International Friendly Round Up

20 August 2008

New York (Chinatown Newswire) — While Coach Stochl’s mighty Austrians were denied a glorious victory against world champions Italy by two own goals in an international friendly earlier today, the Germans celebrated the second coming of Lionel Messi (see below) during their win over Belgium.

As usual, it is best not to talk about England, which needed a scrappy last-minute effort by Joe Cole to salvage a draw against the Czech Republic at Wembley.