February 6th - International Friendlies Thread

--------------Ustari
Zabaleta-Demi-Fazio-Escudero
-----Sosa-Mascherano-Banega
------------Riquelme
------Higuain------Lavezzi

Likely Argie lineup against Guatemala.

Garay, Gago & Aguero all out through injury.

Tevez, Duck, Messi, Cambiasso, Milito etc weren't called up for this game.

good to see Basile trying out some new faces

Just noted Germany play Austria despite being drawn in the same group (usually a reason for finding another opponent). They play eachother in the last group match. They're probably practising now on how to play for the same result... Like during the 1982 WC

You think Oranje will line up like this ..

......................... Van der Sar
.. Melchiot - Mathijsen - Heitinga - de Cler
........................... Sneijder
........... De Zeeuw .............. Giovanni
....................... Van der Vaart
................. Huntelaar ...... Babel

No probably De Zeeuw and/or Gio will play DMF (not Sneijder)

----------De Zeeuw----Gio----------
VDV---------Sneijder--------Babel
--------------Huntelaar-------------

or 4-1-3-2

9' Croatia - Holland 0-1

Heitinga 0-1

good match...

Holland play:

----------De Zeeuw----Gio----------
Sneijder-----VDV-------------Babel
--------------Huntelaar-------------

Van Persie Scores!

He gets his second, wonderful free kick from RvP!

Van Persie gets his Hattrick!!!

WPOTY

you miss a damn good match... not a friendly at all

De Guzman wrote:you miss a damn good match...

Croatia v Holland

De Guzman wrote:Croatia v Holland

0-2 Huntelaar

apart from Babel we're playing really well...

De Guzman wrote:apart from Babel we're playing really well...

Huntelaar has been shite besides the goal...

For the rest it is indeed not too shabby

Axeslammer wrote:

De Guzman wrote:apart from Babel we're playing really well...

Huntelaar has been shite besides the goal...

For the rest it is indeed not too shabby

Just expect Huntelaar to score when he gets the chances. He did.

Great save by Flappie

On Huntelaar 80% of the time he either makes a foul or falls over claiming he's fouled when a ball is played to him. The other 20% he plays fine.

De Guzman wrote:On Huntelaar 80% of the time he either makes a foul or falls over claiming he's fouled when a ball is played to him. The other 20% he plays fine.

Those fouls are severely breaking up our attacks....and are annoying the hell out of me...

Axeslammer wrote:

De Guzman wrote:On Huntelaar 80% of the time he either makes a foul or falls over claiming he's fouled when a ball is played to him. The other 20% he plays fine.

Those fouls are severely breaking up our attacks....and are annoying the hell out of me...

it's pissing off a lot of Ajax fans too. Checked out 1 of their forums a while ago & half of them where moaning Huntelaar was contributing f@ck all during matches (bar his goals): fouling, falling over & moaning...

I'ld rather see Koevermans play

BM wrote:Van Persie gets his Hattrick!!!

WPOTY

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Jenas

Poland - Czech Republic 2-0

I don't know how he does it, but Don Leo is doing great with the Poles

Petrov has scored and played a blinder for Bulgaria V N Ireland, i just hope he plays well on Sunday.

USA 2-1 Mexico at HT, goals from Onyewu and Altidore for USA, Magallon for Mexico. should be 3-1, Clint Dempsey scored a great goal but got called for it got waved off because the referree called a push off.

2-2 in the 48th minute, Magallon off a set piece again.

Carlos Vela looks really really impressive. Arsenal is going to be even scarier when he gets a work permit.

god that was ugly. USA and Mexico are both poor sides. you know its bad that your strongest defender is a backup for Fulham. Very bad match, the ref was awful. Mexican midfielder slides in two footed, both studs up from behind and only recieves a yellow. Also a Mexican striker slides in late into the keeper after the keeper kicked the ball away, a melee ensues with the keeper putting the striker in a headlock and punching him in the head, and then the striker kicks the keeper, and nothing happens. then at the same moment down the field a mexican striker takes down a american striker and still nothing.

We have a lot of talent and we were missing key players

Nery Castillo, Guardado, Osorio

IMO Hugo Sanchez sucks

The US is terrible we should have put up 5 goals on them

USA had 0 production from the left flank, we're really missing DeMarcus Beasley.

Calidad wrote:--------------Ustari
Zabaleta-Demi-Fazio-Escudero
-----Sosa-Mascherano-Banega
------------Riquelme
------Higuain------Lavezzi

Likely Argie lineup against Guatemala.

Garay, Gago & Aguero all out through injury.

Tevez, Duck, Messi, Cambiasso, Milito etc weren't called up for this game.

Argentina won 5-0. Goals:

14' [1 - 0] G. Higuain
34' [2 - 0] E. Lavezzi
71' [3 - 0] G. Higuain
85' [4 - 0] J. Maidana
89' [5 - 0] M. Ruben