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I just happened to look at our polls, it seems England is on Top right now with 7 votes with Brazil having 6 Votes.
I think England will win the game by 1 or 2 (maximum) goals. Probably Ecuador will also win today (Just for Ovidui's sake, he has voted for Ecuador).
Out of the popular teams, quite right that Brazil didn't live up to their name, Germay's attack seemed quite good in the first game but the defence was not good as two goals were scored against them. They were lucky to get a last minute goal in their second game, France was also not up to its mark, expected more goals from them, I missed Argentina's first game but they were also not up to the mark, Italy seemed ok. England's first game was also a marginal win, Erickson's mentality seemed dominant in the game. Holland also had a marginal win with Roben's one goal.
After the first round of games I find Spain and Czech Rep. to be quite impressing.
Two asain teams have come up as winners South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Hope they both make it to the last 16.
I have two :thumb: :thumb: for T&T and two :thumbd: :thumbd: for England, despite the late 2 goals. This kind of game won't get them even to the quarter finals. Lampard, Gerard simply weren't there. Without Lennon they would have been lost. He brought a new meaning to their game tonight.
I don't know what Eriksson is thinking, well.. ok, he's not thinking... :o England was very lucky today. :sick: Though it seems I was right about the score. ;)
viva la Ecuador...at this rate, if they at least draw with Germany, they'll be at the top of group A...which means, England will be sent home before they can even make it to quater final:D...
I was hoping Trinidad score a goal...England needs to be taught a lesson:D:D...so that they'll work harder thus bring a good game to watch like everybody expected...
congrats to Swedish too...
todays matches...Argentina 2 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro
Holland 3 - 2 Ivory Coast(I want a high-scoring game:D)...
Mexico 1 - 0 Angola
I'm thinking about watching the Australia vs Brazil game but it is at 2:00AM in the morning.
Maybe the boss will give me the day off, as our major newspapers are calling for:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...964717304.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.a...001022,00.html
:D
What was the Enlish team thinking yesterday? I'll add one more :thumbd: to Cilu's two :thumbd: :thumbd:.
They were thinking they could win with no problem, and did not concetrate on the game. Their victory was lucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shuja Ali
my hunger for a high scoring game was satisfied in the first match of the day:D....Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro...triple :thumb:s to Argentina...
Angola proved once more they can defend well...
Yes, Angertina went nuts. What the hack happened with the Serbs?
I did expect much more from the Mexicans also.
Wow! What a day! ;) Ghana defeated the Czech Republic in a categoric way. Actaully they had so many chances to score and miss them. Even 4 - 0 would have been a fair score. But Petr Cech proved he's probably the best goalkeeper in the world. ;)
While I expected a good game from Ghana, I though USA was going to lose at least 3 goals away. But what a match! Despite playing 9 against 10 (after 3 red books on both sides) they managed to draw 1 - 1 with Itally and keep their (very low) chances to progress to the next stage. Well done, USA! :thumb:
Now, I hope the Check Rep. will beat Itally, so that if Ghana wins against USA (as I expect), Itally will go home. ;) Remains to be seen.
What the heck was wrong with that ****** referee? I could understand the red card for the Italian, but the two for USA were bad calls. It was a great game, but the referee ruined it for both teams. He made so many bad calls on both teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by cilu
This is what I wanna see on Thursday: Italy beats the Czech. USA beats Ghana. The way USA play today with 9 and almost got a goal to win the game, I think they will beat Ghana. Both games should be great on Thursday!!!
Agree. Quite a few calls were bad. However, looking at the way Italy played, they weren't simply couldn't penetrate US defence. What was wrong with Italy today ?Quote:
Originally Posted by NewBeginC
And of course, Ghana was awesome. They had a good strategy and I could see their teamwork showing. A well deserved win :thumb:
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U-S-A U-S-A
Well, unfortunatelly, I saw only the last 30 minutes because we had two black outs and then the TV signal was lost. :sick: So, I cannot comment on that. But I can say there were so many mistakes made by referees at this World Cup. ;)Quote:
What the heck was wrong with that ****** referee? I could understand the red card for the Italian, but the two for USA were bad calls. It was a great game, but the referee ruined it for both teams. He made so many bad calls on both teams.
the red card for Rossi is ok...the first red card for the American is not needed I guess...it should be a yellow card...it's a late tackle and it's not from behind...the 2nd red card for American is understandable....it's his 2nd yellow card which he deserved IMO...
at least, the (narrow) gate is still open for USA for the Round of 16...
at last! Ghana managed to resolved their finishing problem which they lack against Italy...they kept Petr Chech busy...
today's matches:
Togo 1 - 1 Swiss
Spain 2 - 0 Tunisia
Saudi Arabia 2 - 1 Ukraine (hope they(SA) playy like their last match)..