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Old 06-19-2006, 08:20 AM
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Default Re: Anyone else rooting against ALL European team?

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ghana can easily make the round of 8, as could australia. in fact its quite possible they end up playing one another. moreover after yesterday´s matches, south korea is in a very good position to win their group (if togo withdraws, a 1-1 tie with switzerland is all they need i believe).

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The fact that Ghana played a single good match against a strong opponent (that was weakened by a couple of injuries of course) does not makr them a candidate for the top 8. If you have a close look at the Czech game you have to realize that as it developed it was just the perfect situation for them. Theŭ scored in the first 5 minutes against an opponent that lost 2 of their strongest offensive players. Besides this losing Koller obviously weakened the whole team (just compare Rosickys performance against US to the Ghana game) - even more so after they were behind after a couple of minutes.

I would love to see an African team in the quarterfinals too but sadly their most promising team got killed in the horror group.
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