Hamburg - disgrace for Hitzfeld, fürEngland successful revenge, relief in France and Domenech: Against soccer ZwergLuxemburg conceded the Swiss national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld amzweiten match day of qualifying for 2010 World Cup entirely überraschendeine 1:2 home defeat.
The "Three Lions" by coach Fabio Capellofeierten on Wednesday night against a convincing 4:1-success heimstarken two Croats who had done the metropolitan football in the European Championship qualifier two bitter defeats, and thus blocked the way zurEURO.
After the 1:3-opener RaymondDomenech went bankrupt in Vienna with a 2-1 home win against Serbia's French Kopfvorerst from the noose. World champion Italy won 2-0 gegenGeorgien and European champion Spain remained confident inSchach Armenia 4-0. Portugal lost against the top match of Group 1 with 2:3 in the last minute against Denmark.
In the first competitive game as national team coach, ex-Bayern-TrainerHitzfeld hinnehmenmüssen in Group 2, a last-minute-2: 2 in Israel against Luxembourg now followed a memorable bust.
DieFührung for the FIFA world rankings-152. by the ex-Gladbach-Kaiserslautern and Jeff Strasser (27.) Blaise N'Kufo two minutes could not compensate for the Near term, but after the winning goal for denFußball Dwarf by Alphonse Leweck (86.) was beaten to Switzerland.
"The football can sometimes be brutal, we discredited today bisauf the bones," Hitzfeld stated after the game in Zurich. DieSchweiz assigned a counter only fifth place in the 2nd group
Enjoyed a pleasant evening, however, Capello in Zagreb. Presence of first test as England coach convinced his Teamauf down the line. The 19-year-old Theo Walcott completed the Croats who were previously in 35 European Championship and World Cup qualifying matches unbeaten on heimischemBoden, with three hits (26., 59, 82.) almost imAlleingang.
Also met after a long dry spell in the national jersey Wayne Rooney (63.). Coached by Slaven Bilic for the European Championship quarter-finalists, flew with the captain Nico Kovac (53.) after einemEllbogencheck from the square, met Mario Mandzukic (78.).
Domenech's job saved through goals from Henry SuperstarThierry Barcelona (54.) and Nicolas Anelka (64.) initially; derAnschluss for Serbs by Branislav Ivanovic was too late.
Austria, which had nochüberzeugt against France at the start of group 7, 0:2 cashed in Lithuania during its first Pleiteunter coach Karel Brückner fox. Double goalscorer Daniele De Rossi (17., 90.) took care of the 2:0-tern success of Italy in Udine gegenGeorgien in Group 8
In group 5 shot, the Spaniards nachToren by Joan Capdevila (7.), David Villa (16., 79.) and MarcosSenna (82.) to 4-0 against Armenia and the table top.
A big disappointment experienced Berti Vogts: the früherenBundestrainer coached the national team arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan timate only 0-0 against Liechtenstein. Otto Rehhagel won the other hand, with ex-European champion Greece 2-0 in Latvia: Leverkusen TheofanisGekas (10., 49.) was the man with two goals of the evening.
The vomNiederländer Guus Hiddink trained Russians derDeutschen next opponent in Group 4, sat down in Moscow with a 2-1 effort against Wales. "Joker" Pavel Pogrebnyak (81. minute) kept denvermeintlich strongest group opponents in Germany with his spätenTor before a false start.
The Netherlands, who had no play at the start, celebrated in derGruppe 9 inMazedonien under their new coach Bert van Marwijk a 2-1 victory. Until the EM by Brückner trained Czechs in Group 3 kamenin addition, under the direction of Petr Rada on a 0-0 inNordirland not.
Disappointed, who looked even the Portuguese, diein Group 1 against Denmark after a goal by Nani (42.) long Zeitwie the sure winner. In the final minute überschlugensich then the events. Nicklas Bendtner compensation (84.) replied to Chelsea's midfield star Deco nor with the erneutenFührung Portugal 86th minute penalty by ().
In Nachspielzeitdrehten Werder Bremen's Daniel Jensen and the ex-Schalke ChristianPoulsen still the game in favor of the Scandinavians, by das3: 2 which now has four points in the table, Portugal outdated.
