Weekend Matches: September 8-9

I guess I am supposed to be excited about this weekend’s upcoming international matches, but I just can’t get all that worked up. I am moderately interested in the Italy-France game, which is a rematch of last year’s World Cup final and also the best game of the weekend. The most hyped game in the English-speaking world, however, is surely England v. Israel, as the pinheads at the FA still cling desperately to the hope that they can qualify for Euro ’08. England will be playing with approximately 28 of their 29 best players out injured, and Paul Robinson will be in goal. So it should be interesting.


Saturday

11:00am Russia vs Macedonia FSC

12:00pm England vs Israel Setanta

12:00pm Iceland vs Spain FSC

2:30pm Italy vs France GolTv


Sunday

4:00pm USA vs Brazil ESPN2