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By: Sheesh, Get Off Our Back - FIFA World Cup 2006 - Brazil World Cup Team Blog

Sheesh, Get Off Our Back - FIFA World Cup 2006 - Brazil World Cup Team Blog — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:52:55 +0000

[...] I love my team. None of my love for football has diminished on the past few weeks. However, thankfully, now, it’s clear we are just another team – the guys on the field are doing what they can, and having great means doesn’t automatically mean a great team. If anything, I’m happy they’re not having easy games and are realizing what they have to fix now. I’m happy the press is finally starting to criticize them instead of just boost them up – in all World Cups we won, the press and the general public opinion was strongly against the Coach’s decisions. This didn’t happen this time, but it’s slowly starting now. And I’m happy because the same happened on 2002 – when Brazil started very slowly on the group stages but became quite strong as the matches progressed. [...]

By: Native Son

Native Son — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:45:32 +0000

I’ll make a prediction right here in the Brazilian blog.

Argentina will win this year’s World Cup, without a doubt.

All teams look ordinary but Argentina is simply OUT OF THIS WORLD!

And I am not Argentinean, I AM KENYAN.

While almost everyone is trying to score goals (and this includes Argentina as well), Argentina is playing beautiful football.

THese guys move like a well oiled machine and don’t seem to force it. They have the cohesion, have quick, short, shrewd and crisp passes and they are in sync!

That is what football is.

Brazil had a great team in 2002. Today, they can only yearn for those days. Your game against Croatia was lucklustre. It was lackadaisical and I’ll not talk about your hero Ronaldo.

Game 2 against Australia was quite good. You improved. Let’s hope that like wine, you get better with age.

Personally, I’d love a Brazil/Argentina final and obviously, as a fan since 1986, I’ll be rooting for Argentina as usual.
Theirs is more than a soccer team. It is football clinic. It is byuuutifuuuuul!

Good luck!

By: FIFAworldcup.com - The Un Official Site of Fifa World Cup 2006

FIFAworldcup.com - The Un Official Site of Fifa World Cup 2006 — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:15:22 +0000

Ronaldo Makes Me Sick

I cannot believe how a talent like Ronaldo would show up overweight in the greatest sporting event in the world. The 1996, 1997 and 2002 World Footballer of the Year was a disgrace in the first game against Croatia with Kaka providing the only goal fo…

By: croboy

croboy — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:43:14 +0000

to this aussie italian guy:

6 players in australian team are from croatia, and one is half croatian, half italian….so if that is disgrace….

By: LiverpoolFC

LiverpoolFC — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:03:47 +0000

I expect the great man Ronaldo to make a comeback however and should be a great game of football between the 2 countries. Go the SOCCEROOS!!! If Australia weren’t here I’d go for Brazil but yea really don’t rate the team this year caus their so OVERRATED. This is a far more lethargic squad than in the 2002 worldcup, going along on pure reputation rather than actual performances which have been disappointing for quite a while really other than against weak opposition such as the UAE

By: LiverpoolFC

LiverpoolFC — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:41:00 +0000

GO THE SOCCEROOS!!! Brazil wont reach the quarters on that form, they will be knocked out in the 2nd round provided they even make it. Croatia are a pathetic team really and watch Japan kill them. If it was the France 98 squad of Croatia brazil would be looking at a 3-0 loss and a possible early exit from this world cup themselves. They were fortunate but their flaws in defence and the seemed tiredness of the players will be found out against Australia.

By: VJ

VJ — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:04:52 +0000

I thought Brazil played well, given they pretty much played with ten men in difficult conditions. The full backs were full of running, the central pairings of lucio and Juan at the back and Emerson and Ze Roberto in midfield looked solid and sharp. Ronaldinho and Kaka worked hard and are always capable of those moments of brilliance to win a game.

Parreira did say that Brazil were only going to be at 70%, given that they had not had any serious opposition before the start of the World Cup. That was a bit of a risky gamble, but it worked out in the end. It is only the first hurdle in a hopefully long campaign for Brazil. The team can only get better. The attacking pair of course, needs sorting out.

The media were quick to hype up the team as unbeatable. But no team is unbeatable. To assert the contrary is simply devoid of common sense. There are very good teams at this World Cup which have a good chance of winning too, especially, in the knock out stages where anything is possible.

Besides, people were very quick to write off a very good Croatian team. If I’m not mistaken, they were unbeaten in the qualification rounds, keeping 6 clean sheets in 10 games. They also beat Argentina 3 – 2 in March this year.

With the amount of talent Brazil has at its disposal, Brazil undeniably has a great chance to win the Hexa.

I stil think we haven’t seen the last of Ronaldo yet. He is a legend and deserves to be up there with the Greats.

By: zeedan

zeedan — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:42:32 +0000

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By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:37:52 +0000

May be, many pundits in the world started writing off Ronaldo, i still beleive he is purposefully underplaying now as I beleive, he is a Big-match palyer and waiting to see him play in the knockout stages and hopefully in the final!!!

By: -

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:59:40 +0000

CROATIA U SUCK…To all you croatians out there if u live in australia and u go for croatia piss off to your own country we are here together 2 support our boys for the first time in 32years. im actually italian and will die for this flag. you disgrace’s. Australia will have no problem against croatia and 3 of croatias best players were born here thats weird! lets wait and see!