26.6.06

Australia v Italy

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and I'm rooting for Australia. Mostly because they've never been this far in this tournament, but mostly because Italy are a bunch o...

Portugal v Holland

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in one of the most ridiculous displays of officiating gone bad that I have ever seen, Portugal advance to the Quarter Finals 1-0 on a fantas...
25.6.06

National Anthems and National Athletes

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indulge me if you will. I am, by my own admission, not the most patriotic of individuals detesting as I do most of this administrations poli...

England v Ecuador

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and England have to step it up. Sven lost the plot several months ago, and it's up to the players to re-find it. They have looked woeful...
24.6.06

Knockout Stages - Day 1

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I missed the opportunity to write in my thoughts on the last couple of days; so instead of trying to remember what happened and who did what...
22.6.06

Match Day 3 for the US

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and a must win game for the national team. Should the US fail to win, they will be coming home. Not as disgraced as the 1998 tournament, but...
21.6.06

World Cup Day 13

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Match Day 3 for Portugal, Mexico, Iran, Angola, Holland, Argentina, Ivory Coast & Serbia & Montenegro. Portugal plays Mexico for gro...
20.6.06

Days 11 & 12

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I completely missed day 11, I've not even seen the games, but i do know the results. In a nutshell Switzerland went to town on Togo leav...
18.6.06

Yellow Card diatribe

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I am exhausted. Every time I turn on the television, or the radio I hear commentators and fans and players decrying the number of Yellow Car...

Day 10

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It's day 10 of the world Cup and the first match of the day was between Japan & Croatia. I missed the game, but it ended in a nil-ni...
17.6.06

It's the 9th day

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of the World Cup and surprises have been coming fast and hard from all corners from the start. The first game of the day, was a dull, relati...
16.6.06

Serbia & Monte-who?

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Argentian made short work of the Europeans and sent them home with a decisivie 6-0 victory in Gelsenkirchen. That sits Argentia squarely at ...
15.6.06

Ecuador on the March

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The first game this morning is also the first wholly South American match of this tournament. Costa Rica, who must win, play Ecuador who alr...
14.6.06

On the Sixth Day of the World Cup

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the football gods gave us: Spain v Ukraine Tunisia v Saudi Arabia Germany v Poland. Spain v Ukraine is on right now and at the break, Spain...
13.6.06

Day 5 of the World Cup

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A new day, and three new matches. One of today's matches, out of Group F, is one of the most highly anticipated matches in the early sta...