Final Face Off

LAADDIIEEESSSS..... AND GENTLEMEN.......

L337 Boyz Productions is proud to bring to you... the final showdown of Buggy's World Cup Pool.

It's Edge vs JS!

Who will walk away with all the moolah?

LLLLLeeettttttssss get ready to RUUUUMMMBBLLEEEE!!11!!!!!1












Buggy

Germany vs Portugal 2:1

Italy vs France 1:1

BG

Germany vs Portugal 1:1

Italy vs France 2:1

xiaobabyelle

Germany vs Portugal 2:0

Italy vs France 1:0

Kheva

Germany vs Portugal 1:0

Italy vs France 1:1

xiaobabyduck

Germany vs Portugal 2:0

Italy vs France 0:0

JS

Germany vs Portugal 2:0

Italy vs France 2:1

Hugo Jeans

Germany vs Portugal 4:0

Italy vs France 0:1

Darth

Germany vs Portugal 2:1

Italy vs France 1:1

Christian

Germany vs Portugal 2:0

Italy vs France 0:1

Amb Rose a.k.a Edge

Germany vs Portugal 2:1

Italy vs France 2:1

The Home Stretch

The big one. For all the marbles.

After the dust has settled and many a team has left Germany in tears, we are left with 2 teams not many people would have expected to be contesting the finals of the World Cup.

Zidane v Totti.

Baguette v Biscotti.

Delifrance v Pasta Fresca

Let's get it on!


****** backfill of old predictions******
kheva

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 1-0

Match 2: Portugal vs France 1-0

Buggy

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 2-1

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-0

Amb Rose a.k.a Edge

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 3-2

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-1

Christian

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 1-0

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-1

Hugo Jeans

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 2-0

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-0

BG Yeo

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 1-1

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-1

Dababyduck

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 1-1

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-1

xiaobabyelle

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 1-2

Match 2: Portugal vs France 0-1

JS

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 0-1

Match 2: Portugal vs France 1-3

JS

Match 1: Germany vs Italy 2-1

Match 2: Portugal vs France 1-1

The Favourites Fall

Who would have expected it?

Brazil is out.

At the quarterfinal stage no less. I guess in retrospect it was not such a big surprise. The reputed Fearsome Foursome of RRAK were hardly in top form throughout the whole tournament. The press were more interested in talking about Ronaldo's weight than his goals. Adriano looked more like a piece of lumber than a bullish striker. You could have easily mistaken Ronaldinho for a Sengkang Punggol player, rather than the World Footballer of the Year. Kaka seemed bogged down by doing donkey work in midfield and was not free to attack as he is in the Milan midfield.

Herein lies the flaw in Brazil's ultra offensive 4 - 2 - 4 formation. The 4 man attack has to press the opponents back by constant attacking to protect the flimsy 2 man midfield. The 2 attacking midfielders Kaka and Ronaldinho have to track back to help out in midfield when they lose the ball. Too often, Kaka has been the only one willing to run back to help out Emerson and Ze Roberto, who must feel like they had been tasked with a thankless job. Against France, this 2 man midfield was simply out-manned. Zidane had 2 bodyguards in hardmen-supreme Virea and Makalele. Malouda and Ribery often started their attacks from deep, effectively giving France a 5 man midfield. No prizes for guessing where this game was won and lost.

Finally, we got to see a glimpse of the Zidane of old. You could see the silky mastery of the ball, the ability to boss the tempo of the game. This was vintage Zidane. Reminiscent of the player at the peak of his powers. I'm far from a Zizou fanboy (even though I have a Zidane Juve jersey from 1997), but I do appreciate genius and beauty when I see it. It has been painful to see a great player slogging it out after coming out of international retirement, and realizing that the game is now one step faster, one blink more competitive and one kick more painful than it was when he left the international scene. To recapture one night of magic, was priceless. We'll have to see if this flash of brilliance was just that, a flash, or will Zizou be able to bring his A game for 2 more matches. Next up are the gritty Portugese.

In case, anyone is wondering why I have not written anything about the England v Portugal game, it's because I missed it. Then again, I was told I didn't miss much. I caught the only highlight of the game when I watched Rooney step on Carvalho's groin on ESPN. One might just even forgive Roo for perhaps exacting a measure of payback to the man who broke his metatarsal 2 months ago.

If someone cares to contribute something on the game, pls email it to me and I'll post it.

PS: Kheva is on MC today. Perhaps the shock of England getting knocked out was too much for him. Oh... the horror.... the horror....

Quarterfinals

Kheva

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 2

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 0 - 0

Buggy

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 1 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 2 - 0

BG Yeo

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 1 - 1

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 1 - 0

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Darth Dennis

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 3 - 2

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 1 - 1

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 3 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 3 - 1

xiaobabyelly

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 1 - 1

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 2 - 0

dababyduckie

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 1 - 1

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Amb Rose aka The Rated R Superstar

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 2 - 1

Captain Charisma Christian

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 2 - 2

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 2 - 0

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 1 - 0

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 1 - 2

Hugo Jeans

Match 1: Germany vs Argentina Your Prediction: 3 - 2

Match 2: Italy vs Ukraine Your Prediction: 0 - 1

Match 3: England vs Portugal Your Prediction: 0 - 2

Match 4: Brasil vs France Your Prediction: 3 - 0