International news thread

[DrTagnian]

Originally posted by BMB
We're facing the Netherlands twice in the near future ... if that won't be exciting. If you wanna see a good share of goals, be sure to check those matches out

Yeah, though the first match is only in mid 2003 if I'm correct. But it's nice to look forward to. We've had a match with lots of goals, but also 0-0 if I remember correctly. But matches between Holland and Belgium are nice.

And I heard that the Dutch football organisation is also arranging a friendly match against Italy.

Originally posted by irishbritney
Well Ireland were poor.. I believe Holland did well and Scotland lost unfortunately..

Scotland lost indeed. And we.........we won from Germany.
1-3, goals from Hasselbaink and van Nistelrooy. First Dutch goal was an own goal from Germany.

It was a nice match, though Germany played better. We finished our chances, they didn't.

Other matches:

Macedonia - Israel (2-3)
So, where England has a draw, Israel wins.

South Korea - Brazil (2-3)
In the 90th minute Brazil got a penalty which was taken by Ronaldinho. South Korea was close to a fantastic draw. But they have played great against the World Champion. Ronaldo scored twice for Brazil.

And Italy got a draw again. How long will Trappatoni remain to be the coach of Italy ?

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

GERMANY 1 HOLLAND 3 Patrick Kluivert,Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored Holland's goals as they beat an injury-hit Germany side.

SOUTH KOREA 2 BRAZIL 3 A brace from Ronaldo and a last- minute penalty from Ronaldinho gave Brazil victory.

FRANCE 3 YUGOSLAVIA 0 Eric Carriere scored twice as France coasted to victory over a Yugoslav side which had Sinisa Mijhailovic sent off.

CZECH REPUBLIC 3 SWEDEN 3 Liverpool's Milan Baros and Aston Villa's MarcusAllback both scored as the two sides fought out an entertaining draw.

ITALY 1 TURKEY 1 Christian Vieri scored the equaliser to cancel out a goal from his Inter Milan team-mate Emre in the friendly in Pescara.

JAPAN 0 ARGENTINA 2 Juan Pablo Sorin and Hernan Crespo scored as Argentina claimed a comfortable win in Saitama.

SAN MARINO 0 LATVIA1 Carlo Valentini's 90th- minute own goal gave Latvia three points in their Euro 2004 Group Four qualifier in San Marino.

CYPRUS 2 MALTA 1 Rainer Raufman and Yiannakis Okkas helped Cyprus win their Euro 2004 Group One qualifying clash.

SPAIN 1 BULGARIA 0 Jose Mari's 10th-minute goal was enoughtogive JoseAntonio Camacho'sside a narrowvictory in Granada.

DENMARK 2 POLAND 0 Milan striker Jon Dahl Tomasson was on the scoresheet as Denmark won their friendly clash against Poland in Copenhagen.

ROMANIA 0 CROATIA 1 Tomislav Maric scored the only goal of the game as Croatia won in Timisoara.

ESTONIA 2 ICELAND 0 Goals from Kristen Viikmae and Andres Oper gave Estonia a morale- boosting victory against Iceland in Tallinn.

HUNGARY 1 MOLDOVA 1 Hungary extended their unbeaten run to five games, with Pal Dardai equalising Evgheni Patula's opener for the visitors.

MACEDONIA 2 ISRAEL 3 Substitute Eli Biton scored the winner deep into stoppage time as Israel won in Skopje.

SLOVAKIA 1 UKRAINE 1 Oleksander Melascenko equalised six minutes from time to help Ukraine salvage a battling draw in Trnava.

AUSTRIA 0 NORWAY 1 Pa-Modou Kah pounced eight minutes from the end to give Norway victory in their friendly clash against the hosts in Vienna.

[DrTagnian]

Originally posted by irishbritney
GERMANY 1 HOLLAND 3 Patrick Kluivert,Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored Holland's goals as they beat an injury-hit Germany side.

Kluivert didn't score. He was pressing a defender who made an own goal by mistake. You can see that in the replay.

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

Originally posted by brit4ever
Kluivert didn't score. He was pressing a defender who made an own goal by mistake. You can see that in the replay.

Oops, Sorry..

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

UEFA disciplinary chiefs have postponed a decision on a charge against the Football Association to allow further investigation into the crowd trouble at England's match against Slovakia in October.

The panel have decided to appoint a disciplinary inspector to investigate the alleged lack of organisation by the Slovakian FA.

A final verdict against both the English and Slovakian associations will now be issued on December 17.

[PastyHusty]

GO HOLLAND! I'm pleased to see they beat the Germans 3-1, maybe it'll bring them back down to earth.

Congrats to Norway for winning as well.

[Besnit]

I think the get together that the England team are having is a complete waste of time, what do you think?

I don't see it as waste of time especially for the players on the fringe of the squad it is a chance to impress the coach.

Also a little get together allows the England physio's to check all the players are still fit and the clubs arn't lying to them and it builds team spirt.

Also I think it is a good idea coz Michael Dawson was with the squad so it was good for him to get more experiance. He has only played 15 first class matches for Forest and only got into the under 21 last Month. He is only 19.

[MMB]

Originally posted by brit4ever
Yeah, though the first match is only in mid 2003 if I'm correct. But it's nice to look forward to. We've had a match with lots of goals, but also 0-0 if I remember correctly. But matches between Holland and Belgium are nice.

The 0-0 was from the World Cup '98, both our first match

Two months later we played again against each other ... making it 5-5 that time You guys even had the home benefit

[DrTagnian]

Originally posted by BMB

Two months later we played again against each other ... making it 5-5 that time You guys even had the home benefit

Rub it in.

Van Der Sar and our defenders had a day off.

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

Kakhi Asatiani, one of Georgian football's most high-profile football personalities, has been shot dead.

Former coach
The 55-year-old Asatiani, who played more than 200 games for FC Dinamo Tbilisi during the Soviet period and went on to become coach of club, was reportedly shot in his car in the centre of Tbilisi. Witnesses reported the gunfire came from a passing vehicle.

Sports minister
After his career as a player and coach ended, Asatiani went on to become the chairman of Georgia's state department for sport between 1990 and 2000. Latterly, he was the general director of Georgian airline Airzena.