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The Official World Cup 2006 Thread

BakedBeans said:
g) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
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I wonder if that has ever been used...

It would be so harsh if you drop out of the competietion because you drew the shortest straw. :D
Be better to have a penalty shootout between the two. Fill up another stadium for about 10 minutes of play. ;)
 
MacsRgr8 said:
I wonder if that has ever been used...

It would be so harsh if you drop out of the competietion because you drew the shortest straw. :D
Be better to have a penalty shootout between the two. Fill up another stadium for about 10 minutes of play. ;)
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:)

Liverpool once won on a toss of a coin.

1964-5 European Cup quarter-finals, after Liverpool and Cologne played out two dour 0-0 draws and then a 2-2 after a play-off in Amsterdam. Ron Yeats guessed right in the centre circle, as befitting a man who won more 50-50s than most
 
BakedBeans said:
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
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Isn't d, e and f the same?

Edit: Ah, it makes a difference if there are three teams or more in this situation.
 
BakedBeans said:
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b) goal difference in all group matches;
c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
g) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
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I'm not sure, but I think I remember there being a head to head comparison between c) and d). Might be an error on my side.
 
Jaffa Cake said:
Indeed it is. Anyone willing to chip in with a prediction or two?

I'm going for the Ghana–USA game to finish one all, and Italy to beat the Czechs 1-0.
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I'd love for the Italy game to end up that way, but USA need (but I think it won't happen) to beat Ghana to take advantage of it.

Go USA!
 
Jaffa Cake said:
Indeed it is. Anyone willing to chip in with a prediction or two?

I'm going for the Ghana–USA game to finish one all, and Italy to beat the Czechs 1-0.
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Agreed on the Italy result. They'll do what they usually do, just enough to get a victory then sit back and defend. The other game could go either way, but I'm betting on 2 - 1 to Ghana.
 
BakedBeans said:
A possible reason why people want USA to lose?
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I'd like to see an African team in the next round. Nothing against the USA, but they are currently in the way of that happening.
 
BakedBeans said:
No, I just want them to be dumped out because their not very good.
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I agree. If the USA beats Ghana, fine, that's makes their case a bit better, but a team should not advance to the Round of 16 if they haven't even scored a goal themselves throughout the entire tournament. :cool:

Edit: Kay, there's one goal for the USA - and they scored it on their own this time! :p :D
 
Woah, scary. The USA can actually find the back of the net. I'd got it into my head they kept thinking they were going for field goals :)

Ooh 2 - 1 to Ghana. Hotting up in Nuremberg isn't it...
 
BakedBeans said:
Mate, please stop defacing my sport by Americanizing the scores.

its 2-1
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Well, I think you should follow through by not using that infernal "z" in "Americanizing". It looks so, uncivilised.

GO GHANA!!!!
 
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