The England National football team will try to put an end to their unlucky streak against Croatia next time both teams will be face each other in Zagreb during the second day of theWorld Cup 2010 European qualifying rounds. Group’s 6 great challenges will include the European champion - Spain receiving Armenia from Group 5; and World champion Italy playing at home against Georgia in Group 8 game.
Russia will begin its participation in the Group 4 when the team plays Gales in Moscow. In the meantime Holland will begin the competition in the Group 9 when it faces an uncomfortable game as visitors against Macedonia, where the head Coach Bert Van Marwijk will have his official début.
England’s Head Coach, the Italian Fabio Capello achieved his first victory on Sunday, when his team won over Andorra in Barcelona by 2 goals to zero, despitethe team leaving many doubts to the fans.
On the other hand, on Sunday Croatia won its first game 3-0 against Kazakhstan, which defeated the English National team as locals and visitors during the Euro 2008 qualifying rounds.
"Croatia is a great team, and the level and the quality of its players will be greater, they are very strong," said Capello, who expects the defender Rio Ferdinand to recover from a back wound after the Andorra’s game.
Spain began its competition on Saturday with a cautious victory 1-0 against Bosnia, the debut’s game for Coach Vicente Del Bosque and now Spain will have six points whenthe team meets Armenia. The Spaniard National team, which is in first position in the world ranking, was not what many expected during the game against Bosnia, very similar to what happened with Italy despite their difficult victory 2-1 against Cyprus.
Coach Marcello Lippi is working on improving his team’s performance in order to show better strategies against Georgia. Last Saturday Georgia lost 2-1 against Ireland in a disputed game in Germany.
Euro Cup runner-up the Russian team will show to be stronger than Gales and could easily assured three points if they keep in mind the major group’s obstacle is Germany. The Teutonic team will visit Finland with the great motivation after the defeat of 6 goals to zero against Liechtenstein.
Additionally, Holland will have its first game in the competition after a surprising rout against Australia in a friendly match played on Saturday. This is a more than good enough reason the team will need to recover in the coming game against Macedonia which recently lost while playing against Scotland.
Reviewing other games Lithuania and Austria were the first two surprises of the day as the teams achieved victories against Rumania and France respectively. Speaking of the French National team it is now clear the days of Raymond Domenech as Head Coach could possible come to an end if the French players fail to recover from the 3-1 loss they had in Vienna. The next match will be against Serbia and it will be played in Paris.
Stephen Lars has been a prominent writer on daily FIFA World Cup 2010 games, sports news and the online betting industry for many exceptional sport web sites. You may reprint this article in its full content, please note no modifications to it are accepted.
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