FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 OFFICIAL Thread!

[Pnigro]

Well guys! Final draw is next friday!

I can't wait!!!!

Go Costa Rica!

My favorites for winning the cup are: Czech Republic, Netherlands and Argentina. I don't want Brazil!

[Atlasz]

Yea but don't the official games begin in the spring?

[The-Stig]

You know Brazil's gonna do it again!

[fingerINhole]

Don't be fooled...this isn't the OFFICIAL FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 thread!!!!

[Gettin_big]

You know Brazil's gonna do it again!

Yep...

[affy]

IRAN 2006!!! HOLY **** WE'RE GUNNA SO OWN...lmao atleast to the semifinals. Soccer is the biggest sport in the world...dont care what anyone says.

[iverson3504]

Don't be fooled...this isn't the OFFICIAL FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 thread!!!!

any US fans?? I'm lookin for an even better performance than 02.. when we shoulda beat Germany anyways

[DTGG]

The Picks on whos on whos team is this Friday, dec 9th!!!

Go Poland/Argentina/Netherlands/Czech Republic GO!

[DTGG]

Countries that made it.

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/index.html

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/team/index.html <--graphical version (easier for some less intellectual people)

ANG
ARG
AUS
BRA
CRC
CIV
CRO
CZE
ECU
ENG
FRA
GER
GHA
IRN
ITA
JPN
KOR
MEX
NED
PAR
POL
POR
KSA
SCG
ESP
SWE
SUI
TOG
TRI
TUN
UKR
USA

[mindraper]

Im going to germany next year

[martydaman]

Cant beleive Australia made it. Not expecting much though.

My bet that Brazil with take it again, they are still in-form as always.

But GO POLAND!!!

[DTGG]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...96946505070943

heres a cool soccer video

[Thy_Kingdom]

Did Canada even qualify?

[jannek]

Polska Is Taking It Oo Yea

[DTGG]

Did Canada even qualify?

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhah ahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahaah

but seriously no.

[DTGG]

Ali G interviews the beckham's

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...655402&q=ali+g

[DTGG]

Im going to germany next year

Same with me, ill see you there! (And I am not joking because my cousin is getting married in June so I have to be there (and yes he lives in Germany))

[xman06]

Im going to Germany over the summer, is it too late to buy tickets? I was hoping to watch the U.S, Germany, and Korea.

[micky c]

dont rule out England, seeded 2nd, we are one of the favs, when we are pumped up we are the ones to beat

England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tranceaddict]

not that we are even going to see winning one match there!

[qpalzm]

Top 8 seeds:

Brazil
England
Spain
Germany
Mexico (wtf?)
France
Argentina
Italy

[ToBeOrNotToBe]

Top 8 seeds:

Brazil
England
Spain
Germany
Mexico (wtf?)
France
Argentina
Italy

FIFA and UEFA already said they will change the way the ranking is made. It is not "accurate", they say. I agree with that. How many of those teams could beat Portugal? I mean, Portugal was clearly better than Spain, England and Holland in the Euro2004. Not to mention Germany.

Brazil is number 1, in my opinion. Argentina has a great team too, Mexico has been playing pretty well. Italy cannot be forgotten. However, Spain, England, Germany and France do not reach the level of Holland, Portugal or the Check Republic, at this time.

[ToBeOrNotToBe]

The 5 favorites, in my opinion.

Brazil
Argentina
Italy
Portugal
Germany (only because they're hosting the world cup and they'll have an entire country supporting their national team)

[chad12121]

Germany is going to take it. After that upset at the last world cup and the fact that they are playing in their own country = more motiviation, better training in their own conditions

[martydaman]

Did anyone else see how Brazil played in the confederations cup?
They will be a force on the field, no doubt.

[ToBeOrNotToBe]

Germany is going to take it. After that upset at the last world cup and the fact that they are playing in their own country = more motiviation, better training in their own conditions

That's a good advantage for Germany, but sometimes not even a great team can win such competition when it occurs in its own country.

For example, Portugal was clearly the best team in the Euro2004. They defeated Spain, England and Holland. Yet, they lost twice against Greece, who did nothing but defend (against Portugal, France and the Check Republic).

Check Republic was the second best team, but Greece defeated them too. I never saw a team as lucky as Greece in a competition like this.

[Just a Pilgrim]

Don't knock Australia yet. They are awesome players and just need to play as a team for a while. Uraguay are 18th in the world and have won the world cup twice! They often beat Brazil and Argentina! We owned them in that second leg, a performance like that against a European nation will see 3-4 goals in the back of the net, because Uraguay are great defenders and the team plays as a team all the time where as we don't. Knocking off some better teams is not unrealistic.

[xman06]

are they still selling tickets? I need to get some

[DTGG]

Tickets are to be in the loto on the 12th of december... Grats if you win.. Im planning to get some for Frankfurt and Kiaserslatutern in the early matches.

[KingLitti]

I said it in another thread but I'll say it again.

The Chzech rep. will win it. Especially wtih Nedved back!
Mark my words.


I'll also say England will go far, to the semi's maybe.

GOOOOOOAAAL!