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MAX

3-1 USA! GO GO GO!



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Ahhh, Love Readin about the soccer game, listening to Meatloaf, drinkin a beer and smokin a cigar.... *soothing...*



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I could kill...I'm at work *dang it!!!*

Go GO GO USA!!!!!

I want to scream, but my boyfriend is sleeping. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Yeah, my co-workers have already 'hushed' me one too many times...*whoops!*...

As if they are different when Germany plays....

WS: tell them to hush themselves, they would act the same way during the german games, this is the american's time! hehehehehehehe.



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heh, would love to, but one of them is my boss...(one too many times...)

True, true.

Wow this game is good.


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3-2 damn.

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Wolfen, I don't know which game you're watching, but it's 3-2 here after an own goal by Agoos....

[Edit: Oh, I see... did they say the own goal was a goal for us?]

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NOOOOOO!!! Dang it!!! C'mon boys, hold out....Go GO!!!

That was a costly mistake.....


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WS: feel like we should be side by side in a pub right now huh? hehehehe


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C'mon guys... HOLD ON!



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Yes! We did it!

WHO IS YOUR DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAX

Never under estimate america! YEAHHHH!!!!!!!! WOO HOO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! USA USA USA!



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dat right!!!!!!!!!

man they looked really good on the field!!!!!!!!!!!

MAX

The question stands now... WHO'S NEXT!?

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and the Americans go CRAZY! hahahahahahahahahaha!

Yeeeehaaaawww!! We're number 1! We're number 1!! Paaarrttyyy pure!!!!!!

Man, I wish I was in a pub right now......you know it, Wolfen!

Way to go USA!!!!

Next up....Korea.....now we'll see who's who....

The next game here...Germany vs Ireland...I've already got my ear-plugs on....*glances around at dumb-struck German co-workers...shows number 1 finger...grins...*

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Well this certainly makes things interesting. Korea is currently at the top of the group, with the U.S. just behind, but Korea won against arguably the weakest team in the group (Ducati: from now on let's just assume that I'm apologizing for every negative thing I say about Poland), while the U.S. defeated what is arguably the strongest team.

It wasn't pretty, but it was sweet. The friggin' morons in the next apartment over were rooting for the Portuguese--oh how that steamed me. I want to walk over now and ask them if they enjoyed the game. After seeing today's match, I honestly don't think that Korea has the best chances of going through. If Portugal pull themselves together against Poland (which they most probably will), then Korea's chances get worse.

On the other hand, the US is looking very good. I really wish the second half had been prettier, but a win's a win, right?

Well atleast I know what time of the day you guys are on. The game started here at 4 am in america.

Germany and Ireland is a good one.. but I don't know who to go for! I am both irish and german!

WS: I would know what #1 finger to gibe them... nobody expected this! hehehehehehehe!



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Yeah, catch the fever!!!

Go USA!!!

Man, I wish I coulda seen the game....*sigh*

Well Suho, I guess the next match-up between US and Korea will show who is who...I can't wait...tho being where you are...that could turn out to be quite dangerous

I'll bet the Portugese team got a royal r***ing from the team coach....and I would hate to see the press release....Ouch!

WS: The american papers on the net are just LIT UP with this! WOW! No one expected this.



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Well I suppose its time for Ireland to hand Germany an embarassing defeat.

~runs and hides under bed as the German inmates search the halls baying for Imperial blood~

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WS: Tell me about it. I had considered going to City Hall to watch the game with the guy I met at the sushi bar, but after seeing what things were like yesterday (with the Korea-Poland match), I'm not sure that's a good idea. I'm going to see if this guy knows any more Americans; there's a pub down the street that has two televisions set up outside, so if we can get a bunch of people together we can go over early and take the place over. Not so early that we're not coherent when the match starts, of course.

And how's this for a steamer: there were actually tickets left for the Portugal-U.S. game! Apparently the British company that handled the tickets screwed up and reserved too many. Not like I had the time to go, but still...

Nice goal from Germany there - Klose might be a good man to have money on for top scorer.

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Yeah...bummer...my ears are now shot through....what did you say? Germany 1-0? Oh, then that's why there is so much noise here...

Dang it!!! C'mon Ireland! Where is your national pride? First 2-2 with Japan, and now 1-0 Germany...

Where are the fighting Irish of yore?

WS: That was a close first half I'm sure they'll be handing out Jamesons in the dressing room as we speak and they'll come out fighting in the second half

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Yeappers...and I bet the Germans are putting on their 'pads' now...the Irish are known for their 'ruff' second halves...esp. after Jamessons...

Go get'em Irish!!!!!

WS: Couldn't you get sacked for that kind of loose talk?

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Yup...but then, they don't know that I post here...hehe

Go Irish!

Um, that was Belgium that drew with Japan. Ireland drew with Cameroon.

Holy crap! Ireland just tied it up in extra time! WS, quick, hide!

And Ireland score in the 90 something minute

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WS, speak to us! Are you still alive?

*wrings hands in an extremely worried fashion*

1-1 - looks like the Guiness is on me. See you all in the rec room.

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Suho1004: I think the people in his company caught him typing pro-Irish things and have strung him up!!

Sorry...I'm a bit out of breath...can't stay long...the 'hordes' are still searching for me *looks around in panic*

'Sheesh'...and I'm only a little bit Irish....*ducks under desk as ravening horde rushes by with cries of 'Get the traitor'...'String him up!'...'Don't let him escape alive!'....*

Hehe...the fighting Irish! 1-1!!!

Go Camaroon! I hope they send the Germans packin'!

Whew, well at least you're OK.

Hey Emps, I'll take you up on that Guinness.... and since when have we had a rec room?!

Wha...? We have a rec room??!!?? Oh, you mean the basement...well, suho will feel right at home, I guess...are electic shocks good for Guiness?

I'm really going to have to insist that you guys stop misspelling Guinness. I believe that's a capital offense in some places. And if it isn't it should be.

And the rec room is the basement. That's slightly disappointing.

Anyway, I can't see how running electrical currents through Guinness could be all that good. Of course, running electrical currents through me while I'm downing a pint of Guinness might work. Hmmm....

Ooohhh, we'll haveta try that...but first, let's up the wattage abit...what does this round dial do? ZZZZZZzzap! Whoops! Sorry 'bout that Suho...man, nice hair! Looks like you need a new Guinness...your old one evaporated...uhhh...cheers...

It's now after midnight here and I can barely even see straight anymore. The electrical currents don't seem to be helping... draw me another Guinness, will ya?

i know who wins!!!!



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Just to create some friendly banter i don't think Usa will win the cup and ENGLAND!!! will get further in the tournament!!!

How far ahead can you guys go?

Do you know who won the finals..if so
please don't post , ok, still early June
down here.

thanks

Hey man were i'm only watching sengal v denmark at the time of the post so we are not too far ahead!!


changed to the right match soz peeps

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aroma: Wow, you must be in an alternate universe; in my universe Senegal is playing Denmark.

As for your "friendly banter," although I'd like to believe that the US could go all the way, I'd say chances are that they won't win the Cup. Not that it couldn't happen, I just don't think it's likely. Then again, no one thought they would beat Portugal. And England going further than the US? Well, I guess we'll just have to see about that, won't we?

ShootingStar: Well, I'm glad you reminded me of that... I was just about to spoil the surprise!

Looking ahead, any predictions for France-Uruguay? I've got to admit, I would love to see France lose again...

France 3 - Uruguay 1

Any predictions for England v Argentina ?

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3-1, eh? Well, I won't be watching the game... my wife insisted we rent Moulin Rouge. She says she's tired of football being on all the time.

And I'll say 2-1 Argentina, although I doubt you'll agree.

2-1 England!!

aroma: I try not use technical footballing expression but I suspect we are going to get dicked. Something like 4 - 1 if we are lucky.

I've got money riding on Argentina not winning but I don't think England have it in them to cause any kind of upset at this stage. We'll see.

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The england players have been preparing for ages who'd a thought we'd beat the germans 5-1?

Argentina-England is a very interesting game!!
since the Malvinas War that game make a lot of morbo in the fans!!!

But I cannot think until Spain's game tomorrow.

3-1 France, eh? Hehe... didn't watch the game, but apparently they played to a 0-0 draw! Well aroma, since you're on such a roll, how about a friendly little wager on the England-Argentina match? No points, just winner. If England wins, I'll give you my meds for next week. But if Argentina wins, you give me yours. Deal?



Seriously, though, it looks like the French are in trouble. Henry was ejected from the match?! Well, I haven't studied the group standings, but it doesn't look good for France. Now who was it that was telling me in that first thread that I would see why France are the number one team? The way they're playing, they're not going to make it past group play! And I don't care how much talent you may have, if you don't play like the number one team, then you're not the number one team.

Not only are the French in trouble, but things look pretty bad for Germany...Camaroon played very well against the Saudis...and the Saudis can now start packin'...the first 'losers' of the WM...

Even though I expect the Germans to survive to the next round...it's going to be difficult...I really think it will all come down to whether or not Camaroon can score against Khan...he will either save the day, or the Germans can start packing, too.

Of course, Ireland has to win against Saudi Arabia...but I think they won't have too much trouble doing that...

Ain't the WM great?

Looking pretty bad for Germany? Are you sure? All they need is a draw against Cameroon; their current goal differential would guarantee that they would top out if three teams ended up with five points each--unless Ireland blows out Saudi like the Germans did. If they lose to Cameroon, then yeah, they're gone, but I honestly don't see that happening. I don't think they'll choke. I predict that Germany will come out on top of the group and Ireland will be second.

And where did our British friend aroma go? Were the stakes too high?

Seriously, though, I'm looking forward to the England-Argentina match. That should be a good one.

well looks like Nigeria is packing right about now lol

2:1 Sweden...

Go Doc, gooo Doc, goooooo Dooocc!

MAX

Hehe...

Well, only about two hours or so until the England-Argentina match, and still no sign of aroma... and I was hoping to win some meds.

Hey i'm here within a few mins of kick-off please explain meds?

Ireland need to beat the Suadis by two clear goals to get into the next round!!! notice who scored for Ireland Robbie Keane, striker for Leeds United who I support and come from the city hence my website www.lufc-online.co.uk also Ian Harte, and Gary Kelly who play for Ireland are good old Leeds players, and Radebe of South Africa also plays for Leeds!!

Please explain the bet !!!!

Aroma

P.S apart from the WC, Lennox Lewis is gonna knock out Tyson and he's gonna land on that canvas and wake up in hospital wandering what has hit him!!!

aroma:

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Well aroma, since you're on such a roll, how about a friendly little wager on the England-Argentina match? No points, just winner. If England wins, I'll give you my meds for next week. But if Argentina wins, you give me yours. Deal?

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~starts mixing the Paxo for the stuffing the Argentinians are going to hand the England team~

Tyson is scum and doesn't desrve to walk the streets let alone get paid vast quantities of cash to fight (in a sport that should be banned anyway).

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3-1 Beaten Paraguay!!!!!!!!

Spain is the first team to pass to 8th.

aroma: your meds, you know... you mean haven't been getting your meds?! No wonder you think England is going to win!

[Edit: Hmm... but England is putting the pressure on... *wrings hands*]

[Edit: Oh, yeah, and if Ireland can't beat Saudi by two goals, then they don't deserve to go through]

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Oh! ok, Argentina will beat england.

i am not an expert in wc games...but why when they get equal scores they don't play extra time?

Not in group play. It just goes down as a draw, and each team only gets one point, as opposed to three points for a win.

[Edit: Oh, I get it. You're asking why they don't play overtime? Because group play is not elimination. After group play, they do play overtime, and they go to a penalty shootout if that doesn't solve it. Does that answer your question?]

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Oh, this is not good. Penalty kick for England...

[Edit: and he scores... ]

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so winner wins 3 points?

in the match of germany 8 / 0 ...do they get extra points for their victory?

No, they don't get any extra points, but when all the group matches are finished if two teams have the same number of points then the team with the greater goal differential gets the higher position.

Heh...the end game...as I understand it...the first rounds use the 'golden goal' system...where there are two 15 min end game times unless one team scores, then the game is over. Thus 'golden goal'. For the rest of the games, it comes down to goal shooting in the case of equal scores at the end of the official time.

Though in the first match-ups, there is no overtime...I think that begins in the next round...

hope that clears things up for you...

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ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND!

BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM!

Also Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Fowler (when he plays) and Nigel Martyn also play for Leeds United.

Did you know that Veron for Argentina, Beckham, Scholes, and Butt also play for the same club team that is Manchester United?

Well it looks like I'll have to eat my words England are one up.

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how much times a loosing team plays?

2 losses and out or 3 then out?

For all you in confusion if it's a draw in the group stages i.e the two teams level on goals e.g. 1-1 2-2 3-3 etc it stays as a draw each team gets one point,

In the next stage i.e knockout stage when it's a draw extra time is played 15 mins each way, the game is stopped when the first goal in extra time is scored hence the name golden goal if no goal is scored in extra time then it's penalties this means 5 penalties each team and by any chance both teams score the same amount of penalties it goes into sudden death penalties which means if one team scores the other team must score aswell or they lose, or if one team misses and the next team scores they win.

Now there shouldn't be any more confusion ( i hope) regarding the rules.

Aroma

Well, I'm not quite ready to eat my words yet, but OMG can you say pressure! The Argentinian keeper must feel like he's in front of a firing squad!

Lallous: in group play each team plays one match against each of the other teams, making three matches. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, you play them all. After that it's elimination, which means when you lose, you go home.

Well, I suppose I will have to eat my words. But I don't mind. That was one heck of a game. Congrats, aroma! You must have been on the edge of your seat the whole time!

thank you suho and armo!

btw, i guess this thread has gone long......should someone start a new one?

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AROMA not armo!!!!

now its USA v South Korea on monday

USA 1 - South Korea 2 lol

Cheers Aroma

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OK, aroma, I've got to ask, what have you got against the US? I wasn't rooting for Argentina until you showed up...

Not trying to start anything here, but it really pisses me off how Europeans look down on US football. We may be new to the world scene, but we're here to stay, so get used to it.

[lallous: this is nothing. We haven't even broken a hundred posts yet. No reason to start a new thread until it gets really long.]


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*fingers tomahawk* Ok aroma...monday is scalp day...

BTW...is that aroma for the smell coming out of yur britches?

Or are you, like all Europeans, scared deep down inside, that America will win the World Championship?

Well, we'll see....yes, we'll see...

It was on the radio in the uk yesterday that in one worldcup USA went down 1-0 after five mins to sweden or some country like that and half a dozen USA fans left the ground thinking the game was over and that football was first goal wins!!! i mean how stupid's that?

So the day that USA win a match in a world cup against England, Brazil, or Italy, they will be recognised as a good team but until this day i have always thought of USA as a poor team. (no offence) it's only because you are new to the game!!!!

So Tyson v Lewis any1 up for losing their meds by betting on Tyson?

I love USA Soccer team!!!
they are one of the most fair players I've ever seen!
they are innocents and the most important: their game is very good.

We cannot say that a team is poor because the hasn't beaten any 'BIG' team, you see senegal?
now you can say that senegal is a big team just because they beat France?
I don't think so, I think that today there are no big or poor teams, Brazil won with hurries vs Turkey, and that game was not fair, Turkey desevers to win that. So It's brazil bigger than turkey because they beat them? no, of course not.

Paraguay, you can say Paraguay is one of the big teams, because in South America they are aleays fighting, beating Brazil, Argentina, etc.. But, they matched with South Africa, and who is south africa in soccer?? NONE! so, is araguay bigger than south africa or what?
We have missunderstood some concepts here.

You cannot call a team 'poor' that does not exist. Not in a soccer topic.

And Wakkos say that, Wakkos the European Soccer lover.

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It was on the radio in the uk yesterday that in one worldcup USA went down 1-0 after five mins to sweden or some country like that and half a dozen USA fans left the ground thinking the game was over and that football was first goal wins!!! i mean how stupid's that?

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Brilliant. Judge all US fans based on the behavior of an idiotic half dozen. I won't deny that there are some extremely stupid people in the US, but you'll find those sort of people anywhere. And what does that have to do with the subject anyway?

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So the day that USA win a match in a world cup against England, Brazil, or Italy, they will be recognised as a good team but until this day i have always thought of USA as a poor team. (no offence) it's only because you are new to the game!!!!

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Well, we're not as new to the game as you think. The day we win in a World Cup against England, Brazil, or Italy? Would a 1-0 win against England be good enough. How about a 1-0 win against England 52 years ago? But that was a fluke, right? And the Portugal match was a fluke too, right? I suppose it will always be a fluke, even if we end up winning the World Cup. When that day comes (and it will come), though, I won't care what our brethren across the pond think.

Say, when was the last time England won a World Cup? What's that? 1966? Hmm... Considering you guys are old pros at the game, that seems like a long time, no?

But enough of this trash talk. We'll just have to sit back and see what happens. And if I'm gracious enough to congratulate you when England win, I would appreciate it if you return the favor. Cheers!

[Edit: Heh, way to go Wakkos!]



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But let's get back to the matches at hand... did anyone just watch that incredible comeback by Croatia? I turned it on in the second half and they were down 1-0, and it looked like Italy had the game in hand. Vieri threatened to score but put it wide, and the next minute Croatia are back down the pitch and they score! Then Rapaic had an amazing turn around shot that he lofted over the keeper, and it's 2-1 Croatia. Italy had chances to even the score, hitting the post on a free kick and putting the ball in the net offside, but it wasn't their day.

Wow. See, that's why I love this game. Not because of this silly 'my team is better than yours' crap, but because of moments like these!

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I must admit and this includes England too many teams are diving at any chance they think they can get a freekick and it's getting out of hand. USA don't seem to employ this tactic and i respect them for it!!!!

Good luck for monday Cheers Aroma.

Ps what time is it when the matches are shown in USA, In UK the matches are shown at 6:30am, 7:30am, 10:30am, and 12:30pm

I have no idea...I'm in Germany...which could get kinda rough here, should Germany lose today...*glances around*

GO CAMAROOOON!!!!!

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ehem.

With France out, i'm still putting all my money
on Barbados!

Sorry are France Out Yet? and are Barbados even in the tournament i think not!!

I'm sorry I meant Bermuda, always get those 2 mixed up.
France is not officially out if that's what you mean
but unless 1)zizou comes back and 2) they score 10 goals
against the Danes....well, wishful thinking.

can anyone give me an update who is in and who is out. Just a short summary

GO to www.worldcup.com for any info on the tournament!!!!!

Aroma

Shooting Star which WorldCup are you watching as i don't see a Bermuda team in it either?

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Sorry, I meant Bahamas
I always get those mixed up.
or was it bulgaria?
no, bosnia?
uh....nevermind.

Ther's a Belgium Team?

Please continue discussion here.

Ducati: now this is a long thread.

Some roaming Mad Scientist or Psychotic want to do me a favor and close this one? Thanks.

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