World Cup

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Originally Posted by stefan

Let me just tell you that our whole country has been waiting for that event for years and years. Now it's there and millions of people are on the streets. There are not only the people visiting the games. Tickets were hard to get. But in every larger city several "Public viewing" events take place. In Berlin there were 700.000 people today on the so called fan mile. Hundred thousands of guests from other countries are here. Today I saw lots of Swedish and English fans in my train to work heading towards Cologne where in half an hour the next game starts. It is a peaceful atmosphere. Everyone supports his team with passion but there is also a lot of respect for the other nations and teams. In Dortmund the people from Sweden and Trinidad Tobago made a great party before and after the game.
Germany goes crazy for these 4 weeks and it is an unforgettable time.
CU,
Stefan

That is really good to hear - let's hope it continues!

Today Germany 3-0 Ecuador, and Poland 2-1 Costa Rica
Also England 2-2 Sweden, and Paraguay 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago

Germany will play Sweden in the 2nd Round, and England will play Ecuador. The other 4 teams are eliminated.

I don't think England were very convincing - a shambles at the back despite being OK going forward. Maybe others will disagree