Brits Blow It: International Update

GROUP A
Portugal left it late it Almaty to beat Kazakhstan 2-1. Hugo Almeida had a goal disallowed in the first half before young striker Azila Makukula finally headed Portugal in front in the 84th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the lead in the last minute before a stoppage time Dimitri Byakov header gave the [...]

Euro 2008 Round-Up

Group A
Portugal got their campaign back on track with a 2-0 win in Azerbaijan. Bruno Alves headed in a Deco corner before Hugo Almeida turned in Miguel’s cross before half-time to seal the win against ten-man Azerbaijan. Serbia have it all to do after being held goalless in Armenia, whilst Poland gave their [...]

Euro 2008 Round-Up

There were only six Euro 2008 qualifying matches played on Wednesday night but they have brought significant developments in Groups A and F.
Group A
Leaders Poland didn’t play but were perhaps the big winners as the teams in second and third slipped up. Portugal were held to a miserable 1-1 draw with lowly Armenia in [...]

A case of 16

Footballing World scours for the likely qualifiers into the quarter-finals, the matches of the round and one for the underdogs.

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