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WORLD CUP 2006
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pwbbounce said on May 25, 2006 17:03:
Not long to go now.
Who else is looking forward to this??
Thought I’d start the discussion early!
roxgirl_germany said on May 26, 2006 06:34:
I am already tired of all the WC commercials or marketing strategies that try to take advantage of the WC...
Got my clothes for my volunteer job yesterday. ;)
Claire said on May 26, 2006 07:58:
Cant wait, trying to think of ways to pay for a huge flat screen HD tv.... not come up with any, unless i just buy the new tv and no other furniture for my new flat. i have my new england shirt and picked up a sweden shirt the other week in stockholm. im hosting a swe/eng bbq on june 20th :)
Santi said on May 26, 2006 10:19:
I just have one doubt about the World Cup. Will Spain be eliminated in the Quarterfinals, or before :P
I think this year it will be before, because you see what they did in the last WCs... :
1978 - Round 1
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Quarterfinals
1990 - R2
1994 - QF
1998 - R1
2002 - QF
So obviously
2006 - either R1 or R2 :DDD
I think a European team will win. It’s that European teams win here, and American teams do everywhere else. The only time an American team won in Europe was Brazil in Sweden 1958... :P
natasha1 said on May 26, 2006 14:14:
I just went to see the Womens FA Cup final - anyone here follow the womens world cup - or is everyome just in it for the men in shorts?
natasha1 said on May 26, 2006 14:34:
Oh also just saw at the weekend the Music Industry Soccer Six - just a whole load of celebs playing loads of games together...it was a lot of fun...
anyway back to World Cup - ill be watching...
men and womens - the mens on tv and the womens at which ever football ground they are at!!!
harriej said on May 26, 2006 19:35:
looking forward to it as well.
Hoping for a final The Netherlands - Argentina or The Netherlands - Sweden
Debora said on May 26, 2006 19:48:
Argentina - The Netherland woulb be great if there’s a chance. We will see...
xuxa said on May 26, 2006 21:38:
I am really looking forward to watch it!!!
And i think Portugal it’s going to do it really good this year! The team has great players and they are very motivated!
last World cup was really a shame for us:(
So i hope we get to the final :P
harriej said on May 26, 2006 22:11:
I hope Brazil and germany will be kicket out soon.
Brazil is always lucky with off-side goals and i must admit they have a good team this year.
Germany.... well for the Dutch the tournament is good when the Germans are out.
I fear Italy the most.
They are the only team that beat The Netherlands in the last 2 year (since Marco van Basten is our national coach). And it was a clear defeat: 1-3 at home!
Santi said on May 27, 2006 10:38:
I wish The Netherlands win it. They always play the best football, they deserve to win at least once!!
It would be nice a Germany - Netherlands final in which The Netherlands win :P Revenge! :P
Debora said on May 27, 2006 19:49:
I ’d like Argentina win the cup, but, if I have to say the truth, I don’t trust very much on the team. We’ve got very good players as Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez or Román Riquelme, but I don’t like the team’s way of playing.
On the other hand, if Brazil is on the tournament, we already know that it will be on the final, so there’s only a place to fight for. Of course, as an Argentinian person, I want someone kick them off as soon as possible!
The Netherlands and England have very good teams this time. I think they will be in the top 4 of Germany ’06.
natasha1 said on May 30, 2006 10:33:
do you play for a team?
my wife used to paly semi professional until she lost all the cartilage in her knee! ouch!!!
our second bedroom has all her trophys in but i never got to see her play as i met her after she tore her knee...shame!
RobS said on May 30, 2006 11:11:
I’ll watch a few of the games, and the final of course.
Australia won against Greece in their friendly match here in Melbourne!!! i was surprised :-o
Claire said on May 30, 2006 11:28:
ive just started to play with a team, its early days tho, so jealous of all the facillities and opportunites girls get to play footy these days, 15 years ago it was a different story! we played football once in the whole time i was at school.
natasha1 said on May 30, 2006 16:02:
“goes in search of St Georges flag to put in the back window of the car”
Mari said on May 30, 2006 17:25:
Sweden and England are my faves. Usually I hate Sweden on sports, but I love team Sweden on football. Heja Sverige, go England!
natasha1 said on May 31, 2006 11:09:
I enjoyed the friendly between england and hungary last night !!! I was palying foosball with my wife hal way through the match and nearly mised one of the goals!!!
will be on my sofa for the next one on saturday 1.30pm!!!!!
natasha1 said on May 31, 2006 11:12:
oh and one little gripe - because of the england match on BBC1 last night - there was no HOLBY !!!!
AARRGGHHH,....
Vixzter said on May 31, 2006 19:51:
he’s tall he’s red
his feet stick out the bed
peter crouch peter crouch
steve gerrard gerrard
he passes it 40 yards
he’s big and he’s f****** ’ard
steve gerrard gerrard
i shall try not to get involved in football discussions as i’m usualy drunk and ppls on here usualy end up abusing me for being patriotic! ;-)
on a lighter note my mum has only gone and got one of them bloody car flags LOL we look like chavs, just waiting for my bro to get back off of holiday and hang his england flag out of the window and just hammer home that fact ;-)
cheap beer deals in the shops are great! but i’m puzzled as to how a danish beer can be the official england team beer LOL not that i’m complaining when carlsberg export is 2 boxes of 20 for £16 in Tesco ....... 40 bottles .....woo hoo.... so that makes it *gets calculator out* 40p a bottle! chuffin bargain!
Claire said on June 1, 2006 09:23:
flags on cars lol, i hate them things. the most patriotic i got at min is my shirt and car air freshner lol.
Vixzter said on June 7, 2006 20:18:
Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooney! ;-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/50...
Claire said on June 9, 2006 07:59:
im so excited!!!! only going to watch the germany match tonight cos going out then im off to sit in the sun tomorrow and watch england on the big screens in town.
Debora said on June 9, 2006 19:02:
I’m waiting for Argentina game tomorrow.
Good Luck everybody and let’s enjoy this wonderful sport!
Santi said on June 9, 2006 19:48:
What a goal by Frings from out of the box!!!
Nice opening game (what I could see anyway), but now Poland seems really nervous and it doesn’t look good, getting bored... I heard Jerzy Dudek isn’t in the World Cup... can’t understand why :|
Debora said on June 10, 2006 17:29:
Only 90 minutes for the first Argentina’s game. Can’t wait anymore!!!
lonely_girl said on June 13, 2006 19:09:
Ha, France vs. Switzerland 0:0...!!!
oui oui, la grande nation!
:-D :-D :-D :-D
miss-misery said on June 14, 2006 13:39:
AUPA ESPAÑA!!! ;)
(So far at leat, let’s see what happens in the 2nd half)
Santi said on June 14, 2006 14:48:
Oh well, for what I’ve seen, Spain is playing the best football of the championship so far!! :D
And what a goal by Torres... after an awesome play by Puyol!! :D
It was great, great... These kids shouldn’t be afraid of anyone, not even Brazil, they played so much better...
And Brazil yesterday got very lucky... I guess that counts too 8)
harriej said on June 14, 2006 17:20:
Santi, I thought you were not such a fan of the spanish team?
But now you sound very positive about them.
They indeed did very well.
Santi said on June 14, 2006 18:42:
Just to make things clear, I’m not a fan of them, I still want The Netherlands to win! :P
Or in any case, I’d like to see winning some team that doesn’t bore me to death, like France or Argentina... I didn’t expect Spain playing at that level, just that ;)
brentnewtown said on June 15, 2006 08:08:
I don’t know why there is all this crazy talk of European/Sth American football teams — everyone knows that this is the year of Australian football. As one headline read:
’World: Meet Australia, football nation’.
tcooh said on June 15, 2006 10:15:
I’m so glad to see an aussie calling it football, which is it’s name! :D (and not the lame soccer word)
ally77 said on June 15, 2006 19:30:
I thought the England goal with great tonight, two top LFC players....
Vixzter said on June 15, 2006 20:54:
made me feel sick! a player that is 6ft 7” only learns to jump in the 82nd minute of the game.
roxgirl_germany said on June 16, 2006 16:48:
When I drove home today from my Volunteer service, I saw on the other side of the Autobahn a police escort (at least 4 motorcycles in front and another 4 behind) and a FIFA bus. They were taking the Italian team to Kaiserslautern for their training session. (The match against the USA is tomorrow.) The USA landed and are staying at the Air Base.
Mr_Floppy said on June 16, 2006 21:36:
Just have to say this (sorry, I’m drunk):
Berlin, Berlin, wir fahren nach Berlin!!!
Yeeeehhhhaaaaaaa...
LoneGunman said on June 18, 2006 18:04:
’World: Meet Australia, football nation’.
Ahahahahahaha... yeah, right !
Debora said on June 19, 2006 19:09:
Here in Argentina something really strange happens when talking about the national team. Last Friday (the day Argentina played against Serbia & Montenegro) children didn’t go to school or watched the game at school (actually there’s a kind f law that allow this), people that work in offices stoped working to watch the game, even doctors at public hospitals didn’t go to work (what I think is really bad), cafés were full of people and shops that sell TVs were full of people watching the match.
Does something like this happen in others counties?
lonely_girl said on June 19, 2006 19:27:
today the streets were pretty empty but all the restaurants were crowded. I heard that some employers allowed their staff to watch Switzerland vs Togo but they won’t get paid for those 2 hours. Our lecturer even allowed us to leave before 3 pm because of the match - he wanted to see it too ;)
Jud (moderator) said on June 19, 2006 20:49:
:O can’t believe Spain is still alive, what happened to the players? :O
tcooh said on June 20, 2006 20:47:
sweden - england: 2 -2
Sweden hitting the goal posts several times in 2nd half even..
Santi said on June 20, 2006 21:15:
Oh well, it was a great game!! :D
And it’s already 12 games that England doesn’t beat Sweden... and nearly 40 years!
Anyway, big game for the 16 round: Sweden meets Germany in München’s Allianz Arena, next Saturday 17.00 CET!! :P
Vixzter said on June 20, 2006 21:16:
steve gerrard gerrard
he’s big and he’s f****** hard
he’s better than frank lampard
steve gerrard gerrard
;-)
ok so i only take part in WC threads these days when ive drunk lots of beer!
*raises a glass* to the Swede’s stuffing the Germans next round ;-)
although I like Kilnsman ;-) he used to play for the Spurs! :-) and Klose has got me many points in my fantasy league team ;-)
I thought this thread needed a bit of a kick up the backside with a drunk english person running amok
>;-)
is anyone else enjoying the footie??? cos i am!!!!
:-D
I even liked watching Brazil and Argetina!!!
Vixzter said on June 20, 2006 22:54:
Oh no....
this must be a servere case of...
sing when ure winning...you only sing when ure winning......
does anyone know any football chants??
i could make money teaching various countrys some decent footie chants only I think they’d be lost in translation ;-)
Parlophone said on June 21, 2006 06:51:
well, we Germans sure have a lot football chants too..............AND we’ll need them soon when winning the cup for the fourth time :-)
black and white we’ll stand by your side,
we will win this cup with you,
we will win this cup with you,
G E R M A N Y!
MarieB said on June 21, 2006 09:29:
Sweden versus Holland would be fun. I will be the only one screaming for the dutch team in the sportsbar hehe
Maybe wiser to watch it home then hehe
arnie said on June 21, 2006 11:38:
I’m afraid Sweden will be defeated by Germany :-( sorry guys,...
Anyway, what do you think of Argentina vs Holland this afternoon? My predictions: Argentina 2 - Holland 1
Parlophone said on June 21, 2006 12:37:
@ Arnie: I agree with you. 2:1 (Argentina:Netherlands) would be my prediction too. I’m sure Diego Maradonna will be very happy and enjoy watching the game as he did the last two matches :-)
Santi said on June 22, 2006 14:55:
I’m watching USA - Ghana and I just can’t believe my eyes...
What is the hidden interest in making Ghana come to the 16 round? Because the refereeing couldn’t be worse... or better.
3 handballs without a card (two of them not even foul, one of them even led to a strike), a clearly faked penalty, a foul in the first goal for Ghana that almost injured Reyna.
This is incredible. But you can’t win against 11 plus 5 referees. You just can’t...
And I thought Markus Merk was a good referee... I guess marketing for African football is just a higher priority for FIFA now that the next World Cup will be in South Africa.
Roxrider_USA said on June 23, 2006 03:43:
Hey!
It’s so good to see Brazil playing how only Brazil can play!!
Whoever really likes soccer, and watched the Japan x Brazil game, was for sure delighted with the reapperance of the Jogo Bonito!! :-)
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Room_service said on June 23, 2006 04:19:
Brazil didn’t impress me much by now. But anyway, it was Japan! That team is not much strong... I think Australia and Ecuador were much impressing than Brazil.
Santi said on June 23, 2006 07:29:
Yes, it seems that the “jogo bonito” only shows up when they play 3rd division Swiss teams and Japan, because against the most serious rivals in the group, Australia and Croatia, Brasil didn’t do it “bonito”, it was merely effective.
However, how cool is to see Australia in the next round. They’re playing great and they are very brave, always attacking. Every game is a final for them and they fight till the end. That’s the way football should be, not like other teams that despite being superior, once they have a goal the only thing they do is defend it 8-)
And talking again about refereeing in the World Cup. On this match, Australia - Croatia, I saw the referee Graham Poll booking a Croatian player three times!! :O
RobS said on June 23, 2006 07:50:
YAY!! Australia made it to the second round!!!
Nailbiting match!!
Quite amazing though, with the goal that the keeper virtually let Croatia have and the ref almost losing it towards the end. 3 yellow cards before Simunic was off the field :-o
Roxrider_USA said on June 23, 2006 15:08:
@Room_Service: Thanks for the feedback. However, how can Australia be more impressing if they lost to Brazil 2 x 0? I really believe that being impressive is getting the results that will give you 3 points.
@Santi: I disagree. In last years Confederations Cup, Brazil beat Germany 3x2 and Argentina 4 x 1 and won the cup. Unless you really believe that those national teams are considered “3rd division swiss teams”, you could be right. Ask the Germans and Argentinians with they think their national teams are “3rd division swiss teams”.
Anyway, now there are 4 more steps to climb. Hopefully, Brazil will be in its 4 straight World Cup final and get that, once again, unprecidented, 6th World Cup title. ;-)
Good lucky for all you cheering for your respective national teams.
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Santi said on June 23, 2006 16:10:
I’m talking about this month, not past years. Czech Republic was great in the Euro 2004 and in the qualifiers but you see, they’re out now. This month the team didn’t work.
The same goes about Croatia. It was a great team in the past.
As far as I know, while most national teams were playing other national teams, Brazil was playing 3rd divsion teams in Switzerland, that’s what my remark is about. And they won all their games in the world cup, but only showed what they can really do against Japan. No offense, but Asian football is much weaker than football from anywhere else (unless the refereeing commision considers is good marketing to bring Korea or some other to the semifinals... ehem...).
That’s what my remark is about and nothing else. I don’t see Confederations Cups. i see the World Cup and so far Brazil sucks big time and they don’t really deserve to have been first in the group... but to be true, the rest of the teams in the group are even worse. Well, thumbs up to Australia anyway.
In any case, the same goes for Spain. It wasn’t a serious group. Let’s see now in the play offs what they are really made of.
Roxrider_USA said on June 23, 2006 17:19:
@Santi: It’s always a pleasure to talk and discuss with you.
Good luck for Spain. And if both Brazil and Spain advance to the quater-finals, they will play each other. That would be a nice game!! :-)
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
roxgirl_germany said on June 23, 2006 17:36:
We get the Australians back on Monday, yay! Was hoping for that.
Several Australians have already checked into the Fan Camp. One said that he had been all over Germany - and that he liked it best in Kaiserslautern. :) :) :)
I worked in the Fan Camp today, it was great to be in direct contact with the fans. And I noticed how my Spanish went to pieces... *sniff*
Debora said on June 23, 2006 18:38:
Well... let’s see. Brazil has defeated Japan 4 - 1, no one can say the opposite. But, does that result mean that they are playing excellent? I don’t think so. Playing excellent has nothing to do with a lot of goals. Scored 4 times against a weak team like Japan is not the big thing. But, of course, we are talking about Brazil and every thing Brazil does is excellent... even more when Ronaldo scored twice in the same match! But against Australia and Croatia, stronger teams than Japan, they couldn’t show their qualities. Where was its “jogo bonito” against them?
In the same way I say this about Brazil, I think that the 6 goals Argentina scored against Serbia & Montenegro mean nothing. But of course, before that match no one had thought that my country could have a chance. Now many people think that Argentina could reach the final... and why? Because they scored 6 times against a team that after the 2nd goal said enough. Even the most important think, and this is my personal opinion, in a short tournament like a worldcup is the result, a lot of goals in the same match means nothing
Roxrider_USA said on June 23, 2006 22:16:
@Debora: Then, hopefully our national teams will meet up in the final match!!
Can you imagine an Argentina x Brazil final in Europe? Awesome!!!!! :-) Pure magic!!!
Take care!
Carlos E., New Yok.
Room_service said on June 23, 2006 23:26:
I don’t mind. There are more important things in life than a stupid football cup. This is all business, money. Do you believe they organize this Cup just for the sport? NO, they do it because it means a lot of money. And we are the fools, arguing who’s better while they are living “the good life”. Wake up, people. I’d like to see people waving their flags in their national day. Or people traveling abroad to help other people (after an earthquake or something like that), insted of watching a game. Just my opinion.
Roxrider_USA said on June 24, 2006 03:13:
@Room_service: I don’t agree with you. Of course the World Cup happens because of the spirit of sport and competition. But of course, with anything nowadays, money has to be part of it the event.
And if you think we are fools to be talking about or watching soccer just because we give fame and money to the players and in the process make them rich and live the good life, then i guess we gotta stop watching anything on TV all together as well as stop buying Roxette and related music. For, if we follow your line of thought, we are also making Per and Marie live the good life because we keep on buying their music and going to their concerts. Don’t you think your thoughts are little misplaced concerning your statements?
Besides, the soccer players are not getting your money or attention just by doing nothing with their lives. They are actually working. Yes, playing soccer is a job. It’s a career just as modeling and singing is. So, soccer players, models and even Per and Marie worked and work for the money, fame, attention and the good life they have. All of them have earned their “good life”.
Think about it, then drop me a line talking about what you think. :-)
Take care!
Have a good day!
Carlos E., New York.
Santi said on June 24, 2006 04:33:
LOL Two American teams have never happened to be in a final in Europe and they won’t this time either!! :P
pwbbounce (moderator) said on June 24, 2006 15:15:
Typical English Football louts!!
You give England A Bad Name!!!!
ditroia said on June 24, 2006 15:24:
Man ’O Man what conundrum, I am from Italian heritage and now The Socceroos have to play Italia!
I Have to go for Australia, but I won’t be too sad if the loose to Italy.
Come On Aussie Come On, Come On!
Dave
Debora said on June 24, 2006 16:48:
@Roxrider USA
Argentina and Brazil in the final would be... How can I say it?... Amazing... Do you agree with me? But we have to go step by step. (This reminds me the New Kids On The Block... hehe... I’m old...)
@ Room Service
Yes, this is all business and money, but for us, the ones who are out of the business and love football is fantastic. And, on the other hand, everything in life is about money. You need money to pay the food you eat, the place you live in, the clothes you wear, the music you listen...
Roxrider_USA said on June 24, 2006 23:08:
@Debora: Yes, step by step we might just do it!!!! :-)
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
ally77 said on June 25, 2006 16:46:
Well I am surprised they remain through to the last 8! :)
I had to laugh though, I think most of the press where on Victoria Beckham when David scored.... she actually smiled... and jumped up and down... god she must have lost another 2lbs with that!
ally77 said on June 25, 2006 16:56:
Now who will they get to play in the semis!!!!!
You never know they could life that cup yet...
Roxrider_USA said on June 25, 2006 17:47:
@ally: England will play either Holland or Portugal in the quaterfinals!
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
felicity-brown said on June 25, 2006 17:51:
Just watched the England match in a pub here in Stockholm, but I’ll try not to wind the Swedes up too much ...not after yesterday hehe ;)
Roxrider_USA said on June 25, 2006 21:12:
The Portugal v Netherlands game was more like a war. There was no reall soccer being played there. Really not honest at all. And, frankly, Holland didn’t exercise the fair play at all, which is really messed up.
Didn’t really enjoy that soccer game. I guess, maybe because I’m south american.
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Vixzter said on June 26, 2006 06:10:
it would have been a better game if the ref had not deicded to start booking people in only the 2nd minute.
arnie said on June 26, 2006 11:48:
I’m really anxious.... next Friday Argentina vs Germany!
Sorry but I’m afraid this gonna be a hard match, Germany plays in their own country and everything seems to be prepared for Germany to win the World Cup. That’s my impression.
ally77 said on June 26, 2006 12:35:
I think Germany stand a chance at winning....
It would be rather funny if Germany v England in the World Cup Final!
lonely_girl said on June 26, 2006 18:48:
Noooooo! Italy again - they are always so lucky in tournaments like the WC... So if Switzerland wins against Ukraine tonight they have to play Italy afterwards :-S
natasha1 said on June 26, 2006 19:12:
I cant believe the penalty in the last minute against the aussies !!
absolutely gutted they are out....
watched the game in a nice little italian bar in South Kensington (of all places)
but so happy for them that they got this far - goona look forward to them playing in South Africa in 2010 !!!!
*goes in search of aussie shirt*
RobS said on June 27, 2006 08:35:
So sad that the Aussie’s had to lose in such a way, especially when they were playing so well. Excellent posession and some decent shots at goal, only to lose to a penalty that shouldn’t have been.
I would’ve loved to have seen them play through extra time.
Either way, Australia is very proud of the way they played, and how far they got. I don’t think many people expected that much from them.
Santi said on June 27, 2006 14:18:
And no one is angry at that Spanish referee? Because that penalty, it was only he that saw it!! :O
Santi said on June 27, 2006 18:44:
In between Spain and France, in the Pyrenees. It’s the “country of the pyrenees”, without taxes and with lots of duty free shops, nice hiking trails in the summer and wonderful ski tracks in the winter.
185 km north from Barcelona in Spain, 196 km south from Toulouse in France.
Come to Andorra, you won’t regret! :)
LoneGunman said on June 27, 2006 19:10:
@ Santi - I mean in the World Cup ! Probably playing a real “jogo bonito”, right ? :)
Santi said on June 27, 2006 20:00:
At least they don’t make Nike advertisements showing off things they can’t really do. Obviously Photoshop and 3DStudio helps them a lot, LOL :D
By the way, the smallest country in the World Cup has
a population of 1,305,000.
Andorra has 69,150
Last census of Brazil, it had 169,799,170.
That means there are nearly 2500 times more people (and potentially good football players) in Brazil than in Andorra.
There are nearly 19 times more people in T&T than in Andorra.
Teams like Andorra never qualify, but seen in this perspective maybe you should be ashamed that the only time Andorra has played Brazil (yes, they did play( the result was a mere 1 - 3 in favour for the “jogo bonito”.
Roxrider_USA said on June 27, 2006 20:58:
@Santi: France has been playing horribly and they still went though. Remember, results matter more than anything. And when you add to it a little bit of flare, then you advance in the world cup.
Not all teams can advance as its the case with Spain. However, Spain showed some moments of nice soccer.
Really happy that Brazil is still going.
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Santi said on June 27, 2006 21:05:
Yes, but they sell off “jogo bonito” and I don’t see any. That’s why I complain. They are just as vulgar as Italy, and still we wait for a show in each of their games, which we only get from the opposing team 8-)
Roxrider_USA said on June 27, 2006 21:17:
And what happens with the opposing teams ?
I know, it’s frustrating i guess.
By the way, Ronaldo is the all time Word Cup highest scorer! He did it!
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Santi said on June 27, 2006 21:28:
I don’t have problems with they winning (well, not “many problems”), I do have problems with all of you Brazilians showing off with the way of playing of a team that doesn’t reflect reality.
Face it dudes, it’s just a tv commercial!!
I have problems with you Southamericans believing yourselves superior in football all the time, telling that you play it so much better. Sorry to tell, but neither Argentina nor Brazil have done anything impressing but an ok game against a team whose cartoons play better than the real players (that reminds me of Brazil advertisements :D) and Argentina against another national team of a country that doesn’t even exist and fell apart after losing the first game.
Nothing really impressive, as I say.
For me, so far, the best football has been played by Germany, and Spain. Spain is out, hope the good football of Klinsmann takes them to the cup because they deserve it more than any other.
miss-misery said on June 27, 2006 21:47:
Bye bye Spain :’(
Jugamos como nunca y perdimos como siempre
(We played best than ever and we lost as usual: typical Spanish sentence to describe the team that never wins anything. Spain is a very typical example)
Please Brazil, defeat those French guys. I will be more than happy watching Zidane’s retirement. I was expecting to see today, but...
miss-misery said on June 27, 2006 22:09:
Me anything against Zidane?? hahaha
YES, A LOT!!!
Today, for example, being French. In the last few years, playing with Real Madrid :)
Seriously, today I wanted to see Zidane’s last match because this would mean that Spain would have won, but...
By the way, I think is a huge lack of respect from the Spanish press saying that we were going to retire Zidane in big letters, as a newspaper did.
I’m hearing in the radio that Zidane doesn’t want to talk to the Spanish press, no wonder why. But it’s Spanish press, not respecting the rivals, as usual.
P.S. Real Madrid supporters and French people, please, dont take it personal ;)
Roxrider_USA said on June 27, 2006 23:50:
@Santi: I’m not really showing off. I’m just expressing the facts backed by history.
Brazil is a south american team, right?
So:
Brazil has won the world cup 5 times;
Has never been left out of a world cup;
Has been in the last 3 world cup finals (1994, 1998 and 2002).
Has won 2 of the 3 consecutive finals.
Is the only one to have won a world cup in Europe,
And in the last 2 years, have won all the international competitions (Copa America and Confederations Cup).
The closest national teams to Brazil concerning World Cup titles are Ger many and Italy both with 3 titles. Two behind Brazil.
And one more fact to reinforce what i’m writing here is:
South America has 9 World Cup titles (5 Brazil, 2 Argentina and 2 Uruguay)
while
Europe has 8 World Cup titles (3 Italy, 3 Germany, 1 England and 1 France).
Therefore, we are not showing off. It’s merely the facts backed by history. And it can’t be denied at all.
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Debora said on June 28, 2006 20:03:
@ Santi
You wrote: “Sorry to tell, but neither Argentina nor Brazil have done anything impressing but an ok game against a team whose cartoons play better than the real players”
...and I agree with you... even I’m Argentinian. Our team has played only a good match but against a team that was defeated almost before the match started. And Brazil... well, they haven’t faced any good team till now. In these condition it’s easy to play well.
But, for Argentina, the first hard match will be next Friday and I really hope we could win.
Finally, till now, I haven’t seen very good teams, not much nice football, and that has an explanation: the result is more important than the football show. Unfortunatelly...
Roxrider_USA said on June 28, 2006 21:24:
In life, results lead to accomplishments.
I don’t know many people that would rather forgo getting a solid result in order to put on a show that in the end might not lead to the wanted or needed result.
Brazil’s “jogo bonito” was evident against Japan. It really doesn’t matter with the opposing teams are strong or weak. However, in the game against Japan, i can tell you that the 4 substitutes that played for the 4 regulars that stayed in the bench, made all the difference and made Brazil’s flare and game flow much more easily.
On the other games until now, Brazil showed a regular soccer that gets the job done and brings us the wins or results.
So now on saturday, Brazil will play France. Now, if Brazil beats France with a regualr soccer display, then what will you tell me? That France is not a strong or good team ?
Think about it!
Take care!
Carlos E., New York.
Debora said on June 30, 2006 17:56:
Well, we are out... next time will be.
I’m happy because for Germany it wasn’t as easy as they had thought. I think Argentina played well, but... well, penalties are pure luck.
Kiwein1 said on June 30, 2006 18:30:
It was a good game. It’s just a pity that Argentina didn’t learn to lose. Bad scenes at the end of such a breathtaking and good game. That really wasn’t necessary.
arnie said on June 30, 2006 18:34:
best luck the next time. Argentina deserved to win. Anyway, wining by penalties depends on luck mostly.
ally77 said on June 30, 2006 18:47:
I agree penalties can always go either way…..
But it was a good match…
Not sure what the hell went off after on the pitch though!
Debora said on June 30, 2006 20:18:
At the end of the match a German player insulted one of the Argentinian players, Ayala, I guess. Then, the stadium security people did the same. At least that is what they said.
I know that that reaction is not correct, but insulting a defeated player it’s wrong as well. I think that the Germans players wanted to ease the weight of the match in the incorect way.
Kiwein1 said on July 1, 2006 06:12:
One argentinian player saw the red card as well. Don’t know who though. Somebody attacked Mertesacker, he’s injured now. That was the first attack I think.
It’s a pity that it had to end like this - no matter who started kicking whom - since the whole World Cup really transports such a good atmosphere.
I think that Italy will win on Tuesday. Their defence is quite good. Hard to make a goal, even for Klose. ;-)
Invisible_man said on July 1, 2006 14:07:
To no surprise Italy creamed Ukraine, just like Spain did :-(
Too bad cuz I really rooted for underdog Ukrainians.... being born there and all. My friends and I would have partied hard if they won
I think Italy will beat Germany as well on Tuesday. Germans can’t get lucky twice lol
xuxa said on July 1, 2006 14:42:
My beloved country is going to play now :(
GO PORTUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!
We can do it!!
And I hope we can find Brasil at semi finals! :P
Santi said on July 1, 2006 14:57:
Mind the kickboxing, Portugal, this time they may give a penalty!!! :P
ally77 said on July 1, 2006 17:26:
Wayne Rooney, what a complete w***er…. I said before the match he would kick off at someone or something as the guy just cannot control his attitude; most scouses are like this as I know only too well….
He should be playing for England!
ally77 said on July 1, 2006 17:38:
They’re going home……….
They’re going home……….
They’re going home……….
ENGLAND’S GOING HOME!
ally77 said on July 1, 2006 17:42:
I just hope we don’t see trouble in Germany tonight, you know what the English are like when they lose things, lets hope for once they behave!
pwbbounce (moderator) said on July 1, 2006 17:44:
Nah, they’ll be hundreds of arrests, riots etc. You name it, the minority of english fans will take down the whole English name, as normal!!
Debora said on July 1, 2006 20:48:
Brazil is coming home, so this year, the champion will be european.
Very good match. Zidane played excellent!
ally77 said on July 2, 2006 07:47:
No surprise......... 80 arrests!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5137890.stm
TinyBubbles said on July 2, 2006 09:28:
Cant believe about brazil :O Hhaha. .i had to go offline tonight cuz i cudn’t stand all the brazillian tears anymore :P
It’s kinda cool now tho.. All european final... is nice for a change..
pwbbounce (moderator) said on July 2, 2006 11:06:
There was 40 arrests in Jersey!!! They’ve got quite a large Portugese community there.
Vixzter said on July 2, 2006 16:51:
There was more arrests after the Germany v Poland game but you don’t see that in the news.
ally77 said on July 2, 2006 19:04:
Awww it’s a shame really.... I do feel for them!
I don’t feel for Rooney he was an ass!
Debora said on July 2, 2006 19:40:
I don’t like Rooney!!! To say the truth: I hate him.
I love Steven Gerrard! He should be the next England National Team captain... if an argentinian can give an opinion... :)
ally77 said on July 2, 2006 20:52:
1 England flag put away now for next time.....
I will Gerrard but then that’s because I support LFC, can you support a team and still not like football!
Santi said on July 3, 2006 15:31:
So now there are only four teams. Which do you think will reach the final??
1. Germany - Portugal
2. Germany - France
3. Italy - Portugal
4. Italy - France
???
I think Germany - France will be the final. And I think it’s going to be a great football game :D
I don’t know which one of them would win it.
On Brazil, it seems that when they found a good team they failed, like it was clear it would happen. (The same happened with Spain, both their groups were full of very weak teams)
On England... yes, you can blame Rooney, but until he was sent off, England had done nothing at all. They began playing well after he was off the pitch, Probably the players thought they should play much better to pass it, and since then the game got interesting. It had been booooring up to then. Anyway, curious fact: Lampard was the player who shot most times in the world cup and didn’t score a goal, not even in the penalty shootout!!! :O
Kiwein1 said on July 3, 2006 16:33:
I work as a volunteer in the headquarter of all the fan embassies we have in the cities and I can tell you that the English fans have behaved SUPERB!!! They were friendly, nice and not aggressive. Forget about these 80 ppl they arrested. The atmosphere here in Germany is great and it will last till next sunday. I am sure about it! It was a great World Cup!
Vixzter said on July 3, 2006 20:54:
Kiwein1: Thanks!!! finaly we’re not all being labeled as mindless yobs!
Unfortunatley all anyone ever hears about is if we do something bad, well other countries have problems too its just that gets overlooked cos some pissed up idiots who call themselves England fans can’t handle their beer!
Fact: England were rubbish with or without Rooney, Lampard was awful Gerrard didn’t really do much either Beckham was not his self perhaps he’s past it who knows, god (and Eriksson) onlys knows why Theo Walcott was there!
If Peter Crouch learnt how to jump he might just score a few goals.
I should be feeling gutted as an England fan but I’m not cos I’ve seen all this type of crap before, England are not good enough to be anywhere near the semi finals.
I don’t even know why they ever think they have a chance at penalties cos appart from Owen Hargreaves none of them ever looked like A: they wanted to take a penalty or B: like they were going to score one.
The only plus point for England was that they’re back 4 of Neville, Ferdinand, Terry and Cole looked pretty much ok, Joe Cole did ok although was taken off far too much to be of any real effect, great goal agaisnt Sweden though!
Aaron Lennon.....so much pace but crap end product, you’d think that after a month with David Beckham he’d atleast have learnt how to cross the ball!
And the even more depressing news is....nothing will change with McClaren in charge LOL
So.....
COME ON GERMANY ;-)
ally77 said on July 4, 2006 21:23:
1 goal, 2 minutes to go in extra time Germany v Italy....
and then....
they get another....
I don’t think anyone saw that coming!
ally77 said on July 4, 2006 21:24:
Italy shirts also in ASDA £2 today in the summer sale...
I think the price just went back up! lol
Invisible_man said on July 4, 2006 21:32:
That was an awesome last minutes of OT :)
German luck ran out, but a good game.
I think it waill be France vs Italy, or maybe I just hope so :)
Jud (moderator) said on July 4, 2006 21:32:
oh man! what 120 minutes!! Italy deserved to win, they played good tonite.. this was worse than a thriller :O
Secretkeeper81 said on July 4, 2006 22:20:
I think both Italy and Germany played equally well, we were just lucky to find the goal at the very last minutes..!
However, I’m glad to read you think Italy deserved to win :)
Santi said on July 4, 2006 22:49:
I think that was the best game of Italy in the whole World Cup. And one of the best games in the tournament.
That was really entertaining! :D
roxlad said on July 4, 2006 23:29:
It was a great game and of course I’m happy that Italy won! Evvai!
xuxa said on July 5, 2006 21:36:
oh welll the dream is over :(
But we did a great championship!!
I am with Italy now as well!!
miss-misery said on July 5, 2006 22:04:
I think that in a former post I said something about defeating France and retiring Zidane. Next time I’ll keep my big mouth shut. As Morrissey used to say “Bigmouth strikes again”.
Not very happy about the final, I prefered other teams, but I also think that the other teams didn’t deserve better. I don’t really care about who’s winning anymore.
Santi said on July 6, 2006 00:09:
Zidane said himself that what you’ve just said (and said in the past), that was also said by some major sports Spanish newspapers (read Marca or As...), hurt him so much that he fought twice as hard to beat Spain. That they wanted to retire him but what they have got is that he comes back.
I think Zidane is a great football player and deserves to win. Though I don’t want to see an easy final, I want to see more than two goals and lots of chances for both teams. I want Zidane fighting Gattuso and I want an ugly goal by Inzaghi. I want a sprint between Henry and Cannavaro, I want at least three excellent saves by Buffon and 2 thrillers by Barthez (the way only he can thrill us... LOL :D)
And I’d like to see Trezeguet playing, of course!! :D
So, I want to see everything you could expect from the two best teams in the world in 90 or 120 minutes.
And whoever plays better, let’s hope they win!! :)
Anarem said on July 6, 2006 01:21:
Well, now that Portugal is out, all I have to say is:
ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA! :-)
Invisible_man said on July 6, 2006 01:43:
I will root for France.
But both are great teams, so just hope to see a great game :)
And I think Portugal will beat Germany
Debora said on July 6, 2006 19:48:
1st place: Italy
2nd place: France
3rd place: Portugal
Even I said many times that I would never support Italy because Italians offended our national hymn in Italy ’90, now I see I can’t go against my Italian blood, so I want Italy win the final.
But on the other hand, if they win they will have 4 cups and that’s too much, so in this case I want France to win.
I will support Italy but if France defeat them it OK.
ally77 said on July 9, 2006 20:24:
Well Germany got the 3rd place, and the 1st and 2nd will be over very soon!
Invisible_man said on July 9, 2006 20:55:
I really wanted veterans France to win :-(
But Italy deserved to win. France attacked a lot more, but weren’t able to score. And if it wasn’t for that offsides call, Italy should have won before OT. It was their game.
Also, very unsportsmanlike conduct from Zidane :-(
So disappointing, so disappointing!
miss-misery said on July 9, 2006 21:00:
CONGRATULATIONS ITALY!!
Zidane, what a shameful farewell! I can’t believe he did that. If I was French I would be really pissed off!!
And by the way, one more time, another Spanish failure... let’s see what happens in two years :)
Debora said on July 9, 2006 21:20:
I can’t believe Zidane reaction, he is not that kind of player. It was a pity.
Congratulations Italy!!!
miss-misery said on July 9, 2006 21:24:
A friend of mine just told me that she was talking with one Italian friend on the messenger, and she was telling her that in Brescia they were partying in a fountain or something like that. It seems the whole of Italy is a party. And my friend has told me, “it must be cool winning the world cup”, and I’ve answered “this is something we will never know” LOL.
It’s such a shame being Spanish those days. I want to be Italian!! PORCA MISERIA!!
Room_service said on July 10, 2006 00:09:
What a lame World Cup! Two average (or even less) teams in the final prove that. France was mediocre, and Italy played like animals (remember the match against USA). Then, they invented a penalty in the match against Australia, if favour of Italy. What else can I say? Only Portugal was respectful, and they played very well!
Neither Italy nor France were “fair play”. Booooooo to both of them!!!
Anarem said on July 10, 2006 00:42:
ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA! :-)
I suppose from all the honking in the street outside my balcony, everyone in Winnipeg is Italian for a day! :-)
Hotblooded said on July 10, 2006 07:15:
Room service: Get over it Italy are the best!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the time of my life in Sydney this morning, what a great atmosphere! I can only imagine what it would have been like in Rome!!!
After so many disappointments we finally tasted victory!!!!!
A very proud Italian/Aussie :) :) :)
ally77 said on July 10, 2006 07:22:
Room_service 7/10/2006 01:09 new
Only Portugal was respectful, and they played very well!
______________________
Huh? I think someone needs there eyes tested, Portugal where a bunch of arses....
Room_service said on July 11, 2006 05:16:
Italian team was disaster. They played awfully, and their game was dirty. The insult Zidane got must be something really bad, to react like he did. You don’t react that way for nothing. And in the match vs. USA, the idiot that hit the American player in the face smiled when he got the card. What a bunch of proud idiots... That’s not the behavior I want in a *champion*. They only are some stupids with lucky, but they were not the best in any way.
This Cup was really plain and boring. A total disapointment.
miss-misery said on July 11, 2006 14:05:
Room-service, I think the Italian player called Zidane “terrorist”. This is awful, of course, but it doesn’t justify what he did. He’s supposed to be a professional, and don’t forget he earns lots of money.
And about the quality of the whole world cup... I guess that football is becoming more a business than a game, and this influences the game itself. That’s life, I guess.
ally77 said on July 11, 2006 16:58:
No matter what he was called, the best thing would be to walk away, it hardly shows a good example!
Jud (moderator) said on July 11, 2006 18:36:
indeed, I think he should have known better how to react to whatever the Italian told him. One would expect from such a professional he is supposed to be, to be able to ignore such comments, everybody knows this is part of football, insulting is part of it, and one has to know how not to react. He didn’t only damaged himself, Italy won the moment he decided to take that action.
Not to say this is not the first time this guy reacts violent on the field. I must say I never really liked him, now I like him even less. A pity they chose him the best player just because he was retiring.
Oh, and I didn’t like the Australian at all, there were moments I was not sure if they were playing football or rugby :O
Looking forward to the European Cup, which takes place in Switzerland and Austria in 2008 :) I think I’ll try to go to some matches if they are next door :D
Santi said on July 12, 2006 14:19:
LMAO at “Portugal was respectful, and they played very well”...
Yes, sure. Diving every minute and provoking the players of the other team now is called “being respectful and playing very well”. As far as I know, cheating is NOT fair play, and they were all the time trying to cheat... especially Cristiano Ronaldo.
This player sucks, if he tried to finish a play instead of diving all the time, and passing to his teammates instead of diving all the time (did I mention he dives all the time?) he would have scored at least 3 goals in the championship. But he’s the way he is and only scored a penalty...
Does anybody remember how a slight touch in Maniche’s shoulder suddenly became by the grace of theatre a serious injure in the player’s face, that lasted just as long as he was taken out of the field...? Talk about being respectful...
Moreover, they received the “most entertaining team” award. Which is funny, because it can’t be the way they played. I guess it was either the theatre in their actions or the expectations of their Cinderella run. And that’s about it for entertainment. (Let’s remember they scored 2 goals in the whole play-off round. 1 against The Netherlands and 1 after everything was said and done against Germany in the last game. If the show in football is in goals, Portugal was not much of a show.)
Debora said on May 25, 2006 19:05:
I am! I can’t wait anymore!