World Cup predictions - first round

[Saint Marcus]

two games? who cares? Even if the french used a B-team they'd get passed the first round.

[Sloth]

WC champions: Argentina
Top Scorer: Crespo
Group Winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Cameroon
F Argentina
G Italy
H belgium

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

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Zopperoni

And also no Gareth Southgate =)

1996 joke:

Q: Whats the quickest way out at Wembley
A: Via Southgate.

[Fiera]

WC champions: Argentina
Top Scorer: Diego Tristán (Spain)

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

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) 1-1
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 1-0
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 1-0
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-1
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-3
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) 2-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-2
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-2
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-1

[Az]

Yaroslav : we gave you a fair fight . . It's just that hierro wounded our goalie . we shall never forget !.

[yaroslav]

Originally posted by Dalgetti
Yaroslav : we gave you a fair fight . . It's just that hierro wounded our goalie . we shall never forget !.

Hierro has wounded many player many times

He is one the best defenders of Spain, but he is getting sometime a little violent in his last years...

[Az]

[yaroslav]

Yes. That is not good

I hope the next World Cup you will be in!

[Az]

I hope so as well. our clubs have been increasingly successfull in the last years, peaking with this season. Hapoel Tel Aviv has reached the quarter finals of the UEFA cup. half of our national squad plays abroad. But we always get Austria and Spain for some reason. we're a bit better than Austria, but qualifying from second place means play-offs with another team . three years ago we got our asses handed to us on a plate by denmark.

[yaroslav]

Originally posted by Dalgetti
I hope so as well. our clubs have been increasingly successfull in the last years, peaking with this season. Hapoel Tel Aviv has reached the quarter finals of the UEFA cup. .

I know that

Originally posted by Dalgetti
But we always get Austria and Spain for some reason. we're a bit better than Austria, but qualifying from second place means play-offs with another team . three years ago we got our asses handed to us on a plate by denmark.

Yes. I think that Austria is worse than you, withouth offense to austrians...

[Mercator]

Had a bit too much to drink Mercator?

Nope:
1. In contrast with everybody else here, I'm not a football expert (or pretend to be one). Outside of the World Cup, or Euro Cup football hardly interests me at all.
2. There are always surprises, and as I'm always for the underdogs, I simply hope there will be plenty of surprises.
3a. I felt like annoying Saint Marcus
3b. Just a little wishfull analysis...

two games? who cares? Even if the french used a B-team they'd get passed the first round.

France has failed to impress me of late. They lost to Belgium 2-1 and they only managed a meager win of 3-2 over South Korea. If that's the team you're talking about, it doesn't look very good.

[Kropotkin]

*bump*

Still a few days left. Post your predictions now damn it!

[Mr. President]

France are ten thousand miles from home. Don't expect as much out of them as last time. Semi-finals, maybe.

As for the first round, I'm picking Croatia to be eliminated and one of Mexico or Ecuador to qualify from that group.

[Kropotkin]

Every team with any possiblity at all to reach the semi-finals are ten thousand miles from home, give or take a few thousand. That will hardly change France's chances. It's the same for everybody.

[Dr. Stiby]

Great job Paul! Now, how about a FC Zwolle in de Eredivisie Prediction Thread

World Cup Champion: Argentina
Top scorer: Emmanuel Olisadebe (Poland) , no really!
Group winners

A: France
B: Spain
C: Brazil
D: Poland
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) 2-1
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 1-1
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 1-2
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-3
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) 2-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 1-1
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

This is so bizarre! I'm actually starting to get excited about the WC! Now that Holland is not in, I'm hoping for an African surprise!
Ánd I hope for a game between the USA and Saudi Arabia. Does anybody remember how Iran beat the USA 4 years ago? ROFLMAO back then!