Posted on 06/30/2006 11:08:19 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
The quarterfinal round concludes with a pair of enticing match-ups. The day's first match pits England against Portugal (10:30 a.m. ET, ABC) in Gelsenkirchen, while a rematch of the 1998 final between Brazil and France (3:00 p.m. ET, ESPN) will wrap the Round of 8.
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We needed it. We were all to sozzled to know what was going on most of the time.
I don't know who will win, but I'm sure rooting for England.
To the tune of Que Sera Sera
Steve Gerard Gerard
He's big and he's f***ing hard
He's better than Frank Lampard
Steve Gerard Gerard
COME ON ENGLAND!
But may the best team win in a clean and fair fight.
If it's England of course.
Good man!
I'm rooting for England, as long as I don't have to learn all those damned songs. ;O)
I can't wait for kick-off.
If nothing else, it will rescue me from watching Sri Lanka spanking our bowlers to the tune of 12 an over.
Make it fourty years of hurts! :-D
I suspect we'll probably have to make it at least 44.
Nah, wait and see. I hope so, sure, but nothing´s impossible. Now, if only you Brits (I assume you are one) acknowledged that modern Germany is not Nazi Germany and actually tell that your kids, too, I could imagine to have joy when England gets its second World Cup win. However, as long as German exchange students are beaten up on a regular basis by older English boys after school because of their nationality, the bilateral relationship needs repair!
It's also a very sad day today:
Legendary former England and Yorkshire fast bowler Fred Trueman has died aged 75 after a battle with lung cancer.
Trueman was the first man to claim 300 wickets in Test cricket and finished with 307 from only 67 matches.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/5136580.stm
An England-Germany final would be glorious. It will probably be Brazil-Germany.
I know, its a sad day for sure.
Not a fitting tribute to see our bowlers thrashed all over Headingley of all places.
Indeed...
Here we go...
Sadly, you could be right.
I would love England/Germany though. Probably wouldn't be pretty but I'd love it.
England has the early upper-hand.
Shaky last couple of minutes though.
Hey, it might as well happen. What I have seen so far, England seems to have woken up for this game. Nice to see some action, it promises to be an interesting game today.
And who knows how good Brazil really is? Yes, they have great players and any team that plays against Brazil will be punished for the slightest mistake (As seen in the game against Japan, where Japan scored the first goal and then went down 4-1). But Brazil might as well fall victim to its own arrogance and smugness tonight. And a match England-France really could go either way.
That said: Let's enjoy the game against Portugal first ;-).
True. Mostly self-inflicted; mental mistakes.
i really hope that Brazil doesn't go through today
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