im now totally supportin germany...i thnk they tryin theri level bst than brazil also ...they playin pretty gud..n like u divs ...even i m not gettin any matches...n i m totally a fifa freak .....

ook srry chintan for interruptin ur topic..but i guees my post will fit in ur topic's name..so here it is


David Beckham and Major League Soccer seem to be a match made in marketing heaven.

Sometime soon, perhaps in a year or two, maybe three or four, soccer's most famous current star likely will be coming to America, injecting glamour and glitz into MLS and following the path created by Pele and Franz Beckenbauer three decades ago.

hooray....brazil lost it....now every1 hopes germany wins...GERMANY ROX...

players rankin accordin to their performane


1. Ronaldinho
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. David Beckham
4. Ronaldo
5. Kaka
6. Fernando Torres
7. Zinedine Zidane
8. Thierry Henry
9. Steven Gerrard
10. Michael Ballack



11. Lionel Messi
12. Wayne Rooney
13. Michael Owen
14. Frank Lampard
15. Francesco Totti
16. Robinho
17. Roberto Carlos
18. Lucas Podolski
19. Joe Cole
20. Miroslav Klose

100 Greatest World Cup Moments

100 One man and his dog (Greaves) 1962
99 Amokachi scores vs Greece 1994
98 Alf Ramsey loses it vs Argentina 1966
97 English hooligans riot in Marseille 1998
96 Norwegian commentator goes mental 1981
95 Gerd Muller scores the winner vs Holland 1974
94 Clive Thomas disallows a Brazilian goal 1978
93 Helmut Haller nicks the hat-trick ball 1966
92 Prince Fahid of Kuwait stops the game against France 1982
91 Butcher's blood 1989
90 Scotland on collision course for disaster 1982
89 The World Cup first Celebrity Couple: Bobby and Tina Moore 1966
88 El Loco goes on the rampage 1978
87 The World Cup's greatest hair 1998
86 Dr Socrates 1982
85 Alartichoechea's impossible save 1986
84 Bad offical world cup song:Austria 1998
83 Gerry Armstrong scores for N Ireland 1982
82 Pickles finds the cup 1966
81 Ally's Tartan Army 1978
80 Pele bursts onto the scene 1958
79 Welsh rarebit 1958
78 Waddle nearly changes the course of history 1990
77 Bobby Moore on a charge (bracelet) 1970
76 Pak Do Ik sends Italy home 1966
75 Bryan Robson scores the fastest goal 1982
74 Bonetti's blunders 1970
73 Iran beat the Great Satan 1998
72 Bobby Charlton's screamer against Mexico 1966
71 Klinsmann scores against South Korea 1994
70 Pele: the wilderness years 1962-66
69 The Reggae Boyz finest hour 1998
68 All Italian hero Toto Schillaci 1990
67 Keegan's fluff 1982
66 Worst unofficial world cup song: Dutch 1986
65 Ray Wilkins goes butch 1986
64 Germany's nemesis Letchkov 1994
63 Unlikely Irish hero Jack Charlton 1990
62 Accidentally on purpose: John Robinson's free kick 1982
61 Negrete's scissor kick vs Bulgaria 1986
60 Paolo Rossi beats Brazil 1982
59 They call it soccer: USA 1994 1994
58 Klinsmann dives for his country 1990
57 Hagi's magic 1994
56 The Mexican Wave 1986
55 Jairzinho runs rings around the Czechs 1970
54 A matter of life and death (Escobar) 1994
53 The Portugese Man O'War: Eusebio 1966
52 Underdogs Cameroon nearly beat England 1990
51 Arie Haan goes for broke 1978
50 Michael Owen, England's youngest scorer 1998
49 The worst foul ever: Schumacher on Battiston 1982
48 Kempes picks the path to glory 1978
47 Lineker's hat-trick vs Poland 1986
46 Graham Taylor does not like that 1993
45 Zico silences Scotland 1982
44 Germany records the worst ever official song 1994
43 The great Brazilian bender, Nelinho 1978
42 Bobby Charlton gets England to the final 1966
41 Battle of the giants: Rivaldo beats Schmeichel 1998
40 The ultimate spat: Rijkaard vs Voller 1990
39 The best world cup song - World in Motion 1990
38 Solo Said Owairan 1994
37 Josimar deceives Jennings 1986
36 Narey scores against Brazil 1982
35 Bobby Moore's tackle on Jairzinho 1970
34 David Beckham's first goal for England 1998
33 Halfway to paradise: Pele's lob vs Czechoslovakia 1970
32 Can we fix it? Germany and Austria collude 1982
31 David Batty misses his penalty 1998
30 Duck! Rivelino vs E Germany 1974
29 The Battle of Santiago 1962
28 Eder's sweetest dummy lest Falcao score 1982
27 Will he? Won't he? The mystery of Ronaldo 1998
26 The divine pony tails misses vs Brazil 1994
25 Maradona's disgrace 1994
24 Higuita over-reaches himself 1990
23 Did it cross the line? (Hurst) 1966
22 Maradona beats Belgium 1986
21 Beckham flips vs Argentina 1998
20 Platt's wonder goal 1990
19 Tardelli's over the moon 1982
18 Houghton's goal vs Italy 1994
17 Zaire's charge 1974
16 Better than sex: Gemmill's goal against Holland 1978
15 Pele reaches the summit 1970
14 Water water everywhere (Charlton pitchside row) 1994
13 The greatest ever save: Banks from Pele 1970
12 The Cruyff turn 1974
11 Gazza's tears 1990
10 Ireland's greatest moment: penalty shout out vs Romania 1990
9 Pele's dummy vs Uruguay 1970
8 The Hand of God 1986
7 Only Bergkamp can do this 1998
6 England's worst moment: Pearce/Waddle miss 1990
5 The greatest team goal: Brazil's last vs Italy 1970
4 Some people are on the pitch 1966
3 Germany 1-5 England 2001
2 Michael Owen's goal against Argentina 1998
1 Maradona's second goal against England 1986

okey guys who r totally immersed in germany 2006 ...n arent gettin more info on other stuff of football...so here it is ..nxt EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP in 2008 is in
AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND....kewl

top scores of world cup b4 de semi finals..:

Miroslav Klose 5
Hernan Crespo 3
Ronaldo 3

**** man brazil lost..........................

i am so vry dissappointed.........

 

i wish portugal wins now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Guy...I m BACK~~Germany is out I  m really happy.......ITALY PLAYED ERY NICELY!!I of there best performances i guessi n the worldcup...Brazil,england R OUT brazil Played a bi dissapointing game...They have lost many matches against france in 1998 THEY LOST IN FINALS...PORTUGAL shuld win~~~They playin amazin!!France shuld loosE!!!!!!!!

Today... the final day....the day awaited by all. Two teams-France and Italy fighting over the cup. Probably France iz gonna win. But v can never b sure!!!

Tiz world cup was however unbelievable. I mean 2 of d best teams-argentina and Brazil cudn't even get 2 d Semi's

Anywayz sit tight. within a few hrs, v'll b able 2 find out d Winner 2006

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-- Edited by Eva at 22:03, 2006-07-09

-- Edited by Eva at 22:03, 2006-07-09

AND ITALY WINS!!!

<its a wonder no one voted for them in these polls hehe>

ITALY WON ...okay gud morning to me..

 

Hey UMRAAN....Da worst foul ought to be zidanes head butting Matterazi..it wuz ugly..but now dat Matterazi says he insulted zidane..its 50-50...but stil zidane is too mature to do such rash thing....co-incidence isnt it?....in 1998...zidanes header won france the world against brazil..and in 2006 zidanes "HEADER" lost them da world against Italy..truly..wat goes around cums around

France questions yet may forgive Zidane for his violent exit

Source: AP, ImageSource: AP

Paris, July 10: How could you let a feat-filled career finish with a vicious head-butt? This entreaty to Zinedine Zidane that echoed across the sporting world Monday was especially poignant in France.

For many French people, losing the WorldCup to Italy was secondary to the pain of Zidane's exit from the match and the sport. Some shuddered at the example he offered youth from immigrant backgrounds and rundown housing projects dreaming of being the next ''Zizou.''

Yet other signs showed that France will ultimately forgive this favorite son _ even if the outside world never does.

French President Jacques Chirac proudly embraced Zidane as the team enjoyed a rapturous homecoming Monday. And masses of fans spilled into the Place de la Concorde and cheered the captain as he bowed his head to them from the hotel balcony.

Zidane, surrounded by his teammates, remained silent, as he has since he reared back and rammed his head into Italy defender Marco Materazzi's chest in Sunday night's final. He was sent off and France went on to lose the game 5-3 in a penalty shootout after it was deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time.

His agent told BBC radio that he would explain the incident ''in the next few days.''

''He was very disappointed and sad. He didn't want it to end this way,'' Alain Migliaccio said.

Speculation swirled about what made 34-year-old Zidane lose his cool in the final moments of his last-ever match for Les Bleus.

A French anti-racism group, SOS Racisme, said according to its sources Materazzi had called Zidane a ''dirty terrorist and his sister a prostitute.''

Zidane's brother, Djamel, said he too had heard the insult involved either terrorism or their family. He was speaking by telephone from Aguemoune, Algeria, the village where their parents grew up, and had not spoken to his brother since the match.

''One must not speak of terrorism, one must not speak of the family,'' he told The Associated Press.

But Materazzi denied the accusation, telling ANSA news agency: ''It is absolutely not true, I didn't call him a terrorist, I don't know anything about that. What happened is what all the world saw live on TV.''

FIFA is looking into the incident as it does with all red cards, spokesman Markus Siegler said Monday.

The France captain still won the Golden Ball award Monday for the tournament's best player, voted on by journalists.

The alleged terrorist slur raised the specter of the racism that taints troubled French suburbs like those that erupted in rioting last fall by disenfranchised, largely minority, youth.

Zidane grew up in a neighborhood like that in Marseille, the French-born son of immigrant parents, and went on to become a proud symbol of a multicultural France.

When Zidane led host France to its 1998 WorldCup victory, the national team was hailed for being ''black, blanc, beur,'' or ''black, white, North African''_ a play on the red-white-and-blue of the French flag.

But Zidane has always had a temper. Eight years ago, he was red-carded for stomping on an opponent while playing against Saudi Arabia. At this WorldCup, he was suspended for France's third group match against Togo and in total collected three yellow cards and one red card.

Zidane's defenders say that without him, France wouldn't have made it to the final at all _ and possibly not even reached the cup.

Live TV coverage of the team bus speeding into Paris from the airport drew some national attention away from Zidane's behavior.

Chirac called it an ''intense'' and ''difficult'' moment in Zidane's career.

''You are a virtuoso,'' Chirac said. ''You are also a man of heart, commitment, conviction. That's why France admires and loves you.''

Others were less kind.

French Sports Minister Jean-Francois Lamour called Zidane's act ''unpardonable.''

Le Monde wrote in an editorial released Monday: ''A man, son of Algerians from Marseille and of modest origin, carried to the pinnacle by an entire country and admired a little everywhere in the world for his fairy-tale history, became with one lone gesture a counterexample for thousands of kids in the housing projects who had dreamed of being a future 'Zizou.'''

hi there,

zizou was  my favourite player even more favourite than that brazilian called ronaldinho.those who know me well enough will know that.despite that what zidane did was wrong no matter what that stupid italian said especially considering the importance and and the experience of zidane.

its really stupid u know when fifa talks about investigation.i mean ,look at rooney he's got 2 match suspension and some 2000 pounds suspension!i bet  he gives his dogs more than that.

even if the fifa does  investigate succesfuly it wont do much because the damage is already done and it cant be reveresed and history will only remember that italy won the world cup because unfortunately no one really cares how you get there?

 

c ya

jithin