http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Fletcher-c10361 gives heart to the Scottish national team – EURO 2012 Qualification
Fletcher’s return to full fitness has been a blessing in disguise for the Scottish national team but their lacklustre end to the latest EURO 2012 qualifier left a sour taste in their mouths after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 gave up their one goal
lead in the dying minutes of their qualification match against Czech Republic to gift the visitors a crucial draw. The Manchester United midfielder gave Scotland the lead in the 82nd minute of their qualifier against Czech Republic and they were
well on their way to the play-offs to qualify for the 2012 European Championships but the referee awarded Czech Republic a penalty kick late on which was successfully converted by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michal-Kadlec-c25422.
The match eventually finished at 2-2 and now Scotland have some hard work to do in order to qualify for the European Championships in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032. It will be interesting to see what part Fletcher plays in the rest of the Scottish
national team’s qualification campaign but he showcased tremendous levels of fitness and scored on his return to the international setup. Fletcher was out of action due to a virus which induced weight loss, something that the Scottish midfielder worked on
during the off-season at Manchester United. Fletcher stated in his post match interview that he wanted to see Scotland finish the group strongly and also affirmed that the Czechs have two tough games coming up against Lithuania and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
Scotland might require a win against Spain on the last day of qualification but that is something that Darren Fletcher and his team mates are up for. Speaking about the rest of the qualification campaign, Fletcher said, "We have
got to concentrate on ourselves and make sure we take maximum points and put them (Czech Republic) under a little bit of pressure. It is a big task because it's out of our hands. All we can do is concentrate on ourselves and hope for a bit of luck in their
games." Nonetheless, Scotland will be without some of their senior members such as Scott Brown and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882.
Furthermore Charlie Adam is also a big injury doubt for now along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Naismith-c34205. Fletcher recently returned from injury and Scotland will be careful in over depending on their captain. The Manchester United
midfielder added, "You saw Kenny's performance, and Scott's as a matter of fact, they were both fantastic, so they are going to be big misses. It's difficult because they are two very important players for us but we are building a squad now here and there
will be able replacements coming in.”
Scotland play their next qualification tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lithuania-c2944 on 6th of September, 2011, a match that they must win if they want to remain in contention for qualification for the upcoming European Championships in the
summer of 2012.
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