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11 Jun 2006, 2:47 am

England were crap yesterday - still won one-newt though. :)

(And unlike a large proportion of people in Lancashire, I do not have tacky flags festooning my car or house).



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11 Jun 2006, 11:49 am

I hope that England starts playing a lot better. :?



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12 Jun 2006, 8:06 am

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I prefer to watch the games in Spanish because they tend to offer more emotion than in English.


me too.

I will be supporting my (always disappointing but still) favorite team ESPAÑA and the latin american teams and basically any country that I have some friends from.
Yesterday I was happy for my mexican friends (and sad for my iranian friends ... but not just about futbol)

Since marrying a guy who doesn't like futbol anymore, i don't get into it as much as i used to, because it's not much fun to be the only one in the house cheering. but i will catch important matches on the spanish-language satellite channels.


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22 Jun 2006, 4:09 pm

I guess I'll be rooting for Australia from now on since they are the closest thing to the US.

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I prefer to watch the games in Spanish because they tend to offer more emotion than in English.

Shouldn't aspies be rooting for the least emotional team? :lol:



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22 Jun 2006, 6:47 pm

tdbrown82 wrote:
Shouldn't aspies be rooting for the least emotional team? :lol:


Unless emotions are a spectator sport. :lol:

Maybe I'm weird in that ... I show a lot of emotions, but mostly when I "shouldn't". :oops:


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24 Jun 2006, 4:14 am

I love Fußball! Germany vs. Sweden today, its going to be awesome!



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24 Jun 2006, 11:24 am

Anybody else rooting for Ghana? I am also rather partial to Ukraine.



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24 Jun 2006, 4:21 pm

The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's time to put the hurt on the Ukraine. :lol:



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25 Jun 2006, 1:18 pm

come on Holland :D - i am english, but would sooner be Dutch, love the people, country and of course the footie :lol:


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26 Jun 2006, 3:27 am

i am sooooooooooo depressed with Holland being out of the World Cup, it was a awful game, the referee was issuing red and yellow cards like they are going out of fashion, he should be SACKED :!: :evil: i demand a rematch

:( :o :shock: :? :x :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :wink: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :|


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26 Jun 2006, 7:58 am

I heard on the radio today it was probably a world record # of red & yellos cards issued (in a WorldCup match?).


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26 Jun 2006, 8:07 am

I think the amount of yellows dished out in that game equalled the record, the amount of red cards is a new record, both for world cup matches. 15 yellow cards is the most I have ever seen in any match actually.

That match promised to be one of the best encounters of the tournament..i was disgusted by the unsporting behavours of both teams but equally delighted that England will play a Portugal side missing key players like Deco, Costinha and hopefully Figo & Ronaldo :lol:



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26 Jun 2006, 8:35 am

This is a stupid question, because I am not a very expert fan, but... I thought Ronaldo was Brasilian... Do Portugal have another Ronaldo, with the same name?


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26 Jun 2006, 8:42 am

They do.

And I hope we win - even if we (and Sven) are as dull as dishwater.



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26 Jun 2006, 8:44 am

You know, i would prefer it if every world cup we participate in, we are ranked outsiders rather than being one of the favourites



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26 Jun 2006, 9:08 am

natalia wrote:
This is a stupid question, because I am not a very expert fan, but... I thought Ronaldo was Brasilian... Do Portugal have another Ronaldo, with the same name?


Yep, he's the pretty-boy who bursts into tears at every opportunity. For example, when Greece beat them to win the trophy at their own tournament :D

He got a nasty kick to the thigh in the last game that he'll hopefully need a week or two to recover from. Unlucky for him, but potentially great news for England.


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