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ok...not taking the easy road, i'm picking the Netherlands to win it.it's too easy to say Brasil or Germany....so don't!who do you pick?(i'm heading over in 2 weeks and will hopefully get to watch one of the 'Round of 16 games'!!! )

Well if we can't pick Brazil or Germany, then I will probably have to go with Mexico or maybe England. Mexico looked pretty darn good against Iran today. I would like to say USA, but I haven't seen them play yet. A #5 ranking in FIFA don't mean nothing.

I am going to pick the Czech Republic. From what I have followed, I think they have a great chance.

And that was an increadibly disappointing loss for USA. They were completely unorganized almost the entire game, defense and offense. Everytime they got close to the goal it was a bad pass, or a sloppy looking play. They did not look good at all.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »And that was an increadibly disappointing loss for USA. They were completely unorganized almost the entire game, defense and offense. Everytime they got close to the goal it was a bad pass, or a sloppy looking play. They did not look good at all. I think we all agree that the US looked as if they were tanking out there. What a let down.I don't know a ton about proffesional soccer, but that game seemed incredibly one sided to me. The US was going backwards with the ball more than forwards. They never seemed to have a real solid possesion. And then they were just lazy on defense. Let's hope the Italy games goes better.

Forza Italia!!!!Nice win over Ghana....France looked like they can't play like a team and Brazil? Tough win over Crotia...

Or as Strong Bad would say, DELETED!

well, i leave tomorrow...odds of getting tickets to a group of 16 match are pretty slim...actually non existant unless i meet up with some shady guy in a farmer's market and mule some stuff across the atlantic! some great matches have been set up...should be fun being near there at least!

Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi »Or as Strong Bad would say, DELETED!lol wheres homestar did he screw it up for us?

Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »Forza Italia!!!!

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »Looks like one great semi-final Germany vs Italy I wonder who will win between Brazil and France?

I was watching that Germany match, and the ruttin cable went out due to a thunderstorm in the 72 minute. I ended up missing Germanys goal, and OT, and the shootout.

it was awesome! i was in an open market watching the game in Cologne (Koln) when germany beat argentina....it was absolutely electric and an experience i will never forget!I also watched the netherlands/portugal match in aachen which is a hop/skip/jump from the dutch border so there were some interesting groups in the crowd in the market....the germans don't like the dutch, but being so close, there were plenty of dutch in the crowd.i'll be leaving work early today to catch the german/italy match....should be good!

Weel it looks like Germany and Brazil shouldn't be picked to win now.I'm going with Italy to win it all now against France.

Viva Italia!!!

if portugal makes it through this afternoon, i'm prediciting a record number of players on their backs screaming in pain all at the same time in the final.... synchronized pain rolling...could be a new olympic event!should be funny!

yeah, the pain rolling is a silly part of the game. I hope France wins today.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »yeah, the pain rolling is a silly part of the game. I hope France wins today.France did! 1-0

I usually don't care much about futbol, but am following the cup this year for some reason.the Germany/Portugal third place match ~3 PM EDT Saturday, the Italy/France title match ~2 PM EDT SundayI hope Gerrmany, (as host country), wins Saturday. As for the Italy/France match, I may have to cheer for France, but don't really care who wins as long as it is a good game. edit - Germany 3, Portugal 1

congrats to the azzuri (sp?).while i wasn't cheering for the italians for most of the game, that changed when i saw the stupid head (removed) zidane decided to use....stupid, stupid, stupid and not worthy of a win.to add insult to that, he was already voted the player of the tournament!just not right....

Zidane arguably lost the match for the French since he would have been in the PK and is one of the best at it.It boggles the mind at how he let Materazzi get to him...

Well there was definitely something said to him that made him react like he did, something not very nice. Couple that with hot humid conditions and a very long and stressful game. People's fuses can get a might short. That was definitely a stupid move on his part. Not sure if it cost them the cup or not, but it sure didn't help any.

ESPN.com is reporting that Materazzi called him a "stinking terrorist" - I think it is unfortunate that he did lose his cool, but if Materazzi did indeed call him this, then he deserved the head (removed) and more. The game was good and I thought Zidane's opening goal (in the 9th minute) was just incredibly gutsy to wait for the keeper to make the first move and just pooch it in. However, Materazzi's goal was pure beauty...

It seemed like the refs didn't see Zidane do the head (removed) until it replayed on the big screen. In USA football, it would have been a 15 yard penalty. In hockey, the victim would have been a wimp for being taken out with such a trivial blow, but the officials wouldn't have cared.Congratulations to all you Italy fans :thumbup"

Us Italians are enjoying our victory! Great game!! Too bad Zizou lost his cool......

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »It seemed like the refs didn't see Zidane do the head (removed) until it replayed on the big screen. actually, the commentator said it wasn't shown on the big screen as FIFA has a policy of not showing controversial calls in the stadium to avoid rioting...that's why all the french fans were whistling at the italian player as they thought he dove (again! )the 4th official appeared to have seen it as the red card wasn't given until talking to him.