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Sorry Simon, but BRAZIL is the WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BRAZIL, GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eduardo Longo
Sao Paulo - Brazil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Campbell" <simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:14 AM
Subject: 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
> >===============
> >
>
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