England v Macedonia

[Angelo]

Couldn't care less about England against some unknown minnows when the World Champions are in action against France, a repeat of the World Cup Final, wonder what Materazzi will do this time around.

 

[Alan]

I don't think he is playing. He is a bit of a thug. I remember him elbowing Sorin in the face during Champs league last year.

 

[Angelo]

I don't think he is playing. He is a bit of a thug. I remember him elbowing Sorin in the face during Champs league last year.

That's an understatement, he is the nastiest player out there! I posted a link (youtube) to of his attacks in the World Cup forum.

 

[Angelo]

England could only manage a 1-0 win. CROUCH!!

 

[GavinMannion]

San Marino 0-13 Germany

Holy ****..... Yeah San Marino is not the best team in the world but 13-0....

Hey 1-0 is still a win and they where actually predicting an upset so it's still good.... Crouch is a scoring machine at the moment....

 

[Alan]

N.Ireland 3 -2 Spain.

 

[ubercal]

Andorra and San Marino are of similar quality although San Marino are slightly better.The Andorians only have 2/3 professional players.The rest are plumbers,gas fitters etc.

England could only beat them 5-0 on Saturday while Germany gave San Marino a 13-0 hiding

 

[Angelo]

The Aussies lost 2-0 to....wait for it.....Kuwait!

 

[ubercal]

Kuwait are least decent - they went to the 1982 and 1990 world cups if my memory serves me correct - Carlos Alberto Parerria was theie coach and they finished Botton of their group.Lets see what he can do with South Africa , will be intreasting.

 

[rendan]

Supersport of cause ! Funny how Supersport will show a England vs Whoever (good or bad team) , but if there is a Brazil vs Argentina or Italy vs France game as the same time they wont show it.Its the same with the Champions League.It really does piss me off.

I dont agree with anything on this forum as much as i agree with that post.... I mean ffs, they show FIRST division **** boring english games where nothing happens, they go down the wing "try" to cross the ball. And thats the whole game.. At the same time, brazil or argentina will be playing in the copa america and they wont show it....its bs...

I mean would ppl watch brazil v columbia/paraguay etc.
or watch black forest vs worcester newcomers, i mean really

 

[Jongi]

Supersport of cause ! Funny how Supersport will show a England vs Whoever (good or bad team) , but if there is a Brazil vs Argentina or Italy vs France game as the same time they wont show it.Its the same with the Champions League.It really does piss me off.

How ironic they didn't show the England game but Italy v France (and Russia v Croatia and Finaland v Portugal).

Leagues you can watch on DSTV.

ESPN - Dutch, Brazilian, CL and MLS (and general other international teams)
SS - EPL, Championship, Nigerian, Portugese, Some SA, CL
Rete(?) - Italian

Don't know if the French channel shows Ligue 1.

 

[Jongi]

Forgot La Liga there.

It's all about costs and being able to recoup those. As a football lover I prefer La Liga. Better technically and more entertaining I find. But it is probably more likely that people in South Africa know more about English football than any other countries. Even in the 80s/90s when SABC used to show highlights of other European leagues besides the English, I would say that in South Africa it was the English league that was more well known.

 

[hj2k_x]

England could only manage a 1-0 win. CROUCH!!

Hey man, three points is three points

 

[hj2k_x]

San Marino 0-13 Germany

Holy ****..... Yeah San Marino is not the best team in the world but 13-0....

Hey 1-0 is still a win and they where actually predicting an upset so it's still good.... Crouch is a scoring machine at the moment....

Now that was just embarrassing!

ERRAVALLE, San Marino, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Germany crushed San Marino with a record breaking 13-0 win on Wednesday, striker Lukas Podolski scoring four in a Euro 2008 Group D qualifier.


The victory is a record in a European Championship qualifying match -- bettering Spain's 12-1 victory over Malta in December, 1983.

Joachim Loew's side were 6-0 up by the interval against hopeless opposition and never eased up as they humiliated their mostly amateur opponents.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Thomas Hitzlsperger all scored two goals each with Michael Ballack, Arne Friedrich and Bernd Schneider (penalty) also on target.

The result is Germany's best ever in a competitive, non-Olympic game and surpasses their 12-0 victory over Cyprus in a 1969 World Cup qualifier.

Germany's all-time record win was a 16-0 victory over Russia in the 1912 Olympics.

The result was also the worst in San Marino's history -- they had lost 10-0 to Norway in 1992.

Podelski began the rout in the 11th minute with a well-placed glancing header from a Bernd Schneider cross.

Ballack then missed a great opportunity, firing over an open goal from close-range after San Marino keeper Aldo Simoncini failed to hold on to a Schweinsteiger shot.

The lively Schweinsteiger made it 2-0 in the 29th minute, sliding in a low cross from Marcell Jensen.

Klose made it 3-0 on the half hour, latching on to a pass from Torsten Frings, rounding Simoncini and slotting home.

Schweinsteiger set up Ballack for Germany's fourth -- a soft shot which Simoncini should have been able to keep out.

In the 43rd minute Podolski finished off a smart move after first-time passes from Schweinsteiger and Schneider and Klose made it six on the stroke of halftime.

The Germany striker had the easiest of tasks to tap into an empty goal after Simoncini had spilled the ball out and Simone Bacciocchi failed to clear.

NO MERCY

With such a convincing lead, the Germans could have been forgiven for easing off after the break but they showed no mercy to the team from the tiny republic.

Two minutes into the second-half Schweinsteiger rattled a shot in off the post from an indirect free-kick to make it 7-0.

Podolski added the eighth after a low cross from David Odonkor in the 64th minute before Hitzlsperger volleyed in to make it nine just two minutes later.

A first-time left foot strike from Podolski took the tally to 10 and then Hitzlsperger was left totally unmarked to convert his second.

Friedrich headed in a corner to make it 12-0 in the 87th minute before the Germans were awarded a penalty.

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who had enjoyed a very quiet night, raced the length of the pitch to take the penalty but the Germans had second thoughts about such a move and Schneider, who had tortured San Marino all night, got his personal reward from the spot.

The win maintains Germany's 100 percent start to qualifying following their 1-0 win over Ireland on Saturday.

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