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Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Countdown begins to South Africa

England looked OK last night but Walcott should be dropped for South Africa in my view - headless chicken springs to mind as they beat Mexico 3-1.
Striker Scott McDonald, defender Jade North and midfielder Nick Carle have been axed from Australia's squad for this summer's World Cup in South Africa while France coach Raymond Domenech says the 23 players he has in camp at Tignes will make up his squad for the World Cup in South Africa.
World Cup hosts South Africa continued their build-up to this summer's finals with a promising, yet ultimately disappointing 1-1 draw with Bulgaria.
Liverpool's Maxi Rodriguez scored twice as Argentina continued their preparations for the World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Canada.
Nigeria have played down fears over the fitness of John Obi Mikel, who is recovering from a knee injury less than three weeks before the start of the World Cup.
Park Ji-Sung and Park Chu-Young scored as South Korea beat fellow World Cup qualifiers Japan 2-0 in a friendly international on Monday.
Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra will rest for up to 10 days as he sweats over his fitness ahead of the World Cup finals in South Africa.
Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz scored the only goal as Paraguay earned a late win over fellow World Cup hopefuls North Korea in their friendly in Nyon.
Ronaldinho and Adriano will both miss the World Cup in South Africa after being omitted from the 23-man Brazil squad named by national coach Dunga.
Portugal's World Cup preparations got off to a miserable start as they were remarkably held to a goalless draw at home to African minnows Cape Verde they were 1/33...
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 May 2010 at 12:10

    POOR SCOTT McDONALD
    his season has been a disaster

    Hoopy

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  2. Anonymous25 May 2010 at 13:56

    Portugal to go in Group Stages 1-1 great bet

    Ronaldo

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  3. Anonymous25 May 2010 at 14:01

    any tips at the GGs today PG

    also Ireland tonight what u think?


    Ryan

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  4. Anonymous25 May 2010 at 14:06

    Paraquay 2-1 Ryan

    Ronaldo

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  5. Punter's Guide25 May 2010 at 18:56

    2-2 at 14s always a good bet in these tight friendly games

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  6. Punter's Guide26 May 2010 at 10:41

    Football News
    Sol Campbell has revealed he is "seriously considering" a move to Celtic.
    The United States' World Cup squad hopefuls did little to impress head coach Bob Bradley as they were beaten 4-2 by the Czech Republic in Connecticut.
    Paraguay's latest World Cup warm-up clash ended in a disappointing 2-1 defeat to the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
    Cameroon's World Cup preparations took a blow on Tuesday as they were held 0-0 by Georgia.
    Greece were twice pegged back by North Korea as the sides drew 2-2 in a World Cup warm-up shiwdown in Austria.
    Fernando Torres is optimistic about being fully fit for the start of Spain's World Cup campaign after surgery on his right knee last month.

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  7. Punter's Guide26 May 2010 at 11:06

    Shamali today at Ffos Las looks a great bet at 5/4

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  8. Anonymous26 May 2010 at 12:27

    All over it like a rash PG
    adding Turkey -1 and Holland -1 in with it


    Stableboy

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  9. Anonymous26 May 2010 at 13:59

    RINGNED is a big whisper tonight folks

    Ryan

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