He should go back to Colombia to see if they kill him - a reference to last
He should go back to Colombia to see if they kill him" - a reference to last year's murder of Andres Escobar of the Colombian World Cup team.The outburst has caused a furore in Spain and prompted the Colombian ambassador in Madrid, Maria Emma Mejia, to send a note of formal complaint The remarks were, she said, "inappropriate and xenophobic". He likes the fans and he likes England." Internazionale are thought to have first claim should Cantona decide to leave.Peter Ndlovu has been interviewed by police in Harare after accusations of common assault on a university student on the eve of Zimbabwe's 1-1 African Nations Cup draw with Malawi, during which the Coventry striker scored.The incident is alleged to have happened during protests by fans against the sacking of the German, Reinhard Fabisch, as Zimbabwe's national coach.With three Premiership games left, leaders Blackburn Rovers were dealt a blow when their utility player, Paul Warhurst, broke his leg during a reserve-team work-out.Warhurst's former Sheffield Wednesday team-mate, Chris Waddle, has been approached by the French First Division side, Martigues. The saga is unlikely to be resolved until the end of this week at the earliest, but Edwards said yesterday: "We are hopeful that agreement will be reached." Cantona, banned worldwide until the end of September after his chest- high kick on a Crystal Palace fan in January, had a second round of talks with Edwards and his manager, Alex Ferguson, yesterday. "Money doesn't come into it, but it is a much wider issue than that," Ferguson said "Eric has said he would love to stay with United He likes the club. The Manchester United chairman, Martin Edwards, has given the clearest indication yet that Eric Cantona will stay at Old Trafford. "But I thought it was going to be one of those games when the goal just wouldn't come."Latvia Under-21: Kolinko; Isakovs, Lisjakovs, Lidaks, Dolgopolovs, Voskans (Iljins, 81), Rudenko, Bleidelis, Vucans, Semjonovs (Zverugo, 66), Pahars.England Under-21: Gerrard; Watson, Gordon, Nethercott, Roberts, Unsworth, Butt, Gallen (Booth, 68), Shipperley, Bart-Williams, Sinclair.Referee: B Benediks (Slovakia).n Mark Kennedy, Liverpool's £2m teenager, crowned the a fine display by the Republic of Ireland's Under-21 side with a free-kick equaliser against Portugal, beaten finalists in the last European Championship, eight minutes from time at Richmond Park in Dublin.It came as a 50th-minute strike from Portugal's Daniel Kenedy seemed certain to condemn the Irish youngsters, without a win at this level since May 1992, to yet another defeat in a qualifier.. Then Gallen's brilliant first touch allowed him to turn and flash a volley just wide of the near post.Gallen was replaced by Booth, the Huddersfield striker, whose aerial strength led to Sinclair's goal.
"There have only been a few other games where an England team have created as many chances as that," said Sexton. One of the best saw Gallen pull the ball back for Neil Shipperley, but his side-foot from eight yards was blocked. The Rangers' striker then saw his well controlled first-time volley brilliantly saved at point-blank range by the Latvian goalkeeper.Three minutes into the second half, Shipperley got on the end of Chris Bart-Williams' centre, but saw his header drop on to the top of the crossbar. Yet it had seemed that England, who started the day two points clear of Portugal but having played a game more, were not to be rewarded for their efforts as Latvia kept them at bay.Chances in the first half fell consistently to Sinclair's QPR team-mate, Kevin Gallen. The Queen's Park Rangers winger struck after 80 minutes with his fifth international goal on his 12th Under-21 appearance, to leave Dave Sexton's unbeaten team leading their European Championship qualifying group.Sinclair surged on to Andy Booth's header down, and although his initial chest control took him wide, he finished expertly from a tight angle. Latvia Under-21 0 England Under-21 1 Trevor Sinclair underlined his senior England ambitions by scoring a late winner for the Under-21 side in Riga yesterday.
The sharper tempo demanded by Brown may reap dividends, but in the longer run, patience is more likely to be a virtue.SCOTLAND (3-4-3): Leighton (Hibernian); McLaren (Rangers), Hendry (Blackburn), Calderwood (Tottenham); Jackson (Hibernian), McAllister (Leeds), Collins (Celtic), Boyd (Celtic); Nevin (Tranmere), Shearer (Aberdeen) McGinlay (Bolton).. "The team I've picked is very adaptable, and there's also a hunger about them." Famous last words? Should Scotland lose or even draw with Europe's worst side, they might become their manager's epitaph.San Marino's record shows, however, that their negativity seldom does more than delay the inevitable. Colin Hendry, unlikely to be overtaxed by San Marino's customary one-man forward line, will have "freedom to be cavalier", and Darren Jackson's ability to make runs from deep positions looks certain to earn him a second cap playing off the front two."We may have to be inelegant, but this is a totally unreal situation," Brown said. If we try to play through them we'll get frustrated."Pat Nevin will be asked to do from the start what he achieved as substitute in 1991 when Scotland won 2-0, crossing from the byline in preference to the midfielders pumping balls in from 40 yards out. "We've always encouraged them to pass the ball, but this time the delivery has to be quicker.
The Finns, who eventually won 2-0, were allowed possession as their opponents withdrew virtually every player into an area in or around the edge of their penalty box.Brown wants his team to be more direct "We're asking them to compromise a bit," he admitted. But playing an open game or acting the plucky losers is not their way, and Brown has tailored both his tactics and selection to overcome a defence which he expects to be as congested as Sauchiehall Street during the January sales.To illustrate the point, he has shown his players a video nasty: San Marino's home game with Finland. In the case of San Marino, whose sole triumph in more than 20 competitive fixtures was a draw with Turkey, the conventional wisdom about "no easy matches" would have been tantamount to defeatism.After all, they lost 7-1 to England even after being gifted a goal in nine seconds. "Defeat would at least be a possibility against the Italians. I honestly don't think it is here." Facing the likes of Cyprus or Luxembourg, against whom the Scots have laboured in recent times, such a remark might be tempting fate.