Tor! Tor! Tor! Tor!!!!! The World of Soccer

[David In Indy]

With Team USA eliminated, I'm now rooting for the Aussies

Lynne - Yeah, I love Australia. But I am still cheering for Holland. If Holland loses, it would be really cool if Australia or England won it.

[Giancarlo]

I don't think they'll defeat Italy...

[JennyC]

SWITZERLAND 2-0 KOREA REPUBLIC

So there goes the last Asian team...

I thought if there is any Asian team that might go into the next around, it will be Korea. Guess not 

[Pipedream]

Today the second round starts in Munich with the encounter

Germany – Sweden!!! Yay!

It's a beautiful summerday overhere. But, alas, I'll have to drag myself to a pub in the late afternoon to watch this with a couple of friends. Life can be so hard… 

Just in case this will be the last time we hear the German national anthem in this tournament (which nobody seriously believes, hunh?) I've attached the version of the little soccer-players from Oerlenbach below who represented Germany in the Mini-World Cup, my broadcasting station organized in May. They sang it exclusively for me and outdid themselves! 

Sadly, they didn't win in the end. Our Mini-World-Champion was Ukraine (represented by a team from Fürth-Poppenreuth near Nürnberg)!





Anyways, the Swedish fans seem to like it in Germany, especially the comparatively small beer prices!
We'll miss them when they travel home tomorrow... 


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[Pipedream]

Whooowhooo!!!!!   

Germany - Sweden: 2:0 !!!!!!!!!!

They were good! They were really good! Man of the day: Lukas Podolski who scored both goals for Germany with excellent help from the stunning Miroslav Klose!
Two golden boys!  

Podolski after his second goal:



Good friends: Podolski and Klose!







Celebrating: German trainer Jürgen Klinsmann!  

[Giancarlo]

Argentina - Mexico: 2 - 1

Very hard fought by both sides...







Argentina won rightfully so, and outpaced Mexico in the last two time extensions..

[Pipedream]

Here come some impressions of
yesterday's celebrations. Germany
has turned into one big party-zone! 



Public viewing area in the Olympia Park, Munich:







Over one million people celebrated in the streets of Berlin:









Cologne:

[Lumière]

Whooowhooo!!!!!   

Germany - Sweden: 2:0 !!!!!!!!!!

They were good! They were really good! Man of the day: Lukas Podolski who scored both goals for Germany with excellent help from the stunning Miroslav Klose!
Two golden boys!  

Podolski after his second goal:



Good friends: Podolski and Klose:

 

Where is henrypie??
Look what Podolski and Klose did for you and me !!!!
Do we luv 'em or what?? 

[Lumière]

Anke...what excellent out of tune singing by them lovely lil soccer players! 
How adorable!  Cool idea dat - Mini-World Cup Tournament!

[Giancarlo]

England is so over-rated. Ecuador gave them quite a match, and it was one goal by the over-rated captain David Beckham (one who hasn't made a goal in like three years). I don't see them lasting beyond the quarterfinals.