WC 2006: Group E (7 Viewers)

Which two teams will go through?

  • Italy

  • Ghana

  • USA

  • Czech Republic

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giovanotti

giovanotti

ONE MAN ARMY
#43
Aug 13, 2004
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#43
Azzurri7 said:
Is Lippi allowed to smoke a cigar in the World Cup???:D
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Allowed or not,he is the man!!!I expect him to do the natural thing and eliminate USA and Ghana!He is the most experienced coach at the whole tournament,was 4 times in the final of the C.L. and has a great team at his disposal.:)

Forza Azzurri!
 
Desmond

Desmond

Senior Member
#46
Jul 12, 2002
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I can forsee Italy having trouble against Ghana. Their speed, stamina and physicality is something the Azzurri will have problems coping with IMO.
 
Bjerknes

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
#47
Mar 16, 2004
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ReBeL said:
:D :D

Do you hint that USA is better than Czech??

I think you'll be surprised in the World Cup...
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How frequently do the two favorites from such a difficult group go through to the next round? Not very often, and we have seen a lot of upsets over the past few World Cups to know that some favorites will CHOKE when faced with fairly good opposition in the group stage. The top sides in this group are indeed the Czechs and Italy, however with everybody saying this and with previous observations I highly doubt both of these favorites will go through.

If we are able to beat the Czechs in the first match like we did against Portugal in 2002, anything is possible and I would fancy us to go through. I think we have a good chance of creating quite an upset against the Czechs and hopefully Ghana will run Italy into the ground as well but I highly doubt that will be the case. Whoever wins the crucial Czech Republic - United States match will be going through to the next round.
 
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JCK

JCK

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JCK
Thread Starter #48
May 11, 2004
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    I think Italy can go and win the WC if they qualify from their group, but I don't see them coming through.
     
    delpi25

    delpi25

    Junior Member
    #50
    Jul 16, 2002
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    #50
    being a juventus fan and a lippi fan its easy to see that under lippi more ofton than not juve are close to unbeatable for the first 9 - 10 matches...if he does this with italy we'll win the cup...my theory anyway!
     
    3pac

    3pac

    Alex Del Mexico
    #54
    May 7, 2004
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    #54
    swag said:
    TBH, that was my vote as well independent of seeing any of this.
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    the US is pretty unpredictable, they could flop or make it to the semis, you never know. I don't think the czechs will go too far, but they should make it out of the group. Italy, well, I think they'll be italy.
     
    ßöмßäяðîëя

    ßöмßäяðîëя

    The Krazyman
    #55
    Apr 12, 2004
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    #55
    ReBeL said:
    UNITED STATES

    Manager: Bruce Arena
    Fifa ranking: 8
    Key man: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven)
    Previous World Cups: 7.
    Best SF 1930
    Killer fact: The USA have the biggest pool of players to choose from with the largest population - 290.3m. But soccer is only the fifth choice sport.
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    The key man is Onyewu.

    And our best was winning in 1950.
     
    engonga

    engonga

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    #57
    Jul 22, 2005
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    italy first
    czech second
    italy must finish first to prevent playing against brazil in the second round
    hope that usa will end last with no points and no goals
     
    3pac

    3pac

    Alex Del Mexico
    #58
    May 7, 2004
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    #58
    engonga said:
    italy first
    czech second
    italy must finish first to prevent playing against brazil in the second round
    hope that usa will end last with no points and no goals
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    youre an idiot
     
    Bjerknes

    Bjerknes

    "Top Economist"
    #60
    Mar 16, 2004
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    #60
    engonga said:
    italy first
    czech second
    italy must finish first to prevent playing against brazil in the second round
    hope that usa will end last with no points and no goals
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    Personally, I hope Italy chokes just as usual and Totti receives a red card for fondling Landon Donovan, thus seeing them lose to the United States and failing to progress. Because I seriously do not care what happens to Italy. So, we're even.
     
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