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International Football Highlights
- September 9th, 2008
This week’s international football did not really give any surprises with all the big teams’ bar France all easily overcame lesser sides and grabbed the three points in the first round of games in the qualification for the World Cup in South Africa 2010.
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England needed substitute Joe Cole to come off the bench at half time to spare new coach Capello’s blushes with two quick goals against one of the lowest ranked teams in the world in Andorra.
Elsewhere in England’s group Croatia who play England on Wednesday evening enjoyed an easy Three nil victory at home in their first game over minnows Kazakhstan.
World cup holders Italy nearly suffered embarrassment but had Di Natale to thank for scoring a last minute winner over Cyprus with him scoring both in a 2-1 win.
The big winners from the weekend were Germany who celebrated a landslide 6-0 win away win at Liechtenstein with Podolski chief tormentor with two goals. The only surprise to come out of the weekend was Austria’s impressive 3-1 victory over World Cup final losers France who are now calling for the head coach to resign or be replaced.
This week’s fixtures see a big game in England’s group with Croatia hosting a massive game on Wednesday night with the whole of England looking for revenge after Croatia killed off their Euro qualification hopes in their last meeting.
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