Posted on 06/15/2006 5:42:49 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
Starting off the day will be Real Salt Lake's Douglas Sequeira and his Costa Rican teammates, who play Ecuador at 8:55 a.m. ET in Hamburg (ESPN2). The ticos showed pluck in their Group A opener against Germany on Friday, making a game of it by scoring twice against the hosts before falling 4-2. The Central Americans will need to have more players get involved in the attack against Ecuador, as Paulo Wanchope provided their only offense. The Ecuadorians got a huge weight off their shoulders by downing Poland 2-0 in their group play opener Friday. Previously, the side had been maligned for its inability to win away from the high altitude of their home ground in Quito, but that changed as Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado each scored to upset the favored Poles. An Ecuador victory will guarantee they and Germany advance from Group A to the round-of-16.
Trinidad & Tobago looking to play giant-killer against England in the day's marquee matchup. The sides meet at 11:55 a.m. ET in Nuremberg in a match that will air live on ESPN2. The "Soca Warriors" made their World Cup debut Saturday, pulling off a surprising scoreless draw against Sweden in Group B play despite playing a man down for most of the second half.
The last match of the day comes at 2:55 p.m. ET in Berlin (ESPN) as Paraguay and Sweden meet. The Paraguayans were lackluster in their match against England and must get more out of their attack to have a shot to advance to the knockout phase. The Swedes had equal difficulty finding the net against Trinidad & Tobago; strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson will hope to be on target this time around.
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Beckham to Crouch...one of the best goals of the tournament so far.
We're representing Britain,
And we're gaunny do or die,
England cannae dae it,
'Cos they didnae qualify!
>>I would fancy US against England.
Both have "longball-itis" too. *lol*
Has Gerrard been MIA in this match? Nothing much about him in the Yahoo gamecast.
Unfortunately Scotland's football performance of late leaves much to be desired.
Not yet certain England will get all three points. Plenty of time for an equalizer, and we know England will now give up attacking.
I'm cubicle-bound, what's the score? Can't find anything on AP.
He's just scored a beauty!
LOL! You spoke too soon.
There he was :-)
Speak of the devil! He just scored.
Englanbd have relaxed now. 2-0 (Crouch, Gerrard)
2-0 England
Sounds like the NBA all-star teams we send to the Olympics.
Now it is:
91+ GOAL 4 GERRARD Steven (ENG)
Amazing how many goals are happening in injury time.
AH well he scores when I mention his name.
GERRARD
GERRARD
GERRARD
heh.
2-0 was harsh on T&T. Poor old Stern deserved that one...(offside though)
I'm cubicle-bound, what's the score? Can't find anything on AP.Try this website, then click on “LIVE”.
Or as the song goes....(to Que Sera Sera)
Steve Gerrard, Gerrard
He's big and he's f**king hard
He's better than Frank Lampard...
Steve Gerrard, Gerrard.
A draw between Paraguay and Sweden clinches the top spot in Group B for England.
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