World Cup predictions - first round

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
OK I must be in this. The world cup makes me feel like a little kid right before chrismas again and this time chrismas is lasting for a month!!!

I know. I still feel the nostalgy of the World Cup 1986 each time a World Cup closes in. And I still generally those teams I liked back then, when I was first time watching the World Cup.
Anyone remember France-Brazil, quarterfinals 1986? What a great game!

[Robert]

Serb: Very interesting how Belgium could be a group winner, if you gave to Belgium less points then you gave to Russia?

More change to get some points

[Dauphin]

Re: World Cup predictions - first round

The world champion: Argentina
The 8 group winners in the first round
A - France
B - Spain
C - Brazil
D - Portugal
E - Germany
F - Argentina
G - Italy
H - Belgium


The top scorer: Raul - (Spain)

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 5-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-2
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-1
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 3-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 3-1
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 3-3
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 2-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-5
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-1
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 2-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-0
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 3-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-1
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-1

A 06-06 13:30 France - Uruguay (Busan) 3-0
A 06-06 08:30 Denmark - Senegal (Daegu) 2-0
B 07-06 11:00 Spain - Paraguay (Jeonju) 5-0
B 08-06 08:30 South Africa - Slovenia (Daegu) 2-2
C 08-06 13:30 Brazil - China PR (Seogwipo) 6-0
C 09-06 11:00 Costa Rica - Turkey (Incheon) 1-2
D 10-06 08:30 Korea Republic - USA (Daegu) 2-0
D 10-06 13:30 Portugal - Poland (Jeonju) 3-1
E 05-06 13:30 Germany - Republic of Ireland (Ibaraki) 1-1
E 06-06 11:00 Cameroon - Saudi Arabia (Saitama) 3-2
F 07-06 08:30 Sweden - Nigeria (Kobe) 1-0
F 07-06 13:30 Argentina - England (Sapporo) 2-1
G 08-06 11:00 Italy - Croatia (Ibaraki) 1-0
G 09-06 08:30 Mexico - Ecuador (Miyagi) 1-1
H 09-06 13:30 Japan - Russia (Yokohama) 2-2
H 10-06 11:00 Tunisia - Belgium (Oita) 0-2

A 11-06 08:30 Denmark - France (Incheon) 1-2
A 11-06 08:30 Senegal - Uruguay (Suwon) 0-2
B 12-06 13:30 South Africa - Spain (Daejeon) 0-4
B 12-06 13:30 Slovenia - Paraguay (Seogwipo) 1-3
C 13-06 08:30 Costa Rica - Brazil (Suwon) 0-3
C 13-06 08:30 Turkey - China PR (Seoul) 2-0
D 14-06 13:30 Portugal - Korea Republic (Incheon) 3-1
D 14-06 13:30 Poland - USA (Daejeon) 2-0
E 11-06 13:30 Cameroon - Germany (Shizuoka) [/b]1-1[/b]
E 11-06 13:30 Saudi Arabia - Republic of Ireland (Yokohama) 0-2
F 12-06 08:30 Sweden - Argentina (Miyagi) 0-1
F 12-06 08:30 Nigeria - England (Osaka) 1-2
G 13-06 13:30 Mexico - Italy (Oita) 1-2
G 13-06 13:30 Ecuador - Croatia (Yokohama) 0-1
H 14-06 08:30 Tunisia - Japan (Osaka) 0-1
H 14-06 08:30 Belgium - Russia (Shizuoka) 1-1

Rogan I think you are getting a bit ahead of yourself.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by Wernazuma III

Anyone remember France-Brazil, quarterfinals 1986? What a great game!

I thought it was France-Brazil in 1982 Brazil won by penalty kicks. The French defender missed at the end.

[TheArsenal]

World Champion: France
Top scorer: Henry

Group winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Germany
F Argentina
G Italy
H Japan

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 3-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-0
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 1-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 1-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 1-1
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-1
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-1
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-0 [Shocker!]
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 0-2
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-2
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-0
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 1-0

[Dauphin]

Brazil drew 1-1 with France in the Q/finals 1986. France then won the penalty shoot-out 4-3.

France never played Brazil in 1982, and there were no Q/finals either.

[Imran Siddiqui]

WC Champs: Argentina
Top Scorer: Ronaldo (who will show he is back from his injury)

Group Winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Cameroon
F Argentina
G Italy
H Russia

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-1
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-1
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 1-0
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 3-2
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-2
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 2-2
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-3
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 2-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-2
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 3-3
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-0
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[SpencerH]

Ok what game did the the french lose in penalty shots where the defender missed (last name started with an A). I distinctly remember him sinking to his knees with that distraught look.

I may be mixing an 82 Italy-Brazil game. The brazil team had Socrates, Junior (I think), Zico. They were brilliant but were beaten by an underdog. I was thinking it was France but now I'm thinking it was Italy.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by SpencerH
Ok what game did the the french lose in penalty shots where the defender missed (last name started with an A). I distinctly remember him sinking to his knees with that distraught look.

Germany-France. Was it the game where Battiston broke some vertebrae when Schumacher just went flying for the man instead of the ball. It was the worst foul I have EVER seen, yet he didn't even get a caution.

Manual Amoros is the guy you are thinking of.

[Jay Bee]

Yes, it was Germany-France. My all-time favorite game is from that WC, Italy-Brazil. Brazil had an extraordinary team (imho the best one of the post-Pele era, by far) but that particular day Paolo Rossi had been touched by God.

[JohnIII]

WC Champs: Italy
Top Scorer: Trezeguet (he can mop them up in the group games)

Group Winners:
A France
B Paraguay
C Turkey
D Portugal
E Ireland
F England
G Italy
H Russia

(UEFA!)

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 1-1
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 3-1
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 1-2
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 2-3
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 2-2
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-3
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-4
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-0
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 1-1
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 2-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-0
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 0-0
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 2-1
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 0-2
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 3-0

[kIndal]

World Champ: Argentina
Top Scorer: Vieri

Group winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Germany
F Argentina
G Italy
H Japan




A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 2-0
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 1-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 3-1
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-0
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-2
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 0-3
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 2-0
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 3-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 2-1
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-1
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[yaroslav]

WC Champs: Brazil.

Group winners:
A: France.
B: Spain.
C: Brazil.
D: Portugal.
E: Germany.
F: Argentina.
G: Mexico.
H: Rusia.

Edited because I forget writing this:

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 4-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 2-1
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-0
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 3-0
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-2
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-2
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-2
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-1
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-0
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 0-2
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-1
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[mordhiem]

Re: World Cup predictions - first round

France 3-0 Senegal
Uruguay 0-0 Denmark
Paraguay 2-1 South Africa
Spain 2-0 Slovenia
Brazil 2-0 Turkey
China PR 1-1 Costa Rica
Korea Republic 1-0 Poland
USA 0-3 Portugal
Republic of Ireland 1-1 Cameroon
Germany 3-0 Saudi Arabia
England 1-0 Sweden
Argentina 2-0 Nigeria
Croatia 2-1 Mexico
Italy 3-1 Ecuador
Japan 2-1 Belgium
Russia 1-1 Tunisia

Group A -- France
Group B -- Spain
Group C -- Brazil
Group D -- Portugal
Group E -- Germany
Group F -- England
Group G -- Italy
Group H -- Japan

World Cup Winner -- Italy

Top Scorer -- David Trezuget (France)

Good luck all (especially England ).

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Edit: Changed Crespo to Trezuget for top scorer

[Jay Bee]

I was the first to nominate Trezeguet!!!! I should get bonus points for that!