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fatreg
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as clear as mud..
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Residentevil
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If the Czechs win over Italy we also have to look at the goals.
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Xugaa
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Of course yeah, but as I've said before... although I don't want to disregard the Czech Republic now, since they usually are a good side, its quite unlikely they will manage to beat Italy simply due to who Italy are, but of course football brings many surprises and is mostly unpredictable, I mean hey the USA nearly did it or could have done it! But ecspecially if you saw the way Czech Republic played against Ghana today (abysmal may be too soft on them  ), its highly unlikely that they will. If Ghana had been a slightly more experienced team, with the tons of chances that they had and failed to score, they could have quite easily thrashed the Czech Republic today, possibly going as far as 5/6 - 0!
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london-uk
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Re the Italy v USA match
I thought the ref was highly inconsistent. IMO, the ref completely lost it in the latter 2/3 of the second half. Some of the tackles made, were worse than those he red-carded players for earlier in the match.
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Xugaa
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^ Yeah I agree...
Although obviously the Rossi sending off was the right decision, a rather nasty and bloody elbow to the American Mc Bride.
But the second red card on Mastroeni I felt was a bit too harsh by the referee since there was obviously no actual aim in bringing the Italian down, he went for the ball and was late thats all, deserved a yellow at the most. The third was fair enough, a dangerous challenge worthy of a yellow card and because Pope already had a yellow card it was a fair sending off.
Though I must say that the referee's that we have seen so far who are meant the be the 'best referee's in the world' I feel have been quite bad, have been making too harsh and poor decisions and overall have not been what you'd expect referee's at this level to be. Perhaps its just because of FIFA who 'have' told them to be very strict and not the actual referee's themselves, who knows... The only referee who I have seen that I would say had quite a good fair game I think was the Japanese referee who was in the England vs Trinidad & Tobago match, perhaps some others as well but I remember him the most. The worst by far and I think many will agree is the Mexican referee that was in the England vs Paraguay game, absolutely awful and even during the heat wave Germany was having at the time players from both sides were denied water when play had stopped, which of course with any physical body sport is dangerous due to dehydration, but he is the only referee that has done this fortunately and I hope he is corrected by FIFA or someone soon, as the complaints built up from staff from both England and Paraguay.
Damn I write too much lol
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Xugaa
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Todays games (GMT +0 London Kickoff Times, UK Channels):
*Japan vs Croatia ITV 14:00
*Brazil vs Australia ITV 17:00
*France vs South Korea BBC 20:00
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Xugaa
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JAPAN 0 - 0 CROATIA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853196.stm
"This stalemate does neither side any favours but will be welcomed warmly in the Brazil and Australia camps."
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Brazil - Australia 2:0
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Australia did us proud 
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Austrailia put up a very good match.
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BRAZIL 2 - 0 AUSTRALIA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853210.stm
"While not altogether convincing, a second victory for Brazil ensures their progress to the second round. An impressive Australia will rue the missed chances but, provided Japan fail to beat Brazil, a draw against Croatia in their final match will take them through."
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london-uk
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I'm actually ashamed to say it, but I put £25 on France to win. My betting is going great though, I've only lost £75 so far...*%**%$£"** I suppose I deserve it for betting on France.
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Xugaa
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FRANCE 1 - 1 SOUTH KOREA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853220.stm
"Both sides went close to sealing victory in the dying minutes but in the end they had to be content with a share of the spoils. The Koreans will surely be the happier of the two as the French still hunt their first FIFA World Cup win since the Final of France 98. As Group G stands now, Korea Republic lead the pack with four points with France second with two points. Switzerland and Togo have one and no points respectively ahead of their second game."
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JK
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On 2006-06-17 20:24:23, Xugaa wrote:
CZECH REPUBLIC 0 - 2 GHANA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853102.stm
"Ghana's historic win gives them genuine hope of qualifying for the second round. In their final group game they will play the USA, while the Czechs – disappointing today without strikers Jan Koller and Milan Baros – will hope for better in their showdown with Italy in Hamburg."
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I really think that Ghana can do it and get to the next round, also I think that Trinidad & Tobago will be able to do it as well. Ghana have got the USA next which shouldn't be too hard, and Czech Republic have got Italy and with the way they played today against Ghana Czech Republic will surely loose. T & T require England to beat Sweden which I'm sure we will and a win against Paraguay. Ghana should have thrashed Czech Republic tonight, but it seems their lack of experience meant that they were unable to really finish 'just-the-keeper-to-beat' chances, also they were getting a bit carried away and seem to have forgotten the offside rules lol... 
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Yip Ghana did find themselves offside a couple of times, but towards the end the Czecks were playing very far foward and the Ghanains were getting caught close to the halfway line.
But they played very well they found all the gaps and really gave it to the Czecks, and they ranked 2nd in the world!! 
I hope to see them go further, they have the potential and just need to capitalise on every chance they get, but their defnce and mid field play is very strong!!
Yeah for Afrikan Football!!
as for the other games...
To bad to sad for the french, whats with the Zidane and Henry story??
One of our presenters mentioned a rift between them and Zidanes lack of passing to Henry, then during the game it became more evident that their was no passing!!! ?? politics?
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Australia had their chances, although we lack some striking capabilities. We need some extra oomph! If only Harry Kewell was fully fit...
We put up a good fight, i thought we were going to lose like 6 nil, lol |
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Posted: 2006-06-17 23:55
