Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

By Martyn
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Digitalfox

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now i understand why FIFA rank mexico 4th in the world.. look at how they are playing against Portugal with a man down. they are totally outclassing portugal.

Outclassing Portugal?? :blink: :rolleyes:

Oh i know.. We didn't see the same game.. :D

Go Portugal.. Not one defeat.. :laugh:

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Setnom

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now i understand why FIFA rank mexico 4th in the world.. look at how they are playing against Portugal with a man down. they are totally outclassing portugal.

maybe they outclass portugal but it still wins. That shows something, doesnt it :)

They don't deserve their 4th place. I can name ten, at least, better teams than Mexico just in Europe.

Can't believe USA is 5th in fifa rankings i mean they played crap this world cup.

And neither does USA. For exactly the same reason.

Outclassing Portugal?? :blink: :rolleyes:

Oh i know.. We didn't see the same game.. :D

Go Portugal.. Not one defeat.. :laugh:

Yes, Portugal did great in the 1st stage. Here's hoping we get to play Holland next.

Argentina is just playing too good football right now, so I want us to meet in the final.

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BigGiantHead

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I don't think that Argentina & Portugal will meet in the final, if they do meet at all, I think it would be in the quarters. That said, I hope Holland come away with the win tonight, Holland and Portugal brings back memories of Euro 2004, and not good ones.

Argentina and Portugal would be a great match to watch though.

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BigGiantHead

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Ah well, the way the match is going, it looks like it will be a repeat of the Euro 2004 semi-final. The game has been so utterly boring. Atleast Argentina has livened up the match with a few attempts on goal.

The Dutch, after the 1st few minutes seem almost afraid to venture into the Argentinian goal, for fear of a counter-attack perhaps. Not what I expected from thewm though.

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Wannes

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Joe Cole played indeed a very nice game. A fantastisc goal and then a cross painted on the head of Gerrard. It's pity though that England "gave away" the victory. That last Swedish goal shouldn't have been, although it IS deserved!

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qdave

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Portugal v Netherlands

Argentina v Mexico

Holland v Portugal

same thing twice :p

anyway i am scared for netherlands when they will play for portugal..they might not defeat those bastards :no: Portugal has really great team!

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geek_rohit

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Owen out for 5 months. Great news for my Newcastle :rolleyes:

Brazil and Italy play tomorrow. Todays fixtures are:

Portual vs Mexico

Angola vs Iran

Ivory Coast vs Serbia and Montenegro

Netherlands vs Argentina

Yea I must have seen the wrong date in the calender :p

It was sure it was going to be a close game between Netherlands & Argentina. And the draw is a fair result. Portugal won and top their group, good for them. But they face Netherlands in their next round game, which will be a tough one.

My predictions for today's games:

Czech Republic 1-2 Italy

Ghana 2-2 USA

Japan 1-3 Brazil

Croatia 1-1 Australia

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Wannes

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0-0 is the final score. Good defensive match between the 2 teams. It's final.. ARG vs. MEX and HOL vs. POR

Also, looks like the Ivory Coast made a great comeback against Serbia.. leading 3-2 after being 2 goals down.

You've gotta be kidding me, this one of the most boring matches this WK has brought with some exceptions. I didn't really enjoy the game and zipped to Flodder: Going to America. :laugh:

Yep, just read the news about Owen this morning. A pity to see him go, he has been my fav player for .. a while now. Kind of weird that D. Beckham said that they will win the cup for him. If they want to, they've still got some work to do.

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I am Reid

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In order for the USA to advance one of these has to happen. Thats why i dont like round-robin type tournaments. I've always perferd sudden death. That way its a better chance for the small teams to advance, and make a run. It makes for more meaningful games. Because for some teams their 3rd game dosnt really even matter, I'm sure they still want to win, but it would be much better if they were facing elimination.

1. Italy defeats the Czech Republic.

2. Italy ties the Czech Republic 0-0 or 1-1 AND the United States beats Ghana by at least four goals.

3. Italy ties the Czech Republic 2-2 or with a higher score AND the United States beats Ghana by five or more goals.

4. Italy ties the Czech Republic 2-2 or with a higher score AND the United States beats Ghana by four goals AND the U.S. team scores at least three goals more than the Czechs do in their tie.

5. The Czech Republic beats Italy AND the total combined margin of victory for the Americans and Czechs is six or more.

6. The Czech Republic beats Italy AND the total combined margin of victory for the Americans and Czechs is five AND the U.S. team scores at least three goals more than the Italians do in their loss.

7. The Czech Republic beats Italy AND the total combined margin of victory for the Americans and Czechs is five AND the U.S. team scores exactly two more goals than the Italians do in their loss AND the Americans win a drawing of lots by FIFA.

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theyarecomingforyou

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Ghana lead 2:1 at the half time. Good thing is US scored their 1st goal without any help.

Exactly... in the Italy match they only drew because of an own-goal by the opposition. :rofl:

NEway, what was with that US guy going down for ages? Ghana did an amazing tackle with no contact and the US guy, without his legs moving, went down and was stretchered off... how did he injure himself? Bit too much theatrics for me and the crowd is too quick to boo as soon as anything doesn't go in favour of the US.

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