GTP's Official FIFA 2006 World Cup Thread (Now with Results!)

The war has ended, this was the battle field, you were the warriors, showed your weapons...and used them....

Discuss your predictions and favorite teams, don't forget to respect others preferences and keep the AUP in mind


I'll start off : to me, Brasil is going to take the cup..again..if there's ever a game between Brasil and Argentina..that would be the final to me.
Spain will be a surprise team..if you can call them like that. They should've got a World cup by now. But my favorite favorite is ...ITALIA!!!

What do you think?
I'll be here posting comments during any game that I get to watch

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Ciao...

• Group A

9/6/06 Germany 4 - 2 Costa Rica
9/6/06 Poland 0 - 2 Ecuador
14/6/06 Germany 1 - 0 Poland
15/6/06 Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica
20/6/06 Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany
20/6/06 Costa Rica 1 - 2 Poland

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Germany - 9 - 8 - 2 - 6
Q2 Ecuador - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2
3 Poland - 3 - 2 - 4 - -2
4 Costa Rica - 0 - 3 - 9 - -6

• Group B

10/6/06 England 1 - 0 Paraguay
10/6/06 Trindad & Tobago 0 - 0 Sweden
15/6/06 England 2 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago
15/6/06 Sweden 1 - 0 Paraguay
20/6/06 Sweden 2 - 2 England
20/6/06 Paraguay 2 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 England - 7 - 5 - 2 - 3
Q2 Sweden - 5 - 3 - 2 - 1
3 Paraguay - 3 - 2 - 2 - 0
4 T&T - 1 - 0 - 4 - -4

• Group C

10/6/06 Argentina 2 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
11/6/06 Serbia & Montenegro 0 - 1 Netherlands
16/6/06 Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro
16/6/06 Netherlands 2 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
21/6/06 Netherlands 0 - 0 Argentina
21/6/06 Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 2 Serbia & Montenegro

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Argentina - 7 - 8 - 1 - 7
Q2 Netherlands - 7 - 3 - 1 - 2
3 Côte d'Ivoire - 3 - 5 - 6 - -1
4 S&M - 0 - 2 - 10 - -8

• Group D

11/6/06 Mexico 3 - 1 Iran
11/6/06 Angola 0 - 1 Portugal
16/6/06 Mexico 0 - 0 Angola
17/6/06 Portugal 2 - 0 Iran
21/6/06 Portugal 2 - 1 Mexico
21/6/06 Iran 1 - 1 Angola

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Portugal - 9 - 5 - 1 - 4
Q2 Mexico - 4 - 4 - 3 - 1
3 Angola - 2 - 1 - 2 - -1
4 Iran - 1 - 2 - 6 - -4

• Group E

12/6/06 United States 0 - 3 Czech Republic
12/6/06 Italy 2 - 0 Ghana
17/6/06 Czech Republic 0 - 2 Ghana
17/6/06 Italy 1 - 1 United States
22/6/06 Czech Republic 0 - 2 Italy
22/6/06 Ghana 2 - 1 United States

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Italy - 7 - 5 - 1 - 4
Q2 Ghana - 6 - 4 - 3 - 1
3 Czech Rep. - 3 - 3 - 4 - -1
4 USA - 1 - 2 - 6 - -4

• Group F

12/6/06 Australia 3 - 1 Japan
13/6/06 Brazil 1 - 0 Croatia
18/6/06 Japan 0 - 0 Croatia
18/6/06 Brazil 2 - 0 Australia
22/6/06 Japan 1 - 4 Brazil
22/6/06 Croatia 2 - 2 Australia

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Brazil - 9 - 7 - 1 - 6
Q2 Australia - 4 - 5 - 3 - 2
3 Croatia - 2 - 2 - 3 - -1
4 Japan - 1 - 2 - 7 - -4

• Group G

13/6/06 South Korea 2 - 1 Togo
13/6/06 France 0 - 0 Switzerland
18/6/06 France 1 - 1 South Korea
19/6/06 Togo 0 - 2 Switzerland
23/6/06 Togo 0 - 2 France
23/6/06 Switzerland 2 - 0 South Korea

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Switzerland - 7 - 4 - 0 - 4
Q2 France - 5 - 3 - 0 - 2
3 South Korea - 4 - 3 - 1 - -1
4 Togo - 0 - 1 - 2 - -5

• Group H

14/6/06 Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine
14/6/06 Tunisia 2 - 2 Saudi Arabia
19/6/06 Saudi Arabia 0 - 4 Ukraine
19/6/06 Spain 3 - 1 Tunisia
23/6/06 Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Spain
23/6/06 Ukraine 1 - 0 Tunisia

Team - Pt - G+ - GA - GD
Q1 Spain - 9 - 8 - 1 - 7
Q2 Ukraine - 6 - 5 - 4 - 1
3 Tunisia - 1 - 3 - 6 - -3
4 Saudi Arabia - 1 - 2 - 7 - -5

• 2nd Round Matches

24/6/06 Germany 2 - 0 Sweden
24/6/06 Argentina 2 - 1 Mexico - After Extra Time (1-1 after 90 mins)
25/6/06 England 1 - 0 Ecuador
25/6/06 Portugal 1 - 0 Netherlands
26/6/06 Italy 1 - 0 Australia
26/6/06 Switzerland 0 - 0 Ukraine - After Extra Time (0-0 after 90 mins); Ukraine win 3-0 on penalties
27/6/06 Brazil 3 - 0 Ghana
27/6/06 Spain 1 - 3 France

• Quarter Final Matches

30/6/06 Germany 1 - 1 Argentina - After Extra Time (1-1 after 90 mins); Germany win 4-2 on penalties
30/6/06 Italy 3 - 0 Ukraine
1/7/06 England 0 - 0 Portugal - After Extra Time (0-0 after 90 mins); Portugal win 3-1 on penalties
1/7/06 Brazil 0 - 1 France

• Confirmed Semi Final Matches

4/7/06 Germany 0 - 2 Italy - After Extra Time (0-0 after 90 mins)
5/7/06 Diving Cheats 0 - 1 France

• 3rd place Play-off

8/7/06 Germany 3 - 1 Evil diving cheats

• FINAL!!!!

9/7/06 Italy 1 - 1 France - After Extra Time (1-1 after 90 mins); Italy win 5-3 on penalties

• WINNERS

ITALIA!!!!!

Leading Goalscorer
Miroslav Klose (Germany) - 5

I reckon England have one of the best chances to win the WC this year, its the best chance we have had since 1966 to win another WC. Also I will be watching the WC in HD.

Brazil have the best chance to win.

England are strong but I think they still lack the 'X' factor. And to me that is having 2 awesome players upfront not just one. Walcott could be this extra player alongside Rooney, though Rooney won't be 100% for the WC either.

France's squad is not great either IMO, but they could surprise a few people.

I think Ivory Coast will be the senegal of 2006, they have a few great players.

Brazil will win for sure! If not, i reckon Czech Rep or Holland could do it.

Is Owen playing for England or is he out? besides him, who is another good striker for the England's squad?
Nethrelands have lot's of stars too, but I don't know...I think they'll only be a quaterfinal team..that's all.

I'd like to see a Re-match between USA and Mexico again, I'd love to see the USA disqualifying those egocentric mexicans one more time


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Mr.OzzyGT

Is Owen playing for England or is he out? besides him, who is another good striker for the England's squad?
Nethrelands have lot's of stars too, but I don't know...I think they'll only be a quaterfinal team..that's all.

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Owen is in the squad yes. But he's no where near teh player he was and hasn't played much in the second half of the season due to injury.

The Netherlands usually do well, but never spectactular

ExigeExcel

Owen is in the squad yes. But he's no where near teh player he was and hasn't played much in the second half of the season due to injury.

The Netherlands usually do well, but never spectactular

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In the match against Belarus Owen looked pretty sharp and from reports from training have been pretty positive. He's got another two friendlys to get a bit sharper, so i'm hoping he will hit a bit of scoring form maybe.

I predict England will get through the group stages, but once they meet some decent opposition will completely fall apart. I dunno.

And contrary to popular belief, Scotland is there...



Jason Scotland that is. Playing for Trinidad & Tobago.

Bah. Australia will win. Might as well just face the facts now guys...

Casio

Bah. Australia will win. Might as well just face the facts now guys...

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Ahhh yeah sure. *back to reality now* What do you think guys? Brasil 6 Australia 0 OR Brasil 5 Australia 1 ...J/K Casio..

Owen is awesome, I remember when he was with Real, he scored in almost every game he played for them!!

and Daan....That was hilarious!


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MistaY

In the match against Belarus Owen looked pretty sharp and from reports from training have been pretty positive. He's got another two friendlys to get a bit sharper, so i'm hoping he will hit a bit of scoring form maybe.

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Well he didn't look too sharp tonight, though only Joe Cole really did. (N.b. I did miss 45-75 mins though.)

What are your dream matches for this world cup?

Mine would be Brasil-Italia, USA-Mexico and England-ARGENTINA


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I am looking forward to seeing England vs Sweden, just to see if we can actually beat them for once

England should glide through Group B, Sweden MAY BE an obstacle, but other than that, they should be fine.

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Edit: God damn Paintedover
I found this pretty funny.

Story is is that he did that to James Brown at David Beckham's big party.

Australia will get to at least the Quarter Finals and Trinidad & Tobago will also be a surprise hit.

They have about as much chance of getting to the QF's as Wales.

daan

And contrary to popular belief, Scotland is there...

Jason Scotland that is. Playing for Trinidad & Tobago.

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👍 GO T&T!

Teams who IMO will make an impact: Trinidad & Tobago (duh), Brazil , Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Ghana, Ukraine.
Teams who IMO will tank: Germany, England, Ivory Coast, South Korea

Ok let me see...Australia, if they get passed Brasil or Croatia, they'll have to face the winners of group E, so it's either ITALY, USA or Czech Republic.

hhhmmm....it will not be easy to make it to quaterfinals for Australia

But anyway, I'll cheer for them 👍, (as long as they don't go against Italy or Argentina)


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DQuaN

They have about as much chance of getting to the QF's as Wales.

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But Wales didn't even qualify




(thanks to a drugged up Russian )

That's messed up.

I think the goal leader for this world cup will be either Ronaldo, Ruud Van Nistel Rooy, or Andriy Sevchenko.

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OOOOOH Korea Korea! OOOOOH Korea Korea! OOOOOH Korea Korea!

I vote Japan, go Inamoto!!

I love Japan, they are so cool. I hope they win it

El Gigante

I love Japan, they are so cool. I hope they win it

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Yeah, their defense suck ass and ther strikers are useless so I see them doing realy well. Also I recall that their keeper wasn't good enough to play for Pourtsmouth when they were in the 1st division.

But yeah they have a good midfield.

Ivory coast should do well though, they have allot of good players who play in Ligue1 and in the Dutch and Italian league. I'd say they are the strongest African nation in the WC by miles.

Also I watched the T&T friendly against Wales who were fielding a team of mostly unkowns and Wales won with Ugly man Earnshaw scoring both goals.

England will fail spectacularly and Rooney will try and play and be crap or injure himself worse!

I just hope to see more Crouch Robot dances.

Can you be anymore positive about EVERYTHING???

In my part, I expect the best for every country, (even Mexico ) because just to play in the World Cup is something unforgetable and an amazing experience. someone who says that a team sucks a**, is very provincial and shallow minded. NO team that qualifies fro the WC sucks, because there are lots of other teams that couldn't make it and therefore..they "suck" more than the others.



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Scots to blame for shortage of Trinidad & Tobago shirts ... although it is mainly due to the fact that 6 T&T players ply their trade in Scotland, and nothing at all to do with the fact that T&T are playing Engerland... honest guv... It is fairly typical that we Scots have a slight tendency to support one (or all) of the 31 other teams in the tournament other than the auld enemy, and no doubt there will be quite a few honorary Trinidadian and Toboganists north of the border on the 15th of June...

I got so excited when the world cup and euro championships come around. What's everyone got planned for the world cup anyway? Where you going to watch it? Have you got flags up?

My dad's got the flags on the front of the house. I've got my flag on my parcel shelf. My england shirt is at the printing shop today, getting my name on the back. The first game I'm going to a massive pub in Braintree, Essex, East of England. For the rest of the games I'm going to be in my local pub.

I want a Japan shirt with Bee-San on the back.