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Mar · Post by **Mar** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:07 pm

What a goal by Lahm! Hopefully it'll keep going at this rate.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:15 pm

but defending of the wurst kind sees it level at 1-1

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:38 pm

Ger-man at the back post should have picked him up........

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:08 pm

2-1 a good 2nd goal from Klose. I got to sneak out at lunch and see a little bit. It's certainly a good game to watch.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:58 pm

4-2 Not a bad start. It's beer for breakfast tomorrow.

picaro · Post by **picaro** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:05 pm

americantrotter wrote:4-2 Not a bad start. It's beer for breakfast tomorrow.

u know if u drink a lager w/ v8 or clamato it could count as breakfast

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:37 pm

It might be more of a "it's 12:00 somewhere" I can't stand tomato juice.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:59 pm

A first course of Larm was Klosely followed by a double helping of main course. Frings got even worse with a sweet that sour for the Costa Ricans.. Not Wanchop, but two was served in reply after being in the soup, but the sunshine boys ended up paying the bill with no sweet to offer.

Okay, difficult to judge the Teutonic offering against a team that had more holes than a string vest and gave them more space to work with than Captain Kirk ever had. The inclusion of Drummond had some effect in the second half but the game plan throughout was "Give it to Wanchop". Not sure how Costa Rica got into the tournament and we need to see Germany
play again and hope the opposition is better. Bring on the Paraguayans. (paragua actually means "umbrella" in Spanish, so lets hope that has holes in it too)

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:01 pm

Mar · Post by **Mar** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:54 pm

Well first shock of the World Cup has arrived. Ecuador have beaten Poland 2-0. Poland hitting the post and bar after going 2-0 down. Magic moment was Ulises De La Cruz making a run from before the half way line into the opposition box around the 85 minute mark, if only he'd've scored there it would've been one of the best WC goals ever.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:54 pm

Game two, Poland v Ecuador, much less of an occasion for joking.

Good game of football between two decent sides. Poland were so very unlucky here; scored a goal, disallowed for offside that wasn't, and had one allowed against them that was. On top of that they twice hit the woodwork late on. Both these sides should make mincemeat of Costa Rica, and Germany won't have quite such a walk in the park as they did today. Well impressed with Ecuador's general game; fast and tricky and a mainly solid defence. This group is still wide open for me.

Noticed quite a few players slipping in both games.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:12 pm

Surprising result in the Poland game. Just goes to show that anyone can win on the day.

Can't wait for tomorrow.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:15 pm

COME ON ENGLAND!

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:21 pm

americantrotter wrote:COME ON ENGLAND!

I can do better than that AT...
COME ON ENGLAND!
I'm well excited now. I'm even a fan of Peter Crouch at the moment.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:34 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:
americantrotter wrote:COME ON ENGLAND!

I can do better than that AT...
COME ON ENGLAND!
I'm well excited now. I'm even a fan of Peter Crouch at the moment.

I know me too! Though I always rated him more than the average fan.

COME ON ENGLAND!

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:36 pm

Ah, nuts!

I get nobbled at work to buy the last name in the sweepstake with a strong hint that it's Argentina. It was Costa Rica. And I think I had Poland - Ecuador down as a draw in my brother's sweepstake.

How bad was the defending in the first game? On the basis of that, it's going to be a goalfest for the next four weeks.

chris · Post by **chris** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:10 pm

Brilliant first game. Germany's fourth will be hard to beat for goal of the tournament, but it shows why keepers don't like the new ball.
I think Ecuador will get through now. I think, with the confidence levels both teams will now have, Poland will get no more than a draw against Germany, and Ecuador should beat C. Rica.

I thought Ecuador would struggle, as their home qualifying record at altitude got them to this stage, but they've shown they can cope lower down.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:15 pm

I thought Ecuador looked very handy indeed, pace and power all over the park and some pretty good technical ability too. Correct whover said about De La Cruz, that was a great run and if it'd been 20 mins earlier, I think he would have had the composure for a decent shot on goal aswell

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