INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY - England v Spain
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u see the first post...7 feb 4am...technically its over liao mahzOriginally posted by used:played already??
i tot its tomorow morning??
unless suppose to be 8 feb...3.55am!
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england gonna get whipped man, so many key players missing.
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dun worry. got Kieron Dyer.Originally posted by stellazio:england gonna get whipped man, so many key players missing.
okok... i m bias. MAGPIES!!
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Spain coach Luis Aragones has been cleared of racist conduct by a Spanish court after his derogatory remarks about France striker Thierry Henry in October 2004.
"The court found that the Spanish Committee for Sporting Discipline (CEDD) had incorrectly evaluated the evidence," the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said in a statement. "We now hope that all measures will be taken to clear the good name of the national coach and the RFEF disciplinary committees."
Aragones caused controversy in October 2004 when he was heard in a training session telling striker Jose Antonio Reyes that he was better than "that black sh it", referring to the Spaniard's Arsenal team mate Henry.
The 68-year-old Aragones was originally fined 3,000 euros for behaviour "contrary to the good order of the sport" by the RFEF.
The offence was upgraded to "conduct which could be considered to be racist" by the government-run CEDD and both Aragones and the RFEF successfully appealed against that decision to the Spanish court.
The RFEF were unable to say, however, whether Aragones would still have to pay the fine for the original charge. "My lawyer told me this morning," Aragones told Cadena Ser radio late on Tuesday. "I went to court because it was a stain on my reputation and because the offence did not exist as some judges believed."
Aragones initially apologised after widespread criticism of his behaviour, saying he had not meant to offend anyone and that his conscience was clear. He stirred further controversy, however, by mounting an energetic defence of his comments before a friendly against England in November 2004.
That match in Madrid was marred by racist abuse of England's black players by sections of the crowd. Spain play England in a friendly at Old Trafford on Wednesday. -
Klose to miss Germany match against Switzerland
BERLIN, Feb 7 - Striker Miroslav Klose will miss Germany's friendly international against Switzerland in Duesseldorf on Wednesday because of a thumb injury, the German Football Association said.
Klose, the leading scorer at the 2006 World Cup, complained of pain after training with a bandaged hand on Tuesday and will not be risked for the game. -
62' England [0 - 1] Spain
63' [0 - 1] A. Iniesta -
peter crouch keep fouling spain players by using arms on them even though he is like 15cm taller than them
and swp keep losing ball
carrick seems crappy
barton kanchiong spider
dyer fade out of the game
defoe still need more time into the game to score too bad not much time thus
England 0 - 1 Spain -
every eng players sucked
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It's a blessing the scoreline is only 1-0. Not the players should be sacked , I don't blame them. I blame Steve McClaren. He is the nemesis of England. He has proved to us that he was a mistake, a big mistake all along.
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England 0-1 Spain
England woefully underperformed to slip to their first home defeat under coach Steve McClaren in an international friendly against Spain at Old Trafford.
Spain were on the back foot at the start of each half, but the visitors survived to take control of the match.
Fernando Morientes blazed over the bar in the first-half, while David Villa's shot was well saved by England debutant Ben Foster just before the hour.
Soon afterwards substitute Andres Iniesta arrowed a shot past Foster.
So poor were England that it was hard to remember Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas having to make a save.
Any optimism engendered by England's bright approach at the start of each half quickly evaporated as Spain took control in midfield with Xavi a key influence.
Deployed to the left of Gerrard, who was given a central midfield position, Lampard looked a shadow of the player he is for Chelsea.
Gerrard was rested for the second half, with Gareth Barry replacing the Liverpool midfielder, but the switch did little to provide England with any better balance.
At least Gerrard had the consolation of playing the pass of the first half, picking out Peter Crouch with a ball played with the outside of his right foot just before the interval.
Unfortunately Crouch was unable to deliver a similar level of precision and his shot was well wide. -
Mac hails Foster and Woodgate
BOSS Steve McClaren glossed over England's latest dire display by hailing the performances of Ben Foster and Kieron Dyer. Andres Iniesta's second-half thumper clinched Spain's 1-0 victory tonight in the last ever friendly at Old Trafford. But McClaren claimed his side's low-key 90 minutes had provided valuable insights for England's troubled campaign to reach Euro 2008.
He said: "I thought Ben Foster did well, Jonathan Woodgate and Rio Ferdinand were very good at the back, and I was very pleased with Kieron Dyer - he tried to make things happen." "It's very difficult in a friendly when you have to make changes. "I was really looking at individuals and how they adapt. "But it is difficult to get any cohesion you could see that."
McClaren admitted Iniesta's 63rd minute strike was the touch of extra class England's drab efforts lacked. He said: "We created opportunities but just lacked that final bit of quality.
"It was always going to be a tough game with all the players we had missing but I learned quite a bit about a few that came back." -
LOL so boring i went to sleep at half time!
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SAVIOLA SHOOTS DOWNS FRENCH
France 0-1 Argentina
Javier Saviola's first-half strike earned an accomplished Argentina a deserved friendly win over France in Paris on Wednesday.
The Barcelona forward smashed home a close-range finish in the 15th minute for the only goal of a game the South Americans mastered on the whole.
France hardly had a sniff at a packed Stade de France, with Argentina's defence - superbly marshalled by captain Roberto Ayala, making a record 107th appearance for his country - completely dominant.
Germany 3-1 Switzerland
Germany opened the new year with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Switzerland but lost skipper Michael Ballack to a thigh strain shortly before the break
Kevin Kuranyi opened the scoring in the eighth minute and Mario Gomez crowned his international debut with a goal on the half-hour mark before Torsten Frings put the issue beyond doubt with a free-kick in the 66th. Marco Streller pulled a goal back for the Swiss four minutes later.
The result means Germany have yet to taste defeat under Jogi Low, who took over from Jurgen Klinsmann after the World Cup.
Holland 4-1 Russia
A flurry of second-half goals gave Holland a flattering victory over Russia and their Dutch coach Guus Hiddink in a friendly in Amsterdam.
It was a slow return to international football for both countries, and the game looked to be heading for a forgettable goalless draw before substitutes Ryan Babel and Wesley Sneijder struck twice in quick succession for Holland with a quarter of the match to play.
Vladimir Bystrov pulled one back for Russia 15 minutes from time, before goals from Hamburg duo Joris Mathijsen and Rafael van der Vaart wrapped things up late on.
International Match Results
Albania 0-1 FYR Macedonia
Algeria 2-1 Libya
Belgium 0-2 Czech Republic
China PR 2-1 Kazakhstan
Croatia 2-1 Norway
Egypt 2-0 Sweden
England 0-1 Spain
Georgia 1-0 Turkey
Iran 2-2 Belarus
Israel 1-1 Ukraine
Malta 1-1 Austria
Moldova 0-2 Romania
Morocco 1-1 Tunisia
Slovakia 2-2 Poland
Slovenia 1-0 Estonia -
Steve McClaren was never the right man for the job... Didn't he learn something from the WC... Putting Gerrard and Lampard together cannot work! -
i disagree......Gerrard and Lampard can work well once they have more time together on the pitchOriginally posted by zocoss:
Steve McClaren was never the right man for the job... Didn't he learn something from the WC... Putting Gerrard and Lampard together cannot work!
the main problem lies with carrick
we should have a better dm just for defense like owen.H or Parker