Silver Road and Golden Stripes, Yet Another Football TL
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Quarter-Finals 2011-12
With the Quarter-Finals underway, the Netherlands and Spain were expected to cruise through to the Semis. However, this was not to be. The Dutch won their first game, but got destroyed by Ibrahimovic's Sweden in Solna. Spain didn't have to wait to be put back, losing 2-0 in Switzerland, and only managing to draw during their return leg in Madrid. With Sweden and Switzerland, one of these teams will be guaranteed a first time in the final.
On the other side of the bracket, England fell to arch-rivals Germany yet again, despite a 2-1 win in Leverkusen. The Three Lions sank at Stamford Bridge, with a 3-2 loss, leaving Germany to face Peru, who managed to eliminate Croatia, giving a final four with three underdogs.
* Screenshot error, Sweden win 3-0 at home.
Switzerland battle against Spain at Santiago Bernabeu in order to keep their advantage after their initial 2-0 victory.
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Matthew 1 (4)
Renne 1 (6)
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Kurt 0 (0)
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Semi-Finals:
Sweden v Switzerland (Malmo/Zurich)
Germany v Peru (Dortmund/Lima)
On the other side of the bracket, England fell to arch-rivals Germany yet again, despite a 2-1 win in Leverkusen. The Three Lions sank at Stamford Bridge, with a 3-2 loss, leaving Germany to face Peru, who managed to eliminate Croatia, giving a final four with three underdogs.
* Screenshot error, Sweden win 3-0 at home.
Switzerland battle against Spain at Santiago Bernabeu in order to keep their advantage after their initial 2-0 victory.
Red 2 (2)
Matthew 1 (4)
Renne 1 (6)
Choc 1 (1)
Kurt 0 (0)
Unknown 3 (6)
Semi-Finals:
Sweden v Switzerland (Malmo/Zurich)
Germany v Peru (Dortmund/Lima)
Semi-Finals 2011-12
With Sweden versus Switzerland, one of the underdog storylines would have to end. Unfortunately for the Nati, it would be Sweden that would finally advance to the Nations League final, after two easy victories. They would meet Germany in the final, who didn't have much trouble in eliminating Peru.
German players celebrate qualifying for the final.
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Unknown 2 (8)
Red 1 (3)
Choc 1 (2)
Renne 2 (8)
German players celebrate qualifying for the final.
Matthew 2 (6)
Unknown 2 (8)
Red 1 (3)
Choc 1 (2)
Renne 2 (8)
Interlude: World Challenge 2011
The World Challenge returned to Japan for the year 2011. As they qualified as first Asian nation anyways, Australia were given the slot usually given to the hosts, pitting them against their Oceanian brethren New Zealand in the first round. It wasn't much of a game though, as Australia easily ripped through New Zealand, qualifying for a Quarter-Final where they would defeat Mexico on penalties. It was during these quarter-finals that the Ivory Coast would finally put the African curse to rest, beating hosts Japan 1-0 and advancing to the Semi-Finals. The hosts wouldn't win a single game, as they were defeated by Mexico during the playoff for 5th place. No miracles happened in the Semi-Finals, with both Uruguay and Spain easily advancing to the Final, while the Ivory Coast would beat Australia on penalties to snatch third place. The final wasn't even close as Spain shredded Uruguay 4 goals to 1 to secure their second World Challenge title.
Pedro scores Spain's third goal in the final, giving his team their second World Challenge title.
Pedro scores Spain's third goal in the final, giving his team their second World Challenge title.
Final 2011-12
After six failed attempts, Sweden finally made it to the final, where they would face off against overwhelming favorites Germany. The Swedes started strong, getting a shot on target after only two minutes of play, with Toivonen's shot being blocked by Manuel Neuer. Germany quickly took back control of the game though, slowly choking out Sweden as they made their way into the opposing 30 metres. Podolski saw his shot blocked by Isaksson though, while both Gomez and Kroos also missed clear chances, sending their balls over the bar or off the near post. The second half was almost entirely German-dominated, with Sweden not getting a single shot on target, although the Swedes would hold, especially due to Granqvist saving Hummels' header on the line at the 85th minute. As things went to extra time though, Sweden finally broke as Khedira sent a perfect ball for Toni Kroos to open the scoreline. The Mannschaft only had to hold from this point on, and sent a second goal through when Klose managed to get a lone ball after a corner kick, slamming it into the net. Sweden tried to come back, with Toivonen being fouled, earning a penalty at the 119th minute, but Ibrahimovic saw his penalty saved by Neuer, leaving the scoreline at 2-0, and earning Germany's 7th Nations League title.
Andreas Schurrle strikes for goal during an eventful first half.
German players celebrate scoring their first goal in extra time.
German captain Philip Lahm and his teammates are relieved when the final whistle is blown
Andreas Schurrle strikes for goal during an eventful first half.
German players celebrate scoring their first goal in extra time.
German captain Philip Lahm and his teammates are relieved when the final whistle is blown
2011-12 Stats & 12-13 Intro
Winners: Germany - 7th title
Top Scorer: Xherdan Shaqiri (SWI) - 11 goals
Prediction Winners: @Unknown (10, 3-3-2-2) - 2nd title & @Rennsemmel (10, 5-1-2-2) - 1st title
2012-13 Participants:
Europe: Spain (56), Germany (58), England (56), Portugal (29), Italy (57), Netherlands (40), Croatia (19), Denmark (28), Russia (16), Greece (11), France (41), Sweden (39), Czech Republic (16), Switzerland (9), Norway (14), Ireland (15), Hungary (23), Turkey (12), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
South America: Uruguay (37), Argentina (56), Brazil (58), Chile (12), Ecuador (3), Colombia (19), Paraguay (15)
North America: Mexico (34)
Africa: Ivory Coast (7), Ghana (6)
Asia: Japan (10), South Korea (6)
Oceania: Australia (4)
Final Location: Soldier Field, Chicago
Groups & Seeding
Group A: Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey
Group B: Uruguay, Greece, Sweden, South Korea
Group C: Portugal, Russia, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland
Group D: Spain, Ivory Coast, Japan, Paraguay
Group E: Netherlands, Croatia, Ecuador, Hungary
Group F: Germany, Chile, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G: England, France, Switzerland, Norway
Group H: Argentina, Denmark, Mexico, Ghana
My predictions:
Group A: Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey
Group B: Uruguay, Greece, Sweden, South Korea
Group C: Portugal, Russia, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland
Group D: Spain, Ivory Coast, Japan, Paraguay
Group E: Netherlands, Croatia, Ecuador, Hungary
Group F: Germany, Chile, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G: England, France, Switzerland, Norway
Group H: Argentina, Denmark, Mexico, Ghana
Group A: Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey
Group B: Uruguay, Greece, Sweden, South Korea
Group C: Portugal, Russia, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland
Group D: Spain, Ivory Coast, Japan, Paraguay
Group E: Netherlands, Croatia, Ecuador, Hungary
Group F: Germany, Chile, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G: England, France, Switzerland, Norway
Group H: Argentina, Denmark, Mexico, Ghana
World League 2011-12
Group A: 1. Georgia 2. Hungary 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Botswana
Group B: 1. Lithuania 2. Tunisia 3. Colombia 4. PR China
Group C: 1. Ghana 2. Estonia 3. Bulgaria 4. Costa Rica
Group D: 1. Burkina Faso 2. Cameroon 3. Guinea 4. Morocco
Group E: 1. Algeria 2. Poland 3. Jamaica 4. Cape Verde
Group F: 1. South Africa 2. Ecuador 3. South Korea 4. Zimbabwe
Group G: 1. Romania 2. Belarus 3. Albania 4. Armenia
Group H: 1. Ukraine 2. Nigeria 3. Gabon 4. El Salvador
Group I: 1. Egypt 2. Iran 3. Zambia 4. Panama
Group J: 1. Czech Republic 2. Honduras 3. Libya 4. Malawi
Group K: 1. Belgium 2. Finland 3. Scotland 4. Northern Ireland
Group L: 1. Venezuela 2. Austria 3. Senegal 4. Cyprus
Uruguay v Turkey 0-0 / 0-2
Russia v Brazil 1-1 / 0-1
Austria v Ecuador 5-2 / 1-2
South Africa v Romania 0-2 / 0-2
Poland v Australia 2-0 / 1-2
Hungary v Italy 1-1 / 1-4
Belarus v Venezuela 3-1 / 1-1
Cameroon v Egypt 7-0 / 1-1
Honduras v Belgium 0-3 / 0-1
Mexico v Czech Republic 0-2 / 3-1
Finland v Lithuania 0-0 / 3-1
Nigeria v Algeria 2-1 / 0-5
Iran v Georgia 2-2 / 4-1
Greece v Ghana 0-2 / 1-1
Tunisia v Ukraine 3-0 / 1-0
Estonia v Burkina Faso 2-3 / 0-0
Turkey v Brazil 1-0 / 0-4
Austria v Romania 2-2 / 0-0
Poland v Italy 2-2 / 0-0
Belarus v Cameroon 1-0 / 1-4
Belgium v Mexico 1-1 / 1-1 aet 3-2 pen
Finland v Algeria 1-2 / 1-4
Iran v Ghana 1-0 / 1-3 aet
Tunisia v Burkina Faso 0-2 / 2-2
Brazil v Romania 2-0 / 1-2
Italy v Cameroon 2-3 / 1-1
Belgium v Algeria 1-0 / 0-1 aet 3-5 pen
Ghana v Burkina Faso 0-0 / 1-3
Brazil v Cameroon 0-0 / 1-3
Algeria v Burkina Faso 1-1 / 1-1 aet 4-2 pen
Cameroon v Algeria 0-1
Winners: Algeria - 1st title
2012-13 Participants:
Europe: Slovenia (10), Serbia (3), Wales (27), Slovakia (13), Ukraine (9), Scotland (27), Estonia (2), Montenegro (2), Romania (23), Belgium (25), Poland (22), Armenia (2), Austria (29), Latvia (6), Finland (19), Albania (5), Belarus (8)
South America: Peru (29), Venezuela (9), Bolivia (10)
North America: United States (11), Panama (4), Costa Rica (15), El Salvador (3), Honduras (23), Jamaica (12), Canada (12), Haiti (5)
Africa: Algeria (24), Libya (8), Mali (12), Egypt (37), Tunisia (29), Gabon (4), Zambia (22), Sierra Leone (1), Nigeria (23), Cameroon (29), Senegal (10), South Africa (10), Morocco (33), Central African Republic (1), Guinea (12), Benin (2), Cape Verde (3)
Asia: Iran (31), Uzbekistan (8), PR China (14)
Final Location: FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
Groups & Seeding
Group A: Slovenia, Venezuela, Honduras, Finland
Group B: Algeria, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Haiti
Group C: Gabon, Montenegro, Nigeria, Canada
Group D: United States, Romania, Costa Rica, Belarus
Group E: Wales, Scotland, Cameroon, Guinea
Group F: Slovakia, Armenia, Jamaica, Central African Republic
Group G: Egypt, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Albania
Group H: Mali, Poland, El Salvador, Cape Verde
Group I: Libya, Peru, Morocco, Bolivia
Group J: Zambia, Belgium, South Africa, PR China
Group K: Tunisia, Iran, Austria, Latvia
Group L: Serbia, Panama, Senegal, Benin
Group B: 1. Lithuania 2. Tunisia 3. Colombia 4. PR China
Group C: 1. Ghana 2. Estonia 3. Bulgaria 4. Costa Rica
Group D: 1. Burkina Faso 2. Cameroon 3. Guinea 4. Morocco
Group E: 1. Algeria 2. Poland 3. Jamaica 4. Cape Verde
Group F: 1. South Africa 2. Ecuador 3. South Korea 4. Zimbabwe
Group G: 1. Romania 2. Belarus 3. Albania 4. Armenia
Group H: 1. Ukraine 2. Nigeria 3. Gabon 4. El Salvador
Group I: 1. Egypt 2. Iran 3. Zambia 4. Panama
Group J: 1. Czech Republic 2. Honduras 3. Libya 4. Malawi
Group K: 1. Belgium 2. Finland 3. Scotland 4. Northern Ireland
Group L: 1. Venezuela 2. Austria 3. Senegal 4. Cyprus
Uruguay v Turkey 0-0 / 0-2
Russia v Brazil 1-1 / 0-1
Austria v Ecuador 5-2 / 1-2
South Africa v Romania 0-2 / 0-2
Poland v Australia 2-0 / 1-2
Hungary v Italy 1-1 / 1-4
Belarus v Venezuela 3-1 / 1-1
Cameroon v Egypt 7-0 / 1-1
Honduras v Belgium 0-3 / 0-1
Mexico v Czech Republic 0-2 / 3-1
Finland v Lithuania 0-0 / 3-1
Nigeria v Algeria 2-1 / 0-5
Iran v Georgia 2-2 / 4-1
Greece v Ghana 0-2 / 1-1
Tunisia v Ukraine 3-0 / 1-0
Estonia v Burkina Faso 2-3 / 0-0
Turkey v Brazil 1-0 / 0-4
Austria v Romania 2-2 / 0-0
Poland v Italy 2-2 / 0-0
Belarus v Cameroon 1-0 / 1-4
Belgium v Mexico 1-1 / 1-1 aet 3-2 pen
Finland v Algeria 1-2 / 1-4
Iran v Ghana 1-0 / 1-3 aet
Tunisia v Burkina Faso 0-2 / 2-2
Brazil v Romania 2-0 / 1-2
Italy v Cameroon 2-3 / 1-1
Belgium v Algeria 1-0 / 0-1 aet 3-5 pen
Ghana v Burkina Faso 0-0 / 1-3
Brazil v Cameroon 0-0 / 1-3
Algeria v Burkina Faso 1-1 / 1-1 aet 4-2 pen
Cameroon v Algeria 0-1
Winners: Algeria - 1st title
2012-13 Participants:
Europe: Slovenia (10), Serbia (3), Wales (27), Slovakia (13), Ukraine (9), Scotland (27), Estonia (2), Montenegro (2), Romania (23), Belgium (25), Poland (22), Armenia (2), Austria (29), Latvia (6), Finland (19), Albania (5), Belarus (8)
South America: Peru (29), Venezuela (9), Bolivia (10)
North America: United States (11), Panama (4), Costa Rica (15), El Salvador (3), Honduras (23), Jamaica (12), Canada (12), Haiti (5)
Africa: Algeria (24), Libya (8), Mali (12), Egypt (37), Tunisia (29), Gabon (4), Zambia (22), Sierra Leone (1), Nigeria (23), Cameroon (29), Senegal (10), South Africa (10), Morocco (33), Central African Republic (1), Guinea (12), Benin (2), Cape Verde (3)
Asia: Iran (31), Uzbekistan (8), PR China (14)
Final Location: FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
Groups & Seeding
Group A: Slovenia, Venezuela, Honduras, Finland
Group B: Algeria, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Haiti
Group C: Gabon, Montenegro, Nigeria, Canada
Group D: United States, Romania, Costa Rica, Belarus
Group E: Wales, Scotland, Cameroon, Guinea
Group F: Slovakia, Armenia, Jamaica, Central African Republic
Group G: Egypt, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Albania
Group H: Mali, Poland, El Salvador, Cape Verde
Group I: Libya, Peru, Morocco, Bolivia
Group J: Zambia, Belgium, South Africa, PR China
Group K: Tunisia, Iran, Austria, Latvia
Group L: Serbia, Panama, Senegal, Benin