Football World Cup 2006 in Germany

[PainDealer 0]

the USA - Czech Rep match isn't too surprising but I wonder what the hell happened to Japan total breakdown in the last 15min the result really doesn't tell the real nature of that match.

[Guest Ti0n3r]

Go CZ!

[Postduifje 0]

Damn, those Czechs are really good. I thought the squad would have been over the top by now, but this is without a doubt the best team we've seen so far. Besides that, not a very exciting match though

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

And thats the final whistle... very nice Czech...

Even though I didn't have any expectations to the US, they really disapointed me... Very lousy play

Weren't they pretty high on the FIFA-list?

I guess thats a trick to get a larger audience...

[PainDealer 0]

Damn, those Czechs are really good. I thought the squad would have been over the top by now, but this is without a doubt the best team we've seen so far. Besides that, not a very exciting match though

they are always good. too bad Koller was injured

if USA keeps playing this way they'll end up 4th in the group...

[Postduifje 0]

Nah, you shouldn't take the rankings too seriously. US just plays a lot against very bad teams, so wins a lot of matches. I didn't thought there were that disappointing, they tried but were simply outclassed

[berghoff 11]

Easy victory for Czech

[verbal 0]

Its safe to say that right now everyone at BIS will be taking time out from developing ArmA to watch the CZ vs US match .

I bet they are going out tonight to get som Urquell from Pilzen

0-3 to Czech Republic as we speak.

hmm, radegast would be my choice. but ive already started with red wine, so i dont wanna mix it

i was hoping that usa could cause more trouble. the first goal came too fast. otherwise the czech would be more nervous. now, lets pray that we dont win the cup. it would cause massive celebretions and arma could be delayed

[PainDealer 0]

Nah, you shouldn't take the rankings too seriously. US just plays a lot against very bad teams, so wins a lot of matches. I didn't thought there were that disappointing, they tried but were simply outclassed

besides the shot they got on the woodwork... nothing to mention about. they were just too lazy. and the passes didn't go anywhere.

[Postduifje 0]

Nah, you shouldn't take the rankings too seriously. US just plays a lot against very bad teams, so wins a lot of matches. I didn't thought there were that disappointing, they tried but were simply outclassed

besides the shot they got on the woodwork... nothing to mention about. they were just too lazy. and the passes didn't go anywhere.

I didn't think they were lazy at all. As always the US team tries to compensate a lack of quality with effort. All they tried was simply useless against a perfectly organised Czech team.

As for Koller, yeah, a great loss for the tournament I'm afraid. Rosicky might be able to replace him, else only the lack of a pure striker can prevent Czech Republic from going very very far. (That, and Ronaldinho of course )

[denoir 0]

Breaking news, Bush announces: Bin laden found in Czech Republic; Bombing starts in five minutes.

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

Breaking news, Bush announces: Bin laden found in Czech Republic; Bombing starts in five minutes.

lol

[raedor 8]

Nah, you shouldn't take the rankings too seriously. US just plays a lot against very bad teams, so wins a lot of matches. I didn't thought there were that disappointing, they tried but were simply outclassed

besides the shot they got on the woodwork... nothing to mention about. they were just too lazy. and the passes didn't go anywhere.

I didn't think they were lazy at all. As always the US team tries to compensate a lack of quality with effort. All they tried was simply useless against a perfectly organised Czech team.

As for Koller, yeah, a great loss for the tournament I'm afraid. Rosicky might be able to replace him, else only the lack of a pure striker can prevent Czech Republic from going very very far. (That, and Ronaldinho of course )

Well, they still have Milan Baros... he's a very good striker, too.

@denoir: LOL

@Espectro (FIFA-List): That's because they don't have many good teams to play against them...

[Postduifje 0]

Well, they still have Milan Baros... he's a very good striker, too.

If it wasn't for him scoring over and over for the national team, I would have disagreed. I'm not too keen on Baros, he is nothing compared to Koller. Besides that, he isn't fully fit either.

[raedor 8]

Well, they still have Milan Baros... he's a very good striker, too.

If it wasn't for him scoring over and over for the national team, I would have disagreed. I'm not too keen on Baros, he is nothing compared to Koller. Besides that, he isn't fully fit either.

I don't know too much about Baros, but when I saw him in 2004's EC, he was very good. I don't know why Liverpool sold him... but okay, that's two years ago.

[JdB 151]

There is little to compare between Baros and Koller, Baros is fast, good for counters, but not for the Czechs who depend on Koller's where Koller's length and strength to keep the ball in posession unstil Rosicky and Nedved can link up with him (more of a center forward role than an actual striker). Baros is more of the "I'm going in...alone" type.

Why Baros failed at Liverpool....well, I don't watch every Liverpool match, but I think it had something to do with him being injury prone and he didn't score too many times. That combined with him being quite a limited striker makes a coach want to search for alternatives. Baros plays much better in the Czech national team then I saw him do for Liverpool, similar to Galasek, who impressed me much more during Euro 2004 and the first WC 2006 match then his play at AFC Ajax did

[PainDealer 0]

Well, they still have Milan Baros... he's a very good striker, too.

If it wasn't for him scoring over and over for the national team, I would have disagreed. I'm not too keen on Baros, he is nothing compared to Koller. Besides that, he isn't fully fit either.

if they can get Baros on field in full health, the Czechs should go far

[klavan 0]

Italy 2 - 0 Ghana

Not too bad, at least for me.

Good and enjoyable first half, the second was a little boring.

Klavan

[kavoven 4]

Boring game...

I predicted 4:0 for italy.. damn... I feel I don't have the right touch for this preditcting XD

[Garcia 0]

There is little to compare between Baros and Koller, Baros is fast, good for counters, but not for the Czechs who depend on Koller's where Koller's length and strength to keep the ball in posession unstil Rosicky and Nedved can link up with him (more of a center forward role than an actual striker). Baros is more of the "I'm going in...alone" type.

Errr, so Baros was the topscorer in EC 2004 because he doesn't fit the Czechs playingstyle?

IMO that plain BS. Czech Rep. is good enough to build up their game around both Baros or Koller, depending on who plays. Nedved and Rosicky are so good that if they got Baros on the pitch, they'll easily get him through on goal, and Baros is quite good at just that. Besides, Baros would fit much better into Czechs game if they play the way they did today. They didn't really use Koller much when he was on. They don't need a player like him to keep hold of the ball because Nedved and Rosicky can find their way through the oppositions defence/midfield with the ball.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

I predicted 2-0. Finally I get 3 points! Moves me up from 20th, to 8th!

Pretty boring game, especially the 2nd half. Essien was good though.

I enjoyed the Czech game earlier. I hope they go far in the tournament. Hope Croatia do well against Brazil tomorrow too.

[PainDealer 0]

Boring game...

got that one right there. I'm really disappointed with Ghanas effort. it seemed like they were seriously lacking intelligence. they had no idea of how to pass to ball from player to player and their movement in general wasn't done as a team.

can't wait for tomorrows Brazil - Croatia. should be an interesting match as Croatia has always been a tough team.

[raedor 8]

Italy 2 - 0 Ghana

Not too bad, at least for me.

Good and enjoyable first half, the second was a little boring.

Klavan

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[klavan 0]

can't wait for tomorrows Brazil - Croatia. should be an interesting match as Croatia has always been a tough team.

Me too: i'm dying waiting to see Ronaldinho doing some magics with his foots.

I've got great expectations from that match.

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Klavan

[billybob2002 0]

Breaking news, Bush announces: Bin laden found in Czech Republic; Bombing starts in five minutes.  

The US squad will not lose again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

Billybob2002 did not watch the game due to classes and, therefore, the US loss the game. When the US plays Italy on Saturday, Billybob2002 will be watching!