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Arie Haan upsets Portugal
Thursday 16 October 2008
Arie Haan achieved perhaps the
biggest upset of the night yesterday when his Albanian
national team kept Portugal to a 0-0 draw in Braga.
The Portuguese are now on third
place in their group with 5 points from 4 matches.
Denmark are first in the group
with 7 from 3, followed by Hungary, the team of
Erwin Koeman, with 7 from 4 games.
Koeman beat Malta 1-0 yesterday.
Guus Hiddink and Russia booked
an easy 3-0 win over Finland yesterday.
After the 2-1 loss on Saturday
at the hands of Germany Hiddink spoke of a little revenge
for his team: "We lost to Germany because we didn't
play well in the first half. We wanted a revenge for
that and we got it. We were focussed from the start
although it's a petty we squandered so many good chances."
Russia are now second in their
group
behind leaders Germany.
Leo Beenhakker would have wished
yesterday's match had finished five minutes earlier.
His Polish team were leading 0-1
in Slovakia until in the 86th and the 87th minute two
goals by Stanislav Sestak gave the home team the victory.
Poland are now second in their
group,
two points behind leaders Slovakia.
In the Asian region Pim Verbeek
managed a 4-0
win over Qatar with the Australian Socceroos.
Verbeek's team are now first in
their group.
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