2006 SOCCER WORLD CUP - Day 6 Thread - SPAIN/UKRAINE/SAUDI ARABIA/GERMANY/POLAND in action

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[dfwgator]

Poland still winless against Die Mannschaft.

[romanesq]

No each country selects their own "dream" team just like any national team in any sport.

[lizol]

BLOODY, BLOODY, BLOODY HELLLLL!!!!!!!!

At least they played a good match today.

[dfwgator]

Well, there was nothing to be ashamed about today. They were valiant in defeat, and they still have a slight chance to advance.

[dfwgator]

They showed no quit today. No shame today. Now it's Go Costa Rica Go!!!

[You Dirty Rats]

With two losses you can stick a fork in Poland.

Too many other things would have to break perfectly for Poland to advance.

For one thing, Ecuador would have to lose twice and that's a lot to ask. I would expect them to at least draw Costa Rica.

[lizol]

I can only cry, that they woke up so late.

I think the match against Ecuador will stay in their nightmares for a long, long time.

[dfwgator]

Germany should beat Ecuador. And Costa Rica scored two on Germany, so I think they have a shot.

The key is if CRC wins tomorrow, Poland must win their final game by at least 2 goals. If they play with today's effort, there is still a chance for a great escape. But the odds are against them.

[Betis70]

Ack, yellow card to the Yahoo headline writers.

*lol*

[romanesq]

Would have made things more interesting with a three way tie.
I thought this would make Poland out. Maybe there are scenarios otherwise.

[notfornothing]

One thing's for sure - what looked like the stinker match in this group is now going to be pretty interesting....Go Costa Rica!!

[Lukasz]

What a loser Janas (Polish coach) is!! How could he start the game that Poland need to win with two defensive midfields?? (Sobolewski, Radomski) I bet that even a blind man would notice that Sobolewski was the worst player of the game (in offense and defense) and that he already had yellow card AND that Poland must at last start to play offensively. But not Janas, idiot should be fired right after the last game! His last “brilliant” change Dudka for Zewlakow, cost as a goal, I have no words to describe what I think about him…

The best player of the Game was definitely Lamm from German side and Polish goalie Boruc.

German team was better a deserved this victory, congrats for them and their fans.

[dfwgator]

"The pain from Spain falls mainly on Ukraine"


That deserves a red card.

[lizol]

So you're saying there's a chance."

Sorry I stole your post ;-)))

[lizol]

Yeah! Go, go, as far as you can!!! :-)))

[dfwgator]

I think Boruc's performance today should shut up all the Dudek defenders.

[Betis70]

Poor Poland. I was hoping your team would pull off at least a tie today.

:(

[dfwgator]

Well you still have a better chance than the US. It's all about Costa Rica now.

[You Dirty Rats]

IMHO asking Poland to beat Germany in Dortmund was asking too much. Even a draw was against the odds.

The real tragedy was losing to Ecuador. Germany was always going to get through to the next round. That left only one other place, and losing to one of the other two contenders to move on was fatal.

That's what makes the World Cup so brutal -- one bad loss and you can be done in the group stage. USA has a similar problem.

[lizol]

Definitely.

I was one of them, BTW