I said UEFA it is actually FIFA. Either way, the match is now Wednesday at 4pm UK time.

^Sweet.

 

Is it just me who thinks the no-hopers likes of Liechtenstein & San Marino shouldn't be allowed to be included, the majority of the time they finish the group having lost every game.

 

Just you.

Relief for France, Giroud 90+3

 

Spain 1-1 France FT

Northern Ireland still winning 1-0 away at Portugal.

Ended 1-1 with some incredible action towards the end, don't know how they held on. Included a point blank save in the dying moments.

Sweden apparently just pulled a Newcastle, coming back from 4-0 to draw 4-4 against the Germans. Shame I'm in czech republic and the only thing at the pubs was their 0-0 draw with bulgaria.

I was going to watch that game :sad:

Oh for fuck sake.

 

In case anyone's wondering, despite the massive defeat last week Ireland were still basically on course, 2 wins and losing to the Germans, and nobody but the Germans believes they'll get 1st in our group. This means Sweden now are a point ahead, meaning when we play them its already practically a must-win game.

Have to say it was quite saddening the scenes in Serbia tonight at the conclusion of the Serbia v England u21 match. In the context of the whole thing the referees red card to Danny Rose for kicking the ball away after being racially abused by Serbia fans and harassed by the Serbian players was farcical. I feel gutted for the guy.

In the context of the whole thing the referees red card to Danny Rose for kicking the ball away after being racially abused by Serbia fans and harassed by the Serbian players was farcical.

 

OK, during game-play, at least the ref has some sort of defence, however he red carded him for kicking the ball after the final whistle?! After pretty much any final or half-time whistle someone boots the ball in the air. Indeed a farce, clearly a decision to please the fans, and given the circumstances particularly upsetting.

what happend in Serbia was disgusting. Ban them from Football for 10 years, if not football should go on strike until they are.

England struggling against Poland, on their heels all 2nd half until Poland just now equalized with 20 minutes to go.

Well done Northern Ireland.

Brazil 2014: FIFA's World Cup

 

I am surprised there is not a thread of this yet! (At least I could not find it :uhoh:)

 

Currently watching CRC vs PAN.

We are losing 2-0... :/

 

What are your expectations for this World Cup?!

WUUUUU :dance:

 

2-2. We did not win, but we did not lose either ;) got one point!

What are your expectations for this World Cup?!

 

I expect Germany to win this time. They haven't won any game against France on French soil since 1935 but yesterday - so they can beat everyone now :wacky:

http://coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71125&highlight=2014

threads merged :)

 

I think the old one was a bit quiet as there have not been many qualifiers over the winter.

threads merged :)

 

I think the old one was a bit quiet as there have not been many qualifiers over the winter.

 

Thanks! I was looking for it with the ipod but it never came out.

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It was the first official match between the two now independent nations

 

Croatia beat Serbia in grudge game

 

Croatia have beaten Serbia in a football World Cup qualifier, amid heavy security in a hostile atmosphere.

 

The Serbian national anthem was booed at the start of the game, and the home fans in Zagreb continued with abusive chants against their fierce rivals.

 

At one stage a chorus of "Kill a Serb" echoed round the stadium. Serbian supporters were barred from attending the match which Croatia won 2-0.

 

The two nations fought a war during the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Some 40,000 Croatian supporters gathered on Friday for the first official match between the now two independent nations.

 

There was heavy security in Zagreb, despite an earlier agreement between Croatia and Serbia that travelling fans would be banned from attending the match to reduce the possibility of violence.

 

And despite repeated appeals by the Croatian football authorities to respect the visiting side, the home crowd soon started singing fascist songs from the 1940s - when tens of thousands of Serbs died in Croatia at the hands of the Ustasa militias.

 

Police had warned they would stop the game under these circumstances - but they did not, the BBC's Guy De Launey reports from Zagreb.

 

The European football governing body, Uefa, may take a dimmer view - or it may just be satisfied that there were no violent incidents on or off the pitch, our correspondent adds.

 

Croatia - who will play the return match in Serbia in September - now top their qualifying Group A together with Belgium, and are in a strong position to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

 

Meanwhile, Serbia has all but lost any chances to progress from the group.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21906463

European results (22 March):

 

Scotland 1-2 Wales

Macedonia 0-2 Belgium

Croatia 2-0 Serbia

Czech Rep. 0-3 Denmark

Bulgaria 6-0 Malta

Sweden 0-0 R. of Ireland

Austria 6-0 Faroe Islands

Kazakhstan 0-3 Germany

Hungary 2-2 Romania

Netherlands 3-0 Estonia

Andorra 0-2 Turkey

Norway 0-1 Albania

Slovenia 1-2 Iceland

Luxembourg 0-0 Azerbaijan

Israel 3-3 Portugal

Bosnia-H 3-1 Greece

Slovakia 1-1 Lithuania

Liechtenstein 1-1 Latvia

San Marino 0-8 England

Poland 1-3 Ukraine

Moldova 0-1 Montenegro

France 3-1 Georgia

Spain 1-1 Finland

we won :blank:

how did that happen :blank:

^ Some people even say we have a good chance of winning the world cup :|

^they obviously don't know our team :blank: