Towards the end of Frances' 3-1 win over Austria in the Stade de France, one wacky and totally original soul ran out on the pitch, waving a French flag. Unfortunately, this human waste of time didn't wear the right shoes for pitch invading, and so he went down hard right at midfield, before scrambling to his feet and evading stewards just so he could get taken down with a proper crunch moments later.

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(video gol highlights di Francia-Austria)

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France ran out comfortable winners over Austria.

1-0 Benzema

2-0 Henry

2-1 Janko

3-1 Gignac

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This is it! The final World Cup qualifier! Are you excited?

Yeah, neither is anybody else. Let's still hope for a good showing.

As Jeff discussed, Serbia's win over Romania means France has no chance to go top of the group. France's win over Faroe Islands means that France is guaranteed the second-place playoffs.

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The Firm (Firma), ultras of FK Vojvodina. FK Austria Wien - FK Vojvodina, Europa League, August 6th 2009.

Photo credit: photoreti on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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Kay Murray es una reportera austriaca de futbol soccer, a pesar de que en su país el fútbol no es de lo mejor del mundo ella ya es famosa en las canchas europeas, siempre tiene acceso a buenas entrevistas con los jugadores top y con justa razón se ha ganado el mote de la reportera Barbie del fútbol soccer. Click to continue reading...

.World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 1) Denmark 1 1 Portugal Hungary 1 2 Sweden World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 2) Moldova 0 0 Luxembourg Israel 0 1 Latvia Switzerland 2 0 Greece World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 3) Poland 1 1 Northern Ireland Slovakia 2 2 Czech Republic World Cup qualifiers [. Click to continue reading...

This first summer transfer Top 5 List is taking a long time to put together (so many shrewd shoppers!) and it won't be ready 'til tomorrow, sooooo I thought I would give a little sustenance thought morsel.With the transfer window now closed, I will share my yearly exercise of predicting champions for a whole slew of top flight European leagues. Click to continue reading...

I have been travelling around in Europe for a month, and although with the break, there wasn't much football on my busy programme, I did nevertheless notice some things:-I was in Barcelona when R.D. Espanyol inaugurated their new stadium by winning a 3-0 victory against Liverpool. I have always felt some sympathy for Español for being the "little guys" in Barcelona, and was happy to see them play Click to continue reading...

Reminder Perhaps it was the explosive start off the blocks to the transfer season before settling into a silent slumber, but it seems big time club football is still ages and ages away. But strangely enough, it's precisely the opposite. Both the Champions and Europa leagues are already in full swing while Switzerland was first off [. Click to continue reading...

The jinx continues for Arsenal. There is no point in signing so many players when you are going to lose them through injuries even before the season starts. Samir Nasri, the France and Arsenal midfielder,had broken his right fibula during a training session in Bad Waltersdorf, in south-eastern Austria. Click to continue reading...

Well, a press conference was held a few days back with regards to the new investors who were mentioned the post before. The deal has been confirmed, as most people expected, but still the names have not been revealed. Even at AEK only a few people (Notias, maybe Thanopoulos) know who they are.

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Terrible news for all Arsenal fans; Samir Nasri this morning in Austria has sustained a fractured Fibula which will mean he is out for 2 -3 months.

The official Arsenal website reported:

Samir Nasri has sustained a fractured fibula during this morning's training session at the Club's pre-season training camp in Austria.

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Well, it looks like everything is over with Leonardo for at least six months. Levadeiakos have said that he is an important member of the team (well that was kind of obvious) and AEK have released an official announcement on their site (although its in Greek) confirming that we have stopped trying to sign him.

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Something to read while you watch MLS fans shower David Beckham with fake money... (Dave has the full story at Red Bulls Offside) "Does Rafa Benitez look like a b!#^$?" (Liverpool Offside) Russel Brand & Noel Gallagher on the radio (talkSPORT) Man City exec chairman wants to ignore history (SoccerLens) But at least Man City billboards have a sense of [. Click to continue reading...

And I don't understand it. The silly season is well underway and these pieces of brilliance are still with clubs in leagues below their level - some well below it.Each has had numerous suitors come and go without a transfer taking place and each would be a bargain of well less than €10 million - in fact, our top three wouldn't require half that much money to pry loose. Click to continue reading...

Anche il Napoli ha iniziato a correre e a prepararsi per la nuova annata. Le delusioni del torneo appena finito lasciano spazio alla voglia di riscatto. Nella bassa Austria, a circa 60 km da Vienna, dove ha scelto di "alloggiare", il gruppo allenato da Donadoni lavora, in silenzio, pregustando già la stagione del rilancio. Click to continue reading...

It's time to get you all caught up on a few Americans Abroad transfer items. Sorry it took me a while longer than usual, but these things do all simmer at their own pace.The first article I have up covers the fact that a Ligue 1 club (one of Rennes, Saint-Étienne or Sochaux) looks set to beat a Bundesliga club (thought to be Hamburg, but I can't confirm) in the race for Hammarby strike ace Click to continue reading...

Arsenal will continue their pre-season excursions to Austria with the news that the Gunners' will play a Viennese amateur team next month. SC Columbia have announced a friendly against Arsene Wenger's side which has been scheduled for the 21st July. The game at the Wiener Stadtliga is already being dubbed the biggest in the Floridsdorf-based [. Click to continue reading...

There won't be any Gooners travelling to Amsterdam this summer (at least not for footballing reasons anyhow!), after Ajax announced that Arsenal aren't participating in this year's LG Amsterdam Tournament 2009. Instead, Arsene Wenger's side are replaced by fellow Premier League club Sunderland. Click to continue reading...

As Drillo prepares for his date with destiny, we here at NFN run the ruler over the Norwegian squad and look at what we can expect from Macedonia in the game that will determine wether or not Norwegians can start dreaming about South Africa 2010 again..

Norwegian Squad

Goalkeepers

Jon Knutsen - Stabæk

HÃ¥kon Opdal - Brann

Rune Allmenning Jarstein - Rosenborg

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Defenders

Espen Ruud - OB, Denmark

Jon Inge Høiland - Stabæk

Kjetil Wæhler - AaB, Denmark

Brede Hangeland - Fulham, England

Morten Fevang - Odd Grenland

John Arne Riise - Roma, Italy

Trond Erik Bertelsen - Viking

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Midfielders

Fredrik Winsnes - Strømsgodset

Henning Hauger - Stabæk

Christian Grindheim - Heerenveen, Holland

Bjørn Helge Riise - Lillestrøm

Per Ciljan Skjelbred - Rosenborg

Simen Brenne - Odd Grenland

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Wingers/Forwards

Daniel Braaten - Toulouse, France

John Carew - Aston Villa, England

Erik Huseklepp - Brann

Morten Gamst Pedersen - Blackburn, England

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Steffen Iversen and Tore Reginiussen were both called up to the initial squad, but withdrew due to injury.

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[Photo: KSV Superfund]It's only halftime at Linz, but Kapfenberg striker Preston Zimmerman has rung the bell to put his side up 2-0. The American did not start the match, entering on the half hour - nine minutes later, he netted his third league goal of the season from a corner kick.I'll post the clip here when it goes up. Click to continue reading...

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Well, there's one thing you can't hold against Fabio Capello and that's that he keeps his cards close to his chest. Today he's announced that Peter Crouch will lead the England attack against Ukraine tomorrow night and deservedly so. Crouch has been the victim of some vicious criticism over the last few seasons, undeservedly so [. Click to continue reading...

This is borderline name to remember/name you soon won#8217;t forget. It seems we can#8217;t go a day without being bombarded by the hype machine of the #8220;new so and so#8221;. From the new Kaka - all one hundred thousand of them - to the new Franz Beckenbauer to the new Patrick Vieira (anyone of African origin [. Click to continue reading...

No hard feelings, right? Howard Webb spent the tail end of last summer in a dark, damp cave trying to hide from much of Poland. After his controversial penalty call against Poland - though not nearly as controversial as Poland#8217;s opening goal which was well offside (many seem to have conveniently forgotten) - you could hardly [. Click to continue reading...

How not to get the ref on your side In modern football, a tackle from behind is always likely to get you at least a booking. But if the tackle from behind also happens to be on the referee then you really are asking for trouble. The two teams are Austrian outfits Rapid Vienna and Kapfenburg. [...]img src="http://feeds2. Click to continue reading...

[Photo: KSV Superfund]Kapfenburg SV striker Preston Zimmerman has scored again, this one in a losing Stiegl-Cup cause on Tuesday night. The American entered at the break and had his side level in only a minute, netting his second in three games.Zimmerman would nearly put his side ahead moments later, but the Superfund boys eventually fell 2-1 on a late goal by second flight leaders SC Magna. Click to continue reading...

[Photo: Kapfenburg SV]I'm still doing some last minute research on my Top 5 List and the A few things... post will surely beat it to the blog, but first let's take a moment to salute American goal scorer Preston Zimmerman, who started Kapfenburg's key 2-1 survival win over fifth place Kärnten right. Click to continue reading...

Artículo publicado en Fox Sports, en enero de 2009.Por PABLO ARO GERALDESSolamente tres hispanoamericanos militan en la Bundesliga austríaca: dos argentinos y un uruguayo, todos defensores.La Bundesliga austríaca está compuesta por 10 equipos y se disputa desde 1911. Österreich, tal el nombre del país en alemán, tiene una rica historia en el fútbol aunque en las últimas décadas su potencial ha Click to continue reading...

Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch Austria  vs.  Sweden LIVE Watch  Austria  vs.  Sweden HIGHLIGHTS Click to continue reading...

Kapfenberg striker Preston Zimmerman has bagged his first Austrian T-Mobile Bundesliga goal. The young American raced from midfield on a breakaway to round the keeper, capping a stunning 5-2 triumph at tabletop Red Bull Salzburg. With the upset win, the team rise to eighth, but remain just two points above the trap door. Click to continue reading...

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Less than 10 days ago Marc Janko was a Name To Remember. Since then, he's gone from "hey, remember my name" to "hey, I think I'll make European history". Marc's played two games since that post (three technically, since it was amended to include the hat trick he scored that day) and in those two [.. Click to continue reading...