It's always fantastic hearing from brilliant futbolitas or futbolitos from other parts of the world! In our Travelling Postcards series this week, meet Agne Ziukaite from Lithuania who plays football, loves Barcelona more than life itself and dreams of being a sports journalist one day.

By Chris Wright

"I've kilt before and I'll kilt again!"

(First up, apologies for that headline. In my current drug-addled state I'm afraid I found it a lot funnier than it actually is.)

Alas, dear friends, 'twas not to be. Needing a win over the reigning World and European champions to secure themselves a place in next month's Euro 2012 qualification play-offs, Scotland were overrun and eventually went down 3-1 to Spain in Alicante last night with a first-half brace from the bang in-form David Silva and David Villa's 50th international goal ten minutes after the interval rendering David Goodwillie's 66th-minute penalty little more than a partial consolidation.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

Kenny Dalglish has revealed he has no fresh injury worries ahead of Liverpool's trip to Stoke City this weekend as he confirmed Steven Gerrard continues to make good progress in his recovery.
The boss expects to have Charlie Adam available for selection at the Britannia Stadium after the midfielder was ruled out of Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifier with Lithuania.

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Spain vs Liechtenstein 6-0 Highlights 2011 Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Spain vs Liechtenstein 2011 Estadio Nuevo Municipal Las Gaunas- Tuesday, 6 September, 2011- Euro 2012 Qualifying Final score and result:- Spain vs Liechtenstein 6-0 ( Alvaro Negredo*2, Xavi, Ramos, Villa*2) Spain book their spot at Euro [.

Liverpool's Charlie Adam ruled out of Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Lithuania with hip injury

The former Blackpool midfielder, who joined the Reds in the summer, has been added to Craig Levein's long injury list ahead of Tuesday's crucial Group I meeting at Hampden Park

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A day late, but never yadayada...Let's begin this time with a wave goodbye to a wonderful Women's World Cup with Sweden's Marie Hammarstrom.Sweden - France 2-1 www.rojadirecta.es door kehl3So check this out... Clarence Seedorf's cousin Regilio, who plays for something called FK Taurus in Lithuania, wearing red and black stripes, in the Europa League, against a Dutch side.

The various football leagues in the Baltic States are approaching the halfway stages of the 2011 campaign. Defending champions Flora Tallinn and FK Ekranas still remain unbeaten at the top of the Estonian Meistriliiga and Lithuanian A Lyga respectively whilst Latvia's Virsliga saw leaders FK Ventspils lose for a second time in less than a week.

The first step in this indeterminable Europa journey begins next in two Thursdays when the club travels to the Faroe Islands to take on NSÍ Runavík, who finished third in the Faroe Islands Premier League last year. As in, literally last year as they are currently 4th having played 12 matches in the 2011 Season.

Skonto Riga finally won the Triobet Baltic League for the first time in the club's history yesterday defeating compatriots and host club FK Ventspils in a penalty shoot out after the match had finished 1-1 in extra-time.

FK Ventspils were the defending champions of the tournament, having won the 2010 final in exciting circumstances against Lithuanians FK Ekranas, and were hoping to become the first club to successfully defend the title.

Better pitch brought a better performance from the Biało Czerwoni. Which doesn't mean that we played an extremely good game. I think yesterday we were able to see our true potential: we're not as bas as we saw against Lithuania, but we are also not good enough to defeat teams like demotivated, backup Greece.

Lithuania vs Spain 2011 Euro 2012 Qualifying- 29/3/11- Kaunas, Lithuania Final score:- Lithuania v Spain 1-3 ( Stankevicius/ Xavi, Kijanskas OG, Juan Mata) World champions Spain beat Lithuania 3-1 in testing conditions in Kaunas to continue their 100% run in Euro 2012 qualifying. Lithuania vs Spain 0-1 ( Xavi goal vs Lithuania) Lithuania v Spain [.

Michał Żewłakow's last ever game for the national team. Another important test on our road to Euro 2012. The will to redeem the loss against Lithuania. These should be the topics of discussion before the friendly against Greece. Instead, all the public opinion concentrates on is the supposed sex scandal (players visiting prostitutes), as revealed by the tabloid Fakt.

Here we are again... we stop a thrilling (to some) Liga race to return to the fields of international battle, hopefully to put a better performance than we have at our last friendlies. Because this is the real deal. This isn't just our reputation on the line; we need the points to make it to the 2012 Euros and not let our World Cup languish in loneliness in a cabinet somewhere.

The Baltic Champions' Cup, the first of many a pre-season indoor tournament in Eastern Europe in the next two months, takes place in the Olympic Sports Centre in the Latvian capital of Riga this weekend in a mini-tournament exclusive to the national champions of the three domestic leagues in the Baltic States.