The inevitable World Cup thread! - Page 11

mr_sir · #**151** (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Maharlika

My sympathies to all the English and Brazillian fans.

Rooney should really learn to control his temper. I understand where he is coming from, but his action can never be validated nor justified.

I'll go for Germany and France in the Finals, with the host getting number four.

The England fans are used to going out on penalties now (I think thats 5 shoot outs in a row we've lost now!) lol. Rooney getting sent off was no surprise. He always does stupid things when he gets frustrated, and ideally he should never have been the sole striker as it led to that frustration. He needs someone to pass the ball to and allow him to demonstrate his skill, and our system did not allow that. I'm not trying to justify his actions as he deserved to be sent off, but the manager should have known that something like that could happen - the rest of the country knew it would happen if the formation stayed like that. At least our team did us proud afterwards. It was hard watching them go out in the way they did, but they played so valiantly after going down to 10 men that I can't be anything but proud of them and realistically they were never good enough to go much further anyway (not based on how badly they were performing at these finals).

France beating Brazil shocked me a bit but its nice to see Zidane back on form. I'd like to see a Germany-Portugal final with Germany lifting the cup, but I'm expecting a Germany-France final with the same outcome. I wonder if I'm the only Englishman supporting Germany lol

TonyMontana1638 · #**152** (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 05:18 AM

I admit that I'm still reeling from my Argentinians exiting and it was made much worse by seeing England go as they were my two favorite teams after the US. I never thought Brazil would make the finals again, I just didn't think it was in the cards, but I couldn't believe they went out to France. I was elated earlier in group play to see the French seemingly dying off, so where the hell did this second win come from? Zidane looks like he's 26, Henry has officially broken his streak of playing badly in international play and Fabian Barthez somehow became amazing. I'm stunned.

Anyways, I'm rooting for Italy or Portugal now... Portugal because I think it'd be great to see them at least make the finals and give the fans '66 all over again and Italy just because I like them. Luca Toni's the mack. I don't hate Germany or anything, but beating Argentina didn't exactly endear them to me. If I have to pick a final I think it'll be Italy-France with Italy on top. Germany is at home and play better as a team than I think anybody in the whole tournament (France and Argentina were close), but I just don't think they can do it. They struggled to score against the Argentinian defense, letting them dominate possesion time and get pushed around by Ayala, and Italy's defense is even better as Buffon seemingly can do no wrong at the moment. France is simply on a roll and I feel I have to pick them but we'll see if the old legs can keep going. Portugal is getting some people back like Deco who should be well-rested and I like their chances: it should be a great game. Both of them should, for that matter.

Lestat · #**153** (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 05:33 AM

*groans* I just hope that France doesn't win the Cup. Not that I have anything against the team (if they weren't French, I might just root for them), but the French become just "insupportable" for months if not years when their team wins, and chances are I'll have to work with some French in the near future... (Class: look up "insupportable" in your F-E dictionary).

TonyMontana1638 · #**154** (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lestat

*groans* I just hope that France doesn't win the Cup. Not that I have anything against the team (if they weren't French, I might just root for them), but the French become just "insupportable" for months if not years when their team wins, and chances are I'll have to work with some French in the near future... (Class: look up "insupportable" in your F-E dictionary).

*nods* A more true statement has never been uttered in my hearing.

Luis Antonio · #**155** (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 11:08 AM

I dont want France to win too. Zizou played magnificiently against Brazil, but Parreira left him without anyone close to him. I want Portugal to win, because AFAIK they've never won a world cup, and their coach is brazilian. I also hope they wont have trouble with the semifinals and finals referee.

Damn, Brazilian game was boring.

Ashen · #**156** (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lestat

*groans* I just hope that France doesn't win the Cup. Not that I have anything against the team (if they weren't French, I might just root for them), but the French become just "insupportable" for months if not years when their team wins, and chances are I'll have to work with some French in the near future... (Class: look up "insupportable" in your F-E dictionary).

I wholeheartedly agree. Italy or Portugal for me. I don't think I could stand it if the French win.

TonyMontana1638 · #**157** (**permalink**) 07-04-2006, 04:39 PM

ITALY!!!!

Maharlika · #**158** (**permalink**) 07-04-2006, 06:13 PM

Yes, well done, Italia. Too bad for the Germans. I thought that if by overtime the score is still nil-nil then Germany can wrap things up during the penalty kicks.

The present Italian team is living up with tradition.

Germany has yet to beat Italy in the World Cup.

With the Germans booted out by the "European Boot," I wouldn't care any less now who wins the World Cup. I just hope that the Final game would be an exciting one.