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Video goal highlights from the Republic of Ireland vs France first leg World Cup 2010 playoff game on November 14, 2009- Saturday. Game kicks off at Croke Park, Dublin- 20.00 GMT. Big, big game for the Irish- they need a good result here ahead of the second leg in Paris.
Final full time score :- Republic of Ireland 0-1 France ( Nicolas Anelka 72′)
Here are the results and final scores from the final round of UEFA ( European) qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2010 played on October 14, 2009. 24 Qualifiers in all ( Three from each group- eight groups in all)
CONMEBOL Group Round October 14 WC Qualifying Results
October 14 CONCACAF Round 10 Qualifying Results
Group 1 :-
Denmark 0-1 Hungary ( Akos Buzsaky 35′)
Sweden 4-1 Albania ( Olof Mellberg 6′, 42′, Marcus Berg 40′, Anders Svensson 86’/ Hamdi Salihi 56′)
Portugal 4-0 Malta ( Nani 14′, Simao 45′, Miguel Veloso 56′, Edinho 90′)
Group 2 :-
Greece 2-1 Luxembourg ( Vasilis Torosidis 30′, Theofanis Gekas 33’/Avraam Papadopoulos 90′ OG)
Latvia 3-2 Moldova ( Andrejs Rubins 33′, 44′, Kristap Grebis 76’/Gheorghe Ovseannicov 25′, Veaceslav Sofroni 89′)
Switzerland 0-0 Israel
Group 3 :-
Czech Republic 0-0 Northern Ireland
Poland 0-1 Slovakia (Seweryn Gancarczyk 3′ OG)
San Marino 0-3 Slovenia (Milivoje Novakovic 24′, Dalibor Stevanovic 67′, Marko Suler 81′)
Group 4 :-
Azerbaijan 1-1 Russia ( Vagif Javadov 53’/ Andrei Arshavin 13′)
Germany 1-1 Finland ( Lukas Podolski 90’/ Jonatan Johansson 11′)
Liechtenstein 0-2 Wales (David Vaughan 16′, Aaron Ramsey 80′)
Group 5 :-
In a repeat of their clash at Euro 2008, France meet Romania in a WC 2010 qualifier on Saturday night in Constanta. Anything less than three points could see the axe fall on French coach Raymond Domenech, whose future will be decided by the French Football Federation bosses four days after the game.
Both Romania and France suffered shock defeats in their opening qualifiers. France were embarrassed by Austria, while Lithuania stunned Romania. Les Bleus recovered to beat Serbia, while Romania just about managed to scrape past lowly Faroe Islands 1-0.
Both the teams will welcome back key players from injury. Romania have skipper Cristian Chivu and Fiorentina’s Adrian Mutu back, while Domenech can once again call upon the experience of Patrick Vieira. The former Arsenal midfielder is expected to take back the captain’s armband from Thierry Henry, and his presence is important for Domenech, especially as the inform Lassana Diarra is injured. Vieira last played for France in February against Spain, and did not take part in Euro 2008, where France were unable to make it past the group stage.