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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (1430)	6/15/2002 9:02:22 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 5130

I agree that both games were below par, though I saw only the first half of Germany-Paraguay. I thought the England-Denmark scoreline was not that accurate a reflection of play: the first and third goals were definitely "soft". The keeper bobbled the first over the line, and I didn't think Heskey's shot was that brilliant. I can't imagine a ball like that getting past, say, Oliver Kahn. England certainly deserved to win, though. Assuming Brazil walks over Belgium, the quarterfinal should be interesting. I'm hoping samba prevails over fish and chips, myself. England's defense, much suspected in the runup, has come together surprisingly well, but they will be up against a serious test. I haven't seen Brazil yet, hoping for some really creative attacking play, something that there's been too little of in this tournament so far. Today's matches should be interesting. Senegal-Sweden, the battle of the giant-killers, might be a bit dull, with two solid, disciplined, defensive sides. I don't think I'll watch that (tough for me to get two a day in), but I'll surely catch Spain-Ireland. I haven't seen Spain yet, and I want to - a few months back I tagged Juan Carlos Valeron as one of the players of the future, and I want to see if he lives up to my expectations. Then of course there's Raul, Morientes, and Tristan... hard to imagine a goalless game there. The Irish will be well stoked, though, and won't be pushovers. I still have doubts about the mobility of the Spanish central defence.... I'm of course curious about Italy... they have enormous talent, and the discipline and tactical experience to stifle a running team, but can they turn it on when they need it. It's always been said that the worse Italy play in the opening stages the better they get later on, but will famous talent finally produce? As always, we'll see.

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (1430)	6/16/2002 5:17:32 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5130

Senegal 2 x 1 Sweden OT/GG (1 x 1) OUCH ! You've got your wish... The Vikings are out of the cup, no more northern Europeans left. Sylva is the hero (oh yes and Camera too).... The Swedes.... Just on the fact that after scoring an early goal they thought all they needed to do was a Catenaccio del Calcio... except it is out oF date, it no longer works and they are not Italians anyway.... After the tie, they could have scored a number of times but Sylva simply would not let them... Senegal... a [not so] giant killer... on the quarter finals