Samba Samba The Magician Da Stopa Brazil are gonna do it 4 sure :cool:

Oh no it will never happen. Korea's dreams have been stop short by the Germans. Brazil what can u do :confused:

Oh no it will never happen. Korea's dreams have been stop short by the Germans. Brazil what can u do

They can do it again(Brazil) Ronaldinho handed one match ban He'll be back in the final and he's gonna ... Ronaldinho is free to play in the World Cup final should Brazil get there after his ban was today confirmed as just one match. The Brazilian winger was sent off against England on Friday, seven minutes after he hit what turned out to be the winner in the 2-1 victory. FIFA's disciplinary committee discussed the incident this morning in Tokyo, but decided against increasing the automatic one-match suspension. Ronaldinho, who was shown a straight red card for a foul on Danny Mills, will only miss Wednesday's semi-final with Turkey. Rivaldo, meanwhile, who has been one of the outstanding players at the World Cup, remembered on Sunday that barely one month ago people were writing him off and saying he should not be picked. The Barcelona player has scored one goal in each of Brazil's five games, helping them reach the semi-finals, and is still on course to emulate Jairzinho, who scored in every match as Brazil won the third of their fourth world titles in 1970. But his presence had been doubt on the eve of the tournament after he suffered a knee injury, Forcing him to miss the end of the Spanish season and the climax of the Champions League. 'I don't like to give an opinion about myself. But I feel fine, I'm happy with the way I'm playing and happy with my recovery, because I went through very difficult moments,' he told reporters. But he said that people had not realised how hard he had battled to get fit in time. 'I always had confidence in myself,' he said. 'A lot things were said, there were even jokes and all sort of comments about my knee and this made me a bit sad. 'I battled hard and brought a physiotherapist to Barcelona from Brazil to look after me 24 hours a day and get me better.' 'I worked very hard but people didn't realise this and they criticised me, they said I was crocked and another player should be picked.' ANOTHER ZICO Rivaldo compared himself to former midfielder Zico, who went into the 1986 World Cup still recovering from a serious knee injury. Zico was used only as a substitute in that competition but still took a penalty - which he missed - in the quarter-final against France as Brazil were knocked out. 'A lot of people said I would not be in the World Cup because of the problems but here am I in the World Cup and I'm happy with what I'm doing for the national team.' Rivaldo's international career stretches back nine years but he has rarely won recognition, even though he scored four goals and won a runners-up medal in the 1998 World Cup and was joint topscorer when Brazil won the Copa America one year later. He has frequently been accused of saving his best for his Spanish club and has been jeered by the crowd during some of Brazil's recent home games. At one stage, he threatened to abandon his international career. Rivaldo also recalled that Brazil had been tipped for an early exit after a stuttering campaign in the qualifiers, during which they lost an unprecedented six games. 'We lost games against Bolivia and Ecuador and people thought we would not get past the first round. They said that Argentina were the favourites but Argentina were knocked out in the first round and we are in the last four. 'In the last three World Cups, we have always been in with a chance. In 1994, we were champions, in 1998, runners-up and now we are in the last four. 'If you analyse it, you will see that no other team - Italy, England, Germany or Argentina - can equal this record.'

'Pragmatic' Brazil a turn-off for Cruyff LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's preference for pragmatism over creativity is boring and it will be a negative development for football if they win the World Cup, former European player of the year Johann Cruyff has said. 'Brazil have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, but I will not be celebrating if they win,' the Dutchman wrote in his column British newspaper The Sunday Times. 'Of course they are better than the side that struggled to qualify for the tournament, but I don't care too much for the way they play. 'I find their style too pragmatic, too built on counter-attack and I fear if they end up winning this World Cup, the game as a whole will lose. 'Sadly, this World Cup has featured a number of sides answering to similar instructions... They have not put a premium on technique, but an emphasis on physical industry. 'This is football and it is supposed to provide entertainment.' Brazil face Turkey in the last four after beating England 2-1 in their quarter-final on Friday. Cruyff, who shone for Ajax Amsterdam and the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s, also said the World Cup had suffered because many players in the top teams were exhausted at the end of long domestic seasons. 'So many big names left this tournament having given a poor account of themselves because some of them have been playing their 80th match of the season,' he added. 'There are too many matches, particularly in countries such as England and Spain with their 20-club leagues. The ceiling for a top division should be 18 teams; 16 would be ideal. And the way the Champions League is structured is absurd.' Brazil make Cruyff Hola! :eek:

Consumer-electronics giant Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD. The drive uses 3cm discs that can store up to 1GB of data. Typical CDs, measuring 12cm in diameter, can hold up to 650MB of data. The prototype drive measures just 5.6 by 3.4 by 0.75cm--suitable for use in portable devices such as digital cameras, handhelds and cell phones--but the company is continuing to work to shrink the drive. Philips issued a release this week, but representatives were not available to comment Wednesday. The increased storage is made possible by way of blue-laser technology. Blue lasers have shorter wavelengths than red lasers, which are used in current optical CD drives to read data off discs. Philips has been promoting the technology and is one of nine companies in the "Blu-ray Disc Founders." The group is pushing a new blue-laser format for standard-sized CDs, which will increase their capacity to 27GB. Other Blu-ray founders include Hitachi, LG Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Pioneer, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Thomson Multimedia. Optical drives and discs are less expensive than the flash memory typically used in portable devices today. The low cost of the discs makes the format more appealing to consumers than removable flash memory cards, but adding a new storage technology to devices is expensive, according to Gartner analyst Mary Craig. "It takes a lot of money to develop and market a mini-drive for devices," Craig said. DataPlay is also working to add mini-drive technology to portable devices but has taken longer than expected to release a product, Craig said. DataPlay discs will be able to hold 500MB of data and are also just 3cm wide. "The advantage for Philips is that they have been in the market for years," Craig said.

Consumer-electronics giant Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD. The drive uses 3cm discs that can store up to 1GB of data. Typical CDs, measuring 12cm in diameter, can hold up to 650MB of data. The prototype drive measures just 5.6 by 3.4 by 0.75cm--suitable for use in portable devices such as digital cameras, handhelds and cell phones--but the company is continuing to work to shrink the drive. Philips issued a release this week, but representatives were not available to comment Wednesday. The increased storage is made possible by way of blue-laser technology. Blue lasers have shorter wavelengths than red lasers, which are used in current optical CD drives to read data off discs. Philips has been promoting the technology and is one of nine companies in the "Blu-ray Disc Founders." The group is pushing a new blue-laser format for standard-sized CDs, which will increase their capacity to 27GB. Other Blu-ray founders include Hitachi, LG Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Pioneer, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Thomson Multimedia. Optical drives and discs are less expensive than the flash memory typically used in portable devices today. The low cost of the discs makes the format more appealing to consumers than removable flash memory cards, but adding a new storage technology to devices is expensive, according to Gartner analyst Mary Craig. "It takes a lot of money to develop and market a mini-drive for devices," Craig said. DataPlay is also working to add mini-drive technology to portable devices but has taken longer than expected to release a product, Craig said. DataPlay discs will be able to hold 500MB of data and are also just 3cm wide. "The advantage for Philips is that they have been in the market for years," Craig said.

Da world cup's almost over and we gonna concentrate on the Premiership. I know most of are gunners.

Wenger:i guess all ya teams are out of da world cup.how about an all tick final and that's possible. Wenger u gotta focus on the premiership now. woooooo

lol guyz who else do u think is gonna win the stuff once if Brazil kick the Turks go out. Brazil are better. Korea is gonna beat Germany, then come face 2 face with the Teachers of Soccer and will be shown the beach soccer. joka :eek:

Senegal lose and turkey on 2 face Brazil! who knows what on earth's gonna happen then. Brazil hardly beat Turkey in their first game and here they are again facing each other. I bet it's gonna be a physical game any side make a mistake then down they go. Luk :rolleyes: outta there 4 the short Turks :cool:

hard luck well it'z over now and England have 2 wait 2 more years!!

hey fellas who do u think is gonna win da England Vs Brazil game. There are many talks goin around. pse have a say. Thanx :confused:

hey wenger it's too early to say anythin about da game or who is gonna win or lose. u know both the 2 teams are capable of doing miracles. let's wait... all got great playerz wait n see what hapenz :eek: