pitcairn Islands have not as a result. It's a debate we've had here before regarding a preliminary round in Europe. I think we came up with something like having the bottom 16 teams play a mini-tournament, with the top 4 going forward to the main qualifying competition. Andorra did manage to get a draw in a friendly a few months back. 0-0 against Azerbaijan. San Marino managed to score twice against Malta last month. Sadly, Malta scored three... Based on the records on the Elo Ratings web site, if you add tonight's game, San Marino's all-time record is played 112, won 1, drawn 3, lost 108, scored 19, conceded 480.
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2012 23:20:57 GMT 1
European Group I: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +3 | 6 | 2 | | 1 | +1 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | | 2 | -3 | 0 |
Spain began their defence of the World Cup with a win but they left it late against Georgia, relying on Soldado's 86th-minute winner. France were more convincing, with their 3-1 victory over Belarus sending them to the top of the group ahead of their first meeting with the world champions next month.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 23:36:54 GMT 1
Why do Andorra and San Marino even bother?!, at least do a pre-qualifying round for the qualifying round for those microstate teams!. I see Sealand have an unofficial national team, shame Pitcairn Islands have not as a result. It's a debate we've had here before regarding a preliminary round in Europe. I think we came up with something like having the bottom 16 teams play a mini-tournament, with the top 4 going forward to the main qualifying competition. Andorra did manage to get a draw in a friendly a few months back. 0-0 against Azerbaijan. San Marino managed to score twice against Malta last month. Sadly, Malta scored three... Based on the records on the Elo Ratings web site, if you add tonight's game, San Marino's all-time record is played 112, won 1, drawn 3, lost 108, scored 19, conceded 480. San Marino must have less wins than American Samoa?!, with the Women's UEFA Champions League, the weaker teams go into a qualifying round, which is a group system, and those who get though it, join the teams who went directly to the main first group stage proper through the strength of their league. UEFA/FIFA should also apply it for this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 13:27:42 GMT 1
Less than a week into a two year World Cup time frame and Wales are out of the competition already
I can't decide which is more disappointing, blowing it at the beginning like in this and countless other campaigns, or blowing it at the end a la Romania in 1993 for WC 1994 qualification by missing a penalty, in which Romania scored from the resulting goal kick, or against Russia to qualify for Euro 2004?
All in all it's a catalogue of disappointment, underachievement and "nearlymen" making.
It's like Wales are not supposed to be successful, once we get the man to do it, he takes his own life.
Sucks about Austria last night missing that sitter in the dying seconds against Germany.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Sept 12, 2012 21:11:04 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 21:15:18 GMT 1
San Marino is a small microstate North East above Italy, it's more like a small town on a hill but became a soverign state instead, making it indepedent from Italy and therefore seperate. Also, its population is 32,000, one of the smallest countries in the world and smallest in Europe.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Sept 12, 2012 22:09:05 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 22:41:54 GMT 1
The only city there is named after the state and is the capital. To get there you have to fly to Rimini in Italy and get a bus from the airport, as San Marino don't have one and is too small. Will soon be going on holiday to Rimini with my girlfriend and are considering on spending the day there, should be able to see a good percentage of if it by foot in a day!.
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Post by Mart!n on Sept 12, 2012 22:49:17 GMT 1
The only city there is named after the state and is the capital. To get there you have to fly to Rimini in Italy and get a bus from the airport, as San Marino don't have one and is too small. Will soon be going on holiday to Rimini with my girlfriend and are considering on spending the day there, should be able to see a good percentage of if it by foot in a day!. Apparently it only takes a week to see the whole country of San Marino
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2012 23:00:14 GMT 1
The rest of yesterday's results (sorry for the late post - been at work all day, then went to a game tonight) South America: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 7 | +9 | 14 | 2 | | 7 | +6 | 13 | 3 | | 7 | +1 | 12 | 4 | | 7 | +4 | 12 | 5 | | 7 | -1 | 12 | 6 | | 8 | -1 | 11 | 7 | | 7 | -4 | 7 | 8 | | 7 | -5 | 4 | 9 | | 7 | -9 | 4 |
The South American qualifying competition continues to be unpredictable and very, very close, with just three points separating the top 6. After all four home teams won on Friday, none managed it last night. Colombia are up to 2nd after another big win, this time against 10-man Chile. Chile, who led the standings coming into this double header, now find themselves outside the top 4. Argentina remain top after a point in Peru. Paraguay's nightmare campaign continues and after four successive World Cups, the 2010 quarter-finalists' run of qualifications looks to be coming to an end.
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