Road to WC2006 (6 Viewers)

[Chxta]

Uzbekistan and Bahrain to decide who goes to face Australia? Or does Asia have 5 places?

 

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[king Ale]

one of them will face the last team of Concacaf.
I think the last team of South America will face Australia.

 

[Chxta]

Ouch

 

[venom]

Half-time at Skopje
FYROM - Finland
0-2
2x Eremenko jr.

It's 7 goals in these qualifiers for him if I'm not completely mistaken.

Hail Lecce #10 \o/

...more booze now...

 

[Chxta]

Nigeria go one up against Libya in Tripoli. Obafemi Martins with the goal from a Seyi Olofinjana thru pass...

 

[Chxta]

Line-up for Nigeria:

-----------------------Etafia------------------------------
--------Abbey----West------Yobo------Taiwo-------
----Odemwingie----Obodo---Olofinjana---Lawal---
-----------------Kanu-----Martins-----------------


Kaita
Obi
Udeze


didn't get the rest of the bench

 

[Chxta]

Yobo is not his usual self today. Seems that he has lost confidence after that display against ManU :LOL:

 

[Chxta]

some others on the bench...

Makinwa
Nwaneri
Ejide

 

[Chxta]

Half time. 0-1. Taribo is providing good cover for the shaky Yobo. I'd have felt better about the performance if we were playing not Libya (or the likes of them)!

 

[nosubstitute959]

Portugal is hosting Egypt today...I don't know what to expect, hopefully a good display to save face after our shameful WCQ exit.

 

[Chxta]

Elsewhere...

GOAL TO DENMARK! CALAMITY JAMES! It came from a Beckham free-kick..a quick throw out from Sorensen..a ball over the top from Kahlenberg and Tomasson is running onto it...JAMES COMES RUNNING OUT, MISSES THE BALL...COLE MAKES A DIVING BLOCK TO AVERT TOMASSON...but Tomasson is back up and quickly plays the ball across to Rommedahl, who has an easy tap-in! 1-0 to Denmark and Eriksson will be furious!!

 

[nosubstitute959]

++ [ originally posted by Chxta ] ++
Half time. 0-1. Taribo is providing good cover for the shaky Yobo. I'd have felt better about the performance if we were playing not Libya (or the likes of them)!

Taribo West? My man...I used to love that Nigerian team of the 96 Olympics, and I believe France 98 (didn't they play then?).

Still sporting that green ribbon in his braids?

 

[nosubstitute959]

WTF.......3-0 for Denmark!!

 

[Chxta]

Half time analysis:

1. The grass is a litte too green for me. I'll blame a loss on that.
2. We played well so far but could do with more cohesion which will come from playing together over time. Some moves could've been executed better. We could've scored more.
3. West hasn't looked bad. Need to see more to come to a verdict.
4. Martins delivers again like Dominos pizza.
5. I want to see what the coaches do in the 2nd half.
6. Apparently, we now have "technical acumen". However, what that means is not clear at this time.
7. We'll only win this by finishing with more goals than Libya.

No green ribbon in friendlies for West

 

[nosubstitute959]

++ [ originally posted by Chxta ] ++
No green ribbon in friendlies for West

I respect that policy.

 

[venom]

So make it 3-0 to Finland. Paulus Roiha this time.
Oh, Shefki 'The Kosovan Bull' got yet another chance (he obviously missed).

 

[Chxta]

2nd half started, no changes for Nigeria...

Freekick to Libya outside the 18...

Wasted, Nigeria break...

Kanu wastes it.

 

[king Ale]

3-1 to Denmark...
Croatia 1-0 Brasil

 

[Chxta]

Freekick to Nigeria 30 yards from goal...

Taiwo should take it, no Kanu wanted to.

 

[Chxta]

Libya break...

Eguavoen (new coach) we've seen enough. Make changes let's see what some of the first timers (Obi and Kaita) can do...

The Libyans waste their chance!