June 3, 20196 yr Author Shane Long will miss the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Denmark and Gibraltar with a hamstring injury. The 32-year-old has pulled out of Mick McCarthy's squad after suffering the injury in training.
June 4, 20196 yr Author Missed this a few days ago but Germany manager Joachim Low will miss their Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia after suffering a "sporting injury". The World Cup winner, 59, has a "contused artery" according to the German Football Association and needs treatment in hospital. Assistant manager Marcus Sorg will take charge for the two matches.
June 7, 20196 yr Great result for Ireland in Copenhagen tonight, a win at home to Gibraltar on Monday and in control of the group for the big games in sept!
June 11, 20196 yr Author Last night's results GROUP A Bulgaria 2-3 Kosovo Czech Republic 3-0 Montenegro GROUP B Serbia 4-1 Lithuania Ukraine 1-0 Luxembourg GROUP D Denmark 5-1 Georgia Republic of Ireland 2-0 Gibraltar GROUP F Faroe Islands 0-2 Norway Malta 0-4 Romania Spain 3-0 Sweden GROUP G Latvia 0-5 Slovenia North Macedonia 1-4 Austria Poland 4-0 Israel
June 11, 20196 yr Only "upset" there could be argued to be Kosovo but I'm not calling it one because frankly Kosovo is better than people think. Too bad Luxembourg couldn't sneak a goal in there for a surprise draw, it would've really made the dream of their unlikely qualification more possible. Edited June 11, 20196 yr by DJHazey
June 11, 20196 yr Author Is there a Macedonia and a North Macedonia now? From the 14th February this year, Macedonia is now known as North Macedonia.
June 11, 20196 yr Author Another solid win for Northern Ireland, their fourth win in a row in the qualifiers against Belarus.
June 12, 20196 yr Turkey romps France 2-0 on their home turf and turns around to lose away to Iceland. So this shows Iceland aren't dead quite yet. Greece dismantled by Italy at home, then lose one to Armenia three days later at home, that spells doom for their World Cup chances.
June 12, 20196 yr Author Finland have somewhat of a unlikely chance of qualifying if they can maintain their results.
June 12, 20196 yr Just for fun, this is how qualification/play-offs would look if the groups remained the same Qualified Belgium Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Luxembourg Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine Play-Offs A) Portugal vs Croatia Netherlands vs Switzerland B) Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Romania Austria vs Wales C) Scotland vs Bulgaria Norway vs Serbia D) Georgia vs Belarus North Macedonia vs Kosovo
June 12, 20196 yr Group A - England have this in the bag, but what will be fun are the two matches yet to be played between Czech Republic and Kosovo which will decide the second slot. Group B - Ukraine is pretty much in. Luxembourg only has points against Lithuania so realistically they're out and it really comes between Serbia and Portugal. I give the edge to Serbia since they already have a draw in Portugal. Group C - Let's pump the brakes on crowning Northern Ireland, since they've only played Estonia and Belarus. Netherlands on the other hand have only played two matches. Group D - Ireland have set themselves up but still have a few tough matches left. Denmark did themselves well with that wild 3-3 draw in Switzerland, but the Swiss have an additional game left to be played. Group E - Hungary got two key home wins but they're in a tough group and only have one Azerbaijan game left as an 'easy' win. Wales are in some trouble unless they get some big wins in the fall. Slovakia and Croatia seem to be the ones to watch for qualification if you ask me. Group F - Spain and then it's between Sweden and Romania. Norway would've been in this discussion but getting only a draw at home versus those two hurts. Group G - It will be Poland and hopefully Israel who still have a return trip to Austria after beating them at home. Slovenia could still be a sneaky threat since they have four home matches remaining. Group H - The most competitive group so far. France have the softest schedule though or so it would seem. Iceland still have to go to Turkey but I would say all of their remaining matches are winnable, even the home match versus France. We'll see though. I'd put my money on France/Turkey. Group I - Clearly Belgium and Russia. Group J - Clearly Italy and Finland.
September 4, 20195 yr Author England squad for Kosovo and Bulgaria Goalkeepers: Tom Heaton (Aston Villa), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley) Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Leicester), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), James Maddison (Leicester), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), Declan Rice (West Ham), Harry Winks (Tottenham) Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) My 30,000th post.
September 6, 20195 yr Author Wales quite fortunate to win against Azerbaijan tonight. Scotland's hopes look all but over after that defeat to Russia.
September 7, 20195 yr Author So a Kane brace for England against Bulgaria after 50 minutes from a goalkeeper mistake and a penalty.
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