Argentina

Argentina

Not sure which forum to put this in but Argentina, oh dear.  Now 5th in their table after a 1-0 loss in Paraguay.  The hand of God will be the hand of hiding if they fail to qualify. Lonegunmen2009-09-10 20:11:50

I'm a big fan of Argentina, but they have really gone downhill since Maradonna became their coach. If they fail to qualify it will put yet another blemish on his already mixed record.

yeah how come brazil and paraguay have already qualified if theres still two games to go,  and paraguay is only ahead of chile by 3points? can't get my head around it? am I missing something.

paraguay can be beaten to 2nd spot but they can no longer finish outside the top four... hence they are qualified. chile could, mathematically, finish outside the 4 so they aren't through just yet.

I was  missing something 

Funny world isnt it....

Maybe time for a Road to South Africa or World Cup subforum?

None of these teams are in as much trouble as it may appear - Portugal's perhaps in the trickiest situation, since there is a scenario in which they miss out on being in the top 2, but that group's still far from resolved. France can still win their group, and at the worst will be in the playoffs, ditto for Russia (in fact winning the group should be even easier for Russia, they'll win it if they beat Germany at home). Both will probably be seeded in the playoffs if they end up there, so should get very winnable ties. Expect to see both at the World Cup.

Argentina have their next game against Peru at home (bottom placed CONMEBOL team), and 3 points there would ease pressure on them a bit. If they win there and avoid defeat in Uruguay I think they'll be guaranteed at the very least the 5th spot (the playoff spot), but would actually probably see them in the top 4.el grapadura2009-09-11 09:17:36

watch this video:

I think the commentator is going to have a heart attack.

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That Madonna, he's a right old Charlie, really isn't he. Could anyone imagine England giving Gazza the managerial role?

They were obviously grasping as straws...but it turns out the poisonous dwarf had already used them.

Yep, it's true that UEFA had a seeded draw for the World Cup playoffs for the last World Cup for the first time, but the rumours I'm hearing is that they'll use the same formula this time around. This may be officially confirmed as soon as 3/4 October.

That's a shame. I liked the unseeded draw and always though the justification - that by virtue of finishing in the same place in their qualifying groups they are effectively seeded the same - was fair.

Yep, I did see the confirmation but forgot to post it.

It's good news for Croatia (provided we can actually hold on to the second spot, but that's a different story), but I agree that from a competition point of view, it's fairer to have an open draw.

Also, another rumour has reached me regarding the draw for the final tournament. Apparently FIFA are considering scrapping the usual criteria for seeds in Pot 1 (Pot 1 is top seeds, Pots 2-4 based on geographical location of teams). The recent criteria has been hosts, defending champions and 6 teams with the best coefficient points from the last 3 tournaments and qualifying campaigns. Now FIFA is contemplating to changing it to hosts and top 7 teams ranked on the FIFA table that qualify for the final tournament (and not including the hosts).

At this stage this is only a proposal, and final decision will be made after the qualifying is completed.

Do you mean defending champs and top 7?

No, hosts and and top 7 (defending champions would be pretty much guaranteed to be in the top 7 if they qualified).

Peru should be allowed in every world cup for constantly having one of the coolest shirts in world football.

I suppose it would be in very poor taste to suggest that the red stripe was like a shining path?
Junior822009-10-09 00:36:57

True, but England did give it to Hoddle for a while...

Argentina survive...

last gasp goal from Palermo after Peru had equalised in the 45th min of 2nd half. Chile now though for first time since 98. Uruguay and Argentina to play each other for the 4th automatic and 5th playoff space on thursday morning.

Two red cards, one in stoppage time, for Uruguay and Argentina qualify. Bugger!

All decided now, it'll be Costa Rica.

Poor Costa Rica though - conceded a stoppage minute goal to send Honduras through their place.

Last minute stuff from Argentina, I mean six minutes from time, we know they can do better.

they did eliminate Scotland in the same tournament so credit where it's due homeslice

Anybody see what Maradona said? "They can suck it, and they can keep sucking it"

Maradona is a t**ser! He'snot a coaches a-hole!

according to something on soccernet, Carlos Bilardo is pulling the strings

I adore him. The haters; "they can keep sucking it."

"Hi Zinidane"



Buffon II2009-10-17 13:44:04