UEFA Football World Cup Qualifying Russia 2018
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Ireland slip into second place to Serbia on goal difference, Wales are 3rd, from Austria by the same measure. It was always going to be a difficult group for both to qualify out of but Wales are probably reliant on mistakes by the top 2 to do so now, being 4 points off the pace.
Spain & Italy still dominate group G. The former leading the group by a goal difference margin that has now stretched to 8. The draw between them are the only dropped points by either side though!!
Croatia brush aside Ukraine to continue their march towards Russia as group I winners.
Iceland take advantage of that situation by beating Kosova away to slip into 2nd. spot.
Despite their last night's win, Turkey are struggling to make much of an impression on the group & are 5 points off the leaders..
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A bad night for Hungary in group B as they are beaten away in Portugal. Switzerland head the group from Portugal by 3 points with Hungary now 5 points further back from the Portuguese.
Poor draw for leaders Belgium in Group H against second placed Greece.
Qualification is a 3 horse race in the group with Bosnia-Herzegovina just a point behind the Greeks in 3rd. spot..
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Poland are 6 points clear at the top of Group E but it is a real dogfight for second spot with only Kazakhstan looking out of the race. 2 sides on 7 points & the other 2 on 6 points it is the most open of all the groups.
England have few issues against an ultra defensive Lithuania & are comfortably on top of the table. The Scots (next up for the English) do themselves & England a huge favour in defeating previously second place & undefeated Slovenia. Scotland remain 4th. though & still need something special in order to qualify..
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England play Scotland in a qualifier at Hampden Park on 10 June & then have a meaningless friendly against France on 13 June.
Squad..
Jack Butland (Stoke), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley); Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Tottenham); Dele Alli (Tottenham), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Man City); Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).
No Wayne Rooney is the only 'surprise' - or natural progression as it is exceedingly doubtful he will be on the plane to Russia,,,
Squad..
Jack Butland (Stoke), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley); Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Tottenham); Dele Alli (Tottenham), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Man City); Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).
No Wayne Rooney is the only 'surprise' - or natural progression as it is exceedingly doubtful he will be on the plane to Russia,,,
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The Qualifiers are back on the road before the International players can get their feet on the beach!!
Sweden go top of Group A & level on points with France..
Holland get their act on the road with new manager Dick Advocaat but it was only against group whipping boys Luxembourg. They still have a mountain to climb to qualify..
Switzerland & Portugal now look pretty comfortable as the qualifiers as 3rd. spot chasing side, Hungary, suffered a bewildering loss against lowly Andorra. The visiting Magyars had nearly three quarters of the possession but fell behind after 25 minutes & couldn't respond..
Belgium look comfortably in command of Group H as the chasing pair, Bosnia-Herzegovina & Greece, can only play out a goalless draw..
Tonight!!!
Sweden go top of Group A & level on points with France..
Holland get their act on the road with new manager Dick Advocaat but it was only against group whipping boys Luxembourg. They still have a mountain to climb to qualify..
Switzerland & Portugal now look pretty comfortable as the qualifiers as 3rd. spot chasing side, Hungary, suffered a bewildering loss against lowly Andorra. The visiting Magyars had nearly three quarters of the possession but fell behind after 25 minutes & couldn't respond..
Belgium look comfortably in command of Group H as the chasing pair, Bosnia-Herzegovina & Greece, can only play out a goalless draw..
Tonight!!!
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Poland still solidly in charge of Group E, With the 3 top sides all winning, no real changes to report. Montenegro continue to have just the goal difference advantage over Denmark.
Real 'end of season' display from table toppers England. Gareth might look at it that way & so that might save some of the England squad for the future, but, the last 6 minutes aside, this was a dire game with absolutely nothing to delight a fan of football.
Elsewhere, the 2 'S's' won to ensure this is not the very easy group it should be for England to qualify from...
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Creditable result away to the leaders by Wales, but, as far as qualification goes, a poor one as well.
The Republic fail to capitalise as well & so remain locked on points at the top.
Spain & Italy continue their march towards Russia. The only real decision in Group G is who is going to win it out of the 2, with Spain 4 goals to the good in difference even after yesterday's results..
Huge win for Iceland against the leaders of Group I sees them go joint top.
However this is just about still the most competitive of all the Groups & as Ukraine & Turkey also both win away from home they are locked in 3/4 place just 2 points behind the joint leaders..
That is it for this round of qualification games with just some worthless friendlies taking place preventing players hitting the beach...
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Didn't really know where to post this but,because it impacts on England in Russia 2018,put it here.
"Wayne Rooney has retired from international football after turning down the chance to be part of the England squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers.
The Everton striker, England's all-time leading scorer, was asked by national coach Gareth Southgate to be involved in the games against Slovenia and Lithuania." BBC Sport
"Wayne Rooney has retired from international football after turning down the chance to be part of the England squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers.
The Everton striker, England's all-time leading scorer, was asked by national coach Gareth Southgate to be involved in the games against Slovenia and Lithuania." BBC Sport
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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No UK involvement tonight (unless anyone wants to get political about Gibraltar ) , but here are the games.
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As far as I can make out the Ireland game tomorrow is being shown on Thai TV (I think channel 25, but may be wrong )
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No real change in Group B as the top 3 played the far weaker bottom 3.. Switzerland are 3 points clear of Portugal who are a massive 8 points clear of Hungary..
In Group H poor old Gibraltar get a real thrashing at the hands of runaway leaders Belgium. Despite only drawing against 5th. place Estonia, Greece remain in second spot, but are now 6 points adrift. Bosnia- Herzegovina stumble against Cyprus & are now 2 points behind Greece..
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" Bosnia- Herzegovina stumble against Cyprus & are now 2 points behind Greece.."
Wot ..... no mention of the fact that Cyprus came from 2 - 0 down with 25 mins to go, and the lad from Sarfend Utd, Jason Demetriou (must have moved down from the East End wiv a monika like that) set up the winner
Wot ..... no mention of the fact that Cyprus came from 2 - 0 down with 25 mins to go, and the lad from Sarfend Utd, Jason Demetriou (must have moved down from the East End wiv a monika like that) set up the winner
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Group E leaders Poland take a hammering away at third placed Denmark, but still remain 3 points in the lead. Montenegro are locked on points with Denmark & look the main threat to qualification.
England rather flattered by the score, but brush aside the Group F minnows. Scotland remain in third place as Slovakia look like the only side who can threaten England. They are England's next opponents, at Wembley, on Monday!!
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Spain have a resounding win against second placed rivals Italy to put Group G firmly in their hands. Italy look very well placed to get 1 of the second placed qualifying spots though & remain 4 points clear of 3rd, placed Albania.
The current table for Group I looks too close to call, with the top 4 teams separated by only 3 points, however current second placed Croatia have a game in hand due to a waterlogged pitch last night. As it is against the group whipping boys, Kosovo, it is reasonably certain that they will return to the top. Iceland & Turkey both had poor nights as Ukraine are starting to look favourites for second spot. However with so many teams doing well it could mean that the points accumulated by the second place side will be insufficient to gain qualification..
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Switzerland easily brush aside group whipping boys Latvia. Portugal keep them honest with the far harder task of beating 3rd. placed Hungary away.
Belgium become the first side to qualify out of the groups after a close battle away in Greece. Bosnia-Herzegovina & Greece (plus a very outside chance from Cyprus) battle it out for second.
As expected, Croatia beat lowly Kosovo in the rearranged match to go top of Group I. It was far closer than I expected though & this group still looks like going down to the wire..
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The top 3 in Group E all win, so no change. Poland have a 3 point advantage over Montenegro & Denmark.
The England win puts them 5 points on top of Group F. Beneath them it is now Slovakia 1 point ahead of Slovenia & a rejuvenated Scotland..
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Spain brush aside poor Liechtenstein as Italy keep the second placed spot..
Croatia lose away in Turkey so now top the table only on goal difference from Iceland. Turkey & Ukraine (who lost the chance to go top themselves) remain 2 points behind in the most competitive group..
That is the qualifiers over until there is yet another break in Premiership/Championship football in early October..
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Slightly off topic but its still the World Cup qualifiers......
Last night I watched Australia make heavy weather of beating Thailand 2-1 at home and now face a tricky play off against Syria for a place in the Finals.
The Aussies missed chance after chance and the Thailand goal led a charmed life.That said,I was far from impressed with the Aussies.
The English and Australian football teams seem to have the same level of mediocrity as their cricket teams !
Already qualified for the Finals are Brazil,Japan,Iran,South Korea,Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
Interesting in the South American qualifiers where the top 4 qualify and the 5th team will face a play off against New Zealand.Despite their dodgy campaign I will be surprised if Argentina don't qualify with just 2 matches to go.
Team,Played,Points
Brazil 16 37
Uruguay 16 27
Colombia 16 26
Peru 16 24
Argentina 16 24
Chile 16 23
Last night I watched Australia make heavy weather of beating Thailand 2-1 at home and now face a tricky play off against Syria for a place in the Finals.
The Aussies missed chance after chance and the Thailand goal led a charmed life.That said,I was far from impressed with the Aussies.
The English and Australian football teams seem to have the same level of mediocrity as their cricket teams !
Already qualified for the Finals are Brazil,Japan,Iran,South Korea,Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
Interesting in the South American qualifiers where the top 4 qualify and the 5th team will face a play off against New Zealand.Despite their dodgy campaign I will be surprised if Argentina don't qualify with just 2 matches to go.
Team,Played,Points
Brazil 16 37
Uruguay 16 27
Colombia 16 26
Peru 16 24
Argentina 16 24
Chile 16 23
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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The Oz v Thailand game was compulsive viewing and, in spite of the dominance of Oz, there should have been 1 and perhaps 2 red cards given against them - one when there should also have been a penalty.Zidane wrote: ↑September 6, 2017, 3:41 pmSlightly off topic but its still the World Cup qualifiers......
Last night I watched Australia make heavy weather of beating Thailand 2-1 at home and now face a tricky play off against Syria for a place in the Finals.
The Aussies missed chance after chance and the Thailand goal led a charmed life.That said,I was far from impressed with the Aussies.
The English and Australian football teams seem to have the same level of mediocrity as their cricket teams !
Already qualified for the Finals are Brazil,Japan,Iran,South Korea,Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
Interesting in the South American qualifiers where the top 4 qualify and the 5th team will face a play off against New Zealand.Despite their dodgy campaign I will be surprised if Argentina don't qualify with just 2 matches to go.
Team,Played,Points
Brazil 16 37
Uruguay 16 27
Colombia 16 26
Peru 16 24
Argentina 16 24
Chile 16 23
Interesting also in Sth America that Chile and Alexis Sanchez probably wont even make the play off with one of their games away to Brazil. One of the next games is Argentina v Peru which will decide 4th place.
BTW Zid, England are qualifying comfortably so don't put them in the same basket as the Aussies who, as you say, seem pretty poor.
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Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill arrested on suspicion of drink driving........
No mention of if he was driving a black vw beetle or if any of his companions looked like they had come from the wrong end of D & N.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41236833
No mention of if he was driving a black vw beetle or if any of his companions looked like they had come from the wrong end of D & N.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41236833