wow that should have been a penalty, even if he didnt pull him hard, the fact that he did looked bad enough to award a pk

6/9/2006 1:44:13 PM

ohhhhhhh my goodness that was a shot

4-2 germany and a 40 yard strike

[Edited on June 9, 2006 at 1:46 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2006 1:45:31 PM

holy shit.. hell of a shot

6/9/2006 1:45:32 PM

fuckin shit, that was an amazing shot

6/9/2006 1:45:57 PM

wow. i JUST got home from class. i turned on hte TV about 10 seconds before that goal. what a first shot to see for me to start my world cup :p

6/9/2006 1:46:54 PM

well.. game over

6/9/2006 1:47:05 PM

when ballack gets back germany will be hard to beat

6/9/2006 1:48:23 PM

i swear i saw oliver kahn smirking after one of the goals

6/9/2006 1:51:29 PM

well germany had a solid game, but they gave up two very easy goals, and costa rica didn't challenge them much...

costa rica didn't keep good possession of the ball, and I don't think we can say germany is a great team just from this game.

they did play well though, so we'll see what happens

[Edited on June 9, 2006 at 1:58 PM. Reason : i suck at spelign]

6/9/2006 1:52:07 PM

yeah, they're better than i thought but still not good enough to beat the top teams

6/9/2006 1:55:51 PM

henry > ronaldinho

kaka will soon be better

6/9/2006 2:01:58 PM

robinho is most likely the next star for brazil

6/9/2006 2:06:24 PM

bits of wisdom from the periphery...read the rest of the article while you're at it

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/worldcup/2006/previews/2006/06/09/2006060910252_preview.html

Quote :

"Group A, considered one of the tournament's weakest. Germany was seeded only because of its status as the host country, and Costa Rica finished third in CONCACAF qualifying. "

Germany did have some precision shots against CR, but mainly because they used their size to control the tempo. They won't be able to use that size advantage against most teams, and most teams won't be as slow as CR.

6/9/2006 2:26:38 PM

yeah.. it's also a bad sign that costa rica only had 3 shots, but two of those were goals...

what's going to happen against a team that will take 15 shots a game?

6/9/2006 2:35:54 PM

Quote :

"henry > ronaldinho"

most definitely

henry will fight for the ball too, something ronaldinho has never done

6/9/2006 2:49:34 PM

great world cup video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VZBEVCPDo3g&search=ireland%2090

6/9/2006 3:17:58 PM

yeah.. if you're irish

6/9/2006 3:46:25 PM

Ecuador up on Poland 1-0

6/9/2006 3:53:01 PM

Ecuador up 2-0

6/9/2006 4:41:49 PM

...should've picked em

6/9/2006 4:55:53 PM

tomorrow England vs. Paraguay
3-1, England

6/9/2006 7:12:29 PM

"In this country of 82 million, one Hamburg city official estimated 85 percent to 90 percent of the country watched Friday night's World Cup opening match. "



i need to move to europe

6/9/2006 10:01:24 PM

Come on England!!!

6/9/2006 10:43:27 PM

DRAMA!

Apparently the players from Togo haven't been paid. The coach and his assistant have both checked out of their hotel and left the team. Each player wants a bit more than $200,000 for the tournament, and they say that they will not play (first game is Tuesday) until their demands are met.

6/9/2006 10:52:54 PM

what the fuck togo. your first time in the world cup and you want to pull some shit like that

get it together

6/9/2006 10:54:04 PM

wtf

6/9/2006 11:48:59 PM

^^^any links to that?

6/10/2006 12:22:45 AM

Saw it on the FSW Report. *shrug*

6/10/2006 12:35:34 AM

get ready for england

6/10/2006 7:46:05 AM

colombian goalie, while standing in his own box, scores on poland's goalie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orz492TFqYQ

eat THAT, bitch! hahahahahaha!

6/10/2006 8:46:17 AM

ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!

6/10/2006 8:57:20 AM

Nice goal there.

6/10/2006 9:04:39 AM

C'mon Paraguay! Beat those overrated snots!

6/10/2006 9:06:53 AM

Paraguay looks like asshole.

6/10/2006 9:08:31 AM

If anyone is already tired of Dave O'Brien, the game is also on Univision, one channel below ABC on Raleigh cable.

In addition to not having to listen to shit about Beckham's hair every five seconds, the picture is better and the feed is about 2-3 seconds ahead of ABC.

6/10/2006 9:20:50 AM

I'll stick with Hi-Def.. Dave isn't too bad. He did the local Mets games last year and also does.... I wanna say Wimbledon? (although not this year..)

[Edited on June 10, 2006 at 9:22 AM. Reason : he dumbs down the game though but in America that's understandable..]

6/10/2006 9:22:17 AM

I understand why he's doing it...but it's annoying.

Plus, I just got treated to, "No necestio, Becks, the ball is for Paraguay." SPANGLISH!

6/10/2006 9:28:04 AM

c'mon, paraguay! beat those fucking limeys!

6/10/2006 9:50:32 AM

Damn, Paraguay doesn't know how to go through/attack from the side?

Crouch is skinny!!!!

6/10/2006 10:00:12 AM

i miss jack edwards and eric wynalda

6/10/2006 10:05:15 AM

haha jack edwards, his screechy ass voice whenever the US scores...i also miss him

6/10/2006 10:08:07 AM

england is looking very unimpressive right now. they're playing very conservative/cautiously. they're not connecting on their passes. they just seem out of it now - too relaxed or something.

ah, they're pressing some now.

paraguay should've scored there.

[Edited on June 10, 2006 at 10:19 AM. Reason : ]

6/10/2006 10:18:08 AM

that was a great "god save the queen". loud and clear.

6/10/2006 10:44:54 AM

^i second that, it sounded cool as hell

6/10/2006 10:54:05 AM

I'm sick of the latin players that take so many dives, and refs that cater to them.

6/10/2006 11:02:13 AM

btw - this was the scene in Munich yesterday during and after the first game:
http://joelion.com/archives/53

6/10/2006 11:06:24 AM

what a waste of time the England-Paraguay game was!
back to sleep

6/10/2006 11:16:37 AM

Sweden-T&T about to start on ABC HD..

I'm not ALL that interested in this game but it'll pass time before the Argentina-Ivory Coast game which should be fun...

6/10/2006 11:58:49 AM

argentina vs. ivory coast should be lots of action. alot of play on the ball (no homo) and speed. i hope it's exciting and flashy as it should be.

6/10/2006 12:03:59 PM

Did I miss something (I watched the pregame in Spanish) or is there a reason why they keep referring to Shaka Hislop as "Jack"?

6/10/2006 12:11:15 PM