With England facing perhaps their toughest game of their Euro 2016
qualifying group tonight, CaughtOffside looks at five reasons that there is surely more misery to come for fans of the Three Lions.
Not exact matches
It's OK in a
group game or a game like
tonight [in which the Gunners had
qualified] where there's not really too much on the line, but when you go into the last - 16 it's got to be Petr Cech for me.»
They have also
qualified from their Champions League
group with two games to spare, and a win
tonight will see them into the semi-final of the League Cup.
Barcelona rested Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta and Javier Mascherano for the trip to Germany
tonight, having already
qualified as
Group winners.
England brushed European minnows Malta aside
tonight on their way to an easy World Cup
qualifying victory as the Three Lions maintained their lead over Slovakia at the top of
group F.
Spurs could have their own tough test
tonight against Bayer Leverkusen and they are by no means certain to
qualify from their
group as they are second with just four points from the first three games and with the Germans just a point behind them.
Atletico Mineiro can not
qualify for the last 16
tonight regardless of what happens, but with a tough home tie against current
group leaders Colo Colo to come in their game, they will be very keen to take all three points and give themselves a cushion.
Messi withdrew late which will leave the Manchester crowd disappointed
tonight who would have hoped to see the Barcelona and Argentina talisman — whose brilliant hattrick against Ecuador helped Argentina finish third in the final CONMEBOL
group standings and
qualify for the World Cup 2018.
Arsenal pummeled BATE Borisov
tonight in a match our opponents needed to win to try and
qualify out of the
group.
Perhaps the fact that City had to go to Napoli for this Champions League match and the fact that the situation in their
qualifying group meant that Pep Guardiola had to select his strongest starting line - up could help Arsenal at the weekend, as our players should be fresher as the manager rests his key players and rotates heavily for the visit of Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League
tonight.
I was hoping that the Arsenal and Germany international forward Lukas Podolski was given a good run out by his national coach Joachim Low
tonight, as the World Cup holders play host to Republic of Ireland in a Euro
qualifying group.
Arsenal's second team is preparing to face Cologne in Germany
tonight hoping to secure top place in our
qualifying group, and it is fair to say that if our reserves play with the same heart that the First XI did on Saturday then they will win this match very easily indeed.
The first leg of the final Play Off rounds to fully
qualify for the
group stages starts
tonight and there...
The first leg of the final Play Off rounds to fully
qualify for the
group stages starts
tonight and there are some big teams in there looking to still to confirm their status.
So the penultimate
group game for us is a home match up against PSG and if we win
tonight then we top the
group and
qualify first after the goal difference.