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Belgium hit eight in a ruthless destruction of Belarus in World Cup qualifying. Brighton forward Leandro Trossard and Club Brugge’s Hans Vanaken scored twice apiece for Roberto Martinez’s side while there were also goals for Michy Batshuayi, Jeremy Doku, Dennis Praet and Christian Benteke. Belgium are three points ahead of the Czech Republic at the […]
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Virgil van Dijk could return in eight weeks, claims Netherlands boss – originally posted on Sportslens.com Netherlands national team manager Frank de Boer has claimed that Virgil van Dijk has eight weeks left in his recovery from a long-term injury. Van Dijk was on the end of a heavy challenge from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford […]
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Emlyn ‘Crazy Horse’ Hughes won the first of his 62 caps for England on this day back in 1969 as England beat Holland 1-0 in a friendly in Amsterdam.Hughes played as a left back and Colin Bell scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of the game left to play. Holland’s left […]
After yesterday’s ‘Iconic Moment’ featured a moment in Euro 96, I thought that I would include a goal from the tournament for this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’.In my opinion there were four truly great goals in the tournament. Paul Gascoigne’s delightful goal against Scotland, Karel Poborsky and Davor Suker’s lobs for Czech Republic and Croatia and […]
Tempers flare up moments before Voller and Rijkaard are given their marching orders It was on this day back in 1990 that West Germany and Holland played each other in a bad-tempered match in the Second Round of the World Cup.Holland’s Frank Rijkaard and Germany’s Rudi Voller were both sent off midway through the first […]
Archie Gemmill en route to scoring Scotland’s third goal Archie Gemmill scored the most iconic goal in the history of Scottish football on this day back in 1978. It could easily have been included in the ‘Football’s Greatest Goals’ series but I have selected it for the ‘On This Day’ instead. Gemmill’s goal came against […]
Karel Poborsky of Czech Republic watches his audacious lob against Portugal I have already written about the first Quarter Final, which was between England and Spain but have yet to write about the three remaining ties. England will play Germany in their semi-final after the Germans beat Croatia 2-1 in an entertaining game at Old […]
The deadly England strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham England beat Holland 4-1 tonight in one of the most complete performances ever seen by an England team at Wembley.In a game where the hosts had to avoid defeat, England played with hunger and desire. There was a ruthless streak not seen in the […]
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Radek Bjebl volleys low into the back of the net to give Czech Republc a shock 2-1 win over Italy In all the excitement of the England vs Scotland match, I completely forgot to add the match reports of two games!On 13th June, Bulgaria beat Romania, their Balkan counterparts by a goal to nil. The […]
Day 3 saw the other two teams from Group A and B play their first games.Holland and Scotland played out a 0-0 draw at Villa Park in front of 34,363 fans in the early kick off.The two had played four years previously at Euro 92 and the Dutch won that game thanks to a goal […]