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FORZA AZZURRI


*all times are NA times
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SCHEDULE

June 19

Netherlands v Japan: 1-0
Ghana v Australia: 1-1
Cameroon v Denmark: 1-2

June 20

Slovakia v Paraguay: 7:30am
Italy v New Zealand: 10:00am
Brazil v Ivory Coast: 2:30pm

June 21

Portugal v North Korea: 7:30am
Chile v Switzerland: 10am
Spain v Honduras: 2:30pm
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Standings

Group A Uruguay.........4 Mexico.............4 South Africa...1  France.............1	Group B Argentina........6 South Korea...3 Greece............3 Nigeria............0	Group C Slovenia....4 England....2 USA............2 Algeria........1	Group D Ghana........4 Serbia.........3 Germany....3 Australia.....1
Group E Holland........6 Japan...........3 Denmark......3 Cameroon....0	Group F Paraguay....4 Italy..............2 New Zeal.....2 Slovakia.......1	Group G Brazil...............6 Portugal............4 Ivory Coast......1 N.Korea...........0	Group H Chile.............6 Swiss...........3 Spain............3 Honduras.....0

 




                 

I'll be watching, go Italy!

Don't follow soccer/futbol really at all but the World Cup is always so fun to watch. Call me a bandwagon jumper, but I get all tingly inside about national pride and all that jazz. World Cup > Olympics.

That being said, Dae-Han-Min-Guk!

^^^^^^^^ ????!!!!!!!!!! Is that the official slogan of the Korean team or something?

Damn.........I tried typing what you wrote in Hanguel, but NA doesn't allow it........

Is that the official slogan for the Korean team?

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not....but yes.

^^^^^ I tried to type is out in Hanguel, but NA doesn't allow it.....It all came up as question marks.

Ahh, gotcha! Don't know if it's official but every time I hear it I get goosebumps.

In the mean time, here's a funny article about America's World Cup Fan..... Enjoy!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/...

It's funny because I know someone pretty much exactly like this. Right down to saying the same thing slower when I ask what the hell he's talking about.

That said, I always make time for the world cup (and the Euro cup, and other professional games if I happen to catch them).

Also I don't particulary care who wins. My mom's from Australia and my dad's half Italian so there's plenty of annoying shit going on around me already.

lol, like how the italian dived in the match against Aus last world cup!

An Italian player took a dive in every match in every world cup ever I think! Possibly even on every play, though I suppose if you play enough you're bound to get tackled for real now and then.

Some family members became conspiracy theorists about that call/goal (FIFA *wants* Italy to advance so they get the calls). The rest told them to "heyyyy, forget about it" and made them eat pasta because they're too skinny.

I'm going for Brazil (obviously), Germany and US.
Out of those, US is the underdog, but it must be kept in mind that they made it to the finals at the Confederations Cup last year, taking out the all powerful Spain at the semi finals.

The obvious choice would be brazil and spain.
Most effective player...hmm i hope kaka will shine again, also the spanish midfielders fabregas, iniesta and xavi.
I'm also looking forward to see what messi can do for his country.

the gambler in me put some money on the lines in sept (in vegas). $10 on US, $10 on france. i think the odds were 15:1 and 10:1

anyone else put money on the cup?

I'm super pumped for the World Cup. I even got cable so I can actually watch it.

Naturally I'm pulling for the USA. They've got serious potential this year and for once a pretty fair group.

Im pulling for USA and South Korea. Hopefully, USA can win against England. Don't really have high hopes for Korea this year sadly. I think one of CAF group (strongly think maybe South Africa or Ghana) might pull some surprises.
Predictions:
Group A, South Africa and France
Group B, Argentina nad Nigeria
Group C, England and USA
Group D, Germany and Ghana
Group E, Denmark and Japan
Group F, Italy and ???
Group G, Brazil and Portugal
Group H, Spain and Switzerland

Also, how the hell did North Korea qualify?

Spain shall win!

Portugal

Would obviously love to see England win it, but I forsee more penalty shootout troubles in the knockout stages.  I have money on Argentina the team is chock-full of attacking flair, but Maradona is an idiot and a cheat (yes the 'hand of God' incident 1986 still angers everyone in England) and also  very inexperienced manager.  On paper the strongest sides are Brazil and Spain, my great hope for England is that Fabio Capello has the tactical knowhow to make decisive decisions in close games.

England, how can i miss that. I'm pretty sure they can go far in this tournament. Great set of players, amazing coach. Argentina got a lot of really good and potential players, but im not sure whether its because of maradona or something else. They dont have the chemistry like the brazillians and the spaniards.

hah yea right, you keep telling yourself that. italy dived as much as the next team. as much as i hate to say it thats like a third of the sport right there.

theres no one i hate more than maradona. he will be the downfall of argentina this year.

Even more than Hitler!?!?!?!