World Cup

wow.. it was so painful to watch ghana play, 22shots(9 on goals). I was hoping they could score one point atleast, they played very nice in passing, but god, they can't shoot for shit.

Painful to watch Ghana? Painful to watch Brazil. I was falling asleep half the time.

They really are one of the most boring teams to watch play when they're like they are now.

score one point

That's football. This is Football - it's a "goal".

It would have been nice for them to score, they even had a few chances. Shame they didn't, though.

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Anyone watch the Switzerland v Ukraine match?

Ukraine played pretty well. And Switzerland managed to get through their matches without conceding. Pennie Shootout doesn't count.

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Spain v France should be fun tonight. 50-1 that France get a goal, methinks. They're going OUT!

They couldn't even get one pennalty kick in out of 4 tries, Swizerland is either unlucky or they need someone that can shoot. France beat spain 3-1, wow, I didn't expect that one.

They took off Frei just before the end, didn't they? He's their best scorer.

If he had been left on then the Swiss would have scored at least 1 out of the 5.

I didn't expect France to win either. When I saw that Spain had socred from a penalty I was thinking "there we go. Au revoir froggies", but no.

So, QUarter-final matches:

30/06/06 Germany v Argentina
30/06/06 Italy v Ukraine
01/07/06 England v Portugal
01/07/06 Brazil v France

Methinks that the winners there will be Argentina (just about - pennie shootout, maybe), Italy (again, a close call), England (maybe I'm just too patriotic ) and Brazil (sure, they're not firing on all cylinders yet, but they will be when they come up against a real opponent like France).

What do you think?

I know that Argentina - Germany is going to be the best matchup, and the England - Portugal game is gonna be a difficult struggle for England.

Germany v Argentina will be a great match.

And you really think so about the England v Portugal match?

Don't forget they're missing two of their best players due to red cards, and Ronaldo may be out because of injury.

We beat them at Eruo 2004... except we had a bastard Swiss ref who disallowed two of our goals, made us play silver goal, then pennie shootout.

And look at Rooney - he's played 3 matches, yet look at how he performed against Ecuador. He actually looked like he got fitter as the match progressed.

30/06/06 Germany v Argentina : I would say germany would win on this one
30/06/06 Italy v Ukraine : I have no idea on this one
01/07/06 England v Portugal : England
01/07/06 Brazil v France : ... who else