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Wales 0-1 Sweden Highlights

by Joao on 3 March, 2010

Sweden takes the win home after this match, and it could have been by a bigger margin.

Wales couldn’t get anything out of this, and John Toshack talked about having a difficult life without Ramsey. But one player cannot justify the lack of pace and of cunning that the Welsh showed in this match.

Bolton’s striker Johan Elmander scored the winning goal for Sweden, who displayed good football in preparation for the qualifiers for the Euro Cup.

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Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic Highlights

by Joao on 3 March, 2010

A great win for Scotland against a Czech side that’s yet to find their way into playing good football.

Scott Brown scored the winning goal for Scotland in a match where the boys in blue showed all their strength. A spirited performance left the Czechs waiting for more feeble opponents to get their act together. And although it wasn’t the most beautiful game to watch, Scotland got the job done.

And while Scotland show a good start to their campaign for the next European Championship, Czech still has a lot to regroup and re-do ahead of the qualifying round.

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Portugal 2-0 China PR Highlights

March 3, 2010

A good win for Portugal with a relatively easy opponent. A lot of players rotated and two different formations used reduced the quality of the match in the second half.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned in great style to the team, playing a good match and getting an assist to the first goal. The Real Madrid winger powered [...]

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Netherlands 2-1 USA Highlights

March 3, 2010

Netherlands had a good test ahead of the World Cup, beating the USA in a good football match.
Kuyt gave Holland the lead with a spot kick 40 minutes into the match, crowning a first half where The Netherlands kept the ball and moved it around in style, but the Americans showed that they’re no longer [...]

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Italy 0-0 Cameroon Highlights

March 3, 2010

An absolute drab of a match saw the two sides come out of this with a goalless draw.
Both teams tried out some new things and players ahead of the World Cup, and nobody really took initiative in the match. The draw ends up being almost too good for the two sides, were it a competitive [...]

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Germany 0-1 Argentina Highlights

March 3, 2010

Argentina beat Germany in a nervous match marked by Ballack’s accidental breaking of Martin Demichelis’ cheekbone.
The moment of the match came when Gonzalo Higuain picked up and excellent pass by Di Maria and eased past goalkeeper Rene Adler to pass the ball into an open goal. Argentina were in control of the match and were [...]

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France 0-2 Spain Highlights

March 2, 2010

Spain got the best out of this match and totally overpowered a French side that has to get their act together if they’re to get anything out of the World Cup.
There’s a lot of controversy over national manager Raymond Domenech, and voices were loudly heard throughout the stadium calling for his resignation. And if firing [...]

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England 3-1 Egypt Highlights

March 2, 2010

England got the win a match with two distinct halves that may have left manager Fabio Capello with more questions than answers.
The first half of this match saw a spirited performance by Egypt rewarded with a goal. England created several chances, with Rooney in good form, but failed to score. Egypt seemed to have their [...]

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Austria 2-1 Denmark Highlights

March 2, 2010

A terrible performance by Denmark, leaving some to wonder how they did so well in the qualifier, and others to worry about their World Cup career.
Austria were the deserved winners in a game that had all the action packed into its first half. Austria exposed Denmark’s defensive issues by scoring twice from set pieces, and [...]

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Albania 1-0 N. Ireland Highlights

March 2, 2010

Albania got a goal up a dismal Northern Ireland squad, in a game played in a pitch hardly fit for football.
The only part of the match worth mentioning is the goal: a free kick nicely taken by Skela in the first half.
The horrible quality of the pitch cannot completely mask how badly N. Ireland played [...]

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Brazil 2-0 Rep Ireland Highlights

March 2, 2010

The Brazilian national team beat their Irish counterpart in a very interesting match.
The tone for the match was set early in the first half, with Brazil seeking to play an organized, yet fast-paced football while Ireland were relying on defensive pressure, a tight defense and counter-strikes.
The Irish held their ground well throughout the whole of [...]

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Fletcher and Hutton Out for Scotland

October 9, 2009

Alan Hutton and Darren Fletcher have both pulled out of Scotlands friendly against Japan, leaving the total number of players choosing to sit out this pointless fixture at 10.
Watford’s Don Cowie and Norwich City’s Stephen Hughes have been added – Craig Conway had been called up on Tuesday.
Scott Brown, Shaun Maloney and Steven Naismith pulled [...]

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