[Miraz]

Originally Posted by Cats_eye
The 32 teams participating in the WC has started their preparation for the 2006 WC. There have been some eye-opening matches that express their form. Expectation is high on some. Since these are friendly matches, for what its worth, some team may only work on strategy rather than showing their entire bag of tricks. But here are some interesting results from the past month. (What I mean is right before the ICC trophy we played a friendly match against Holland and lost, but in the knockout stage we beat the crap out of them when it mattered the most - 1997)

This should be good barometer on everyone's favorite teams are preparing.

April 12 USA 1:1 Jamaica

May 9 - Japan 1:2 Bulgaria

May 11 - Belgium 2:1 Saudi Arabia

May 13 – Japan 0:0 Scotland

May 14 – Saudi Arabia 1:0 Togo

May 23 – KoreaRep 1:1 Senegal Austria 1:4 CroatiaMay 24 – USA 0:1 Morocco May 25 – Australia 1:0 Greece May 26 KoreaRep 2:0 Bosnia-Herzegovina Saudi Arabia 0:2Czech Republic May 27 –Germany7:0 Luxemburg Portugal 4:1 Cape Verde Islands 1:1 France 1:0Mexico Spain 0:0Russia Netherlands 0:0Cameroon May 28 – Croatia 2:2 Iran May 29 – Jamaica 1:4GhanaMay 30 – Czech Rep 1:0Costa Rica Germany 2:2IranArgentina 2:0AngolaEngland 3:1HungaryMay 31 -Iran5:2Bosnia-HerzegovinaSwitzerland 1:1Italy France 2:0DenmarkSaudiArabia

Brazil played a friendly match with a club side of Switzerland and thrashed them 8-0 with couple of strikes from Adriano and Ronaldinho.