AW: OT- USA team in final 8 of World Cup soccer

["Volker Knapp" <vk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, no mirracles. Germany will beat the US team by at least 3 goals :-).
BTW, besides surprising results I have not seen good football so far.

Regards

Volker Knapp


  ++-----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
  ++Von: Simon Campbell [mailto:simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx]
  ++Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Juni 2002 08:15
  ++An: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
  ++Betreff: Re: OT- USA team in final 8 of World Cup soccer
  ++
  ++
  ++Dear Robert
  ++
  ++Sorry mate but you can't be a true football fan if you call the sport
  ++"soccer" in your subject :-)  Football-crazy fans don't cater
  ++to the name
  ++that the 10 yanks who follow the game call it (yes, you 10 have
  ++my utmost
  ++respect for knowing the real deal)!!  The biggest sport in the world,
  ++played and watched by 6 billion people outside the U.S. is called
  ++FOOTBALL!!  As for Friday morning, there's only ONE match (worth
  ++watching!): the glamour match of the tournament so far.  To the
  ++neutrals
  ++who really want to see how the game is played, check out:
  ++
  ++England vs Brazil
  ++
  ++The winners (England of course!) are going on to win the tournament.
  ++The USA has done well to get this far, but another unranked
  ++team has done
  ++even better: Korea - they have never previously won a single
  ++game in the
  ++tournament let alone reached the quarter-finals.  Since the yanks don't
  ++share the same passion for the world's biggest sport that the
  ++rest of us
  ++do, it would be morally wrong for them to go any further!  Can
  ++you imagine
  ++1.5 million Americans gathering in a major city to go crazy
  ++over a SOCCER
  ++match, like the Koreans did when they beat Italy?  As for England and
  ++Brazil - both countries will literally shut down while this
  ++match is being
  ++played.  From the boardroom to the factory floor, nobody will
  ++be at work :-)
  ++
  ++All in all, nice run USA ...but I'm happier for the Koreans
  ++where at least
  ++it means something to them!
  ++Now it's time to go back to playing rounders (oops I mean,
  ++Baseball) after
  ++the Germans send you home!!!
  ++
  ++S.
  ++PS. Any country whose citizens need email notification that
  ++their national
  ++team is in the quarter-finals of the biggest sporting spectacle on the
  ++planet ...what can you say?!
  ++(Now watch a massive miracle happen and the U.S. beats Germany ...ain't
  ++that the way :-)!!)
  ++
  ++
  ++At 07:35 PM 6/20/2002 , you wrote:
  ++
  ++>To the yanks out there, your USA team has incredibly made it
  ++to the last 8
  ++>of the World Cup in Korea/Japan. It is a brilliant effort on
  ++their behalf.
  ++>The USA has played some great football. The USA plays Germany
  ++in a quarter
  ++>final around Friday early morning USA time. The whole
  ++tournament has been
  ++>awesome!
  ++>
  ++>Congrats to the USA soccer team!!
  ++>
  ++>Best Regards,
  ++>
  ++>Robert Bianchi
  ++>r.bianchi@xxxxxxxxx
  ++>===============
  ++>
  ++