Israel V France. Switzerland V Cyprus

[teckno]

Anybody know any Sky gitital channels which are showing these games for free other than Setanta Sports. Any Israel or Swiss channels on the dish?????

[Dawn_Run]

Wednesday 30th March footie as follows

Austria and Wales - Sky Sports 1
Poland and Norn Iron - Sky Sports 2
England and Azerbaijan - BBC 1
Israel and France - Setanta

Cant see any others showing any Live football other than eurosport who are doing asian qualifiers

[Gibbe84]

Selling the rights to anything that may interest Irish fans to Setanta really annoys me. They charge extortionate fees for generally poor products that I have no interest in. Why should we have to pay their monthly fee to see our national team play? I really don't see why Sky got rid and instead decided to show Wales games, which are just painful.

[brine3]

The French match doesn't appear to be on TV5, according to the schedule on their site.

[JimmyP]

Apparently French match is on French channel: C+ Sport.
Swiss match: Alfa TV, SF-2, and TSR / TSi 2
never heard of any of them.

[Volltreffer]

Swiss match: SF-2, and TSR / TSi 2

They are all national (Swiss) channels.
SF1/2: German
TSR1/2: French
TSI1/2: Italian

Alfa TV: never heard of it either.

[Hibs4Ever]

As for the matches themselves,

I'm going for Israel to beat France and Swiss to beat Cyprus

[concanta]

I have an inkling that cyprus could run the swiss close
dunno why - just nagging in the back of my head - they have showed no form and the swiss have been good

[TheJamaicanP.M.]

Unfortunately I think both France and Switzerland will win tomorrow night. France are due a goal and Israel have their captain suspended along with their only Premiership player, Ben-Haim. I think the euphoria of their weekend result may be a little much for the Israelis. As for Switzerland, I thought their defending was appalling on Saturday night. However, I was impressed with their midfield and Frei up front. Also their right-back (Deggen??) was very impressive. It must be remembered that both Murat Yakin and Hakan Yakin were missing, and Vonlanthen was on the bench. I expect the Swiss to win comfortably tomorrow night.

[NeilMcD]

I dont think either of them will win tonight unless you are talking about the U21 matches as the games are on tomorrow night. I think it will be a draw in Israel and Swiss will win. It would great if the Cypriots did us a favour though.

[chippy79]

have a nasty feeling israel will collapse wednesday. France are not looking likely to score let alone hammer anybody - but if they put it up to them, Israel will implode. Hope I am wrong but can see the French winning 0-2/0-3 wednesday Henry has a habit of returning from a rest period/injury and playing a blinder.

[thejollyrodger]

Israel havent lost at home in something like 6 years. Plus Israel hates France and they are going to be up for this match tomorrow. I expect France to score but so will the Israelis. Im still putting money on a scoring draw.

I expect Switzerland to win. A draw would be a massive shock and unlikely to happen.

[eirebhoy]

Ben Haim and Beneyoun are doubts while they also have a few suspensions.

[Erez-Israel]

Tal Ben Haim will play tomorrow
Yossi Benayoun will try to finish the training today, and we hope that he'll be able to play tomorrow.

As long as Ben Haim and Benayoun are fit to play, all we need is that Henry won't be able to play. As you know, Henry and Trezeguet are very dangerous together, and our defence will have much easier life without one of them.

[Tipp Townie]

Dunno if any of yous lads are exiles based in London(?), but if you are and you want to catch either of the games tomorrow, particluarly Israel - France, you could do worse than go to the Famous Three Kings in West Kensington. They've got about 10 different tv's, and usually have a huge selection of international matches on at the same time..

[boysingreen]

Israel's fitness could well be a factor, playing two tough ties so close together. Let's pray France don't run riot in the second half.

[tall chapy]

Benayoun declared fit and u-21 Israel beat France 3-2

[concanta]

I think that Israel could sneak this - dunno why - I cannot make up my mind what result I want - when you look at it a draw would defo seem good.

If Israel win - it really puts pressure on France - basically if Is win and we beat Israel and dont get beaten by France - it would be almost certain we would be above them.

Whereas if France win - I think it could really knock thestuffing out of Israel
but overall I want a draw or an Israel win

[Tipp Townie]

ive never heard of them but ill take a look. where do they get all their channels from?

Erm, was this in response to my post, Pronane? If so, to answer your question, no idea where they get all the channels from i'm afraid (i guess european cable?), but they just do. There was one particular occasion when i was in the Famous Three Kings and they had Ireland, Wales, and Scotland matches on, plus France v Slovenia, Holland V Czech, and a couple of others. Admittedly a few of these were on small screens and with no sound, but still i've never come across a place before that had so much choice, and knew exactly what was going on. My local pub in South London couldnt even work out how to put the Wales game on on Saturday as it clashed with Eng/NIre

[Saint Tom]

France will also have played two tough ties closely together.....