• Vive la France! Or Viva Portugal! - USA Today
  Times of MaltaVive la France! Or Viva Portugal!USA Today - 14 hours ago… France beat Portugal on penalty kicks in last year’s World Cup ? OK, it was the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil. As far … Portugal, France defying the odds CBC NewsPortugal, France are still feuding over controversial match in … Winston-Salem Journal (subscription)France Plays Portugal in World Cup Semi Los Angeles Timesall 495 related
• Portugal, France hope to defy odds - St. Petersburg Times
  Portugal, France hope to defy oddsSt. Petersburg Times, FL - 29 minutes ago… BRAZIL: Defender Roberto Carlos retired from international soccer. … since going 0-3. Guimaraes signed a four-year extension before the World Cup but said he …
• French player: Watch dives - DetNews.com
  French player: Watch divesDetNews.com, MI - 7 hours ago… Portugal-France winner, 2 pm, ABC. … a theory on how Portugal became a surprise World Cup semifinalist, and it has more to do with acting than the game of soccer. …
• FOOTBALL: ITALIANS BEAT GERMANY AND CLINCH PLACE IN WORLD CUP … - AKI
  AKIFOOTBALL: ITALIANS BEAT GERMANY AND CLINCH PLACE IN WORLD CUP …AKI, Italy - 1 hour ago… came after almost two-hours of intense football and when … three times will play in its sixth World Cup final … ll play the winner of tonight’s Portugal-France match …
• Extra effort sends Italy to Cup final - Springfield State Journal Register
  Pittsburgh Post GazetteExtra effort sends Italy to Cup finalSpringfield State Journal Register, IL - 2 hours ago… penalty kicks seemed inevitable in the World Cup semifinals. … dream of lifting soccer?s world championship trophy … the winner of today?s Portugal-France match … 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP: GERMANY 0-2 aet ITALY noticias.infoFocused Italians reach title game Chicago Sun-TimesWORLD CUP : Quick strikes oust Germany Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)San Jose Mercury News - Hartford Courant - all 832 related
• Italy gets OT goals to thwart Germany - DetNews.com
  Metro TorontoItaly gets OT goals to thwart GermanyDetNews.com, MI - 7 hours ago… the Italians kept plowing through soccer’s premier event … ll play the winner of today’s Portugal-France match … remained undefeated in five World Cup meetings with … CBS SportsLine.com wire reports CBS Newsall 112 related
• Buffeted by scandal, Italy and its supporters stand tall in 2-0 … - Globe and Mail
  Buffeted by scandal, Italy and its supporters stand tall in 2-0 …Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago… Germany 2-0 yesterday in the World Cup semi-final … on Sunday against the winner of today’s Portugal-France semi-final … emotions rise and fall with its soccer team …
• Picks: Germany, Portugal - Las Vegas Sun
  Picks: Germany, PortugalLas Vegas Sun, NV - 22 hours ago… He’s done everything he’s wanted to, except win the World Cup. … And the Portugal-France semifinal Wednesday in Munich? … he has them playing great football at the …
• Italy Stuns Germany to Advance to Finals of World Cup, North Beach … - KCBS
  KCBSItaly Stuns Germany to Advance to Finals of World Cup, North Beach …KCBS, CA - 8 hours ago… the national sport back home, the Italians kept on plowing through soccer’s premier event … They’ll play the winner of Wednesday’s Portugal-France match. …
• Sports Briefs - July 5, 2006 - First Coast News
  Sports Briefs - July 5, 2006First Coast News, FL - 16 minutes ago… Germany (AP) — Italy kept plowing through soccer’s premier event … in search of a fourth World Cup trophy … ll play the winner of Wednesday’s Portugal-France match ..

• Joy in city for France, Portugal followers - SLAM! Sports
  Joy in city for France, Portugal followersSLAM! Sports, Canada - 10 hours agoEngland soccer fans knew it wasn’t looking good when yesterday’s World Cup quarter-final match against Portugal went to penalty kicks. …
• Why we should barrack for Italy - The Age
  Why we should barrack for ItalyThe Age, Australia - 27 minutes ago… Out of Germany, France, Portugal and Italy, who deserves to lift … the world and he will bring the cup back to … Italy have the best defense in the world and the …
• France, Portugal To Play In World Cup Semifinal - NBC 10.com
  The AgeFrance, Portugal To Play In World Cup SemifinalNBC 10.com, PA - Jul 1, 2006… 3-0. That had been the last time Brazil lost a World Cup match before … by downing England 3-1 on penalty kicks after playing 120 minutes of scoreless soccer. France win 1998 final rematch 1-0 to crash Brazil out People’s Daily OnlineFrance, Portugal advance to semifinals Sauk Valley Newspapersall 984 related
• Germans Awash In Their True Colors - Washington Post
  Germans Awash In Their True ColorsWashington Post, United States - 22 hours ago… I cover the France-Portugal game in Munich … Olympic Stadium before Argentina’s World Cup quarterfinal loss … Soccer’s world governing body said it immediately had …
• Brazil coach Parreira apologizes for disappointing performance - People’s Daily Online
  Brazil coach Parreira apologizes for disappointing performancePeople’s Daily Online, China - Jul 1, 2006… Brazilian after the five-time World Cup champions were … as all four teams remained, France, Portugal, Germany and … team.It’s a shame for soccer," said Parreira.

• World Cup 2006: France team - ?black, black, black?
  One thing I noticed is that the France team has ALOT of black people on it. … When France won the World Cup in 1998, the running slogan for the team and … Henry launched the ?Stand up, Speak up? campaign against racism in soccer. …
• FIFA World Cup 2006 ? The Roller Coaster Ride
  The real pleasure was to watch Brazil truly outplayed by France. … and we have billions of people in rest of the world playing soccer. … Third French victory over Brazil in World Cup matches may create potentially a new rivalry. …
• World Cup 2006
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• Fifa World Cup 2006 : Shit happens.
  Ronaldo’s kiss of the soccer ball prior to nailing it convincingly into the right corner was as graceful a moment as has been seen in this World Cup. If anyone can beat France, it will be the mighty Portugese defense who will again be a …
• World Cup Predictions - 4
  No one plays more attractive soccer than Brazil. … There was only one team in the match and it was France. There was only one team playing attractive, attacking football and … Can they do it? Yes. Winner: France. Tags: FIFA World Cup.
• So, it’s Over for Brazil
  Their coach is the former coach of the Brazilian team, and I truly hope that they can send France home and even win the world cup. I support them 100%. Two more things before I go: 1) Soccer and the US; 2) Soccer and "conspiracy …
• Andy and Jordan hope good results from England and France
  When interviewed by a soccer programme, both of them revealed that they have something to focus on past midnight on 1 and 2 July, that’s the World Cup. Andy whom is a England fan whereas Jordan hope France could defeat Brazil like they …
• World Cup: Brazil bounced out by fab France
  The reign of Brazil as World Cup champs ended yesterday after losing 1-0 in the quarterfinals against France . Thierry Henry scored the game?s lone goal in the 58 th minute off a free kick by Zinedine Zedane, who scored two goals the …
• Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo of Brazil - Shameful
  That dude should be banned from competitive soccer for life. … On the English team and racism, after watching France take care of racist Spain, … Hiddink is scary coaching any team, must less a team with some World Cup history. .

• FIFA World Cup 2006 ? The Roller Coaster Ride
  Probably he is just too ?delicate? for the rough and tumble of World Cup football. … Third French victory over Brazil in World Cup matches may create potentially a new rivalry. … Umesh Patil San Jose, CA 95111 July 1, 2006.
• World Cup 2006
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• So, it’s Over for Brazil
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• Fifa World Cup 2006 : Shit happens.
  In less than an hour after Germany edged Argentina out of the World Cup 2006, … who is probably watching the World Cup 2006 because it is Ze World Cup 2006 . … just sent the Gods of Soccer, Brazil home to samba for four more years. …
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• World Cup Predictions - 4
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• World Cup: Tears and Deja Vu for England
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• Brazil gripped by sadness
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• Bye Bye England and Brazil
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• World Cup Update
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• It’s coming Home,it’s coming.Football’s coming home ..indeed
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• Euro 2006?
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• Portugal v France semifinal preview World Cup Betting Pick
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• Soccer World Cup & Golf Chat
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• england portugal, france brazil
  afterall…as i said…english soccer is overrated…the match was mostly quite … he’s the french key to winning this world cup…i’m getting abit apprehensive on … because brazil had no luck…and they played spectacular football.

The Winner is not Brazil

• Guardian Unlimited Web - The Observer
  Guardian Unlimited WebThe Observer, UK - Jun 30, 2006… Oh yes, the World Cup. … and Conrad Leach, meanwhile, are at the Brazil-France game that will (hopefully) provide England’s semi-final opponents; plus …
• Rooney: Biggest game of my life - SkySports
  Rooney: Biggest game of my lifeSkySports, UK - Jun 30, 2006… talisman Wayne Rooney has admitted the World Cup quarter final … fire on all cylinders on the world stage, following … we can win and progress to the semi-final.". …
• Old world order restored - FOX SPORTS
  Old world order restoredFOX SPORTS, Australia - Jun 29, 2006… end the Socceroos’ dreams, to the Brazil-France quarter-final … cheated out of the 2002 World Cup by Ecuadorian … have virtually assured themselves of a semi-final. …
• World Cup special: part two - Guardian Unlimited
  World Cup special: part twoGuardian Unlimited, UK - Jun 7, 2006… France’s Thierry Henry, Italy’s Francesco Totti, Brazil’s Ronaldinho … it said that the 1966 World Cup should have seen England playing their semi-final at Villa ..

Quarter-finals

57	30 June 2006	Berlin		GER:ARG		17:00
58	30 June 2006	Hamburg		ITA:UKR		21:00
59	1 July 2006	Gelsenkirchen		ENG:POR		17:00
60	1 July 2006	Frankfurt		BRA:FRA		21:00