FIFA: Germany 2006

[Munsu]

I've always liked Italy to win it, and they've always dissapointed me. Even with the chance to win it in penalty kicks, with your best player kicking, he fucking misses. Last time, they got robbed in Korea, we can all agree to that.

If the Italians don't make it, i'd like for Argentina or Spain to get it. I kinda like the England team too, and then comes the United States, even though I don't like them as a soccer team, being "American" I'll always have a small portion of myself rooting for them.

Sweden and Germany are always fun to watch. Don't care much for France, and I've always hated the Brazil team, I hope they lose in an embarrassing fashion.

[DB_Hunter]

What's wrong with the Brazil team? They are like the magicians of world football on most days. I think you don't have to worry as to how they lose... if they do lose they will do so in an embarassing manner.

[Splash!]

Even with the chance to win it in penalty kicks, with your best player kicking, he fucking misses.

Ahh Baggio, such a great player yet that one penalty kick scars him for life. Yeah Italy has been dissappointing over the years, in particular the national team has had lousy coaches that have focused too much on defense. However, this time around the Italian team is more centered around midfield and attack which hasnt happened in a long time. Although i am not that big a fan of brazil either, but players like ronaldinho and kaka just make me like the brazilian squad all that much more. The others this time around dont grab my attention all that much but those two are really something. And as already mentioned, Czech Republic shows a lot of promise

[RyougaZell]

I should be rooting (sp?) for Mexico... but until I see their first game I won't... they kinda sucked in the friendly matches.

Anyway... my money is on Spain, Portugal, Corea and Ecuador.
Why them? Cause those are the teams I got via draw. Im paying 250 pesos (about 22dlls), and if any of those 4 win the World Cup (come on Portugal...) I'll win 1600 pesos (about 145 dlls).

Now... aside from money... Croatia, England or Germany should win. I want a Latin team to win... but Im kinda sick of both Argentina and Brazil... out of those two... only Mexico and... well... bleh to my own team...

Oh yeah... I hope USA get eliminated on the first round

[kooshi]

Being a Korean myself, I'll obviously be rooting for Korea. At least this time, they won't luck out as they did last time. I saw so many things that weren't suppose to happen in favor of Korea, so at least this year will be different. I'd like to see how well they do without the home advantage ^^

[Psyke]

World Cup starts today! Going to be a long month for me with all those late night matches due to the time difference. I watch the English Premiere League, but I seriously have doubts that England is going to win it. I'm going to support Japan and England, but I have this feeling Brazil is going to be champions (again).

[Winged Dancer]

Now... aside from money... Croatia, England or Germany should win. I want a Latin team to win... but Im kinda sick of both Argentina and Brazil... out of those two... only Mexico and... well... bleh to my own team...

Oh yeah... I hope USA get eliminated on the first round

I can't stand Argentina - try being in a bus full of 'em for three hours and I swear to God you'll want to kill anyone who says "sho" instead of "yo". I didn't watch the last friendly matches we had but I know from my brother that we either sucked or we were experimenting with the team formations.

All that aside...

Your last line is wisdom. Complete, and absolute wisdom that has nothing to do with us being Mexican. So there.

[DB_Hunter]

Well half an hour till the first match kicks off and then we will be on our way. I hope its a good world cup, last time the the final was boring because everyone knew that Brazil was going to win that... Germany have been a great team over the years but last time round they sucked and it was amazing that they got to the final. Anyways lets see hwot hey do against Costa Rica now. I reckon a convincing win, anything less and you can forget the Germans for this world cup, even if they do end up in the final again.

[Edort4]

Well here we go. 3 goals in 18 minutes this is fun. Today we can see how the referee are going to do their jobs.

Its very important to see what kind of arbitration they are going to do, if they are going to punish hard game and destructive players or not. I dont like faulty teams (italy, germany) and I love creative game (brasil for example) but usually referee let defenders to use excesive force to cut the game.

[DB_Hunter]

The Germans arn't really being tested... they have too much space. Costa Rica are playing too narrow and Germany are taking advantage by attacking down the right flank and using their width. Despite the goals I am not convinced of Germany's chances so far.

[RyougaZell]

I can't stand Argentina - try being in a bus full of 'em for three hours and I swear to God you'll want to kill anyone who says "sho" instead of "yo". I didn't watch the last friendly matches we had but I know from my brother that we either sucked or we were experimenting with the team formations.

All that aside...

Your last line is wisdom. Complete, and absolute wisdom that has nothing to do with us being Mexican. So there.

I have several argentinan friends at work. They are nice people. But true, most of them are very arrogant... at least I got nice ones.

And yeah... last line is pure wisdom

We have no internet at work , so we had to rely on those people that had a radio... but with all the systems they are barely audible...


PS: Donovan sux big time.

[Psyke]

Argh! Can't believe how badly England played against Paraguay..... This despite all the hype that they're the best England squad in recent years and that they can go all the way this time. They've played so badly I'm not even sure if they can make it to the last 16.

[Swallow Your Soul]

We (England) were good in the first half but terrible in the 2nd half today. Eriksson's fault imo, he takes off Owen and leaves us kicking balls up to Crouch but with no-one to pick up the flick ons...our manager is famous over here for making insane substitutions and he carried on today...realistically though the result is all that matters so its all good.

Obviously I want England to win and I do think we've got the best team since I've been following football though taking only three main strikers plus Theo Walcott could mess us up big time (as was shown today - we take off one striker and had no-one suitable to replace him with). We just have to hope Rooney is fully recovered by the end of the group stage (assuming we pass it).

Brazil will probably win it in the end, along with yet another devastating way for England to go out as per usual...I can't see Italy or Germany doing it, and I don't think the World Cup will be as unpredictable as the Euro Championships where teams like Greece and (in the past) Denmark have a chance of winning.

Hopefully the Swedish and Argie games will be good as the games haven't been very entertaining so far...

Argh! Can't believe how badly England played against Paraguay..... This despite all the hype that they're the best England squad in recent years and that they can go all the way this time. They've played so badly I'm not even sure if they can make it to the last 16.

Don't worry about that, its pretty rare for us to even WIN the first game let alone play well - we never do things the easy way...I reckon we should be ok but I'm a bit worried our players might bottle it when they're under pressure against a big team...