Perfect opportunity for Brazil to avenge the '98 final loss. Brazil are undefeated in this tournament, but they have been criticized for their sub-par performances.
France started off low, but are on a high right now with a 3-1 win against Spain.
Should be a good game!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BRAZILLLLLLLLLL :fifa:
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
Looking forward to this exciting match and good thing it doesnt start too early for Pacific Coast time - 12PM Saturday
Revenge will be sweet for Brazil :rotato:
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
Brazil against France will be one exciting match. Brazil should win though.
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
Go on french, knock the socks and mozay out of samba boys…
Zizou to score again and france to win 2-1 
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
come on Zidane!!!!!
show those rookies (=Dinho, Kaka and co) who the real maestro is!
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
hahahaha ESPN is comparing Ronaldo to Shaq and how fat both are but yet are successful and have won championships/world cups for their teams.
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
I will pray for argentina to win .....the WORLD CUP Lets see who will
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
So looks like we're set for Ronaldinho v Henry part II.
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
Go Brazil go....
If brazil wins Funguy will post a video of him where he would be doing samba dance with only his underwear on.
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
hope france wins… if you were a fungirl things would have been different!
Re: Germany '06 Fourth Quarterfinal BRAZIL Vs. FRANCE July 01
It's really up to the French. They can repeat the same lineup and play some defense or somehow put Trezeguet so he and Henry (and Ribery) can pressure Brazil's defense.
Go Zidane... Make fat boy Ronaldo retire.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
interesting fact about France:
-Euro 2000 Q final: beat Spain 2-1
-Euro 2000 S final: beat Portugal 2-1
-Euro 2004 1st round: beat England 2-1
-Euro 2000 final: beat Italy 2-1
-WC 1998 final: beat Brazil 3-0
so apart from Germany-Argentina, all remaining contenders have lost in tournaments from France recently.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
and in all these victories, Zidane played a big part:
v Spain: scored the first goal
v Portugal: scored the winning goal via spotkick
v England: demolished them by two goals in the 89th and 92th minute
v Italy: set-up the play for the golden goal by Trezeguet
v Brazil: annihilated them, with also two goals
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
This reminds of me of 1986 World cup in Mexico when there was a debate as to who the greatest football player was at that time. The french were obviously thinking Platini was and others Maradona. For Argentina as we all know Maradona won the World cup on his own with his individual performances.
This game will also provide the opprtunity and may settle the argument as to the greatest player in the world.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
^well, clearly Zidane is over his top; so any good performance he shows will be a one-off. He won't be able to sustain it for the remaining 4 matches in his career.
Apart from that, I think Kaka is a better player than Ronaldinho. However, comparing them to when Zidane was in his prime form, they both are easily overshadowed.
On the other hand, it will be a contest of the best strikers in the world: Henry vs Ronaldo vs Adriano
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
Kaka probably has been the outstanding player of the tournament.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
brazil has too many stars, too much flair and heaps of talent to see them through. I don't see France beating them despite their heroics in the last match.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
I dunt need to mention who will advance. Its understood 
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
ehsan, based on talent and succes etc etc France probably have even more (if you look at the starting eleven).
For example, 7 out of the 10 fieldplayers have become Champion with their respective clubs, and then the remaining three are France's best players Henry, Ribery and Zidane. So judging from that even Brazil can't match that.
Re: Qtr Final 4 - Brazil vs France
^ I knowwhat you are saying but they have not been performing that well recently and especially in the world cup. One good match does not mean that they have suddenly come into form. At this level every team has champions and great players in their teams but few teams are as outstanding as Brazil.