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World Cup 2006

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Are you going to follow the FIFA World Cup 2006 games?

  • Yes, I'm a real soccer fanatic.

    Votes: 39 43.3%

  • Yes, As long as the US is still playing.

    Votes: 23 25.6%

  • No, I like soccer, but I'm more interested in the NBA, NHL, and/or MLB.

    Votes: 7 7.8%

  • No, The only football I'm interested in is one played with a ball that has pointed ends.

    Votes: 21 23.3%
  • Total voters
    90
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Well Spain continues their streak of bowing out of the World Cup with highly rated teams.

They are the only one of the "major" European sides not to win a World Cup, this team was rated as their best chance in a long while (again).

That Brazil Ghana game was a really good one. Thoguh Brazil won it is always interesting to wonder just how much better Ghana was, and how much better Ghana would have been with Essien on the pitch. As it was they had Brazil on their heels with the flow of play for much of the game. But, without quality finishing all they ended up with was, run Forrest run.
 
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sandgk said:
Well Spain continues their streak of bowing out of the World Cup with highly rated teams.

They are the only one of the "major" European sides not to win a World Cup, this team was rated as their best chance in a long while (again).
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No respect for the Dutch. :wink2:
 
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Ouch - That's no way to treat a loyal fan!

This was top of the list in Reuters Oddly Enough. In Futbol crazy Argentina a man owing roughly 2,000 dollars in back taxes has his plasma TV carted off by their Tax Collectors.

I mean, that's probably worth more than the bill.

And to do this in the middle of the World Cup -- have they no sense of humanity.

Oddly Enough
Argentina tax man hits soccer fan where it hurts

<!-- END HEADLINE --> <!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> Wed Jun 28, 3:14 PM ET

Argentine tax officials hit a tax cheat where it hurts most on Wednesday, confiscating the man's plasma TV two days before Argentina plays Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals.
It was the latest move in a "shock" campaign by Santiago Montoya, the top tax man in Buenos Aires province, the country's biggest, to curb rampant tax evasion in Argentina.
Tax officials carted off the new big-screen television from a man who owes some 6,100 pesos ($2,000) in back taxes.
"We've taken the plasma as a guarantee against the debt he owes," said Juan Manuel Prada, a provincial tax official.
Officials say tax evasion in Buenos Aires province costs the government some $1 billion in lost revenue each year.
Montoya's highly publicized attempts to crack down on tax delinquents have included mailing letters to the spouses of evaders and leaving messages on people's cell phones.
His latest campaign is sure to catch the eye of soccer-obsessed Argentines. A tournament favorite, Argentina, faces Germany on Friday.
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Germany and Argentina are currently in the second OT. Argentina scored in the first half on a header off a corner kick. Germany tied it around the 80th minute with a beautiful goal by Klose, after a Ballack cross was headed forward to Klose in the box.

It will suck if this is decided on PK's.

edit - The OT's ended with the score still 1-1. PK lineups being sent in now.

Spoiler alert. Germany wins 4-2 on PKs. They hit all 4 of theirs.
 
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Well that fella in Argentina is sure to be happy that he didn't break his new plasma TV in despair at Argentina's penalty taking ineptitude. (Probably broke his neighbor's TV instead :tongue2: ).

The hosts roll on - where is AKABUCK to gloat over these guys :wink2:
 
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sandgk said:
Well that fella in Argentina is sure to be happy that he didn't break his new plasma TV in despair at Argentina's penalty taking ineptitude. (Probably broke his neighbor's TV instead :tongue2: ).

The hosts roll on - where is AKABUCK to gloat over these guys :wink2:
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Grabbing my Germany Jersey out of the dryer, of course.

And... the stat of the day... Germany has never lost a World Cup Match with Michael Ballack on the field...
 
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Grabbing my Germany Jersey out of the dryer, of course.

And... the stat of the day... Germany has never lost a World Cup Match with Michael Ballack on the field...
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Well now Germany get to face what (from printed reports) is an on-form Italian side in the Semis. Still, they did make grown Argentinians cry and boot them out of the tournament, for which many can be thankful.

Argentinian trivia of the day - If the head coach was called Pekerman does that mean he is automatically a dickhead? (Sure didn't win many plaudits for leaving speed and play-making on the bench at the close).

EDIT Sat Jul1 - 10:45 AM
Nervously anticipating the start of this QF titlt vs Portugal. Though depleted Portugal may still be more than enough to oust an England squad that has still to find form, put its players in a position to win with style, and has a lack of pizazz. Color me worried.
 
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Wow - Rooney just got red-carded for stomping on a guy's crotch. The ref was about 3 feet away when it happened, so it's hard to say he had a bad view.

England will be lucky to get the game decided by PK's at this point.
 
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incredibly stupid cheapshot by rooney. With the ref right on top of the play, he blows the whistle for some minor shoving. As rooney's getting up, he steps right on the guy's groin (the ref is literally 1 foot away at the time).

red card, and rooney is gone (0-0 62:00).
 
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From worried to very worried.

Might as well use Walcott as the third and final sub. What have they to lose?

(Crouch looks like a spider on roller skates).

1:30 PM EST - its PKs (hate PKs in any event, and England's record in PK shoot-outs is poor).
 
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