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Saturday, December 10, 2005

The Beautiful Game
The first round looks very promising for Korea in the 2006 World Cup in Germany: S. Korea drawn in Group G with France for 2006 World Cup. They'll also face Togo and Switzerland.

The same cannot be said for the Americans, I'm afraid to say, who'll face Italy, Ghana, and the Czech Republic, all teams they have never beaten: U.S. to Face Strong Group at '06 World Cup.

I watched the drawing with my brother-in-law at 5:00 AM. He was quite happy. Before the draw, Colombian singer Juanes performed a very catchy Cumbia-intinged song intitled La camisa negra. Here's the video: Juanes - La Camisa Negra.

From 한국, 토고와 6월 13일 프랑크푸르트에서 첫 경기-1보, here's a graphic that will help Korean-readers or vexillologists with the results of the draw:
The Party Pooper provides us with these odds:
    11-4 Brazil 13-2 England 7-1 Germany 8-1 Argentina, Italy 10-1 France 12-1 Spain 14-1 Netherland 18-1 Portugal 20-1 Czech Republic 28-1 Sweden 40-1 Mexico 50-1 Croatia, Ukraine 66-1 Ivory Coast, Poland 80-1 Switzerland 100-1 Serbia&Montenegro, U.S. 125-1 Australia, Ecuador 150-1 Japan, Paraguay 250-1 Ghana 300-1 South Korea, Tunisia 400-1 Angola, Togo 500-1 Costa Rica, Iran 750-1 Saudi Arabia 1,000 Trinidad&Tobago
My money's on Deutschland. With a compatriot sitting on The Throne of Saint Peter, who's to stop the hosts?