EC qualifiers, 1. Matchday [R]

[BrianCappellieri]

Azerbaijan-Italy underway.

FT Croatia 0 - 0 Estonia
33' Lithuania 0 - 1 Germany

[BrianCappellieri]

Others just starting:

3' San Marino 0 - 0 Poland
3' Belgium 0 - 0 Bulgaria

[KiQuE]

Are any of these games being televised?

[Dandal]

Originally posted by KiQuE
Are any of these games being televised?
Almost all of them are, but I suppose you're talking about US televison?

[KiQuE]

Originally posted by Dandal

Almost all of them are, but I suppose you're talking about US televison?

Yeah, I am. Well, I guess I'll have to settle for highlights on FSW. That's if they even show any.

[Mattbro]

Just got back from Austria's 2-0 thrashing of Moldova at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. At the moment it seems like Austria couldn't score in a brothel. Both goals were Andi Herzog penalties (both deserved), but Austria mostly looked like they'd run out of ideas. A lot of miscommunication, a lot of bad passing and lost possession. And a lot of booing and whistling in the second half (Austrian fans sure are unforgiving). All of this begs the question:

Q: When is a victory not a victory?
A: When you only win 2-0 at home against Moldova.

Austria is going to have a really hard time in this group. I can't see them performing well against Holland and Czech unless they rediscover their scoring touch. Maybe they should bring Toni Polster out of retirement.

Plus here's a fun fact I learned today: Austria has never qualified for the European Championships, although they've had several trips to the World Cup.

[BrianCappellieri]

Slovenia 0 - 0 Malta
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 0 Romania

HT Turkey 2 - 0 Slovakia

Belgium 0 - 1 Bulgaria

[BrianCappellieri]

Originally posted by KiQuE


Yeah, I am. Well, I guess I'll have to settle for highlights on FSW. That's if they even show any.

There's something listed tomorrow as an "International Match." I'd imagine it's one of these qualifiers on tape-delay but there's no way of telling.

I'll have to check out RAI and other ethnic news shows late tonight. Might get lucky and see some highlights that way.

[Slash/ED]

What a disaster for Ireland, this could finally lead to McCarthy going. That was an embarassment.

[BrianCappellieri]

55' Slovenia 2 - 0 Malta
55' Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 3 Romania
HT Holland 2 - 0 Belarus
70' San Marino 0 - 0 Poland
43' Greece 0 - 1 Spain
70' Belgium 0 - 2 Bulgaria
70' Azerbaijan 0 - 2 Italy

FT Latvia 0 - 0 Sweden
FT Lithuania 0 - 2 Germany
FT Turkey 3 - 0 Slovakia

[Belgian guy]

Just stop watching Belgium, can bear the sight anymore...

NEVER EVER have i seen them play a worse game then tonight, not even under Leekens, when we played every game as a bunch of cowards...

I guess only now will everybody realize how much we will miss Marc Wilmots

[Slash/ED]

Originally posted by Belgian guy
Just stop watching Belgium, can bear the sight anymore...

NEVER EVER have i seen them play a worse game then tonight, not even under Leekens, when we played every game as a bunch of cowards...

I guess only now will everybody realize how much we will miss Marc Wilmots


How come Strupar was playing for Derby today, he looked handy anytime I've seen him or is he not good enough for the national team?

[Belgian guy]

Strupar decided to retire from international football after the world cup as did Wilmots, Verheyen and Walem...

[olafgb]

Little summary until now:

Group 1:

Cyprus vs France 1-2 (Okkas 15' - Cisse 39', Wiltord 52')
Still on the way: Slovenia vs Malta - currently 2-0 (Debona 37'og, Siljak 59')

Group 2:

Norway vs Denmark 2-2, see page 1
Still on the way: Bosnia vs Russia - currently 0-3 (Chivu 8', Munteanu 10', Ganea 29')

Group 3:

Austria vs Moldovia 2-0 (Herzog 4'pk, 30'pk)
Still on the way: Netherlands vs Belarussia, currently 2-0 (Davids 35', Kluivert 37')

Group 4:

Latvia vs Sweden 0-0
Still on the way: San Marino vs Poland, currently 0-1 (Kaczorowski 76')

Group 5:

Faroe Islands vs Scotland 2-2, see page 1
Lithuania vs Germany 0-2 (Ballack 27', Stankevicius 59'og)

Group 6:

Armenia vs Ukraine 2-2 (Petrosian 74', Sarkisian 90' pk - Sebrennikov 2', Zubov 33')
Still on the way: Greece vs Spain, currently 0-1 (Raul 8')

Group 7:

Turkey vs Slovakia 3-0 (Akin 14', Arif 45'/65')
Tomorrow: Liechtenstein vs Makedonia

Group 8:

Croatia vs Estonia 0-0
Still on the way: Belgium vs Bulgaria, currently 0-2 (Jankovic 16', S. Petrov 69')

Group 9:

Finland vs Wales 0-2 (Hartson 30', Davies 72')
Still on the way: Azerbijan vs Italy, currently 0-2 (Achmadov 32'og, del Piero 63')

Group 10:

Russia vs Ireland 4-2 (Kariska 20', Bestshastnykh 25', Kerzhakov 70'/87' - Doherty 69', Morrison 76')
Tomorrow: Switzerland vs Georgia

[Mattbro]

Ah yes, Willi the Wild Fighting Pig. Cheer up, Belgian guy, it could be worse. You could be an Austria fan. Or a Scotland fan.

[SJFC4ever]

Wow, have there been shocks today or what? Perhaps national teams should reconsider playing in early September? There seems to be strange results every September. Not least of which is how Scotland avoided defeat today, ;)

[Clan]

Originally posted by Slash/ED
What a disaster for Ireland, this could finally lead to McCarthy going. That was an embarassment.

Would keane have made any difference?

[Slash/ED]

Originally posted by Clanblue


Would keane have made any difference?

Yes, though I'm not anti Mick because of the Keane issue. Holland and Kinsella played their worst ever preformances for Ireland on the same day, Colin Healy would have done, but instead he subs on a centre half for a left winger when we're 3-2 down and looking like scoring. Dsiaster, embarassment, it was absolutley terrible.

[Belgian guy]

Well away to Russia is never an easy game, no matter what the individual quality of the Russian players is...

[Slash/ED]

Yes but we're a better side, Russia we're awful today, we we're far worse.