** Official FIFA World Cup 2006 thread **

[Spartacus]

Italy,France and Brazil "underachieved" in the early matches
so I was thinking which could "turn it up a notch" when it got serious
Portugal gave it all today,but that's it for them
France and Brazil were underachievers
France dominated
and now there's four
Italy was weak against the US
Germany has yet to show weakness
Argentina was the team to beat
and down a goal they kept their poise
and then humilated them in the penalty kick round
watching all the failed shots today btw UK and Portugal
and then juxtapose that with the precision German penalty kicks
the german team is the best coached and they have a "psych" mission

 

[Spartacus]

what I find interesting about the penalty kick round
is it changes a team sport into a one vs one matchup
like in baseball hitter vs pitcher
and the four Germans all got base hits
perfect too

 

[Spartacus]

I remember as a child reading about the improbable '69 NY Jets victory in superbowl III against the heavy favorite Colts
the Jets coach,Weeb Ewbank,stressed "poise and execution"
the Joe Namath led Jets won 20-7

 

[Spartacus]

some of the pre-cup commentary speculated the german team might suffer in performance due to the pressure of being the host team
I haven't seen any evidence of that

 

[Island Son]

If it comes down to Germany vs France.... it'll be more than just soccer

 

[Longhorn85]

I think the french are dominating so far
they have some african-american players

Aren't these guys just as French as Francois Mitterand? Remember Yannick Noah? Lot's of black frenchmen, just like lots of blacks here.

BTW, Beckham quitting was bad for the sport of Soccer. Here it is the WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS and supposedly one of the games greatest players walks off the field due to injury.

Note: walked off, not carted off.

 

[Longhorn85]

what I find interesting about the penalty kick round
is it changes a team sport into a one vs one matchup
like in baseball hitter vs pitcher
and the four Germans all got base hits
perfect too

...and the German goalie did his homework and it paid off.

 

[Spartacus]

Aren't these guys just as French as Francois Mitterand? Remember Yannick Noah? Lot's of black frenchmen, just like lots of blacks here.



Note: walked off, not carted off.

yeah I know
was just joking around
the french team looked good
a franco-german title match would be cool

 

[perkele]

It's gonna be Germany vs. France in the final, unless Anthrax says otherwise.

 

[Phaded]

pretty pissed italy/brasil lost.