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Arkle said:
Swiss have scored in the 66th minute. 4-0 Bosnia now and Sweden comfortable. Andorra are 20 mins or so away from a rare point.
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After the second goal I switched on to the Swiss game but haven't really been watching, saw they went ahead though. A few better games tonight although would have been better for the neutral if Belgium and Portugal were away.
 
The Bridge Lad said:
After the second goal I switched on to the Swiss game but haven't really been watching, saw they went ahead though. A few better games tonight although would have been better for the neutral if Belgium and Portugal were away.
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Aye, Bulgaria-Netherlands is potentially interesting. The French match is probably more about seeing who gets picked rather than the game itself. Mbappé is potentially in line for his debut and a lot of the rest of the squad are very young.

Sweden 4 up now.
 
Bosnia won 5-0 against Gibraltar, but its the taking part that counts
 
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So Holland's Danny Blind called up and decided to start a 17 year old centre back in their important qualifer away to Bulgaria. 5 minutes into the game and he has already single-handedly gifted Bulgaria a goal. :lol:

Potential replacement for Moyes?
 
Arkle said:
Aye, Bulgaria-Netherlands is potentially interesting. The French match is probably more about seeing who gets picked rather than the game itself. Mbappé is potentially in line for his debut and a lot of the rest of the squad are very young.

Sweden 4 up now.
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Even more so now. It's kind of good seeing shocks and it does show that a lot of the UEFA nations are improving, but ultimately, you do want to see the supposed 'better' nations qualify. In hindsight, i'd rather have watched Netherlands vs Croatia than Czech vs Croatia in St Etienne last summer, but they might make hard work of this campaign as well. Long way to go mind

Cats said:
So Holland's Danny Blind called up and decided to start a 17 year old centre back in their important qualifer away to Bulgaria. 5 minutes into the game and he has already single-handedly gifted Bulgaria a goal. :lol:

Potential replacement for Moyes?
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Was it a big error mate? I've got the Belgium game on
 
The Bridge Lad said:
Was it a big error mate? I've got the Belgium game on
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First he broke the offside line when the Bulgarian made a simple run, then completely mistimed his jump for the ensuing long ball, leaving the Bulgarian free with the keeper. Was like something you'd expect from a 17 year old ;)

2-0 Bulgaria now. Sweden and France looking strong, so the Dutch look set to miss yet another tournament if they can't salvage this game.
 
Cats said:
So Holland's Danny Blind called up and decided to start a 17 year old centre back in their important qualifer away to Bulgaria. 5 minutes into the game and he has already single-handedly gifted Bulgaria a goal. :lol:

Potential replacement for Moyes?
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Bloody hell, the lad's played six times for Ajax...
 
Cats said:
First he broke the offside line when the Bulgarian made a simple run, then completely mistimed his jump for the ensuing long ball, leaving the Bulgarian free with the keeper. Was like something you'd expect from a 17 year old ;)

2-0 Bulgaria now. Sweden and France looking strong, so the Dutch look set to miss yet another tournament if they can't salvage this game.
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Just had a bit look at the table there. If it stays like this then the group is very interesting in the race for 2nd, assuming France go on to win the group. Could be a bit of a mini league with Sweden, Bulgaria and Holland. Holland do still have Sweden at home (as well as Bulgaria) and Sweden also have to go to Bulgaria, Bulgaria will go above Holland and just a point behind Sweden. Goal difference (main tie breaker after points) is currently in Sweden's favour.
 
As are Portugal

Make that 2-0 Portugal, Ronaldo with a long range effort. Stays like that and it should come down to Switerland and Portugal with the game in Portugal likely to be the decider.
 
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