Posted on 06/27/2006 7:06:16 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
Defending champs Brazil encounter surprise Group E second place finishers Ghana (10:55 a.m. ET ESPN). Then, at 2:55 p.m. (ESPN), European powehouses Spain and France meet.
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How true. Yellow card on defender elbow. This game is total war.
83rd minute: little tension out there huh?
Over here, teams that reach the cup final always release a god-awful record to celebrate. Of course, all their fans buy it so its high in the charts and there's no avoiding it for a week or two. Do you have anything similar over there?
My team, Manchester City haven't got to the cup final in so long that our last record was a 78.
2-1 France!
France 2-1
GOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
VIVE LE FRANCE!!!!
I find myself whistling La Marseillaise....
You will have to do it in between the yellow cards.... ribery just got one ;)
Spain choke earlier than expected.
No, we don't really do that as a rule. The 80's Chicago Bears released a horrible record called The Superbowl Shuffle 25 years ago, but it doesn't usually happen. After American Idol, they release dreadful versions of songs from the TV show, but you have the same with Pop Idol.
The ref in this game looks a little like a younger, slimmer (and hopefully less pompous) Alec Baldwin.
Great goal. This has been one of the best games of the tourney. Very few yellow cards and a great flow with a lot of opportunities on both sides.
This is really quite exciting, I must say.
I'm done with this "sport". I haven't seen a game yet that hasn't turned on some blatant act of fakery.
No question, a great match. Not destroyed by the ref.
French free kick resulting in goal thanks to a disgraceful piece of play acting by Henry who goes down clutching his face!
Same old Froggies -- always cheating!
The perennial underachievers.
Come on Spain.
Get a goal against these French cheats.
Stoppage: trois minutes
Allez Bleues!
There goes Zizou.
3-1 France.
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!
ZIDANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Argg Zidane.
Well, Brazil, eliminate these French cheats :-)
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