2006 WORLD CUP - Quarterfinals - ENGLAND-PORTUGAL/FRANCE-BRAZIL

FIFAworldcup.com ^ | 7-1-06 | FIFAworldcup.com

[soccer_maniac]

The quarterfinal round concludes with a pair of enticing match-ups. The day's first match pits England against Portugal (10:30 a.m. ET, ABC) in Gelsenkirchen, while a rematch of the 1998 final between Brazil and France (3:00 p.m. ET, ESPN) will wrap the Round of 8.

[Michael81Dus]

Hey, you´re back. You say that because you know I´m German. I´m sure you´d say the opposite to a Frenchman. LOL, two great results: Brazil is out and England´s out! Have a good flight home y´all, hope you enjoyed your stay. See you next time.

Die Welt zu Gast beim Weltmeister. (The World - a guest of the World Champion)

[dfwgator]

I really have to wonder, why is that Euro teams don't do well in the WC outside of Europe, and why South Americans don't do well in Europe?

[jveritas]

Germany will win the World Cup now, Congratulations! You you remain one less World Cup than Brazil, some more work to do :)

[lainie]

Heh...so does every military base front gate after 9/11 :)

* lainie kazoo-hums La Marseillaise

[Betis70]

Lack of decent cafes outside Europe. ;-)

[Michael81Dus]

Don´t ask me. Must be coincidence. OTOH, one wonders why England blows up each PK (abbreviation for penalty kickout?).

[dfwgator]

The Finals:

VS.

[Schweinhund]

That's right. And should it really be GER-FRA, I can watch the game in my favorite pub with Germany supporters only :D

[lainie]

Zidane is the Anti-Rooney. :-)

[Michael81Dus]

Thanks for your congrats on reaching the semi-finals, but we´re two victories away from winning the Cup. I´ll gladly accept your congrats next week´s Sunday! :-)

[jveritas]

The chance of France beating Germany in the final is less than 10%. Also do not count Portugal out, they may very well beat France and go to the Final.

[jveritas]

Michael, my team was Brazil, unfortunately now they are out and they deserve to be out because they did not play well.

[dfwgator]

True, it's hard to bet against Scolari. Don't you think all of Brazil wishes he still was their coach?

[stainlessbanner]

Some Zidane highlights from various games. A master indeed!

[jveritas]

Yes. Scolari is probably the best coach in the world right now.

[dfwgator]

And with Deco back, Portugal should be more formidable than they showed against England, and France must guard against a letdown.

[stainlessbanner]

Another Zidane video in slow motion (so you can see his footwork)

[kabar]

They sure did. They put plenty of pressure on the French but just couldn't finish. They had their chances at the end.

[Schweinhund]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcM4WP2cTc&search=zidane%20scientist

Here's another Zidane showcase...don't know the tag, sorry. But the video is awesome.

[stainlessbanner]

Well my teams are out, too. USA, England.