OT: groups drawn for Football World Cup 2006

[Dan D]

The 32 qualifiers for the 2006 Football World Cup Finals in Germany were drawn on Friday into 8 groups:

Group A
Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Equador
Group B
England, Paraguay, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
Group C
Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia and Montenegro, Holland
Group D
Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal
Group E
Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan
Group G
France, Switzerland, Korea, Togo
Group H
Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia
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Any (nationalistic) comments or still busy analysing?

In the mean time: here is the basic vocabulary:
“That was never offside!”:damn: =
"Das war niemals Abseits!" :damn: (Germany)
"Jamais de la vie c’etait hors de jeu” :damn:" (France)
"Nunca fue fuera de juego!:damn:" (Spain)
"Nunca de la vida feu offside!:damn:" (Argentina)
"Non era mai fuori gioco! :damn: "(Italy)
"Dat was echt geen buitenspel!“ :damn: (Netherlands)
"Nunca foi for de jogo!" :damn: (Portugal)
"Nao foi impedimento! ":damn: (Brazil)
"O-fu-sai-do to-wa matta-ka nu uso”:damn: (Japan)
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“That was a blatant dive!”:damn: =
“Das war ‘ne Schwalbe!” :damn: (Ger.)
"C’est de la triche” :damn: (Fra.)
"No ha sido falta! Ha fatto finta!“ :damn: (Arg./Spain)
"Dat was een “Schwalbe!” :damn: (Dutch word since Hölzenbein 1974)
"Nao foi nada!" :damn: ( Port.)
Foi simulacao!" :damn: (Braz.)
"A-re-wa i-tsu-wa-ri no-fau-ru-da" :damn: (Jap.)

[Dan D]

Warm up:

“Cordoba” (1978)
-revenge for Königsgrätz 1866

During the World Cup Finals 1978 in Argentina, the Austrian team managed to beat the German team 3:2 and sent the acting world champion home.
It was Austria’s first victory against the hereditary enemy since 1931 after 47 years. This match still has a mystic quality like the fight between David and Goliath, the powerless against the arrogance of the powerful.
It has probably done a lot to emancipate Austria from Germany. Rah-Rah patriotism is presentable in Austria when it comes to the rivalry towards Germany and so is the reminder of “Cordoba 1978” when the Austrians gave the Germans a good dressing down.

The heartily animosity between the two neighbours commenced when Prussia defeated Austria at Königsgrätz 1866.
The German composer Gottfried Piefke later put the Austrian defeat to music with his saucy “Königsgrätzer Marsch” in moving 6/8 time.
Until today German tourists in Austria are called “Piefkes” which describes the cliché of the well-organised but militaristic and know-it-all-better German. The later is wrong, of course. Germans are just well informed. That is because they always have to make a plan first.
The Austrian on the other hand is described to be easy going but unreliable and lame.
Popular jokes of the past:
Says an Austrian: “Shoo, shoo!";gone was the snail.
No one survived the major fire that destroyed the embassy district; except the Germans: they were marching in the park.

Unfortunately, Austria did not qualify for the World up Finals this time and so will be missed.

links:
web page dedicated to “Cordoba” with the famous tv comment by Ing. Edi Finger
("Tor,Tor,Tor, I wer’ narrisch"):
http://cordoba.at.tf/

Königsgrätzer Marsch: http://www.sudden-strike-2-maps.de/DM/download2.php?id=1314