The biggest games from the last round of Euro 2012 Qualifiers to be played on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Previewing the matches while getting my Mourinho on and predicting the starting lineups:
Germany - Belgium
Germany wants to remain perfect while Belgium wants to win and clinch a berth in the playoffs.
Germany - 4-3-3:
Neuer - Lahm, Mertesacker, Howedes, Badstuber - Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Gotze - Podolski, Muller, Gomez
Belgium - 4-4-2:
Mignolet - Kompany, Van Buyten, Vertonghen, Ciman - Simons, Witsel, Hazard, Defour - Mertens, Vleminckx
Previous: Belgium 0 - 1 Germany
Ireland - Armenia
Winner takes second spot in the group and proceeds to playoffs.
Ireland - 4-4-2
Given - St. Ledger, Dunne, O' Dea, O' Shea - Lawrence, Duff, Whelan, Andrews - Doyle, Long
Armenia - 4-3-3
Berezovskiy - Hovsepyan, Aleksanyan, Yushpashyan, Arzumanyan - Yedigaryan, Mkhitaryan, Manucharyan - Pizzelli, Ghazaryan, Movsisyan
Previous: Armenia 0 - 1 Ireland
Sweden - Netherlands
Sweden needs to improve playoff seeding, Holland wants to stay perfect.
Sweden - 4-4-2
Isaksson - Mellberg, Majstorovic, Olsson, Lustig - Svensson, Larsson, Kallstrom, Wilhelmsson - Ibrahimovic, Toivonen
Netherlands - 4-4-2
Stekelenburg - Van Der Wiel, Mathijsen, Pieters, Heitinga - Sneijder, Van Bommel, Van Der Vaart, Strootman - Huntelaar, Van Persie
Previous: Netherland 4 - 1 Sweden
Denmark - Portugal
Tied on points, winner takes the group and gets into main draw, loser gets second and enters playoffs.
Denmark - 3-5-2
Sorensen - Kjaer, Jacobsen, S. Poulsen - Kvist, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli, C.Poulsen, Zimling - Bendtner, Rommedahl
Portugal - 4-4-1-1
Rui Patricio - Rolando, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao, Joao Pereira - Raul Meireles, Nani, Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veloso - Ronaldo - Danny
Previous: Portugal 3 -1 Denmark
Spain - Scotland
Spain wants eight wins from eight. Scotland needs to win to ensure playoff progression.
Spain - 4-3-3
Casillas - Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Arbeloa - Xavi, Alonso, Busquets - Silva, Mata, Llorente,
Scotland - 4-4-2
McGregor - Hutton, Berra, Caldwell, Bardsley - Adam, Morrison, Fletcher, Bannan - Naismith, Miller
Previous: Scotland 2 - 3 Spain
Slovenia - Serbia
Serbia needs to win to get into the playoffs. Slovenia just doesn't like Serbia very much and would love to be the ones denying them from moving forward.
Slovenia - 4-4-2
Handanovic - Jokic, Brecko, Cesar, Suler - Koren, Radosavljevic, Ilicic, Kirm - Matavz, Novakovic
Serbia - 4-5-1
Ivanovic, Subotic, Kolarov, Rajkovic - Stankovic, Tosic, Jovanovic, Krasic, Kuzamanovic - Pantelic
Previous: Serbia 1 - 1 Slovenia
France - Bosnia
Both are through to playoffs at least, but winner finishes top of the group.
France - 4-4-2
Lloris - Debouchy, Rami, Abidal, Evra - Malouda, M'Vila, Nasri, Cabaye - Benzema, Gomis
Bosnia - 3-5-2
Begovic - Papac, Spahic, Mujda, - Misimiovic, Pjanic, Lulic, Rahimic, Medunjanin - Dzeko, Ibisevic
Previous: Bosnia 0 - 2 France
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