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France were pretty good on Wednesday vs Costa Rica unfortunately. Ribery especially was all over the pitch. Playing like he had something to prove.

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Hate to say it but it's unlikely that U17 football is a hugely accurate scale for future success.

 

Switzerland were cowned U17 World Champions last year by sweeping aside Brazil, Italy, Germany, Colombia and then Nigeria. However I don't see them dominating the senior level any time soon.

 

Eh? They were crowned U17 Champions last year so you expect them to start dominating at senior level right away or what?

 

Every good international team right now has a core of players who were very good at U19 and U17. A Championship at that level is a pretty accurate predictor of relative success at senior level.

 

Look at the years Spain won the U17 World Cup - 97, 99, 01. 10 years later, all those 16 and 17 year olds are now players like Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Silva, Casillas. Cesc also was top scorer in a u17 or u19 competition.

 

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Portugal playing better than they did against Cape Verde. A team can only get better when it drops Veloso & Queiroz has done the right thing in naming Moutinho as back only. If Sporting want to get back near the top end of Portugal football they need to cash in on these two while a load of mugs think they are decent players.

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What did Eto'o do to get sent off?

 

Be a bit of a mentalist, probably.

 

Looks like it was 2 bookings in a minute.

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