Spain won it’s second important friendly game in a row, after defeating France a couple of weeks ago, the Spanish side defeated Italy last night on home soil, with the same 1-0 score. This international friendly was decided by David Villa’s superb one touch volley shot from around 20 meters, after a poorly deflected ball by Real Madrid’s defender Fabio Cannavaro. [click to continue…]
Poland 0 - 3 United States Highlights 0-1 Landon Donovan
United States obtain a surprising win over Poland in an International Friendly game played yesterday. The visitors won 3-0 with the goals scored by Donovan, Onyewu and Lewis. The United States lead 2-0 at the halftime and left Poland no chance to come back into the game. I have embedded for you the Youtube videos with all the goals. [click to continue…]
France 1 - 0 England Highlights 1-0 Franck Ribery opens the score for England from the penalty spot.
The shock of the evening was won by France. Superb crowd at the Stade de France tonight. Everyone cheered for it’s favorites and the game seemed to resemble to a World Cup or European Championship final. The rivalry between France and England made this international friendly to look like an official game. Frank Ribery scored the only goal of the game from the penalty kick obtained by Nicholas Anelka. Highlights are available in the next videos. [click to continue…]
Portugal 1 - 2 Greece Highlights 0-1 Karagounis opens the score for Greece with a perfect free kick shot.
It’s settled. Portugal have the Greece weakness. Otto Rehhagel’s side has defeated again Portugal in an away game, as they did 4 years ago at the EURO 2004, to win the tournament. Karagounis was the night’s hero for the Greek side with two superb free kick goals. He scored one goal in each half, both of them unreachable for Portugal’s keeper. Gomez pulled one back for the home side and the game ended with Greece’s win. [click to continue…]
Romania 3 - 0 Russia Highlights 1-0 Ciprian Marica
Romania and Russia two teams that will play at the Euro 2008 this summer, have played a friendly game tonight in Bucharest. The home team won 3-0 after leading 1-0 at the halftime. Check the goals in the embedded Youtube videos. [click to continue…]
Brazil 1 - 0 Sweden Highlights 1-0 Alexandre Pato scores with a superb chip over the Swedish goalkeeper.
Brazil defeat Sweden in a spectacular friendly game played a few hours ago. Watch some important scoring chances and Alexandre Pato’s goal. [click to continue…]
The UK can revenge themselves tonight on Croatia. After England’s unexpected Euro 2008 Qualifiers defeat against Croatia at the New Wembley, Scotland have the opportunity to punch back for the UK. Of course it’s just a friendly game and the punch won’t have the same weight. Watch Scotland vs Croatia on your own PC using the live TV streams. The match can be followed live online on the channels posted below, starting with 21.00 CET. [click to continue…]
Friendly game shock in Spain tonight. Spain will host Italy for an interesting test before the Euro 2008 tournament. The game will kick of at 22.00 CET and can be seen live online trough the peer-to-peer players. I collected the available TV channels and posted them in the next section of this article. [click to continue…]
France 1-0 England Live Text Commentary Full Time 90′+3′ The referee ends the game, France win 1-0. 90′+2′ Djibril Cisse is flagged off play. 88′ Peter Crouch is caught offside. 87′ David Bentley sends a corner kick and Cisse misses the target. 86′ Abidal delivers and Ribery is denied by the keeper. 82′ Djibril Cisse tries to score but he is blocked. 80′ France Substitution: Nicolas Anelka is replaced by Djibril Cisse. 78′ Peter Crouch delivers and Owen is caught offside. 75′ Nicolas Anelka brings the ball into the danger zone and Ribery shoots wide. 71′ Toulalan delivers and Anelka shoots wide. [click to continue…]