Spain won against Estonia with 0-3. Barcelona central defender Carles Puyol and Barcelona midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta started the game. Barcelona forward Bojan wasn't selected.
Xavi gave the free-kick assist for the first goal. Puyol scored the 3-0 with a header in the 69th minute. Iniesta was replaced in the 78th minute.
1. Spain (3) 9
2. Belgium (3) 7
3. Turkey (3) 7
4. Bosnia-Herzegovina (3) 3
5. Armenia (3) 0
6. Estonia (3) 0
Rumania and France drew two all. Barcelona left back defender Eric Abidal and Barcelona forward Thierry Henry played the whole match. Henry was the captain of the team, Abidal acted as central defender.
1. Serbia (3) 6
2. Lithuania (3) 6
3. Austria (3) 4
4. France (3) 4
5. Romania (3) 4
6. Faroe Islands (3) 1
Iceland lost against the Netherlands with 2-0. Barcelona attacker Eidur Gudjohnsen played the whole game.
1. Netherlands (2) 6
2. Scotland (3) 4
3. Macedonia (2) 3
4. Norway (2) 2
5. Iceland (3) 1
Belarus, the national team of the injured Barcelona attacker Alexander Hleb, didn't play this weekend.
1. England (3) 9
2. Ukraine (3) 7
3. Croatia (3) 4
4. Belarus (2) 3
5. Kazakhstan (4) 3
6. Andorra (3) 0
The nine group winners qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The eight best runners-up will be paired into 4 home-and-away series with the four winners qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Internacional: Abidal and Henry keep struggling
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6 comments:
what about keita,mali won 2-1 yesterday.anyone knows if he played?
I thought Mali plays today... Brazil too.
I'll have an update like this one on the Africn and the (South-)American teams tomorrow!
it seems like Henry is 100 times more dangerous when he plays on the box edges.. than inside the box on the second half he moved alot and supplied the attack with a good deal of chances.. yes he is 31 but he made more runs than the young Benzema!
Permit me an observation (rather than a quibble) As a journalist (in my day job), I have to say that this is a misleading headline. I would say:
Internationals: France (Abidal, Henry) continues to struggle.
I watched the match, and Henry took a while to find a good spot to play in, then he started raising hell. He was the most active attacker aside from Ribery.
Abidal had a couple of his "walkabout" moments. He and Boumsong bring out the worst in each other. But overall, he had a solid match, even if I just don't think he's a central defender. Domenech is misguided on that one, but with Saha and Sagna also in the side....
The Gourcuff goal is a stunner!
Again Pep, not a quibble, just an observation.
I understand you, Kxevin!
In fact it was something like: "International: Abidal and Henry's France keeps struggling".
But that's too long, so (since this is a Barcelona site), I took France away and focused on "our" French players. So they are only mentioned as representatives of their team that keeps struggling.
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