World Cup 2006 thread

[Johan]

The 2006 NAC (Nation Africa Cup) is a good way to have a look a the African teams that will compete in Germany.

Ivory Coast - Marroco : 1-0
Angola - Cameroon : 1-3
Togo - Congo : 0-2
Ghana - Nigeria : 0-1
Tunisia - Zambia : 4-1

About Togo, striker Adebayor, recently leaving Monaco for Arsenal, is argueing with his coach... He threantened him of flying away to London. Finally they succeed to fin an arrangement but it's probably only for this competition, and the coach will probably be sacked after : Adebayor is the only valuable player in Togo.

 

[jumbo_jim]

I think the Dutch will win the World Cup as I believe that they have teh best balanced and strongest squad.

Van Basten seems to have sorted out the in-fighting which has been detremental to Holland in previous years.

On a side note USA will win the 2010 Wolrd Cup. Or at least that is what I reckon will happen.

 

[loverofboob]

We'll win 2010? We may never win the whole thing,but oh well...I just hope one day we'll become a country that makes regular trips into the quarter and semi finals. (we almost won the first ever World Cup btw)

This year though,I hope The United States can make it past the group stage...

 

[frankieblue]

i think brazil have more retuning palyers and have mor Chance to win but italie,france,holland and england could be a surprise to

 

[Marbod]

May be that Germany lost his player Klose (Goalgetter) in a game
FC ST. Pauli : Werder Bremen 1 : 3

He injures his sholder

 

[stek1983]

BBC announces World Cup coverage

England's opening 2006 World Cup game against Paraguay on 10 June will be exclusively live on the BBC.
The BBC will also have live coverage of England's first knockout clash - possibly against hosts Germany or Poland - if they qualify.

First choice of quarter-final also goes to the BBC, which would again be England if they make the last eight.

And any England semi-final or final appearance would also be on the BBC as well as ITV.

ITV will be showing England's group games against Trinidad & Tobago and Sweden.

The BBC's coverage, revealed on Monday, will also feature the opening game of the tournament - Germany v Costa Rica in Munich on 9 June.

Brazil's two peak-time matches - against Croatia and Japan, kicking off at 2000 BST - will be on the BBC, as will Italy's opening game against Ghana.

All three group games involving France will feature on the BBC as well as Germany v Poland and the final group games involving Italy, the Czech Republic and Spain.

BBC Radio will have commentary from every match at the World Cup, with broadcasts on both Five Live and Five Live Sports Extra.

This website will also provide extensive coverage of every match.

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Games to be shown on the BBC & ITV:
All times BST

9 June
1700: Germany v Costa Rica BBC
2000: Poland v Ecuador ITV

10 June
1400: England v Paraguay BBC
1700: Trindad & Tobago v Sweden ITV
2000: Argentina v Ivory Coast ITV

11 June
1400: Serbia & Montenegro v Netherlands BBC
1700: Mexico v Iran BBC
2000: Angola v Portugal ITV

12 June
1400: Australia v Japan ITV
1700: USA v Czech Republic BBC
2000: Italy v Ghana BBC

13 June
1400: South Korea v Togo BBC
1700: France v Switzerland BBC
2000: Brazil v Croatia BBC

14 June
1400: Spain v Ukraine ITV
1700: Tunisia v S Arabia ITV
2000: Germany v Poland BBC

15 June
1400: Ecuador v Costa Rica ITV
1700: England v Trinidad & Tobago ITV
2000: Sweden v Paraguay ITV

16 June
1400: Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro BBC
1700: Netherlands v Ivory Coast ITV
2000: Mexico v Angola ITV

17 June
1400: Portugal v Iran BBC
1700: Czech Republic v Ghana ITV
2000: Italy v USA ITV

18 June
1400: Japan v Croatia ITV
1700: Brazil v Australia ITV
2000: France v South Korea BBC

19 June
1400: Togo v Switzerland BBC
1700 S Arabia v Ukraine ITV
2000: Spain v Tunisia BBC

20 June
1500: Ecuador v Germany/Costa Rica v Poland ITV
2000: Paraguay v T'dad & Tobago/Sweden v England ITV

21 June
1500: Iran v Angola/Portugal v Mexico ITV
2000: Netherlands v Argentina/I Coast v Serbia & M ITV

22 June
1500: Czech Republic v Italy/Ghana v USA BBC
2000: Japan v Brazil/Croatia v Australia BBC

23 June
1500: Ukraine v Tunisia/S Arabia v Spain BBC
2000: Togo v France/Switzerland v S Korea BBC

 

[Feelie]

Good info Stek. I'm hoping the reports are true and Barry Davies comes back to BBC, not really a Motson fan to be honest not over the last couple of years anyway.

Seems to have lost his marbles, when doing the German World cup draw he told us what the guy was saying when he was speaking in German, then told what he was saying when he started speaking in English.

 

[jumbo_jim]

I hate Motson. He is obsessed with Beckham and Rooney. Whenever either of them touches the ball he starts screaming there name as if he is about to shhot his load. It is prats liek him that have several other Brits not wanting England to do well.

I don't care if England do well just as long as you get beat once you make the semi's, I'd even accept it if England came runners-up. Just don't think I could handle it if they won the World Cup (don't think they will - I believe the Dutch will).

 

[darkman]

The brazilians are very concerned about the favouritism... That's not good... not good at all... :crash:

 

[Calm]

The brazilians are very concerned about the favouritism... That's not good... not good at all... :crash:

You would be too if you were expected of so much, expected of walking all the way to bringing that cup home for good, it's much more pressure than any other national team has (well, maybe except England, gotta stop screwing up :nono: ).

 

[Feelie]

You would be too if you were expected of so much, expected of walking all the way to bringing that cup home for good, it's much more pressure than any other national team has (well, maybe except England, gotta stop screwing up :nono: ).

I think the media go in overdrive at every tournament in England & expect us to reach the finals at a minimum and generally expect us to win. With teams like Brazil, Argentina, Holland, Italy in my opinion stronger than England we would be doing well by reaching the semi-finals.

Euro 2004 we were woeful against good opposition and surrended the ball at ease against France and Portugal. Unless we get the balance right as well which we've been lacking I'd be surprised if we get past the quarter finals.

 

[Calm]

I think the media go in overdrive at every tournament in England & expect us to reach the finals at a minimum and generally expect us to win.

It's like that everywhere; when a big tournament is coming suddenly your country is at least Brazil, regardless to what your team's true abilities are and suddenly you have 5 million people thinking you'd win and 5 million people turning into an expert coach all of the sudden and they all know better than you.

It's like that in every tournament but in the end the big screw ups are forgotten, the big winners are also, usually, forgotten and things go on. if England won't make it pass the quarter finals I wouldn't be surprised since I predict them failing in the top 16.

 

[Feelie]

It's like that in every tournament but in the end the big screw ups are forgotten, the big winners are also, usually, forgotten and things go on. if England won't make it pass the quarter finals I wouldn't be surprised since I predict them failing in the top 16.

We have to come top of our group to be honest, which means beating Sweden, which we have always struggled to do. Come second and were more than likely face Germany in the second round.

Even though there have been much better German teams down the years I'd still like to avoid them.

Avoid them and we should have either Poland, Ecuador or Costa Rica who I'm confident we can get pass.

In the quarter finals there will be no easy matches though.

 

[stek1983]

i go on holiday to Tenerife the day after the World Cup final.
hopefully i'll be celebrating (i doubt it though)

 

[Calm]

We have to come top of our group to be honest, which means beating Sweden, which we have always struggled to do. Come second and were more than likely face Germany in the second round.

Even though there have been much better German teams down the years I'd still like to avoid them.

Avoid them and we should have either Poland, Ecuador or Costa Rica who I'm confident we can get pass.

In the quarter finals there will be no easy matches though.

even in first place, you might still meet teams like Czech Republic or Argentina, which are damn difficult.
I sincerely doubt Ecuador will make it through their group, though.

 

[Feelie]

even in first place, you might still meet teams like Czech Republic or Argentina, which are damn difficult.
I sincerely doubt Ecuador will make it through their group, though.

No we can only meet teams from Group A which includes Germany, Ecuador, Poland and Costa Rica.

So if we finish first we play the team in that group that comes second.

If we finish second we play the team that finishes first.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/wallchart?cc=5739

So finish second and we will almost certainly play Germany. Finish first and we play any of the others probably Poland or Costa Rica.

 

[om3ga]

Ok - they were only friendlies but in relation to England's World Cup group:

Rep of Ireland 3-0 Sweden
Wales 0-0 Paraguay

(on the other hand, the perfect results to lull Sven into a false sense of security....)

PS:

Italy scored the most emphatic victory of the night with a 4-1 win over Germany, while World champions Brazil braved freezing conditions in Moscow to beat Russia 1-0.

Argentina, tipped as potential World Cup winners, fell 3-2 to Croatia who won with an injury-time goal in neutral Basel, while France lost for the first time since July 2004, beaten 2-1 in Paris by visitors Slovakia.

 

[Calm]

Brazil with a poor poor performance, Russia deserved at least one goal. Seems like the troubles of Ronaldo and Adriano affected the entire squad.
Italy, my bet for the cup winner, with a great victory.

 

[Jacksson_77]

...Italy scored the most emphatic victory of the night with a 4-1 win over Germany...

Yeah, I unfortunately watched the game.

:hatsoff: Jackson

 

[om3ga]

2006 Friendlies (2 March):
- Mexico 1-0 Ghana
- Venezuela 1-1 Colombia


2006 Friendlies (1 March):
- Albania 1-2 Lithuania
- Austria 0-2 Canada
- Croatia 3-2 Argentina
- Cyprus 2-0 Armenia
- England 2-1 Uruguay
- Finland 2-2 Belarus
- France 1-2 Slovakia
- Iran 3-2 Costa Rica
- Ireland 3-0 Sweden
- Israel 0-2 Denmark
- Italy 4-1 Germany
- Kazakhstan 0-2 Greece
- Luxembourg 0-2 Belgium
- Macedonia 0-1 Bulgaria
- Malta 0-2 Georgia
- Netherlands 1-0 Ecuador
- Northern Ireland 1-0 Estonia
- Poland 0-1 United States
- Portugal 3-0 Saudi Arabia
- Romania 2-0 Slovenia
- Russia 0-1 Brazil
- Scotland 1-3 Switzerland
- Senegal 2-1 Norway
- South Korea 1-0 Angola
- Spain 3-2 Côte d'Ivoire
- Tunisia 0-1 Serbia and Montenegro
- Turkey 2-2 Czech Republic
- Wales 0-0 Paraguay