And the gold medal goes to....
GEORGE
Yes, very well done George.
Fbaezer, may I ask if five players are to be chosen for the final four matches?
Yes imur, the window is open for a new set of 5 players.
This is the final lap.
Well done George (splutter, chokes on words).
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Now for the final lap............
Great job, fbaezer!
My five for the final round are......
1. Podolski
2. Henri
3. Toni
4. Klose
5. Ribery
I was going to choose Maniche and Ronaldo, but was afraid that they would dive in order to achieve their goals, and I would hate to win on that basis.
Bring it on.............
My dog walks across my keyboard and arrives at:
1) Podolski
2) Viera
3) Totti
4) Henry
5) Pirlo
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France must be favourites now after their terrific performances against Spain and, especially, Brazil.
I'd really love to see Zidane go out on a high. And he did score twice in the final of '98, not to mention the winner in the Champions League final.
So:
Zidane
Podolski
Henry
Pauleta (hat trick in the 3rd place play-off!)
Toni (will match Pauleta's feat!)
Hopefully, the semis and final will be equally as exciting as this thread!!
1. Klose
2. Toni
3. Henry
4. Maniche
5. Podolski
Klose (because he can't help scoring)
Henry (a fitting end to a stellar career)
Ronaldo (sooner or later he has to deliver on his promise)
Ballack (my dark horse)
Totti (the Italian flying squad will give him at least a couple of penalties)
Ok, I won't let this pass like last round so...
1. Henry
2. Toni
3. Ballack
4. Pauleta
5. Vieira
my guys:
Klose. Opportunistic
Zizou. On fire
Henry. Terrific player
Podolski. Klinsi loves him
Toni. He might score
And now, though no one asked me, my predictions:
Italy-Germany will be a really close game, probably will end in a 2-2 and will be defined on PK.
Portugal France will be a great game, if Zizou plays as beautiful as vs. Brazil it will be even nicer and they'll beat the lusitans.
Germany will beat France in the final, but I hope it will be super nice game.
Portugal will beat the disilussioned italians in a yet another amazingly boring game by the portuguese for the 3rd place.
Patada Veloz wrote:
Germany will beat France in the final
On your predictive form that means Italy v Portugal in the final! :wink:
Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? I still can't believe that neither Argentina or Brazil are in the semis.
Hmm, birdbrain picked a midfielder for one of her fantasy strikers - that comes from looking at lists without knowledge. However, birdbrain's choice, Pirlo, did get player of the match on the FIFA site.
I wouldn't stress osso - who would have picked Grosso (Italy's left fullback) to score - and brilliantly...., and I don't think anyone had del Piero.
If no one gets any points in this round do we have a penalty shoot out to decide the winner?
Pirlo was (and is) an excellent pick, osso.
He had a better chance to score today than so-called strikers Toni and Gilardino. And was much much closer than Klose.
All this as I sing "aleé-o-o... aleé-o-o"
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Germany will beat France in the final
On your predictive form that means Italy v Portugal in the final! Wink
Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? I still can't believe that neither Argentina or Brazil are in the semis.
It seems that I'm quite "jynxed", my girlfriend is starting to bet on the opposite team that I believe will win. If my streak goes on she might get rich!
...nor I can believe that Portugal made it to the semis; nor the germans -yes, the germans- believed that they would made it to this level.
(trying to remember if Goethe threw up in Italy...
I bet he did)
