[Dan]

Portugal's route to Japan/Korea 2002

Group 2

03-09-00 Estonia (AWAY)
07-10-00 Ireland Republic (HOME)
11-10-00 Netherlands (AWAY)
14-02-01 Andorra (HOME)
28-03-01 Netherlands (HOME)
02-06-01 Ireland Republic (AWAY)
06-06-01 Cyprus (HOME)
01-09-01 Andorra (AWAY)
05-09-01 Cyprus (AWAY)
06-10-01 Estonia (HOME)

 

[Santamaria]

i think the wc is ****ed up. Teams like Portugal can expect to qualify every say 12 years, while japan, china qualify every time.

wc qualification should be based on merit, not geographic location.

 

[Guest]

Your'e right on one hand. On the other hand, if it went on merit we would possibly say 28 teams from Europe and South America, and then 4 teams from the rest of the world.
It would be more competitve, but un-fair for the otehr continents football representitives.

I expect the first place to be challenged by the Netherlands and Portugal all the way. Andorra, Estonia, and Cyprus should all be hammered, and a 2-1 victory Ireland would be good, a victory is a victroy.

I'm already sort of looiking forward to the 11th of October when Portugal take on the Dutch.