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Poor Ghana!  I 'm sorry they are out, I was rooting for them! Their supporters were so nice with ours the day of our first game! You don't see everyday fans of two opponent teams so friendly and nice with each other! simona  P.S. I'm just seeing that France won agaist Spain!  I really thought that Spain would have won easily! Bravo France! Speaking about our cousins, thanks to Turham (I don't know if I'm spelling it right) for his kind words about Pessotto
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yeah, Ghanna were my 2nd fav team, my dad was born there (but he's not african)
whoever wins this though, there should be something said about the behaviour ov the underdog suporters vs the established FB nations such as Germany and Great B
that is one thing i do not begrudge the Aussie "WE MUST SUPPORT OUR TEAM NO MATTER WHAT SPORT THEY PLAY" fans... they go all over the world to watch a team with a 1/1000000000... chance of winning the final (let alone getting into it) but there have been no arrests (or none reported in the press) regarding brawls between fans after the Japan Game, or the Brazil Game, or even the Italy Game.... which have all had press coverage over biased refs.
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Well I didn't want Ghana to play against Brazil because I kind of liked them but since they played against my team I couldn't root for anything else besides the yellow shirt  We didn't play that well even if the score suggested the opposite. I'm glad Ronaldo put his name in soccer history as the player who most scored in a World Cup!  I was kind of expecting Spain to win since they had been playing so well but they're always like that, they play really well in the beginning and then they don't go beyond the second round Saturday we'll play against France and this is the time for some revenge j/k (we lost the World Cup in 1998 to France). That's going to be a good game! I don't mind if they don't play well as long as they keep scoring and winning Keep going Brazil!!!!  Raquel (who didn't mind that she had to wake up at 8am to watch the game )
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Well I'm not rooting for any particular team in the Brazil/France game, but as a great fan of the world game, France in my mind aren't going to match it with Brazil like they did in 1998. Mind you France were the home team that year so go figure, but in Korea/Japan four years ago they didn't even score one goal and bowed out in the first round this time round they only just scraped through the group stage.
Congratulations to Ronaldo for setting a new goal scoring record.
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Yessssssss!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Finally a very good game for Italy!  Thanks and bravo to Ukraine' players and supporters for their compliments! Next time, Italy vs Germany, wow! simona
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Congrats to France, Germany, Portugal and Italy!! Oh I'm that England is out, but I enjoyed watching the game. Oh however, I had to walk a away a few times because I hate how players flop on the field when they get touched. That's the reason why I didn't watch the last World Cup. It was fun seeing the Portuguese community here happy and partying - congrats! My in-laws live in an area rich with Portuguese and Filipino culture and both have been rooting for the Portuguese team. The excitement is just contagious! One of my most favourite moments of my recent trip was being in a pub watching England play Trinidad & Tobago in Fornby, England. That was just awesome! I hope I get to do that again in four years. I was hoping against logic that Italy would play Enlgand. My family is English and my old best friend is Italian. We've been hoping for a match up for a long time.
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Well, I'm sorry that England are out, but really, they were very lucky to get as far as they did. They played a bit better in the game against Portugal, but they never looked like true winners, IMO. Congrats to the teams who are through to the semis. And a big yay! for Andy Murray at Wimbledon, who beat the No.3 seed yesterday and *did* look like a winner. Not that he'll win the championship, you understand, but he's playing well and that's what counts - I hate to see sportsmen and women letting themselves down by not performing at their usual standard. Fingers crossed for his next game! Yvonne
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Well, I'm sorry that England are out, but really, they were very lucky to get as far as they did. They played a bit better in the game against Portugal, but they never looked like true winners, IMO. Totally! Before the game Beckham said something of the effect that he knows they are not playing great...not playing fabulous football (?), but they are at least playing well enough to win. Well, I stuck out my tongue at that!
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!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!! One goal-post , one "cross-bar"(?)!! simona
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Omigosh Portugal may not win  ]
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Congratulation, Simona - you really deserved to win the semi finals although nobody here in Germany seems to be able to admit it.... A whole nation of "They'll never get beyond the preliminary round" is in mouring about the lost chance - at least they applauded when our great team went back to the hotel... Unfortunately I heard about a lot of quarrels - initiated by both frustated Germans and arrogant Italians... let's hope, that the spirit the World Cup has created during the last weeks might help us to get over this. I'm looking forward to the finals on Saturday and Sunday - it was a great time regardless of who will win at the end!  Bye, Jana
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I'm going camping this weekend & next week.. Fun and all.. But.. I won't be able to see the finals.. so I guess I'll have to hear who's won about a week later than the rest of the world.. :rolleyes:
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I have to post here again: STRIKE - WE WON! Okay, it was the petite finale, but nevertheless the game was absolutely gorgeous!  A little comfort for our depressed team. And I totally appreciate the Portuguese team which was a very fair-minded "loser" (hey, no one's a loser when in the finals...)! (espeacially when you remember the Argentineans...) I - who has never ever watched any soccer game - loved this World Cup and I'm lloking forward seeing the Germans win in 2010 Bye, Jana
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I loathe football. I just want that understood. <g> The only thing I loathe more than football is watching football. But, of course, it's been impossible to get away from these past few weeks and I'll admit to having had the odd fleeting moment of interest here and there (though I'll deny it if you tell anyone) while Stuart's been watching this or that match and I was rooting for Italy after their semi final win which inspired even me to be almost on the edge of my seat. But my main reason for posting is that I just want to say a huge congratulations to Germany. What a truly wonderful competition you hosted and what a terrific atmosphere you created. Well done! Oh and, yes - congrats to Italy too! <g> LabRat
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Congrats, Italy! I watched the game from the 40th minute and onwards. I was rooting for them, though I'm not exactly sure why France was giving them a hard time, that was obvious, but I was sure that, if they made it to the penalties, they'd win. And so they did! VIVA L'ITALIA! See ya, AnnaBtG.
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Thanks Labby, I too think that our country did a terrific job of hosting this event and it is so nice to hear all the praise from around the world. Sport really has a way of unifying people, which is exactly waht happened in Germany over the past 5 weeks. And one can never get enough good press. I was so pleased that Germany won third place, it almost felt like we won the cup. Amazing!! But congratulations also to Portugal and France. And of course to Italy, the 2006 World Cup winner. Even after our loss to Italy I wanted their team to win the final. And they did! I even placed a bet and won a bowl of ice cream from our cook. <g> Anyway, I wasn't able to watch the last two games because I was at work but I made my boss call me evertime someone scored so I was at least kept up to date. Of course I didn't tell him I was also following the game online. Natascha
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Whoah I did manage to see the last two games (on a huuuugge screen ) and I just wanted to say; congratz, Germany & Italy (and of course Portugal and France too.. 4th and 2nd is also very good )
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