UEFA WCQ Pr/Review

Another great weekend up here on the Iceberg, warm sunny temps in the mid 20'sC caught a couple of big northern pikes, a few small walleyes and a couple of decent Bass. The TV coverage here for World cup qualifiers is great, Setanta shows almost every game and the others are either on GOLTV, FSC, TV5, ESPN, RAI or the Latin channels we get all the South American games as well and the CONCACAF games.



Sa 11.10.08 16:00
4 Finnland - Aserbaidschan 1:0 (0:0)
no surprise

9 Schottland - Norwegen 0:0 (0:0)
Saw this game or at least parts of it, could of gone either way, I will give the Scot fans credit for not booing Iwelumo. I guess they are not as Racist as the English?

Sa 11.10.08 17:00 7 Färöer - Österreich 1:1 (0:0)

Austria screwed this one up, they need to beat teams like Faroe islands if they want to win the group!

Sa 11.10.08 17:45 2 Schweiz - Lettland 2:1
(0:0)

Sa 11.10.08 18:15 6 England - Kasachstan 5:1 (0:0)
A win is a win, not a great performance but you could see they were resting for the Belarus game. The racist chants and booing directed to Black player was terrible! someone should fine the English FA and deduct points! Credit to the "Stans" for not giving up and scoring a goal after going down on a bad goal (no corner kick and keeper was fouled on the first goal)

Sa 11.10.08 18:30 4 Wales - Liechtenstein 2:0 (1:0)
This was a boring game.

8 Georgien - Zypern 1:1 (0:0)


Sa 11.10.08 19:00 6 Ukraine - Kroatien 0:0 (0:0)
Saw the end of this one and I can not say anything about it.

Sa 11.10.08 19:45 1 Ungarn - Albanien 2:0 (0:0)

Sa 11.10.08 20:00 Schweden - Portugal 0:0 (0:0)

Another 0-0 result!

Dänemark - Malta 3:0 (2:0)
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5 Türkei - Bosnien-Herzegowina 2:1 (0:1)
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Sa 11.10.08 20:15 7 Serbien - Litauen 3:0
(2:0)
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8 Bulgarien - Italien 0:0 (0:0)

Another 0-0!?!?!?!? The Italians started some younger players finally!
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Sa 11.10.08 20:30 2 Griechenland - Moldawien 3:0 (2:0)
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Luxemburg - Israel 1:3 (1:1)
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3 Polen - Tschechien 2:1 (1:0)
What is it with Poland and qualifying lately??? They seem to do so well?
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San Marino - Slowakei 1:3 (1:2) -

Sa 11.10.08 20:40 7 Rumänien - Frankreich 2:2 (2:1) -
France came down from 2-0 down, is that a good sign that they can come back or a bad sign that they can allow two goals to be socred against them so quickly?

Sa 11.10.08 20:45 3 Slowenien - Nordirland 2:0 (0:0) -

4 Deutschland - Russland 2:1 (2:0)
A game of two half's (or is it halves) if there ever was one, Germany came out flying could of been ahead by 3 or more goals and went into the first half looking comfortably ahead.In the second half they hung on to win 2-1. Now were they taking it easy because they have to play Wales on Wednesday? Did the Russians wake up in the 2nd half? Not sure but i think a bit of both?
The good:
Adler did well he did not make too many mistakes and did not appear too nervous
Podolski scored again for Germany, Bastien played well and Gomez did not miss a clear cut goal scoring chance in front of goal. kuranyi talked himself or walked himself off the team.
The bad:
The oaf Ballack scored which means he will play until he is 40 as he is regarded as such a hero and team leader. Lahm still is shaky on defence but how can you not play him when he works so hard and is so cute and only 15 years old!?!?!?!?

5 Belgien - Armenien 2:0 (2:0) -

Estland - Spanien 0:3 (0:2) -
The record continues for Spain no loss since I don't know when?

9 Niederlande - Island 2:0 (1:0)

Up coming games

Mi 15.10.08 17:00 4 Russland - Finnland -:- (-:-)

This is a tough game for Russia the rivalry is strong and Russia will be tired from a strong second half against Germany. A draw would suit the Germans fine I am sure.
Mi 15.10.08 17:30 3 Tschechien - Slowenien -:- (-:-)

I think the Czechs are showing signs of age?

Mi 15.10.08 18:00 2 Lettland - Israel -:- (-:-)

7 Litauen - Färöer -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 19:00 9 Norwegen - Niederlande -:- (-:-)

Tough game for the Dutch

Mi 15.10.08 19:30 1 Malta - Ungarn -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 20:00 6 Kroatien - Andorra -:- (-:-)

Weißrussland - England -:- (-:-)

even with Hleb missing I think the White Russians will give the English a tough time?
8 Georgien - Bulgarien -:- (-:-)

9 Island - Mazedonien -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 20:15 2 Luxemburg - Moldawien -:- (-:-)

3 Slowakei - Polen -:- (-:-)

5 Bosnien-Herzegowina - Armenien -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 20:30 2 Griechenland - Schweiz -:- (-:-)

5 Estland - Türkei -:- (-:-)

7 Österreich - Serbien -:- (-:-)

The Austrians must win this game against those ....

Mi 15.10.08 20:45 3 Nordirland - San Marino -:- (-:-)

4 Deutschland - Wales -:- (-:-)
Germany seems to have a tough time against Wales? maybe it has something to do with a fear of Dragons?

5 Belgien - Spanien -:- (-:-)

Interesting game belguim seems to be getting better again? But Spain is the best team in the world right now!

8 Irland - Zypern -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 20:50 Italien - Montenegro -:- (-:-)

Mi 15.10.08 22:00 1 Portugal - Albanien -:- (-:-)

Since i have not made an upset call yet let me pick this one.