On the Euro: International Victims

Captain Crocked

Plenty of internationals and only two Euro Qualifiers for us to digest in midweek. Here were the highlights involving our Fantasy Premier League stars:-

Typical England side lost to a very young France contingent. Malouda got one assist and excellent Nasri ran the show in their 2-1 win. Peter Crouch scored the consolation after coming on as a substitute.

Marouane Chamakh (Morocco) and Nikola Zigic (Serbia) netted the only goal for their team to draw against Northern Ireland and Bulgaria respectively.

Out of favour Roque Santa Cruz scored two goals in Paraguay 7-0 drubbing of Hong Kong while Niko Kranjcar scored another brace as Croatia swept past Malta 3-0. Nikola Kalinic of Blackburn got another one.

The fantasy star of the week was Morten Gamst Pedersen as he curled another sublime free kick past Man City second keeper Shay Given and provided the assist for the second goal for Norway in their 2-1 win against Ireland.

Who fall prey to the friendlies?

Top 4...(1) Captain Gerrard (hamstring), (2) Charlie Adam (knee), (3) Chris Brunt (groin), (4) Dirk Kuyt (knee)

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On the Euro: Injury Dilemmas

Liverpool's bench new entries

Quick note on current news and the outcome of last night's matches. Liverpool's injury list mounts as two players picked up an injury. Latest news confirmed Dirk Kuyt will be sidelined until 2011 at least. Agger's injury was less serious but no indication on the recovery time. This week Merseyside derby looks very unpredictable again. Draw anyone? 

In the England camp; Terry, Bent & Lennon were ruled out last night and appeared doubtful for this weekend. Not a good sign for Chelsea's defensive lineup; away trip to Villa this week with Alex also crocked. On England's performance; The downside: Rooney & Barry, the upside: Gerrard & Johnson in their stalemate with the very determined Montenegro side.

On the other note, Bacary Sagna of Arsenal set for 3 weeks layoff. A bit of luxury in your lineup for non-starters. This is probably a good time to sell I believe.

Other news;

Robbie Keane missed a penalty to win the game...Arggh, not again. I understand Redknapp frustration with him.

Maroune Fellaini scored one for Belgium in their 4-4 thriller with Austria. Good vibe for Everton this week

Raul Meireles netted the second goal for Portugal. One of the cheapest unproven Liverpool's midfielder.

Gareth Bale was a constant threat on the left for Wales. He scored the only goal for them but still lost the game. 4-1 to Swiizerland.

Tomas Rosicky ran the show for Czech Republic and capped the good performance by providing the assist for both goals in their 2-0 win over Liechtenstein.

Rafael Van Der Vaart was lively and produced another assist in the Holland's 4-1 drubbing of Sweden as well as Seb Larsson for the only goal.

On the Euro: Big Guns Cruised

No longer behind CR7

All the European big guns registered a win except Italy on the European Championship Qualifiers. Italy could only draw a blank with Northern Ireland.

Back to our stars performance, Nani produced two goals and create one for Portugal during their match with Denmark. Nani is the main actor in this fixture and Ronaldo was relatively the co star. Injury note for Sorensen though.

Nasri & Malouda ran the show for France but not the goals. Goals from the Spurs/West Ham target Loic Remy & another one by Gourcuff. The forgotten Niko Kranjcar also scored two goals for Croatia for the win against Israel. Another headache for Harry Redknapp next week. 

Robbie Keane scored a penalty while Arshavin created one goal in Russia 3-2 win over Ireland. Our fantasy form man, Van Der Vaart also created an assist for Klass Jan Huntelaar in their 1-0 win over Moldova. David Silva scored the third goal for Spain in their 3-1 win over Lithuania. John Carew also scores for Norway.

England Tuesday's opponent Montenegro also won at home to Switzerland to top their group. The qualifiers resume on this upcoming Tuesday.