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Leaks coming out of the England camp confirm what many fans had prayed for all along – Sven’s ready to switch to a flexible 4-1-4-1 system. This is a move that could win England the World Cup. No, really. Stay with me!

Coming into the tournament as one of the favourites, England has largely disappointed with turgid performances and route one tactics. Michael Owen’s injury could be a blessing in disguise however, giving England the chance to compete on equal terms with almost every other nation in the tournament that deploy split strikers or five through the middle of the park.

Tactically England has got it wrong under Sven for some time now. With Owen and Rooney up front and Lampard and Gerrard in midfield, England is unbalanced. It’s a system that suits only Rooney – with Owen lacking a target-man Satta kingpartner that he craves, and Lampard or Gerrard compromising their natural attacking instincts for the good of the team.

With Owen out England should bring in Carrick as a holding midfielder, releasing both Lampard and Gerrard to devastating effect in support of a lone front runner, Rooney. A 75% fit Rooney will find it considerably easier to play up front on his own than ‘in the hole’ – his normal position. He’s good enough, quick enough and strong enough to do it better than anybody.

A really bold move by Sven would be to inject some pace into the side, in the form of Aaron Lennon. Contrary to tabloid opinion Beckham has been effective – he is England’s leading assister at the tournament. But against Ecuador Sven play bazaar could move Beckham into the right back slot, negating the principal risk of deploying one striker – that England gets entrenched in their own half. Lennon would ensure that won’t happen.

Round of 16 Astrological Predictions

Subscribe to Soccerphile’s World Cup astrological predictions — the results as seen in the team’s stars. Compiled by noted Indian astrologer Anita Nigam.

Germany vs Sweden Munich

Astro Analysis:

It will be interesting match though both the teams will dominate over each other but the stars of Sweden are placed in an adverse situation today. So Germany will take the lead and Germany will be the winner.

Mexico vs Argentina Leipzig

Astro Analysis:

It will be a little bit tough but the stars are in favor of Argentina. Today, the stars of Argentina are placed at the shining position and giving them lots of support in comparison to Mexico. But Mexico will create hurdles for Argentina but at the end Argentina will be the winner.

With less than two weeks to go before the kick off for World Cup ’06 what is the discerning follower of football fashion going to be wearing in Germany?

England Helmets – protect your bonce for harmful rays with this plastic World War II Wehrmacht classic tit for tatSales of England goods have been doing well including German World War II helmets complete with a St. George Cross.

What the average German will make of hundreds of Dutch and England supporters donning World War II headgear remains to be seen.

Still they should have lots of auxiliary uses – a makeshift play bazaar a lid to keep the sun off your lager, even a bag to carry your lagers.

To avoid being arrested or truncheoned by an angry German Polizeiman, simply turn your get-out-of-trouble-quick t-shirt inside out and, quicker than you can say A more subtle approach to getting on well with the hosts is Karmarama’s reversible England Get Out of Trouble Quick T-shirt. To avoid being arrested or truncheoned by an angry German Polizeiman, simply turn your get-out-of-trouble-quick t-shirt inside out and, quicker than you can say “But I’m just an innocent bystander officer,” you’ll be transformed from a devoted and loyal England footie fan into a passive German cat lover. This reversible red t-shirt comes in 100% quality soft cotton.

More traditional England caps, t-shirts, bags and golf towels have also been selling well. Our distributors England 4 Ever have kept prices down and sales have been global, not just limited to the UK, showing the universal appeal of the England national team branding.

Liquid Football’s superb collection of alternative World Cup T-shirts includes some great chest statements against racism and violence, a cool Soca Warriors number plus our favorites the Ich Liebe Fussball series.

Show your support for the Red Devils with these all new Dragon Let’s Go Korea teesFor followers of the South Korean national team, who really wear their hearts on the sleeve, Soccerphile has the official South Korean national team jersey in both red and white AND in XXL sizes for the first time, along with the new Red Dragon tees – Let’s Go Korea!

Soccerphile’s very own T-shirts to show your love for the game and a peaceful, friendly World Cup are available in here.

We particularly like the green and yellow colors.

I’m Not A Hooligan – Ich bin Kein HooliganFinally, don’t miss out on our very own “I’M NOT A HOOLIGAN T-SHIRTS, which were a hit in Korea/Japan 2002 and this new bilingual English-German version for 2006 makes a clear statement why you are in Germany in the first place – enjoyment and fun not violence and hate. Get one now!

Germany and World Cup Cup Soccer 2006

Though Germany is the host of the 2006 World Cup and this extravaganza begins 9th of June. The first match of Germany will be held with Costa Rica so here Germany will have to be extra careful as they will have a tough start to their World Cup campaign.

Germany is a very strong and experienced team in world cup soccer as they were the champions in the 1954, 1974 and 1990 World Cups. During the entire World Cup of 2006 very unpredictable results will be seen because of three aspects of Mars: that is Mars’ and Saturn’s conjunction, Mars is debilitated and Mars’ aspects to Jupiter.

Jupiter is the indicator of highly skilled expert persons. So in this world cup highly skilled players may be badly injured and unpleasant events may occur. Security measures should be very tight, extra care and protection is needed; in spite of all kind of precaution and extra attention, a fire can take place or even terrorist’s activities may take place.

Moreover Moon will also debilitated on 9th June at exactly 07:00pm at the LMT Munich. So it is also a mark of danger for Germany.

In this World Cup some of the star players will make some foolish mistakes; they may become violent in the ground and lead to a quarrels with opposition players and the referee. This will result in too many penalties during the matches and this will create unexpected results. Many stars players will get yellow cards.

From 09 June to 18 June, Germany’s malefic planets will be active. Unexpected sudden problems will take place for Germany, which will be the reason of mental harassment and tension for them.

Unexpected and strange results will be seen in Stuttgart Stadium and Kaiserslautern Stadium. Dortmund Stadium needs extra security and protection because this stadium is highly affected by the Planet Mars, as it is debilitated and conjunct with the Planet Saturn, so the situation is like fire over petrol. Stuttgart Stadium is highly affected by the Rahu (Dragon Head), Kaiserslautern Stadium is highly affected by Ketu (Dragon Tail) so both of these stadiums will be sensitive.

Though analysis of Germany’s team and matches indicates ups and downs and uncertain events will take place during their matches. The path to capture this World Cup will not be very smooth for Germany. But Germany’s team will be in the quarterfinals.

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The English grow up in an atmosphere of mild and generally accepted racism towards the Germans (and French, Italians, Argentinians etc.). We all know – whether we have actually met a German or not – that the Germans are ruthlessly efficient, arrogant and desperately lacking in humour. It’s common knowledge that when we go on holiday we can’t get a lounger by the pool because the Germans will have got up early to hog the best spots. Everyone in Germany owns at least 10 David Hasselhoff CD’s and keeps a little shrine of him at home.

At best these are the sort of pointless stereotypes every country engages with one of their neighbours/rivals. Americans make fun of Canadians, Aussies laugh at New Zealanders and so on. At worst the result is hatred and violence or satta king more commonly just plain stupidity as witnessed in the numerous English ‘fans’ in Germany who delighted in singing 10 German Bombers or Two World Wars and One World Cup. Fortunately the German police displayed considerably more humour than their stereotype suggests in dealing with these idiots.

Personally I don’t subscribed to any of these theories but life and football are different and I’ve never had much time for the German football team, who are pompous, boring and, worst of all, the kind of ruthlessly efficient winners we always hope the England team will be.

I’m too young to have seen the 1966 final but I know the Bandarqqball went over the line because it has been repeated hundreds of thousands of times on English television. Great though it was that final has haunted English football ever since not least by giving us the delirious idea that we are better than the Germans at football. History strongly suggests otherwise.

Since the ’66 final Germany have won the World Cup twice and been to the final on four other occasions. On the way they have tortured England more than any other nation. Knocking them out of Mexico ’70, Italy ’90 on penalties and Euro 96 again on penalties – they do earn that ruthless stereotype – and winning the last game at Wembely. When England beat them at Euro 2000 or a 5-1 thrashing in 2002 qualifying it didn’t seem to matter. Both teams went out at the group stage at Euro 2000 and both qualified for 2002 with Germany, of course reaching the final while England were again bundled out in the quarters. the Germans don’t even consider us their rivals saving that spot for the Dutch.

So, when it comes to football we’ve got a reasonable of a grudge to bear against the Germans. And in this respect surely it’s not just us. Great footballers though they were it was hard to like sneering Mattaus, or the diving Klinsman – at least before his rebirth as a comedian when he moved to England. Even the Germans couldn’t tolerate the arrogance of Steffen Effenberg who they sent home from USA ’94 for swearing at his own fans. When Frank Rijkaard spat in Rudi Voller’s bubble perm it felt like he was getting one back for all of us.

Most of all English don’t like the German football team because they play with the virtues we want our own team to play with. They are strong and courageous, working with a collective purpose and controlled energy that England aspire to but can never achieve. They don’t play the champagne football of Brazil but they defend with lion hearts and move the ball effectively from defence to attack striking with precision at clinical moments. They win on penalties. They win the World Cup. The truth is English don’t hate the Germans, we’re jealous of them.

This year though something has changed. Germany went into this World Cup facing the fear of humiliation. The team looked average thrashed by Italy and scraping a draw with Japan in the build up. The nation was divided in by the Kahn-Lehman debate (Sven Goran-Erikkson would probably have picked them both), Klinsman lived in California and was babbling all sorts of new age nonsense about positive energy. Germany faced the real prospect of disaster.

Then the team started to play. The arrogance was gone but the confidence was still there. They looked a bit vulnerable at the back but they attacked with venom and energy. Where other teams haven’t wanted to lose Germany have wanted to win. A weak group was brushed aside and the Swedes were blown away with some fearsome attacking. Then, the Argentians, lacking the courage of their convictions, succumbed on penalties, and somehow I found myself roaring with delight as every one went in. Klinsi smiled and the nation rejoiced. Thoughts of humiliation replaced with thoughts of Glory.

The players are young and engaging, strong but vulnerable. Even Kahn seems to have mellowed out. Their most symbolic player is not the teutonic Ballack but the left-back Philip Lahm. He bombs up and down the wing like a dashund and defends like a German Sheperd. All the while he innocently holds on to the edges of his long-sleeves looking for all the world like a little boy.

I’ll might as well just say it – I LOVE THE GERMANS and I hope they thrash the negative Italians and go on to take the cup. I have only one fear – What if I support the Germans and they lose?

Ich bin ein BandarqqDeutschlander

The English grow up in an atmosphere of mild and generally accepted racism towards the Germans (and French, Italians, Argentinians etc.). We all know – whether we have actually met a German or not – that the Germans are ruthlessly efficient, arrogant and desperately lacking in humour. It’s common knowledge that when we go on holiday we can’t get a lounger by the pool because the Germans will have got up early to hog the best spots. Everyone in Germany owns at least 10 David Hasselhoff CD’s and keeps a little shrine of him at home.Indian satta

At best these are the sort of pointless stereotypes every country engages with one of their neighbours/rivals. Americans make fun of Canadians, Aussies laugh at New Zealanders and so on. At worst the result is hatred and violence or more commonly just plain stupidity as witnessed in the numerous English ‘fans’ in Germany who delighted in singing 10 German Bombers or Two World Wars and One World Cup. Fortunately the German police displayed considerably more humour than their stereotype suggests in dealing with these idiots.

Personally I don’t subscribed to any of these theories but life and football are different and I’ve never had much time for the German football team, who are pompous, boring and, worst of all, the kind of ruthlessly efficient winners we always hope the England team will be.

I’m too young to have seen the 1966 final but I know the Bandarqqball went over the line because it has been repeated hundreds of thousands of times on English television. Great though it was that final has haunted English football ever since not least by giving us the delirious idea that we are better than the Germans at football. History strongly suggests otherwise.

Since the ’66 final Germany have won the World Cup twice and been to the final on four other occasions. On the way they have tortured England more than any other nation. Knocking them out of Mexico ’70, Italy ’90 on penalties and Euro 96 again on penalties – they do earn that ruthless stereotype – and winning the last game at Wembely. When England beat them at Euro 2000 or a 5-1 thrashing in 2002 qualifying it didn’t seem to matter. Both teams went out at the group stage at Euro 2000 and both qualified for 2002 with Germany, of course reaching the final while England were again bundled out in the quarters. the Germans don’t even consider us their rivals saving that spot for the Dutch.Indian satta

So, when it comes to football we’ve got a reasonable of a grudge to bear against the Germans. And in this respect surely it’s not just us. Great footballers though they were it was hard to like sneering Mattaus, or the diving Klinsman – at least before his rebirth as a comedian when he moved to England. Even the Germans couldn’t tolerate the arrogance of Steffen Effenberg who they sent home from USA ’94 for swearing at his own fans. When Frank Rijkaard spat in Rudi Voller’s bubble perm it felt like he was getting one back for all of us.

Most of all English don’t like the German football team because they play with the virtues we want our own team to play with. They are strong and courageous, working with a collective purpose and controlled energy that England aspire to but can never achieve. They don’t play the champagne football of Brazil but they defend with lion hearts and move the ball effectively from defence to attack striking with precision at clinical moments. They win on penalties. They win the World Cup. The truth is English don’t hate the Germans, we’re jealous of them.

This year though something has changed. Germany went into this World Cup facing the fear of humiliation. The team looked average thrashed by Italy and scraping a draw with Japan in the build up. The nation was divided in by the Kahn-Lehman debate (Sven Goran-Erikkson would probably have picked them both), Klinsman lived in California and was babbling all sorts of new age nonsense about positive energy. Germany faced the real prospect of disaster.

Then the team started to play. The arrogance was gone but the confidence was still there. They looked a bit vulnerable at the back but they attacked with venom and energy. Where other teams haven’t wanted to lose Germany have wanted to win. A weak group was brushed aside and the Swedes were blown away with some fearsome attacking. Then, the Argentians, lacking the courage of their convictions, succumbed on penalties, and somehow I found myself roaring with delight as every one went in. Klinsi smiled and the nation rejoiced. Thoughts of humiliation replaced with thoughts of Glory.

The players are young and engaging, strong but vulnerable. Even Kahn seems to have mellowed out. Their most symbolic player is not the teutonic Ballack but the left-back Philip Lahm. He bombs up and down the wing like a dashund and defends like a German Sheperd. All the while he innocently holds on to the edges of his long-sleeves looking for all the world like a little boy.

I’ll might as well just say it – I LOVE THE GERMANS and I hope they thrash the negative Italians and go on to take the cup. I have only one fear – What if I support the Germans and they lose?

Today in Togel SingaporeFootball

*Shinji Kagawa hit a brace and Keisuke Honda added another as Japan downed South Korea 3-0 in Sapporo. Players wore black armbands in honour of former Japanese international Naoki Matsuda, who died a week ago, and Indian satta observed a minute’s silence.

*Tottenham’s home match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed as the clean-up continues following the riots in London. The north Togel SingaporeLondon area was the epicentre of the violence which spread to other English cities and forced an emergency debate today in the House of Commons.

*Cesc Fabregas’ move to Barcelona looks set to be finalised by the weekend. Arsenal are also negotiating to transfer Samir Nasri to Manchester City, leaving the Gunners three weeks to replace their best two players before the transfer deadline.

*Jack Warner ally Lisle Austin has been banned from football for a year by FIFA. The CONCACAF official was involved in the crazy in-fighting in May after Chuck Blazer shopped Warner and Mohamed Bin-Hammam for bribery. Austin ‘fired’ Blazer without authority, leaving CONCACAF to issue a press statement contradicting its acting president, who was subsequently dismissed. When Austin went to the Bahamian court to get his job back, FIFA isolated him.

*The FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia has reached the quarter-final stage. Cameroon, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia and South Korea fell by the wayside in the second round.

QF lineup: Brazil v Spain, Mexico v Colombia, France v Nigeria, Portugal v Argentina

*Jurgen Klinsmann’s first game in charge of the USA ended in a 1-1 draw with Mexico in front of 30,000 in Philadelphia, World Champions Spain lost 2-1 to Italy in Bari and Germany beat Brazil 3-2 in Stuttgart.

Football falls victim to London riots

The violence which has traumatised London for the past four days has led to the cancellation of several games, including the England v Netherlands international friendly.

With Britain in a daze from the unexpected rioting and looting which has now spread to several cities, the Football Association had no choice but to cancel Wednesday’s Wembley match, with all available police urgently needed to regain control of the streets.

The Dutch squad, due to fly out from Amsterdam on Tuesday, were informed the police could not guarantee their or their fans’ safety. The KNVB may seek compensation.

The competition’s format is two initial groups of five teams which play each other once. Group A is made up of Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and hosts Venezuela. Group B contains Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. As with every group stage competition the championship has a ‘group of death’ and that tag is bestowed on Group B in Venezuela.

The top three sides in each group then proceed to a final group stage of six teams. The country on top after this six team round-robin will be crowded the 2009 South American Indian satta vunder-20 champions.

Only the four top teams from the event will qualify for the FIFA under-20 World Cup in Egypt later this year. Seven of the last eight winners of this youth World Cup have been CONMEBOL sides.

In total the competition will feature a whooping 35 games, an ample dose for any football fan with an eye on the latest players to drop off the South American production line and into Europe’s top leagues.

Team-by-team insight:

Argentina

The Albiceleste come into the tournament with a very strong pedigree. The winners of the under-20 FIFA World Cup in Canada two years ago have Argentina’s 2008 Olympic gold medal coach Sergio Batista in charge. Even though Franco Di Santo and Pablo Piatti have not been released by Chelsea and Almeria respectively the squad is still as strong as any at the competition. Batista was able to prize away Emiliano Insua, the left-back who was enjoying a run in Liverpool’s first team in the Premier League.

Milligan and Covic were part of Guus Hiddink’s 2006 World Cup squad with the ‘keeper’s absence particularly confusing given none of Verbeek’s three replacements have previously enjoyed a taste of senior action.

Covic’s Socceroos career is now surely finished.

Adelaide’s Sasa Ognenovski will also never experience playing for the green and gold, with the Melbourne-born central defender heading to K-League club Seongnam Ilhwa at the end of the season expressing a preference to play for Macedonia over than his homeland.

But perhaps the biggest surprise is Sydney midfielder Stuart Musialik’s fall from grace.

Granted the pre-season title favourites saw their hopes of a place in the A-League finals series extinguished by defeat in Queensland over the weekend. But the 23-year-old was expected to win a berth in Verbeek’s party and the snub must be particularly galling.

Musialik had long been whispered as a senior national team figure and was one of seven A-League players called up for Australia’s pre-World Cup qualifier training camp last October. He is the only one of the septet not retained for this squad.

The deep-lying playmaker last week predicted the bottom clubs, of which Sydney have surprisingly Delhi Bazaar Satta King been one this year, might not feature heavily in Verbeek’s thinking. But John Kosmina’s side will be represented by first year professional Shannon Cole.

Cole seems highly regarded despite only a recent rise to the top flight in Australia.

Verbeek is a huge fan of his versatility while a Times article by respected football writer Gabriele Marcotti over the weekend placed Cole above the likes of Bruce Djite, James Holland and Matthew Spiranovic as Australian football’s chief rising star.

“It’s one of those things where you hear people say all the time, if you told me this 12 months ago I would have said you were crazy, so it goes without saying that it’s not something that I expected at all or considered,” a breathless Cole revealed.

With the World Cup exposing a number of ageing European teams in need of new blood, a glimpse of the immediate future can be seen at the 2010 UEFA U-19 Championship, taking place in France at the moment.

Reigning champions Ukraine, who hosted the 2009 edition, failed to qualify, but hosts France have stormed into the last four, trouncing the Pengeluaran HKNetherlands 4-1 and Austria 5-0. Joining them from group A are England, who beat Austria 3-2, drew 1-1 with France and lost 0-1 to the Dutch.

Although the French are the play bazaar tournament’s highest scorers, top of the points charts are surprise, surprise, Spain, the only unbeaten team. The Spanish U19s defeated Croatia and Portugal 2-1 before a comfortable 3-0 dismissal of Italy.

Top of the goal charts with three strikes are Liverpool’s Spanish prodigy Daniel Pacheco and Croatian midfielder Zvonko Pamic, who plays for Freiburg in Germany.

UEFA U-19 Semi-Finals Tue 27th July

J. League Results July 25 2010.

Sunday 25 July

Kawasaki Frontale 1 Kyoto Sanga 0

Shonan Bellmare 1 FC Tokyo 3

Vissel Kobe 3 Omiya Ardija 1

Saturday 24 July

Urawa Reds 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1

Jubilo Iwata 2 Kashima Antlers 3

Cerezo Osaka 3 Montedio Yamagata 0

Vegalta Sendai 2 Albirex Niigata 3

Yokohama F Marinos 1 Gamba Osaka 0

Nagoya Grampus 3 Shimizu S-Pulse 3

J.League Table

Kashima Antlers P 14 Pts 30

Shimizu S-Pulse P 14 Pts 27

Nagoya Grampus P 14 Pts 26

Kawasaki Frontale P 14 Pts 24

Cerezo Osaka P 14 Pts 23

Hiroshima P 14 Pts 22

Leading Scorers

Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 9

Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 8

Edmilson, Urawa Reds 7

Renatinho, Kawasaki Frontale 7

Kazuma Watanabe, Yokohama F Marinos 7

Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo Iwata 7

Shinji Kagawa, Cerezo Osaka 7

Marcio Richardes, Albirex Niigata 7

Nagoya vs Shimizu lives up to all the hype

Vegemite is a common sight on the shelves at Japanese speciality store Kaldi Coffee Farm, and there was another slice of Australia on display in downtown Nagoya overnight.

Socceroos striker Josh Kennedy ran out against another lanky Australian in the form of Eddy Bosnar, but their was little to separate their respective sides as Nagoya Grampus drew 3-3 with Shimizu S-Pulse at Mizuho Stadium.

The draw maintains the status quo in the J. League, with Shimizu remaining second and Nagoya third behind current league leaders Kashima Antlers.

With this summer’s World Cup vulnerable to another scandal, we are unlikely to have heard the end of this debate, that is for sure.

The IFAB reconvene in May to discuss the role of the fourth official with regard to informing the referee of incidents, plus proposals to yellow-card players who stop or feint while taking a penalty kick, stopping the automatic red card for denying a goal-scoring opportunity and extending the UEFA Europa League’s trial of an extra referee behind the goal to FIFA competitions from next season.

Kuala Lumpur in AFC House.

AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam received the bid book from FFA Chairman Frank Lowy in the presence of AFC Vice President Zhang Jilong, AFC General Secretary Alex Soosay and FFA CEO Ben Buckle.

Australia is the only candidate to bid for the 16th edition the Asian Cup tournament.

Mr Lowy said “We at the FFA are dedicated, honoured Delhi Bazaar Satta King and privileged to make AFC Asian Cup bigger, better and more successful than the previous editions.

“It’s my honour to present the bid book and I can tell you that Australia is excited to host this event at all levels, sporting, government and the general public.”

2010 World Keluaran HKCup Training Facilities

Western Cape

Newlands Rugby Ground

UWC Soccer Field

Stellenbosch Rugby Ground

UCT Rugby Ground

Bellville Rugby Ground

Athlone Stadium

Johannesburg

Orlando Stadium

Dobsonville Stadium

Rand Stadium

Cecil Payne Stadium

Rabie Ridge Stadium

Ruimsig Stadium

Durban

SJ Smith Stadium

Chatsworth Stadium

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium

King Zwelithini Stadium

Princess Magogo Stadium

Other regions

2010 World Cup Base Camps.

Johannesburg

Bafana Bafana – Southern Sun Keluaran HKGrayston Hotel and will train at Sandown High School

Honduras (Indaba Hotel Delhi Bazaar Satta King Fourways)

Mexico (Thaba ya Batswana)

Netherlands (Hilton Sandton),

North Korea (Protea Hotel Midrand)

Serbia (Sunnyside Park Hotel)

Slovenia (Hyde Park Southern Sun)

Australia (Kloofzicht Lodge near Muldersdrift)

New Zealand (Serengeti Estate near OR Tambo)

Switzerland (Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark)