The Official Metpage Fifa World Cup 2006 Topic

[Luís]

Argentina, heading Group C after two impressive wins, was second on the list – "Began as one of three realistic trophy contenders (along with Brazil and England) and have outshone those rivals."

The Times - http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19530532-2,00.html

Where's the "Laughing my ass off" smilie when you need it? What a great laugh... England, realistic trophy contender?

[Luís]

Sweden 2-2 England
Paraguay 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago

1. England 7
2. Sweden 5
3. Paraguay 3
4. Trinidad 1

We got the 1st games for the 2nd round

Germany - Sweden
England - Ecuador



Go Sweden

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Swedish friends, how do you write "I Love Sweden" in your language?

[Invaders]

I Love Sweden

Jag hatar sverige


Some nice goals in the england-sweden game tho, Speciall the one from cole

[Luís]

Are you sure? Because hatar seems a lot like hate and you're Norwegian, so... I guess I'll wait for a real Swedish man

[Phantom Lord 1782]

hehe, nice try no_anger!

actually, "I love Sweden" is "Jag älskar Sverige" in Swedish, I'm gonna try a phonetic approximation of the pronounciation

The j in "jag" is pronounced like the y in "yes". The a is pronounced like the a in "are" and the g like the g in "mug". The ä and l in "älskar", (don't know if you can display this letter, for those who can't, it's an a with two dots on top of it), are pronounced like the e and l in "elk", the s and k like the s and c in "scar", the a like the u in "fuck" and the r like a regular r. S and v are regular, er sounds like the ear in "bear", and ige sounds like "yeah"

That's all for today!

...and btw, Sweden should have won today, two balls hitting the crossbar and one saved just in time by a defender!

[leomet_2000]

yes!!! Sweden play a lot better than England!
anyways, would be great to see Germany - England! but no this time!!

o.k...

Argentina - Holland
Serbia - Voire



comments?

if Argentina is 1st i think will play with Mexico, and of Argentina won will play with Germany in next step, may be England in semifinals and Brazil in the final... only comments, is a long way.

[DAMBUSTER]

Did Ljundberg get a second yellow putting him out of the game against Germany?
Don't know about Ecuador, just got to hope that England can actually play well for two halfs of a game and not just one.
Lets hope Portugal get a sympathetic ref so they can go all the way

[Fadingtoblack]

Lets hope Portugal get a sympathetic ref so they can go all the way

Is it just me or does this seem to be a big issue in soccer?


I mean it happens in cricket too (though mostly it's just incompetence rather than favouritism), but most other sports seem to do ok.


In soccer it seems to be a very big factor in getting anywhere in the sport

[DAMBUSTER]

Don't mean to be a bad sport fade but it's a bit hard to take when you're knocked out of a tournement by dubious decisions (especially against the host nation).
After Portugal that idiot ref retired - I wonder why?

[Invaders]

Did Ljundberg get a second yellow putting him out of the game against Germany?

No

Btw where the hell is the defence in England? Does they think that letting Larson stay alone inside the 16m will not lead to a goal?

Ecuador can beat England