If we expand the field to group runners up who qualified via the playoffs, Greece kept 5 clean sheets in their 2014 qualifying group but conceded 1 goal to Romania when beating them in the play-off.
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Originally posted by antoine polus View PostAfrica needs more qualification spots. Having Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana in the same group and only one of the three going through is an absolute travesty
This time it's likely to be
Europe 14 (West 10, East 4)
S America 5
Africa 5
N America 4
Asia 4
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About half of Africa's teams are below world rank 100 compared to around a fifth of UEFA's. But I think CAF has the power to organize the same system as UEFA if it really wants to. The stumbling blocks must be finance and simply lack of demand for groups of six compared to sudden death. Moreover, if UEFA adopted the CAF system you'd probably have better football in the groups but it would resemble the Champions League, with half the nations out before the real action starts.
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True, nil all isn't as good a result as some think, they came out in the last five minutes so hopefully they'll be a bit more attacking in the second, one thing about this Irish side is they've a happy knack of getting a goal from very few chances so I live in hope
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Originally posted by antoine polus View PostThere's no proper Irish pub in Paris at all. This one is showing a French rugby match..crowded around a tiny telly with two Danes.
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Ray Houghton has been good tonight. Commendably unbiased and prepared to tell viewers how bad this football is.
I don't see what the point of Arter playing is. Unlike for his club all he's doing is knocking it long or helping it on first time when he has plenty of time. If that's all the midfield players have been told to do Ireland might as well get a more physically imposing carthorse on.
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