UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying: England Through After 2-2 Draw With Montenegro

First words were exchanged. Then bottles were thrown, and thrown back. Having exhausted their supply of bottles, the Croatian delegate opted to use chairs. Then flares. Then they just started setting things on fire. And I mean big fire, not small, piddly fires:

The Greek announcer has just warned the home fans that unless they dampen their ‘enthusiasm’ the game might have to be abandoned. Quite.

All in all, Finland played pretty well, but once Sweden were 2-0 up it was more or less game over. Sweden, meanwhile, have qualified for at least the playoffs and may well find themselves as the top second place team from all the groups, which would mean an automatic spot for the 2012 finals in Poland/Ukraine.

Congrats to Armenia for recording their first-ever home victory against Macedonia -- and a decisive one at that, winning 4-1 to temporarily take the lead in Group B. The home side had already recorded two goals, from Marcos Pizzelli and Henrikh Mkhitarian, when Macedonia captain Velice Sumulikoski was handed a red card in the 54th minute. After that, there was really no coming back for the visitors, although they did manage a consolation goal from Vance Sikov, who, coincidentally I’m sure, also has the fewest number of letters in his name of any starters in the Macedonia side.