World Cup 2010: The world comes to South Africa

[Mavdog]

It begins, the road to being the world champion. For those who enjoy the game of European football (soccer to we Americans) World Cup qualifying has started.

So here’s a thread to talk about the long road to South Africa, and your team.

First, the qualifying matches so far….

England looked very listless against Andorra. They left with the win, but…

France…well, Austria isn’t a pushover, but France sure looked light in that fixture.

Italy needs to have more passion.

Germany looks strong out of the gate, and Spain could be not only the Champions of Europe but also of the world.

The USA and Mexico show again they are the class of their region. The US win in Guatemala was very hard earned and showed a great deal of fortitude. Mexico hasn’t been tested yet.

Paraguay is the surprise to me, they are definitely challenging the big boys of Brazil and Argentina.

[alby]

Looks like it may not even make it to S. Africa!

[Mavdog]

what an incredible couple of matches I saw this week.

germany should be very. very worried, without an incredible performance by klose they would have lost.

portugal somehow thought their game with denmark was over when there was still 5 minutes left to play, and unfortunately for portugal denmark made them pay for their mistake.

and the usa and mexico continue to roll thru concacaf.

[horse900703]

Good luck

[Murphy3]

I thought soccer disbanded....?