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Wooha, just a few hours more and the worlds biggest and most important sports event kicks of.

I make this the official "2006 Football World championships" thread (now FIFA can come and sue me [;)])





Now of to start the barbecue and open some cool ones .....

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

(now FIFA can come and sue me [;)])

And they will...[:'(]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

(now FIFA can come and sue me [;)])

And they will...[:'(]

Guess why I choosed the "old" team jersey [;)]

I'm not really a football guy, mostly because Denmark hasn't had a proper national team since 1992!

ORIGINAL: Terminus

I'm not really a football guy, mostly because Denmark hasn't had a proper national team since 1992!

I still remeber the finals [;)][:(]

That was such a cool tournament... I visited Berlin three years later, and people still remembered it...

Keep an eye on Brian Ching for the US, number 11. Plays on the Houston Dynamo in the MLS and was the leading MLS scorer until he left for the Championships in Germany.

ORIGINAL: W Thorne

Keep an eye on Brian Ching for the US, number 11. Plays on the Houston Dynamo in the MLS and was the leading MLS scorer until he left for the Championships in Germany.

Generaly the US team is not bad at all. That's why you guys should support it much more. You got a kickass keeper too. Hmm, I wonder why his name sounds so german [;)]

http://www.ussoccer.com/

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That was such a cool tournament... I visited Berlin three years later, and people still remembered it...

Does anyone remember - Denmark didn't even QUALIFY for that tournament. It was unique case of team winning a major tournament thy didn't even regularly qualify for [X(][X(]

O.

Hmm, I wonder why his name sounds so german

Jah, wie kann das wohl sein?[:'(]

ORIGINAL: Oleg Mastruko

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That was such a cool tournament... I visited Berlin three years later, and people still remembered it...

Does anyone remember - Denmark didn't even QUALIFY for that tournament. It was unique case of team winning a major tournament thy didn't even regularly qualify for [X(][X(]

O.

Yeah, well... That was also a very large part of why they won... Nobody expected them to be any good, and by the time people woke up, it was the final...

Leaving work at 4.30 to get home in time for Germany vs Costa Rica. Nice weather over here 27*C = time for football and a beer or two[8D]

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

ORIGINAL: W Thorne

Keep an eye on Brian Ching for the US, number 11. Plays on the Houston Dynamo in the MLS and was the leading MLS scorer until he left for the Championships in Germany.

Generaly the US team is not bad at all. That's why you guys should support it much more. You got a kickass keeper too. Hmm, I wonder why his name sounds so german [;)]

http://www.ussoccer.com/

Kasey Keller is from my town. Unfortunately, he rarely gets to come home anymore...

my bet is on France

The opener was a pretty good match to start the tournament on.

Decent match with 2 stunning goals.....

And finally Australia qualified! After being shafted by FIFA for years it was SWEEEEET to beat those cheatin' Uruguayans and get into the World Cup. How I enjoyed the distress that caused, especially after Recoba asserted that they had "a divine right" to qualify. HA! Their deity must have been having the day off.

Having Brazil in our group doesn't exactly help matters though [:@]. Costa Rica would have been handy. No-one expects us to get anywhere which is exactly as we like it [:'(]. It's fun to be part of it anyway.

Watch out for Harry Kewell, "The V-bomber" Mark Viduka, Marco Bresciano and Tim Cahill.

Cheers, Neilster

ps This is an artist's impression of Australia winning the World Cup [:'(]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Decent match with 2 stunning goals.....

Jeezz, the last shot from Thorsten Frings was a marvellous shot. Erik Cantona style [;)]

And notice the non-spinning ball wobbled all over the place? The aerodynamics of this ball are supposed to enhance dip/swerve on the spinning shots as well.

Cheers, Neilster

WTH is Soccer?

Seems that Poland has ended another "succesful" world cup finals...