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France

 

Hell Yeah!

 

World ranking: 7

 

Odds: 10/1

 

Local view: "They won't do any better than quarter-finals. The team is too old, young players like Franck Ribery cannot break into the squad. Germany will be the twilight for the dinosaurs of the golden generation," Xavier Rivoire, French author.

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I'll whack this thread in the World Cup Board for now. Seems more fitting there.

Yeh, good call ref! :wink:

 

And like Dabookerman said, I've now got his Italy and he's got his native Poland. (who lost today in-fact :laughing: )

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Yeh, good call ref! :wink:

 

And like Dabookerman said, I've now got his Italy and he's got his native Poland. (who lost today in-fact :laughing: )

 

I would of gone with them to the end, TO THE VERY FIRES OF MORDOR

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Hey, trinidad played well today!

(Talking about all this "playing well" reminds me of Reginald D Hunter on 8 Out Of 10 Cats last night)

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World ranking: 1

 

Odds: 9/4 fav

 

Local view: "The current generation is spectacular, perhaps the best ever. If Ronaldo hasn't worn himself out during the season, he can really put on a show. He can become their top scorer in World Cups and equal Pele by winning his third. I'm backing him and Brazil to pull it off." Flavio Orro, TV Globo.

 

Our verdict: Even losing in the final will be seen as failure. Living up to such expectations will not be easy. They all have European experience, but so did the majority in 1998. With their talent the status of favourites is clearly justified and win or lose, there should be some moments of magic to cherish.

 

Brazil, of course :)

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World ranking: 1

 

Odds: 9/4 fav

 

Local view: "The current generation is spectacular, perhaps the best ever. If Ronaldo hasn't worn himself out during the season, he can really put on a show. He can become their top scorer in World Cups and equal Pele by winning his third. I'm backing him and Brazil to pull it off." Flavio Orro, TV Globo.

 

Our verdict: Even losing in the final will be seen as failure. Living up to such expectations will not be easy. They all have European experience, but so did the majority in 1998. With their talent the status of favourites is clearly justified and win or lose, there should be some moments of magic to cherish.

 

Brazil, of course :)

 

Thats what i agree with, the world cup is their stage. brazil are a team that have talent that can play of each other so well. Some teams like holland, they have incredible players, but find it harder to play as a team, same goes with portugal i think.

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Update: 16/06/06

 

1 - Flinky - Japan

2 - Villa - Ukraine

3 - Moria - Ecuador

4 - EEvilmurray - Tunisia

5 - Meik - Spain

6 - Me - Netherlands

7 - CubeChris - Argentina

8 - Moogleviper - Brazil

9 - mario114 - USA

10 - Shino - Angola

11 - Caris - France

12 - Oli - Mexico

13 - Tlink - Togo

14 - Platty - Portugal

15 - the fish - Serbia and Montenegro

16 - 21st century cowboy - Saudi Arabia

17 - sexual chocolate - Iran

18 - Bowser57 - England

19 - Arragaun - Czech Republic

20 - Fatrox - Costa Rica

21 - dabookerman - Poland

22 - Colin - Italy

23 - Katie - Australia

24 - Bluejay - Korea

25 - Fieldsofanfieldroad - Switzerland

26 - Sarka - Paraguay

27 - Hem - Sweden

28 - Athriller - Ivory Coast

29 - Twilighter - Ghana

30 - Gaggle64 - Trinidad and Tobago

31 - Retrolover - Croatia

32 - Monopolyman - Germany

 

 

Key:

 

Blue= Team still playing in competition.

Red= Team eliminated.

 

Bad luck to dabookerman and fatrox!

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Can't believe I just found this thread now.......dam :( oh well. In the world cup sweepstakes im in at school, I got Angola.......

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Better knock me out of there as well. 2-0 to Paraguay? I gotta say, that's a tad dissapointing.

 

I'll update after the group stages. Was busy with exam recently so I didn't have time - may as well do it all in one go later!

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Update: 24/06/06

 

1 - Flinky - Japan

2 - Villa - Ukraine

3 - Moria - Ecuador

4 - EEvilmurray - Tunisia

5 - Meik - Spain

6 - Me - Netherlands

7 - CubeChris - Argentina

8 - Moogleviper - Brazil

9 - mario114 - USA

10 - Shino - Angola

11 - Caris - France

12 - Oli - Mexico

13 - Tlink - Togo

14 - Platty - Portugal

15 - the fish - Serbia and Montenegro

16 - 21st century cowboy - Saudi Arabia

17 - sexual chocolate - Iran

18 - Bowser57 - England

19 - Arragaun - Czech Republic

20 - Fatrox - Costa Rica

21 - dabookerman - Poland

22 - Colin - Italy

23 - Katie - Australia

24 - Bluejay - Korea

25 - Fieldsofanfieldroad - Switzerland

26 - Sarka - Paraguay

27 - Hem - Sweden

28 - Athriller - Ivory Coast

29 - Twilighter - Ghana

30 - Gaggle64 - Trinidad and Tobago

31 - Retrolover - Croatia

32 - Monopolyman - Germany

 

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Key:

 

Blue= Team still playing in competition.

Red= Team eliminated.

 

Ok, first thing's first. Bad luck to all those who were eliminated. Thanks for taking part.

 

The Last 16 matches are as followed:

 

GER.gifMonopolyman vs SWE.gifHem - 24-Jun-06 - Munich - 17:00

 

ARG.gifCubechris vs MEX.gifOli- 24-Jun-06 - Leipzig - 21:00

 

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ENG.gifBowser57 vs ECU.gifMoria - 25-Jun-06 - Stuttgart - 17:00

 

POR.gifPlattyl vs NED.gifBlackFox - 25-Jun-06 - Nuremberg - 21:00

 

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ITA.gifColin vs AUS.gifKatie - 26-Jun-06 - Kaiserslautern - 17:00

 

SUI.gifFieldsofanfieldroad vs UKR.gifVilla - 26-Jun-06 - Cologne - 21:00

 

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BRA.gifMoogleviper vs GHA.gifTwilighter - 27-Jun-06 - Dortmund - 17:00

 

ESP.gifMeik vs FRA.gifCaris - 27-Jun-06 Hanover - 21:00

 

Discuss.

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Hey you hijacked my last 16 thread :p

 

but kudos, was a good idea :awesome:

 

Haha, yeah, I saw it and thought it would be a great idea to plagiarise :p

 

Shame no one else is noticing the thread :(

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UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA!

 

I might just get into the quarter finals. Perhaps the people of "Helvetia" should pray to Helvetia that they'll beat Ukrajina.

 

Because I beg to differ.

 

The quarter finals will be where we finish.

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Hmmmm.....every team that had won these matches so far has been on the left side.... so Switzerland, Brazil and Spain will win going off that logic :p


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