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Here, the latest scores from the latest round of 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations
qualifiers...
The joint qualifying campaign will decide which five teams will join hosts South Africa at the
World Cup in 2010.
The qualification process will also decide the 15 teams who will join host Angola to take part
at the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Let's hope the Dutch game tonight isn't like the last time we met them prior to the World Cup. It
ended 1-1 but boy Holland should have beat us 7-1. It was tough to watch. At least the score
doesn't matter tonight....yeah right!
MIERLO, NETHERLANDS / SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
6 September 2008
Mixed news from the Qantas Socceroos training camp in Mierlo, Netherlands, where the team is now
resting prior to tonight's match (local time) between the Netherlands and Australia.
A total of 200 teams have entered the race for one of the 31 places at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
South Africa. The preliminary phase, which began in the Oceanian Zone back in August 2007, is now
in full swing, with only the Host Nation guaranteed a berth in world football's showpiece
event.2008 Match [.
Takeshi Okada is a man under pressure. A poor showing in a recent friendly defeat to Uruguay and
some unconvincing performances in the first round of World Cup qualifying has left many wondering
whether the former international is the right man to guide Japan to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Okada took over as Japan coach after Bosnian Ivica Osim suffered a tenure-ending stroke in November
2007.
On an evening of shock results for away teams in the European zone for qualification for the 2010
World Cup in South Africa, England, Scotland, Denmark, and yes, Luxembourg all beat tough teams
away.
England, were a different proposition this time around at the Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, beating
Croatia 4-1, thanks to a Theo Walcott hat-trick and a goal from Wayne Rooney.
ROAD TO 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS SATURDAY ON SETANTA SPORTS Portugal in
action as part of a live double-header on Setanta Sports TORONTO (September 4, 2008) – The
long road for European nations looking to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins this weekend
when Armenia hosts Turkey Saturday, September 6 at 12 noon [.
England's 4-1 thrashing of Croatia in Zagreb stands out from the UEFA World Cup qualifiers, but it
is really too early to book tickets to South Africa, or pass judgment on Fabio Capello, who in the
title of Gabriele Marcotti's newly-published biography, is "a winner".
The vast improvement on the same fixture two years ago was manifest, but England are still
maddeningly inconsistent.
