World Cup 2006

[bbloke]

We have quite a diverse range of nationalities represented here, so I was wondering how many people are following the World Cup 2006 (football/soccer).

England seemed to have started as they mean to go on, by showing flashes of greatness mixed with some poor performance too! I didn't expect Ivory Coast to do as well as they did against Argentina, nor did I expect Trinidad and Tobago to hold off Sweden to a 0-0 draw...

For those who are interested, you can obtain a World Cup widget, named "FIFA World Cup 2006 Schedule Dashboard Widget," at:

http://headphono.us/fifa-world-cup-2...hboard-widget/

and a more in-depth program, named "Germany2006," at:

http://www.e-link.it/germany2006/download_en.html

[nixgeek]

Yeah, Argentina always seems to lose steam towards the end, which is why Ivory Coast was able to get in that goal. It never fails with Argentina.

And yes, my ethnicity is from Argentina though I was born here in the US.

I'm DVRing the USA vs. Czech Republic game so I can watch it after work.

I was also happy to see T&T move to the next round. I hope they make it far enough if not towards the end.

[fryke]

"move to the next round"? We're _not_ quite there yet. Cup system only starts after the group round.

I'm of course all for Switzerland this time (it's not _that_ often that we're part of the World Cup), but I guess it'll be hard to beat Brazil for _any_ team this year - and I've been a fan of their team all my life, really - so I guess and hope they'll win. Unless Switzerland would make it to the finals that is. Then I couldn't help but be happy for any team to win.

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by fryke

"move to the next round"? We're _not_ quite there yet. Cup system only starts after the group round.

Poor choice of words I guess, but you know what I mean.

[bbloke]

The commentary I'd heard snippets of seemed to imply the Argentina vs. Ivory Coast match might have been the best so far (OK, the tournament has only just started!) and that Ivory Coast actually played very well.

I also hear the US team has been getting much better over the years, so it will be interesting to see how they do this time round.

England certainly seemed to "run out of steam" (or produce too much of it when overheating!) against Paraguay. Mmm, never watch England play if you have a heart condition!

Maybe the Swiss will have an advantage: living up in chalets in those Alps, and therefore producing more red blood cells.

[nixgeek]

I do agree that Ivory Coast played a great game, but they did kind of lose steam at the end. They were dominating the ball considerably during the first halg, but for moments of the second half they were just standing around waiting for the ball.

Speaking of the World Cup, I'm going to try and set up a box to stream the games so I don't miss them while I'm here at work. Sure, I can DVR it but it's not like watching them live, even if it is from your computer.

[fryke]

Thank God for working from my home office. ... Japan 1:0 Australia - first half. Now let's see whether Australia can come back in the second half.

[bbloke]

Originally Posted by fryke

Thank God for working from my home office. ... Japan 1:0 Australia - first half. Now let's see whether Australia can come back in the second half.

And the final result...........

(I'm not going to spoil it for anyone who might be wanting to watch the highlights today.)