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Sabella pleased with 'great' Bolivia draw

Despite remaining cautiously optimistic about his side's chances of reaching the finals in Brazil, the ex-Estudiantes boss was delighted to have left La Paz with a point Alejandro Sabella has hailed his Argentina players for overcoming the effects of playing at high altitude to rescue a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in World Cup 2014 qualifying on Tuesday. The Albiceleste went down to a Marcelo Moreno header midway through the first half, but a point was secured at the Hernando Siles - some 3,637m above sea level - thanks to Ever Banega on the cusp of half-time. "It was a great game and our performance in the last 25 minutes alone deserved a win. The group of players who produced this good result will have become stronger," Sabella said after the match. "But we must go slowly and think about the difficult games that lie ahead, even if we have a big chance of qualifying [for the World Cup finals in Brazil]. "These matches have proved that I have a tightly-knitted bunch who are consolidating themselves, but the others are also working very hard to make my task of [choosing a 23-man squad] even more difficult."

Modric vs Serbia Skill

Maksimir stadium in the Croatian capital Zagreb in May 1990. Then there was the Yugoslav state, it should be a normal league game between the hosts Dinamo Zagreb and the Serbian team Red Star Belgrade are. The game did not take place not. Even before the game there were riots: the ultras, nationalist football fans from both sides went at each other, and finally it came to a fight with the police. One of the best players in the history of Croatian football, Zvonimir Boban was, on the day in history: He was involved in the brawl, as he kicked a policeman who had previously defeated one Dinamo fan. If the image has become a symbol for the subsequent bloody split of Yugoslavia.

Goalkeper fail Manuel Neuer

The "kicker" Hoeness asked which of the current Bayern players could work on the track for the German giants. Hoeness: "Philipp Lahm and Thomas Mueller you in five, ten years manhandle into position. Or Manuel Neuer. It can be in ten years Manager, I guarantee. " The goalkeeper (36 caps) as Bayern manager? The "kicker" Manuel answers New (26) on this offer. New: "I was directly approached by acquaintances on Monday it. There is still time, but not without interest to hear this. " New can imagine the job as manager at Bayern! Bayern general manager - a task in which one enters into giant footsteps. Hoeness himself was from 1979 to 2009 more than 30 years manager of FC Bayern and made the club the most successful and best-selling sports club in Germany. Bavaria's new manager is (still) future music. When the current contract expires in 2016 and the goalkeeper, he is only 30 years old. Much too early for a Keeper, then quit already active career. States: New will play at least until 2020, if not longer. And then Bayern manager?

Mesut Özil Amazing Pass to Schweinsteiger

Germany coach Joachim Low has stressed that winning was all that mattered for the Nationalelf in Friday evening's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan. The Euro 2012 semi-finalists recorded a comfortable 3-0 win courtesy of goals from Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mario Gotze and Thomas Muller, yet failed to really impress in Astana as they struggled after the break. "We were obligated to bag the full three points here. It was not easy to find some space, but the most important thing is that we won," Low said at a press conference. "The match was pretty much decided at half-time. We then slowed down a bit in the second half. That's why we didn't really get into our rhythm after the break." The Germany coach then went on to explain his decision to drop Lukas Podolski in favour of Julian Draxler. "Lukas hadn't played for a few weeks and Draxler impressed on the training pitch after some fine performances for Schalke," he continued. "I wanted to see how Julian would do from the beginning. No player is guaranteed a starting berth and the players should feel the pressure." Podolski eventually came off the bench after just 19 minutes to replace the injured Draxler. Germany host Kazakhstan on Tuesday and sit five points clear at the top of Group C ahead of second-placed Sweden. Miroslav Beranek's men remain winless after five games.

Video singing Croatian fans

Balkan big derby taking place in these moments between Croatia and Serbia has filed euphoria Croatian fans in Zagreb, where it is developing the meeting. Before the match, Croatian fans in large numbers were seen Zagreb streets chanting anti-Serb great crust, among which was the "murder, murder Serb". These calls ultranationalist Croatian fans were continued during the meeting. Throughout the first half of the entire stadium "Maksimir" in Zagreb, where are collected over 50,000 fervent fans, choirs singing anti-Serb.

Lorik Cana with friends at home

Last minutes were dramatic challenge. Albania was twice near the goal, but the Albanian striker proved incorrect. Also, at the end of our defense showed stoic, blocking locals from equalizing goal. As a result at the last minute was excluded from the game Andi Lila. The result of the match at the end did not change and after this victory Albania has nine points in second place in the table in Group E, one point less than Switzerland in the first place and level on points with Iceland. 2014 World Cup is not just a dream, it can become a reality ...

Hamdi Salihi Super Goal Albania vs Norway

Our national representative managed to achieve significant victory with the score of 1-0 in Oslo against Norway, for continuing to keep alive the dream of Albanians to participate in the World Cup, Brazil 2014.