October 25, 20177 yr Congratulations to the England Under 17's who make it to the final where they'll face either Spain or Mali by beating Brazil 3-1.
November 9, 20177 yr Stupid decision from the ref to give a penalty which hit Evan's shoulder for handball in N Ireland's defeat to Switzerland. They'll have it to do now.
November 9, 20177 yr Good luck to anyone watching England v Germany tomorrow. Just has the probability of it being a 1-0 win to Germany. Or England getting a pasting.
November 12, 20177 yr Tunisia, Morocco and Nigeria the latest teams to qualify for the World Cup. Nigeria qualified last month, it's Senegal who qualified alongside Tunisia & Morocco. It will be only the second time that Senegal have taken part in a World Cup following their appearance in 2002. No appearance for Ivory Coast this time, they're not as good as they used to be when they had the likes of Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue in their team. Edited November 12, 20177 yr by Houdini
November 12, 20177 yr Good to see a variety of nations who don't normally qualify get there! Will be interesting to see the likes of Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal alongside teams like Panama and Saudi Arabia and hopefully Peru too. This qualifying campaign is exactly why the World Cup shouldn't expand to 48 teams. These qualifiers have felt like part of the actual tournament with big teams already knocked out.
November 12, 20177 yr Switzerland through thanks to that dubious penalty. Also Croatia through against Greece. 4 spots left then.
November 13, 20177 yr Would love to see Italy miss the World Cup as a selfish U.S. fan I can then say there were many teams that normally qualify that also missed: United States, Netherlands, Ivory Coast, Ghana, hopefully Italy.
November 13, 20177 yr I've never seen a World Cup without Italy so it will be very strange if Italy don't win tonight against Sweden. Buffon will almost certainly retire from international football if Italy fail to qualify.
November 13, 20177 yr Indeed, a massive shock. First time in about three generations that they haven't made it, yet another 0-0 draw. 1958, the last time they weren't at the World Cup. Sad to see Buffon end his international career like that.
November 13, 20177 yr Italy have won the World Cup 4 times and haven't missed the finals for 60 years. Only Brazil or Germany not qualifying would be bigger.
November 13, 20177 yr I consider four nations to be the cornerstone of any World Cup: Brazil, Germany, Italy and Argentina. To see one of these miss out is such a shocker, and the tournament will be a poorer spectacle without the Italians. They always bring drama or controversy or sublime skill and unlikely results. On another note, all these goalless play off games... doesn't bode well for the World Cup does it. :lol:
November 13, 20177 yr I'm hoping that won't be the norm for the World Cup, the 0-0 draws. We've had 6 in a row in the various play off games: Honduras 0-0 Australia New Zealand 0-0 Peru Denmark 0-0 Ireland Switzerland 0-0 N Ireland Greece 0-0 Croatia Italy 0-0 Sweden Please can there be at least a goal tomorrow for Ireland.
November 14, 20177 yr I feel quite gutted that Italy have not qualified for the World Cup, historically part of the World Cup furniture I'll certainly miss them next year. Italy more often than not make a huge impact one way or another when they take part so it will feel very weird not having them there. I don't think Zlatan still plays for Sweden so that is another reason why I'm gutted that they made it instead of Italy.
November 14, 20177 yr Very rare to see a capitulation like that from an Irish side from what we've seen in the qualifiers. I was expecting a performance more like what Northern Ireland gave against the Swiss.
November 14, 20177 yr Probably best for the tournament that Eriksen and Denmark have qualified ahead of the Irish... their limitations were shown up fully tonight!
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