MrPedantic  +  235674 Tue, 13 Jun 06 08:39 PM Well, let's see how they perform tonight. There have already been some surprises. MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	MrPedantic  +  235745 Wed, 14 Jun 06 01:08 AM Brazil looked a little sluggish to me, against Croatia. What's the matter with Ronaldo? Too many burgers? MrPedantic

	Mike in Japan  +  235777 Wed, 14 Jun 06 03:08 AM What's that? Did Ronald McDonald win? Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,371 I do like to be beside the seaside

	Francesca  +  235928 Wed, 14 Jun 06 10:22 AM hehe...now I understand why the real madrid supporters call him as "el gordo", "the fat" Let's see the point of the situation: Brazil and France weren't good, other teams weren't so brilliant as I thought...so Italy has good chance !!! Francesca Joined on Tue, Oct 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,786

	KarlosTheJackal  +  236026 Wed, 14 Jun 06 03:35 PM Italy will win it. Ukraine and Switzerland to be the surprise. Tough teams to play against. Argentina the team to fear most. KarlosTheJackal Joined on Wed, Jun 14 2006 New Member 15

	L.A. Woman  +  236047 Wed, 14 Jun 06 04:22 PM I am from Germany and it is really amazing to have to world cup here.... Everbody freaks out about it, even I have been watching every match since June 9! And I'm surprised... There aren't any really good teams, even Brazil was a little bit lazy.... I really hope Germany will win, as everyone here does, but we are simply too bad... The defence is pretty weak.... But I'm really impressed.. Did anyone see USA against Czech Republic? That convinced me, that Czechs will make it... But I noticed, that the world cup is very good for Germanys self-confidence.... If you believe it or not, most people don't dare to be proud of their nation... But football makes the people feeling that they belong together... It's really terrific... L.A. Woman Joined on Thu, Sep 22 2005 Middle-Germany New Member 09 My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday, will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends! Queen - Show must go on Football

	MrPedantic  +  236164 Wed, 14 Jun 06 11:55 PM I think Australia or Ivory Coast may turn out to be quite surprising. MrPedantic