All the group games, the times are in British Summer Time which is GMT +1hr


09 June 2006
20:00 Group A Poland vs Ecuador (Gelsenkirchen)
17:00 Group A Germany vs Costa Rica (Munich)

10 June 2006
14:00 Group B England vs Paraguay (Frankfurt)
17:00 Group B Trinidad & Tob vs Sweden (Dortmund)
20:00 Group C Argentina vs Ivory Coast (Hamburg)

11 June 2006
14:00 Group C Serbia & Mont vs Holland (Leipzig)
17:00 Group D Mexico vs Iran (Nuremberg)
20:00 Group D Angola vs Portugal (Cologne)

12 June 2006
20:00 Group E Italy vs Ghana (Hanover)
17:00 Group E USA vs Czech Rep (Gelsenkirchen)
14:00 Group F Australia vs Japan (Kaiserslautern)

13 June 2006
20:00 Group F Brazil vs Croatia (Berlin)
17:00 Group G France vs Switzerland (Stuttgart)
14:00 Group G South Korea vs Togo (Frankfurt)

14 June 2006
20:00 Group A Germany vs Poland (Dortmund)
14:00 Group H Spain vs Ukraine (Leipzig)
17:00 Group H Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia (Munich)

15 June 2006
14:00 Group A Ecuador vs Costa Rica (Hamburg)
17:00 Group B England vs Trinidad & Tob (Nuremberg)
20:00 Group B Sweden vs Paraguay (Berlin)

16 June 2006
14:00 Group C Argentina vs Serbia & Mont (Gelsenkirchen)
17:00 Group C Holland vs Ivory Coast (Stuttgart)
20:00 Group D Mexico vs Angola (Hanover)

17 June 2006
14:00 Group D Portugal vs Iran (Frankfurt)
20:00 Group E Italy vs USA (Kaiserslautern)
17:00 Group E Czech Rep vs Ghana (Cologne)

18 June 2006
17:00 Group F Brazil vs Australia (Munich)
14:00 Group F Japan vs Croatia (Nuremberg)
20:00 Group G France vs South Korea (Leipzig)

19 June 2006
14:00 Group G Togo vs Switzerland (Dortmund)
20:00 Group H Spain vs Tunisia (Stuttgart)
17:00 Group H Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine (Hamburg)

20 June 2006
15:00 Group A Ecuador vs Germany (Berlin)
15:00 Group A Costa Rica vs Poland (Hanover)
20:00 Group B Sweden vs England (Cologne)
20:00 Group B Paraguay vs Trinidad & Tob (Kaiserslautern)

21 June 2006
20:00 Group C Holland vs Argentina (Frankfurt)
20:00 Group C Ivory Coast vs Serbia & Mont (Munich)
15:00 Group D Portugal vs Mexico (Gelsenkirchen)
15:00 Group D Iran vs Angola (Leipzig)

22 June 2006
15:00 Group E Czech Rep vs Italy (Hamburg)
15:00 Group E Ghana vs USA (Nuremberg)
20:00 Group F Japan vs Brazil (Dortmund)
20:00 Group F Croatia vs Australia (Stuttgart)

23 June 2006
20:00 Group G Togo vs France (Cologne)
20:00 Group G Switzerland vs South Korea (Hanover)
15:00 Group H Saudi Arabia vs Spain (Kaiserslautern)
15:00 Group H Ukraine vs Tunisia (Berlin)

"3 Lions on the shirt.. . "

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Germany 4 - Costa Rica 2

Lahm 6'
Wanchope 12'
Klose 17'
Klose 61'
Wanchope 73'
Frings 87'

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Poland 0 - Ecuador 2

Tenorio 24'
Delgado 80'

my prediction - now 40 minutes before the opening whistle-



England 2
Paraguay 1

(of course word is that rooney isn't playing, which could help - he's good but I think he'll get red-carded at least once during the tournament)

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England 1 - Paraguay 0

Gamarra o.g. 3'

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Trinidad & Tobago 0 - Sweden 0

what a performance!! SHAKA 'freakin' HISLOP!!! Amazing david and goliath match and T&T deserved their point (in fact, I'd almost say they deserved a win if they could've put a few more passes together in the final 3rd)

As for England - hmm, a spotty performance at best - I'm impressed by the defense and the holding midfielders - beckham is, as always, overrated and doesn't really get involved in anything but set plays and -i hate to say this about one of my Arsenal players- Ashley Cole was wretched! Otherwise Joe Cole and John Terry were co-men of the match IMHO!

Now its just to wait for the USA on Monday!!

Hislop was fantastic, just hope they put their no. 1 goalkeeper back between the sticks whent they play England on Thursday!

Liverpool bias I may be but I thought Steven Gerrard had a great game and very harshly given a yellow card by that fucked up referee.