Posted on 06/10/2006 5:54:26 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
One of the most fancied teams in Germany, England will open their FIFA World Cup™ campaign against Group B rivals Paraguay today -- LIVE NOW on ABC: England v Paraguay
You've put the Swedes in a sleeping trance, huh? LOL!
I don't speak Spanish, but I would rather watch the Univision/Telefutura coverage of "La Copa Mundial" than ABC.
After about 5 minutes, I picked up the major words for "corner kick", "foul", and "goal kick". The announcers at get really excited as someone drives toward the net.
The rest is just paying attention and waiting for them to yell
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"
My impression is T&T is the Carribean team's definitely an underdog. They've played good defense and despite being dominant on the field, Sweden hasn't been able to convert its shots. If this holds through the second half, we may be looking at an upset. Ooh boy! This is one of the reasons I love the World Cup; you can't count out surprises. We'll see if this is one of them. This game is in Dortmund.
RED CARD!
I have a deep, decades long hatred of Brent Musburger, I hate that bastard with a white hot intensity.
He is a hack.
And he is the least partial announcer along, he used to be the Lakers biggest cheerleader.
I hate him, give me Andreas Cantor any day.
Tomorrow is the "Freeper" match -- Mexico vs. Iran.
Probably the two countries most disliked by Freepers.
I'll be hoping Mexico beats the nutters.
Whoa -- RED CARD for T&T!
Funny stuff. Thanks!
I found some great England videos on YouTube. I particularly like the Wayne Rooney vid with a tribute song set to the tune of Let It Be.
You are FAR TOO KIND to Brent Hamburger.
He isn't even up to the level of a hack.
Dwight Yorke..Excellent!
The only thing Brent Musberger is qualified to do is be the left leg of Scuzzlebutt. [end gratuitous South Park reference]
At least England has a good Tottenham Hotspur Goalkeeper now -- unlike the last Arsenal keeper for England who let in a cheap goal by Brazil on a free kick.
I swear, he is just awful, and what is amazing is that he is awful at every damn sport. I even hate him more than Pat O'Brien, and I loathe Pat O'Brien.
Thank God John Madden won't fly on an airplane, or we would get him and his telestrator doing the game.
I've got Univision on now, but Cantor isn't announcing.
BTW, importantant info on how to watch the cup on your computer with feeds from other countries.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71112-0.html?tw=wn_index_4
You don't get Univision in HD?
He’s doing Spanish language radio broadcasts for this World Cup.
AWESOME SAVE by Sweden!
Hamburger thought LeBron James -- still on his rookie contract -- was the highest paid player on the Cavaliers.
Way back in the seventies he gave a radio update on baseball standings. Hamburger said that the last-place Phillies could be in trouble. At the time Philly was 1-3 with 158 games left to play.
He's a fool.
For both games today, the camera appears to be pointed south, into the sun. It’s really annoying.
Emgland - Paraguay was 1-0 and boring. But THIS game -- 0-0 and absolutely riveting.
What's best about this game is that T&T is with 10 men is less afraid to attack in the second half than England with 11.
And then an awesome save by T&T right back!
Ya gotta admit, the T&T keeper is player of the game so far (62nd minute).
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