First leg European championship play-offs

Day 1,453, 00:26 • Published in Belgium Belgium • by Cooke4444
No, those friendly games of national teams wasn't the most important thing in football yesterday. There was also the first part of the challenge for eight teams to go to Poland/Ukraine 2012.

Croatia blows away Turkey

With a 3-0 lead, Croatia won't have that much trouble in the next game to qualify itself. Even the Turkish fanbase wasn't supporting their team, so coach Hiddink will have to worry about his job.

Ronaldo isn't going yet

Bosnia-Hercegovina held Portugal off this time. Nani and Ronaldo couldn't score, and later on in the game, Portugal was maybe happy with the draw, as Bosnia-Hercegovina came close to the 1-0. Next game is in Lisboa, so the advantage, for the moment, goes to Portugal.

Czech Republic relieved

After a 2-0 win against Montenegro, the Czechs are in the hot seat to qualify for Poland/Ukraine. Pilar and Sivok made the goals in a fairly one-sided game.

Estonia "killed" in own country

Ireland had no mercy for the Estonian home team. A 4-0 win is probably enough for them to sit back next game. Estonia received two red cards, captain Piiroja was one of the "lucky". After 14 years we'll see Ireland back in a European Championship.


The returns will be played this tuesday.