Now that Andre Villas-Boas has been installed as the new boss at Chelsea, speculation is already underway on what players the 33 year old manager will bring to Stamford Bridge and naturally, the rumour mill has started by linking him with the star players at his former club, FC Porto in Portugal.

The one very obvious candidate that has been linked in various media sources is leading striker Radamel Falcao, who scored 41 times in 50 appearances under Villas-Boas at Porto last season.

Wales vs England 2011 Euro 2012 Qualifying- 26th March 2011, 26/3/11 Final score:- Wales vs England 0-2 ( Frank Lampard penalty 7′, Darren Bent 15′) England ease to victory against Wales in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium as two first half goals from Lampard and Bent allow them to move above Montenegro on goal difference [.

Republic of Ireland vs Northern Ireland Final score:- Ireland vs Northern Ireland 5-0 ( Robbie Keane*2, Stephen Ward, Simon Cox, Cathcart own goal) Dublin- Carling Nations Cup- 24 May, 2011 Robbie Keane scores two goals and Wolves' Stephen Ward and West Bromwich's Simon Cox score on their debuts for the Republic as they thrash Northern [.

Man City vs Inter Milan 3-0 Highlights Goals Video Dublin Super Cup 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

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The Football Association of Ireland today announced that tickets for the forthcoming Carling Nations Cup match against Wales in Aviva Stadium on February 8 will go on sale on Monday through www.ticketmaster.ie and the FAI Umbro stores in Carrolls Westmoreland St and Suffolk St, Dublin.
Tickets for neutral supporters attending the clash between Nigel Worthington's IFA team V Scotland, Carling Nations Cup match on February 9 will also go on sale through www.

The New England Revolution announced via press release yesterday that they waived 18-year old Nigerian right midfielder Michael Augustine. Augustine hadn't made a single senior appearance with the club, although he participated in reserve league and open cup matches. Given the team's poor play of late, it may have seemed strange to get rid of a player that hadn't had a chance to prove himself useless yet.

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The Football Association of Ireland, in association with Three and supporter's group, ‘You Boys in Green' today (November 4) joined the campaign to encourage fans to ‘Go Green on November 15'.
The campaign aims to encourage fans all over the country to get behind the team by wearing green on November 15 when Ireland take on Estonia in the second leg of the EURO 2012 Play-off in Aviva Stadium.

Earlier this week, we published our 2011 international tournament calendar for the national teams. Biggest take-home message from this list: April and May are insanely busy, with continental matches almost every day. Here is the same for the clubs all the known dates for the biggest club tournaments in 2011.

Republic of Ireland vs Wales February 8, 2011- Aviva Stadium, Dublin Final result:- Ireland vs Wales 3-0 ( Darron Gibson, Damien Duff, Keith Fahey) Second half strikes from Darron Gibson, Damien Duff and Keith Fahey help the Republic of Ireland get off to a winning start against Wales in their Nations Cup 2011 opener.

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni hailed the performances of his young guns - and one 'old timer' after a convincing and comfortable win over Wales last night.
Trapattoni's side upped the tempo after a tame and goalless first half to power to a 3-0 victory in the opening Carling Nations Cup fixture at the Aviva Stadium.

Ireland 2 - 3 Uruguay
Gareth Maher at the Aviva Stadium
England 1 - 1 Ghana
Kevin McCarra at Wembley
Mark Lomas at Wembley
Phil McNulty at Wembley
Germany 1 - 2 Australia
Brett Taylor at Borussia-Park

Ireland international Seamus Coleman has been speaking about his delight at being shortlisted for the Premiership PFA Young Player of the Year award.
The Killybegs born player has flourished during the season for Everton and has become an integral part of David Moyes starting eleven.

Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson has deleted his Twitter account barely two hours after signing up to the social networking site. Gibson's Twitter username was Dgibbo28 ( set up around midday on April 25, 2011) and he was welcomed on to the site by United defender Rio Ferdinand. However a barrage of verbal attacks from [.

According to news reports on Irish radio this morning the FAI have secured a glamour friendly game against England in February 2012. It was reported last December that the FAI were in talks with the English Football Association to secure a friendly international between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in June next year, however due to fixture congestion in June the game is being planned for late February.

FC Porto vs Braga 2011 Europa League 2011 Final- 18 May, 2011- 18/5/11- Aviva Stadium, Dublin Final score:- Porto vs Braga 1-0 ( Falcao) Radamel Falcao scores the only goal of the game as Porto beat Sporting Braga to win the 2010/11 Europa League crown. Falcao's winner was his seventeenth Europa League goal of the [.

Speaking ahead of tonight's Carling Nations Cup game against Nigel Worthington's IFA team, Ireland captain Robbie Keane has waded into the eligibility issue stating that it was "totally up to the players" themselves if young Irish internationals from the North decide to play for Ireland rather than the IFA team.

FC Porto wrote another chapter in their majestic season by becoming Europa League champions. Porto beat Sporting Braga 1-0 in the Europa League final at the AVIVA Stadium (referred to as the "Dublin Arena" for this final). Porto had previously claimed domestic league honours, their 25th league title, as well as winning the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (also known as the Portuguese SuperCup).

Wales v Northern Ireland 2011 Carling Nations Cup- 27 May, 2011 Final score:- Wales v Northern Ireland 2-0 ( Aaron Ramsey, Robert Earnshaw) Wales beat Northern Ireland 2-0 thanks to goals from Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey and forward Robert Earnshaw. The game was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 29/03/2011, na cidade de Dublin-IRL, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Irlanda (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Uruguai (7º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Said Enjimini-FRA
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Diego Lugano, aos 12 minutos do primeiro tempo, jogador do Fenerbahce-TUR, que marcou seu quinto gol pela seleção nacional.

Fresh from their triumph in the underwhelming Nations Cup, Ireland face a crucial test away to Macdedonia in Skopje on Saturday evening. Going into the match Ireland are level with Russia and Slovakia on ten points so with half of the matches remaining to be played, all three sides stand an excellent chance of qualifying for next year's finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 24/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Irlanda (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Irlanda do Norte (65º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1994Belfast 17/11/1993 NIR1:1 (0:0)IRL First stage1994Dublin 31/03/1993 IRL3:0 (3:0)NIR First stage1990Dublin 11/10/1989 IRL3:0 (1:0)NIR First stage1990Belfast 14/09/1988 NIR0:0IRL First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1996Dublin 29/03/1995 IRL1:1 (0:0)NIR Group matches1996Belfast 16/11/1994 NIR0:4 (0:3)IRL Group matches1980Belfast 21/11/1979 NIR1:0 (0:0)IRL Preliminary round1980Dublin 20/09/1978 IRL0:0NIR Preliminary round
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Craig Thomson-SCO
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Stephen Ward, aos 24 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Wolverhampton-ENG, que marcou seu primeiro gol pela seleção nacional.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 25/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções de País de Gales (115º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Escócia (66º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1986Cardiff 10/09/1985 WAL1:1 (1:0)SCO First stage1986Glasgow 27/03/1985 SCO0:1 (0:1)WAL First stage1978Liverpool 12/10/1977 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO First stage1978Glasgow 17/11/1976 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL First stage1954Glasgow 04/11/1953 SCO3:3 (2:0)WAL First stage1950Glasgow 09/11/1949 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1968Glasgow 22/11/1967 SCO3:2 (1:1)WAL Preliminary round1968Cardiff 22/10/1966 WAL1:1 (0:0)SCO Preliminary round
Amistosos
2009Cardiff 14/11/2009 WAL3:0 (3:0)SCO 2004Cardiff 18/02/2004 WAL4:0 (2:0)SCO 1997Kilmarnock 27/05/1997 SCO0:1 (0:0)WAL 1984Glasgow 28/02/1984 SCO2:1 (1:0)WAL 1983Cardiff 28/05/1983 WAL0:2 (0:1)SCO 1982Glasgow 24/05/1982 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL 1981Swansea 16/05/1981 WAL2:0 (2:0)SCO 1980Glasgow 21/05/1980 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL 1979Cardiff 19/05/1979 WAL3:0 (2:0)SCO 1978Glasgow 17/05/1978 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1977Wrexham 28/05/1977 WAL0:0SCO 1976Glasgow 06/05/1976 SCO3:1 (2:0)WAL 1975Cardiff 17/05/1975 WAL2:2 (2:0)SCO 1974Glasgow 14/05/1974 SCO2:0 (2:0)WAL 1973Wrexham 12/05/1973 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO 1972Glasgow 24/05/1972 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1971Cardiff 15/05/1971 WAL0:0SCO 1970Glasgow 22/04/1970 SCO0:0WAL 1969Wrexham 03/05/1969 WAL3:5 (2:2)SCO 1965Glasgow 24/11/1965 SCO4:1 (3:1)WAL 1964Cardiff 03/10/1964 WAL3:2 (1:2)SCO 1963Glasgow 20/11/1963 SCO2:1 (1:0)WAL 1962Cardiff 20/10/1962 WAL2:3 (1:1)SCO 1961Glasgow 08/11/1961 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL 1960Cardiff 22/10/1960 WAL2:0 (1:0)SCO 1959Glasgow 14/11/1959 SCO1:1 (0:1)WAL 1958Cardiff 18/10/1958 WAL0:3 (0:1)SCO 1957Glasgow 13/11/1957 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1956Cardiff 20/10/1956 WAL2:2 (2:2)SCO 1955Glasgow 09/11/1955 SCO2:0 (2:0)WAL 1954Cardiff 16/10/1954 WAL0:1 (0:0)SCO 1952Cardiff 18/10/1952 WAL1:2 (1:1)SCO 1951Glasgow 14/11/1951 SCO0:1 (0:0)WAL 1950Cardiff 21/10/1950 WAL1:3 (0:1)SCO 1948Cardiff 23/10/1948 WAL1:3 (1:3)SCO 1947Glasgow 12/11/1947 SCO1:2 (1:2)WAL 1946Wrexham 19/10/1946 WAL3:1 (0:0)SCO 1938Edinburgh 09/11/1938 SCO3:2 (1:1)WAL 1937Cardiff 30/10/1937 WAL2:1 (2:0)SCO 1936Dundee 02/12/1936 SCO1:2 (0:1)WAL 1935Cardiff 05/10/1935 WAL1:1 (1:1)SCO 1934Aberdeen 21/11/1934 SCO3:2 (1:0)WAL 1933Cardiff 04/10/1933 WAL3:2 (2:0)SCO 1932Edinburgh 26/10/1932 SCO2:5 (0:4)WAL 1931Wrexham 31/10/1931 WAL2:3 (1:2)SCO 1930Glasgow 25/10/1930 SCO1:1 (1:1)WAL 1929Cardiff 26/10/1929 WAL2:4 (0:2)SCO 1928Glasgow 27/10/1928 SCO4:2 (2:1)WAL 1927Wrexham 29/10/1927 WAL2:2 (1:2)SCO 1926Glasgow 30/10/1926 SCO3:0 (2:0)WAL 1925Cardiff 31/10/1925 WAL0:3 (0:0)SCO 1924Edinburgh 16/02/1925 SCO3:1 (2:1)WAL 1922Glasgow 17/03/1923 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL 1921Wrexham 04/02/1922 WAL2:1 (2:0)SCO 1920Aberdeen 12/02/1921 SCO2:1 (1:1)WAL 1919Cardiff 26/02/1920 WAL1:1 (1:0)SCO 1914Glasgow 28/02/1914 SCO0:0WAL 1913Wrexham 03/03/1913 WAL0:0SCO 1912Edinburgh 02/03/1912 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1911Cardiff 06/03/1911 WAL2:2 (1:1)SCO 1910Kilmarnock 05/03/1910 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1909Wrexham 01/03/1909 WAL3:2 (3:0)SCO 1908Dundee 07/03/1908 SCO2:1 (0:1)WAL 1907Wrexham 04/03/1907 WAL1:0 (1:0)SCO 1906Edinburgh 03/03/1906 SCO0:2 (0:0)WAL 1905Wrexham 06/03/1905 WAL3:1 (1:0)SCO 1904Dundee 12/03/1904 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1903Cardiff 09/03/1903 WAL0:1 (0:1)SCO 1902Greenock 15/03/1902 SCO5:1 (1:0)WAL 1901Wrexham 02/03/1901 WAL1:1 (0:0)SCO 1900Aberdeen 03/02/1900 SCO5:2 (4:1)WAL 1899Wrexham 18/03/1899 WAL0:6 (0:1)SCO 1898Motherwell 19/03/1898 SCO5:2 (4:1)WAL 1897Wrexham 20/03/1897 WAL2:2 (1:1)SCO 1896Dundee 21/03/1896 SCO4:0 (2:0)WAL 1895Wrexham 23/03/1895 WAL2:2 (1:2)SCO 1894Kilmarnock 24/03/1894 SCO5:2 (1:1)WAL 1893Wrexham 18/03/1893 WAL0:8 (0:5)SCO 1892Edinburgh 26/03/1892 SCO6:1 (4:1)WAL 1891Wrexham 21/03/1891 WAL3:4 (2:1)SCO 1890Paisley 22/03/1890 SCO5:0 (3:0)WAL 1889Wrexham 15/04/1889 WAL0:0SCO 1888Edinburgh 10/03/1888 SCO5:1 (1:1)WAL 1887Wrexham 21/03/1887 WAL0:2 (0:1)SCO 1886Glasgow 10/04/1886 SCO4:1 (2:0)WAL 1885Wrexham 23/03/1885 WAL1:8 (0:3)SCO 1884Glasgow 29/03/1884 SCO4:1 (1:1)WAL 1883Wrexham 12/03/1883 WAL0:3 (0:2)SCO 1882Glasgow 25/03/1882 SCO5:0 (1:0)WAL 1881Wrexham 14/03/1881 WAL1:5 (1:4)SCO 1880Glasgow 27/03/1880 SCO5:1 (2:0)WAL 1879Wrexham 07/04/1879 WAL0:3 (0:1)SCO 1878Glasgow 23/03/1878 SCO9:0 (6:0)WAL 1877Wrexham 05/03/1877 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO 1876Glasgow 25/03/1876 SCO4:0 (1:0)WAL
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Raymond Crangle-NIR
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Robert Earnshaw, aos 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Nottingham Forest-ENG, e marcou seu 15º gol pela seleção nacional.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 27/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do País de Gales (115º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Irlanda do Norte (65º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2006Belfast 08/10/2005 NIR2:3 (0:2)WAL First stage2006Cardiff 08/09/2004 WAL2:2 (1:2)NIR First stage1954Wrexham 31/03/1954 WAL1:2 (0:1)NIR First stage1950Cardiff 08/03/1950 WAL0:0NIR First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1968Wrexham 28/02/1968 WAL2:0 (0:0)NIR Preliminary round1968Belfast 12/04/1967 NIR0:0WAL Preliminary round
Amistosos
1922Wrexham 14/04/1923 WAL0:3EIR 1921Belfast 04/04/1922 EIR1:1WAL 1920Swansea 09/04/1921 WAL2:1EIR 1919Belfast 14/02/1920 EIR2:2WAL 1914Wrexham 19/01/1914 WAL1:2EIR 1913Belfast 18/01/1913 EIR0:1WAL 1912Cardiff 13/04/1912 WAL2:3EIR 1911Belfast 28/01/1911 EIR1:2WAL 1910Wrexham 11/04/1910 WAL4:1EIR 1909Belfast 20/03/1909 EIR2:3WAL 1908Aberdare 11/04/1908 WAL0:1EIR 1907Belfast 23/02/1907 EIR2:3WAL 1906Wrexham 02/04/1906 WAL4:4EIR 1905Belfast 08/04/1905 EIR2:2WAL 1904Bangor 21/03/1904 WAL0:1EIR 1903Belfast 28/03/1903 EIR2:0WAL 1902Cardiff 22/02/1902 WAL0:3EIR 1901Belfast 23/03/1901 EIR0:1WAL 1900Llandudno 24/02/1900 WAL2:0EIR 1899Belfast 04/03/1899 EIR1:0WAL 1898Llandudno 19/02/1898 WAL0:1EIR 1897Belfast 06/03/1897 EIR4:3WAL 1896Wrexham 29/02/1896 WAL6:1EIR 1895Belfast 16/03/1895 EIR2:2WAL 1894Swansea 24/02/1894 WAL4:1EIR 1893Belfast 05/04/1893 EIR4:3WAL 1892Bangor 27/02/1892 WAL1:1EIR 1891Belfast 07/02/1891 EIR7:2WAL 1890
08/02/1890 WAL5:2EIR 1889Belfast 27/04/1889 EIR1:3WAL 1888Wrexham 03/03/1888 WAL11:0EIR 1887Belfast 12/03/1887 EIR4:1WAL 1886Wrexham 27/02/1886 WAL5:0EIR 1885Belfast 11/04/1885 EIR2:8WAL 1884Wrexham 09/02/1884 WAL6:0EIR 1883
17/03/1883 EIR1:1WAL 1882Wrexham 25/02/1882 WAL7:1EIR
´O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Alan Kelly-IRL
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Aaron Ramsey, aos 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Arsenal-ENG, que marcou seu terceiro gol pela seleção nacional.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup Nations 2011, foi realizado no dia 29/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Eire (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Escócia (66º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1962Dublin 07/05/1961 IRL0:3 (0:2)SCO UEFA1962Glasgow 03/05/1961 SCO4:1 (2:0)IRL UEFA
Eliminatórias Continentais
1988Glasgow 18/02/1987 SCO0:1 (0:1)IRL Group matches1988Dublin 15/10/1986 IRL0:0SCO Group matches
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Mark Whitby-NIR
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Robbie Keane, aos 23 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Tottenham-ENG, que marcou seu 49º gol pela seleção nacional.

By Alan Duffy

Three years after Thierry Henry's infamous handball in France's World Cup play-off with the Republic of Ireland, the Irish finally received some kind of footballing karma at the Aviva Stadium, courtesy of another appalling refereeing decision, this time by Spanish official Eduardo Ganzalez.

Rep. of Ireland will hope they can wipeout past play-off's heartache against Estonia on Friday in Tallinn before finishing the job off at the Aviva on Tuesday night.

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Mais um jogo amistoso foi jogado no dia 17/11/2010, na cidade de Dublin-IRL, no Aviva Stadium, jogaram as seleções da Irlanda (32º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Noruega (13º no ranking da FIFA)
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
1994New York/New Jersey 28/06/1994 IRL0:0NOR Group matches
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1986Dublin 01/05/1985 IRL0:0NOR First stage1986Oslo 17/10/1984 NOR1:0 (1:0)IRL First stage1938Dublin 07/11/1937 IRL3:3 (1:2)NOR First stage1938Oslo 10/10/1937 NOR3:2 (2:1)IRL First stage
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Kristinn Jakobson-ICE
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Shane Long, aos 5 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Reading-ING, que marcou seu quinto gol pela seleção nacional.

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named his squad for the Carling Nations Cup opening game against Wales which takes place in Aviva stadium on Tuesday February 8.
Included in the squad is Ciarán Clark who will report for duty for the first time having been ruled out of the Norway friendly due to injury.

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has confirmed his 22-man squad for the Carling Nations Cup opener against Wales at the Aviva Stadium next Tuesday, February 8.
James McCarthy has been added to the senior squad and alongside the inclusion of Wilson, Coleman and Clarke makes for a very exciting blend of young Premiership talent and more experienced campaigners like Keane, Duff, Dunne and Given.

The Rep. of Ireland got their inaugural Carling Home Nations off to the best possible start to-night as they thumped Wales 3-0 at the Aviva Stadium.

After a drape scoreless first-half the game came to life mid-way through the second half with 3 unanswered Irish goals from Darren Gibson, Damien Duff and Sub Keith Fahey who replaced the disappointing Seamus Coleman.

International week and all eyes are on the stadium formerly known as Lansdowne Road as Scotland make their debut in the Carling Nations Cup.
Making their debut and already playing catch-up after Ireland set the early pace with a 3-0 win over Wales last night.
Ewan Murray has more on the background to the tournament on The Guardian sports blog including the travails the Irish FA have been having with ticket sales.

Séamus Coleman admits tasting international football with Ireland has left him wanting more.
Coleman's friends and family from Killybegs and other parts of Donegal were inside the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday night to see him make his international debut against Wales in the first game of the Carling Nations Cup which ended in a comfortable 3-0 win for Ireland.

The inaugural Carling Nations Cup saw the first round of matches completed this week at Dublin's Aviva Stadium. In the opening match on Tuesday second half goals from Darron Gibson, Damien Duff and Kevin Fahey gave the host nation Republic of Ireland something to cheer against a lacklustre Wales side.

Record Irish goalscorer Robbie Keane is a doubt for Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia on March 26th, as he recovers from a calf injury.
Keane's participation in the Ireland squad is ‘touch and go' as it is estimated that the crucial qualifier may come a week before Keane gets the all clear to resume playing.

Giovanni Tapattoni has named his 29 man squad for the crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia on March 26th and the friendly game against Uruguay on March 29th.
Speaking at the team press conference this afternoon Tapattoni said "Macedonia is a big match for us in our aim to qualify for Euro 2012.

Ireland moved joint top of their Euro 2012 qualifying group with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Macedonia at the Aviva Stadium.
Aiden McGeady's first international goal put Ireland ahead in the second minute and Robbie Keane added a second from close range midway through the half.
Macedonia responded just before half-time when Ivan Trichkovski deceived Richard Dunne and slotted past Keiren Westwood.

Mais um torneio amistoso que foi instituído no mundo, é a Copa das Nações Britânicas, que é patrocinada pela Carling, e conhecida como Carling Nations Cup 2011.
O torneio é composto de jogos entre as 4 seleções britânicas (Irlanda, Escócia, Irlanda do Norte e País de Gales).
Todos os jogos, serão realizados no Aviva Stadium, em Dublin-IRL, entre os meses de Fevereiro e Maio de 2011.

England, Germany and the Republic of Ireland all recorded victories in their Euro 2012 qualifying fixtures. Group G leaders England and Montengro received a huge boost as Bulgaria and Switzerland drew 0-0 in Sofia. The result leaves the pair six points adrift at the halfway stage with Wales anchored at the foot of the table.

O primeiro jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 08/02/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Eire (35º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de País de Gales (116º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
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O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Mark Courtney-NIR
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Darron Gibson, aos 15 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Manchester United-ENG, que marcou seu primeiro gol pela seleção nacional.