Stats
 ENG |
TRI  |
| 8 | Shots on Goal | 3 |
| 23 | Shots | 7 |
| 15 | Fouls | 19 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 0 | Free Kicks | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 62% | Ball Possession | 38% |
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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FIFA Man of the Match: 7 BECKHAM David (ENG)
| ENG |
TRI |
| 8 | Shots on Goal | 3 |
| 23 | Shots | 7 |
| 15 | Fouls | 19 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 0 | Free Kicks | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 62% | Ball Possession | 38% |
Go Paraguay!! :-)
:( I was hoping that Trinidad would tie England. And Hislop would save tons of goals and make the game 0-0. (Hislop was my fantasy team captain) :) Oh, well. Still a really good game on Trinidad's part.
Thank you kindly!
Boy was I happy to see Gerrard put that in. He had such an anonymous performance today, but boy, that goal was vintage Gerrard.
It looked like England were skipping rope out there - they had to avoid all the sliding tackles by T&T. 2-0 is nice but no major injuries is nicer.
FIFA Man of the Match: 7 BECKHAM David (ENG)
Eh? I thought Terry was the man today...Beckham wasted huge amounts of possesions before the cross for the goal. Good thought it was.
Ga Sverige!
I really liked Lennon after he came in. My man of the match.
Oh man I can't wait to see if Germany and England will end up playing each other. Oh please let it happen.
How about T&T, though -- went over 170 minutes without allowing a goal.
They didn't win but they scared the Poms sh*tless.
And seeing Rooney back was the best news of all. He looked good, albeit a little off his usual best.
Lennon looked fantastic....my Leeds supporting friend told me about this lad a few years back - he's more exciting than Walcott I feel.
T&T need a 0-0 draw between Sweden and Paraguay, then they could still pull it off.
Yup, your gonna get Germany vs England. Oh boy, that should be a hoot.
They will meet in the final *dreaming*
:-)
Germany will want to finish first and avoid England. Under those circumstances I think they'll be motivated enough to beat Ecuador.
Ecuador certainly has a great chance to at least draw though. Should be a good match.
They played an very diciplined defensive game with many players behind the ball, yet looked somewhat dangerous on the counter attack.
Well done T&T.
T&T's performance helps the US in the long run, in that it legitimizes CONCACAF having four teams in the tournament.
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