wbairds 24 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Can anyone answer this query for me,Russia,bosnia go out on away goals. Algeria beat Egypt 3-1 in the first leg lose2-0 in the second,should be out on away goals but have a play off which algeria win.Surely the world cup rules should be the same for all play offs.Very puzzled bear. watp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissyger 8 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Each federation is given a certain number of places and it's up to them how they want to run their qualifiers. For instance in Asia they go through about 3 rounds of qualifying so the top seed teams get multiple shots at making it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbairds 24 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 thanks for that.but you would still think in a major comp,the rules would be uniform,still puzzled.still if fifa can announce seeding in the play offs because france and portugal were looking dodgy anything goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM Monitor And Standards Officer 112,879 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Algeria won in a one off play off. Both teams finished there groups on the same records ie goals scored and conceded goal difference win draws and loses. So to counter that both teams were required to play a one off game. Portugal actually won 2-0 on agg aswell mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbairds 24 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 russia went out on away goals, the rules for a comp like the world cup should be clear. . egypt on the euro format would have gone through.im glad they didnt they are the muslim septic cheating and moaning. watp ps they played 3 games to decide qualifying algeria 3 egypt 1 and egypt 2 algeria 0 then algeria 1-0 in neutral LOL sudan, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM Monitor And Standards Officer 112,879 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Algeria and Egypt finished there qualifying GROUPS on the SAME points, gd and record. Thus meaning a ONE OFF play-off was played. it was a WINNER TAKES ALL game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yeah, the Egypt Algeria "first-leg" was actually a group game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM Monitor And Standards Officer 112,879 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Thank god someone picked up on it lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbairds 24 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 if the first leg was a group game. then egypt won 2-0 then algeria won 1-0 that makes it 2-1 to egypt. not argueing with anybody i genuinely dont uderstand it. watp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 if the first leg was a group game. then egypt won 2-0 then algeria won 1-0 that makes it 2-1 to egypt. not argueing with anybody i genuinely dont uderstand it. watp Right, the first game they played against each other was a group game. The situation was that if Egypt won 2-0, then the two teams would be level on points and goal difference (thus there would be nothing to seperate them). To seperate them they had to play a 1-match play off (which was the match last night). Hope that explains it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbairds 24 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 thank you for that it was doing my head in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 thank you for that it was doing my head in. Haha, you're quite alright Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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