FIFA World Cup 2006 [R]

I thought Trinidad v. Sweden was the most exciting. Even though it was a t..t..t..t..draw.

Btw: Germany never lost an international match in Dortmund.

Today, it will be for the first time. (And it's not raining, 22°, cloudy)

I take that was the 'deliberate mistake'?

You have to be joking, that referee was terrible...and not only the amount of grease on his head.

....you know I love you, really. Any woman who loves the beautiful game, is OK by me.

SET PIECE.

The term has been around for ages, and refers to the tactics used by a team when they are taking a corner, a free kick near the opponents goal, or even a throw in.
Teams rehearse some weird and wonderful things in training, and sometimes they come off, sometimes they don't.
The best one that I ever saw was when two strikers stood near the ball, ready to take a free kick.
They both approached the ball at the same time, and appeared to get in each others way, and started an argument with each other about who was going to take the kick.
While this was going on, a third player ran up to the ball and smacked it into the net.
The defensive wall (and the crowd) were totally fooled.

MARVELLOUS! A set piece to savour.

Trinidad Sweden, definitely.

Thanks for that, LordE. I knew what they were referring to, just had never heard the term before. Maybe it's new to us Merricans, or as a coworker once said, us Merkins.

Right....I've got to make sure that the beer is warm enough, and my curry is just about ready. So.....I'll luv and leave you lot until after the game.


COME ON YOOOOOOO POLES!

At least, we are a bit better in the defense than versus Costa Rica.

Did I tell you already that Podolski is actually Polish? :wink:
(Besides his two chances, I haven't seen much of him ... as of a couple others as well.)

Klinsmann will have to talk turkey.

Neuville is, btw, a kind of part-time international for: 57 matches, but only very few (if any) over full time.

Okay, England: we are coming. :wink:

Was it Gary Linneker who defined football as a game played by 22 players in which Germany always wins?

NEWSFLASH........

Quote from Klinsman "Ve may hav beaten ze poles, but ven ve meet ze Englischers, our Vorld cuppen vill poppenzeekorken"

... and a morose silence greeted the result of the game in Cafe Sark, Budapest ...as it must have in Warsaw, Copenhagen, Amsterdam ...

Bugger.

England better not be looking beyond Trinidad-Tobago.
T&T got a huge confidence-builder with their draw against Sweden.

I didnt like this game, btw. Roughness and nothing that sparkled. And Ballack is a ****.

Up till, like, 15 mins before the end, I was thinking: "and a deserved 0:0 it is..." - but granted, the last quarter the Germans did flood on to the Polish goal time and again, and after that bizarre time hitting the goalpost twice in a row, I guess they deserved to get a goal in.

<grumbles>

(Thats not called a "goal post" I know ... whats it called in English, the part overhead?)

"bar", yes, thank you Steve (I browsed back.. ;-))

crossbar...in the states :wink:

maybe not...getting the footballs mixed up

No ... it's a "crossbar" here. The "goalposts" are the vertical pieces of the goal.

I hear it called a crossbar in Pee Wee soccer

Look who's whistling in the dark ....

Was this a nice game or what?