World Cup

[Emmeline]

Hmm...we should've won. But hey, at least we still haven't lost to England since 1968 It's gonna be tough for Sweden against Germany now with their massive support (and the fact that we haven beaten them sice 1956), but hopefully it'll be a great game!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Emmeline

Hmm...we should've won. But hey, at least we still haven't lost to England since 1968 It's gonna be tough for Sweden against Germany now with their massive support (and the fact that we haven beaten them sice 1956), but hopefully it'll be a great game!

I'm pulling for them! GO SWEDEN!!!!!

[DavidMn]

Germany just went to 3-0 with a 3-0 buttkicking over Ecuador. Roll on!

[stefan]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Yikes, is it hard getting around with throngs of people everywhere?

Well I suppose you should stay away from crossing the Berlin fan mile, while you are in a hurry
But overall I would say it works out fine, no non stop traffic jam.

[bretonbanquet]

Mexico 1-2 Portugal
Angola 1-1 Iran

Argentina 0-0 Netherlands
Ivory Coast 3-2 Serbia & Montenegro

Portugal will play the Netherlands in the 2nd round
Mexico will play Argentina.

Everyone else is eliminated

[The Catdancer]

The Dutch are still there, that makes me happy

Usa is playing Ghana tomorrow.... or rather today. Should be a piece of cake.

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by The Catdancer

The Dutch are still there, that makes me happy

Usa is playing Ghana tomorrow.... or rather today. Should be a piece of cake.

Oops!

Gail

[bretonbanquet]

Oops indeed

Ghana 2-1 USA
Czech Rep 0-2 Italy

Italy and Ghana go through to the 2nd round.

Ghana's second goal was from a penalty which should never ever have been given - a terrible dive from the Ghanaian, and the referee made a very bad decision. Just after the US had equalised as well... After that, the US team seemed to lose heart a bit, which was a shame.

So the World Cup is over for the US - too bad, it was a hard group to be in, and they lacked the edge needed to progress to the knockout rounds. They'll be back next time though, I'm sure

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Oops indeed

Ghana 2-1 USA
Czech Rep 0-2 Italy

Italy and Ghana go through to the 2nd round.

Ghana's second goal was from a penalty which should never ever have been given - a terrible dive from the Ghanaian, and the referee made a very bad decision. Just after the US had equalised as well... After that, the US team seemed to lose heart a bit, which was a shame.

So the World Cup is over for the US - too bad, it was a hard group to be in, and they lacked the edge needed to progress to the knockout rounds. They'll be back next time though, I'm sure

They're certainly better than they used to be.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Oops indeed

Ghana 2-1 USA
Czech Rep 0-2 Italy

Italy and Ghana go through to the 2nd round.

Ghana's second goal was from a penalty which should never ever have been given - a terrible dive from the Ghanaian, and the referee made a very bad decision. Just after the US had equalised as well... After that, the US team seemed to lose heart a bit, which was a shame.

So the World Cup is over for the US - too bad, it was a hard group to be in, and they lacked the edge needed to progress to the knockout rounds. They'll be back next time though, I'm sure

I loved the Colbert Report last night: "Oh and Ghana? You're not Ghana win!" Oh well, I knew we wouldn't make it that far anyway

[bretonbanquet]

Australia 2-2 Croatia

Another refereeing nightmare in which the British referee lost count of how many yellow cards he'd given out and one player stayed on the pitch when he had officially been sent off. Later he was impossibly booked a third time and sent off anyway.

Australia go through to play Italy in the 2nd Round - the best World Cup performance in their history.

Brazil 4-1 Japan

Brazil go through to play Ghana in the next round, after ending Japan's hopes. We had the bizarre spectacle of Brazilian legend Ronaldo, who is considerably overweight and at times looks like he can hardly move, yet the goofy sod still managed to score twice. He has now equalled the all-time goalscoring record in the World Cup.

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Australia 2-2 Croatia
Another refereeing nightmare in which the British referee lost count of how many yellow cards he'd given out and one player stayed on the pitch when he had officially been sent off. Later he was impossibly booked a third time and sent off anyway.

Graham Poll had a bit of a mare didn't he?

Ukraine 1 Tunisia 0
Spain 1 Saudi Arabia 0

Spain and Ukraine go through

Tonight France must win to have a chance of going through to the next round. If not it's au revoir at the group stage for the second competition in a row.

Gail

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Graham Poll had a bit of a mare didn't he?

Ukraine 1 Tunisia 0
Spain 1 Saudi Arabia 0

Spain and Ukraine go through

Tonight France must win to have a chance of going through to the next round. If not it's au revoir at the group stage for the second competition in a row.

Gail

That's not good for the team that won the whole thing on their home turf in 1998.

[DavidMn]

Germany faces Sweeden tomorrow. SHould be a good game. If the Germans can win this one, I think that will be a big boost for their confidence toward winning the cup because I think this is their first real test in the tournament so far. Sweeden is no cupcake for sure.

[littlewolf]

spain took an easy win over saudi-arabia with the least possible effort,boring game.
france will take the easiest win of the tournament over togo,
togo is already out,they won´t do anything,as they only worry about why they weren´t paid the huge amount of money,just for taking part,goodbye and good riddance.