Comments on: Australia Bows Out

By: shadows

shadows — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:12:08 +0000

Hmm yeah.. Germany have the home advantage. Plus no stars but they are clinical and like a well oiled machine. Right man at the right place at the right time – like that management funda. They are without doubt one of the best teams around this world cup.

But can they overcome Argentina ?? My last four for the semis were Arg, Brazil, Engl and Por. But now england and portugal face off so three of my favs will be there. Of course assuming that arg def ger and brazil def gha.

By: Harsh

Harsh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:30:48 +0000

NOW you are on the right track !!! FINALLY you say the magic word: Deutschland !
I won’t say more here (Don’t wanna spoil your blog with my world cup fever..hehe..).

By: Saakshi O. Juneja

Saakshi O. Juneja — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:42:23 +0000

Shadows & Harsh – Well Australia’s defeat really pissed me off but what can one do. It all seems to un-fair..right now. But we have to move on. So my bet now would be on Germany. Lets see how things turn out for them.

By: Harsh

Harsh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:36:53 +0000

Yea, I have to admit that they played well against Italy, although the Italians weren’t much good themselves. Still, one cannot deny that Aussies put in some hard work there.

But I also stick to my original comment..:D, Sakx.

By: shadows

shadows — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:59:13 +0000

oops.. I put in the ID I use to comment on blogspot.. I am the same shadows.

By: shadows78

shadows78 — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:58:05 +0000

And portugal is through.. you should have seen that game. Four red cards. Watch out for them, they are the dark horse. They are having a very good run since Euro 2004. I am saying this on the basis of current form, since that is what matters the most in world cup. SriLanka won the cricket world cup because they were in wonderful form that time.

And I must say that Italy has a strong defense (even though Maldini isnt around, and they have nobody of the class of Roberto Baggio up front), its not easy to score against them. Aussies hardly had a chance, IMHO. Of course, I thought they would go to the last 16 or 8, but not any further.

Now you know how difficult it is to score against a fast and well organized European team. If eleven men are determined to stop you, they will. Latin Americans have not won the world cup every time they have played.