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The Situation Is This

June 22nd, 2006 | By: Daryl | 12 Comments »

Over on the main page, Bob has been busy calculating who needs what to happen today in Group E.

In Bob’s words, the situation is as follows:

“The United States needs a win over Ghana and a Czech Republic loss to Italy to advance. If the Czechs draw with Italy, the USA must win and make up the goal difference with the Czechs (currently +1 for the Czechs and -3 for USA). If the Czechs beat Italy and the USA beats Ghana, the Americans must make up the goal difference with Italy (currently +2 for Italy).”

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By Juan | June 22nd, 2006 at 6:15 am

Soooo basically we need to pull a McGiver?

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By asiarules | June 22nd, 2006 at 6:20 am

the situation is a little simpler than that…

usa can guarantee passage by winning by 5 goals, though winning by 4 is probably enough.

the only realistic scenarios are:

italy and usa win
czech beats italy 2-0, usa win 3-0
czech and italy draw 0-0, usa win 4-0

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By chuck | June 22nd, 2006 at 8:17 am

We control our own destiny, in a way. If we win by 5 goals, we are in, no matter what happens in any other game.

Heh.

The following link breaks down all of the scenarios, right down to what would have to occur to prompt the mysterious drawing of lots.

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By Bidemi | June 22nd, 2006 at 12:22 pm

We would only beat Ghana 5-0 in some obscene fantasy or twilight zone scenario. I am hoping to God that Italy beats the Czechs. I don’t want both European sides going through. I wouldn’t mind Italy-Ghana or Italy-USA going through. A Italy-Czech situation would just be devastating.

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By The Big Lead | June 22nd, 2006 at 1:27 pm

We tried to find an email address to Daryl to send him this, but we penned an open letter to Bruce Arena last night.

By NADER KARDAN | June 22nd, 2006 at 1:29 pm

سلام .ما همگی از بازی بسیار ضعیف تیم ملی ایران ناراحت هستیم .
ولی افسوس که ناراحتی در حال حاضر هیچ فایده ای ندارد. باید همگی دست به دست هم دهیم و به امید فردایی روشن دوباره از تیم ملی فوتبال ایران حمایت کنیم.
حمایت ما از تیم ملی کشورمان است و این حمایت به این معنی نیست که ما از اشخاص خاصی مثل مربی و بازیکنان حمایت می کنیم
حمایت ما فقط از نام تیم ملی فوتبال ایران است
به امید موفقیت ایران در آینده و سر بلندی همه ایرانیان
http://www.bachehayebad.parsiblog.com

لینک مربوط به عکس هموطنان عزیز در حمایت کشورمان
http://www.farsnews.com/pic.php?ph=Media-8503-ImageReports-8503100585-6_8503100585_L600.jpg&dsc=تماشاگران%20فوتبال%20ايران%20و%20بوسني

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By Stuart | June 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 pm

I’m not seeing the 5 goal US win as a guarantee, since our fate still depends on not only the outcome but the score of the Czech-Italy match. Since we’ve yet to score, looking at 5 goals today is something like planning on winning the lottery. Preparation and focus should be on winning the match, that’s all we can try and control. The rest will have to take care of itself. It’s a shame both matches are at the same time, I’d really like to follow both since they both have meaning for advancment of all teams. THIS is how the group stages should finish, with things in play for all sides concerned.

By dietmar | June 22nd, 2006 at 3:46 pm

@stuart
i just dragged my other tv out and hooked it up, now i wont miss a thing!

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By chuck | June 22nd, 2006 at 3:54 pm

oops! forgot the link:

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5704208

The five-goal win was stated tongue-in-cheek. It is true, though, that if we win by five, it doesn’t matter what happens in the other game.

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By Atlantic Review | June 22nd, 2006 at 9:38 pm

State Department Uses the World Cup to Improve U.S. Image

From the United States Mission to Germany:A delegation of 30 young soccer players participating in the World Cup Sports Initiative organized by the U.S. State Department will travel to Germany June 21-23 to attend the FIFA World Cup match between Ghana an

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By Mike Breeze | June 23rd, 2006 at 1:26 am

Well Australia just made it through to the last 16 courtesy of our hard fought draw against Croatia.

As the game drew to its climactic finish, I remembered the comments by US Team Manager Bruce Arena following Australia’s qualification for the finals.

Good old Bruce described Australia as World Cup Easybeats.

Well Bruce, perhaps you’d better look to your own camp. Further, perhaps yuo’d better start looking for a new job.

Posted from Australia