World Cup Teams and Groups!!!

[dylanJ]

Group A

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group B

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group C

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia and Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group D

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group E

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group G

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korea Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group H

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOURCE: FIFA

[dylanJ]

As of right now I am supporting:

Group A: Costa Rica
Group B: Sweden
Group C: Argentina
Group D: Portugal
Group E: USA
Group F: Brazil
Group G: France
Group H: NONE

Lol who do you guys support?? :D :]

[scouserwench]

Well... England? ;)

Im taking a England top over to Canada for my Cousin Alex. He's Canadian Citizen but Part english Part Italian.... Im gonna have to find a bar tho that plays the matches...

Cannot wait till my holiday!! havent been away for 5yrs...

Next match Im going to is Liverpool V bham @ BCFC March 21st... Cant wait :D

[dylanJ]

Well... England? ;)

Im taking a England top over to Canada for my Cousin Alex. He's Canadian Citizen but Part english Part Italian.... Im gonna have to find a bar tho that plays the matches...

Cannot wait till my holiday!! havent been away for 5yrs...

Next match Im going to is Liverpool V bham @ BCFC March 21st... Cant wait :D
oh I love Canada. Im sure you'll find many great bars that will show the matches! Which province are you visiting?:)

[scouserwench]

oh I love Canada. Im sure you'll find many great bars that will show the matches! Which province are you visiting?:)


Ontario & Quebec only...

[dylanJ]

Ontario & Quebec only...
ok Quebec are very segregated so they may not want to show any international coverage. But Im sure you'll find lots of Toronto bars showing them! :)

[scouserwench]

ok Quebec are very segregated so they may not want to show any international coverage. But Im sure you'll find lots of Toronto bars showing them! :)


I know about Quebecan's LMAO The French dont seem to Like the english... Everytime Ive been there they have been so rude to me.:(

[dylanJ]

I know about Quebecan's LMAO The French dont seem to Like the english... Everytime Ive been there they have been so rude to me.:(
Ive had the same. They dont like English cos the English dont speak French. They dont like the French cos they abadoned Quebec during the war. They dont like Canada cos they are owned by Canada. And they dont like the US cos not everyone is catholic there! :eek:
Ive experienced it.:laugh:

[muffins]

I am not English, I'm Welsh, but I'm supporting England! I always do and the other home nations and the Republic of Ireland if they qualify. I usually end up picking a random team as well. For instance, in Euro 2004 I supported Latvia as well as England.

[MOMMY]

Brazilllllllllllllll Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh Again Were Gonna Win Again

[muffins]

There's probably a big chance of that happening, yes. :p

[nickschick]

Eng-er-land!

[db44]

Dang group of death... Go U.S!

[muffins]

Woohoo! It starts today! I really can't wait. I just know I'm not going to have any finger nails left after this month!

[db44]

Got the TV ready to go.. Just need the game to start. Then later I fly out for U.S.-Czech! :biggrin:

[muffins]

Wow, cool. You get to go to a match. Let us know how it goes. I went to Berlin this time last year with my ex. If I was still with him I'd be going to Germany to visit him as he's there right now. Ah well. I can settle for watching the games on the TV. He hated football anyway haha.

The first game has just finished. Lotsa goals! Two very good goals as well. I hope all the games are as open as that. Something tells me that they won't be though.

[db44]

I don't know if that second Costa Rica goal should have been allowed... Looked offsides to me.

[muffins]

Well, Poland lost to Ecuador 2-0. Damn, I don't think I had that down in my predict-a-score.

[cyane]

I watched the games and i think England was ok but needs to play better especially at the second half..i hope that for next game.

I liked Argentina although i didnt want to lol Riquielm(sp) player is good.

Im waiting for Brazil to play...i hate that everyone is saying that they are the favourate to win the Cup...brings bad luck lol Although i love Ronaldo and Ronaldinho playing i really wanna see Kaka shinning on this Cup..i love his game and i hope he can play even better when they start at Tuesday :D

[nickschick]

Yeah I think the pressure is on Brazil. Hope they play as well as we know they can.

England need to up their game.

Check this thread out:

http://talk.livedaily.com/showthread.php?t=532607

[lallybrooky]

Although i love Ronaldo and Ronaldinho playing i really wanna see Kaka shinning on this Cup..i love his game and i hope he can play even better when they start at Tuesday :D

:p

Brazil 1 - Croatia 0
Kaka 44

[muffins]

What a great goal by Kaka. I am thoroughly enjoying this World Cup. I hope England win on Thursday, even though I have adopted Trinidad and Tobago as my second team. The Ivory Coast are my third. I'm not English, but as a Brit I am supporting England. For the Czech Republic, that Rosicky looks like a good player.

[Gal1015]

Well, to be honest Brazil being the hot favourites definitely has to work hard to retain that title as the Champions of World Cup 2002 and for that i was expecting them to have an easy win over Croatia like maybe the most is 3 goals to nil but when i heard them won a slim margin by 1 - 0, i guess its time that we pay attention to the underdogs as well. Yes, 3 points is all that matters by the end of the day but when two teams are going for the 1st spot, definitely the number of goals makes a huge difference as well.

In fact i think the team that has a comfortable win is Australia, totally unexpected of that. But I am an [b]England fan so i hope that this time round, England will win by scoring for their team and not just waiting for the other team to make mistakes in their games. England did play well the other time, but definitely we are expecting a lil bit more spice in the next match.

Tonight, i can't wait to watch Spain vs Ukraine, gonna be an awesome match as well.

[Gal1015]

Yesterday was a great match between Spain & Ukraine and i wasn't really expecting the scoreline to be that comfortable and even Germany's big score was 4 - 2 with the other team scoring two but in this one, its a clean sheet.

I was expecting the match to be a very close one like maybe 3-2 or 2-1 and no doubt that Spain totally possessed the entire match except that after the second half, i can see some of the Spanish players laid back a bit, perhaps due to the weather [its 32 degrees!] and as much as i supported Spain to win, the red card on one of the Ukraine player was not necessary. Yes, Spain was awarded with a penalty but at least have the player with a yellow card coz the contact from the reverse angle is not the one that major.

Anyway, i can't wait for England's 2nd match against Trinidad & Tobago this Friday the 16th at 12.00 midnight... eeerrr... which is tonight! lol...

Good luck to England and hopefully England wins tonight's match.

[nickschick]

COME ON ENGLAND!

I'm sooooo excited/nervous!!!

[muffins]

Well, England certainly had me worried there for a while! I was not impressed when they took Michael Owen off (I'm a huge fan of his) but leaving Crouch on ended up being a good decision. I was happy to see Gerrard score as well. :)

[db44]

I'm guessing then, Owen's removal by stretcher just a while back was a low point? :-\

[Jewel]

i`am so proud of the german soccer guys! that was a great game today!!! :hat:

[nickschick]

England made me worry most of the match.

Great goal from Joe Cole!

[muffins]

Ugh, five months minimum out! Poor Michael Owen, he has just had so much bad luck with injuries this year. I am going to miss him so much. I will just have to turn my attentions to Stevie G now as he is my favourite player that is left in the tournament. Get well soon Michael!

[db44]

One of today's later games should be fun... Hup Holland Hup!

[db44]

By the way: Enjoying a schnitzel in Gelsenkirchen:

[nickschick]

poor michael :(

[muffins]

Well, Portugal top the group and beat Mexico 2-1. Angola draw with Iran 1-1 so Mexico go through in second place. I wouldn't want to be in that group, because they'll face either Holland or Argentina in the second round I think.

[db44]

Yep. We'll see who is top in a few hours... Hup Holland Hup!!!

[muffins]

Well, Argentina top the group with a 0-0 draw with Holland. Would anyone agree with me that Holland are possibly the best country to have not won the World Cup? I predicted 3-3 for this match in the predict-a-score thing I entered. Hmmm, got that a bit wrong haha.

[db44]

BULL!!! That was no foul in the US Ghana match. :redmad:

[NYC_Liz]

I am really starting to freaking hate that USA goale! WTF?! :mad: He cannot freaking cover a freaking ball!

The USA team is trying soooo hard to get a goal....

And it is about to finish! :greyno:

:(

[db44]

Keller did a fine job. You can't blame him. All the goals against him, he didn't have any defense in front of him... Not including the PK. I'm glad to see the media agreeing with me that Arena messed this one up from start to finish. That still wasn't a PK, but that isn't why the U.S. lost.

[nickschick]

So Brazil won 4-1.

They're looking like the team we know they are.

[muffins]

Woohoo! Me and my dad came joint first in this predict-a-score thing we entered for the group stages. :) Germany beat Sweden 2-0. That Larsson penalty really wasn't good.

[muffins]

What a game! Thoroughly enjoyable. Mexico played really well, especially at the beginning. Heinze probably should have been sent off, but what a sensational goal by Rodriguez to clinch the win in extra time. Goal of the tournament? England tomorrow. I am getting worried that the English (not British) media is a little too confident about tomorrow's match against Ecuador. I know that on paper England should win, but this is football and anything can happen. It would be dangerous to underestimate Ecuador.

[cyane]

wow and i thought Argentina was gonna loose today for Mexico :P but at the end they won..it was a tough game and next will be against Germany...i cant wait to watch !!.

Aww poor Michael Owen..he is out..thats sad..lets see how England will play tomorrow...if im not mistaken its against Ecuador ?? Interesting match to watch for sure!.

I still dont know what to think about Brazil...i guess i will have to wait and see how they will play against Ghana. I just wished Ronaldo Gaúcho would play a lil better than what he is playing so far...but at least the other Ronaldo scored 2 goals so im happy that he starting to get on the game although you can see he is not so thin as he was last World Cup.

[muffins]

I think it is fair to say that Ronaldo does not quite look his best. However, I have seen all the people on the TV covering the football criticise him and even say he's past it. A few years ago when Pete Sampras was not having a great time, I thought he should give up. Then he won the US Open. That taught me a lesson. Never write off champions. Ronaldo has done some amazing things so I didn't really want to say he was past it and what did he do? Score two goals! I wouldn't put it past him to get a few more and surpass the all time World Cup goal scoring record which he has already equalled. All week I have kind of been defending him, saying it's dangerous to write people like that off.

England today were, how shall I say it, not very good! I know Owen getting injured was a huge blow but I think they're missing Gary Neville the most. Hopefully he will be fit for the next game. I am glad Beckham got the goal and hopefully they will play better against Portugal. If they want to win, they will have to. I was so looking forward to the Holland v Portugal game and I thought Holland would win. Although some bookings were deserved, the refereeing display was terrible. He just made Graham Poll (the referee who handed out three yellow cards to the same player before sending him off!) look a whole lot better! I think there was a total of 16 yellow cards and 4 sendings off. I don't like to criticise referees too much because they do a difficult job without the advantages of replays, but this ref really was bad. All I can think is that he must just be having a bad day!

[db44]

Wow. What an ending to Italy-Australia. Am I wrong in saying this one will be remembered for a long time? Australia played well, and I feel bad for them, but I can't fault the ref as that was a great fall by Italy.

[muffins]

I think I have just watched the most boring game of the World Cup so far. Ukraine v Switzerland almost sent me to sleep, especially the second half! I got scared when the first two penalties of the shoot out were missed. I thought it was going to go on for another half an hour!

[db44]

Nice move by Ronaldo to set the record...

[muffins]

Yeah, congratulations to him. I didn't see it properly as I was in a pub, but in the France v Spain match it looked like Henry made out he had been elbowed when he hadn't.

[db44]

Lehnmann just became a world-class goalie. He proved Klinsemann and a number of others right. Good job by him. I have a number of Arsenal fan friends who he always made nervous, and that went for me when I would root for the Gunners (as an American, I have now absolute loyalties. :p). I wanted Kahn, so I'm happy for Lehnmann for proving me wrong.

[muffins]

My dad's an Arsenal fan and he really likes Lehmann. Not as much as Seaman but I think that's impossible haha! My dad said he has been really good this season. Not that I support Germany, but I am glad they went through because I think these tournaments are better when the host nation does well.

edit: They now play Italy in the semi because they beat Ukraine 3-0. Pretty much what I expected Italy to do.

[muffins]

Wow, what an amazing match! I thoroughly enjoyed watching that match. Well done to Italy, they deserved it., but I feel for Germany a bit. I like it when the host nation does well in the tournament. I can only hope that France v Portugal is as half as good! I hope it is played in a similar spirit.

[muffins]

My, this forum has gone dead.