World Cup is here

[JakeFlake]

Great win for Japan. Cameroon got unlucky in the 85th minute when that shot hit the crossbar.

[pstall]

Great win for Japan. Cameroon got unlucky in the 85th minute when that shot hit the crossbar.

That wasn't a shot...that was a LASER BEAM!! Man..he destroyed it.

[Happy Panther]

Japan had one off the bar a few minutes earlier too.

Decent match to watch

[JakeFlake]

Italy-Paraguay at 2.... the Azzuri can all but walk into the knockout round. Easiest draw of the tournament.

[Britneck]

How do you guys feel about that Rossi kid playing for the Italians and not the US? Does it piss you off or do you guys not really care?

[JakeFlake]

How do you guys feel about that Rossi kid playing for the Italians and not the US? Does it piss you off or do you guys not really care?

Don't quote me on this, but I don't think he made the final roster.

[Bobby]

Pissed me off originally, but that's the modern game. We have a Brazilian and a Scot, though they're American cultured. When he's fit England has a Canadian.

He didn't make the Cup though.

[Britneck]

Don't quote me on this, but I don't think he made the final roster.

Oh my bad. I thought he had. Must have mis-read it.

edit: Yeah he got left off the roster. I thought he had made it.

[Bobby]

He actually scored against us in the Confederations Cup. I'd come to terms with it, but that made my blood boil as you can imagine.

[pstall]

totally agree Jake on Italy's draw. I was going over this pull out from ESPN the mag last night and studying things and I kept going back to how EASY Italy has it. At least on paper.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Guys I wanted to apologize for hyping up the Cameroon and Japan game. In my honest opinion I think it was the worst game so far, but I believe Italy vs. Paraguay should be a pretty good game.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Alright so far here are my top 5 performances

1. Germany beats Australia 4-0

2. South Korea beats Greece 2-0

3. Argentina beats Nigeria 1-0

4. Netherlands beats Denmark 2-0

5. USA ties England 1-1

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

totally agree Jake on Italy's draw. I was going over this pull out from ESPN the mag last night and studying things and I kept going back to how EASY Italy has it. At least on paper.

Oh, I agree as well it is a shame when Paraguay is the second best team in a group.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Here are the Fifa Coke Rankings for each group

Group A

France- 9th

Uruguay- 16th

Mexico- 17th

South Africa- 83rd

Group B

Argentina- 7th

Greece- 13th

Nigeria- 21st

South Korea- 47th

Group C

England- 8th

USA- 14th

Slovenia- 25th

Algeria- 30th

Group D

Germany- 6th

Serbia- 15th

Australia- 20th

Ghana- 32nd

Group E

Netherlands- 4th

Cameroon- 19th

Denmark- 36th

Japan- 45th

Group F

Italy- 5th

Paraguay- 31st

Slovakia- 34th

New Zealand- 78th

Group G

Brazil- 1st

Portugal- 3rd

Ivory Coast- 27th

North Korea- 105th

Group H

Spain- 2nd

Chile- 18th

Switzerland- 24th

Honduras- 38th