FIFA World Cup, Germany 2006 Options

[KrunkMuzik]

It's Here!

FIFA World Cup Germany 2006!

GO MEXICO!!!

[KrunkMuzik]

Heh..what was I thinking, aint no one in here into FIFA cups I guess..

[sk8ter4life750]

Yeah you gotta talk to my brother about fifa..

[KrunkMuzik]

BRASIL MAN!  BRASILIAN PRIDE, AND WHAT.  WE TOOK 2002 IN JAPAN WHEN WE PLAYED GERMANY, AND WE'LL TAKE 2006 IN GERMANY, FROM GERMANY, AGAIN!!!! HAHAHA!!!

VIVA BRASIL, O CAMPIO DO MUNDO!!!

And now they took the 2005 FIFA Confederations cup with a win of 4-1 over Argentina! w00t w00t! Lol...But yeah, Mexico is still my team.

[*wind&fire*]

WORLD CUP WORLD CUP WORLD CUP!!!!!

pssssshhhh its the World Game...SOCCER RULES!!!! i wish i could go to Berlin next year...GO CHINA!!! even if they didnt even score a goal last fifa

[sillymoose]

im rooting for Brasil and Neatherlands

[cookienmilkforna...]

brasil kicks ass

[imreallytrue]

ah! what is a matter with you guys!?!?! mexico is doing OK i admit i was a bit surprised when i saw mexico play they have gotten better. Brasil on the other hand, only has a few good players. such names as adriano, ronaldinho, and the other guy who is said to be the greatest i cant remeber his name right now. oh! ronalbinho? something to that effect. anyway. France is also doing better, although they arent doing great. Nederlands is getting better i think they might atleast come close to qualifying. im not sure if they will actually make it because there are a lot of teams that have actually gotten great. but my question is. doesnt anyone think england is going to win? i know for a fact germany wont win they arent very good. but england. what about england! does anyone watch the english premire league!? i mean look at englands lineup!

Name Caps Goals Position
James, David 32 0 GoalKeeper
Green, Robert 1 0 GoalKeeper
Carson, Scott 0 0 GoalKeeper
Campbell, Sol 65 1 Centre Back
Brown, Wes 9 0 Centre Back
Young, Luke 2 0 Centre Back
Knight, Zat 2 0 Centre Back
Johnson, Glenn 4 0 Defender
Cole, Ashley 41 0 Left Back
Beckham, David 81 16 Central Midfield
Cole, Joe 23 3 Central Midfield
Carrick, Michael 3 0 Central Midfield
Jenas, Jermaine 12 0 Central Midfield
Richardson, Kieran 2 2 Attacking Midfield
Owen, Michael 70 32 Striker
Smith, Alan 15 1 Striker
Defoe, Jermain 12 1 Striker
Crouch, Peter 1 0 Striker
Johnson, Andrew 2 0 Striker
Neville, Phil 52 0 Utility Player
Hargreaves, Owen 26 0 Utility Player

even the subs are good players! england is going to win it this year. cant wait for world cup! (i live in germany right next to the new allianz stadium : DDDDD)

-Sam


1. England
2. France
3. Brasil
4. Portugal
5. Mexico

[Ephemeral Styles]

I'm Filipino, but I support England. Unfortunately, I don't really think they're going to win. I really hope so though.

Btw, isn't England's new keeper Robinson? He's better than James.

[turbulent]

brasil owns, without a doubt

[KrunkMuzik]

The Final Draw has been decided! And the countdown to the World's largest sport tournament has begun. This is how the groups look like:

*For more information visit: FIFA World Cup 2006

GROUP A:
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador


GROUP B:
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden


***GROUP C:
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Netherlands


GROUP D:
Mexico (Go Mexico!)
Iran
Angola
Portugal


GROUP E:
Italy
Ghana
United States
Czech Republic


GROUP F:
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan


GROUP G:
France
Switzerland
South Korea
Togo


GROUP H:
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

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Teams In Bold Are My Picks To Advance To 2nd Round

*** Group Of Death (Toughest Group)
----------------------

I will later edit this to post my 2nd Round predictions and the rest of the tournament.

[klumzy]

nice!!

korea got a good bracket..
and lol @ japan :) they're with brazil ^^

[*wind&fire*]

ha aus had no chance if its in the same group as brazil... its going to be funny to see them FAIL MISERABLY!!!

[*Solipsist*]

dae han min kook
*clapclap clapclap clap*

Yeah but we all know Brazil's gonna win again.

- Solipsist

[*wind&fire*]

^ germany won last time

[kpisindahouse]

brazil!! germany will do good this year since teams with home field always do well. korea vs. france should be interesting since soccer is the only thing those frenchies know how to do.

[illumineering]

Ole! Ole! Ole! Brazil! Ole! Ole! Ole!

I remember when the World Cup was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasedena. Holy crap, it was way more exciting and festive than any NFL game EVER was. People sing and dance everywhere and party like mad!

[s_parker_luver]

brazil will win. i like england n portugal tho.

[KrunkMuzik]

I don't think Brazil will win this time....for some reason, I think this aint their year, they WILL make it far, just not win it though.

[klumzy]

i wouldn't bet against brazil..

i just hope korea can get into the round of 16!

[StYLiSh_x9]

BRAAAAASSSIIIIIIILLLLLLL all the way.
haha i cant wait till fifa i love soccer

[misoshiru]

i don't think france will win. they had to pull zinedine zidane out of retirement because they said their newer players didn't have enough experience.
and even though england has a good lineup, i don't think they'll win either, just like last time.
and i think that japan has a good chance to beat croatia to go to the final 16.



i go for BRAZIL.
1. brazil
2. argentina
3. germany
4. france

[Paul M. is baaac...]

Brazil probably always will be the favourites.

This year don't rule out the German's. They're in front of their home crowd and that matters a LOT.

Although, I still think Brazil will win.

No Ireland in it this year .

[cLinT_wEStw0oD]

Mexico are you serious?! How can there even be a doubt, everyone is looking to Brazil for another win, and shit, I expect one.

[KrunkMuzik]

Mexico are you serious?! How can there even be a doubt, everyone is looking to Brazil for another win, and shit, I expect one.

Yeah. Dead serious.

[*Statistik*]

Come on now. We all know Brazil is going to win.

[AQu01rius]

I am still sadden by the fact China was out a year ago =(

[misoshiru]

china never had a chance.

[KrunkMuzik]

So yeah, new jerseys have been released for the NIKEFOOTBALL teams, including the 2006 World Cup teams:

The NIKEFOOTBALL Teams:
Brasil
Netherlands
Portugal
USA
Mexico
Croatia
Russia
Turkey
New Zealand
Australia
Belgium
Morocco
Korea

World Cup Teams In Bold

[jeung]

moved to interests -> sports forum

[KrunkMuzik]

Aint ya just hyped 'bout this? Lol, I am! Less than 2 months left, pimpin'!

[EddieV]

GO BRASIL!

[misoshiru]

^ Agreed!! Woot!

[xoxo_proud]

Brasil and England are hawt and one of them will win

Hopefully

Even though I should be supporting the US but they've never impressed me

[KrunkMuzik]

In my opinion, those European teams (Spain, England, and France) aren't gonna make it far. If you realize, they have fame 'cuz of players AROUND the world, let's take FC Barcelona for example. The average person might say that Spain will go far in the WC 'cuz they have good players, BUT most of the good players come from other parts of the world, like Brasil...Portugal...Mexico..etc. So they loose their stars. Those teams that send their star players to play in European leagues (Brasil, USA, Mexico) have the best chance of taking the cup...get my point?

[KrunkMuzik]

Yep, just less than a month left for the first kick-off! It's FIFA World Cup Fever ALL over the world!

[*CrackedRearView*]

Don't overlook my boys, now.. Italy can really upset big namers like Brasil. Just wait until June before the talking starts.

Viva Italia!

[KrunkMuzik]

LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!! HYPERNESS!!!!!

[krnxpdork]

daeeee---han min gook.

korea can easily make it to the round of 16.
korea FIGHTING!

[*salcha4u*]

AHHH POLAND GOT BEAT. 0-2. WTFFFff (we were watching in math class)

[Looow]

^ Hahah we was watching it in spanish.

[KrunkMuzik]

Day 1
What a great way to open a World Cup! 8 goals in one day in just two games! It's looking out to be a great one!

Germany 4 : 2 Costa Rica

Poland 0 : 2 Ecuador

My Picks Are In Bold

[magicfann]

damn we were watchin it in math and science :O GERMANY FTW

lol after the game the fans like trashed the streets nd crap, it was on nightline

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Lmao, Swedish fans were PISSED.

[AngelinaTaylor]

Lmao, Swedish fans were PISSED.

No shit - didn't score even one goal against Trinidad, even though Trinidad played with 10 people!!

(I don't like the Sweden team..)

Taylor``

[*salcha4u*]

ARGENTINA 2-1 CÔTE D'IVOIRE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0-0 SWEDEN
ENGLAND 1-0 PARAGUAY

Haha I didn't get to watch any of the games today, but wow...
and yay for England

[KrunkMuzik]

Day Two

England 1 : 0 Paraguay
Sweden 0 : 0 Trinidad & Tobago
Argentina 2 : 1 Ivory Coast

Picks are in bold

It was a VERY suprising day for me today. First, I thought England had more to offer. The only goal they got was a favor from the Paraguay side. Second, Trinidad & Tobago shows potential. How about that goal keeper? Very impressive for a last minute add-on. Sweden tied with a taste of a loss. Congrats to the T&T side! And last but not least, even though they lost 2-1 against Argentina, I never thought they had such an offense. They produced as many shots on goal as Argentina. Very good team. Congrats to another Latin team!

Tomorrow is the day I've been waiting for. Mexico faces Iran. A game where Mexico is favorite. Viva Mexico!

[*RiC3xBoy*]

England was playing extremely "passive" in a way. They had subbed a lot of fowards for mid fielders. It would seem they are willing to win sloppily.

[*salcha4u*]

Hm, thinking about switching my vote from Italy to Brazil. They couldn't even beat Korea last time.

[*ECD & C0*]

ha aus had no chance if its in the same group as brazil... its going to be funny to see them FAIL MISERABLY!!!

true haha

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Well, congrats to Mexico.

[xMayleex]

Angola v Portugal tonight everyone.

I think we all know who's going to win, but it's the World Cup .. so yeah just watch =]

[*salcha4u*]

Whew, 3-1

[magicfann]

:O Mexico over Iran

[sadolakced acid]

go germany!

[KrunkMuzik]

MEXICO! MEXICO! MEXICO! MEXICO!

That's whats up! My team overcame a slow start and two subs made a big difference in the second half. Omar Bravo and Zinha def. had their best game today. Next up, Angola.

Day 3

Serbia and Montenegro 0 : 1 Netherlands
*Mexico 3 : 1 Iran
Angola 0 : 1 Portugal

Picks are in bold
* Fav. team!

PS. I'm 7 for 8 on my predictions! Yay me!

[*salcha4u*]

When is Brazil playing

[xmkaex]

im excited about this years WORLD CUP. haha so this year im rooting for..hrrmm.. USA and S.Korea.

[*salcha4u*]

USA sucks.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

USA sucks.

What, they got spanked 0-3?

[*salcha4u*]

YEAAAAAH THAT WAS A SAD GAME.

I think I watched World Cup in probably ALL my classes today (except first). ITALY WON! 2-0! And USA sucks.

[xmkaex]

U.S lost against C.Republic. 0-3

[krnxpdork]

korea vs togo 9am est.

DAEEE HAN MIN GOOK!

[KrunkMuzik]

Day Four

Two suprises today. First, I was watching the Japan/Australia game, and when the score was 1-0 in favor of Japan, I turned off the tv with 8 mins left. Later, I found out not only had Australia tied the game, but scored two other goals to sealed the victory. That suprised me. Congrats to Australia! Second, a team that everyone expected to put a good show in the World Cup got they ass kicked really bad! Team USA needs to improve...

Italia 2 : 0 Ghana
USA 0 : 3 Czech Republic
Australia 3 : 1 Japan

Picks are in bold

Current correct picks: 9/11

[*RiC3xBoy*]

[Tribal J_Rome]

when's the next game for U.S.?

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Sat, against Italy.

[*salcha4u*]

Blah at Brazil. I thought they would do better than that. I was also going to skip third period with a ton of other people to watch France's game...but didn't get to :T

[*Statistik*]

ahahha japan got murdered .. lucky australia

[toxical]

Brazil Brazil Brazil will def. winnn. :D

[marzipan]

^ haha yeah, i hope

[*Statistik*]

I really don't think brazil can win the world cup this time .. you got teams like argentina, germany, italy, france all up .. its gonna be tough

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Brazil isn't gonna win the world cup. Also, enough bashing on Team USA. They got beat by the 2nd ranked team in the world.

[magicfann]

Brazil isn't gonna win the world cup. Also, enough bashing on Team USA. They got beat by the 2nd ranked team in the world.

you just dont like it cuz u and ur cozy fatty americans cant brag about soccer

[*RiC3xBoy*]

you just dont like it cuz u and ur cozy fatty americans cant brag about soccer

Really? I guess the fact that people who probably never played a game of soccer in their life bashing their own countries team isn't the real reason why I dont like it. But then, I wouldnt expect someone of your brains to undertand.

[lanbexx]

even still. they lost by 3! and got shut out. thats pretty sad.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Japan got scored on 3 times in 10 minutesby a team that they outrank by 30.

[KrunkMuzik]

Day Five

Day five was a day a lot of soccer fans were looking forward to live. Brasil, the creators of Joga Bonito (Beautiful Game), faced Croatia. A game that was expected more from Brasil though. But it's ONLY a start, I'm pretty sure they will show more of that joga bonito later on. France dissapointed me. 'Nough said. S. Korea pulls a suprise. Leading a group in which where Brasil is present.

Reffering to the earlier posts, Team USA entered the World Cup as the 5th ranked team in the world. Sure they faced the 2nd ranked team in the world, BUT they could've still played a better game, a lot better. IMO, I think USA is out of this one.

S. Korea 2 : 1 Togo
France 0 : 0 Switzerland
Brasil 1 : 0 Croatia

*Picks are in bold

Current correct picks: 11/14

[*salcha4u*]

Hm, I didn't think Croatia was that strong.

[*stephinika*]

Yeah...who saw the Poland/Germany game today? Oh man, the end of it was intense. Twice in a row it hit the bar!

[AngelinaTaylor]

Hmm.. Brazil didn't even TRY in that game, and they were still pretty awesome.. I can't wait until they actually play up to their potential.

I mean.. did you see those attacks?!

Taylor``

[krnxpdork]

koreaaaa!

[*Weird addiction*]

Brazil SUCKED, even though they won. Today's England vs Trinidad & Tobago. GO ENGLANDDDDDDDDD!!!

[Paul M. is baaac...]

Ecuador look like a great team, who were un-mentioned in the pre-tournament blackhorse list, but surely now they must be considered.

[magicfann]

pssh, germany ftw kthxbai-

Really? I guess the fact that people who probably never played a game of soccer in their life bashing their own countries team isn't the real reason why I dont like it. But then, I wouldnt expect someone of your brains to undertand.

and its not like u.s. even has a great soccer team, so good friggin game

they're not even the best a friggin VIDEO GAMES, china and sweden stole that from them

[radhikaeatsraman]

All I've gotta say about England v. Trinidad & Tobago is WTF. England SUCKED the first half, but those last two goals by Crouch and Gerrard were shockers. But I've gotta give it to Trinidad for holding off England for so long. They really did give it their all, and it isn't fair that England was half-assing it and still won.

But the US is pretty much screwed if they're playing Italy.

[*This Confession*]

hmm how is it all going anyway? I never got around to watching any of it. I use to when i did play soccer though

[Teesa]

^You can click on the following to learn how it goes--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup

All I've gotta say about England v. Trinidad & Tobago is WTF. England SUCKED the first half, but those last two goals by Crouch and Gerrard were shockers. But I've gotta give it to Trinidad for holding off England for so long. They really did give it their all, and it isn't fair that England was half-assing it and still won.

But the US is pretty much screwed if they're playing Italy.

Mm indeed. I love England, but they should have taken care of that game a lot better, rather than scoring those two quick goals at the end. Good job to Trinidad and Tobago. Haha, I have faith for the US, but Italy is just too good. Should be fun to watch.

[misoshiru]

DAMNIT. I wanted Trinidad to tie with England. But that goal by Gerrard was absolutely beautiful, almost as beautiful as the one Kaka made for Brazil's win over Croatia.

Personally, I think the 3 strongest teams so far are Spain, Portugal and Brazil.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

and its not like u.s. even has a great soccer team, so good friggin game
they're not even the best a friggin VIDEO GAMES, china and sweden stole that from them

Funny, last time I checked, they were rank five. Video games? Why are you comparing videogames?

[*salcha4u*]

Sweden and Portugal game was so boring today...it was 0-0 for so long. I fell asleep watching it. Btw, English soccer guys are hot.

[Tribal J_Rome]

I wanna see Trinidad and Tobago play again. Their goalie's amazing, and he could have played for US! >.<

[*salcha4u*]

Agree actually. Everyone should give Trinidad and Tobago more commendation...they're really good for a small team.

[magicfann]

Funny, last time I checked, they were rank five. Video games? Why are you comparing videogames?

well why can't i compare video games?

[Tribal J_Rome]

well why can't i compare video games?

Cuz video games has absolutely nothing to do with what the topic is about. moron.

[radhikaeatsraman]

The US. Oh, dear god. I hate to say it, but they're going to lose. They're playing ITALY for god's sake. They're screwed.

[*salcha4u*]

Haha, you'd be surprised. Come on, the game didn't even start yet. Maybe when the score is like...0-2, then we can say the US is screwed. We discredit countries more than we should.

But needless to say...yes, it is Italy

[misoshiru]

^ Btw, Sweden played Paraguay, not Portugal.

Agree actually. Everyone should give Trinidad and Tobago more commendation...they're really good for a small team.

Trinidad and Tobago DOES have a good team for a country that small. The only thing that really irked me in that game was the fact that Beenhakken(sp?) the coach put them basically all in defense. If they actually attacked the England defense lines more, they may have been able to pull 2-1.

[*Statistik*]

LOL ..

face it, usa sucks .. watch them get demolished by italy on saturday

[*Weird addiction*]

USA Sucked. I'm so for England on this one. Ecuador is surprisingly great so far.