2006 WORLD CUP - Quarterfinals - GERMANY-ARGENTINA/UKRAINE-ITALY

FIFAworldcup.com ^ | 6-30-06 | FIFAworldcup.com

[soccer_maniac]

The Elite Eight!! The quarterfinal round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany gets underway Friday with a pair of highly-anticipated matches. The hosts kick things off against Argentina in Berlin (10:55 a.m. ET; ESPN). Italy will face Ukraine in the day's second game (2:55 p.m.; ESPN2).

Two of the quarterfinals are rematches of championship games: Brazil-France (1998) and Germany-Argentina (1986 and 1990).

[Eurotwit]

He should.

[romanesq]

The match was better than Argentina-Netherlands. No doubt.

[jjbrouwer]

I expect some of the wops will hit abuse on me then.

[Michael81Dus]

We drink that kind of alc after a good dinner, or simply with a beer - but never without food or beer.

[stainlessbanner]

What's taking Arena so long?

[jjbrouwer]

Jagermeister tastes like cough medicine. It's all the Krauts deserve though after a win like that.

[Theoden]

They had Spaten at the Oktoberfest I was at, but I didn't have a chance to have any. They were charging nearly 5 bucks per beer, so I decided to buy some Wurst instead. I'm no frat boy, but it was the first time I tried Jaeger, and I thought it was pretty good. My favorite beer is still Zywiecz though.

[Eurotwit]

Congratz on the win tonight!

[Michael81Dus]

No. Bierhoff interfered to stop our (German) boys to join the aggression. An Argentinian reserve player attacked Schweinsteiger first, I saw it on TV, replay. That will have consequences for the Argentinian team. By the way, the Germans had no reason to beat anybody with violence.

[stainlessbanner]

ITL keeper smacks the post hard with his head. Not sure if that was worse that the pecker trap a few minutes ago.

[dfwgator]

What's taking Arena so long?

Just waiting for Klinsi to become available.

[Michael81Dus]

Hahaha, you need to get through the quarter final first! I had enough home city brewed beer today, so nobody can take the smile from my face.

[wolf78]

Argentina coach resigns after loss to Germany.

Sad to hear. True, he was unlucky with tonight's substitutions, and would probably have to face some criticism at home, however he built the team more or less from scratch and that should have outweighed any other considerations. He would have deserved to stay.

Some pictures of the post-game ruckus:

[Michael81Dus]

Thanks. Though we didn´t enjoy watching the game that much, the fun afterwards was unbelievable. LEHMANN!!!! LEHMANN THE PENALTY-KILLER!!!

[romanesq]

Spaten especially on tap is worth it.

[Eurotwit]

This squarehead isn't familiar with the pommie slang :-)

[Churchillspirit]

The Falklands war was a wag the dog case.

General Galtieri was so unpopular at home because of a bad economy and under assault by the mothers of missing soldiers. The invasion of the Falkland Islands was a distraction.

In the course of business I have met many people from Argentina. On the whole they are charming and very polite.

The same cannot be said for most Germans I have encountered.

Go England! Go Brazil!

[Eurotwit]

I thought that Klinsman had ruled out taking the USA job?

[Michael81Dus]

Tell you what? I´m listening to "Madonna - Evita (Don´t cry for me Argentina)" right now - and I never enjoyed that song more!!!

[Eurotwit]

It reminded me a bit of the Turks going nuts against the Swizz.