Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Euro 2008 - Group A (qualifiers) November 15 2006

There are 3 games being played today. These are the standings before the games are played

Group A Pld Pts
Serbia 4 10
Finland 4 8
Belgium 4 7
Poland 4 7
Portugal 3 4
Kazakhstan 4 2
Armenia 3 1
Azerbaijan 4 1


Finland 1 - 0 Armenia
10' [1 - 0] M. Nurmela

Belgium 0 - 1 Poland
19' [0 - 1] R. Matusiak

Portugal 3 - 0 Kazakhstan
8' [1 - 0] S. Simao
30' [2 - 0] C. Ronaldo
85' [3 - 0] S. Simao

Euro 2008 - Group D (qualifiers) November 15 2006

There are 2 games being played today. These are the standings before the games are played

Group D Pld Pts
Czech Republic 4 10
Germany 3 9
Slovakia 4 6
Wales 3 3
Cyprus 3 3
Republic of Ireland 3 1
San Marino 2 0


Cyprus 1 - 1 Germany
15' [0 - 1] M. Ballack
43' [1 - 1] Y. Okkas


Ireland 5 - 0 San Marino
07' [1 - 0] Simoncini (o.g.)
24' [2 - 0] K. Doyle
31' [3 - 0] R. Keane
57' [4 - 0] R. Keane (pen.)
85' [5 - 0] R. Keane

Euro 2008 - Group E (qualifiers) November 15 2006: Croatia Beats Israel 4-3

McClaren says team is not a failure, he dismissed allegations that his team were nothing more than a bunch of failures.
The poor results against Macedonia and Croatia could not be explained and were only minor hiccups.
After today England will be in third place in group E. It will be interesting to see if they will finish top of the group.

There are 3 games being played today. These are the standings before the games are played

Group E Pld Pts
England 4 7
Croatia 3 7
F.Y.R. Macedonia 4 7
Israel 3 7
Russia 3 5
Estonia 3 0
Andorra 4 0


Rep. of Macedonia 0 - 2 Russia
18' [0 - 1] V. Bystrov
31' [0 - 2] A. Arshavin


Israel 3 - 4 Croatia
08' [1 - 0] R.D. Colautti
35' [1 - 1] D. Srna (pen.)
39' [1 - 2] E.A.D. Silva
54' [1 - 3] E.A.D. Silva
68' [2 - 3] Y. Benayoun
73' [2 - 4] E.A.D. Silva
89' [3 - 4] R.D. Colautti

Israel has suffered their first competitive defeat in 15 matches.The home side were last defeated by France in April 2003
The results of today have changed the standings in group E. Croatia is now on top followed by Russia.

Group E Pld Pts
Croatia 4 10
England 4 7
Russia 4 8
Israel 4 7
F.Y.R. Macedonia 5 7
Estonia 3 0
Andorra 4 0

Internationals - Friendly Games November 15 2006

Malta 1 - 4 Lithuania
37' [0 - 1] T. Danilevicius
58' [0 - 2] T. Radzinevicius
67' [0 - 3] T. Danilevicius
86' [1 - 3] G. Agius
90' [1 - 4] V. Kavaliauskas

Zimbabwe 3 - 2 Namibia

Algeria 1 - 2 Burkina Faso
60' [0 - 1] Yambogo (pen.)
82' [0 - 2] Koffi
86' [1 - 2] Saifi (pen.)

Estonia 2 - 1 Belarus
17' [1 - 0] A. Oper
63' [1 - 1] A. Hleb (pen.)
66' [2 - 1] A. Oper

Slovakia 3 - 1 Bulgaria
08' [1 - 0] M. Mintal
53' [2 - 0] Sapara
77' [3 - 0] M. Karhan
79' [3 - 1] Karadjinov

Georgia 2 - 0 Uruguay
39' [1 - 0] L. Kobiaschwili (pen.)
55' [2 - 0] L. Kobiaschwili

Sweden 0 - 1 Ivory Coast
38' [0 - 1] D. Drogba

Luxembourg 0 - 0 Togo

Tunisia 2 - 0 Libya

Holland 1 - 1 England
37' [0 - 1] W. Rooney
86' [1 - 1] R.v.d. Vaart

Hungary 1 - 0 Canada
36' [1 - 0] Priskin

Czech Republic 1 - 1 Denmark
28' [0 - 1] P. Løvenkrands
90' [1 - 1] M. Baros


Serbia 1 - 1 Norway
6' [1 - 0] N. Vidic
22' [1 - 1] J. Carew


Austria 4 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago
14' [1 - 0] R. Aufhauser
23' [1 - 1] C. Samuel
25' [2 - 1] R. Aufhauser
42' [3 - 1] R. Aufhauser
80' [4 - 1] Feldhofer

Morocco 6 - 0 Gabon
39' [1 - 0] Lembarki
65' [2 - 0] A. Ouaddou
68' [3 - 0] Boukahai
70' [4 - 0] Lembarki
73' [5 - 0] Mahdoufi
89' [6 - 0] Souari

Switzerland 1 - 2 Brazil
22' [0 - 1] Luisao
35' [0 - 2] Kaka
71' [1 - 2] Maicon (o.g.)

Egypt 1 - 0 South Africa
4' [1 - 0] Moteb

Italy 1 - 1 Turkey
39' [1 - 0] D. Natale
42' [1 - 1] M. Materazzi (o.g.)

France 1 - 0 Greece
26' [1 - 0] T. Henry

Spain 0 - 1 Romania
58' [0 - 1] C. Marica