World Cup Fever?

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

Tough break about Zidane, BDB. But why can't that team score? Jeeze, Henry socres like every five minutes in the Primiership. I don't think France sent its best team (Barthez?). But they still might slip by, I guess.

Barthez is still a top rate keeper, and they have Coupet on the bench, so it's not that they're hurting...and it's not goalkeeping that is bothering them. They aren't creating enough scoring chances. Henry scored within the first 10 mins against Korea, and really didn't have much after that. Not sure if the defense is slacking, or the midfield isn't getting the ball up enough. it's a must win against Togo, which can't decide whether to play or not because of money disputes...

I was watching this thing on the travel channel with Drew Carey (US Soccer Fan #1). He travelled to Spain to see Real Madrid play Barcelona...he was talking to the TV producers and directors. On top of the 100k+ fans that pile into Camp Nou in Barcelona, the match on TV gets a 62 share...for a regular season match, not a Cup final, not a tourney final. On average, the Super Bowl gets between a 40 and 60 share. I couldn't imagine a Skins/Cowboys game getting a 62 share, or having over 150 million people watching it.