October 21, 201311 yr I really hope Iceland and Romania qualify, it's good to see new and unusual teams in the competition. It's a shame Tahiti didn't qualify, they would have been the story of goodwill in the competition and everyone's 2nd favourite team.
October 21, 201311 yr I really hope Iceland and Romania qualify, it's good to see new and unusual teams in the competition. It's a shame Tahiti didn't qualify, they would have been the story of goodwill in the competition and everyone's 2nd favourite team. I wouldn't rule out Iceland's chances. Croatia have gone rapidly downhill and, as has been said, have sacked their manager. If Iceland do qualify, they will shatter the record for the smallest (by population) country ever to qualify for the World Cup.
November 7, 201311 yr England squad to play in friendlies against Chile and Germany Goalkeepers: Joe Hart [Man City], Fraser Forster [Celtic], John Ruddy [Norwich] Defenders: Leighton Baines [Everton], Kieran Gibbs [Arsenal], Ashley Cole [Chelsea], Glen Johnson [Liverpool], Kyle Walker [Tottenham], Chris Smalling [Man United], Phil Jones [Man United], Phil Jagielka [Everton], Gary Cahill [Chelsea] Midfielders: Steven Gerrard [Liverpool], Jack Wilshere [Arsenal], Frank Lampard [Chelsea], Ross Barkley [Everton], James Milner [Man City], Andros Townsend [Tottenham], Jordan Henderson [Liverpool], Tom Cleverley [Man United] , Adam Lallana [southampton] Forwards: Wayne Rooney [Man United], Daniel Sturridge [Liverpool], Jermain Defoe [Tottenham], Rickie Lambert [southampton], Jay Rodriguez [southampton] Withdrawn: Daniel Welbeck, Michael Carrick
November 14, 201311 yr Carrick and Welbeck withdrawn injured Gerrard, Walker and Lambert will miss the match vs. Chile
November 16, 201311 yr World Cup play off 1st leg: Ukraine 2-0 France A World Cup without France? :o Bit of a shock result. Ukraine's home form is excellent though. I wouldn't write France off just yet, but not having an away goal could be crucial. Evra had a shocker of a game.
November 16, 201311 yr Congratulations to Nigeria on qualifying for the World Cup. GO SUPER EAGLES!!!
November 17, 201311 yr Cameroon IN. Ghana is all but qualified now, so basically if Algeria manage to overcome the 1 goal deficit they have against Burkina Faso right now we'll have the same 5 African teams we had in South Africa (not counting SA obviously). Rooting for Burkina Faso because of that, and also because we need more fresh faces.
November 17, 201311 yr Either way it's a strong African contingent, although it's distinctly possible that none could make it to the last 16.
November 18, 201311 yr I really hope Burkina Faso qualify, they've got a good team and did well to get to the Africa Cup of nations final. Edited November 18, 201311 yr by Abdul Waheeb
November 19, 201311 yr Ghana, Algeria, Greece, Croatia, Portugal and France (who got VERY LUCKY looking at the scoresheet) all in. We have our finalists now as Mexico and Uruguay are almost certain to make it based on the current score lines for them. Aside from Ghana each of those matchups went the way I didn't want it to. :( Although some of that is underdog syndrome I'm just a little sad that the VARIETY isn't happening. (I'll get out my quadrennial appreciation of the actual sport proper next summer)
November 19, 201311 yr I'm so gutted that Burkina Faso, Iceland & Romania didn't qualify. I guess it's a case of same old-same old, but at least Bosnia will be a new team in the world cup. The quality of football will be good though i think with all the powerful European & South American teams in it and the skillful African teams (GO SUPER EAGLES!!!) and we'll get to see the best players in the world apart from Gareth Bale. It's gonna be really f**ked up watching live matches at midnight though when you've got work or school the following morning! :drama: Edited November 19, 201311 yr by Abdul Waheeb
November 20, 201311 yr The quality of football will be good though i think with all the powerful European & South American teams in it and the skillful African teams (GO SUPER EAGLES!!!) and we'll get to see the best players in the world apart from Aaron Ramsey. :D No really though, gutted Zlatan won't be there.
November 20, 201311 yr Probably wasn't the wisest decision from me to take a trip to Wembley last night. Freezing cold only to watch quite a lacklustre performance from England. There didn't seem to be enough conviction in our attacking play The 32 teams that have now qualified for the world cup: Europe: Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Switzerland, Russia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Portugal, France, Greece, Croatia South America: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay Asia: Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast North America: USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico
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