Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread



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Congratulations Ronaldo! u beast! :D

Congratulations Ghana for

1. Beating the 2nd placed team in the world

2. Beating 5th placed nation in the world.

3. Making the 2nd round in their first appearance.

4. Putting up a very good showing against Brasil, scoreline reflects Brasilian brilliance, but for 70%> of the time, they gave them a good run for their money.

Quarter Final games all looking to be major encounters :D

Did anyone see one of Ghana players had chalk over his face after hitting the goal area with his face? lol

he walked around without knowing it was still over his face :laugh: :rofl:

yeah it was Asamoah :D

3rd goal was lame :( he could have scored cooler then just pushing ball into the net...

Nice offside goal by Adriano (Y)

Brazil doesn't even deserve to be up 1-0, let alone 2-0.

Exactly... they need to bring in video calls when there is any doubt. As usual FIFA are behind the times and the games suffer. Far too much Brazilian theatrics and plenty of dodgy calls. There was never any doubt that Brazil would win, I just think it's a shame the match was so poor overall - the Brazil defence was laughable. *shrugs*

Ghana is going to go gome as heros with a big welcome back for them for what they done. They were a surprise and great to watch. I know they have to get a better homecoming than the US team, they were ripped apart on TV, news, sports magazines, you name it. You know its bad when a station was deciding to play the local women's backetball game over the US in the world cup in my city.

i don't think brazil have played their full potential yet, it seemed like their just 'practicing', but that's just my opinion^^

I don't think they are "practicing", I think they are having a hard time, and to me is Pareira's fault, when you watch Brazil games, Ronaldihno doesn't seem to be playing in a position where he can manage more the ball and hurt the adversary, he doesn't look as free as he looks when he plays with Barcelona, I think that is the weak point in Pareira scheme

just my .02

I don't think they are "practicing", I think they are having a hard time, and to me is Pareira's fault

I'd blame Mr "Pork Pie" Ronaldo as well... they're effectively playing a man down because of his lethargy.

Brazil, during most of the games, are indeed playing with 10 players. I was watching the Brazil - Australia match yesterday and I noticed that for two minutes, while Brazil circulated the ball around the Australian box, Ronaldo just stood there and just moved his head around to follow the ball when his teammates were trying to see if he would make a run. Nonetheless, when he gets a chance, he usually puts it in, but that's usually when he's 1-on-1 like today and like the first goal against Japan.

Nonetheless, we will see how good Brazil really is against either Spain or France.

i'm a big fan of this french team, but this world cup has been so disappointing. and again, ribery, messing up opportunities. he should not be starting. thank god he redeemed himself for all his mistakes through this world cup, with that goal. i'm betting, he'll miss another golden opportunity in the second half. take his scared butt off and get trezeguet (sp) in there!!! it's very frustrating watching the french team not even moving the ball forward. just forcing the high ball and going offside every attempt. sickening.

game DEFINITELY picked up in the last 5 minutes.

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