Vennegor and Niculae represent SPL with goals
By: Ian Rose | March 26th, 2008In today’s crazy international action, most Scottish eyes were on the 1-1 draw with Croatia. But SPL club fans could look to a few other matches to see their favorite players as well. Ghana once again capped Hearts midfielder Laryea Kingston, despite complaints from Tynecastle. But it was Inverness Caley Thistle’s Marius Niculae (for Romania) and Celtic’s Jan Vennegor of Hesselink (for Holland) that made the biggest individual splashes. Niculae, in his first Romanian appearance since May 2006, scored his 13th international goal on a nice glancing header. Vennegor, meanwhile, showed the same kind of late explosion that has frustrated so many SPL sides, scoring the equalizer on 83 minutes, part of an incredible Holland comeback win over Austria. Here are links to the goals.
Niculae vs. Russia
Vennegor vs. Austria
(Note: JVofH scores at about 1:11 in, but it’s really worth watching the whole clip to see the Dutch comeback)
Nice to see SPL players out there scoring in international matches. It’s good for the prestige of the league, which has taken quite a few hits this season despite our successes in Europe. For every Celtic and Rangers story, there are two about Gretna, so it’s good to see SPL strikers out there doing well. Let’s hope we see them doing it on a larger stage come Euro 2008.
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Of course Caldwell makes a spectacular clear for Scotland. A ball will probably bounce off his head right in the box.
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Caldwell is one of those guys that always seems to step up in national team matches. I’ve never rated him as a great Celtic player, but he’s been really solid for Scotland for the most part, and of course will always be a Scotland legend for the goal against France.
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