International Friendlies – Reds in Action
As much as I hate the idea of international friendlies, they are very much a part of the football calendar. I just have no idea why UEFA and FIFA schedule them one match into England’s Premier League season. It’s just plain disruptive. I’ll leave that for another day.
Anyway, we had some Reds in action in midweek, representing their countries for badly scheduled friendlies. Reina, Alonso and Torres starred for Spain against Agger’s Denmark, Finnan made his international return with Keane for the Republic of Ireland, Gerrard played for England and Dossena earned his 2nd cap with Italy.
Alonso scored twice in Spain’s win against Denmark 3-0. Our new number 7 bagged his 34th international goal as the Republic of Ireland drew 1-1 with Norway. Both Gerrard and Dossena’s teams drew 2-2 with the Czech Republic and Austria respectively.
Fortunately, at time of writing, there’s no report of injuries to the Reds players, so here’s hoping we beat Boro this weekend with a fully fit team. Oh! And Babbel’s back from Beijing too.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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4 comments:
Well, Gerrard was played on the left flank by the wise Italian and was dully given a good rollicking by Harry Redknapp.
A freaking waste of his trademark penetrative runs from deep.
England is a gone case, my friend.
Thank the heavens, the Italiano is sober enough and still sane enough to NOT select a certain scum to lead an already faltering English team.
Imagine having a bully, drug-test cheat and womanizing party boy as el capitan.
Mate, don't see that making a difference to the team performance.
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