International Roundup: 10/12/2010

Jonny Evans played all 90 minutes, while Corry Evans came on in the 83rd.

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• Key 103: VIDEO: Nigel Worthington's post-game reaction
• The Daily Mail: Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington slams players after Faroe Islands draw
• Belfast Telegraph: Great day for ex-Republic boss Brian Kerr
• Belfast Telegraph: Goal no consolation for Kyle Lafferty
  

I haven't seen anything to indicate Nemanja Vidic was injured, but he neither started the game, nor sat on the bench.  The game was delayed 35 minutes to start and was abandoned just 7 minutes in.

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• The BBC: Italy-Serbia Euro 2012 tie abandoned after fan trouble
• The Sun: Crowd trouble mars Italy clash
• The Guardian: Italy v Serbia called off after seven minutes due to crowd trouble
• Reuters UK: Crowd trouble overshadows wins for big three
  

John O'Shea played all 90 minutes, while Darron Gibson made an early appearance, coming on in the 41st minute.

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• Irish Times: Ireland don't possess enough to win
• The Telegraph: Giovanni Trapattoni admits Robbie Keane could lose Ireland place due to club snub
• Irish Examiner: We deserved the win, says disappointed Trapattoni
• Daily Star: Slovakia 1 Republic of Ireland 1: Robbie Keane blows it
  

Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand played all 90 minutes for the sorry Three Lions.

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• Daily Star: Capello's Mont blankers: England booed off
• The Independent: England revisit bad old days of World Cup on frustrating night
• The Sport Review: Rio Ferdinand frustrated after Montenegro stalemate
• The Mirror: 'We were lucky draw' says Capello after England stink out Wembley
  

Nani started the match and came off in the 87th minutes.  Ronaldo scored the opener for the Portuguese.

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• PortuGOAL.net: Ronaldo: "We showed great team spirit"
• IceNews: Cristiano Ronaldo romps Iceland in Euro 2012 qualifier
  

Captain Darren Fletcher played all 90 minutes for the Scottish, who nearly upset the World Cup winners.

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• The Daily Record (Scotland): Scotland 2 Spain 3
• Scotsman: Scotland roar back, but Fernando Llorente has final say
• The Reader (Spain): Super sub Llorente clinches win for Spain in Scotland
  

Park Ji-Sung missed the match due to pain in his right knee. I'm sure we'll know more when he returns to Carrington later today.

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• Japan Today: Japan, S Korea draw 0-0
• Yonhap News: S. Korea and Japan play to a scoreless draw in friendly football match in Seoul
• Korea Times: Koea-Japan match, game of poor equals
  

Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck all started for Stuart Pearce's side. Smalling and Cleverley played the entire game, Cleverley picked up a yellow card in the 69th minute for unsporting behaviour. Welbeck came off in the 90th minute.

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• ESPN.co.uk: Nervy draw takes England U-21s through to finals
• The Independent: Fielding stands firm as Pearce leads youngsters to Euro finals
• The Daily Mail: Our determination proved to be just enough! Stuart Pearce hails his England youngsters after winning place in European Championships