Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

[thetechroom]

Wow!

1st round of games finished (+ Germany v Poland & Ecuador v Costa Rica)

and I'm very suprised to see none of the top goalscorers bar Torres have scored, quite funny actually.

[S.MULLA]

Come on England...!!! :D :bounce:

[sanctified Veteran]

:no:

All my favorite teams (Except England) are doing a horrible job. This is the complete opposite of K/J 2002. For shame.

England game was boring and they won because a terrible defense error.

[L3thal Veteran]

I agree, sanctified. I am curious to see how England performs against a more physical and faster team in Trinidad & Tobago.

Regarding the Ecuador game, it was a pretty decent game, to say the least. Ecuador dominated most of the game and never allowed Costa Rica to produce any dangerous plays, apart from that shot that hit the post towards the end.

Ecuador is looking very good as a squad; looking forward to seeing them play Germany for first place.

[Martyn]

Even though T&T got a draw against Sweden, I still think that England will come out on tops.

3-0 is my prediction :)

We will see Rooney in the last fifteen minutes or so I think.

[Quick Shot]

I dont feel sorry for Polen one bit. After that guy got red card it was insane..attack after attack! And germans just coudnt score. Double bar thing was insane...and then goal few mins later. such a nice feeling after 90 minutes of torture.

i am gladgermany fixed defence a bit. and i wish ballack would be doing more. anyway great game :D

Red/Yellow cards are normal in games. Sometimes people can't controll their actions. But yeah the double bar was pretty crazy. There was a lot of luck on the Polish team.

Speaking of yellow cards, Theobald just got a yellow on trinnidad.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

CMON LETS CRY TOGETHER, GERMANS!!!!

THAT MATC`H SHOULD BE RATED "M" :p

and no1 older than 80 should watch it... -> heart failure :p

i know im german, but germany DESERVED it!

11 CLOSE GOAL SHOTS, the 12th was successful... poland did no goal shots...

-fm

11 close goal shots and 12 was successful?

you multiply the number by..3?

Poland had no goal shots?

did you go to the bathroom for most of the game or something?

well you must have not watched the whole game.

Poland did a great job defending a world class team like Germany. Germany should be ashamed they had so much trouble agains poland.

The BIG mistake Janas did was put Dudek in for the last couple of minutes. He relies on the amatures to much.

[bigbluepride35]

What is wrong with Crouch? He had time to dribble that ball into the net and instead he takes an awful volley. And WOW John Terry's save was amazing. T&T are doing quite well for themselves.

[L3thal Veteran]

Trinidad was so close to score :pinch:

[stefanka]

Oh England! That looks bad!

[Brodel]

We've done well with regards to not sitting back and making sure we push forward. I had a rant about sitting back yesterday so I wont again... but you will have noticed that T&T's almost goal came from us not moving up after the corner was cleared.

[L3thal Veteran]

England isn't showing much improvement over the Paraguayan game. I'm curious to see if their second half will be like their second half in their first game :|

[RadishTM Veteran]

Terry's save was awesome (Y)

A bit disappointed with Crouch, he had quite a bit of time to park it in the net.

Radish?

[bigbluepride35]

So, Rooney in for Crouch?

[Martyn]

I dont think Crouch realised how much time he had. He could of controlled the ball and simply tapped it into the net. John Terry did brilliantly to stop that certain goal, which only goes to show that he is one of the most solid and consistent defenders in the world.

T&T wont create many chances, but they are very dangerous from free kicks and corners. They are also playing very tightly, so we cant really break them down that much at the moment. Although we do seem to be getting plenty of space on the flanks.

My feeling is when we break T&T down and get a goal, then we will be more likely to add a few more as T&T will have to push forward more.

Good performance though from T&T so far, they are really surprising people at this World Cup (Y)

[L3thal Veteran]

If he does come in, it will probably be towards the end.

[Shibby]

I say yeah put rooney in for crouch.

Crouch is good but the way he is getting used in the matches are just usless, Hiting balls up to him for him to knock it down. It's not working, the defence can easly see it.

T&T are doing pretty well, i wish they go through!!!

[Glassed Silver]

Red/Yellow cards are normal in games. Sometimes people can't controll their actions. But yeah the double bar was pretty crazy. There was a lot of luck on the Polish team.

Speaking of yellow cards, Theobald just got a yellow on trinnidad.

11 close goal shots and 12 was successful?

you multiply the number by..3?

Poland had no goal shots?

did you go to the bathroom for most of the game or something?

well you must have not watched the whole game.

Poland did a great job defending a world class team like Germany. Germany should be ashamed they had so much trouble agains poland.

The BIG mistake Janas did was put Dudek in for the last couple of minutes. He relies on the amatures to much.

nope ^^ i said 12th not 12 :p

the defense didnt suck, thats right, but to be honest there werent any goal critical shots by poland, and only such shots are counted as goal shots.

and no, germany shouldnt be ashamed, because - i dont know whether u watched the game - there were some goal shots that were very close.

try to find a sentence in which a goal shot is mentioned by poland, if thered been one, it would definately be listed:

World Cup - Neuville Nicks It For Germany

75World-Cup-Logo.gifFIFA World Cup Germany 2006

Wednesday, 14 June

Midfield general Michael Ballack returned to the German side for the mannschaft's crunch Group A match against Poland at Dortmund on Wednsday night

Werder Bremen's Tim Borowski was relegated to the bench.

In a fast moving game with both sides committed to all-out attack, Germany had the better of the early exchanges.

In the first half, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski both had clear-cut chances to score but Klose headed past the post from only five yards out - and just before the interval Podolski squandered a golden chance when, with Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc beaten, he drove his shot wide of the upright.

An entertaining first half with Germany in control ended - almost unbelievably - goalless.

The second half started where the first half left off.

But as the game progressed, Germany's midfield didn't seem quite so assured as they had in the first half.

Crisp, short passing movements were replaced with long balls punted upfield to their forwards and with Germany's loss of precision, Poland gradually crept back into the game.

In the 64th minute, in an attempt to break the deadlock, German coach Jurgen Klinsmann brought on attacking midfielder David Odonkor in place of defender Arne Freidrich - but despite enormous pressure from the Germans, Poland held on.

Klinsmann then introduced Borussia M'gladbach striker Oliver Neuville to further beef up the attack - and when Poland defender Radoslav Sobolewski was dismissed for a second Yellow Card offense in the 75th minute it looked as if it would be only minutes before Germany scored .

But the clock ran down and Poland held out - due mainly to the inspired form and heroics of Glasgow Celtic goalkeeper Boruc.

In a barnstorming finish Germany desperately fired shot after shot at the Poland goal and in the 90th minute, first Philip Lahm and then Klose hit the bar.

Two minutes into stoppage time Neuville saved Germany and sent their supporters delirious with joy when he slid a cross from Odonkor past Boruc (90+2).

Germany have qualified for the second stage of the competition.

Poland are eliminated.

The klaxons are blaring. The country has started to party.

It's going to be a long night in Germany.

FIFA World Cup

Wednesday, 14 June

Group A

Final:

Germany 1:0 Poland

source: Clicky

-fm

ps: mmh... too bad england dusnt do well, i wished there was a better performance, because of germany maybe playing against them... in their current set they wont come far... GO ENGLAND, show trinidat and tobago why you are participating xD

Edited June 15, 2006 by Glassed Silver

[Martyn]

If he does come in, it will probably be towards the end.

A 57th minute introduction actually.

I bet Owen is pretty gutted at the moment. He declared his ambition to be the tournament's top goalscorer, but he has only played 55 minutes or so of the opening two games. He does not look match fit, which is a shame because he has a great pedigree at the World Cup.

[Glassed Silver]

CROUCH THANK YOU!!!! FINALLY :p

-fm

[gizmostripe]

When he doesnt try to show off he can score :p

[mongoloid]

1-0 England :yes:

[Glassed Silver]

2-0,5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY :p

-fm

[Krpano]

Oh yeah.... what a great game from England, just like the German one.

I wonder how will they play when they have strong adversaries.

/sarcasm

[mongoloid]

Gerard, what a goal.

2-0

[djpnuemo]

gerrard is my favorite footballer. that was a beauty.

never been a big fan of beckham, but his touches on the ball are pretty amazing. so many nice balls served up, with no one able to finish. that cross to krouch was absolutely perfect.

good effort by trinidad.