England Tought Footballing Lesson

[Marado]

Spain  1 x 0  England
Villa 35’

Manager: Vicente Del Bosque

Starting line-up
 
Casillas  46?

Sergio Ramos   
Pique   
Albiol   
Capdevila 46?

Alonso   
Senna   
Xavi   
Iniesta

Villa 46?
Torres   

Player to watch
Fernando Torres
Torres ended 44 years of Spanish hurt when his goal clinched the Euro 2008 final, and is very much back in form following his inury troubles.

Subs
    *  C. Marchena
    * J. Reina 46?
    * A. Riera
    * C. Busquets
    * D. Guiza
    * S. Cazorla
    * A. Arbeloa 46?
    * F. Llorente
    * D. Silva 54?

Injured
    * C. Puyol
    * C. Fabregas

Suspended
None




Manager: Fabio Capello

Captain: John Terry

Starting line-up

James 46?

Johnson, G   
Jagielka 46?   
Terry   
Cole, A

Wright-Phillips   
Carrick   
Barry    46?
Downing 46?

Heskey 46?   
Agbonlahor

Player to watch
David Beckham
Fabio Capello hasn't confirmed it, but he is likely to hand Beckham his 108th England cap, equalling Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player.

Subs
# Beckham 46?
# Upson 46?
# Lampard 46?
# Bridge
# Crouch 46?
# Cole
# Milner
# Green 46?
# Hart
# Young

Injured
    * S. Gerrard
    * L. Young
    * W. Rooney
    * Ferdinand

Suspended
None


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Other Matches:

 Angola  P-P  Mali
   
 
Austria 0-2 Sweden
  Full time Elm 58'
Kallstrom 63' penalty
 
Belgium 2-0 Slovenia
Van Buyten 21', 86' Full time 
 
Cameroon 3-1 Guinea
Geremi 31'
Eto'o 58', 87' Full time Feindouno 82'
 
Egypt 2-2 Ghana
Shawky 40'
Moteab 84' Full time K.Asamoah 52' penalty
J.Mensah 77'
 
Estonia 0-2 Kazakhstan
  Full time Baltiyev 28', 82'
 
France 0-2 Argentina
  Full time Gutierrez 41'
Messi 83'
 
Germany 0-1 Norway
  Full time Grindheim 63'
 
Greece 1-1 Denmark
Gekas 61' Full time Borring 49'
 
Iceland 2-0 Liechtenstein
Smarason 28'
E.Gudjohnsen 58' Full time 
 
Israel 1-0 Hungary
Benayoun 77' Full time 
 
Latvia 0-0 Armenia
  Full time 
 
Libya 2-3 Uruguay
Esnani 31'
Fazani 57' Full time Eguren 13'
Barrios.Martinez 70'
Pereira 74'
 
Macedonia 1-1 Moldova
Pandev 55' Full time Andronic 60'
 
Morocco 0-0 Czech Republic
  Full time 
 
Nigeria 0-0 Jamaica
  Full time 
 
Portugal 0-0 Finland
  Half time 
 
Romania 1-2 Croatia
Marica 22' Full time Rakitic 29'
Kranjcar 75'
 
Serbia 0-1 Ukraine
  Full time Nazarenko 16'
 
South Africa 0-2 Chile
  Full time Valdivia 45'
Sanchez 66'
 
Spain 1-0 England
Villa 36' 56' 
 
Switzerland 1-1 Bulgaria
Huggel 45' Full time Popov 34'
 
Tunisia 1-1 Holland
Saihi 67' Full time Huntelaar 61'
 
Turkey 1-1 Ivory Coast
Unal 11' Full time Drogba 90'
 
Venezuela 23:30 Guatemala
   
 
Wales 0-1 Poland
  Full time Guerreiro 80'

[Manny]

Good to see Eidur scoring for Iceland!

Beckham is on the bench so will have to wait for the big 108.

The side is:
David James
Glen Johnson
John Terry
Phil Jagielka
Ashley Cole
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Michael Carrick
Gareth Barry
Stewart Downing
Emile Heskey
Gabriel Agbonlahor

[Manny]

Also just noticed that Portugal are playing Finland. I heard Makukula has been called up, would be ironic if he scores against Jussi after all the flack he's received over here so far.

[Manny]

1-0 Spain. David Villa.

[DannyW]

Pointless, pointless games. Such failures and picking shite like Downing and Heskey wont change that. Still fail to see why 5000 or so travel over there to watch games like this, complete waste of money, surely?

[Marado]

Also just noticed that Portugal are playing Finland. I heard Makukula has been called up, would be ironic if he scores against Jussi after all the flack he's received over here so far.

Big Mak called up? No, he wasn't. Not for this match anyway.

[Manny]

Ahh right, I thought he was.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/wanderers/4113362.Davies_misses_Under_21s_debut/

Ricardo Gardner, provided he recovers from a knee injury which ruled him out of the Everton game, will face team-mate Danny Shittu when Jamaica travel to Nigeria tomorrow night, while Ebi Smolarek (Poland), Johan Elmander (Sweden), Gretar Steinsson (Iceland) and Ariza Makukula (Portugal) have all linked up with their squads ahead of the midweek friendly action.

[Manny]

Spain are 2-0 up now by the way. Don't know the guy who scored.

[Manny]

Full time. 2-0. Spain showing us how far we've got to go if we want to win anything.

I didn't think we were ever in the game to be honest.

[Hazzy_2009]

I cant believe Cappello chose Heskey over Cole and cant believe he chose Downing at all.

We are a shite international team, we have not kept a clean sheet in about 6 games and have scored 17 out of 25 goals in the second half of a game against mostly mediocre opponents.

[Manny]

Other games worth anything to us.

Portugal 1-0 Finland - Second half Ronaldo penalty won it, Jaaskelainen brought off at half time.

Austria 0-2 Sweden - Second half goals from Elm and Kallstrom. Don't think Elmander played.

Nigeria 0-0 Jamaica - Shittu played, don't know about Gardner but I think he would have if he was fit enough after Saturday.

Iceland 2-0 Liechtenstein - Again, I don't know if Steinsson played. Gudjohnsen scored.

[Sluffy]

Portugal 1-0 Finland

Well done Marado - but you couldn't beat Bolton's number one in the first half!

 

[Marado]

Portugal 1-0 Finland

Well done Marado - but you couldn't beat Bolton's number one in the first half!

 

I really admire Jussi for several years now, he is to me one of the best and consistent GK i've seen in the lad decade. He is a hard worker, strong mentality and fights for the emblem of the team!

About Portugal, just one big "LOL". Carlos Queiroz called up a series of players that haven't even been playing in the last weeks or months for there clubs, this is scandalous for me, we have the most important two games in the qualifying round to win or we are out of the race of the 2010 World Cup.
We have been looking for a Left Full Back since the end of 2006 and nothing...no one to fill in the spot left by Nuno Valente, we've had a problem in this position for the last 5-6 years, just no one good to fill in the blanks. We have no true Striker, he insists on calling Hugo Almeida who with alot of will, just can't get the job done.

Called up players that haven't been playing for there main squad in the past weeks, months.

Dudaon loan to Malaga from Sevilha (he is and always was a Forward Left Winger, Queiroz wants him has left full back)
Tiago Juventus box-to-box - hasn't played for the past 2 months.
Paulo Ferreira - Has played only 1 match this season
Gonçalo Brandão - Played 3 ou 4 matches this season in his club Siena
Orlando Sá - Hasn't played this season in the main squad.

I'm telling you, Carlos Queiroz won't qualify Portugal to the WC 2010. He is a crap manager. He is only good has a Assistant Manager. His teams don't play football, everyone does what they want, no team spirit, no game construction, no passing order or mentalities, Portugal National squad is a place where you show yourself to the World so your agent can sell you as fast as he can. Why do these week SOB always get influenced by the lobby's in the game, they get paid high very high wages and still get compensated is fired and still they are just WEEK has pussy cats. arrgghhh eheheh

[BWFC MONK]

Well last night what can I say!!! We where totally outplayed by a dynamic midfield with great passing and movement.
The goals did come from basic errors Jagielka's poor pass for the first goal and then Upson and Terry not picking up their men on the free kick.
There was a few players having a shocker, Johnson, Ashley Cole, James and Barry

It is poor when you are relying on at 33 year old to provide you goals, which I must say he was our most effective player. Shaun Wright-Phillips did have a good game eventhough most of it was doing Johnsons and Ashley Coles jobs.
Heskey held the ball up well but had no support, it just seemed like we could not pass and hold onto the ball at all.