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July 7,
2006
at 06:41,
Yang Sun
said:
The French midfield is
phenomenal. Even Zidane
is not in his top
condition, Vieira and
Makelele can still form
the world's best
midfield. At the
beginning of the
tournament, we thought
that every game could be
Master Zidane's last
game. Now the legendary
continues and he presents
us a full 7-game show. At
the end of the final when
the fans of the world
saying goodbye to Zizou
will the massive ovation
leave him in tears?
However, I'll have to let
my preference go to
Italy. So far they have
12 goals (including an
OG) coming from 11
different players. When
their side backs become
side midfielders and side
midfielders become winger
forwards, Lippi presents
us an attacking Italian
team that we have not
seen since 1982. I look
forward to seeing their
4-forward formation again
that they used in the
overtime against Germany.
The Italian soccer is in
a dark age. Some of their
players may need to play
in lower level leagues
next season due to the
scandal of the top
management. I believe
that the players are
blameless. They need to
win a beautiful final
match and to win the
championship more then
ever.
Thanks to the semi-final
referees for well
controlling the games and
not giving out a lot of
yellow cards so that none
of the key players are
banned. It is going to be
a happy ending.
July 2,
2006
at 02:06,
Yang Sun
said:
Zidane's art sparks
French renaissance. Vive
Zidane!
July 1,
2006
at 18:54,
Dejan Korkut
said:
nooo, England are out!
well, that's football. I
hope Germans win now.
July 1,
2006
at 15:28,
Dejan Korkut
said:
Ballack showed great
class. After being
butchered by an Argentine
player, he could barely
walk in the 2nd half.
Still, he managed to set
up a goal and score a
penalty. Why do Argies
have to start a fight and
throw punches when they
lose? They should just
congratulate their
opponents and move on.
July 1,
2006
at 07:25,
Thong Duong
said:
At the risk of using an
over used statement, I
have to say it
"That's why they
play the game." You
have to be good and lucky
to win the Cup.
Argentina was great but
not so lucky. The
Netherland will always be
the dark horse. Don't
sweat it if your champion
is no longer in the
tournament, even
Nostradamus was wrong. I
really thought Mexico was
going to do something in
this cup. Germany really
looks like it is their
destiny to win it this
year. Since I was
assured that I will not
finished last on the
table of World Cup
predictor, I am happy to
say "Go
Germany!" FYI,
after the 1998’s fiasco
in France, the US soccer
association’s goal was to
win the cup in 2010. I
will try hard as heck to
be in South Africa in
2010. With a little bit
of luck, Vietnam and the
US will in the cup in
2010. OK, maybe with a
ton of luck! But then
again “That why they play
the game!”
June 30,
2006
at 19:20,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
Well, good that nobody
copied my predictions, as
I have no hope more more
points after Argentina
was kicked out in the
semifimal round... By the
way, congratulations to
Dr. Fowler, too as he is
one of the many
participants to beat me
in the prediction game...
;>
June 30,
2006
at 19:11,
Yang Sun
said:
Pekerman should not have
let Riquelme out so
early. You do not see
this guy showing off a
lot, but he had
successfully decreased
the tempo and well
controlled the midfield.
Argentina definitely
plays at a lower level
without him. Pekerman
should not have used the
defensive formation with
only one goal leading.
Unfortunately, the injury
of Abbondanzieri cost a
substitute. Otherwise,
either Messi or Aimar can
bring a difference. After
all, there is nothing to
complain with penalty
shootouts. They have
shown greatness. Well
done Argentina!
June 30,
2006
at 19:00,
Yang Sun
said:
Pele has lost his
prediction power. He used
to have a nearly 100% (if
not 100%) wrong
prediction rate. Maybe
penalty kicks are
unpredictable.
June 29,
2006
at 19:12,
Yang Sun
said:
I have good news. The
great Pele has predicted
that Germany will win.
June 28,
2006
at 00:10,
Brett
said:
In retrospect, the 1500
were a difficult period,
particularly from a
standpoint of deciphering
between the Spaniards and
the Portugese. I would
think Nostradamus was
actually referring to the
Portugese and their
head-butting king Luis
Figo III.
June 27,
2006
at 22:08,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
I don't believe
Nostradamus anymore...
Now, previous world
champions to qualify for
the 2006 world cup are
all in the quarter
finals: Germany,
Argentina, England,
Brazil, Italy and France.
I wish to see a new
champion this year. Why
not Portugal?
June 27,
2006
at 16:13,
John Fowler
said:
It's a shame that FIFA
has decided that the
referees are the most
important part of the
world cup.....
June 26,
2006
at 20:51,
Brett
said:
If Nostradamus has his
way, Spain is all set to
lift this year's football
World Cup.
Spanish journalists have
managed to find a
prediction made by
Nostradamus in 1555 about
the outcome of the 2006
World Cup, Russian
magazine 'Pravda' said in
a report.
The 16th century author
of prophecies wrote that
"the Spanish king
and his army will cross
over the Pyrenees at the
end of the sixth month of
the sixth year. The king
will win the battle with
Beelzebub on the fields
of Central Europe, and
the army will return the
Holy Grail to
Spain".
Interpreting the
prediction, journalists
said "The Spanish
king and his army"
stands for the national
Spanish football team and
its coach Luis Aragones.
"The fields of
Central Europe"
stand for the football
stadiums in Germany and
"the Holy
Grail" is the World
Cup, the report said.
June 25,
2006
at 22:25,
Dejan Korkut
said:
Both Holland and Portugal
can play very beautiful
soccer. It’s a
shame this turned into a
rugby match. Portugal is
lucky to go through but
it will be very difficult
to win against England
without C. Ronaldo and
Deco. I think Holland
would have beat Portugal
if they played van
Nistelrooy, but van
Basten made a big
mistake.
June 23,
2006
at 22:05,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
Number of teams from each
confederation at the
beginning of the world
cup and remaining in the
second round is:
Con. No.Teams
No.Advanced
-------------------------
--------
Asia 4
0
Africa 5
1
S.America 4
3
Ocenia 1
1
C&N America 4
1
Europe 14
11
June 23,
2006
at 17:26,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
Right now 15 teams have
been eliminated in the
group stages, lets see
who is going to be the
16th, France, Switzerland
or Korea. I think all
three will have 5 points
at the end of the games
and Korea will be out due
to goal difference.
June 22,
2006
at 01:58,
Kent McNeill
said:
one of the best polo
players in the world is
named Cambiasso (and, of
course, is from
Argentina)... i wonder
if Esteban is related.
June 17,
2006
at 20:04,
Yang Sun
said:
The African teams are
amazing. Ivory Coast
could have advanced if
they were in another
group. The Ghana-Czech
game was very
entertaining as well.
Ghana did not play safely
when they were leading
1:0. Look at how many
incredible saves the two
goalies made! Now Group E
remains as the
"group of
death" since no team
has advanced or been
eliminated today.
June 17,
2006
at 02:04,
Baroldo
said:
It was really exciting to
watch Agentina play this
morning; at last a team
which had read my script
for goals. They
certainly have the heal
pass down pat. The day
went down hill from there
2-1 and then 0-0.
June 17,
2006
at 00:34,
Thong Duong
said:
The Argentinian looks to
be the best team in the
tourney so far. But let
wait until they play the
Netherland before we hand
them the cup. Ivory
Coast and S&M are
quality teams, however
they are definitely not
Holland. Netherland vs.
Argentina will be the
match to watch. I am
going to take a long
lunch next Wednesday!
June 16,
2006
at 17:13,
Yang Sun
said:
What a game! My Argentina
had just shown the
greatest teamwork. Look
at the countless
one-touch passes they
made that led to the
goals. Six goals from
only 12 shots - Serbia
& Montenegro
defenders must had felt
hopeless watching the
ball moving.
"Football" is
my favorite sports simply
because of the
continuity: there is no
timeout! (I know American
television stations do
not like it since there’s
no time for
advertisements; for this
reason soccer is not that
popular in the US). Juan
Roman Riquelme did well
controlling the tempo in
the second half and I was
not expecting the other 3
goals. But there was
Lionel Messi the amazing
boy! Riquelme and Messi
had shown some
Maradona-Caniggia type of
connection. The free-kick
which had led to their
4th goal is similar to
the free-kick for the 2nd
goal Argentina made in
1994 against Nigeria. The
Argentines had shown
their best. I won’t feel
bad even if the World Cup
ends today.
June 15,
2006
at 23:46,
Dejan Korkut
said:
Ecuador vs Germany is
going to be an
interesting game. Its
amazing that Germany has
to win or they'll meet
England in the next
round. Lahm is simply
amazing.
June 15,
2006
at 04:31,
Venkat
said:
The Czechs and Italians
are looking amazing. They
will be tough to beat
June 14,
2006
at 05:40,
Thong Duong
said:
Brett, Landon was just
saving everything he had
for the Italian. Just
get your Donovan shirt
ready for Saturday!
June 13,
2006
at 22:44,
Brett
said:
Landon who?...Tom will
someone remind him to
show up on saturday :)
Oh yeah! watch out for
the Indian born
mid-fielder, Riquelme
Juan..talk about home
grown talent!...
June 13,
2006
at 22:11,
Dejan Korkut
said:
Brasil are hooorrrrible,
Ronaldo and Adriano, what
a joke.
Good news for Italy and
Czech Republic, both of
them are more than
capable of trashing the
Brasilians. Argentina was
5 times better than
Brasil in their opening
game.
Kaka and Ronaldinho are
class, but Ronaldo needs
to lose about 25 lbs and
learn how to run maybe.
Good game Croatia, 1-0
loss to Brasil is not
bad.
June 13,
2006
at 10:30,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
Aussies were really
amazing. I really enjoyed
watching that game
although my prediction
(1-0 Japan) didn't bring
any points to me. Until
the 83rd minute, I was
getting 3 pts. then my
mom and dad were happy
after the first Aussie
goal as they predicted a
1-1 tie. When it was 2-1
Australia, Jen thought
she was getting 3 pts.,
but apparently Australia
didn't want anybody in
the house to get three
points.
June 13,
2006
at 01:19,
Baroldo
said:
What happened to
Australia; who forgot to
tell them they had never
scored a goal in World
Cup action? If these
teams are not going to
follow history how can we
be expected to get good
predictions?
June 11,
2006
at 17:51,
Kent McNeill
said:
England will get
stronger. Just wait
until... yeah, it's not
good.
June 10,
2006
at 23:47,
Dejan Korkut
said:
Argentina vs. IC - what a
game, its really a shame
both teams couldn't win.
IC should have scored 5
goals, but Argentina was
amazing. Can't wait to
see Carlitos Tevez in
action though. Holland
watch out!!!
June 10,
2006
at 23:23,
Baroldo
said:
Kent you had better
celebrate today. I did
not see much to suggest
England was going to
advance very far. I can
hardly wait for the
England Sweden game (-2
to -4). It was
interesting to find out
that Englands striker was
actual the past Dean of
the Fulton School of
Engineering; I did not
recognize him without his
beard.
June 10,
2006
at 07:21,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
Good job, Hari. You are
the leader at the end of
the first day.
June 9,
2006
at 04:48,
Yang Sun
said:
I often have a terrible R
squared. Just show my
support to Argentina
rather than my prediction
power.
June 8,
2006
at 19:31,
Kent McNeill
said:
The Europeans in Europe
theory is a popular one,
but as I recall, the last
European world cup saw:
(a) Basil in the finals;
and (b) England losing to
Argentina in the first
elimination round... so
the track record for
South American teams is
hardly as bleak as people
make out.
June 2,
2006
at 20:23,
Dejan Korkut
said:
I'm really surprised to
see how many people think
Brazil or Argentina are
going to win. The last
time either of them won a
world cup that took place
in a European country was
in 1958 - Brazil in
Sweden.
Gerard will humble
Argentina, and Theo
Walcott will score the
winner against Brazil in
the semis.
June 2,
2006
at 02:24,
Yang Sun
said:
http://yangsun11.blogspot
.com/
June 2,
2006
at 02:23,
Yang Sun
said:
From now on I will
comment on a major team
of the coming 2006 World
Cup Germany every day at
http://yangsun11.blogspot
.com/
I think it is a good
idea to stretch my mind
for 10 minutes. See if I
can keep this going. Feel
free to write done any
comments, but I will not
be able to respond until
June 15th.
Cheers!
June 2,
2006
at 01:22,
Kent McNeill
said:
i can't believe baroldo
is dumping both the US
and Ghana in the first
round -- where's his team
spirit?
May 17,
2006
at 21:29,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
You can copy my
predictions if you want
to win the prize : >
May 17,
2006
at 20:32,
Jennifer Bekki
said:
There's a new feature of
the website now. If you
want to make your
predictions public so
that we can see what each
other's picks are for
specific games, etc., you
can edit your profile
(under the "Entrants
Tab" and then the
link "my
profile"). I think
it'd be fun to be able to
see what each other
picked, but I'll
understand if you're more
secretive than I am. :)
May 16,
2006
at 23:54,
John Fowler
said:
I believe the US will
make it out of their
group. Even though though
it is the Group of Death,
the US has improved and
should advance....
May 11,
2006
at 11:20,
Yang Sun
said:
I would vote for Croatia.
They did well in the
qualifying games beating
Sweden. I think the US
also have a chance since
Czech is backsliding
lately compared with
their performance in
Euro2004.
May 11,
2006
at 05:50,
Baroldo
said:
I do not expect to USA
make it to round two
May 9,
2006
at 18:21,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
I also don't think that
Crotia will either... (I
wanted to correct my
wrong sentence in my
previous message)
May 9,
2006
at 18:19,
Ozgun Bekki
said:
I don't think that US
will advance to the
second round. I also
don't think that Crotia
won't either... I think
Brazil and Japan will go
to the second round from
that group.
May 8,
2006
at 21:03,
Dejan Korkut
said:
just wondering, how many
of you think that US will
get beyond the group
stage?
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