Posted on 06/09/2006 7:43:16 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
Germany, the hosts of the 18th FIFA World Cup, kick off the tournament on Friday against Costa Rica in Munich (LIVE on ABC at 11:00AM ET).
This represents a change to a tradition established back in 1974 which saw the defending world champions having the honour of getting the proceedings under way. The other two teams in Group A, Poland and Ecuador, will fight it out later in the evening.
My contribution. A deliberately-set backfire, of sorts.
Phillip Lahm turned and twisted past two men, then fired it up into the far top corner of the goal.
And then 1-1
Wow
Go Ticos!!!!!!!
damn close to being offsides.
Wanchoppe is their best, he played MLS for a while.
Great start to the World Cup so far.
I remember Wanchope well from his time in England.
Great player.
Klose.
Great play by the Germans.
2-1
ole Brazil - alle France -go USA
*sigh*
I can't get into Yahoo!/FIFAWorldCup matchcast.
ESPN/Soccernet matchcast is woefully behind and inconsistent in updates.
I can't access ESPN360.
Y'all need to post more details for us cubicle-bound folk...
Unintentionally ironic post of the day.
Only 2 minutes in and the horrid commentary had me switching from ESPN to Univision...and I can't even speak Spanish!
BBC also has a live update.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852498.stm
I would love to see Germany beat by Costa Rica in their own backyard..to funny. Not going to happen though.
I don't blame you, American announcers suck at doing soccer.
I want Poland to beat Germany sooo bad. I am anticipating that game even more than the US games.
It was intentional.....
I have no strong feelings either way.
Other than that it is usually good for the tournament IMHO that the host team at least advances and stays in the tournament for a while.
If Germany was eliminated at the group stages it would put a bit of a damper of the party atmosphere in Germany.
Cheers.
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yep, that one will be the one to see just for the fan shots in the stands! Too funny. Go POLAND!!
Costa Rica sure made the most of their one shot.
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