A Few Highlights from This Weekend’s International Matches
I’ve been sitting here waiting for motivation to strike and give me the energy to write up a comprehensive rundown of this weekend’s World Cup qualifiers.
And waiting, and waiting, and…
Oh, screw it. Here are a few highlights instead.
First (just because you knew I would put France first and I don’t want to disappoint you) is Franck Ribery’s wonderstrike (after some sweet moves by Yoann Gourcuff) against Lithuania — the only really brilliant moment in an otherwise kind of lackluster game. (Jeff has a great match summary here.)
Next, we have Portugal-Sweden, a tantalizing rematch of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic! What a scorefest this must have been! True excitement! Goals galore! And…um…
Wait. Ibra suspended…Ronaldo misses late chance… Nil-nil. Never mind.
When does a draw feel like a win? When you’re the US and go down 2-0 playing away. Jozy Altidore and Frankie Hejduk managed to get the US an important road point. (USA World Cup blogger Marlon’s post-game thoughts here.)
And for sheer prettiness (unless you’re a Venezuela fan), you definitely want to check out the highlights of Argentina 4-0 Venezuala. Goals by Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Maxi Rodriguez and Kun Aguero. What do you think? Is Maradona actually a decent coach, or does he just have too much talent under him to screw it up?
For more game highlights, check out TVGolo.com and/or 101 Great Goals.
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By Julian | March 29th, 2009 at 1:48 pm 
Wow lets just ignore Italy huh? 
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By martin | March 29th, 2009 at 2:42 pm And England…
Ribery’s goal was pretty good, nowhere near as good as the somewhat biased commentator made it out to be though.
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By Laurie | March 29th, 2009 at 2:54 pm I thought about doing both England and Italy, but England was a friendly, and Italy was against Montenegro and thus not exactly unexpected. What this meant is that neither game pushed me over the inertia fence.
Or: I was too damn lazy.
Or: Yeesh, I’m just the weekend person! Make Daryl and Chris do it!
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By Thomas | March 29th, 2009 at 3:43 pm At 2:16 of the Argentina v. Venezuela highlights the announcer says something about the Columbus Crew. Anyone know who or what he was talking about?
By Guillermo | March 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm Alejandro Moreno plays for the Crew and Venezuela. The Crew definitely could have used him more this weekend.
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By Dave | March 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pm Personally, I found the Ribery goal astounding, though it was fairly put as the only highlight of the match. I had the pleasure of seeing Gourcuff play at the Stade de France last autumn, and that kid is a bit special.
And as for whether Maradona contributes actively to the success of the Argentina squad, it really doesn’t matter because *holy shit* that team is incredible. If Messi’s final attempt shown in the video had gone in, it may have been the greatest goal I’ve ever seen. Although it was just a missed chance, it stands as a breathtakingly brilliant testament to Messi as the world’s top player.
By nzuu | March 29th, 2009 at 9:12 pm anyone knows where I can find mediafire or megaupload full match higlights of the Argentina-Venezuela game. I’ve been looking everywhere.
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