World Cup 2006: Italy v. Ukraine

Well, Italy scores its first one in under 10 minutes. At 20 minutes Ukraine makes a sub and decides to go with three forwards. While this made for a more exciting game and admittedly gave them some chances that they wouldn’t have otherwise had, at the end of the...

World Cup 2006: Germany v. Argentina

Tightly called game yields a boring first half. Argentina scores on a brilliantly headed corner early in the second to make it 1-0. That opens up the game a bit, but not until Klose scores a nice header in the 80th does Germany get the equalizer. Then we play on...

World Cup 2006: 2nd round recap, 3rd round picks

2nd Round Germany v. Sweden: I correctly picked Germany, thinking that home field advantage and superior talent would let them walk all over the tired-looking Swedes. Yup, pretty much. Argentina v. Mexico: I correctly picked Argentina, but I did not anticipate that...

World Cup 2006: Spain v. France

Spain earns a penalty and takes a 1-0 lead on an exceptionally well-placed PK. Ribery, easily the man of the match and showing talent he’s kept well-hidden in previous World Cup engagements, outran two defenders and beat the keeper 1 v 1 to tie the score....

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