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To: Jake The Goose

That is exactly what my wife said... The upset of the tournament is coming this saturday the USA will beat Italy.



30 posted on 06/14/2006 6:20:14 AM PDT by Paulus
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To: Paulus
The upset of the tournament is coming this saturday the USA will beat Italy.

Let's hope. It's really USA's only chance of advancing -- a draw keeps them alive, but only barely. Wins over Italy and Ghana get them through to the second round, and could even win them the group in the unlikely case that the CR goes draw-draw or draw-loss with Ghana and Italy. In a two-way tie with Italy, head-to-head takes precedence over goal diff.

36 posted on 06/14/2006 6:24:34 AM PDT by kevkrom (Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
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"The upset of the tournament is coming this saturday the USA will beat Italy"

I don't see it.
Watched the Ghana-Italy match.
Italy looked really hard to beat, and Ghana was no slouch.
42 posted on 06/14/2006 6:31:04 AM PDT by Jameison
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As another FReeper commented to you, it is unlikely in the extreme that USA defeats Italy. I've followed int'l soccer closely for 25 years, and I've watched all or most of every WC match this year, and I must say that the USA squad played the worst of any of the other squads. There is not one player on the USA team that can start for the Italian team. Italy usually avoids running up the score, so I expect a 2-0 result.


50 posted on 06/14/2006 6:37:38 AM PDT by Remole
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