Am Back....
June 19th, 2006
Well.. the second installment of first round matches are done...over! and there have been some upsets.. looks like my cravings have been satisfied.. but why to my fave teams??
USA 1- Italy 1..damn the bloody americans!!!
Czech 0- Ghana 2... ewwww!!! i love the czechs..but if not for petr cech..they would have been bummed 5 or 6 to nothing...
Makes for a very interesting group... Who will go through??? I want the czechs and the italians through.. Therefore i shall root for the Americans.. :).. this one time... USA win coupled with a Italy- Czech draw or a Czech victory...and ill be happy :D..will make for some interesting news too.. "Gallant American team bows out owing to ridiculous FIFA (FISA) rules!!" LMAO :)
The other group that is interesting is Group G..France will have to win in style..and then hope that either there is a low scoring draw between the Swiss and SKorea.. or a victory for one of them.. i still think that the French will go through.. they made it tougher in qualifying and still got through alright... so dont count them out.. they look lethargic.. but i have a feeling about that team...(good or bad..will be revealed later..i dont want to put my career as a football pundit on the line with this french team :D)..
Australia and Croatia play a knock-out game... that should be fun ..yum!!
Argentina vs Oranje-- mouth-watering... i cant see argentina winning 6-0 again..but if they do.. that will be massive :)...
Worth Mentioning: Spain look incredibly dangerous!! watch out for them... they have added a bit of steely reserve to their talent..and add a terrific bench strength..and hey presto!! they are good to go!
June 20,2006 5:14 pm.
Did a run in the morning.. came home..and watched two games.. first Germany vs Costa Rica.. and then the English vs Sweden...
Germany won convincingly..and look increasingly menacing!!!...klose showed his WC pedigree again.ballack pulled the strings..and podolski got on the score sheet too!!
England- WC contenders?? or pretenders?? hung to their dear skin...for a 2-2 draw against the Swedes, who were distinctly unlucky to not score a winner.. they looked horrible defending set-pieces.. two goals- one from a corner and one from a throw-in (damn...not even wolverhampton let in goals as sad as that from throw-ins...).. an injury to owen.. and probably rio ferdinand too... all in all... showed that england aint there yet!!! sorry.. this is one case of the sum total being less than the sum of the individual parts... they migh beat the costa ricans..who were off color and fielded a second strength team..but i dont think they will get any further.. 4 years ago..they had a chance to knock brazil out... brazil was down to 10 men..for the last 30 mins..yet. england could not score.. that same fraility continues.. QF and no more i say!
Sweden vs Germany.. cant predict this one.. sweden are a good team... and probly as resilient as Herr Germans..lets see what comes out of this one!
Tomorrows predictions: Holland sans robben and van bommel..should be rolled over by the argentine machine.. portugal should top their group..and mexico will finish second! which means..Holland play portugal...mouthwatering again... and argentina play mexico..will be brutal.
Watch out for the rest of the WC!!!
Pass on the popcorn..the pizza.and the beer boy..and lets go!!!
Well.. the second installment of first round matches are done...over! and there have been some upsets.. looks like my cravings have been satisfied.. but why to my fave teams??
USA 1- Italy 1..damn the bloody americans!!!
Czech 0- Ghana 2... ewwww!!! i love the czechs..but if not for petr cech..they would have been bummed 5 or 6 to nothing...
Makes for a very interesting group... Who will go through??? I want the czechs and the italians through.. Therefore i shall root for the Americans.. :).. this one time... USA win coupled with a Italy- Czech draw or a Czech victory...and ill be happy :D..will make for some interesting news too.. "Gallant American team bows out owing to ridiculous FIFA (FISA) rules!!" LMAO :)
The other group that is interesting is Group G..France will have to win in style..and then hope that either there is a low scoring draw between the Swiss and SKorea.. or a victory for one of them.. i still think that the French will go through.. they made it tougher in qualifying and still got through alright... so dont count them out.. they look lethargic.. but i have a feeling about that team...(good or bad..will be revealed later..i dont want to put my career as a football pundit on the line with this french team :D)..
Australia and Croatia play a knock-out game... that should be fun ..yum!!
Argentina vs Oranje-- mouth-watering... i cant see argentina winning 6-0 again..but if they do.. that will be massive :)...
Worth Mentioning: Spain look incredibly dangerous!! watch out for them... they have added a bit of steely reserve to their talent..and add a terrific bench strength..and hey presto!! they are good to go!
June 20,2006 5:14 pm.
Did a run in the morning.. came home..and watched two games.. first Germany vs Costa Rica.. and then the English vs Sweden...
Germany won convincingly..and look increasingly menacing!!!...klose showed his WC pedigree again.ballack pulled the strings..and podolski got on the score sheet too!!
England- WC contenders?? or pretenders?? hung to their dear skin...for a 2-2 draw against the Swedes, who were distinctly unlucky to not score a winner.. they looked horrible defending set-pieces.. two goals- one from a corner and one from a throw-in (damn...not even wolverhampton let in goals as sad as that from throw-ins...).. an injury to owen.. and probably rio ferdinand too... all in all... showed that england aint there yet!!! sorry.. this is one case of the sum total being less than the sum of the individual parts... they migh beat the costa ricans..who were off color and fielded a second strength team..but i dont think they will get any further.. 4 years ago..they had a chance to knock brazil out... brazil was down to 10 men..for the last 30 mins..yet. england could not score.. that same fraility continues.. QF and no more i say!
Sweden vs Germany.. cant predict this one.. sweden are a good team... and probly as resilient as Herr Germans..lets see what comes out of this one!
Tomorrows predictions: Holland sans robben and van bommel..should be rolled over by the argentine machine.. portugal should top their group..and mexico will finish second! which means..Holland play portugal...mouthwatering again... and argentina play mexico..will be brutal.
Watch out for the rest of the WC!!!
Pass on the popcorn..the pizza.and the beer boy..and lets go!!!
posted by Hitchcock at 2:00 PM
3 Comments:
lets gooooooooooo:)))
-hantsum
maama..sumanth baabu..kaise ho??/ :) WC enjoy kar rahe ho??
They are out, ARG and Brazil. I can't believe it. I am still hoping that I am dreaming and ithasn't really happened.
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