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Boys for whining
The head coach of the French national team blamed the defeat on ball-fighting
Not only the Russian team lost the planned points on Saturday evening. A number of other unexpected results were also recorded in the qualifying round. And the defeat of the French team by the Scots with a score of 0:1 became a sensation.The victory of the Scottish national team over the vice-world champions completely confused the tournament position in Group “B”, where, in addition to these two teams, Italy and Ukraine can be considered among the contenders for exit. However, the table is now topped by the Scots, who have won thanks to luck, the umpires and the ball boys. Fortune turned to the British in the episode when Henry hit the post from a free kick. The referees helped by not counting two goals scored by the French from offsides, and the head coach of the French national team was offended by the boys. “I know the Scottish players and fans are fans of fair play, but I am disappointed by the work of the ball fights, which delayed the match,” said Raymond Domenech, but did not forget to add that this defeat would bring the national team players back to earth.
Sobriety in assessing their opponents will still come in handy for the French. Moreover, they are adjacent to the Italians in the standings. The world champions won their first victory since they won the World Cup gold, and the Ukrainians fell under the hot hand. The head coach of the Ukrainian national team decided to do without Andrei Shevchenko in this match - the Chelsea forward had a fever, and he did not even fly to Rome. But even without their main striker, the Ukrainians had to open the scoring. The hosts were saved by Gianluigi Buffon, who parried the attacks of Timoshchuk and Gusev. In the second half, the world champions opened the scoring with a penalty kick, and Luca Toni made the final score 2:0. “What worries me most now is the match against Scotland,” Oleg Blokhin refused to comment on the game with the Italians, focusing on the meeting that will take place on Wednesday in Kyiv. - We must definitely win, no other result will suit us. The result will come first in this game. Today we showed good football, but didn’t achieve any results. It would be better if we showed no football, but at the same time took points from Rome.”
At the same time, several favorite teams played in a draw on Saturday. For example, the Dutch team could not defeat Bulgaria. The Orange were even losing during the match, but managed to level the score. The Danes also lost points because they failed to score against the Northern Ireland team, whose results in this qualifying round are impressive. Consider its recent victory over the Spaniards. In turn, the Spanish team is on the verge of failure. Luis Aragonez's team, to which Raul was not called up for the first time in ten years, lost to the leaders of Group F with a score of 0:2, essentially having no chance of a more decent result. Now Aragonez is close to losing his post. “My future depends on the federation and the press. We have two defeats so far and a victory over a weak opponent, but there are still many games ahead,” and the Spanish coach is not thinking about leaving his post.
Several friendly matches also took place. In one of them, the Brazilian team met with the Qatar team and won with a big score - 4:0. The third goal in this match was scored by army player Daniel Carvalho, who came on as a substitute after the break. The first half for the Brazilian national team was played by another CSKA representative, Duda, and the third army player, Vagner Love, appeared on the field in the 58th minute.
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Euro 2008 qualifying matches. Group "A". Kazakhstan - Poland - 0:1 (Smolyarek 52) , Armenia - Finland - 0:0, Serbia - Belgium - 1:0 (Zigic 54) , Portugal - Azerbaijan - 3:0 (Ronaldo 25 , 63, Carvalho 31) . Group "B". Faroe Islands - Lithuania - 0:1 (Skerla 89) , Scotland - France - 1:0 (Caldwell 67) , Italy - Ukraine - 2:0 ( Oddo 71 pen., Toni 79) , Group " WITH". Hungary - Turkey - 0:1 ( Tunjay 41 ), Moldova - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2:2 (Rogachev 13, 32 pens - Misimovic 62, Grlic 68) , Greece - Norway - 1: 0 ( Katsouranis 33 ). Group "D". Cyprus - Ireland - 5:2 (Konstantinou 10, 50 pen., Garpozis 16. Charalambidez 60, 75 - Island 8, Dunn 44) , Wales - Slovakia - 1:5 (Bale 37 - Shvento 14 , Mintal 32, 38, Kargan 51, Vittek 59) , Czech Republic - San Marino - 7:0 (Kulik 15, Polak 22, Baros 28, 68, Koller 43, 52, Jarolim 59) . Group "F". Denmark - Northern Ireland - 0:0, Latvia - Iceland - 4:0 (Carlson 14, Verpakovsky 15, 25, Vishnyakov 52 ), Sweden - Spain - 2:0 (Elmander 10, Ohlbæk 82) . Group "G". Romania - Belarus - 3:1 (Mutu 7, Marika 10, Goyan 76 - Kornilenko 20) , Bulgaria - Holland - 1:1 (Petrov 12 - Van Persie 62) , Slovenia - Luxembourg - 2 :0 (Novakovic 30, Koren 44) .
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Group "A"
| 1. Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3--1 | 7 |
| 2. Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4--2 | 5 |
| 3. Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4--1 | 4 |
| 4. Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1--1 | 4 |
| 5. Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3--4 | 4 |
| 6. Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1--2 | 2 |
| 7. Armenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0--1 | 1 |
| 8. Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1--5 | 1 |
Group "B"
| 1. Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9--1 | 9 |
| 2. France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6--2 | 6 |
| 3. Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4--4 | 4 |
| 4. Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3--3 | 4 |
| 5. Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3--4 | 3 |
| 6. Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8--6 | 3 |
| 7. Faroe Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0--13 | 0 |
Group "C"
| 1. Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2--0 | 6 |
| 2. Türkiye | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3--0 | 6 |
| 3. Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6--2 | 6 |
| 4. Bosnia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8--7 | 4 |
| 5. Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4--6 | 3 |
| 6. Moldova | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2--5 | 1 |
| 7. Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2--7 | 0 |
Group "D"
| 1. Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12--1 | 6 |
| 2. Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14--0 | 6 |
| 3. Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11--5 | 3 |
| 4. Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6--8 | 0 |
| 5. Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2--6 | 0 |
| 6. Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2--7 | 0 |
| 7. San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0--20 | 0 |
Group "F"
| 1. Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6--1 | 9 |
| 2. Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2--0 | 4 |
| 3. North Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3--5 | 4 |
| 4. Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4--1 | 3 |
| 5. Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6--5 | 3 |
| 6. Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3--6 | 3 |
| 7. Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1--7 | 0 |
Group "G"
| 1. Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7--3 | 7 |
| 2. Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5--1 | 7 |
| 3. Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6--3 | 5 |
| 4. Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2--3 | 3 |
| 5. Albania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2--4 | 1 |
| 6. Belarus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3--8 | 1 |
| 7. Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0--3 | 0 |