Who will win the next world cup?

[enigmatic9]

Guys the world cup is round the corner.
Who will win it?

I am personally rooting for Argentina.

[Roman]

Czech Rep.

[maldives]

Brazil or England hopefully

[genkied]

go BRAZIL!

[bluemouse2]

Brazil will win...

[iceberg]

BRAZIL or ENGLAND ;

[TheBrokenOne]

brazil obviously - ronaldinho, robinho, ronaldo, adriano, kaka, juninho, roberto carlos, cafu, lucio all in same team, world cup is theirs.

england probably have the squad to win it, unfortunately sven is a complete and utter tit so they won't be winning anything.

[MattUK]

I think it'll be hard for anyone to beat Brazil, England will have a good chance providing they play attacking football and don't fall into the trap of sitting back and defending a 1-0 lead as they've done many times before.

[obenix]

Please let it be England... :)

[avik]

It's Brazil obviously. :D

[guybrush]

aint a pom but will be cheering for em this time.
btw, whats the news on rooney?

[Edz]

The Netherlands of course :)
Go NED!
:D

[projectw3]

So many for Brazil...add one more to that :D
Brazil deserves to win because Ronaldinho looks damn funny in the Pepsi commercial, where he has his hair braided...LOL

[MattUK]

btw, whats the news on rooney?
He's in the squad, but it's touch and go if he'll make it. He almost certainly won't play in the group stages.

[cloudybutnice]

England hopefully.

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The dark horse! Australia! We just beat Greece last week!

I am also hoping that East Timor qualifies for the 2010 World Cup and thrashes the crap out of every team all the way to the final and wins in the final against Brazil but only winning via an own goal! Hahahahahahahahaha!

[ravianz]

Brazil has bright chances as ever and England is also considered to be a favourite but i am waiting for a twist and some real up set

[MELLA]

I WANT England to win, but I think Brazil has got it in the bag. They have such a strong side.

I'd also like to see Italy, France or Holland win it.

I reckon people underestimate Holland...they've got a really good team, watch this space.

[Andreas Bard]

Sweden =)

Zlatan, Henke Larsson . . .

//Andreas

[Ken_bw]

Brazil or England hopefully

Same here. I hope Rooney can recover on time :o

[The X Files]

I sure 100 % Brasil again to champion world cup 2006

hahaha

[mohdsoft]

Me of course :). nah nah just kidding. I am not sure. I will wait and see.

[The Webmaster]

Guys the world cup is round the corner.
Who will win it?

I am personally rooting for Argentina.

England, all the way...




PS: Long time no see, where were you?

[sizzler_chetan]

brazil All The Way

[Emperor]

Obviously Portugal…. I personally don’t think England stands a change.

[Blitz]

Brazil or England...

To be honest, anything can happen, noone expected Greece to win Euro 2004. I would love to see Brazil v England in final. Did anyone see the Jamaica game on Saturday? 6-0 England hehe, how's that for a confidence boost. Jamaica's kit looked a lot like Brazil's aswell.

I think Ronaldinho has a lot of hype, he didn't play amazing in the Champions League, but that might be because of the man marking :) Beckham is also very hyped, I never really rated him that much until recently, all of his free kicks have been pin point accurate.

[Blogmaster]

Costa Rica :) 2:1 in the finals against Netherlands ;)

[Ken_bw]

Beckham played really good in the last 2 games. I hope he can keep it up that way :)

[Jarodboy]

Portugal of course...










I wish! :)

[Blogmaster]

Portugal of course...










I wish! :)
no chance, my silly Costa Rica suggestion is more realistic than that ;)

[Emperor]

no chance, my silly Costa Rica suggestion is more realistic than that ;)

That shows exactly what you know about soccer. Portugal is 6th in the Fifa world rankings.:rolleyes:

[Blogmaster]

LOL ... sliding out of this thread :o :D

Btw, why don't we create a contest or some bets who will win. $5 to enter. Something like that.

[Jarodboy]

That shows exactly what you know about soccer. Portugal is 6th in the Fifa world rankings.:rolleyes:

And soon will be 1st...











I double wish :D :D

[cpr]

England or Brazil :)

[Emperor]

England or Brazil :)
Ok…..let’s stop right here…. Why do people on this planet think England will win? Do you people know something that the rest of us don’t??? England hasn’t beaten Portugal in a Tournament for decades!!! I think that everyone saying England should have to give an explanation on why they think England will win…the earth will turn into chocolate peppermint ice-cream before they even get near to winning a world cup. ;)

[Blogmaster]

Ok…..let’s stop right here…. Why do people on this planet think England will win?
.. because people like Beckham

[jabb]

Ok…..let’s stop right here…. Why do people on this planet think England will win? Do you people know something that the rest of us don’t??? England hasn’t beaten Portugal in a Tournament for decades!!! I think that everyone saying England should have to give an explanation on why they think England will win…the earth will turn into chocolate peppermint ice-cream before they even get near to winning a world cup. ;)
Firstly England have won the world cup before so i guess the earth is an ice cream already...
Then maybe people are saying England because on paper England have the best squad in the world cup, it doesnt take a genius to look at it and see how good it is. Englands players are all playing for world class teams, most playing in the premiership which is the best and hardest league in the world. Frank lampard rated 2nd best footballer of the year. Wayne Rooney one of the top strikers in the world. David Beckham still a world class player with great accuracy and very experienced. Our defence is amazing, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry etc. Midfield is the most solid in the whole of the world cup, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, David Beckham name me a midfield better then that this year?
Now explain why Portugal have any chance? And dont say Figo hes crap.

[Jarodboy]

jabb just refresh my memory...
Who kicked England out of the Euro 2004?
I have a bad memory...LOLOL

[Edz]

LOL ... sliding out of this thread :o :D

Btw, why don't we create a contest or some bets who will win. $5 to enter. Something like that.

I have mentioned something like this before but only TOPS responded in a positive way if i recall correctly. There wasn't a lot of enthusiasm on this.

And only two or three participants isn't really that exiting i think.
I think before each game a individual post can be made where members can post their prediction for the game.
And someone like Crazy-Rob can collect the funds for the bets and pass the winnings of the winning bet to the winner.

Minus a fee for the good cause of course ;)
If there are multiple winners the pot will be divided equally of course.
I think some extra things need to be considdered though but if there isn't enough animo for this then why even start right? ;)

[Emperor]

Goalkeepers:
Quim (Benfica)
Ricardo (Sporting )
Bruno Vale (Estrela da Amadora)

Defenders:
Caneira (Sporting ) Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Ricardo Costa (FC Porto)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart)
Miguel (Valencia)
Nuno Valente (Everton)

Midfielders:
Boa Morte (Fulham)
Costinha (No team)
Deco (FC Barcelona)
Figo ( Team Captain)
Maniche (Chelsea)
Petit (Benfica)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Simão (Benfica)
Tiago (Olympique de Lyon)
Hugo Viana (Valencia)

Forwards:
Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
Pauleta (Paris Saint Germain)
Hélder Postiga (Saint-Etienne)

Hey… that’s funny look how many of them play for the English league champions Chelsea, and their Portuguese coach. Wait a minute only 6 players play for Portuguese teams all the rest play for the top clubs in the world. Still England is ranked 10th and Portugal 6th, that to me says everything.

[dkessaris]

All the teams are lucky that Greece didn't make it to the finals :D

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Yeah greece! Who are they? Oh! That's the team we beat last week! Doh! :-)

[jabb]

Goalkeepers:
Quim (Benfica)
Ricardo (Sporting )
Bruno Vale (Estrela da Amadora)

Defenders:
Caneira (Sporting ) Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Ricardo Costa (FC Porto)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart)
Miguel (Valencia)
Nuno Valente (Everton)

Midfielders:
Boa Morte (Fulham)
Costinha (No team)
Deco (FC Barcelona)
Figo ( Team Captain)
Maniche (Chelsea)
Petit (Benfica)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Simão (Benfica)
Tiago (Olympique de Lyon)
Hugo Viana (Valencia)

Forwards:
Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
Pauleta (Paris Saint Germain)
Hélder Postiga (Saint-Etienne)

Hey… that’s funny look how many of them play for the English league champions Chelsea, and their Portuguese coach. Wait a minute only 6 players play for Portuguese teams all the rest play for the top clubs in the world. Still England is ranked 10th and Portugal 6th, that to me says everything.

Does Paulo Ferreira start for chelsea..no does Maniche start for chelsea..no. Whats your point? They play for a good club but are not regular players to start in matches..Who exactly are these top clubs in the world? I can see only 3. Do you know how the rankings are calculated? By games throughout the year, Potugal if you compare there games to Englands games youll see they have had ALOT easier teams.

[moonrock]

...I am also hoping that East Timor qualifies for the 2010 World Cup and thrashes the crap out of every team all the way to the final and wins in the final against Brazil but only winning via an own goal! Hahahahahahahahaha!

go luck to Timor Leste.. perhaps one step at a time!
like Tiger Cup...

[Lemon]

I hope The Nederlands win the cup but it is more realistic if Brazil wins :)

[sizzler_chetan]

Neither Portugal Nor Costa rica.

I still go with Brazil.
They won all the qualifiers and then the practice matches and they will go on winning :)

[Blogmaster]

Netherlands vs. Brazil would be a cool final, no matter which one wins.

[sizzler_chetan]

Sweden =)

Zlatan, Henke Larsson . . .

//Andreas


No never:)

it is BRAZIL BRAZIL and BRAZIL

[Blogmaster]

Brazil is always the favorite, once in a while they win. I doubt it will happen this time though.

[Emperor]

I think there are so many really good teams that it’s hard to guess which one will win. Brazil like always has a very good chance but there are also other teams that are as good. I think Portugal and England will get to the semi-finals but I doubt they’ll win. Maybe Germany, brazil or Spain will win.

[HenrikAI]

Sweden.

If not, probably Germany or England.

[Blogmaster]

I think Costa Rica can beat Sweden ;)

[HenrikAI]

I think Costa Rica can beat Sweden ;)

Yeah, no Sweden-Costa Rica in the quarter please. Go Germany! Go Poland! Go Ecuador! :D

[maldives]

Brazil or England

[Blogmaster]

Screw Germany .. go Holland!

[sizzler_chetan]

i think costa rica can also beat germany:cool::cool::cool:

[gr8liverpoolfan]

Thats may be asking a bit too much of the ticos man.
The Germans even without Ballack are a formidable outift

[MattUK]

Screw Germany .. go Holland!

Holland always under perform in world cups, they usually have a great side and never deliver. They have lots of injury problems this year as well, more than England!

[Emperor]

I’m going to watch the match today and see how Germany’s Team performs. I’m guessing Germany will win with at least 3 goals to nothing. :D

[SubmitShop]

Brazil and England are my favorites.
Who do you think will win the Golden boot this time?

[MattUK]

Ronaldino is probably favourite, but my outside favourires are Adriano or Crouchinio :)

[mavahntooth]

Brazil i guess

[davcheong]

Brazil or Germany. Australia(prediction) might finish in Second or Win.

[SubmitShop]

Ronaldino is probably favourite, but my outside favourires are Adriano or Crouchinio :)

Yes Ronaldinho is the favourite but What's about Rooney if he will play all the matches?

[maldives]

Hopefully Ronaldo will win the top scorer award ;)

[MattUK]

Yes Ronaldinho is the favourite but What's about Rooney if he will play all the matches?

Rooney won't play until the last group game at the earliest. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't risked until later in the tournament to be honest.

[SubmitShop]

Rooney won't play until the last group game at the earliest. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't risked until later in the tournament to be honest.

Thierry Henry and Rudd Van Nistelrooy have good chances as well. What do you think Matt?

[MattUK]

Henry maybe if France performs, though it'll depend on the team doing well. Some of the players are getting older and I'm not sure they'll get too far this time around.

Holland always have a good team, but then again they always seem to under perform as Spain do.

[Blogmaster]

5 more minutes :)

[Weirfire]

Brazil hands down!

Germany 1 Costa Rica 0 - What a goal!!!

[Blogmaster]

I feel bad for Costa Rica ...

[Blogmaster]

OMG 1 - 1 cool game haha

[Weirfire]

I cant believe its 2-1 already! Historically World Cup openers are very boring and end up 0 - 0. Good game so far! :)

[Blogmaster]

No one expects Costa Rica to win this one, but it's a chance for them to gain a lot of respect for effort.

[sizzler_chetan]

No one expects Costa Rica to win this one, but it's a chance for them to gain a lot of respect for effort.

Well .... I have a lot of expectations on Costa Rica :) :)

[Blogmaster]

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see them win. I just wouldn't bet any money on them doing so ;)

[gr8liverpoolfan]

a wonderful first half. Germany lead 2-1 thru klose and lahmm and wanchope scored for Costa Rica. The Germans could have easily pumped in a few more goals but for offsides and missed chances...

[Edz]

Man, noticed the mug of the coach of Costa Rica...he reminds me of...

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/34/coachcostarica2ou.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:D

Nice game though! I hope Costa Rica wins :)

[Jarodboy]

I hope they draw :p I bet that :p

[sizzler_chetan]

I still keep my hopes on Costa Rica :)

[Blogmaster]

Man, noticed the mug of the coach of Costa Rica...he reminds me of...

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/34/coachcostarica2ou.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



hehe he did

[Edz]

Too bad, i really hoped Costa Rica would win. Nice game though!

[Blogmaster]

It's rough going against the home team in the first game.

[projectw3]

Well, Costa did really well. It's a really good match, very entertaining with lots of goals. As for the golden boots, I think Christiano Ronaldo has a good chance if his country gets far enough. He has gotten rather good these days. But realistically, I think the Brazillians win everything. They make it look so easy. Damn.

[sizzler_chetan]

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[S4M4]

Originally Posted by Emperor
Maybe Germany, brazil or Spain will win.


I think it's nearly impossible for Spain to win ::confused: ,there are good players but some of them aren't in the world cup. We'll have real problems to pass the first round.
I like Portugal with CRonaldo, Simao, Deco, Miguel...England and Brazil are really impresive, and German players are very strong and they play at home so any of them could win.

[Blogmaster]

I hope Spain gets booted quickly :p

[Lucky Bastard]

Australia to win or be finalists ;)

[Blogmaster]

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Blog only for DP members :D

Nicely done :)

[dimpy]

maybe India... :)

[Weirfire]

England vs Paraguay. Score predictions now please! :)

2-0 England

[sachin410]

maybe India... :)

he he he

The only time that India came close to participating in the World cup finals was in 1950.

At that time teams were invited to the world cup.

After Independance (1947) , India's first major competition was the Olympics. India did well there and so got an invite to 1950 world cup.

However just before the world cup fifa changed its rules and made it mandatory for players to play with shoes on. Most Indian players were from a poor background and were used to playing with their bare feet - Indian team had to withdraw from the world cup.

India has never qualified for the finals after that.

[bluesharki]

Brasil I hope...

[maldives]

England vs Paraguay. Score predictions now please! :)

4 - 0 England ;) I can not see them winning any less :D

[falcondriver]

i hope usa will play agains iran at the final :)

[maldives]

i hope usa will play agains iran at the final :)
Excuse me..

We are talking about football not the nuclear game :D :D :D

[Blogmaster]

4 - 0 England ;) I can not see them winning any less :D

England is going down.

[Weirfire]

England is going down.

Lets hope so! lol

[luq_skywalker]

Oh yes..the FIFA WORLD CUP 2006

I love this tournament, what makes it so special is that it is every 4 years. Germany are of course the hosts and Brazil are the current world champions, but there are so many teams in with a realistic chance of winning.
Brazil will be favurites but teams like Argentina, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, England, Czech Republic and Germany will have a say in the matter. My personal feeling is that either Argentina or Czech Republic will win this time round.

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Dark horse could be Ecuador. They trounced Poland!!

[Blogmaster]

I do believe the Czech Republic will win, not my favorite team, but I think they will win.

[picasa]

Brazil or England

[digital1]

I'll be rooting for England. ;)

[Blogmaster]

I'll be rooting for England. ;)

You're lucky that giving red rep costs now :p

[JRJR]

I hope it'll be Portugal!

Gooooooooooooo Portugal!! :D

[bloggy]

Trinidad & Tobago !! :D

[Blogmaster]

Trinidad & Tobago !! :D

beating Togo in the finals :rolleyes:

[maldives]

beating Togo in the finals :rolleyes:
Iran the 03rd :D :D :D

[gr8liverpoolfan]

England leading 1-0 against Paraguay folks. it was a nervous Paraguyuan defence especially in the first 15 minutes. And the goal scorer is...............
Carlos Gamarra (OG)---107 caps for Paraguay.
Many penetrations made but England have not converted. Also everytime Crouchie goes for the ball,the whistle appears to go against him

[maldives]

Everyone is watching.

[Rezo]

Netherlands. Van Nisterlooy, Kluivert, Davids, Seedorf, Van der Sar...Think about it :P

[Emperor]

Wasn’t a very exiting game, I think Paraguay played well.

[picasa]

Wasn’t a very exiting game, I think Paraguay played well.

R u from Paraguay ?:confused:

[gr8liverpoolfan]

the second half wasn't as good for England.Paraguay played better in the second half . quite impressed by Cuevas. That bloke has some skills.

@rez--the dutch do not have Davids or Kluivert for the WC

[pachecus]

Brazil.........

[Ponynugget]

Interesting result with the England vs Paraguay match, I would've thought England would have done better.

Australia will win the cup IMO :)

[Emperor]

Well Portugal is playing tomorrow against Angola. That’s going to be an exiting game … My predictions will be Portugal beating Angola 5-0. :D

[khasmoth]

My favorite team is England.But Im afraid they can make it to win the world cup.
I think Brazil will take home the honor again.With plenty of great players on their line up Im sure they will win the cup.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/brazil/4751387.stm

[Blogmaster]

England's play today was so lame, I want T and T to win, those guys are cool and fun to watch :)

[Edz]

Yayyy... 1-0 for the Netherlands :D

GO NED

[FireStorM]

I see a Brazil - Germany Final , with Brazil snatching it ..

In the Semis will be Brazil - Netherlands and Germany - England

In the quarters there will be mexico , brazil, netherlands, England, Argentina, France, Cote D`ivoire (outsider), Germany

[Blogmaster]

Yayyy... 1-0 for the Netherlands :D

GO NED

I don't know why everyone here is so excited over it, but I'm happy with them.

[Unregistered]

Germany looks strong. Should be in the final with the Brazilians...

[L146705]

I would love england to win but I think it can be either france or brazil.

[Edz]

I don't know why everyone here is so excited over it, but I'm happy with them.

Because i am Dutch :D And they could have done better...Holland won but i was minorly dissapointed with their overall performance. But still 1-0 :D

Yayyyy...

[farhang]

I'll vote for germany, but let's see how brazil perform :)

[Emperor]

Portugal played so bad that I couldn’t believe it.... No heart, no effort…. The worst game so far :(

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[MattUK]

Well Portugal is playing tomorrow against Angola. That’s going to be an exiting game … My predictions will be Portugal beating Angola 5-0. :D

LOL! Nearly :)

[Blogmaster]

How did a country like Angola get qualified?

[maldives]

How did a country like Angola get qualified?
They are no different from any other team :cool:

[Blogmaster]

They are no different from any other team :cool:

SOunds like a small country to me ...

[Emperor]

SOunds like a small country to me ...

It’s a very big country with a population of 12,127,071. Only recently has there been peace so it’s normal that they have never qualified before.

[MattUK]

How did a country like Angola get qualified?
They got some great results in qualifying. They got through at the expense of Nigeria. None of the teams at the world cup are going to whipping boys, they all deserve to be there.

[SubmitShop]

You can't underestimate Angola. I hope you guys still remeber Senegal. :)

[MattUK]

You can't underestimate Angole. I hope you guys still remeber Senegal. :)
And Cameroon in 1990, they drew with Argentina in the opening game.

[Weirfire]

You can't underestimate Angola. I hope you guys still remeber Senegal. :)

Originally Posted by SubmitShop
You can't underestimate Angole. I hope you guys still remeber Senegal.


lol you quoted his miss spelled post and then he changed it. Just the remeber to change to remember SubmitShop ;)

[Emperor]

I was thinking about the game Portugal VS Angola and suddenly started wondering if that match was not planned. Why didn’t Portugal score more goals? Think about it. Angola only suffered one goal which is not that bad. So if Mexico losses the next match against Angola they still stand a chance of going to the quarterfinals.

[Blogmaster]

I normally want Mexico to lose, cause Mexicans are too serious about soccer. BUt when it came to playing Iran ... I was all for them ;)

[MattUK]

Why didn’t Portugal score more goals?
Because they weren't very good ;)

[Emperor]

Because they weren't very good ;)

Yes exactly, and why weren’t they very good. :cool:

[davcheong]

Any comment on the 1st half time goal by Japan match vs Australia?

[MattUK]

I've not seen it, I'm at work :(

[davcheong]

I've not seen it, I'm at work :(

The result now is Australia 3 - Japan 1, a magnificent come back from Australia. I did a post and screenshot of 1st half. Hmm..am i have rights to do that?

[Blogmaster]

wow AUstralia is on the roll!

[davcheong]

wow AUstralia is on the roll!

It was an awesome moment, looking at Australia come back from history, since their last appearance 32 years ago. Gus did make a magic indeed. But the Japanese, really play very well too. They have make alot improvement also.

[Blogmaster]

This is the first time in 22 years that I''m interested in the world cup :D

[davcheong]

This is the first time in 22 years that I''m interested in the world cup :D

Welcome to the world cup's fever. Same goes here, i am also started to like world cup, when Gus Hiddink appeared as coach of South Korea, and from there i started to take a closer look and getting heat. :)

[Blogmaster]

When you leave the US and hang in a place like Netherlands watching the game with everyone else, you can't help getting into it. In the US, you look at it for a second and switch the channel. I'm not sure why it is, that in one country there is no interest in that sport, and everywhere else people are just borderline fanatic.

[davcheong]

hmm.. no idea about the issue. Cos me living in Asia. But i am sure that, USA did very well too. They have impressive skills also.

[MattUK]

The Aussie game does look good. I've gor a £10 bet on Australia, Italy and the Czech Republic all to win today. I'd all but given up on the Aussies, so fair play for coming back!

[sizzler_chetan]

Australia was just lucky in the end.

They hit the three goals after 83rd. minute of gameplay :D

Everybody was surprised :D

[davcheong]

Australia was just lucky in the end.

They hit the three goals after 83rd. minute of gameplay :D

Everybody was surprised :D

Hmm.. thats why i blog preddiction before game that, Australia will shock the world :). But that wasn't i expected in the of the game. They really did a good come back.

The Aussie game does look good. I've gor a £10 bet on Australia, Italy and the Czech Republic all to win today. I'd all but given up on the Aussies, so fair play for coming back!

Hmm.. never try to bet before. Congrats on your winning. :) peace. Good Luck all the way for you, Matt.

[VooDoo]

Germany, maybe, it is the host, last tiem fist run

[Ponynugget]

Heh, "lucky" :p. IMO, Australia was all over Japan for the majority of the match. Posession statistics support this. It was just a shame with Japan's goal however, I don't think anyone would disagree with me in saying that it definitely wasn't a deserved goal. Big props to the Japanese though, whenever they had the ball and were attacking they had me on the edge of my seat. Very, very dangerous.

So how about Cahill and his 2nd goal? :D

[dcristo]

Australia/Italy at heart... but i reckon Brazil/Portugal will have a good showing.

[VooDoo]

Cahill and his 2nd goal are lucky, but it was the hard work result of all Australian team. 2 goals belong to Australian team,
do you agree with me?

[Lucky Bastard]

I'm an Aussie in Japan so I was especially happy watching the match, and with the ending.

It was strange watching it - the Japanese commentators were exctatic then in the last minutes it was like they were commentating at a funeral.

Just wish I could tune in online and listen to the Aussie commentary (I tried but couldn't find anyway) so I could at least follow what the commentators say ;)

[SFOD_D223]

Got a few bundles of quid on the Good Ole U S A !!

[Blogmaster]

The US game sucks, it's a tough opponent so early. Once America warms up, it will kick ass and make it to the semi finals.

[dcristo]

The US game sucks, it's a tough opponent so early. Once America warms up, it will kick ass and make it to the semi finals.

With Italy and the Cheq Republic in the same group, I somehow can't see that happening :D USA were unlucky to be in such a tough group.

[Blogmaster]

Czech Rep is who I believe will win the whole thing (see earlier post of mine). Italy ... nah, they suck :p

[sizzler_chetan]

I too belive the same thing mike.

The live score after 53 minutes is :
Czech : 2
US : 0.

I think the game will not change till last like what happened in australia match.

[Blogmaster]

Go USA :):cool:

btw what's up with world cup 2007 (http://www.world-cup-2007.com/) :confused:

[sizzler_chetan]

Go USA :):cool:

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[dcristo]

Czech Rep is who I believe will win the whole thing (see earlier post of mine). Italy ... nah, they suck :p

You have read this article (http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5600044?GT1=8297) have you? :D

Do any Americans play in Europe? (just out of interest)

[moq]

Brazil will play against England in the Finals!

[Blogmaster]

You have read this article (http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5600044?GT1=8297) have you? :D

Do any Americans play in Europe? (just out of interest)

I think 4 of the players are in the German League.

[dcristo]

I think 4 of the players are in the German League.

Still think the same of the Italians? :D

Their a classy outfit... when they actually play as a team as they did!

[Weirfire]

Looking forward to seeing the Brazilians today! :) That Ronaldinho is a class act. Watch out for the number of times he hits an inch perfect pass while looking the other way.

[moonrock]

US is ranked No.5 in the World!!... ?

[webviz]

This is a topic any idiot could give their opinion to... but I speak fact!

Here are my predictions for this years game:

(Scew all of the other losers, we are jumping to the final game)

GER:BRA => 2:4 [FACT]

EDIT:

Nevermind... I WILL WIN!

[genkied]

[QUOTE=webviz;995929]This is a topic any idiot could give their opinion to... but I speak fact!

Here are my predictions for this years game:

(Scew all of the other losers, we are jumping to the final game)

GER:BRA => 2:4 [FACT]


hehehhe

it will be GER 0 | BRA 3 !!!!

[Weirfire]

This is a topic any idiot could give their opinion to... but I speak fact!

Here are my predictions for this years game:

(Scew all of the other losers, we are jumping to the final game)

GER:BRA => 2:4 [FACT]

EDIT:

Nevermind... I WILL WIN!

You have a lovely way about you Webviz lol

[MattUK]

US is ranked No.5 in the World!!... ?
The FIFA rankings don't count for anything, the USA have had easy games ove r the past year or more.

[Gareth_Boyd]

im not ghanish but i think Ghana are a really good time they played great yesterday against Italy, but i do think England are absolutely crap playing together but brazil will win it yet again! :o

[Weirfire]

Hey Boydy, I actually worked in Galgorm for about 4 months but I'm living in Larne now. You lived in Ballymena long?

[Blogmaster]

US is ranked No.5 in the World!!... ?

but check republic is the underdog that will win the whole thing

[dcristo]

im not ghanish but i think Ghana are a really good time they played great yesterday against Italy, but i do think England are absolutely crap playing together but brazil will win it yet again! :o

They call Ghana the Brazilians of Africa... I didn't see that when they played Italy. I actually thought Angola were very impressive.

[MattUK]

but check republic is the underdog that will win the whole thing
I wouldn't call the Chach Republic underdogs, they're a very good team. Probably the 4th or 5th best in the world at least.

[maldives]

No one has mentioned about the great Ronaldo. He is just 3 goals away from becaoming the World Cup all time top scorer and is one goal away from World Cup Brazilian all time top scorer. He is going to break all those records this time.

[Blogmaster]

I saw some footage of him yesterday, first time ever. What an amazing player. Was on a German TV show where they had Pele as a guest in the studio as well.

[MattUK]

I saw some footage of him yesterday, first time ever. What an amazing player. Was on a German TV show where they had Pele as a guest in the studio as well.
Ronaldinio is better though. Without hiom they'd just be a 'normal' team.

[maldives]

Ronaldinio is better though. Without hiom they'd just be a 'normal' team.
Not entirely true :mad: Most of the Brazilan players have over $80,000 a week salary cap ;) Why?? They are not the most handsome ;)

[moq]

anybodys guess which team will win today.... Brazil or Croatia

[aspidov]

Brazil can't get their shit together, wont win anything if they continue to do so. Ronaldo is lost somewhere.

England never wins, forget about them. They never have balls to advance anywhere. I am not trying to be mean, but England is just like Russia, fail at the stupidest, easiest games.
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Now, listen, I've seen every single match from the day one when Germany opened the world cup. The teams on my watch list so far are:
Germany - fantastic performance in the first game, great attacks, great goals.
Australia - think of Euro 2002 for a second. Greece won because of their coach strategies. Right now, Australia has #1 coach in the world and 3-1 after loosing 0-1 in first half to Japan proves it! And Japan is not some piece of shit african 1 million populated country, their soccer is major. Australia on other hand is first time in world cup and already kicking ass.

In my opinion international soccer is getting so competitive that even if you have a great squad like Brazil, you wont have much chances anyway. I think that coaches play the biggest role in soccer events like this. Euro2004 proved it, WC2002 proved it for USA, WC1998 proved it for Croatia and hopefuly, WC2006 will prove it for Australia.

[MattUK]

Australia?!? :D
The only teams that have a chance of winning it are Brazil, England, Argentina, Italy and Germany. Australia will have to beat either Brazil or Croatia to get through to the next round. I just can't see it happening.

Brazil can't get their shit together, wont win anything if they continue to do so. Ronaldo is lost somewhere.

Ronaldo has been poor for years, I don't know whay anyone was hyping him before the tourament. He'll be dropped within the next two games. They don't exactly need him when they have Ronaldinio, Kaka and Adriano anyway.

England never wins, forget about them. They never have balls to advance anywhere. I am not trying to be mean, but England is just like Russia, fail at the stupidest, easiest games.
England have NEVER 'failed' at an easy game in the world cup. They're slow starters, this is the first world cup for somthing like 15 years that they've won their openening game.
Englend normally go out to a good team, either on penalties as agains Germany in 1990 and European championships in 1996 and 2004, or they're beaten narrowly by a better team as by Brazil in 1992.

Euro2004 proved it, WC2002 proved it for USA, WC1998 proved it for Croatia and hopefuly, WC2006 will prove it for Australia.
Yes a coach makes a big difference, but that's just once that a unexpected team have gone on to win any big tournament in more than 30 years. I don't think you can argue that it's proof that a poor team can or will win it.

[maldives]

Australia will have to beat either Brazil or Croatia to get through to the next round. I just can't see it happening.
So true.. Brazil will top the group with Croatia in the 2nd.

[Edz]

Pfff...Holland wins :rolleyes: :D

[Blogmaster]

maybe :) (prolly make it to the quarterfinal and then drop out though ;) )

[TheBrokenOne]

blah can see england doing a Greece on the world cup, they'll probably 0-0 their way to the final. They ended up playing 4-5-1 aginst paraguay with crouch up front....thats just sad.

ronaldo is a tub, germany have no defence, france are a joke, italy are meh, missed argentina, holland and portugal matches, czech republic look decent once again, australia were lucky against japan, etc

[MattUK]

blah can see england doing a Greece on the world cup, they'll probably 0-0 their way to the final. They ended up playing 4-5-1 aginst paraguay with crouch up front....thats just sad.

ronaldo is a tub, germany have no defence, france are a joke, italy are meh, missed argentina, holland and portugal matches, czech republic look decent once again, australia were lucky against japan, etc

Where are Ireland again? :p

[TheBrokenOne]

Where are Ireland again? :p


To the west of Wales across the irish sea and north of France....:p


Brian Kerr.....nuff said on that whole irish qualifying fiasco.

[Lucky Bastard]

Forget what MattUK says, he has no clue ;). Australia is going to kick ass!

ps. don't get too cut..first sentance is sarcastic, second sentance is serious!! ;)

[aspidov]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[MattUK]

Forget what MattUK says, he has no clue ;). Australia is going to kick ass!

ps. don't get too cut..first sentance is sarcastic, second sentance is serious!! ;)

LOL, I'll just bookmark this post and wait until the weekend :)

[maldives]

To the west of Wales across the irish sea and north of France....:p.
Thank you very much for the information :rolleyes: :D :D

[Blogmaster]

What channel are you guys watching it on? BBC here.

[maldives]

www.fifa.com
www.soccernet.com
www.tribalfootball.com
www.bbc.com (sports)
www.espnstarsports.com

[VooDoo]

spanish played very well tonight!

[sizzler_chetan]

ya very beautiful victory of 4 - 0 against Ukraine :)

Expected atleast a single goal from ukraine but nothing :(

[moq]

Its getting more interesting day by day....
No clear winner to me...
Brazils win was not very convincing against croatis

[Blogmaster]

POland is gonna win this game, I'm telling you!

[sizzler_chetan]

No Mike,

Germany Wins 1 - 0 against Poland in the end.

Please Check My blog for score - http://fifa2006news.blogspot.com

[dcristo]

No Mike,

Germany Wins 1 - 0 against Poland in the end.

Please Check My blog for score - http://fifa2006news.blogspot.com

LOL, you just told us in the post :D

[sizzler_chetan]

LOL, you just told us in the post :D

But Still insisting to check the blog for all matches details :D

[Manish Pandey]

Well germany could have done even better than what they showed....

[maldives]

Germany fully deserved the win ;)

[maldives]

www.livescore.com is also another good site.

[sizzler_chetan]

The Match Was Almost a Draw :)

But Thanks To the extra time scored goal by "Oliver Neuville" that led to german's victory :D

[sizzler_chetan]

www.livescore.com is also another good site.

Ya, A good site :)

But expecting people to watch my blog too for the scores.

From quarterfinal matches, i will put all kind of details :D

[MattUK]

No Mike,

Germany Wins 1 - 0 against Poland in the end.

Please Check My blog for score - http://fifa2006news.blogspot.com

Thank god, I had £40 on a German win :)

[maldives]

Tonight hopefully England will make it to the last 16. I have no doubt ;) with a comfortable 4-0 win ;)

[Blogmaster]

No Mike,

Germany Wins 1 - 0 against Poland in the end.

Please Check My blog for score - http://fifa2006news.blogspot.com

yeah yeah yeah

But it was in the last minute, coulda gone the other way too ;)

Added:

Just read your blog entry about the winning goal shot in the extra time (http://fifa2006news.blogspot.com/).

[Edz]

I have hope for Holland to win. I really do :)

[gr8liverpoolfan]

Ecuador are turning to be the surprise package of this World Cup. Pretty impressive 3-0 demolition of Costa Rica . They are now assured progress into the next stage. Kudos to the Ecuadorean coach for getting the best out of them. And now......If Ecuador top their Group and Germany comes second ........If England win their group which is quite possible given the current scenario,we could have a game between Germany and England in the second round
Not too rosy for fans of both sides

[Kite-san]

South Korea!@!!!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!!!

[Edz]

ENGLAND....

What is happening with England? They almost stood 1-0 behind. It literally was a difference of inches. Also two very nice opportunities that where missed.
I'm quite dissapointed with Englands overall performance.

They can do better, much better...

[maldives]

ENGLAND....

What is happening with England? They almost stood 1-0 behind. It literally was a difference of inches. Also two very nice opportunities that where missed.
I'm quite dissapointed with Englands overall performance.

They can do better, much better...

Watch the second half :) At least 4 goals guaranteed ;) :D I mean hope so :D

[obenix]

Rooney is now featuring in the 2nd half.. Hopefully, there will be some magic over at England's camp :D :D

[Gareth_Boyd]

England suck at this point. Trinidad Tobago is like winning ..!

[Edz]

They did better :D

[maldives]

Final score matters. England 2 - 0 Trinidad Tobago

[moq]

ooh! 2-0 ... atlast, after a breath taking match of about eighty seven minutes...

Beckham is truly an architect goal maker!

[aspidov]

Can't wait for Italy to crush USA. America, please except that you suck at football!

[MELLA]

GO ENGLAND!

We suck but who cares...we won & we're through! Yipee.

Although that blummin' Crouch looks like a baby giraffe takings it's first steps...twàt!

Looking forward to the Holland game 2moz...Ivory Coast to win! Hahahah.

[jabb]

England suck at this point. Trinidad Tobago is like winning ..!
Trouble scoring but we didnt suck man the play was pretty good.

[Skinny]

I'm italian, so I want Italy to win. Italy will beat the US. I think the Americans are hugely overrated.

I say don't count out the Brazilians, just cause they didn't look sharp doesn't mean they can't turn it on when it matters.

France, they better start scoring.

England, look really bad. Even though they've won two games they aren't looking sharp at all.

Skinny

[Blitz]

England suck at this point. Trinidad Tobago is like winning ..!

Nah, T&T played a very wide game. It's easy for any team at this level to defend that way, but T&T are also very organised. This meant we needed to play a lot of long 50 yard balls which are easily defended and often inaccurate. Our only chances in the first half were made from diagonal balls, as this was the only real way to penetrate their defence. When we brought on Lennon and Rooney though, our tactics changed and we were able to play much shorter and high paced, Lennon did great and had a massive impact upon the game, T&T at this point were broken. The only thing left to do was score, and the second goal (gerrard) shows how we're getting our form back.

Either way T&T played well, but England dominated the game, I think we deserved 3 goals :) A lot of people complain about Englands form, but we're getting better every game, remember last game we played with a striker who hasn't played for months and was missing Rooney, I'd much rather we peaked during the knockouts rather than doing an Ecuador and peaking too soon, it's a marathon, not a sprint.

I'm glad Sweden won though, as it'll give us something to play for on Tuesday, would be pretty boring knowing that we've already won the group when we play them.

Skinny, what's all this about sharpness? hehe... I agree that England haven't played their best, but a lot of teams haven't. Brazil played really badly, I think a lot of their players were lazy and they never seemed too bothered, I hope they don't win because they don't deserve it. Compare their performance to Ghana, or even the Iranians, who both played blinding games. France didn't play well at all, but I think they could easily start clicking. US did play really bad, 'textbook football'? I'm hoping they improve though, I remember we won against them in a friendly sometime last year and they played a lot better back then.

[Blogmaster]

Argentina rocked!

[MattUK]

Yeah, that was a good game! I'm also thinking of taking up gambling professionally :p
I've won about £380 since Saturady.

I'll probably lose it all at the weekend :(

[Blogmaster]

hmm do you succeed at gambling in general or just betting on soccer games? ;)

[Edz]

GO ENGLAND!

We suck but who cares...we won & we're through! Yipee.

Although that blummin' Crouch looks like a baby giraffe takings it's first steps...twàt!

Looking forward to the Holland game 2moz...Ivory Coast to win! Hahahah.

You dissapoint me Mella :confused: Ik dacht dat je ook voor Nederland was?
Trut :D :p

[MattUK]

hmm do you succeed at gambling in general or just betting on soccer games? ;)

In gerneral, probably no, I'm about 50/50, I only tend to be on big events. At football I'm better as I know more about the sport and the players. I've got an 80% success rate sor far at this world cup.
I know it won't last but I always try to spread any risk to minimise any potentail losses.

[LucasMS]

6x0 Argentina .... good job ...

[Blogmaster]

You dissapoint me Mella :confused: Ik dacht dat je ook voor Nederland was?
Trut :D :p
Het Engelse team zuigt, Ronaldo is veel beter dan Beckham

My dream final: USA - Holland :D

[pachecus]

6x0 Argentina .... good job ...

yes... great job!!

[Edz]

Het Engelse team zuigt, Ronaldo is veel beter dan Beckham

My dream final: USA - Holland :D

That would be so awesome. :D

[sizzler_chetan]

Holland is doing a good job:

Holland 2 : ivory coast 1 at half time.

Hope That Holland Maintain the same and win :D

[avik]

The final will be between Argentina and Brazil. And Argentina will win. :)

[LucasMS]

The final will be between Argentina and Brazil. And Argentina will win. :)

Argentina???? they'll fail ... again

[Blogmaster]

k, Holland did it's thing http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5698708 now the US has to beat Italy :)

[maldives]

The final will be between Argentina and Brazil. And Argentina will win. :)

I do not think so. Argentina is yet to face any tough European team ;)

[MELLA]

k, Holland did it's thing http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5698708 now the US has to beat Italy :)

Are you supporting Germany or USA?

No way US will beat Italy. Italy will pwn their ass.

Holland kicked booty tonight...great match! Van persie is da man.

[shazzz]

Im hoping its going to be England, but i know it wont be lol

[MELLA]

Bloody right it won't be. We are SHIT. I swear to god in 40 years we'll still be saying ''In 1966....''

We couldn't even beat Trinidad and Tobago easily.

Imagine if we have to play Argentina...we'd be 'effed.

[shazzz]

Exactly, yesterdays game proved that, we dont stand a chance...

held for 83 mins by T & T and only beat by Paraguay coz they scored there goal

[Blogmaster]

Are you supporting Germany or USA?

No way US will beat Italy. Italy will pwn their ass.

Holland kicked booty tonight...great match! Van persie is da man.

Not supporting Germany (not since I was 12). USA is going to beat Italy. 2-0 Watch, see and remember my words :cool::D

[andy_boyd]

Exactly, yesterdays game proved that, we dont stand a chance...

held for 83 mins by T & T and only beat by Paraguay coz they scored there goal

Yep ... I agree, yesterday was pitiful. England always seem to do this in contests, qualify and then play poorly.

But on the upside, at least they are not peaking too soon. It has been 2 (crap) games, 2 wins and 6 points. The problem is that this doesn't reflect their current form at all!

Based on current form I don't think there will be many teams in the second round who should be scared of England. I mean, T&T nearly scored. If that header went in the game would have been soooo different.

[latehorn]

ENGLAND ;
Only a dumbass would vote for a country that was recently beated in their ass by Belarus despite that they had one more man than Belarus.