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The World Cup.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:50 am
by i_heart_nefie
Hey guys, i was interested to know if anyone follows soccer and is going to watch the World Cup??

PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:12 am
by Rivaan
Well apart from calling it football, and not soccer... I am looking forward to the world cup this year! :D

I don't support a single team because where's the fun in that if they get knocked out? I support England, because that's where I come from. I also support Brazil because I admire their skill. But the ones I like best are Japan, after their inspiring performance in the 2002 cup, held in their country as well as South Korea. They did quite well after their abysmal performance in the 1998 world cup.

So yes. I do follow it and I want Japan to win, lol.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:39 pm
by aaron
Seeing as Ireland didn't qualify I'm supporting Ivory Coast as their flag has the same colours as the Irish one. Plus they have some decent players like Drogba, Toure and Eboue. Also come on Trinidad & Tobago.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:05 am
by i_heart_nefie
sounds cool, and yeah i know its football, i guess being australian there are a million games called footy so its confusing........anyway i also support england, brazil and go australia!

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:58 pm
by Bee
I'm excited for the worldcup as well. It's always been an event with friends and family. Go Paraguay go!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:47 am
by i_heart_nefie
hehe why paraguay? im just curious

PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:59 pm
by Bee
My Parents and the rest of the family lives in Paraguay...

PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:10 pm
by WSI
whether I like or not, I have to follow. Two of the stadiums are round the corner and my company is involved in the organizazion of the cup. Apart from that I don't mind so much, but watch some games

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:23 am
by VMS
This June is something that I've been waiting for two long years! Meaning since last European Championships. Since Finland has never qualified to any championships, I'm supporting Italy. Reason is that I just like Italy in General, and I also like many players in their team. Bummer though that AC Milan didn't make it to the UCL final yesterday...

PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:59 am
by i_heart_nefie
oh well, at least there are a lot of good teams right? because australia has finally qualified for the world cup (its been about 30 something years), there is a lot of excitement here. My dad and I like the soccer(football) world cup so I'm not alone when the games are on at like 4 int he morning because of the time difference......i dont actually know the time difference so forgive me....

PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:02 pm
by i_heart_nefie
Hey, its getting closer to the world cup....Has anyone looked at the groups yet? Lucky australia is stuck with brazil...yay

PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:25 pm
by WSI
oh, Mat, why did u choose THIS picture? Meanwhile the whole "world cup" stuff is just a curse :?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:38 pm
by Monsoon
WSI is right Mat, why did you use that one when you could have used one like this....

Image

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:59 pm
by Matbow
:shock:

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:19 pm
by WSI
How lovely, Monsoon. I like these historical things ... past fame.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:47 pm
by John R
lol :lol:

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:03 am
by i_heart_nefie
hey guys Australia is going well so far don't you reckon! But I won't be jumping up and down singing the 'Mighty Socceroos' song until they beat Brazil...wouldn't it be awesome if that happened!? Oh and congrats England on your win against Trinidad and Tobago

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:21 pm
by John R
i'd be amazed if Australia beat Brazil! I think the best 2 teams so far have been Argentina (obviously) and Spain. England have been very poor and won''t get past the Quarters.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:09 pm
by Bee
Okay I felt quite sheepish about this but at work (in the same building) there's a gym with a lounge - bar style - and I ended up going down to watch the Paraguay vs. Sweden game during my lunch break. Let's just say I was the only chick there with a whole bunch of business men ranging from old to middle aged. Very odd... felt like I couldn't cheer for my team... it was a good game though.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:40 am
by i_heart_nefie
At least you guys can watch the football at a reasonable time, the games are on at 1 and 2 in the morning here! LAME! It's a good thing the holidays are coming up, bring on the late nights!

ps. Note that I haven't mentioned Australia's sad loss to Brazil........ :cry: :cry: :cry:

Oh well, all we have to do is beat Croatia or at least draw with them....it could happen!

Yeah I agree with Argentina doing very well so far, and for some reason, whenever I see the orange Netherlands jersey I start cheering...yay for the Netherlands! lol