Who do you think's gonna take it? The world cup that is.

LillyXChris · Post by **LillyXChris** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:00 pm

It's gonna be an all-Europe Semi-Final. Portugal are 120 to 1 to win the WC. I'm still disappointed in England not putting in Theo Walcott.

Here's what i think will go down...

Germany will beat Italy, possibly on penalties, to send Italy to the Third-place Playoff (because Germany are the hosts...)
France will beat Portugal by at least 1 or 2 goals. Then it will be Italy against Portugal for third and fourth place and Germany vs France for the finals.

These teams surprisingly didn't make it:

Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Ivory Coast, South Korea, Togo and some other countries.

LillyXChris · Post by **LillyXChris** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:51 pm

Score update:

Germany 0-2 Italy

Clangeddin · Post by **Clangeddin** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:19 pm

I hope that with tonight we ended the continuous accuses on Italy to be nothing a team of divers...

Italy played amazingly well tonight and deserved to win.

ViktorFan · Post by **ViktorFan** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:51 am

Clangeddin wrote:Italy played amazingly well tonight and deserved to win.

Congratulations to Italy. Yes, this was amazing, I didn't expect it. Well, we are out now but most of the germans didn't expect the german team could reach the half-final, it's a great success. So even I'm sad and disappointed now I'm happy they came so far.
Now I hope the winner-team tonite will beat Italy in the final on Sunday

. Let's see who it will be ...

Fu Su Lu · Post by **Fu Su Lu** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:06 am

[quote="Clangeddin"]I hope that with tonight we ended the continuous accuses on Italy to be nothing a team of divers...

Italy played amazingly well tonight and deserved to win.[/quote]

Excuse me but Italy is possibly the best team defending I have ever seen, howewer I must say as spectator, watching Luca Toni or Iaquinta only at forty meters or less from Buffon when Italy defends...I just cant bear it...The best I cant say is...wow...these guys know how make defense. I prefer to see more goals. But Italy knows what they play to and they deserve congratulations of course

Sorry for Germany, I thought they were doing it, but it seems that once again in this World Cup, history was too heavy.

LillyXChris · Post by **LillyXChris** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:57 pm

Score update:

Portugal 0 - 1 France
Zidane 33' (P)

Remaining Fixtures:

3rd place Playoff: Germany vs Portugal
Finals: France vs Italy

Predictions: France to win World Cup on Penalties, Germany take 3rd place.

daoster · Post by **daoster** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:43 pm

Man, I want Italy to win...

Go Italy!

Fu Su Lu · Post by **Fu Su Lu** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:16 pm

I tought Portugal was going to defeat France...

Ok, for me its an ugly match, but they deserve to be there and I hope and expect the best in the field to win...

No more elbows in the face please, if you know what I mean

ViktorFan · Post by **ViktorFan** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:33 pm

Fu Su Lu wrote:and I hope and expect the best in the field to win...

If Italy wins I'll eat my hat ...

so I hope France will win and I say:
Go France! Allez les bleus!!

Pesmerga VS. Yuber · Post by **Pesmerga VS. Yuber** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:57 am

You go, ViktorFan. I also want France to win.

Go France! Allez les bleus!!

Fu Su Lu · Post by **Fu Su Lu** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:28 am

[quote="ViktorFan"][quote="Fu Su Lu"]and I hope and expect the best in the field to win...

[/quote]

If Italy wins I'll eat my hat ...

so I hope France will win and I say:
Go France! Allez les bleus!!

[/quote]

Since France won Spain I dont really want them to win, and since Italy beated Germany-cough- I dont want them to win-cough-neither, so Ill probably switch off tv and go out to enjoy this wonderful summer

And Germany got bronze, so congrats to them.I thought Portugal would be a harder opponent, but probably they were deeply depressed after losing to France...

Pesmerga VS. Yuber · Post by **Pesmerga VS. Yuber** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:11 pm

There is a new score update:

Italy 1 - 1 France

Go France!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who will win the cup????

Hope it's France!!!!!!!!!!

Chris_Lightfellow · Post by **Chris_Lightfellow** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:48 pm

Italy wins!!!!!!!!!

Shiva · Post by **Shiva** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:50 pm

ViktorFan wrote:If Italy wins I'll eat my hat ...

Did your hat tasted good?

Actually I don't like Italy as well but I hoped they would win because I hate France and they did it!!

ViktorFan · Post by **ViktorFan** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:58 pm

Fu Su Lu wrote:, so Ill probably switch off tv and go out to enjoy this wonderful summer

That's what I should have done too

And Shiva: my beautiful hat, which I usually wear at Ascot (this one with 3 feathers and many flowers

), is still boiling in the cooking pot so it will be easily digestible and I mustn't chew too long

.