Wenger Won't Spend Profits

Arsene Wenger will not be signing any new players despite Arsenal reporting record earnings for the last financial year.

The frugal Frenchman is believed to have up to £80million to spend should he require, but insists he has no immediate plans to head into the transfer market.

Wenger is happy with the "world-class" players he currently has at his disposal and is not tempted to spend any of the club's recently announced £35million after tax profits.

"There is money to spend but at the moment I am very happy with the squad I have," said Wenger.

"It's not because I'm against spending money; I have nothing against spending money. It is not a personal thing, it is just that I have a squad that is strong enough to compete."

Speaking ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash with Olympiacos, he added: "I do not spend money because out of tomorrow's squad is (Samir) Nasri, (Theo) Walcott, (Nicklas) Bendtner.

"People want me to buy strikers, but where do I put them? I don't know. I have to then lose players who, for me, are world-class."

Adopted from http://www.4thegame.com/club/arsenal-fc/news/247477/wenger_wont_spend_profits.html

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I totally agreed with Arsene Wenger that Arsenal currently have a world-class squad and there are several great forwarders such as Robin van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, and Eduardo plus other players that can play forward such as Theo Walcott, Andrev Arshavin, and Samir Nasri. However the problem is they are too young and lacking of the experiences in front of goals. The current top scorers for Arsenal is Vermaelen (defender) and Fabregas (midfield) with three goals each in the English Premier League. A player can't growth to become very good in a short time, it will take some time especially they are so young.

No matter how, I really wish Arsenal can buy someone that have proven scoring record. It surely will contribute to the growing of the young players. If Arsenal don't want to spend a fortune on the striker, they can consider bring back Henry to Arsenal, although he is getting old, his experiences and skills surely will help Arsenal and the current squad.

Champions League 2009/2010 Season - 2nd Game

After the 1st game, it don't seem like got any suprise scoreline, I think most probably the 2nd game will be the same as well.

This 2nd game will be play on 29 and 30 September.

Champions League - Group A
Bayern Munich vs Juventus - Bayern win
Bordeaux vs Maccabi Haifa - Bordeaux win

Champions League - Group B
CSKA Moscow vs Besiktas - Moscow win
Manchester U. vs Wolfsburg - Draw

Champions League - Group C
AC Milan vs Zurich - AC Milan win
Real Madrid vs Marseille - Real Madrid win

Champions League - Group D
APOEL Nicosia vs Chelsea - Chelsea win
FC Porto vs Atletico Madrid - Draw

Champions League - Group E
Debrecen vs Lyon - Lyon win
Fiorentina vs Liverpool - Draw

Champions League - Group F
Rubin Kazan vs Inter Milan - Milan win
Barcelona vs Dynamo Kyiv - Barcelona win

Champions League - Group G
Rangers vs Sevilla - Sevilla win
Unirea Urziceni vs Stuttgart - Stuttgart win

Champions League - Group H
Arsenal vs Olympiakos Piraeus - Arsenal win
AZ Alkmaar vs Standard Liege - AZ win

English Premier League - 2009/10 - Game 7

The current standing in the chart with Chelsea at the top spot and may be looking for their 7th consecutive win in the league. They are follow by Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City that may look like a new Top 4 this season. Arsenal currently is at 7th place behind Aston Villa and Tottenham.

September 26
Portsmouth vs Everton - Everton win: Actual Score - 0-1
Birmingham C. vs Bolton W. - Birmingham win: Actual Score - 1-2
Blackburn R. vs Aston Villa - Draw: Actual Score - 2-1
Liverpool vs Hull C. - Liverpool win: Actual Score - 6-1
Stoke C. vs Manchester U. - Manchester win: Actual Score - 0-2
Tottenham H. vs Burnley - Tottenham win: Actual Score - 5-0
Wigan Athletic vs Chelsea - Chelsea win: Actual Score - 3-1
Fulham vs Arsenal - Arsenal win: Actual Score - 0-1

September 27
Sunderland vs Wolverhampton W. - Sunderland win: Actual Score - 5-2

September 28
Manchester C. vs West Ham U. - Draw: Actual Score - 3-1

After matches review:
This week, it seem like an individual performance with a lot of player really very impressive and tremendous. We got Torres in Liverpool that scored a hat-trick and show that everyone how great player he is and eventually got a lot of potential to growth. Although Ryan Giggs is 35 years old, with the introduction in the 56 minutes, it totally change the whole game with two assists for all Manchester goals, he also almost scored his own goal. Robbie Keane scored 4 goals against Burnley, how many players can scored 4 goals in a match. Arsenal didn't perform as well as expected especially at the front, however the deputed and young goalkeeper, Vito Mannone played very good, he is full of energy, very accurate in his decision and made several great saves, he really took his opportunity well, hopefully can watch him play again.

Meanwhile for Chelsea, they first lose of the season, eventually the sending off of Cech change the course of the game, I thought they will scored another late goal if not the sending off.

Manchester City winning against West Ham show that they can destroyed the existing Top 4 and replace one of the team in the Top 4. Eventually this season, Manchester City need to compete with Tottenham for this objective, Tottenham also is one of the club to watch.

Italian Serie A - 2009/10 Game 6

Inter Milan is aiming for another great win this week against Sampdoria that lose it first match on this weekday game. AC Milan, Juventus and AS Roma will be looking for a boost this weekend after the previous disappointing games.

September 26
Sampdoria vs Inter Milan - Inter win: Actual Score - 1-0
Livorno vs Fiorentina - Fiorentina win: Actual Score - 0-1

September 27
Catania vs AS Roma - Roma win: Actual Score - 1-1
Chievo vs Atalanta - Draw: Actual Score - 1-1
Juventus vs Bologna - Juventus win: Actual Score - 1-1
Lazio vs Palermo - Lazio win: Actual Score - 1-1
Napoli vs Siena - Napoli win: Actual Score - 2-1
Parma vs Cagliari - Cagliari win: Actual Score - 0-2
Udinese vs Genoa - Genoa win: Actual Score - 2-0
AC Milan vs Bari - AC Milan win: Actual Score - 0-0

After matches review:
This year, Serie A really very difficult to predict the outcome. Even Inter Milan will lose the game to Sampdoria, not saying that Sampdoria is a bad team, but Inter Milan should have the strongest squad than last season, they expected to win more. Juventus still need some creativity in the midfield.

This week also have total 5 draws including AC Milan that draw with last season Serie B champion, another disappointment for the team that still lacking of the scoring power.

Spanish Primera División - 2009/10 Game 5

After the 4th game, currently Barcelona and Real Madrid are at the top of the table with 4 consecutive wins and same goal differences. It most probably going to be another win for them.

September 26
Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla - Draw: Actual Score - 0-4
Real Madrid vs Tenerife - Real Madrid win: Actual Score - 3-0
Malaga vs Barcelona - Barcelona win: Actual Score - 0-2
Valencia vs Atletico Madrid - Draw: Actual Score - 2-2

September 27
Almeria vs Racing Santander - Almeria win: Actual Score - 2-2
Espanyol vs Xerez - Espanyol win: Actual Score - 0-0
Mallorca vs Valladolid - Mallorca win: Actual Score - 3-0
Osasuna vs Sporting Gijon - Osasuna win: Actual Score - 1-0
Zaragoza vs Getafe - Getafe win: Actual Score - 3-0
Deportivo La Coruna vs Villarreal - Deportivo win: Actual Score - 1-0

After matches review:
Barcelona and Real Madrid simply marvelous and basically unstopable, really wondering who in the La Liga is able to beat both of them. Other teams are struggling this season just like Valencia and Atletico Madrid with a lot of inconsistency.

Spanish Primera División - 2009/10 Game 4

After last weekend action, it definitely show that Real Madrid and Barcelona will dominate the league this season, currently only Athletic Bilbao that win all their matches.

September 22
Sevilla vs Mallorca - Sevilla win: Actual Score - 2-0
Racing Santander vs Barcelona - Barcelona win: Actual Score - 1-4

September 23
Atletico Madrid vs Almeria - Atletico win: Actual Score - 2-2
Espanyol vs Malaga - Espanyol win: Actual Score - 2-1
Valladolid vs Osasuna - Valladolid win: Actual Score - 1-2
Villarreal vs Real Madrid - Real Madrid win: Actual Score - 0-2
Xerez vs Deportivo La Coruna - Deportivo win: Actual Score - 0-3
Tenerife vs Athletic Bilbao - Athletic win: Actual Score - 1-0
Getafe vs Valencia - Valencia win: Actual Score - 3-1

After matches review:
Another disappointment match for Atletico Madrid by conceding a late goal and miss a penalty in the first-half. They seem very weak this season and very slowly picking up, they have a great squad by now is failing to win game. For Valencia, yet another disappointment after last week draw. For Athletic Bilbao, finally they lose their first match of the season.

Yet with the score, it shows Barcelona and Real Madrid surely will dominated the top chart without any close competitor except both of them.

Italian Serie A - 2009/10 Game 5

After last weekend action, currently only Juventus and Sampdoria remain unbeaten in 4 matches. Inter Milan and AC Milan most likely want to put aside the weekend lackluster performance behind and perform at their best. AC Milan may struggle as currently still lacking the striker power and creative force in the midfield like Kaka. Sampdoria will face Fiorentina away with hoping 5 matches win in a row and Juventus facing Genoa away as well.

September 23
Atalanta vs Catania - Draw: Actual Score - 0-0
Bari vs Cagliari - Bari win: Actual Score - 0-1
Bologna vs Livorno - Bologna win: Actual Score - 2-0
Fiorentina vs Sampdoria - Sampdoria win: Actual Score - 2-0
Inter Milan vs Napoli - Inter Milan win: Actual Score - 3-1
Lazio vs Parma - Lazio win: Actual Score - 1-2
Palermo vs AS Roma - Draw: Actual Score - 3-3
Siena vs Chievo - Chievo win: Actual Score - 0-0
Udinese vs AC Milan - AC Milan: Actual Score - 1-0

September 24
Genoa vs Juventus - Juventus win: Actual Score - 2-2

After matches review:
Another disappointment for AC Milan, currently they really in a big dilemma after the lose of Kaka to Real Madrid, there don't seem like any players can create opportunity in the midfield and no one can score goal at the forward. They seem like dead-fish after Kaka leave.

Ranieri, Roma manager, will have a challenging season, I predict he will be sack by end of the season. This season in Italian Serie A really will be difficult as all teams are almost equally strong, even Juventus facing problem to win game. Inter Milan did well but only managed to score in the early first-half although they already kill that game.

Italian Serie A - 2009/10 Game 4

Currently is Genoa, Juventus, and Sampdoria at the top of the group with 9 points from 3 games played. Inter Milan is picking up with their winning momentum and is expecting to win this week as well. Meanwhile AC Milan should able to bring their form of the Europa League with 2-1 win against Marsellie. Hopefully AS Roma start winning again after their 2-0 lost to Basel in the Europa League against Fiorentina this week, still got a long way to go for Ranieri.

September 19
Napoli vs Udinese - Napoli win: Actual Score - 0-0
Juventus vs Livorno - Juventus win: Actual Score - 2-0

September 20
AC Milan vs Bologna - AC Milan win: Actual Score - 1-0
Bari vs Atalanta - Draw: Actual Score - 4-1
Cagliari vs Inter Milan - Inter Milan win: Actual Score - 1-2
Catania vs Lazio - Lazio win: Actual Score - 1-1
Chievo vs Genoa - Genoa win: Actual Score - 3-1
Parma vs Palermo - Draw: Actual Score - 1-0
Sampdoria vs Siena - Sampdoria win: Actual Score - 4-1
AS Roma vs Fiorentina - Fiorentina win: Actual Score - 3-1

Review after matches:
Another unconvincing play from AC Milan and Inter Milan although both of them won their matches, however their performance and scoreline really well below their standard. AC Milan need about 75 minutes in the game to score the first goal, once again it show that they are lacking striker to score goals at the front. Meanwhile Inter Milan need to come back from behind and Jose also being sent-off.

Meanwhile for Juventus, they still maintaining their good start of the season with a 2-0 win. For AS Roma, finally Totti proved to Ranieri that he is worthy of the captain armband and spirit of the team after Ranieri told him that he is predictable. Genoa had lost their first match after a series of winning.

Spanish Primera División - 2009/10 Game 3

Currently Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao are leading at the top of the group with 6 points each after 2 games played. This year is expected to be two horses run between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Surprisingly even Valencia is facing financial crisis, they are performing very well at the starting two games. Just the disappointment will be Atletico Madrid that had lost 1 and draw 1 that are way below their standard, they will face Barcelona this week, but somehow I believe they can give us a very surprise result.

September 19
Deportivo La Coruna vs Espanyol - Deportivo win: Actual Score - 2-3
Mallorca vs Tenerife - Mallorca win: Actual Score - 4-0
Malaga vs Racing Santander - Draw: Actual Score - 1-2
Osasuna vs Sevilla - Sevilla win: Actual Score - 0-2
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid - Atletico win: Actual Score - 5-3

September 20
Almeria vs Getafe - Getafe win: Actual Score - 1-0
Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal - Draw: Actual Score - 3-2
Zaragoza vs Valladolid - Zaragoza win: Actual Score - 1-2
Real Madrid vs Xerez - Real Madrid win: Actual Score - 5-0
Valencia vs Sporting Gijon - Valencia win: Actual Score - 2-2

Review after matches:
The question now is "Whether there is any team in the La Liga can win against Real Madrid and Barcelona this season?". This season really look like going to be two-horse run for the number 1 spot. Other potential competitors are Valencia, Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid that are currently struggling with form and being trashed by Barcelona. Basically Real Madrid and Barcelona is unstoppable with superb performance and consist of great players.

Valencia match is disappointing as they are playing against 10 men on the field and being scored for last minutes goal for the draw.

English Premier League - 2009/10 - Game 6

It had been the Game 6 with current leader Chelsea will play against Tottenham that intend to break the current Top 4. And Manchester United will play against potential contender for top spot this season Manchester City. After Manchester City trashed 4-2 against Arsenal, this match will be another challenge for them as they are without Adebayor as well (that is banned for three matches for stamped on Robin Van Persie). The other key match also involve Everton vs Blackburn, currently Everton is at bottom two with only 1 win in previous four matches, hopefully they can bring their form from the Europa League to the English Premier League this week.

September 19
Burnley vs Sunderland - Sunderland win: Actual Score - 3-1
Arsenal vs Wigan Athletic - Arsenal win: Actual Score - 4-0
Aston Villa vs Portsmouth - Aston Villa win: Actual Score - 2-0
Bolton W. vs Stoke C. - Draw: Actual Score - 1-1
Hull C. vs Birmingham C. - Draw: Actual Score - 0-1
West Ham U. vs Liverpool - Liverpool win: Actual Score - 2-3

September 20
Manchester U. vs Manchester C. - Draw: Actual Score - 4-3
Wolverhampton W. vs Fulham - Fulham win: Actual Score - 2-1
Everton vs Blackburn R. - Blackburn win: Actual Score - 3-0
Chelsea vs Tottenham H. - Chelsea win: Actual Score - 3-0

Review after matches:
The Top 4 had won all their matches, proving that it is still not easy to break the Top 4 especially Manchester City and Tottenham had lose to the existing Top 4. Eventually Chelsea still maintaining their winning streak with another great plays. Liverpool is still struggling to win another game again. Eventually Arsenal is doing very well, now it is whether their youth side can maintain their existing tempo and fight until end of the season without any major injury to their key players.

The match between Manchester United and Manchester City really is a match to be remembered. Personal error, number of goals, and terrific moment really made it as a historical derby match. Michael Owen really scored a wonderful goal with a great position you made himself at, the Manchester City defender must thought the match is going to over after Rooney free kick and didn't stay in position that caused Owen to be free at the area.

Everton also showing their power once more as the 5th position team last season with another great performance after their Europa League match.

FA imposes three-match ban on City star Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor has been handed a three-match ban by the Football Association following an incident involving former Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie.

The Manchester City striker was charged with violent conduct after he appeared to stamp on Van Persie's face during a 4-2 win for his side against the Gunners at Eastlands last weekend, provoking the Dutchman to release a strongly-worded statement in which he accused Adebayor of a "mindless and malicious" act.

Adebayor protested his innocence and apologised for the incident, but Manchester City released a statement on Wednesday to confirm that he had ''reluctantly'' admitted the charge.

The FA has now imposed a three-match ban on the striker, starting with the Manchester derby at the weekend, but Adebayor still has until September 30 to contest a seperate charge of improper conduct relating to his controversial goal celebration in the same game, when he ran the length of the pitch to goad the Arsenal fans.

"A Regulatory Commission today [Thursday] considered the charge of violent conduct issued against Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor under the fast-track disciplinary procedure, following an incident with Robin van Persie during their fixture against Arsenal on the 12 September," read an FA statement.

"Taking into consideration Mr Adebayor's acceptance of the charge of violent conduct the Regulatory Commission have ordered that he serve a three-match suspension from all football, commencing Thursday 17 September. A separate charge of improper conduct will be considered at a later date."

Adopted from Soccernet.com http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=677049&sec=england&cc=4716
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I honestly feel that Adebayor well deserved this punishment for his unproffessional attitudes and behaviors. This is a good leason for him to be more proffessional as he is a famous player and his character has give a bad example to people.

A lot of people: players, coaches, supporters, etc have lost respect toward him. He should make a formal apologies face to face to Robin and even Arsenal supporters for his behaviors and actions, he should take full responsibilities for it.

Europa League 2009/2010 - 1st Game

After the start of the Champions League 2009/2010, it will also be the start of Europa League in a new season and new system. The teams in the Cup is not excited as the Champions League but those teams also very strong in their own leagues.

Europa League - Group A
Ajax Amsterdam vs FC Timisoara - Ajax win: Actual Score - 0-0
Dinamo Zagreb vs Anderlecht - Dinamo win: Actual Score - 0-2

Europa League - Group B
Genoa vs Slavia Prague - Genoa win: Actual Score - 2-0
Lille vs Valencia - Valencia win: Actual Score - 1-1

Europa League - Group C
Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Celtic - Draw: Actual Score - 2-1
Rapid Vienna vs Hamburger SV - Hamburger win: Actual Score - 3-0

Europa League - Group D
Hertha BSC vs Ventspils - Hertha win: Actual Score - 1-1
SC Heerenveen vs Sporting Lisbon - Sporting win: Actual Score - 2-3

Europa League - Group E
Basel vs AS Roma - Roma win: Actual Score - 2-0
CSKA Sofia vs Fulham - Draw: Actual Score - 1-1

Europa League - Group F
Panathinaikos vs Galatasaray - Draw: Actual Score - 1-3
Sturm Graz vs Dinamo Bucuresti - Draw: Actual Score - 0-1

Europa League - Group G
Lazio vs RB Salzburg - Lazio win: Actual Score - 1-2
Villarreal vs Levski Sofia - Villarreal win: Actual Score - 1-0

Europa League - Group H
Fenerbahce vs FC Twente Enschede - Fenerbahce win: Actual Score - 1-2
Steaua Bucuresti vs FC Sheriff - Steaua win: Actual Score - 0-0

Europa League - Group I
Benfica vs BATE Borisov - Benfica win: Actual Score - 2-0
Everton vs AEK Athens - Everton win: Actual Score - 4-0

Europa League - Group J
Club Brugge vs Shakhtar Donetsk - Draw: Actual Score - 1-4
Partizan Belgrade vs Toulouse - Draw: Actual Score - 2-3

Europa League - Group K
CFR Cluj vs FC Copenhagen - Cluj win: Actual Score - 2-0
Sparta Prague vs PSV Eindhoven - PSV win: : Actual Score - 2-2

Europa League - Group L
Athletic Bilbao vs Austria Vienna - Bilbao win: Actual Score - 3-0
Nacional vs Werder Bremen - Werder win: : Actual Score - 2-3

Champions League 2009/2010 Season - 1st Game

It had been a fabalous season in the Champions League in 2008/2009 when again England teams had dominated the semi-final with 3 teams and eventually Barcelona from Spanish league won the final against Manchester United. Finally this season is going to start that expected to be more exciting with great clubs in good forms such as Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, etc.

This first game will be play on 15 and 16 September.
Champions League - Group A
Juventus vs Bordeaux - Juventus to win: Actual Score - 1-1
Maccabi Haifa vs Bayern Munich - Bayern Munich to win: Actual Score - 0-3

Champions League - Group B
Besiktas vs Manchester U. - Manchester to win: Actual Score - 0-1
Wolfsburg vs CSKA Moscow - DRAW: Actual Score - 3-1

Champions League - Group C
Marseille vs AC Milan - AC Milan to Win: Actual Score - 1-2
Zurich vs Real Madrid - Real Madrid to Win: Actual Score - 2-5

Champions League - Group D
Atletico Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia - DRAW: Actual Score - 0-0
Chelsea vs FC Porto - Chelsea to Win: Actual Score - 1-0

Champions League - Group E
Liverpool vs Debrecen - Liverpool to Win: Actual Score - 1-0
Lyon vs Fiorentina - DRAW: Actual Score - 1-0

Champions League - Group F
Dynamo Kyiv vs Rubin Kazan - Dynamo to Win: Actual Score - 3-1
Inter Milan vs Barcelona - DRAW: Actual Score - 0-0

Champions League - Group G
Sevilla vs Unirea Urziceni - Sevilla to Win: Actual Score - 2-0
Stuttgart vs Rangers - Stuttgart to win: Actual Score - 1-1

Champions League - Group H
Olympiakos Piraeus vs AZ Alkmaar - AZ to Win: Actual Score - 1-0
Standard Liege vs Arsenal - Arsenal to Win: Actual Score - 2-3

2010 World Cup - South Africa Qualifying

There still another 8 months to go for the biggest soccer event every 4 years: 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Currently there are still got countries fighting for qualification for this big event and some countries that qualified are starting the preparation for the event.

African Qualifying
Group A - Cameroon - current leader and still got 2 games to play
The 2008 Africa runner-up is facing tough competition from Gabon (surprise package), Togo and Morocco. However with the experiences and play they have, Cameroon most likely to qualified.

Group B - Tunisia - current leader and still got 2 games to play
Tunisia most probably will be challenge by Nigeria; both nations also have a strong squad. Tunisia had been qualified for every World Cup since 1998 and Nigeria had missed the 2006 World Cup after they qualified for 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cup. This will be a tough call to determine who will be the group winner.

Group C - Algeria - current leader and still got 3 games to play
Surprisingly that the 2008 Africa Champion: Egypt is at 2nd position and only got 2 games left to play. Based on players, I believe that Egypt got the strongest squad with Mido and Zaki that played for English Premier League.

Group D - Ghana - qualified as group leader

Group E - Ivory Coast - current leader and still got 2 games to play
Basically Ivory Coast will be surely qualified, as they only need 1 point from the last 2 games.

Asian Qualifying
Group A - Australia - qualified as group leader and Japan - qualified as runner-up
Group B - South Korea - qualified as group leader and North Korea - qualified as runner-up

Bahrain from Group A and Saudi Arabia from Group B is facing each other in a playoff to get the chance for qualification as the winner will face New Zealand, champion from Oceania for a place to the World Cup. After the playoff - 2nd leg on 9 September, Bahrain won over Saudi Arabia on away goal rule and will face New Zealand.

Oceania Qualifying
New Zealand qualified for the World Cup and will be representing Oceania region to the World Cup. After Australia has convert to the Asia region, it is surely no countries in the region that can challenge New Zealand. Now it is depend New Zealand, whether they can qualify as Australia did in 2006 and 2010 (Asia region).

European Qualifying
Group A: Denmark – current group leader with 2 games to play
Currently Denmark is 3 points ahead of Sweden and 5 points ahead of Portugal and Hungary which are the closest competitors in the group. The surprise is Portugal struggle to qualify and a high percentage they unable to qualify even have the World Player of Year, Christiano Ronaldo.

Group B: Switzerland – current group leader with 2 games to play
Currently Switzerland is 3 points ahead of the closest rivals: Greece and Latvia. Most likely they will qualify as group leader, the play-off position still up for grab between Greece, Latvia and Israel.

Group C: Slovakia – current group leader with 2 games to play
Slovakia most likely to qualify as group leader as currently is 5 points ahead of Slovenia, for the play-off, it will be between Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic and Poland. It is quite disappointing that Czech Republic been struggle in the group.

Group D: Germany – current group leader with 2 games to play
There will be only two countries will be competing for the top of the group and the play-off: Germany and Russia. It will be the determination of who will become group leader when Germany vs. Russia match, the winner of the match will be the group leader. Gus Hiddink really incredible coach, he brought Netherland, South Korea, and Australia to the World Cup, now potentially Russia as well, hopefully he will did it again.

Group E: Spain – Group leader with 2 games to play
Spain already qualified for the World Cup, now only need to determine which countries will go to the play-off. Bosnia and Turkey will compete for the play-off; Bosnia will be the most likely candidate as currently they are 4 points ahead of Turkey where Turkey unable to reduce the points when they played each other that only able to achieved a draw.

Group F: England – Group leader with 2 games to play
England had qualified to the World Cup with a fabulous play against Croatia, the same country that prevents England qualified for the 2008 Euro Cup in 2007. Croatia will fail to qualify if Ukraine win their last 2 games as Croatia play one match more than Ukraine and only two points ahead of Ukraine.

Group G: Serbia – current group leader with 2 games to play
Serbia is leading the group with 4 points ahead of France; they only need to win one more match to qualify. Meanwhile for France, most likely will play for the play-off, they only need to win one more match to confirm.

Group H: Italy – current group leader with 2 games to play
Italy started not well in the group but at the end, they will qualify with just one win to retain their title. Ireland also needs one more win to qualify for the play-off.

Group I: Netherland – Group leader with 2 games to play
Netherland won all the matched played; surely they are a country to look out in the World Cup. Norway and Scotland will compete for the play-off.

CONCACAF Qualifying
Currently United States is top of the table, follow by Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica that most likely to compete for the Top 3 spot for direct qualify to the World Cup. Meanwhile, the Top 4 spot will play country from South America. United States and Mexico are two countries that always qualify for the World Cup; however Honduras (this year surprise package) and Costa Rica will make their qualification difficult.

CONMEBOL Qualifying
Currently Brazil is at the top of the table; follow closely by Paraguay and Chile, which most likely qualify to the World Cup. Meanwhile still got four countries will compete for the last two places (direct qualify and play-off against CONCACAF country): Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Colombia. Argentina is struggling to qualify, eventually the 3-1 lost to Brazil and 1-0 lost to Paraguay seem to make them qualification more difficult. No matter how, Argentina still is a strong team that has a lot of great players: Messi, Veron, Aguero, and many more, without they in the World Cup really a disappointment.