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Brazil, Australia, Croatia, Japan
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| raveed |
Official Team Pages
 Brazil
Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan/ITA), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan/ITA)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan/ITA), Cicinho (Real Madrid/ESP), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid/ESP), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin/GER), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Cris (Lyon/FRA), Lucio (Bayern Munich/GER), Luis Silva 'Luisao' (Benfica/POR)
Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus/ITA), Edmilson (Barcelona/ESP), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal/ENG), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon/FRA), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich/GER), Kaka (AC Milan/ITA), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona/ESP)
Strikers: Ronaldo (Real Madrid/ESP), Adriano (Inter Milan/ITA), Fred (Lyon/FRA), Robinho (Real Madrid/ESP)
 Croatia
Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (FC Bruges/BEL), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split), Joseph Didulica (Austria Vienna/AUT)
Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus Turin/ITA), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray/TUR), Dario Simic (AC Milan/ITA), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna/AUT), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin/GER), Igor Tudor (Sienna/ITA)
Midfielders: Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen/GER), Antony Seric (Panathinaikos/GRE), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin/GER), Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Ivan Leko (FC Bruges/BEL), Luka Modric (Dynamo Zagreb), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split)
Forwards: Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen/GER), Ivan Bosnjak (Dynamo Zagreb), Bosko Balaban (FC Bruges/BEL), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow/RUS), Dado Prso (Rangers/SCO)
 Australia
Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough/ENG), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan/ITA), Ante Covic (Hammarby/SWE)
[u]Defenders: Lucas Neill (Blackburn/ENG), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham/ENG), Craig Moore (Newcastle/ENG), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace/ENG), Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast Mariners/AUS), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC/AUS)
Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parme/ITA), Tim Cahill (Everton/ENG), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Scott Chipperfield (FC Bāle/SUI), Brett Emerton (Blackburn/ENG), Vince Grella (Parme/ITA), Harry Kewell (Liverpool/ENG), Josip Skoko (Wigan/ENG), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol/ENG/D2).
Forwards: John Aloisi (Alaves/ESP), Josh Kennedy (Dynamo Dresde/GER/D2), Mile Sterjovski (FC Basel/SUI), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough/ENG)
 Japan
Goalkeepers: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Akira Kaji (FC Tokyo), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama Marinos), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds), Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Alessandro "Alex" Santos (Urawa Red Diamonds), Koji Nakata (FC Basel/SUI)
Midfielders: Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Junichi Inamoto (West Brom/ENG), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton/ENG), Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic/SCO)
Forwards: Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg SV/GER), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble/FRA), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)
Fixtures
12th of June 2006 in Kaiserslautern
Australia vs. Japan
13th of June 2006 in Berlin
Brazil vs. Croatia
18th of June 2006 in Nuremberg
Japan vs. Croatia
18th of June 2006 in Munich
Brazil vs. Australia
22st of June 2006 in Dortmund
Brazil vs. Japan
22st of June 2006 in Stuttgart
Australia vs. Croatia |
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| fastmp3 |
| Brazil will top this group with 9 or 7 points |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| australia beat greece 1-0 tnite. certainly couldve been more. theyre playing some pretty good football. sure, theyre not brazil but i certainly think they can beat japan. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by fastmp3
Brazil will top this group with 9 or 7 points |
I agree with you on this. Although Croatia does have what it takes to qualify as well, I wouldn't be much surprised if Japan managed to get the 2nd place, even if it were a bit of a fluke.
No matter how much I like the Aussies, I wonder how far their squad can go. |
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| zoric |
Australia won against Greece in Melbourne earlier today.
They sure deserved to win the game after their first half, Greece on the other hand was very poor in the first half but came back in the second.
Josip Skoko scored a beautiful goal and people cheered when he was substituted. He surely deserved those standing ovations.
If Australia shows this good spirit and play they could have a lot bigger chance to go through this group. Brazil will probably be very hard to beat as you all can understand, but even though I have respect for Croatia and their players I've got to say that I'm not quite sure that they will pass this group very simple.
Japan is also a great team, they can play well at times and I hope they can lift themselves during the World Cup.
About Croatia, They won 4-1 in Austria two days ago and very well deserved. Ivan Klasnic was great and scored 2 goals, According to reports Ivica Olic and Dado Prso was also good.
Croatia is my favourites with Brazil, But I still think they can get a hard time going through this group if Australia and Japan plays well, So, Don't count them out they could surprise aswell.. |
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| Eddie N MIAMI |
| Brazil vs Australia is gonna be a nice game |
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| Philby |
| go australia :D first time in 30 years, they are playing pretty good but this will be a whole new level, hope they go well! :) |
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| fcuk ® |
Rooting for the Green and Gold boys, thanks to Guus Hiddink for making real football happen in Australia and not that AFL bull.
This is the prime of football in Australia, they have never witnessed a world cup like this it will be great for the country.
Australia really impressed me against Greece last night and I hope they can keep the pace up if not even better in the world cup. I know we won't beat brazil or croatia but i think we really have a chance against Japan. |
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| InterMilan31 |
| Go Aussies big fan of thiers after the Uruguay match hope they progress |
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| ]v[orpheus |
| GO AUSTRALIA!!! :D:D:D:D:D |
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| eRRaTiK |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
12th of June 2006 in Kaiserslautern
Australia vs. Japan |
bring it! |
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| Mr. Pink |
| Oh man, im soooooooooooooooooooo excited to see brazil!!! :crazy: |
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