Eleven A 4th for Aasgaard, Liverpool, get this ****er re signed Cant have happened many times? a sub coming on in the second half (65th minute) and smacking in 4 goals?
Barnabás Varga with his second to tie up Portugal, only to have Hungary fall behind again, just 2 minutes later. Life is hard.
I've looked at some of the Norway goals....Moldova definitely decided '**** it' when they went 2-0 down
Did he? Nice one. Must be the Liverpool link, Ole was a huge Liverpool fan as a kid, ran a Norwegian branch of the supporters club.
How come Egypt seemed to play a WC qualifier and a friendly on the same day? Burkina Faso - Egypt 0:0 Egypt - Tunisia
Bolivia beat Brazil to snatch away the intercontinental play off spot from Venezuela in the final game! Dick Advocaat’s Curacao get 3 points on the board, but Steve McClaren’s Reggae Boyz look in good nick for top spot in that group with another win against Trinidad Costa Rica surprisingly drew 3-3 with Haiti meaning they’ve only got 2 points so far, could be a surprise there as Honduras haven’t looked good but top the group currently
Wouldn’t fancy anyone going there and getting a result with the atmosphere literally leaving players short on breath!
Unfortunately for Bolivia, the inter-continental play-offs are at neutral venues. It's reported to be played in Mexico in Guadalajara (1500m elevation) and Monterrey (500m elevation). Some way of La Paz's approximate 3500m altitude.
Brazil don't deserve to be seeded at the World Cup as they are shit. No doubt though FIFA will have them in pot 1.
Dick Advocaat is onto something at Curacao. Have a 40 year managerial career with varying levels of success, reach 77 and go and live on a Caribbean island within the Kingdom of Netherlands who don’t really have any expectations, but actually put up a good effort at qualification with the tournament expanding. Can’t be a bad semi retirement
Was a very odd score, almost suspicious. Moldova are a minnow but they're usually in that secondary minnow level with the likes of Armenia and Lithuania that can usually make things competitive and occasionally beat some decent teams if they get a good generation of players. 11-1 is the kind of score you only usually get with the absolute minnows like San Marino and Liechtenstein. Norway have a strong team right now and have a world class striker but they're not that good.
It's an odd score however I'd caution you on your implication it was suspicious - you do get one every now and again even at the main stages of the world cup never mind the qualifiers, by all accounts the Moldovan's completely lost their head after the 2nd goal went in rather than Norway being 'that good' as you put it.
Well they are known as the Repubteam of Ireland...... so Venezuela, to the best of my recollection, will remain the only CONMEBOL team never to reach a World Cup
With another international break over and done with here's where we stand with regards to the overall picture of international qualifying. CONMEBOL become the second confederation to complete their qualifying competition (after OFC) meanwhile some UEFA teams only began their campaign in this window. 18 teams have qualified so far. Spoiler Key Qualified Can Qualify* Mathematically Eliminated Withdrew/Suspended *This includes qualifying via second-rounds or play-offs both federation wide and the intercontinental play-offs Spoiler AFC Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen CAF Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe CONCACAF Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, US Virgin Islands CONMEBOL Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela OFC American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu UEFA Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales
