The official FIFA WorldCup 2006 thread!

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Yes ladies and gentleman, on friday the 9th of june Germany-Costa Rica will be the opening match for the 2006 FIFA WorldCup. Many people will probably be very excited. In this thread I will post the teams, groups, news, results and standings up to the final.

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Group A

Germany
1. Jens Lehmann
2. Marcell Jansen
3. Arne Friedrich
4. Robert Huth
5. Sebastian Kehl
6. Jens Nowotny
7. Bastian Schweinsteiger
8. Torsten Frings
9. Mike Hanke
10. Oliver Neuville
11. Miroslav Klose
12. Oliver Kahn
13. Michael Ballack
14. Gerald Asamoah
15. Thomas Hitzlsperger
16. Philipp Lahm
17. Per Mertesacker
18. Tim Borowski
19. Bernd Schneider
20. Lukas Podolski
21. Christoph Metzelder
22. David Odonkor
23. Timo Hildebrand

Costa Rica

1. Alvaro Mesen
2. Jervis Drummond
3. Luis Marin
4. Michael Umana
5. Gilberto Martinez
6. Danny Fonseca
7. Christian Bolanos
8. Mauricio Solis
9. Paulo Wanchope
10. Walter Centeno
11. Ronald Gomez
12. Leonardo Gonzalez
13. Kurt Bernard
14. Randall Azofeifa
15. Harold Wallace
16. Carlos Hernandez
17. Gabriel Badilla
18. Jose Porras
19. Alvaro Saborio
20. Douglas Sequeira
21. Victor Nunez
22. Michael Rodriguez
23. Wardy Alfaro

Ecuador

1. Edwin Villafuerte
2. Jorge Guagua
3. Ivan Hurtado
4. Ulises De La Cruz
5. Jose Perlaza
6. Patricio Urrutia
7. Christian Lara
8. Edison Mendez
9. Felix Borja
10. Ivan Kaviedes
11. Agustin Delgado
12. Cristian Mora
13. Paul Ambrossi
14. Segundo Castillo
15. Marlon Ayovi
16. Luis Valencia
17. Giovanny Spainoza
18. Neicer Reasco
19. Luis Saritama
20. Edwin Tenorio
21. Carlos Tenorio
22. Damian Lanza
23. Christian Benitez

Poland

1 . Artur Boruc
2 . Mariusz Jop
3 . Seweryn Gancarczyk
4 . Marcin Baszczynski
5 . Kamil Kosowski
6 . Jacek Bak
7 . Radoslaw Sobolewski
8 . Jacek Krzynowek
9 . Maciej Zurawski
10 . Miroslav Szymkowiak
11 . Grzegorz Rasiak
12 . Tomasz Kuszczak
13 . Sebastian Mila
14 . Michal Zewlakow
15 . Ebi Smolarek
16 . Arkadiusz Radomski
17 . Dariusz Dudka
18 . Mariusz Lewandowski
19 . Damian Gorawski
20 . Piotr Giza
21 . Ireneusz Jelen
22 . Lukasz sFabianski
23 . Pawel Brozek

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Group B

England
1 . Paul Robinson
2 . Gary Neville
3 . Ashley Cole
4 . Steven Gerrard
5 . Rio Ferdinand
6 . John Terry
7 . David Beckham
8 . Frank Lampard
9 . Wayne Rooney
10 . Michael Owen
11 . Joe Cole
12 . Sol Campbell
13 . David James
14 . Wayne Bridge
15 . Jamie Carragher
16 . Owen Hargreaves
17 . Jermaine Jenas
18 . Michael Carrick
19 . Aaron Lennon
20 . Stewart Downing
21 . Peter Crouch
22 . Robert Green
23 . Theo Walcott

Paraguay

1 . Justo Villar
2 . Jorge Nunez
3 . Delio Toledo
4 . Carlos Gamarra
5 . Julio Cesar Caceres
6 . Carlos Bonet
7 . Salvador Cabanas
8 . Edgar Barreto
9 . Roque Santa Cruz
10 . Roberto Acuna
11 . Diego Gavilan
12 . Derlis Gomez
13 . Carlos Paredes
14 . Paulo Da Silva
15 . Julio Manzur
16 . Cristian Riveros
17 . Jose Montiel
18 . Nelson Valdez
19 . Julio Dos Santos
20 . Jose Cardozo
21 . Denis Caniza
22 . Aldo Bobadilla
23 . Nelson Cuevas

Sweden


1 . Andreas Isaksson
2 . Mikael Nilsson
3 . Olof Mellberg
4 . Teddy Lucic
5 . Erik Edman
6 . Tobias Linderoth
7 . Niclas Alexandersson
8 . Anders Svensson
9 . Freddie Ljungberg
10 . Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11 . Henrik Larsson
12 . John Alvbage
13 . Petter Hansson
14 . Fredrik Stenman
15 . Karl Svensson
16 . Kim Kallstrom
17 . Johan Elmander
18 . Mattias Jonson
19 . Daniel Andersson
20 . Marcus Allbäck
21 . Christian Wilhelmsson
22 . Markus Rosenberg
23 . Rami Shaaban

Trinidad & Tobago

1 . Shaka Hislop
2 . Van Cox
3 . Avery John
4 . Marvin Andrews
5 . Brent Sancho
6 . Dennis Lawrence
7 . Christopher Birchall
8 . Cyd Gray
9 . Aurtis Whitley
10 . Russell Latapy
11 . Carlos Edwards
12 . Collin Samuel
13 . Cornell Glen
14 . Stern John
15 . Kenwyne Jones
16 . Silvio Spann
17 . Atiba Charles
18 . Densill Theobald
19 . Dwight Yorke
20 . Jason Scotland
21 . Kelvin Jack
22 . Clayton Ince
23 . Anthony Wolfe

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Group C

Argentina

1 . Roberto Abbondanzieri
2 . Roberto Ayala
3 . Juan Sorin
4 . Fabricio Coloccini
5 . Esteban Cambiasso
6 . Gabriel Heinze
7 . Javier Saviola
8 . Javier Mascherano
9 . Hernan Crespo
10 . Juan Riquelme
11 . Carlos Tevez
12 . Leonardo Franco
13 . Lionel Scaloni
14 . Rodrigo Palacio
15 . Gabriel Milito
16 . Pablo Aimar
17 . Leandro Cufre
18 . Maxi Rodriguez
19 . Lionel Messi
20 . Julio Ricardo Cruz
21 . Nicolas Burdisso
22 . Luis Gonzalez
23 . Oscar Ustari

Cote d'Ivoire

1 . Jean-Jacques Tizie
2 . Kanga Akale
3 . Arthur Boka
4 . Kolo Touré
5 . Didier Zokora
6 . Blaise Kouassi
7 . Emerse Fae
8 . Bonaventure Kalou
9 . Arouna Koné
10 . Gilles Yapi Yapo
11 . Didier Drogba
12 . Abdoulaye Meite
13 . Marc Zoro
14 . Bakary Koné
15 . Aruna Dindane
16 . Gerard Gnanhouan
17 . Cyrille Domoraud
18 . Kader Keita
19 . Yaya Touré
20 . Guy Demel
21 . Emmanuel Eboué
22 . Romaric
23 . Boubacar Barry

the Netherlands

1 . Edwin van der Sar
2 . Kew Jaliens
3 . Khalid Boulahrouz
4 . Joris Mathijsen
5 . Giovanni van Bronckhorst
6 . Denny Landzaat
7 . Dirk Kuijt
8 . Phillip Cocu
9 . Ruud van Nistelrooij
10 . Rafael van der Vaart
11 . Arjen Robben
12 . Jan Kromkamp
13 . André Ooijer
14 . John Heitinga
15 . Tim de
16 . Hedwiges Maduro
17 . Robin van Persie
18 . Mark van Bommel
19 . Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
20 . Wesley Sneijder
21 . Ryan Babel
22 . Henk Timmer
23 . Maarten Stekelenburg


Serbia & Montenegro

1 . Dragoslav Jevric
2 . Ivan Ergic
3 . Ivica Dragutinovic
4 . Igor Duljaj
5 . Nemanja Vidic
6 . Goran Gavrancic
7 . Ognjen Koroman
8 . Mateja Kezman
9 . Savo Milosevic
10 . Dejan Stankovic
11 . Predrag Djordjevic
12 . Oliver Kovacevic
13 . Dusan Basta
14 . Nenad Djordjevic
15 . Milan Dudic
16 . Mirko Vucinic
17 . Albert Nadj
18 . Zvonimir Vukic
19 . Nikola Zigic
20 . Mladen Krstajic
21 . Danijel Ljuboja
22 . Sasa Ilic
23 . Vladimir Stojkovic

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Group D

Angola

1 . Joao Ricardo
2 . Marcos Airosa
3 . Jamba
4 . Lebo Lebo
5 . Kali
6 . Miloy
7 . Figueiredo
8 . Andre
9 . Mantorras
10 . Akwa
11 . Mateus
12 . Lama
13 . Edson
14 . Mendonca
15 . Rui Marques
16 . Flavio
17 . Ze Kalanga
18 . Love
19 . Andre Titi Buengo
20 . Loco
21 . Delgado
22 . Mario
23 . Marco Abreu

Iran

1 . Ebrahim Mirzapour
2 . Mehdi Mahdavikia
3 . Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
4 . Yahya Golmohammadi
5 . Rahman Rezaei
6 . Javad Nekounam
7 . Ferydoon Zandi
8 . Ali Karimi
9 . Vahid Hashemian
10 . Ali Daei
11 . Rasoul Khatibi
12 . Hassan Roudbarian
13 . Hossein Kaabi
14 . Andranik Teymourian
15 . Arash Borhani
16 . Reza Enayati
17 . Javad Kazemeian
18 . Sattar Zare
19 . Amir Hossein Sadeqi
20 . Mohammad Nosrati
21 . Mehrzad Madanchi
22 . Vahid Talebloo
23 . Masoud Shojaei

Mexico

1 . Oswaldo Sanchez
2 . Claudio Suarez
3 . Carlos Salcido
4 . Rafael Marquez
5 . Ricardo Osorio
6 . Gerardo Torrado
7 . Zinha
8 . Pavel Pardo
9 . Jared Borgetti
10 . Guillermo Franco
11 . Ramon Morales
12 . Jose Corona
13 . Guillermo Ochoa
14 . Gonzalo Pineda
15 . Jose Antonio Castro
16 . Mario Mendez
17 . Jose Fonseca
18 . Andres Guardado
19 . Omar Bravo
20 . Rafael Garcia
21 . Jesus Arellano
22 . Francisco Rodriguez
23 . Luis Perez

Portugal

1 . Ricardo
2 . Paulo Ferreira
3 . Caneira
4 . Ricardo Costa
5 . Fernando Meira
6 . Costinha
7 . Luis Figo
8 . Petit
9 . Pauleta
10 . Hugo Viana
11 . Simao Sabrosa
12 . Quim
13 . Miguel Valencia
14 . Nuno Valente
15 . Boa Morte
16 . Ricardo Carvalho
17 . Cristiano Ronaldo
18 . Maniche
19 . Tiago
20 . Deco
21 . Nuno Gomes
22 . Bruno Vale
23 . Helder Postiga

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Group E

Czech Republic
1. Petr Chech
2 . Zdenek Grygera
3 . Pavel Mares
4 . Tomas Galasek
5 . Radoslav Kovac
6 . Marek Jankulovski
7 . Vladimir Smicer
8 . Karel Poborsky
9 . Jan Koller
10 . Tomas Rosicky
11 . Pavel Nedved
12 . Vratislav Lokvenc
13 . Martin Jiranek
14 . David Jarolim
15 . Milan Baros
16 . Jaromir Blazek
17 . Jiri Stajner
18 . Marek Heinz
19 . Jan Polak
20 . Jaroslav Plasil
21 . Tomas Ujfalusi
22 . David Rozehnal
23 . Antonin Kinsky

Italy

1 . Gianluigi Buffon
2 . Cristian Zaccardo
3 . Fabio Grosso
4 . DanieleDe Rossi
5 . Fabio Cannavaro
6 . Andrea Barzagli
7 . Alessandro Del Piero
8 . Gennaro Gattuso
9 . Luca Toni
10 . Francesco Totti
11 . Alberto Gilardino
12 . Angelo Peruzzi
13 . Alessandro Nesta
14 . Marco Amelia
15 . Vincenzo Iaquinta
16 . Mauro Camoranesi
17 . Simone Barone
18 . Filippo Inzaghi
19 . Gianluca Zambrotta
20 . Simone Perrotta
21 . Andrea Pirlo
22 . Massimo Oddo
23 . Marco Materazzi

USA

1 . Tim Howard
2 . Chris Albright
3 . Carlos Bocanegra
4 . Pablo Mastroeni
5 . John O'Brien
6 . Steve Cherundolo
7 . Eddie Lewis
8 . Clint Dempsey
9 . Eddie Johnson
10 . Claudio Reyna
11 . Brian Ching
12 . Cory Gibbs
13 . Jimmy Conrad
14 . Ben Olsen
15 . Bobby Convey
16 . Josh Wolff
17 . DaMarcus Beasley
18 . Kasey Keller
19 . Marcus Hahnemann
20 . Brian McBride
21 . Landon Donovan
22 . Oguchi Onyewu
23 . Eddie Pope

Ghana
(No numbers released yet)
. Illiasu Shilla
. Issah Ahmed
. Samuel Kuffour
. John Mensah
. Habib Mohamed
. John Pantsil
. Emmanuel Pappoe
. Daniel Quaye
. Hans Sarpei
. Asamoah Gyan
. Matthew Amoah
. Razak Pimpong
. Alex Tachie-Mensah
. Sammy Adjei
. Richard Kingston
. George Owu
. Derek Boateng
. Eric Addo
. Michael Essien
. Haminu Dramani
. Sulley Muntari
. Otto Addo
. Stephen Appiah

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Group F

Australia

1 . Mark Schwarzer
2 . Lucas Neill
3 . Craig Moore
4 . Tim Cahill
5 . Jason Culina
6 . Tony Popovic
7 . Brett Emerton
8 . Josip Skoko
9 . Mark Viduka
10 . Harry Kewell
11 . Stan Lazaridis
12 . Ante Covic
13 . Vince Grella
14 . Scott Chipperfield
15 . John Aloisi
16 . Michael Beauchamp
17 . Archie Thompson
18 . Zeljko Kalac
19 . Joshua Kennedy
20 . Luke Wilkshire
21 . Mile Sterjovski
22 . Mark Milligan
23 . Marco Bresciano

Brasil

1 . Dida
2 . Cafu
3 . Lucio
4 . Juan
5 . Emerson
6 . Roberto Carlos
7 . Adriano
8 . Kaka
9 . Ronaldo
10 . Ronaldinho
11 . Ze Roberto
12 . Rogerio Ceni
13 . Cicinho
14 . Luisao
15 . Cris
16 . Gilberto
17 . Gilberto Silva
18 . Edmilson
19 . Juninho Pernambucano
20 . Ricardinho
21 . Fred
22 . Julio Cesar
23 . Robinho

Croatia

1 . Stipe Pletikosa
2 . Darijo Srna
3 . Josip Simunic
4 . Robert Kovac
5 . Igor Tudor
6 . Jurica Vranjes
7 . Dario Simic
8 . Marko Babic
9 . Dado Prso
10 . Niko Kovac
11 . Mario Tokic
12 . Joe Didulica
13 . Stjepan Tomas
14 . Luka Modric
15 . Ivan Leko
16 . Jerko Leko
17 . Ivan Klasnic
18 . Ivica Olic
19 . Niko Kranjcar
20 . Anthony Seric
21 . Bosko Balaban
22 . Ivan Bosnjak
23 . Tomislav Butina

Japan

1 . Seigo Narazaki
2 . Makoto Tanaka
3 . Yuichi
4 . Yasuhito Endo
5 . Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
6 . Koji Nakata
7 . Hidetoshi Nakata
8 . Mitsuo Ogasawara
9 . Naohiro Takahara
10 . Shunsuke Nakamura
11 . Seiichiro Maki
12 . Yoichi Doi
13 . Atsushi Yanagisawa
14 . Alessandro Santos
15 . Takashi Fukunishi
16 . Masashi Oguro
17 . Junichi Inamoto
18 . Shinji Ono
19 . Keisuke Tsuboi
20 . Keiji Tamada
21 . Akira Kaji
22 . Yuji Nakazawa
23 . Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

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Group G

France

1 . Mickael Landreau
2 . Jean-Alain Boumsong
3 . Eric Abidal
4 . Patrick Vieira
5 . William Gallas
6 . Claude Makelele
7 . Florent Malouda
8 . Vikash Dhorasoo
9 . Djibril Cissé
10 . Zinedine Zidane
11 . Sylvain Wiltord
12 . Thierry Henry
13 . Mikael Silvestre
14 . Louis Saha
15 . Lilian Thuram
16 . Fabien Barthez
17 . Gael Givet
18 . Alou Diarra
19 . Willy Sagnol
20 . David Trezeguet
21 . Pascal Chimbonda
22 . Frank Ribery
23 . Gregory Coupet


Korea Republic

1 . Lee Woon-jae
2 . Kim Young-chul
3 . Kim Dong-jin
4 . Choi Jin-cheul
5 . Kim Nam-il
6 . Kim Jin-kyu
7 . Park Ji-sung
8 . Kim Do-heon
9 . Ahn Jung-hwan
10 . Park Chu-young
11 . Seol Ki-hyeon
12 . Lee Young-pyo
13 . Lee Eul-yong
14 . Lee Chun-soo
15 . Baek Ji-hoon
16 . Chung Kyung-ho
17 . Lee Ho
18 . Kim Sang-sik
19 . Cho Jae-jin
20 . Kim Yong-dae
21 . Kim Young-kwang
22 . Song Chong-gug
23 . Cho Won-hee


Switzerland

1 . Pascal Zuberbühler
2 . Johan Djourou
3 . Ludovic Magnin
4 . Philippe Senderos
5 . Xavier Margairaz
6 . Johann Vogel
7 . Ricardo Cabanas
8 . Raphael Wicky
9 . Alexander Frei
10 . Daniel Gygax
11 . Marco Streller
12 . Diego Benaglio
13 . Stephane Grichting
14 . David Degen
15 . Blerim Dzemaili
16 . Tranquillo Barnetta
17 . Christoph Spycher
18 . Mauro Lustrinelli
19 . Valon Behrami
20 . Patrick Müller
21 . Fabio Coltorti
22 . Johan Vonlanthen
23 . Philipp Degen

Togo

1 . Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou
2 . Dare Nibombe
3 . Jean-Paul Abalo
4 . Emmanuel Adebayor
5 . Massamasso Tchangai
6 . Yao Aziawonou
7 . Moustapha Salifou
8 . Kuami Agboh
9 . Thomas Dossevi
10 . Cherif Toure Mamam
11 . Robert Malm
12 . Eric Akoto
13 . Richmond Forson
14 . Adekanmi Olufade
15 . Alaixys Romao
16 . Kossi Agassa
17 . Kader Mohamed
18 . Yao Junior Senaya
19 . Ludovic Assemoassa
20 . Affo Erassa
21 . Karim Guede
22 . Kodjovi Obilale
23 . Toure Assimiou

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Group H

Saudi Arabia

1 . Mohammed Al Deayea
2 . Ahmed Dokhi
3 . Redha Tukar
4 . Hamad Al Montashari
5 . Naif Al Qadi
6 . Omar Al Ghamdi
7 . Mohammed Ameen
8 . Mohammed Noor
9 . Sami Al Jaber
10 . Mohammad
11 . Saad Al Harthi
12 . Abdulaziz Khathran
13 . Hussein Sulimani
14 . Saud Khariri
15 . Ahmed Al Bahri
16 . Khaled Aziz
17 . Mohammed Al Anbar
18 . Nawaf Al Temyat
19 . Mohammed Massad
20 . Yaser Al Kahtani
21 . Mabrouk Zaid
22 . Mohammad Khojah
23 . Malek Mouath

Spain

1 . Iker Casillas
2 . Michel Salgado
3 . Asier Del Horno
4 . Carlos Marchena
5 . Carlos Puyol
6 . David Albelda
7 . Raul
8 . Xavi
9 . Fernando Torres
10 . Jose Antonio Reyes
11 . Luis Garcia
12 . Antonio Lopez
13 . Iniesta
14 . Xabi Alonso
15 . Sergio Ramos
16 . Senna Marcos
17 . Joaquin
18 . Cesc Fabregas
19 . Santiago Canizares
20 . Juanito
21 . David Villa
22 . Pablo
23 . Jose Manuel Reina

Tunisia

1 . Ali Boumnijel
2 . Karim Essediri
3 . Karim Haggui
4 . Alaeddine Yahia
5 . Zied Jaziri
6 . Hatem Trabelsi
7 . Mehdi Meriah
8 . Mehdi Nafti
9 . Yassine Chikhaoui
10 . Kaies Ghodhbane
11 . Santos
12 . Jaouhar Mnari
13 . Riadh Bouazizi
14 . Adel Chedli
15 . Radhi Jaidi
16 . Adel Nefzi
17 . Issam Jomaa
18 . David Jemmali
19 . Anis Ayari
20 . Hamed Namouchi
21 . Karim Saidi
22 . Hamdi Kasraoui
23 . Sofiane Melliti

Ukrain

1 . Oleksander Sjovkovski
2 . Andrei Nesmasjni
3 . Sergi Fedorov
4 . Anatoli Timosjioek
5 . Vladimir Jeserski
6 . Andrei Roesol
7 . Andrei Sjevtsjenko
8 . Oleg Sjelajev
9 . Oleg Goesiev
10 . Andrei Voronin
11 . Sergei Rebrov
12 . Andrei Piatov
13 . Dmitro Sjigrinski
14 . Andrei Hoesin
15 . Artiom Milevski
16 . Andrei Vorobei
17 . Vladislav Vasjtsjoek
18 . Sergi Nazarenko
19 . Maxim Kalinitsjenko
20 . Olexei Belik
21 . Roeslan Rotan
22 . Viasjeslav Sviderski
23 . Bogdan Sjoest

[coolieman1220]

Trinidad!!!! I Am A Soca Warrior!! Group B!

[Matra et Alpine]

OK ... lets get this out of the way befor eit gets repated time and time again.


It's 40 years since England won the world cup.


OK ? Over it ?? Right then at least there is ONE place I can come to and not have it repeated time-and-time-and-time again

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OK ? Over it ?? Right then at least there is ONE place I can come to and not have it repeated time-and-time-and-time again

Although I'm with you people as the talk radio station here is hailed by the Brits so there's been a lot of talk BUT with a lineup like Mr Crouch really how far are you going to get

[Matra et Alpine]

Although I'm with you people as the talk radio station here is hailed by the Brits so there's been a lot of talk

Minor correction there !

Best quote was from the Scottish Parliament's First Minister ( our equivalent of Prime Minister ) ...................
"Scotland, my team, is not there, so that's disappointing. There are people who think that, as First Minister, I should be supporting England instead, but football is not about politics so I will not be." - JACK MCCONNELL

[henk4]

Minor correction there !

Best quote was from the Scottish Parliament's First Minister ( our equivalent of Prime Minister ) ...................
"Scotland, my team, is not there, so that's disappointing. There are people who think that, as First Minister, I should be supporting England instead, but football is not about politics so I will not be." - JACK MCCONNELL

NOT about politics????

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Minor correction there !

Best quote was from the Scottish Parliament's First Minister ( our equivalent of Prime Minister ) ...................
"Scotland, my team, is not there, so that's disappointing. There are people who think that, as First Minister, I should be supporting England instead, but football is not about politics so I will not be." - JACK MCCONNELL

Hey look it was filled with brazilian-supporters I'd be with them. I don't know enough about football to save my life

Ok look in UK we have some of the best-headline makers and so far nothing's been said about Brazil - don't know if that's their scret weapon

Also with the socceroos and storeis been coming up of Iranian fans praying and fasting to boost the team's performance