Posted on 07/03/2006 8:40:19 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
The Germans and Italians meet in Dortmund on Tuesday (2:55 p.m. ET, ESPN) to play for the right to go to the World Cup Final on Sunday. The loser will play in the third-place game Saturday against the losing team of the other semifinal to be held Wednesday.
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For the first time since 1982, the semifinalists are all European
SPQR vs. the Barbarians, Part 2.
I've got the Teutons in this one, even without that #8 guy. I have absolutely no foundation for that belief, as I know little to nothing about soccer.
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Our own Governor, "Queen Christine" forbids anything resembling Internet gaming, so I'm afraid to go anyplace like Bet365, NetTeller, etc.
We know why, of course - because she can't sell websites "fire insurance", like she did to the tobacco companies.
Germany beats Italy to go the World Cup. With Brazil gone, I think we all know the identity of the 2006 World Champion this coming Sunday!
France?
Yes, indeed we do. France will make worthy champions.
Thanks, we are on it for tomorrow.
I wouldn't write off Scolari and Portugal just yet.
Screw those cheating m#$%@$^%$rs.
I come to the opposite conclusion. With the upset of Brazil, it demonstrates that anything can happen at this stage.
...anything can happen at this stage
Indeed.
I hope you folks won't be disappointed if Germany loses to Italy tomorrow. The Italian team is fired up.
And just a reminder that Italy already beat Germany 4-1 in a friendly match last March.
May the best team win and may the ref not muck up the match.
Germany losing in front of the home crowd? Unthinkable! But it pays to be prepared for the worst.
Now now...
Rooney spoiled englands dreams - and an average performance of the residual team.
Owen was really missed badly - becks should have been in shape - and Rooney kicked the wrong ball. He deserved red and it's understandable (!!!) that Ronaldo winks for the rest of the day winking is not against the regulations - after all it must be a great relief that englands most dangerous scorer was bonkers enough to kick himself out of the match.
You really want to lap up the shit the sun is printing ?
Come on England !
Not unthinkable, even for a World Cup. In 1990, Italy lost in front of its home crowd to Argentina in the semi-finals of the WC.
Germany has always won the soccer world championship when it was host (only time: 1974). :-) Whenever Iran participated in the world cup, Germany became world champion. Germany never lost a game in the stadium of Dortmund (so far: 14) Ok, Germany never won against Italy in a world cup, so one series will break tonight.
Folks, I´m leaving this thread now, coz I´m going to Dortmund. I will watch the game at one of the large screen in the inner city of Dortmund, among hundreds of thousands fellow citizens.
DEUTSCHLAND WIRD WELTMEISTER!!!
Hehe, and where shall they deliver to? To the guy with a Germany-jersey on the Friedensplatz in Dortmund? LOL.
What does that mean?
The game starts at 9 pm, local time.
it's a call to order pizza at exactly 9 pm middle european summer time - incl. phone numbers.
I definetly would not order after the game since the italians will probably try to get even using special ingrediences.
only sure things are
Ball is round
Game is 90 minutes
(Sepp Herberger - Coach Team Germany - long ago)
And the bird seems to be a good sign.
BUT obviously there are worse signs. Take the flag of North Rhine Westphalia, the state Dortmund belongs to:
The colors obviously indicate a possible advantage for this team:
>Meanwhile I got my hands on top secret training material of the Italian team and I fear this will be a hard match.
Right at my home town - at the first crossing i have to take going to work - some Italian dare devil put up his flag.
I guess he's supporting someone at the tour de france.
Yes, Italy has already dispatched this German team once and in every other World Cup. Germany meet the Italian defense, which doesn't surrender goals in the final 10 minutes to your elimination aka Argentina.
So 100 peroni on Italy today against the 320 balance of donuts.
Forza Italia.
Hey that bird has a Fring of red. Nice. But everyone knows no fringe, and no victory.
I would say have a good time, while it lasts.
No doubt about it. The Italians made Frings throw punches against the Argyles.
It was an Italian/Argyle conspiracy. But then the BBC revealed the truth; it's an Italian/Argyle/Bush-Karl Rove plot.
I love when that happens. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2vNX0gP7cU
They also have a special message for Italia :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2vNX0gP7cU
Whoops, second one was supposed to be this :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ir5T7uJ2VE
Sorry I have no time for rallies, but enjoy. It's the countdown to gametime.
Absolutely right you are...
...let's not act as if we where english.
He shouldn't have shown his fists in that pictures.
Although the Argentinian player said he wasn't punshed and heinze wasn't punished at all and FIFA is a heap of unorganized fat arses that just wanted to look politically correct.
I expect a game like against Sweden anyhow.
This is a minor calamity
Well put.
You mean like the perceived involvement of Ronaldo inducing a red card on Rooney?
This is just silly. Either the guy hit the Argyle or he didn't. Blaming the Italians, Argyles, Bush or Karl Rove is just sour grapes. What was there like 2 billlion people watching that game?
Why not blame the cameraman while you're at it? You know how those media people control the pictures. Scapegoat'em. :)
Actually I feel bad that a player is suspended for an incident basically off the pitch, unrelated to the game.
The Argyles have to take the bulk of responsibility from what I can see for going mental. To the casual observer, some of their folks acted in poor taste whatever the provocation.
Because it would be better for Italy to win without a sidebar controversy. Oh yeah, it's Italy, how can there not be a sidebar controversy?
As I said, it's a bit subtle. FWIW, Fifa president Joseph Blatter has just apologized for the unfortunate circumstances of the suspension. Never mind.
It ain't worth much since he signed the order banning the player 2 matches.
Agree with your Sweden match depiction. But Karl Heinz - you're Sweden. :)
I think you are still not getting the point. I am not saying that something terrible has happened here. I am not trying to convince you of anything. I am worried that the crowd might be misbehaving at the game tonight. That they might boo during the Italian national anthem or something similarly awful. I hope they won't. I am sorry I brought it up. I wish I could delete the post. Can we now end this utterly pointless discussion? Thanks.
Here, Buffon want to have a word with you.
http://www.pumafootball.com/buffon.jsp
I don't believe what I am seeing! A Brit rooting for France! What is this world coming to? ;)
Sorry cartan, my discussion on the matter was only half-hearted and for comic value. It would be a shame if the mood gets ugly at the match/tournament.
Well two sides to that coin. One, he has a financial interests in the matter. Two, he may also be rooting for good football no matter the country of origin.
There's a lot of us in one, the other or both camps.
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