England's Rabbits are off the hats
 Countdown
Begins for FIFA World Cup Germany 2006.
Everyone is wondering who will win 18th
edition of FIFA World Cup 2006, the most
prestigious and most loved tournament in
the world. No one can predict which team
will lift the cup but still big shots
are, like always, Brazil, Argentina,
Germany, England, France, and Italy. All
the teams can go one and one but still I
am of the opinion that England is the
most capable to win this time around.
England has players with a bit of magic
who can win a game. They have a cracking
back four, a great keeper and teams will
have to do really well to score against
them. The midfield is well balanced and
up front.....
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Challenging Brazil- but who?
 Now
that the draw for the 2006 World Cup
finals has been made – and please don’t
ask me by what revere alchemy England
were rated number two – I still can see
nobody to beat Brazil. In their Group F,
only Croatia looks likely to make much
of a challenge, and this isn’t a Croatia
to compare with the excellent 1998 team
under the wily Blazevic, which
humiliated Germany and gave France such
a fright.
Even in the slightly suspect full back
positions, where Cafu is now in his
middle thirties and Roberto Carlos, he
of the dynamic swinging left footed free
kicks, is running out of steam, bright
young men are coming thorough. One of
them.....
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Opening Match
The opening match of World Cup 2006 will
be Germany vs Costa Rica in Munich at
5p.m., on June 9, 2006.
Fixture Schedule:
Match days, Venue, Teams
Group A
A1: Germany
A2: Costa Rica
A3: Poland
A4: Ecuador
Jun 9 : Munich : Germany vs Costa Rica
Jun 9 : Gelsenkirchen : Poland vs
Ecuador
Jun 14 : Dortmund : Germany vs Poland
Jun 15 : Hamburg : Ecuador vs Costa Rica
Jun 20 : Berlin : Ecuador vs Germany
Jun 20 : Hanover : Costa Rica vs Poland
Group B
B1: England
B2: Paraguay
B3: Trinidad & Tobago
B4: Sweden
Jun 10 : Frankfurt : England vs Paraguay
Jun 10 : Dortmund : Trinidad & Tobago vs
Sweden
Jun 15 : Nuremberg : England vs Trinidad
& Tobago
Jun 15 : Berlin : Sweden vs Paraguay
Jun 20 : Cologne : Sweden vs England
Jun 20 : Kaiserslautern : Paraguay vs
Trinidad & Tobago
Group C
C1: Argentina
C2: Ivory Coast
C3: Serbia & Montenegro
C4: Holland
Jun 10 : Hamburg : Argentina vs Ivory
Coast
Jun 11 : Leipzig : Serbia & Montenegro
vs Holland
Jun 16 : Gelsenkirchen : Argentina vs
Serbia & Montenegro
Jun 16 : Stuttgart : Holland vs Ivory
Coast
Jun 21 : Frankfurt : Holland vs
Argentina
Jun 21 : Munich : Ivory Coast vs Serbia
& Montenegro
Group D
D1: Mexico
D2: Iran
D3: Angola
D4: Portugal
Jun 11 : Nuremberg : Mexico vs Iran
Jun 11 : Cologne : Angola vs Portugal
Jun 16 : Hanover : Mexico vs Angola
Jun 17 : Frankfurt : Portugal vs Iran
Jun 21 : Gelsenkirchen : Portugal vs
Mexico
Jun 21 : Leipzig : Iran vs Angola
Group E
E1: Italy
E2: Ghana
E3: USA
E4: Czech Republic
Jun 12 : Hanover : Italy vs Ghana
Jun 12 : Gelsenkirchen : USA vs Czech
Republic
Jun 17 : Kaiserslautern : Italy vs USA
Jun 17 : Cologne : Czech Republic vs
Ghana
Jun 22 : Hamburg : Czech Republic vs
Italy
Jun 22 : Nuremberg : Ghana vs USA
Group F
F1: Brazil
F2: Croatia
F3: Australia
F4: Japan
Jun 13 : Berlin : Brazil vs Croatia
Jun 12 : Kaiserslautern: Australia vs
Japan
Jun 18 : Munich : Brazil vs Australia
Jun 18 : Nuremberg : Japan vs Croatia
Jun 22 : Dortmund : Japan vs Brazil
Jun 22 : Stuttgart : Croatia vs
Australia
Group G
G1: France
G2: Switzerland
G3: South Korea
G4: Togo
Jun 13 : Stuttgart : France vs
Switzerland
Jun 13 : Frankfurt : South Korea : Togo
Jun 18 : Leipzig : France vs South Korea
Jun 19 : Dortmund : Togo vs Switzerland
Jun 23 : Cologne : Togo vs France
Jun 23 : Hanover : Switzerland vs South
Korea
Group H
H1: Spain
H2: Ukraine
H3: Tunisia
H4: Saudi Arabia
Jun 14 : Leipzig : Spain vs Ukraine
Jun 14 : Munich : Tunisia vs Saudi
Arabia
Jun 19 : Stuttgart : Spain vs Tunisia
Jun 19 : Hamburg : Saudi Arabia vs
Ukraine
Jun 23 : Kaiserslautern : Saudi Arabia
vs Spain
Jun 23 : Berlin : Ukraine vs Tunisia
Debutants
Nations, taking part in a World Cup
Final stage for the first time are
Ghana, The Ivory Coast, Angola, Togo,
Ukraine and Trinidad & Tobago.
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