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.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlsnet.com ...
The Paraguay players are devastated.
It will be really interesting to see how the Germany group ends up, and how that will impact the Sweden-England game.
Thankfully both games will take place at the same time. That is my favorite part of the WC, when you have two matches simultaneously to see who advances and what position they'll be in.
It might get more interesting than one would think.
T&T facing a Paraguay with nothing to play for. Sweden possibly facing an English side desperate to avoid Germany.
England-Sweden 2-1
T&T-Paraguay 2-0
What happens then? FIFA ranking decides?
That's disgusting!
You got any more of those? :)
But, the Germany group will be decided by then, so England and Sweden will now going in what result is needed to avoid facing the Germans.
will know.
Time for bed :-)
Janne Petterson poses with his son Johan outside his house which he and his brother painted in the colours of the national flag while his wife was at work, in Stockholm June 15, 2006
If that's what Swedish chicks do for one lousy goal I can't wait to see what they do if someone scores a hat trick for Sweden.
"Also, this prevents shady deals and "tactical" playing. Quote Wikipedia: "The last round of matches of each group is held simultaneously to prevent collusion between nations.""
And come on now Wolf, who's responsible for that little rule?
Own up ;o)
the unedited version
Like the 1982 debacle with Germany and Austria fixing the result to go through and wreck the Algerians.
Thats my beef too. Its this "seeded" nonsense.
Bookmarked for later.
I just love the Swedes.
That pic will be all over the internet within thirty minutes.
I believe they would draw lots in that case.
What's wrong with the seedings?
Ping for proof that Soccer is the greatest sport in the world. Check post #272.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.