Nine months in front of the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, no less than 24 qualifying matches are scheduled in the European Zone on Friday, as the stakes for competing teams get increasingly higher. In the 5th round interesting will be duel in Zenica, where leaders Bosnia-Herzegovina welcome second-placed Greece in Group G. Elsewhere, a potentially extreme Balkan derby between Croatia and Serbia awaits in Group A, while in Group F Portugal will try to make up a five-point gap on unbeaten Russia when embarking on…
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International Friendlies
Three new coaches, a potential 100th cap for Ashley Cole and a 150th anniversary are among the highlights on a busy night of international friendlies on Wednesday. With FIFA World Cup qualifying resuming across Europe next month, Wednesday’s international friendlies represent a welcome chance to tinker with tactics and ponder personnel ahead of the push to reach Brazil 2014. The hosts are involved in one of the most eye-catching games, travelling to Wembley to face England as part of the English Football Association’s (FA) ongoing 150th anniversary celebrations. It marks…
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