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Wed, 06-14-2006, 04:25 PM
#11
Spain Clobbered Ukraine with a 4-0 win. This game was really fun to watch and you could tell from the beginning that it was a going to be a high scoring game. So much for the mighty Shevchenko, even he wasnt enough to stand in the way of Ukraine being bulldozed. Just goes to show that one really doesnt stand for anything if you dont have a good team to back it up.
Also Saudi Arabia tied 2-2 with Tunisia. A decent game with good play from both sides.
Finally, Germany beat Poland 1-0 with the goal scored in the 91st minute by Oliver Neuville, who came on in the second half. It was heartbreaking to watch Poland try to hang in there till the end with several wonderful saves made by the Polish goalkeeper and have their hopes of advancing shattered at the very end. But in the end Germany finally got one in.
I did not get the chance to watch Germany's first game and was consequently expecting them to show an amazing performance against poland after having heard so many people praise the Germans. However, i was not particularly overwhelmed by their performance. They played sloppy at best and were having real trouble getting past the Polish defence. The presence of Ballack did not make much of a difference either. Although the Germans have probably done enough by this point to have made it to the second round, i think they will have to perform much better than they did today to be able to live up to the hopes of the German fans.
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