Mike Oxlong wrote:Is there any sort of Toto soccer pool for World Cup like there is for J-league?
I haven't heard of one.
Italy are a goal down right now. If the group results stand, Italy will be out of the World Cup.
The relief of England fans is partly down to the fact that some of the other big names in Europe have struggled and we could so easily have suffered their fate. Personally, I didn't have a lot of confidence that we could go very far this year. Our qualification was quite comfortable in the end but we have always lost to top teams when we've played them in recent years.
Germany will be interesting. They are certainly good enough to beat us but anything can happen in a Cup game. I just hope that we don't get a player sent off again. God help us if it comes down to penalties.