World Cup 2014 European Qualifying Thread

Euro groups

A
Croatia
Serbia
Belgium
Scotland
Macedonia
Wales

B
Italy
Denmark
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Armenia
Malta

C
Germany
Sweden
Republic of Ireland
Austria
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan

D
Netherlands
Turkey
Hungary
Romania
Estonia
Andorra

E
Norway
Slovenia
Switzerland
Albania
Cyprus
Iceland

F
Portugal
Russia
Israel
Northern Ireland
Azerbaijan
Luxembourg

G
Greece
Slovakia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Lithuania
Latvia
Liechtenstein

H
England
Montenegro
Ukraine
Poland
Moldova
San Marino

I
Spain
France
Belarus
Georgia
Finland

Fixtures 7.9.12
Russia v Northern Ireland 16:00
Azerbaijan v Israel 17:00
Kazakhstan v R. of Ireland 17:00
Georgia v Belarus 18:00
Liechtenstein v Bosnia-H 18:00
Estonia v Romania 19:00
Malta v Armenia 19:00
Croatia v Macedonia 19:15
Lithuania v Slovakia 19:15
Albania v Cyprus 19:30
Andorra v Hungary 19:30
Finland v France 19:30
Latvia v Greece 19:30
Montenegro v Poland 19:30
Netherlands v Turkey 19:30
Slovenia v Switzerland 19:30
Bulgaria v Italy 19:45
Germany v Faroe Islands 19:45
Iceland v Norway 19:45
Luxembourg v Portugal 19:45
Moldova v England 19:45
Wales v Belgium 19:45

8.9.12
Scotland v Serbia 15:00
Denmark v Czech Rep 19:15

Bulgaria aren't great, should be winning that tomorrow. Germany v Faroe Islands will be interesting.....7-0 I predict.

To be honest I can't be arsed following this this week,it's simply disrupted everything else.

I ain't too fussed either at the moment. Not gonna bother streaming the Italia-Malta game, should be pretty comfortable! Gonna watch the BBC panorama tonight on a Blackburn housing estate instead

forzaitalia wrote:

I ain't too fussed either at the moment. Not gonna bother streaming the Italia-Malta game, should be pretty comfortable! Gonna watch the BBC panorama tonight on a Blackburn housing estate instead

How sad is that?


Hey you - wasn't it at Blackburn when Jack Walker bought up a row of terraced houses, so the ground could be improved, they found a body buried in one of the gardens á la Fred West?

I know you'll be watching! It'll still be heaven compared to most places in Burnley!

forzaitalia wrote:

I know you'll be watching! It'll still be heaven compared to most places in Burnley!

Haha, wasn't it in Blackburn that Jack Walker bought up a row of terraced houses so the ground could be extended and they found a body buried under someone's gardens? Á la Fred West.

several links for the Italy game on the eplsite.com website.

ancient milanista wrote:

forzaitalia wrote:

I know you'll be watching! It'll still be heaven compared to most places in Burnley!

Haha, wasn't it in Blackburn that Jack Walker bought up a row of terraced houses so the ground could be extended and they found a body buried under someone's gardens? Á la Fred West.

Never heard that one before if I'm honest. Might be true though.

1-0 Italia, Destroooo!

De Rossi has scored, 2-1 up now, only turned on at HT. (it's on bet365 if anyone's interested)

Results
Wales 2-1 Scotland
Macedonia 1-2 Croatia
Serbia 0-3 Belgium
Bulgaria 1-1 Denmark
Armenia 1-3 Italy
Czech Rep. 3-1 Malta
R. of Ireland 1-6 Germany
Faroe Islands 1-2 Sweden
Kazakhstan 0-0 Austria
Estonia 0-1 Hungary
Netherlands 3-0 Andorra
Turkey 0-1 Romania
Slovenia 2-1 Cyprus
Switzerland 1-1 Norway
Albania 1-2 Iceland
Luxembourg 0-6 Israel
Russia 1-0 Portugal
Greece 0-0 Bosnia-H
Slovakia 2-1 Latvia
Liechtenstein 0-2 Lithuania
England 5-0 San Marino
Moldova 0-0 Ukraine
Belarus 0-4 Spain
Finland 1-1 Georgia

aldair6 wrote:

Results
Armenia 1-3 Italy

I've just caught the highlights. It looked a fairly straightforward win. The Denmark game will be a tougher test though.

I only caught the second half but it probably wasn't as straightforward as the scoreline would suggest, could only be 100% sure of the win once Ozzy scored. Denmark will be a bit tough, but they aren't that good, should be beating them.

Farcical situation for England's match in Poland. Raining for hours, no work on the pitch, roof not closed and water standing everywhere.

Looks like postponement.

4pm tomorrow now. ^

Good win for the Azzurri. Very good in fact, with Ozzy getting sent off just after HT when it was 2-1. He needs to stop getting sent off, he's probably more likely to get sent off than Balotelli these days!

Showed good mental strength to keep going after that and add another goal.

Elsewhere, Germany don't have the mental strength they used to.

England won 8-0......

Spain only drew 1-1 with Finland at home, pretty surprising. Scotland went 1-0 up v Wales then got beat 2-1.

So how is this for playing conditions - USA v Costa Rica qualifier:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/9949833/Snow-wipes-out-the-sporting-calendar-except-in-Colorado.html?frame=2518076

Yikes!

streams for tonight's matches here:

http://www.eplsite.com/

A slightly disappointing result last night but I don't think it is any more than a blip. Some of the comments on the football italia site screaming for wholesale changes are just plain ridiculous. Suzy Campanale's blog is spot on I think.

Yeah, wasn't too bad. One of the more difficult games in the group. Qualification is gonna be secured pretty comfortably in the end, no need to panic at a 0-0 away at Czech Republic partially played with 10 men!