Which country do you want to win the FIFA World Cup?

odon · Post by **odon** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:45 pm

i think the england tie is going to go 2-1 to portugal and the french brazil tie 1-0 to brazil.................hei...he..let us see how it goes....

so sorry to see argentina go out, but they were not attacking at all, so the coach messed up!! sad.....but let us see how the others fare up!

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sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:37 pm

Matula wrote:I hope Portugal doesn't win. That match against Nederlands was a disgrace.

So is their performance against England, and a it is performance, you rarely see such good acting on a football pitch

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:49 pm

sinikala wrote:
Matula wrote:I hope Portugal doesn't win. That match against Nederlands was a disgrace.
So is their performance against England, and a it is performance, you rarely see such good acting on a football pitch

BREAKING NEWS: FIFA has decided that neither team qualifies to go on and has recalled the argentinian team to face the winner of France-Brasil.
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Sorry guys, this time England deserved to go on, more than Portugal. What a sh1ty game. Can't believe that Deco's absense makes for all the lack of ambition. Wish as luck.

odon · Post by **odon** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:33 am

the french are playing well, bravo..........well could they do a double?, the old men are teaching the young guys, that football is more of the heart than the legs......

the_traveller77 · Post by **the_traveller77** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:13 pm

Why are England so crap at penalties!? Don´t we practice them?...Congrats to France, hell of a game!

Matula · Post by **Matula** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:41 pm

the_traveller77 wrote:Why are England so crap at penalties!? Don´t we practice them?

You're right, the English penalty shootout history is grim:

- World Cup 1990 - Semi-final: Defeat against West Germany
- European Championship 1996 - Quarterfinal: Victory against Spain
- European Championship 1996 - Semi-final: Defeat against Germany
- World Cup 1998 - Quarterfinal: Defeat against Argentina
- European Championship 2004 - Quarterfinal: Defeat against Portugal
- World Cup 2006 - Quarterfinal: Defeat agaist Portugal

pierrot · Post by **pierrot** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:58 am

The Italians are now trying to get a punishment for a german player (Frings) who was involved in the aftergame dispute on friday between Argentina and Germany. Even the involved Argentinian player says he didnt feel anything, but the Italians claim the German has to be punished.

Ahh, thats Italian fairplay.

Well, at least I know now which teams I DON'T want to see in the finals: Portugal and Italy.

red_dawn · Post by **red_dawn** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:53 am

I emotionally invested in 4 teams and all went out! Crap! It's bad enough we in the Philippines have to watch the matches at 11 pm and 3 am, but to watch it at odd hours and have your team lose sucked even more. Im just happy the sport is catching on here, pubs are full and local fans are as passionate as the expats watching the games...to think our own national team didn't even join this year.

Londonchris · Post by **Londonchris** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:24 am

the_traveller77 wrote:Why are England so crap at penalties!? Don´t we practice them?

According to sven they did

People should stop worshipping these overpaid w*****s.

simon · Post by **simon** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:02 am

Well old Sven didnt do too bad. 20mil in the bank and England are no better than when he started. Did the man have any idea going into this torno.

Will Rooney get the same treatment that Becham got in 98? Should do, stoopid little tw*t. Although after he went, it was the best football that shower of shoit had played in germany.

Oh well.

Now dullard MClaren can bore us again for another 4 yrs

dear oh dear oh dear

simon · Post by **simon** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:43 pm

http://www.11football.com/coupedumonde2006/

click on the game to view the goals

the_traveller77 · Post by **the_traveller77** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:25 pm

Before this whole tournament started, I entered a sweepstake, where all the 32 teams names were put into envelopes and then for 5 euros you could buy an envelope, put your name on it, but couldnt open it till after the final. They were all kept in my local bar back home in Malaga, and lastnight the landlady called me to tell me I had Italy...

I would of prefered England to win it, but 160Euros is a good booby prize.

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:46 pm

Who were the real winners.?

OK Italy won the trophy....but now they have a major bribery trail which involves several of their top clubs...
World Champions at match fixing:?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 145210.stm

Check out the links in the right hand panel headed:
"FROM OTHER SPORT SITES" in the story below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 164194.stm

Zinedine Zidane won the Golden Ball award for the World Cup's best player...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 154248.stm

Despite being dismissed for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the final.

The Times says:
Never mind the final, Germans are the real World Cup winners
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 84,00.html

Matula · Post by **Matula** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:38 pm

http://www.theimageplace.net/uploads/76deb035e6.gif

That's how you play the game.

odon · Post by **odon** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:44 pm

This world cup has made me angry, at people like ronaldo(portugal) who is diving left and right, and provoking red cards, should give him 1 year red card to grow up!!

and darn the materazzi's out there, kick them out , kick them out!!

congrats to italy, i liked their style much more attacking than usual

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