Roiling football blather

[don_quixote]

egypt 1-0 algeria... 6 minutes stoppage time

 

[don_quixote]

EGYPT SCORE!!! 4 minutes into stoppage time!!

 

[don_quixote]

full time, 2-0 egypt, they go through to an extraordinary playoff against algeria again in sudan on wednesday!!

 

[don_quixote]

fuck me, world cup qualifiers seriously should get more of a stage. FUCK ME! what a day in african qualification

 

[hucks]

EGYPT SCORE!!! 4 minutes into stoppage time!!

Brilliant! Seriously gutted I didn't put money on the 2-0 result. So magnetic! Gonna find some Egyptian bar (um....) to watch that play off, no question

 

[nomos]

fuck me. van persie possibly out for 2-3 months with torn ankle ligaments after the italy match today (according to bbc live text via some guy on twitter)

 

[baboon2004]

man, portugal 1-0 bosnia. can they do it?


egypt's 2nd for those who missed it

 

[don_quixote]

remember - these pots are UNOFFICIAL. fifa has not yet announced how seeding will work or how the draw will work. this is all based on assumptions from world cup 2006

pot A:
south africa
brazil
england
spain
germany
italy
argentina
france - if they beat ireland. lead 1-0 after first leg in ireland.

pot B:
ghana
paraguay
cote d'ivoire
chile
cameroon
nigeria
uruguay/costa rica - uruguay lead 1-0 after first leg in costa rica
algeria/egypt - play-off in sudan on wednesday


pot C:
holland
denmark
switzerland
slovakia
serbia
russia/slovenia - russia lead 2-1 after first leg in russia
portugal/bosnia - portugal lead 1-0 after first leg in portugal
greece/ukraine - 0-0 after first leg in greece

pot D:
north korea
south korea
japan
australia
usa
mexico
honduras
new zealand

if ireland overturn france, portugal will take their slot in pot a, unless bosnia beat portugal, in which case holland will take the slot in pot a.

fifa have hinted that current world rankings will play a heavier role in deciding the seeds. this may mean holland are seeded. this should worry england a lot. they are expected to drop out of the top 8 after losing to brazil yesterday. i know that sounds absurd. it absolutely is.

 

[crackerjack]

all leading up to the big one tomorrow.....with new man gus poyet in charge

i'll be watching through the cracks between my fingers

Well I did enjoy that. Utterly brilliant for the first half hour, Forster and Murray tore them to shreds. Then they disappeared and we looked terrified, but great goalkeeping from the Dutch marine and a class late insurance goal.

 

[don_quixote]

remember - these pots are UNOFFICIAL. fifa has not yet announced how seeding will work or how the draw will work. this is all based on assumptions from world cup 2006

pot A:
south africa
brazil
england
spain
germany
italy
argentina
france - if they beat ireland. lead 1-0 after first leg in ireland.

pot B:
ghana
paraguay
cote d'ivoire
chile
cameroon
nigeria
algeria
uruguay/costa rica - uruguay lead 1-0 after first leg in costa rica

pot C:
holland
denmark
switzerland
slovakia
serbia
greece
russia/slovenia - russia lead 2-1 after first leg in russia
portugal/bosnia - portugal lead 1-0 after first leg in portugal

pot D:
north korea
south korea
japan
australia
usa
mexico
honduras
new zealand

if ireland overturn france, portugal will take their slot in pot a, unless bosnia beat portugal, in which case holland will take the slot in pot a.

algeria go through after beating egypt 1-0!! greece beat ukraine 1-0!!

 

[crackerjack]

irish goal




blimey

 

[hucks]

Russia: bottlers

Edit: not actually full time yet, my bad

Edit 2: No, as you were.

A Russian mate of mine told me after Slovenia scored an away goal with 2 minutes to go on Saturday that I should get money on a 1-0 Slovenia win tonight. 15-2. Decided not to. I am shit at betting.

 

[don_quixote]

the algeria goal is brilliant!

 

[don_quixote]

slovenia through!!! beat russia 1-0

 

[crackerjack]

this irish game was end to end, but fading a little now

i hope the french do go out - those new shiny stripes on their shirt are a disgrace, look like baby-carriers w/o the baby

 

[don_quixote]

pot A:
south africa
brazil
england
spain
germany
italy
argentina
france/portugal

pot B:
ghana
paraguay
cote d'ivoire
chile
cameroon
nigeria
algeria
uruguay/costa rica

pot C:
holland
denmark
switzerland
slovakia
serbia
greece
slovenia
portugal/ireland

pot D:
north korea
south korea
japan
australia
usa
mexico
honduras
new zealand

 

[don_quixote]

with bosnia missing out this will be the first world cup ever (i think) which hasn't had a team making it's world cup finals debut

 

[crackerjack]

looking like france. dodgy handball goal, but it's been all them in xtra time - will probably score again in last 15

 

[crackerjack]

with bosnia missing out this will be the first world cup ever (i think) which hasn't had a team making it's world cup finals debut

you are the king of footy factoids!

 

[nomos]

why is setanta canada not showing france v. ireland it sounds mental from the bbc livetext