2006 World Cup; Germany
#401
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I watched it.
I feel bad for Poland's goalie, he was solid the entire game...well almost.
I feel bad for Poland's goalie, he was solid the entire game...well almost.
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Originally Posted by WdnUlik2no
I watched it.
I feel bad for Poland's goalie, he was solid the entire game...well almost.
I feel bad for Poland's goalie, he was solid the entire game...well almost.
I wish the Pole's had tied Germany, but o well what can you do. The Germans are not gonna win the World Cup
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shiiiiiit those last 10 mins were intense. once poland went down to 10 men germany just seemed to go into desperation attack mode... so many chances and that double crossbar was nuts!! but oh well, take what ya can get. props to their goalie though he was def man of the match until he let that slip by.
germany's offense is quite potent, it should have been like 3-0 by halftime, but having problems finishing. (we'll see if that problem comes up again.) it was funny to watch everytime they had a near goal they flipped to klinsmann and the german bench and every single time in the background my cousin was flipping out it was hilarious, throwing his arms in the air then throwing his head down in disgust, and the best was when he jumped off the bench and threw his water battle on the ground. classic emotion
will be interesting to see if ecuador wins tomm, bc if they do theyll be tied with germany and possibly ahead on goal differential if they score more than 1. and then germany and ecuador play heads up most likely for the #1 spot in the group
germany's offense is quite potent, it should have been like 3-0 by halftime, but having problems finishing. (we'll see if that problem comes up again.) it was funny to watch everytime they had a near goal they flipped to klinsmann and the german bench and every single time in the background my cousin was flipping out it was hilarious, throwing his arms in the air then throwing his head down in disgust, and the best was when he jumped off the bench and threw his water battle on the ground. classic emotion
will be interesting to see if ecuador wins tomm, bc if they do theyll be tied with germany and possibly ahead on goal differential if they score more than 1. and then germany and ecuador play heads up most likely for the #1 spot in the group
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Originally Posted by RandyMax
England and Brazil are in different brackets. The only way they'll meet is at the final.
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Originally Posted by BstonBruin
I wish the Pole's had tied Germany, but o well what can you do. The Germans are not gonna win the World Cup
I guess there wasn't much to say about the "bad" German defense this time
Germany should have scored at least 3 or 4 goals. Poland didn't stand a chance.
A little trivia, the only time the German team has won the first 2 games was in '74 and '90, and each time...I'm not gonna say it.
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
I guess there wasn't much to say about the "bad" German defense this time
Germany should have scored at least 3 or 4 goals. Poland didn't stand a chance.
A little trivia, the only time the German team has won the first 2 games was in '74 and '90, and each time...I'm not gonna say it.
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Originally Posted by moonraker
germany's offense is quite potent, it should have been like 3-0 by halftime, but having problems finishing. (we'll see if that problem comes up again.) it was funny to watch everytime they had a near goal they flipped to klinsmann and the german bench and every single time in the background my cousin was flipping out it was hilarious, throwing his arms in the air then throwing his head down in disgust, and the best was when he jumped off the bench and threw his water battle on the ground. classic emotion
Btw, I have all the world cup games in wmv format if anyone is interested, but they're in German (ARD and ZDF) I would just need to upload them somewhere.
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Originally Posted by BstonBruin
We'll talk about the German defence when they play some teams of their own stature. Maybe even England in the second round
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
I think they're gonna play Sweden. Either way, Ibrahimovic and Larsson > Owen, Crouch (Rooney)
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Originally Posted by BstonBruin
I think Owen, Rooney >> Ibrahimovic and Larsson, especially versus a huge German defence. England clearly has the better center of the midfield in Gerrard and Lampard over Ljunberg and whoever else plays, to get the passes into the forwards. I'm sure you'd much rather play Sweden than England in the second round, right?
How about we talk after Sweden plays England. Sweden has some good midfielders too (Ljunberg, Wilhelmsson, Allbäck)
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world cup this year has been pretty good. it was pretty disappointing that france and swiss had a tie, but im not really complaining since s. korea is winning their group right now hope korea can make round 2
i admit tho i am a huge brazil fan. that team is so much fun to watch.
i admit tho i am a huge brazil fan. that team is so much fun to watch.
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Originally Posted by iamhomin
Korea can beat both France and Switz, but they'll probably end up with either 6 or 5 points...which is still good enough to advance.
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korea just needs one more win to advance right? i dont know if korea will beat both switzerland and france but they need to beat one of them. i agree that korea didnt look that impressive in the togo game, they were playing with no spirit and enthusiasm until kader's goal. afterwards they took the initiative a lot more, but in order to beat european teams they need to be aggressive the whole 90 mins.
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
Haha, your cousin was hilarious when they scored. Klinsmann went nuts.
Btw, I have all the world cup games in wmv format if anyone is interested, but they're in German (ARD and ZDF) I would just need to upload them somewhere.
Btw, I have all the world cup games in wmv format if anyone is interested, but they're in German (ARD and ZDF) I would just need to upload them somewhere.
and in regards to england or sweden in the 2nd round, it doesnt even matter to me, theyre both similar in a lot of aspects. of course i think most would say they'd rather play sweden, especially how they performed against t&t. HOWEVER, i am reserving judgment until we see tomm's matches so i can see if england actually sucks that much or if they just had an off game, and same for sweden.
Originally Posted by rezurex
korea just needs one more win to advance right?
#419
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Anyone know where I can watch the highlights of Saudi Arabia vs. Tunisia? The www.fifaworldcup.com site doesn't have the highlight, instead, it says 'not available in your area.'
#420
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Now that the first round of the group stage is over, which teams do you think has a chance to win the Cup this year?
In no particular order, my favorites:
Germany
Argentina
Italy
Others that might do it:
Brazil
England
Spain
Portugal
In no particular order, my favorites:
Germany
Argentina
Italy
Others that might do it:
Brazil
England
Spain
Portugal
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Useless statistics:
Confederation standings:
Asia: 1win/4teams
Africa: 0win/5teams
North America: 1win/4teams
South America: 3win/4teams
Oceanea: 1win/1teams
Europe: 7win/14teams
$ponsor standings:
adidas teams: 3wins/6teams
Nike teams: 6wins/8teams
Puma teams: 2wins/12teams
Confederation standings:
Asia: 1win/4teams
Africa: 0win/5teams
North America: 1win/4teams
South America: 3win/4teams
Oceanea: 1win/1teams
Europe: 7win/14teams
$ponsor standings:
adidas teams: 3wins/6teams
Nike teams: 6wins/8teams
Puma teams: 2wins/12teams
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Originally Posted by moonraker
hey can you upload the most recent poland game somewhere? i want to cut out the clips of all my cousins reactions and make a little highlight reel to show him how ridiculous he looked haha. lemme know if uploading is easiest or whatever
The game is about 1.5 GB. Do you know where I can upload it?
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Another question. After each team plays everyone in their group and the top two teams advance. How are the matchups then determined? I went to wikipedia and it said this:
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
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Originally Posted by TheThirdMan
who just saw the ecuadorian put on the wrestling/spiderman mask after he scored the goal that was fuckin awesome!
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Originally Posted by WdnUlik2no
Another question. After each team plays everyone in their group and the top two teams advance. How are the matchups then determined? I went to wikipedia and it said this:
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
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Originally Posted by WdnUlik2no
Another question. After each team plays everyone in their group and the top two teams advance. How are the matchups then determined? I went to wikipedia and it said this:
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
"The second round, or knockout stage, is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the round of 16 (or last 16) in which the winner of each group (from the group stage) plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third place match."
how do they determine which winner will play which runner up? Is it random or do they apply some sort of system?
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Um. Nice shot in the 27th minute of the Trinidad dude writhing on the ground with his hands down his pants. I think he took a ball-blaster from short range.
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England needs to improve their finishing ability if they are going to get to the quarter finals.
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
The game is about 1.5 GB. Do you know where I can upload it?
sweden just put paraguay out... header by ljunberg in the 88th minute, thats a killer way to go out, they were so close to a tie hah
#433
Originally Posted by TheThirdMan
who just saw the ecuadorian put on the wrestling/spiderman mask after he scored the goal that was fuckin awesome!
#434
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Originally Posted by F-C
Lampard needs to improve his finishing ability
That bastard missed so many shots today. It made me think of the 1919 White Sox.
#435
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that sequence for argentina was the best thing ive seen this whole world cup.. probably 7 perfect passes with the last one being a heel kick to an open guy in front of the goal... make sure you check out the highlights because they will def. show it!
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anybody use this firefox extension to keep up to date on the tournament?
http://www.mozilla.com/add-ons/jogacompanion/
scores in the statusbar and pop ups when games start, yellow cards, goals scored, etc....and you can customize the look and feel to your favorite team.
http://www.mozilla.com/add-ons/jogacompanion/
scores in the statusbar and pop ups when games start, yellow cards, goals scored, etc....and you can customize the look and feel to your favorite team.
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Originally Posted by hornyleprechaun
that sequence for argentina was the best thing ive seen this whole world cup.. probably 7 perfect passes with the last one being a heel kick to an open guy in front of the goal... make sure you check out the highlights because they will def. show it!
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if your not watching the Dutch play Ivory Coast, you need to!!!
It started slow but the last 20 mins were pretty fast paced with some very awesome shots on goal by both teams....
try and catch the 2nd half when it starts
It started slow but the last 20 mins were pretty fast paced with some very awesome shots on goal by both teams....
try and catch the 2nd half when it starts
Last edited by TheThirdMan; 06-16-2006 at 11:54 AM.
#440
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
That was sick. Of course most of their goals were sweet. They put on a clinic.
FYI, I'm sure most of you have seen this, but for those that haven't
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
Click videos and you can watch the highlights, they're already up for the Argentina game