euros and friendlies and tied up with strings

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Match day 14/11/2014





Provisional standings- will change as other matches are played

Rauball threatens to exit from the UEFA FIFA

Dr. Reinhard Rauball visited a few hours before the match between Germany and Gibraltar the kicker editorial in Nuremberg. The 67-year-old league president found clear words of the final report of the ethics committee of FIFA: "Maybe you have to also talk about the question of whether one is actually still in good hands in the FIFA." read more here

David De Gea Faces 4 Weeks Off The Field



David De Gea could face at least a month out of action after dislocating a finger during training with the Spanish national side.
The Manchester United goalkeeper was having the injury assessed by Spain's team doctor on Friday night before deciding when he should return to Old Trafford.
The 24-year-old who has been in brilliant form for United this season was trying to save a low shot from Paco Alcacer when the little finger on his right hand jammed during a session preparing for Saturday's friendly against Belarus in Huelva. damned international breaks, eh? Who would have them?

Turf is Ruined at Wembley



The turf in question

Roy Hodgson’s worst fears over the quality of the playing surface at Wembley stadium appear to have been realised after a member of Slovenia’s backroom staff condemned the turf as “completely ruined”, a factor the visitors hope will count in their favour.

Saturday’s Euro 2016 quaifier comes just six days after Wembley hosted an NFL game between Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys, an event which, combined with poor weather over the past few days, has left the turf badly damaged in some areas. The stadium’s managing director, Roger Maslin, had admitted earlier this week that the pitch would “not be of the very highest standard” for the qualifier, with Hodgson having been critical of the decision to play American football in the arena so soon before the Slovenia tie.

His side have conducted their preparations at St George’s Park, but the visitors trained at Wembley evening with one member of their backroom staff offering a frank assessment of the quality of the surface. “Down the wings it is fine,” he said, “but there is a 10-metre square patch right in the middle where the pitch is completely ruined. There is no grass there at all.” Water appeared still to be pooling in some areas after heavy rainfall earlier in the day.ugh, seriously?

Professional football suspended in Greece after attack on referee


Attacking referees is terrible

Matches in Greece’s professional leagues have been suspended indefinitely after a referees’ committee official was admitted to hospital following a violent attack.

Police said 45-year-old Christoforos Zografos, the assistant director of the central refereeing committee, was beaten with wooden clubs by two men on a motorcycle in west Athens in the early hours of Friday.

After an emergency meeting the Hellenic Football Federation decided not to appoint referees following the “murderous attack”. It announced the indefinite postponement of all matches in all divisions “to protect those involved”. Referees would not be appointed until immediate steps were taken to protect match officials. read more here

Qatar is a wealthy country which has bought itself a World Cup!' Eric Cantona hits out at FIFA 2022 decision



Qatar, he said was just 'a very wealthy country which has bought itself a World Cup'.
'When you award the World Cup to a country, it is to develop football there,' Cantona explained.
'When they gave the World Cup to the United States, there was great potential there, with the Mexican and South American immigration, to develop football. 'But what is there that can be done in Qatar? How many people live in Qatar?'

The tiny gas-rich emirate has a population of around 2.2 million, the vast majority of them migrant workers, drawn from India, Nepal and other Asian and Arabic countries.
'When you are in a very small country, where you have to pay people to fill the stadiums, that isn't the point of it, as far as I'm concerned.

'It is a very wealthy country which has bought itself a World Cup.'
On Thursday, FIFA published a report clearing Qatar and Russia of corruption and ruling out a re-vote for the tournaments despite widespread allegations of wrongdoing.
Garcia, a former New York federal prosecutor, spent 18 months investigating the controversial World Cup race that ended with the selection of Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022.
read more

Chatter from the sidelines

• Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo breaks European Championship goals record article here
• Stoke City player says football will take over from grid iron and baseball
• Party like it's 2004 again. Mancini back at Inter
• Mesut Özil won an award for charidee read more here
• Löw unimpressed overall here

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Germany vs Gibraltar. Not much German nt in this post because a lot of matches were played last night



It seems that people were side-eyeing Löw's tactics last night because they were more like Guardiola's formations? Half his players are Bayern Munich anyways, sooo...



One of the more objective tweets



People were not happy at Toni Kroos' play last night



USA 1-2 Colombia friendly. Beckerman isn't showing much friendliness towards James here



Takes a licking and keeps on ticking, our James



Definition of the thirst



Jozy Altidore is supposed to be the best American player on the field. Poor America



Jermaine Jones is great. He'll mow you down.



Ronaldo got his Euro record. Good good



French NT photos are thin on the ground, and they all involve the guy on the left. *sighs*



I keep mixing up Greizman and Giroud. I know, I know



France wasn't setting the world alight with their display



Love the rich blue of the Scottish NT kit



Scotland vs Ireland



A few Scottish players play in the English Champions League. Maloney celebrating with Naismith and Mulgrew. :)



Tried to find pictures of Portugal NT- only his picture came up



Portugal NT- Ronaldo scored the only goal in the match. According to him, Armenia parked two buses



National team walks before a game seem to be a thing



Lord Bendtner took time out from his habitual masturbation on taxis to come out and score a goal for his country. We thank you for the acts of civic kindness, Lord B



Romania won over Northern Ireland last night.



FML and 'Booyah!' all in one photo. Irish defender, Romanian forward



Poland beat Georgia 4-0. Georgian coach resigns



All the love for Mila



Glik <3 Him and Szukala have formed an impressive partnership at the back as of late. It's great to see. OP- commentary not mine. Polish pictures and commentary taken from romareda the great :*.



Simione Zaza, Mario Balotelli, Stefan El Shaawry pose for a selfie. Mattia de Sciglio to the right