Friday, June 30, 2006

Quarter-finals are here!

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FRIDAY 30 JUNE WILL SEE... GERMANY - ARGENTINA: A mammoth, massive, gigantic, huge, gargantuan, intriguing, exciting, fascinating, mouthwate...

Spain underachieve...AGAIN!

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France 3-1 Spain. Once more Spain enter the World Cup as one of the favourites, once more they fall at an early stage. Going into their seco...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

Brazil 3-0 Ghana

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An expected result, even if the game itself suggested the scoreline could have been otherwise. Ghana could not even become the first African...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Final round 2 previews.

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Not many goals in the second round games thus far, I have a feeling this might change tonight. Brazil vs Ghana. Not sure who I want to win t...
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Ukraine joy, Swiss despair.

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Ukraine 0-0 Switzerland, 0-0 a.e.t, 3-0 PSO This was possibly the most boring game of the world cup with few decent chances, and only one of...

Italy 1-0 Australia

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An absorbing, enthralling contest decided by a last minute penalty. Italy: Played with by far the least possession but did their usual tric...

Aussie heartbreak: A RANT !!

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First please permit me to shake off my objectivity and rant. I am pretty gutted about the Aussies loss. I don't really know why but they...
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Tonight's previews:

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Aussie - Italy Most would expect an Italian win given their personnel, their ranking and their history. They have won the world cup on more ...
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A war of attrition.

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Portugal 1-0 Holland. A match that promised so much. 2 heavyweights battling it out to reach the last 8. 2 teams with so much promise going ...

England scrape the win.

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England 1-0 Ecuador A tight, uninspiring game was eventually separated by one moment of magic as England set up a repeat of the Euro 2004 se...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Tonight's second round previews.

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England v Ecuador. The leaked news (if indeed it is true) is that Sven is going to play 4-5-1 with Carrick to play the holding midfield role...

The English Show Ponies!

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Browsing on the net I found this little article demonstrating the largesse of the English stars. This is the kind of story that can get you ...

Some Lighthearted humour!

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Well given there is a lot of tension now we are in the knockout stages, it's about time I added some humour to the site instead of merel...

Mexico push the Argies all the way!

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Argentina 2-1 Mexico a.e.t As the two teams walked out onto the pitch a few thoughts crossed my mind. As I sat looking at the two teams walk...

The Hosts progress.

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Germany 2-0 Sweden. I knew that Sweden had been in bad form generally this year. I knew that their much lauded triumvirate of Ibrahimovic, L...
Saturday, June 24, 2006

The second round!

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So the knockout stages are on us, exciting stuff. We have two big games to look forward to tonight. Germany - Sweden is a big one, hopefull...

Group H

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Going into the last games these were the requirements. Spain: Already through needed only a draw to make certain of top spot. Ukraine: nee...

Group G

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Going into the last games of group G these were the requirements: France: Nothing less than a victory would do. Any kind of victory would b...

Group F finished.

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Brazil finish first as expected, Australia have a memorable day and book a second round date with the Italians. Australia 2-2 Croatia. Needi...

Group E decided.

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So Italy finish first and Ghana second. The Czech Republic become probably the biggest name to fall at the group stage hurdle and go home wi...