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A Few Highlights from This Weekend’s International Matches Posted: 29 Mar 2009 11:23 AM PDT I’ve been sitting here waiting for motivation to strike and give me the energy to write up a comprehensive rundown of this weekend’s World Cup qualifiers. And waiting, and waiting, and… Oh, screw it. Here are a few highlights instead. First (just because you knew I would put France first and I don’t want to disappoint you) is Franck Ribery’s wonderstrike (after some sweet moves by Yoann Gourcuff) against Lithuania — the only really brilliant moment in an otherwise kind of lackluster game. (Jeff has a great match summary here.) Next, we have Portugal-Sweden, a tantalizing rematch of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic! What a scorefest this must have been! True excitement! Goals galore! And…um… Wait. Ibra suspended…Ronaldo misses late chance… Nil-nil. Never mind. When does a draw feel like a win? When you’re the US and go down 2-0 playing away. Jozy Altidore and Frankie Hejduk managed to get the US an important road point. (USA World Cup blogger Marlon’s post-game thoughts here.) And for sheer prettiness (unless you’re a Venezuela fan), you definitely want to check out the highlights of Argentina 4-0 Venezuala. Goals by Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Maxi Rodriguez and Kun Aguero. What do you think? Is Maradona actually a decent coach, or does he just have too much talent under him to screw it up? For more game highlights, check out TVGolo.com and/or 101 Great Goals.

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