England 1-0 Austria
The facts:
* If Holland beat the Czech Republic tonight, England will automatically qualify, as they will be uncatchable as one of the two 2nd best placed teams. Any other result leaves it open until Wednesday.
* The referee is stupid. Owen was clearly fouled in the first half, but we didn't get a penalty for that challenge! .. yet David Beckham gets sent-off because Ibertsberger dived.
Clear inconsistancy from the Spanish referee. Should he referee an important international match again? Hell no.
* We didn't play as well as we could, and should, have. Clearly an improvement in performance is needed on Wednesday night, as Poland are a better side than Austria.
*Sven took off Owen for Richardson, leaving Crouch up front .. Wtf!?
Crouch has no pace and his true purpose for being in the team is to latch onto crosses. Seeing as we weren't playing with wingers anymore, it was a very strange substitution. Owen clearly has more pace and was a lot better suited to remaining on the pitch in that situation.
Group 1
Finland 0-1 Romania
Romania move into 2nd place, but will only stand a chance if Czech Rep. lose both of their remaining matches - not likely.
Group 3
Russia 5-1 Luxembourg
Slovakia 1-0 Estonia
Russia and Slovakia are locked in battle for 2nd place, but with one match remaining, Slovakia have an edge in GD. Ironically, the one match remaining for these two is against each other. Slovakia - Russia!
Group 5
Scotland 0-1 Belarus
Scotland's chances of qualifying are all but over..
Group 6
Northern Ireland 2-3 Wales
Group 8
Bulgaria 2-0 Hungary