World Cup

Gailh · #1 06-15-2006, 01:54 PM

Anyone been watching?

England are stumbling along but played two won two so not bad but could do (a lot) better.

Argentina look good.

Brazil were not too impressive and Ronaldo didn't seem interested.

I bet John's watching

Gail

cliffdweller · #2 06-15-2006, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Gailh

Anyone been watching?

England are stumbling along but played two won two so not bad but could do (a lot) better.

Argentina look good.

Brazil were not too impressive and Ronaldo didn't seem interested.

I bet John's watching

Gail

How's Germany doing?

bretonbanquet · #3 06-15-2006, 02:15 PM

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How's Germany doing?

Germany are through to the 2nd round after beating Costa Rica 4-2 and scraping a win over Poland 1-0. Both those two teams now have no chance of progressing. If Germany can't beat Ecuador in their next game, the Germans will probably play England in the 2nd round... cue cheap jibes about the war and disgusting jingoism in the British press

England will be lucky to get past the 2nd round if they carry on playing like they have up to now. I alays support Spain, and they won their first game 4-0, so I'm really happy about that

cliffdweller · #4 06-15-2006, 02:24 PM

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Germany are through to the 2nd round after beating Costa Rica 4-2 and scraping a win over Poland 1-0.

Cool. I'm pulling for 'em for a friend of mine who is German (surprise, surprise) and is back home right now to see Germany win the whole thing [according to him

] .

Another team I'm interested in is Sweden...how are they doing? I hear they're really strong this year, and thanks for the info by the way....

bretonbanquet · #5 06-15-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Cool. I'm pulling for 'em for a friend of mine who is German (surprise, surprise) and is back home right now to see Germany win the whole thing [according to him

] .

Another team I'm interested in is Sweden...how are they doing? I hear they're really strong this year, and thanks for the info by the way....

Sweden are playing right now! They're 0-0 with Paraguay so far but there's an hour to play yet. They drew their first game 0-0 with Trinidad & Tobago, so the Swedes received a lot of criticism for that - T&T are one of the least-fancied teams in the tournament. It's going to be tight for Sweden but if they can win this game tonight they have a great chance of progressing

cliffdweller · #6 06-15-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Sweden are playing right now! They're 0-0 with Paraguay so far but there's an hour to play yet. They drew their first game 0-0 with Trinidad & Tobago, so the Swedes received a lot of criticism for that - T&T are one of the least-fancied teams in the tournament. It's going to be tight for Sweden but if they can win this game tonight they have a great chance of progressing

I'd love to see a Germany/Sweden face off, but it sounds like the Germans would trounce the Swedes. I have another special place in my heart for the Swedes for various reasons

Woo-hoo!! You're making all this sound very interesting. I'm going to have to catch some coverage tonight. And good luck to England too!! I don't know much about soccer, does England usually have one of the best teams? And be honest! No bias!

DavidMn · #7 06-16-2006, 04:36 PM

NOTE: I'm sorry I didnt see this before I started my thread. I'll have a moderator delete mine as soon as possible.

Now onto more important things. Argentina kisked ass, The U.S is finished it appears, and my home country and host Germany won their first game!!

DavidMn · #8 06-16-2006, 04:52 PM

I really believe the U.S performance in I think it was '98? where they did well was a fluke.

DavidMn · #9 06-20-2006, 06:35 PM

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

DavidMn · #10 06-23-2006, 01:07 PM

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 · #11 06-23-2006, 01:52 PM

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.

DavidMn · #12 06-23-2006, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

I agree. It's alwats good to get rid of the dead weight.

bretonbanquet · #13 06-23-2006, 06:52 PM

The dead weight is gone - France 2-0 Togo -

France go through to play Spain in the 2nd round - really big game, that one.

Switzerland 2-0 South Korea

Switzerland top the group and will play Ukraine in the next round, ensuring that a less-fancied nation makes it through to the quarter finals.

Now the knockout phase will begin - this is when it gets really exciting

Gailh · #14 06-24-2006, 08:26 AM

I'm already getting nervous for tomorrow England v Ecuador.

I know we should win but .....

Gail

Come on England

tuigirl · #15 07-02-2006, 05:02 AM

ooo...I forgot to say, that watching some of the lesser known teams has been far more exciting, than what we saw yesterday. Japan and Sth Korea for us were fab. The best game for us so far...Mexico/Argentina!