FIFA World Cup 2010

[The Coon Dog]

With just over a month before the FIFA 2010 World Cup kicks off I thought it might be a good time to start a World Cup thread.

Below are the 8 groups (the soccer balls were a bit bigger than I thought they would be, so apologies for that)..

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Group A

South Africa

Mexico

Uruguay

France

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Group B

Argentina

Nigeria

South Korea

Greece

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Group C

England

USA

Algeria

Slovenia

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Group D

Germany

Australia

Ghana

Serbia

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Group E

Netherlands

Denmark

Japan

Cameroon

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Group F

Italy

Paraguay

New Zealand

Slovakia

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Group G

Brazil

North Korea

Ivory Coast

Portugal

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Group G

Spain

Switzerland

Honduras

Chile

[Missing Dog]

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Group D

Germany

Germany have announced their squad

Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04)
Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Hans-Joerg Butt (Bayern Munich)
Dennis Aogo (Hamburg)
Jerome Boateng (Hamburg)
Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen)
Marcell Jansen (Hamburg)
Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart)
Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich)
Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim)
Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
Marko Marin
Mesut Oezil (Werder Bremen)
Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg)
Sami Khedira
Christian Traesch ( VfB Stuttgart)
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Cacau (VfB Stuttgart)
Mario Gomez
Miroslav Klose
Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich)
Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lukas Podolski (Cologne)

[angelopetraglia]

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Absolutely can't wait.

34 days to go.

I'm travelling to my first World Cup. Very excited. Taking in all the Aussie group games.

Anyone else making the long trip to South Africa?

[Missing Dog]

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Absolutely can't wait.

34 days to go.

I'm travelling to my first World Cup. Very excited. Taking in all the Aussie group games.

Anyone else making the long trip to South Africa?

Are you going with an organised group.

[angelopetraglia]

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No. We are doing our own thing. Has been a little difficult (and a bit of fun) organising all the the bits and pieces (i.e. travel, accomodation, tickets etc.) and have just about finalised everything now.

Also taking in a few other games and getting around a fair bit (e.g. Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Rustenburg, Nelspruit and Mala Mala).

The group thing just did not appeal (in particular "tent" city in Durban, but each to their own).

Have travelled extensively but have never been to SA before, so I don't really know what to expect. Some people who I am travelling with have been there, so have been relying on their knowledge as well as lots of the usual info on the internet and in particualr forums.

[Missing Dog]

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Very jealous, I'm sure you'll have a great time.

Tent City - the fanatics should stick to following tennis

[Jasper]

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Germany have announced their squad

Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04)
Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Hans-Joerg Butt (Bayern Munich)
Dennis Aogo (Hamburg)
Jerome Boateng (Hamburg)
Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen)
Marcell Jansen (Hamburg)
Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart)
Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich)
Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim)
Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
Marko Marin
Mesut Oezil (Werder Bremen)
Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg)
Sami Khedira
Christian Traesch ( VfB Stuttgart)
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Cacau (VfB Stuttgart)
Mario Gomez
Miroslav Klose
Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich)
Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lukas Podolski (Cologne)

And after your extensive analysis of the German squad, your conclusion is "What?" Mr Soccer?