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Showing posts with label Ruud van Nistelrooy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ruud van Nistelrooy. Show all posts

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Euro 2012 Qualifiers : England, France, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Holland

"We are actually playing really good", Capello thought to himself as England demolished Bulgaria 4-0 with Jermain Defoe's hat trick and a strike by Adam Johnson.
While Capello went back home with a grin, don't expect the same with Laurent Blanc as France lost 1-0 to Belarus.

Substitute Corry Evans scored his first goal in his debut for Northern Ireland against Slovenia. Its time to get out of Jonny's (very attractive) shadow. Corry Evans is cute too. With a really nice accent.
Darren Fletcher skippered Scotland for 0-0 draw against Lithuania.
World Champions Spain won easily against Liechtenstein with David Villa and Fernando Torres both scoring braces. Cesc Fabregas also played his part for his country. But this time no one was forcing him to where Barcelona's kit.
And World Cup finalists' won 5-0 against San Marino with a Klass-Jan Huntelaar hat trick, a penalty converted by Dirk Kuyt and Ruud Van Nistelrooy scoring in extra time.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Remember this?

Martin Keown tells the Daily Mail that ex-Red Ruud van Nistelrooy (who lines up for Hamburg in the Europa League semi-final against Fulham tonight) was "up there with the best strikers I played against but you couldn't trust him - he was always looking to test referees, which is why I ended up losing my rag with him." Naturally it warranted that reaction in 2003 after Arsenal earned a 0-0 draw at OT.

Van Nistelrooy missed a penalty at the dieing moments of the game after Arsenal skipper Patrick Viera supposedly kicked Van Nistelrooy at the groin in the 18 yard box. Ruud ended up missing the penalty which made Keown did the "Crouching Tiger, Flying Dragon" move.