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November 19, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 15

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Diego Maradona, Fabio Capello, broken shoulders, death threats to referees and more South American violence all appear on this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links below below to read more about the stories. The Good Fabio Capello the England manager secures an away win in Germany and finishes his first year on [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Argentina, Arsenal, Boca, Champions, England, Fans, Germany, Liverpool, River, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Violence, action, all, appointments, attitude, bad, bossing, champion, games, good, league, manager, nacional, qualifier, qualifiers, reds, referee, south, ugly, wenger, winger

November 12, 2008

Predictions: Week 14 (DB 71 - 51 DF)

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Damon increases his lead to a massive 20 points after his 5-4 win last week. This week we have games from the Premier League, Serie A's Rome derby, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, the Dutch Eredivisie. In addition, we have World Cup qualifiers from Asia and Central America, as well as two international friendlies, including Diego [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Argentina, Asia, Bundesliga, D and D's predictions, Damon, Derby, Dutch, Predictions, games, league, manager, qualifier, qualifiers

October 17, 2008

Podcast: Week 10: European World Cup Qualifiers

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South Africa is just around the corner and the World Cup qualifiers are in full swing. On this week's show Damian reviews the European groups after watching his beloved Irish team in action last Wednesday We also: Review the news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Competitions, European, Football, News, Podcast, Predictions, Vocabulary, action, bad, cliche, damian, expression, glossary, good, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, qualifier, qualifiers, south, transcripts, ugly, worksheet, worksheets

Vocabulary: Week 10

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Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster's Full Podcast's Good, Bad and Ugly section - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases as well as the Learners' Podcast. UEFA: The European governing body of football (Michel Platini is [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bulgaria, Competitions, European, Fans, Football, Mexico, News, Podcast, Senegal, Sven, UEFA, Vocabulary, bad, champion, crash, examples, expression, games, glossary, good, languagecaster, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, podcasts, qualifier, qualifiers, tournament, ugly, worksheet, worksheets

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 10

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Fightback against racism in Europe and World Cup shocks all feature on this week's good, the bad and the ugly, our weekly review of the football news. Click on the links below to find out more about the stories. Good Finally UEFA are at least trying to do something about eliminating racism from football. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Atletico Madrid, Bulgaria, Competitions, Europe, Fans, Football, Italy, Marseilles, News, Senegal, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, UEFA, World Cup, all, bad, champion, crash, games, good, japan, qualifier, qualifiers, racism, shock, ugly

October 14, 2008

Gerrard is not International class

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The most over rated player in world football After somehow scraping a 5-1 victory over the impressive Kazakhs, England now travel to Belarus for a tricky away tie. Wednesday's match could be the real test as to whether the Croatia result was a one-off or the new benchmark for England performances under Capello. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Belarus, Capello, England, Frank Lampard, Professional Football, Steven Gerrard, Wembley, World Cup, qualifier

October 12, 2008

USA vs. T&T, 18-man roster announced (10/15/08)

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Still no Cooper!  I know Dallas is still fighting for a playoff spot, but so is Colorado, and we managed to get Pablo "Mastrioni" Mastroeni away from them.  Oh, dear.  Here we go again... GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Troy Perkins (Valerenga) DEFENDERS: Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (Midtjylland), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Michael Orozco (San [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Kenny Cooper, Roster Announcement, Soccer, Trinidad & Tobago, US Men's National Team, US Soccer, World Cup, qualifier

October 6, 2008

Predictions: Week 9 (DB 29 - 24 DF)

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Domestic football takes a break this week as World Cup qualifiers take place all around the globe. Damon still holds a healthy lead in the predictions battle race but with 8 games to predict this week Damian must fancy his chances of making a comeback. 08/09 Podcast 9 DB DF RES Sweden - Portugal 1-0 Romania - France 1-0 Bulgaria - Italy 1-1 Germany - [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, D and D's predictions, Damon, Football, Italy, Predictions, World Cup, all, colombia, comeback, damian, games, ireland, qualifier, qualifiers, race, uruguay

October 1, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Week 8

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Champions League surprises, Brazilian brawls and the troubles at Tottenham feature in this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links after each story below to find out more. Good Yet again Romanian side Cluj and Cypriot team Famagusta feature as their Champions League dreams stay alive. Cluj drew at home to fancied Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Champions League, Chelsea, Cluj, Cyprus, Derby, European, Fans, Football, Portsmouth, Romania, Sol, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, bad, champion, famagusta, games, good, qualifier, qualifiers, tottenham hotspur, ugly

September 20, 2008

Learner’s Podcast: Week 6 - The Champions League group games

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The Champions League group games started this week and languagecaster takes a look at how teams from la Liga and the Premier League fared. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources with: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ** NEW ** Football language glossary Transcript Damian - The Spanish Teams Spanish teams usually feature among the favourites at the [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Arsenal, Barcelona, Celtic, Chelsea, Competitions, Damon, Dutch, England, English Premier League, European, Football, Learners' Podcasts, Liverpool, News, Portuguese, Roma, Spain, UEFA, Vocabulary, all, champion, crash, damian, failure, frustration, games, glossary, good, guardiola, languagecaster, learner, learners, north, opponent, opponents, presence, psv, qualifier, qualifiers, race, score, south, tournament, transcripts, victory, wenger, winners, worksheet, worksheets

September 15, 2008

Learners’ Podcast 5: World Cup Review

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England thrash Croatia 4-1, while Germany and Ireland both gain 4 points away from home in the recent World Cup qualifiers. On this week's show you can hear what some of their fans thought about these performances. Languagecaster.com also brings you another English for Football phrase. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Croatia, England, Fans, Football, Germany, Learners' Podcasts, News, Vocabulary, World Cup Qualifiers, glossary, ireland, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, qualifier, qualifiers, s, transcripts, worksheet, worksheets

September 13, 2008

Week 5 2008-9: World Cup Review

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On this week's show we review the World Cup qualifiers by asking fans from Germany, England and Ireland their viewpoints on last week's matches. We also: Review the news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue the predictions battle in the predictions competition For learners of English check out [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Competitions, England, Fans, Football, Germany, News, Podcast, Posts, Predictions, Vocabulary, World Cup Qualifiers, bad, cliche, expression, glossary, good, ireland, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, qualifier, qualifiers, transcripts, ugly, worksheet, worksheets

September 12, 2008

Predictions: Week 5 - (DB 17 - 12 DF)

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After the excitement of the World Cup qualifiers we return to the major Domestic leagues - The Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Brazilian league all feature. Last week Damon again did well and has increased his lead over Damian. If Damian is not careful, it could be all over before [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bundesliga, D and D's predictions, Damon, English Premier League, Predictions, World Cup, all, damian, excitement, qualifier, qualifiers

September 11, 2008

Attention all England fans in the UK!

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If you're one of the many millions of people that missed out on the chance to see England beat Croatia 4-1 last night, fear not.

You now have a chance to see extended highlights on terrestrial TV this evening, thanks to ITV1.

Mark Sharman, Director of ITV News and Sport said: "We're pleased to have secured the highlights of last night's 4-1 victory. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Croatia, Culture, England, Germany, World Cup 2010, fool, itv, qualifier, victory

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 5

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This week's show looks back at the World Cup qualifiers, serious injury for Chelsea star and claims of racism in Zagreb. Click on the links below to find out more on the stories that appear on this week's show. The good Good for Theo Walcott and Miroslav Klose who both netted hat-tricks in the World Cup qualifiers. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Benitez, Croatia, David Beckham, England, Football, Germany, Liverpool, Miroslav Klose, News, Switzerland, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Theo Walcott, UEFA, World Cup Qualifiers, action, bad, champion, games, good, qualifier, qualifiers, racism, score, ugly, winners

September 10, 2008

Armenia v Turkey: The start of something better

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In a world where half the countries just want to get on with each other peacefully and the other half are quite happy being peaceful on their own, football can always be guaranteed to disrupt and maintain the status quo in equal quantities.

Take the qualifying competition for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Abdullah Gul, Armenia, Culture, Serzh Sargsyan, South Korea, Turkey, World Cup 2010, qualifier

September 6, 2008

Week 4: 2008-9 - The World Cup Qualifiers

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And they're off... in Europe at least. Most of the globe have started World Cup qualifying, but this weekend sees the teams from Europe start their campaigns to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. As well as asking three fans what they think of their team's chances we also: Review the news in the Good, [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Competitions, Europe, Fans, Football, News, Podcast, Posts, Predictions, South Africa, Vocabulary, World Cup, bad, campaigns, cliche, expression, globe, glossary, good, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, qualifier, qualifiers, transcripts, ugly, worksheet, worksheets

Learners’ Podcast: Week 4 - The World Cup qualifiers

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It's World Cup qualifier week and European teams get their campaigns off to a start, while there's also action across the globe in Asia and South America. Languagecaster.com also brings you another English for Football phrase. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources with: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ** NEW ** Football language glossary Transcript (To [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Asia, European, Football, Learners' Podcasts, News, Podcast, Vocabulary, World Cup Qualifier, action, campaigns, globe, glossary, learner, learners, phrase, phrases, podcasts, qualifier, qualifiers, south america, transcripts, worksheet, worksheets

August 14, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Podcast 1 (08/09)

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While the leagues in Europe are just starting up there is still plenty of footballing news. This week transfers, Olympic football and Joey Barton all feature. The good The Olympics are in full swing and so is Olympic football. Not so important in Europe but taken very seriously by South America. So far it's been good [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Add new tag, Arsenal, Boca, Brazil, Competitions, Europe, European, Fans, Football, Germany, Joey Barton, Liverpool, News, Olympic football, Olympics, Posts, Ronaldo, Thailand, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, all, bad, examples, games, good, qualifier, qualifiers, reds, referee, south america, ugly, victory

June 13, 2008

Predictions: Summer Podcast 3 (DF 8 - 3 DB)

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Damian stretches his lead to 5 after gaining a 2-1 victory in last week's predictions battle. Damon needs to get back to winning ways and today's show features matches from the European Championships and World Cup Qualifiers in Asia and South America.    08 Summer Pod 3 DB DF RES Holland - France 2-1 1-1 Sweden - Spain 0-2 1-1 China - Iraq 1-1 2-0 Paraguay - Brazil 0-2 1-1 Turkey - Czech [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Asia, Brazil, China, D and D's predictions, Damon, Holland, Iraq, Podcast, Predictions, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, World Cup Qualifiers, czech, damian, match, qualifier, qualifiers, south america, victory, winning ways, world cup s

June 11, 2008

Asian World Cup Qualifier: Oman 1-1 Japan

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On June 7 2008,  the Japan National Team had a match in the 3rd Qualifier of the FIFA World Cup 2010 against Oman. This was the same opponent as last week in Japan but this time it kicked off at 5:15 PM in Masqat, Oman. The weather was astonishingly humid and muggy and because [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Asia, Bahrain, Bangkok, FIFA World Cup, Japan national team, Oman, Posts, Thailand, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifier, asian world cup, bangkok thailand, game, japan, masqat, match, opponent, qualifier, qualifiers, s, score, tournament, weather

June 6, 2008

2008 Summer Podcast 1: European Championship Preview

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Welcome to the first of our summer specials which sees us focusing on the big football action taking place over the summer: World Cup qualifiers; Copa Libertadores action and of course, the European Championships. On this show we look back at the history of the European Championships as well as focusing on this year's version. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Competitions, David Trezeguet, England, Football, Greece, Italy, Podcast, Predictions, Soviet Union, Spain, Yugoslavia, action, bad, dramatic fashion, expert analysis, expression, game, games, good, knock out, last gasp, leadership, match, qualifier, qualifiers, s, spectacular style, transcripts, trophy, ugly, victory, world cup michel platini, world titles

June 5, 2008

Asian World Cup Qualifier: Thailand 2-3 Bahrain

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The latest home defeat to a team from the Gulf, this time Bahrain, has meant the Thai national team's World Cup qualifying hopes have all but disappeared. Played in extremely humid conditions and in front of only a half-full Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, the home side played all the quality football but a lack of [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Asian, Bahrain, Bangkok, Fans, Football, Oman, South Africa, Thailand, World Cup Qualifier, asian world cup, crazy fans, final group, group stage, humid conditions, japan, lack of concentration, match, nothing short of a miracle, qualifier, qualifiers, quality football, rajamangala stadium, thais, world cup finals

Japan 3-0 Oman

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The national side played an Asian Qualifier for the South Africa World Cup 2010 on June 2 in Yokohama, which Japan won 3 - 0 against Oman. In this match, Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic) and Daisuke Matsui (Saint-Étienne) played very well and I really admired their performances. They are definitely the key-players for Japan! Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Africa, Asian, Celtic, Oman, Saint-Étienne, Shunsuke Nakamura, World Cup 2010, africa world, climate, daisuke matsui, game, japan, match, nakamura celtic, qualifier, qualifiers, s, south cup 2010, time japan

May 25, 2008

Learners’ Podcast 42 - The End of Season Review

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Another season at languagecaster is over and this week we look back at the big news stories of the last year. For learners of English there are also: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans' forum Transcript Damian: As we have reached our final show the languagecaster team thought it would [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Arsenal, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bundesliga, Celtic, Chelsea, Competitions, Crosswords, Damon, Derby, Ferguson, Fulham, Inter, Italy, Learners' Podcasts, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Predictions, Reading, Roma, Ronaldo, Tottenham, UEFA, Vocabulary, bad, champion, damian, games, good, languagecaster, learners, opponents, psv, puzzles, qualifier, qualifiers, quizzes, relegation, silverware, transcripts, wenger, worksheet, worksheets

May 22, 2008

The good, the bad and the ugly - week 42

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On this week's good, the bad and the ugly we feature lots of winners, some losers and Joey Barton! Click on the links below to find out more about the stories we feature. Good Manchester United are the winners of the Champions League for the third time in their history after beating Chelsea on penalties. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Boca, Celtic, Champions League, Chelsea, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, English Language Journals, Fluminense, French Ligue 1, Ibrahimovic, Inter, Italy, Joey Barton, John Terry, Manchester Utd, Mexico, Milan, Nayim, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Posts, Rangers, Ronaldo, Spain, UEFA, UEFA Cup, Zaragoza, auxerre, bad, captain john, cardiff city, consecutive time, drogba, fitting tribute, good, italian cup, qualifier, qualifiers, rossoneri, s, silverware, ugly, uncertain future, worthy champions

November 15, 2007

Euro 2008 - The (last) 'Need to Know'...

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So this is it: we're about to embark on the Euro 2008 qualifying 'endgame'. This Saturday sees the first half of the final double-header of games that will confirm the final list of fourteen countries heading for Austria and Switzerland next year.

England are already heading for Austria of course, but sadly that's just to play a friendly match tomorrow. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, Euro 2008, qualifier

October 16, 2007

While we're on the subject of qualifiers…

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...I found out this weekend that the World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign was underway. Does that not strike you as remarkable? Here we are barely 15 months on from the end of the 2006 finals and already the next campaign is off and running. I'd barely thrown away my Texaco World Cup coin collection (incomplete and featuring duplicates of David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand) when I heard the news. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, World Cup, qualifier

October 15, 2007

Euro 2008 - The 'Need to Know'...

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Another weekend of international action passes us by and with it we get another step closer to finding out who will join the co-hosts Austria and Switzerland at Euro 2008. As you'll no doubt be aware, we're in the middle of another of those double-headers - the second half of which takes place on Wednesday - so let's assess what happened on Saturday and what might happen in two days time. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, Euro 2008, qualifier

October 11, 2007

"Mr. Robinson - you're trying to excuse me..."

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Consider this: England manager Steve McLaren is about to announce his starting line-ups for the upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia, and if yesterday's edition of The Guardian is anything to go by, he's set to stick with Paul Robinson in goal.

So what's your first reaction to hearing that? "Has McLaren gone crazy?" "Is he out of his mind? Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, England, Euro 2008, Paul Robinson, Steve McLaren, qualifier

September 12, 2007

Euro 2008 Qualifiers - quick guide

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And so the Euro 2008 bandwagon rolls into town again, just four days since the last set of fixtures were played. The finishing line now looks not so far away and things are starting to get really serious. If you're unsure of where we stand in each of the groups, here's our quick guide to help you get a better understanding of those crucial games later on today. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, Euro 2008, guide, qualifier

September 9, 2007

Euro 2008: Confused? You will be...

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I have to admit to feeling slightly confused. Some of yesterday's Euro 2008 qualifiers had an air of unrealism about them which has left me in an ever-so-slightly bewildered state. Let me explain...

First of all, England won convincingly. Yes I know - hard to believe, but at last we saw the sort of comfortable victory against a so-called lesser side that England fans haven't seen for a long time. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Culture, Euro 2008, qualifier