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Indeed.

I'm not a fan of Ivory Coast either, But I could see them go through even though they don't look as strong as Netherlands and Argentina.

Vamos Argentina

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Originally posted by fastmp3 Vamos Argentina

how many times do you support? Argentina,England,etc??? i smell another 2002WC argentina fiasco

Go Dutch and Serbs

my picks to make it out of this group.
fast is rooting for argentina just to piss me off

Have to admitt I like the hate towards us argentineans.All I got to say is bring it.

Argentina has a young team and alot of talent and hungry I might add.Only player I wish that would have been called is Zanetti.Guys is a beast.But whats done is done.I just hope Abondanzierri diesn't start in goal for us.

Tevez and Crespo up front will be killer,atleast I hope so.Riquelme better bring his A game to the pitch along with Lucho Gonzalez and hopefully a healthy Messi, Argentina could go pretty far.

Group of death? Maybe.In order to be champs you have to beat any team that stands in your way.So im one for sure that isn't complaning about this group.

Less then 2 weeks

vamos Argentina

One thing you gotta admit about Argentina is that they have always struggled in the past against african teams. That factor might prove to be an advantage in the end as the argentinian team will be expecting a tough match vs. Ivory Coast... there's no surprise factor now and that's why I don't see the africans making it through... I hope I'm wrong though.

I'm still wondering about Holland's young team... it's not the same competing when you don't have much pressure as competing knowing your entire future might be on the line (whole world watching... big contracts, etc etc).

As of today, Argentina to top this group followed by Serb & Montenegro...

Argentina 1 - 0 Ivory Coast

and it's gonna be a very very tight game

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Originally posted by luisjb82 One thing you gotta admit about Argentina is that they have always struggled in the past against african teams. That factor might prove to be an advantage in the end as the argentinian team will be expecting a tough match vs. Ivory Coast... there's no surprise factor now and that's why I don't see the africans making it through... I hope I'm wrong though. I'm still wondering about Holland's young team... it's not the same competing when you don't have much pressure as competing knowing your entire future might be on the line (whole world watching... big contracts, etc etc). As of today, Argentina to top this group followed by Serb & Montenegro...

Struggled? Maybe vs Cameron in Italia 90 but vs Nigeria in 94 we started losing but came out on top and Argentina played one hell of a game and deserved a more comfortable finish in that game.Aswell as in 2002 vs the same, Argentina was the only team that attacked and just won with one goal.

Its a whole new ball game.African teams are tough but if Argentina can apply their style of play with touches they shouldnt have a problem wining this game.

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1. Netherlands
   
2. Argentina
   
3. Serbia
   
4. Ivory Coast
   
5. Montenegro
   

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Originally posted by Lira Netherlands Argentina Serbia Ivory Coast Montenegro

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Originally posted by eieregooie

Didn't they want independence? So there!

no world cup for them then :P

well it's hard to see groups with 2 or even 3 average teams and then just look at this group!

4 teams we all would be very happy to see and sadly 2 of them will go home - i predict that the experience will play an important role here
the team that will finish first will probably do it with only 5 or 6 points

i predict the van basten guys will reach the first place
argentina will be very close to lose their place in the quarter final and in the last round i predict that in different parts of the games each team will already see herself in the next round
but football is played 90 minutes and not less
so
holland first
argentina second in a group i won't wanna miss even one minute of watching!

Serbia & Montenegro vs. Uruguay later on tonight. I hope Petko gives Ivan Ergic the chance to play from start.

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Originally posted by Lira Netherlands Argentina Serbia Ivory Coast Montenegro

haha... yeah. Serbia... and Montenegro. what's happening with this whole team? Still playing together??? I doubt they would... and i'll just stay out of politics here... but i'm interested to find out what is going on with the team as a result of politics.

>JM<

they still have a very interesting team... very solid in defense. Perhaps their attack is their weak side, I like them to go through in this group for some reason lol

Not risking a definite prediction on this group, here's my (long) thoughts:

Argentina had perhaps better squads in the past 2 world cups yet still are a major force, in a good day beat Brazil. Coming from a total disaster of a World Cup where they were too on the group of death, they'll be determined not to repeat that embarassement. Should go through.

It's very difficult for me to give a full opinion on Netherlands, haven't seen a match of them in a while. Their qualifying results and FIFA ranking indicate they're great, while looking at the team on paper and judging from the dutch TAs comments they're strong but not awesome. I think they may be over-hyped, but wish the best of luck to them.

Ivory come as arguably the strongest African team with a very good defence plus Didier Drogba, but I'm feeling this group might be a little bit too much for them. Might.

Serbia are under-rated, have some top players and should be very organized. However having tons of people tipping them as a possible surprise messes things up for me, usually surprises are SURPRISES, they come from nowhere.

Dutch people always think the NL team is shite... So we'll just have to see No-one will think they're anygood unless they actually win the cup

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Originally posted by JM haha... yeah. Serbia... and Montenegro. what's happening with this whole team? Still playing together??? I doubt they would... and i'll just stay out of politics here... but i'm interested to find out what is going on with the team as a result of politics. >JM<

The two FA's will split up after the World Cup. Former Yugoslav national team star Dejan Savicevic will lead the Montenegrin FA while Serbia will continue their work as usual.

The only thing that'll change playerwise is that players who's originally born in Montenegro/are Montenegrins, Will play for their national team as a result of the referendum. Serbia & Montenegro's World Cup squad reamins of 2 Montenegrin players, Lecce's striker Mirko Vucinic who got injured in a U-21 game against Germany in the Euro for Under 21 players, He will miss the World Cup anyways now. Also, Serbia & Montenegro's goalkeeper Dragoslav Jevric who has done such a good job so far, will probably be forced to play for Montenegro.

This leaves the Serbia squad without two players, one of them is much more important than the other, Dragoslav Jevric more important than Mirko Vucinic.


The U-21 National Team will also split up, Serbs are going to play for their country while the Montenegrin players will remain to their country. There's a difference in this category though, It could be so that the Montenegrin players wants to play for Serbia, and I think FIFA would approve that because they've been playing for the U-21 team including the other categories (U-19, U-17 and so on..)

Montenegro will have to become members of FIFA and UEFA before they start playing and qualifying for the big tournaments. Savicevic's goal is to be accepted by FIFA and UEFA so they could qualify for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, He's said that this is their preliminary goal at the moment.

Serbia's logo is probably going to be changed now that they have split up, I hope it won't be the one we had a long time ago. It looks really old, and I hope they change it..

Netherlands vs Cameroon about to start

For those who haven't seen the Netherlands... I know I gotta see these young dutch players, still have my doubts about them, just a friendly match anyway...

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the first goal in the game, 1-0 to Netherlands.

The first 20-25 minutes between Serbia & Montenegro and Uruguay was ours and we played very well. Serbia & Montenegro created a lot of chances during the first half and had a couple of oppurtnities to score even more goals on Uruguay.

Dejan Stankovic scored the goal for Serbia & Montenegro after a shot from Uruguay's left side, It was probably meant to be a cross for the players in the middle, but the ball found it's way through everyone and was found in the back of the net. Good performance, and hard for the goalkeeper to see the ball because there was so many players in the middle of the defence.

The rest of the second half was Uruguay's, They started playing a lot better and got the chance while Serbia & Montenegro were defending themselves. Giacomazzi had a great chance to score but it was saved by Dragoslav Jevric. Also another chance was given to Uruguay but a player missed the goal completely, Should've been 1-1.

Second half underway.

interesting, i'm writing an essay (not interesting)

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