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Most open game of the finals so far

June 20th, 2006 | By: Adrian Wagner | 18 Comments »

Acrobatic effort by Hakan Yakin

There seems to be a general ‘agreement’ here, that the games involving Switzerland are boring. I’m glad to see that at least somebody is actually WATCHING the game and has enough understanding of football to understand it. After the Switzerland – Togo game Roy Hodgson said:

This was clearly one of the most open games of the finals so far. There was a lot of space in the midfield and that led to many counterattacks and numerous goal chances. This was the busiest game for the goalkeepers that I have seen so far at these finals and as a result it was a pretty exciting affair.

Roy on the FIFA site

Thanks Roy!

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Comments

By SES | June 20th, 2006 at 5:52 am

Good luck to Switzerland in their next match against Korea.

Posted from United States

By elAdi | June 20th, 2006 at 6:35 am

Hehe. I’m not worried. If you look up the Big Question thread ‘Who will come out without conceeding a goal’ (or something to that matter), I said Switzerland. And still stand to it (even though we’ve been lucky on a couple of occasions – but you can’t eliminate ALL chances). If we don’t conceed agains Korea – then we’re through. And after seeing them playing France: I’m not worried. They were fortunate in two occasions already – this will end on Friday!

My prediction:
Switzerland – Korea 1-0
France – Togo 2-1

Switzerland and France in the next round!

Posted from Australia

By SES | June 20th, 2006 at 6:57 am

I’d say Korea and the Swiss are in the next round. I woundn’t underestimate Togo or Korea, esp since Togo has no pressure to advance as it’s already been eliminated. Korea is a fighter as well and won’t easily concede a goal from the Swiss as both are fighting for the top position. Korea just needs a win.

Good luck though!

Posted from United States

By elAdi | June 20th, 2006 at 7:28 am

Oh, don’t get me wrong: at a World Cup every team can play football and will punish you, if you’re slacking. What I meant was more: if we play like against Togo + Senderos improves his performance, then it’ll be good.

Hehe, and obviously I don’t care whether it’s France or Korea – as long as we make it through.

Posted from Australia

By Patrice | June 20th, 2006 at 1:09 pm

Well Hodgson is probably biased towards Switzerland a bit.

Posted from Switzerland

By Alexis | June 20th, 2006 at 1:42 pm

Swiss and France in the round of 16… Go France & Switzerland!

By asiarules | June 20th, 2006 at 3:51 pm

I was surprised to find that the swiss goal keeper has the most saves without conceding a goal (10)… this defense is hard to break.

Posted from United States

By bhakta | June 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 pm

Switzerland is a young and talented team but they will need a strong mental attitude for the match against Corea

Posted from Switzerland

By ced9 | June 22nd, 2006 at 11:26 pm

Agree with comments so far, I think if we can play the game at our pace and get the ball in to Frei will do alot of damage. Looks like we will have a bit of Yakin creativity which might be helpful on those freekicks. Provided our guys don’t pick up any yellow cards like they did against togo we are good for top spot and I will be happy to see the French go home finally!!!

By shuai | June 23rd, 2006 at 11:12 am

Ced9 : France is in a better situation than switzerland….
we ‘ll see tonight who’s goin’ back home…

Posted from France

By Haarf | June 23rd, 2006 at 11:35 am

I wouldn’t they so but who knows what will happened tonight

GL all.

Posted from France

By shuai | June 23rd, 2006 at 11:04 pm

So what?????????

Posted from France

By Andriy | June 24th, 2006 at 2:30 am

lookin forward to the match on Monday

UK-RA-YI-NA !

Posted from United States

By Julia | June 24th, 2006 at 3:46 am

Horacio Marcelo Elizondo..
He gives Switzerland dirty victory!!!!
The referee was so poor.

Posted from Republic Of Korea

By Adrian W. | June 24th, 2006 at 5:23 am

Julia: stop whinging – especially as a Korean, that is pretty rich. Learn the rules first. It’s great to support your country, but stay objective when it comes to the rules!

Posted from Australia

By Kira | June 24th, 2006 at 7:11 am

that was off-side for sure…
http://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/laws/LOTG2006_e.pdf the offside rule in page 33 clearly defines it.
also… 2 handballs inside of penalty box… pretty incredible to ignore that kind of stuffs twice in the game. even Brazil or Argentina can’t win against this kind of team… lol

Posted from United States

By Lidia | June 26th, 2006 at 9:23 am

To : Adrian W.

Speaking of the RULES, you seem to learn them after all.
Learning is painful but pays you off someday, boy~!

Posted from Australia

By Lidia | June 26th, 2006 at 9:33 am

To : Adrian W.

See Kira’s comment for references.

Posted from Australia

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