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Latvia - Northern Ireland 08.09.2007

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#1 ·
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Latvia Vs. Northern Ireland
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08 September 2007
Kick off to be decided
venue: Skonto Stadium, Riga
 
#2 ·
After our recent home defeat from the minors Moldova, I am not very optimistic about this one. Northern Ireland in in good shape, they are the on the top of out table and they struggle for going to the Alps next year. I think they will beat us 1:2. We can make some positive result if we play to out best and erase the errors from the past couple of games.
 
#3 · (Edited)
a must win game for norn iron if we want anyhting from this game.

Im hoping Verpakovskis will be just as quiet as he was at Windsor.

For the first time in years northern ireland have serious competition for places particuarly in the centre of midfield and defence.

the team is likely to be

----------------Taylor

Baird------Hughes------Craigan-----Mc Cartney

Gilespie-----Clingan-----Davis------Johnson/Brunt

----------Healy---------Lafferty


Im not sure if Johnson will even start the game but Brunt as never really impressed me in green and i have a weird feeling Worthington will try Johnson on the left of midfield. I cant see the Davis-Clingan partnership being broken just yet
 
#4 ·
Latvia
30 Vaņins Andris
13 Gorkšs Kaspars
3 Astafjevs Vitālijs
4 Zirnis Dzintars
5 Laizāns Juris
6 Ivanovs deniss
17 Kļava Oskars
8 Bleidelis Imants
10 Rubins Andrejs
9 Verpakovskis Māris
20 Karlsons Ģirts


Northern Ireland
1 Taylor Maik
2 Baird Christopher
3 McCartney George
4 Duff Michael
5 Evans Jonathan
6 Clingan Samuel
7 Gillespie Keith
8 Davis Steven
9 Healy David
10 Lafferty Kyle
11 Elliott Stuart
 
#6 ·
latvia win at home 1-0

Northern ireland couldnt get going as when they tried a LAtvia player would make a terrible tackle and get away with it, it happened throughout the entire game, terrible refereeing i think and led to the more performance from them

Although some of NI's passes did go a stray a bit to often and set pieces also could have been a wee bit better.