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methylated_spirit
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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My mates got money on Spain this year, what do you think? They had an excellent first game, they have a fabulous team, but they never do anything at competition level - maybe this year they will do something?
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Xugaa
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From: Great Britain
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^ I dunno... Spain are a good side don't get me wrong, but they have always lacked something within their squad right throughout history, i mean they've never really been a great threat to take the title if you know what I mean. But of course we may see a few more surprises as we already have seen so far so who knows.
Oh and I don't think we can really refer to FIFA's ranking system, as you probably know its just a general look on how well teams are doing with mostly their friendlies. But of course teams like the USA will be up there due to the fact that they only most of the time have to play small pacific teams etc. So personally I take no notice of FIFA's ranking, I mean you wouldn't really bet on one of those teams to make the later stages of the knock out rounds in the World Cup would you.
Oh yeah and GO SOUTH KOREA!
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soulframe
Joined: May 23, 2003
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From: London
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Ok guys, I'm back from Nurenberg. What can I say? Well to start, I made it to the stadium with only minutes to spare. Started off in Heathrow, just made my flight, (which was delayed anyway). There were uite a few England fans in my situation on the plane with us. Some were going to drive and some were going to join us on the train. We got there on time and ran to the train station. We then just made it on the train with 5 minutes to spare. Then after a noisy and joyous 2 hours on the train (England fans and Trinidad supporting germans all singing together) we got to Nurenberg. Then we had to figure out where to get the train to the stadium from. We just followed the majority of England fans and eventually found the right track. 10 years later we made it to the stadium. We ran from the train and encountered the security check. Although they threw away our bottles of water, they let us through pretty quickly and with minimum fuss. We then ran on to the stadium and 5 breathless minutes later we arrived at the stadium just as the Trinidad national anthem began. We waited for both national anthems to finish then went to find our seats. The stadium was totally sold out. I would say it was 70% England fans and 30% Trinidad and Tobago fans.
Although I have been to a few Arsenal home games this was completely different. I would compare it to the African Nations in Tunis that I went to 2 years ago. The atmosphere was amazing. It was so friendly and all the england fans were as one, it didn't matter where you were from what colour skin or what religion you were, we were as one, cheering on our country.
Although the game was frustrating, eventually Crouch headed one home and when that happened the whole stadium errupted in a movement of red and white. Then when Gerrard scored his beauty, even more followed, I ended up hugging the guy next to me, even though I didn't know who the hell he was.
After the game we all slowly left and made our way to the train station. There was no trouble what so ever. Everyone was just there to enjoy a good game of football.
Everywhere we went we could hear people singing/whistling the great escape. Even when we were at the hotel which was fairly remote, we could hear people walking past our room whistling the great escape.
We didn't get to see much of Nurenberg because of the time constraints, but all in all it was very nice. The hotel was great out in the middle of no where. The transport really put UK transport to shame.
We got to spend a little time in Frankfurt which nice. Very good atmpsophere. There were food stalls all around the main shopping areas near the station, each country was representing itself with some home made food.
We found a little park where some people had set up a huge screen to watch the games. We had a few hours left so we got some food & drinks and sat down to watch the Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro game. After the Argies thrashed Serbia, we headed on to the airport to catch the flight home.
To sum up, everywhere we went, people were very friendly, most of them spoke english. The food was very nice, very cheap and again I have to mention the efficency of German public transport.
Here are some of the photos (I appologise in advance as I was quite far back and also it's difficult celebrate and take a good photo at the same time.
That is my brother with Sky Sports presenter Chris Cammara
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Xugaa
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Way to go! And you met Chris as well!...
Lol I'm so jelous... 
Thanks for the pics, excellent they were!
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DickySnapples
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great pics.
Chris Cammara is a legend!!! 
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Xugaa
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On 2006-06-19 11:45:39, soulframe wrote:
Here are some of the photos (I appologise in advance as I was quite far back and also it's difficult celebrate and take a good photo at the same time.
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Good for you!
Lmao, nah they're great!
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Xugaa
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TOGO 0 - 2 SWITZERLAND
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853244.stm
"Switzerland moved to the top of Group G with this 2-0 victory. Their four-point haul from their opening two games was equal to that of Korea Republic, but Kuhn’s men moved ahead of the Asian nation on goal difference. The result also ensured that Togo cannot qualify for the Round of 16."
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Xugaa
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Forgot this but what the hell
Todays games (GMT +0 London Kickoff Times, UK Channels):
*Togo vs Switzerland BBC 14:00
*Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine ITV 17:00
*Spain vs Tunisia BBC 20:00
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Xugaa
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SAUDI ARABIA 0 - 4 UKRAINE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853260.stm
"Ukraine are up and running after this comfortable victory in Hamburg which should serve to restore confidence in the camp after the opening loss to Spain. For Saudi Arabia, the outlook appears bleak, however, with Spain still to come."
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Xugaa
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SPAIN 3 - 1 TUNISIA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]all/world_cup_2006/4853264.stm
"A perfect six points, Spain qualify for the second round with another classy display of attacking football. Tunisia, ahead for much of the match, will now need to defeat Ukraine to stand a chance of making the knockout stage."
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Xugaa
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'The Groups So Far'...
2nd Part
Team - Points
GROUP A
Ecuador - 6
Germany - 6
Poland - 0
Costa Rica - 0
GROUP B
England - 6
Sweden - 4
Trinidad & Tobago - 1
Paraguay - 0
GROUP C
Argentina - 6
Holland - 6
Ivory Coast - 0
Serbia & Montenegro - 0
GROUP D
Portugal - 6
Mexico - 4
Angola - 1
Iran - 0
GROUP E
Italy - 4
Czech Republic - 3
Ghana - 3
USA - 1
GROUP F
Brazil - 6
Australia - 3
Croatia - 1
Japan - 1
GROUP G
Switzerland - 4
South Korea - 4
France - 2
Togo - 0
GROUP H
Spain - 6
Ukraine - 3
Tunisia - 1
Saudi Arabia - 1
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Xugaa
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FINAL GROUP STAGES
Todays games (GMT +0 London Kickoff Times, UK Channels):
A.
*Ecuador vs Germany ITV 15:00
*Costa Rica vs Poland ITV2 15:00
B.
*Sweden vs England ITV 20:00
*Paraguay vs Trinidad & Tobago ITV4 20:00
Thanks and enjoy!
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methylated_spirit
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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I really feel sorry fot Tunisia, but Spain were the better team. Hamed Namouchi played up to the same standard he plays when wearing a Rangers shirt - he was anonymous
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haynesycop
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Looking forward to tonights game kids? I think we will see an improvement today with Rooney starting, better service for Owen! They play really well together.
Sven has to sort out the midfield though, Gerrard and Lampard need to be given more of a free role. Well Gerrard definately look what he can do when given half the chance.
Hopefully we can top the group and all being well get Ecuador on Sunday.
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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im actually really looking forward to this tonight.... i really wasnt fussed when teh world cup started but i feel the tension buildig up - come on *cough* england!  (did i actually say that then?) 
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Posted: 2006-06-19 10:00
