Argentina players defend against an Ivory Coast free kick during their match Saturday. (Reuters)
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
REALLY good game. Feel bad for Ivory Coast.
Heh. I'm not sure, but I think this Verizon ad en espanol is implying Anglos are too stupid to appreciate soccer.
Me too!
England versus T&T should be really interesting!
Good point. I think on this board in particular we'd be pretty short of Maradona fans.
The "lovefest" with Maradona:
ABC Commentators
FIFA members
ESPN2 Commentators...
You know..people we don't give a rip about anyways. LOL!
England might have to actually play in that game!
I have to admit I was kinda bored during their game today. Way too safe.
The officiating was horrible, but if England is going to win the World Cup...they need to KICK IT UP A NOTCH and then some!
Considering that politically Maradona is well to the left of even Noam Chomsky and he hates US liberals just as much as he hates US conservatives just because they are Americans with an A. He makes Michael Moore sound like a conservative.
OMG - you can't drive legally past 100 kph here in NZ. Unless you are a driver in the motorcade for the Prime Minister. ;-)
Match Of The Day:
(Which match was the best?)
Man of the Match:
(Which player really came to play today?)
"Drama King Of The Day":
(The player who should take his acting elsewhere)
Best Team Of The Day:
(The team (win, lose, or draw) that really impressed you!)
What an awesome day of soccer!!!
I'm leaving for the NY Red Bulls v. Houston Dynamo game
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I'll start a new thread for Day 3 tomorrow morning. Please FRmail me to get on/off the soccer ping list.
Just because you have something better to do. Hehe!
Enjoy the match!
See you in the AM!
Bring coffee and donuts tomorrow, ok?
Soccer was originally a quistententially very English sport. It is co-incodence that Europeans have picked this up. Most other ball games were invented by British or their offshoots as well - including Aussie Rules.
That's why TV is a necessity... even with Germany's advanced transportation network, no one can see all the games in one day. No one really expects to though. The fans just plan to go when their team plays and have a good time. As it is the best seats where sold out long ago.
I thought most of the second half was somewhat slow. Argentina did well but nowhere near what it could have been. It is the weather in Hamburg? The German port city is way to the north of the other Cup cities that saw action today.
Argentina players defend against an Ivory Coast free kick during their match Saturday. (Reuters)
I ain't a soccer fan. But anyway why is there no "United Kingdom" soccer team? Why is it only "England" instead?
I think the deal is that the Scots and Welsh simply hate the English team, so they don't want a unified team.
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