Thursday, June 08, 2006
2006 FIFA WORLD CUP
The stage is set, the show will start in 24 hours from today. 32 teams, 31 broken hearts, 1 winner. There will be tears, there will be joy, there will be anger, there will be controversies. Lengends and history willl be made, stars will be borned. Billions of dollars exchange hands every single day - right up to July 9. Welcome to the biggest event in the world - The World Cup.
It seem like yesterday I was only watching Thuram score 2 goals as France beat Croatia to advance into the final of the world cup in 1998. How time flies, it is almost 8 years from that day.
From tomorrow midnight onwards, where Germany kick off against Costa Rica, the whole world will change, for a month at least. So will mine. There will be an added but much welcomed distraction everyday. I will have to juggle my time like no tomorrow.
World Cup does have a huge effect on everything, everyone. In Holland, Women formed an anti world cup group as they were neglected by their husbands, bf or partners. Worldwide, there will be all sorts of stuffs named after something concerned with the world cup. Such as in Germany there's a new vodka called the "Ballack Mix" and a sex toy known as "lulu popo" (Lukas Podolski - Germany striker). The one common thing though would be punting or better known as soccer betting. Everywhere, no matter how fucking hard the cops try to clamp down on it, its mission impossible. Everyone will be out to make a quick buck and i know from experience that there would be more disappointed and upset souls than happy ones when the whold competition ends.
Soccer bettingg during the world cup can either make u rich or bankrupt overnight. There's a golden rule I've come to terms with : never increase your stakes and try to win back your losses after u've lost a game. The reason is mystifying - u will just end up losing more.
I love making predictions sometimes. In the past I'd go with my heart and its always England but this time I've decided to go with my head. The people's favourite is naturally Brazil without having to ask why - they can field 3 teams in the world cup and all 3 could get to the semi finals. Thats how good they are but I do not believe, or think they will win a 6th world title in Germany. I firmly believe the winner will come from Europe from 1 of the trio of England,Holland or Italy. There are bound to be dark horses as well, my pick? Ivory Coast, Mexico, Australia.
Here's my little forecast for the world cup :
Possible winners - England, Holland, Brazil,
Will go far - Germany, Mexico, Australia, Ivory Coast, Czech Rep
Will disappoint - Spain, Argentina, France
Group A qualifiers - Germany, Costa Rica
Group B qualifiers - England, Sweden
Group C qualifiers - Holland, Ivory Coast
Group D qualifiers - Portugal, Mexico
Group E qualifiers - Czech Rep, Italy/USA
Group F qualifiers - Brazil, Australia
Group G qualifiers - South Korea, Switzerland
Group H qualifiers - Spain, Ukraine
1 Thing for sure, after the group stages, any team can beat each other and its like a lottery so i shall not make any predictions for round 2 for now.
The stage is set, the show will start in 24 hours from today. 32 teams, 31 broken hearts, 1 winner. There will be tears, there will be joy, there will be anger, there will be controversies. Lengends and history willl be made, stars will be borned. Billions of dollars exchange hands every single day - right up to July 9. Welcome to the biggest event in the world - The World Cup.
It seem like yesterday I was only watching Thuram score 2 goals as France beat Croatia to advance into the final of the world cup in 1998. How time flies, it is almost 8 years from that day.
From tomorrow midnight onwards, where Germany kick off against Costa Rica, the whole world will change, for a month at least. So will mine. There will be an added but much welcomed distraction everyday. I will have to juggle my time like no tomorrow.
World Cup does have a huge effect on everything, everyone. In Holland, Women formed an anti world cup group as they were neglected by their husbands, bf or partners. Worldwide, there will be all sorts of stuffs named after something concerned with the world cup. Such as in Germany there's a new vodka called the "Ballack Mix" and a sex toy known as "lulu popo" (Lukas Podolski - Germany striker). The one common thing though would be punting or better known as soccer betting. Everywhere, no matter how fucking hard the cops try to clamp down on it, its mission impossible. Everyone will be out to make a quick buck and i know from experience that there would be more disappointed and upset souls than happy ones when the whold competition ends.
Soccer bettingg during the world cup can either make u rich or bankrupt overnight. There's a golden rule I've come to terms with : never increase your stakes and try to win back your losses after u've lost a game. The reason is mystifying - u will just end up losing more.
I love making predictions sometimes. In the past I'd go with my heart and its always England but this time I've decided to go with my head. The people's favourite is naturally Brazil without having to ask why - they can field 3 teams in the world cup and all 3 could get to the semi finals. Thats how good they are but I do not believe, or think they will win a 6th world title in Germany. I firmly believe the winner will come from Europe from 1 of the trio of England,Holland or Italy. There are bound to be dark horses as well, my pick? Ivory Coast, Mexico, Australia.
Here's my little forecast for the world cup :
Possible winners - England, Holland, Brazil,
Will go far - Germany, Mexico, Australia, Ivory Coast, Czech Rep
Will disappoint - Spain, Argentina, France
Group A qualifiers - Germany, Costa Rica
Group B qualifiers - England, Sweden
Group C qualifiers - Holland, Ivory Coast
Group D qualifiers - Portugal, Mexico
Group E qualifiers - Czech Rep, Italy/USA
Group F qualifiers - Brazil, Australia
Group G qualifiers - South Korea, Switzerland
Group H qualifiers - Spain, Ukraine
1 Thing for sure, after the group stages, any team can beat each other and its like a lottery so i shall not make any predictions for round 2 for now.
posted by mango at 1:36 PM
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