Play-By-Play
Should have mentioned this last night, but Chris Merriman, who admits to not being a huge football fan, has a bit of a play-by-play of the Kazakhstan-Croatia World Cup qualifying match. Kazakhstan was already out of contention to go to South Africa in 2010, but had Ukraine lost or tied Andorra last night, a Croatian victory would have meant a playoff between Ukraine and Croatia for a slot. England already has secured a place in the group. So Croatia might have had something to gain (although Ukraine won 6-0 so it turns out Croatia’s victory is all for nought) and Kazakhstan could have gone out with a bang. A 2-1 loss to the third place team in their group is not bad for KZ though!