Big Question: What will be the Biggest News Story at the World Cup?
If you are to believe all the headlines in advance of the World Cup, you must think that come June Germany will be overrun by chainsaw carrying hooligans, women of the night, racist fans and football players that are gambling on their every move. Yes, the pre-tournament news has been just a little grim the past few months. But will any of these stories actually turn out to be stories during the World Cup or are they all just overblown nonsense? That is our Big Question today.
Of the following, which do you think will still be in the headlines come tournament time?
Hooligans
Hookers
Dopers
Gamblers
Racists
Divers
Beckham’s hair
Something else
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By Evan | April 26th, 2006 at 12:48 am 
The big story will be how crappy Adidas’ shirts look in comparison to those from Nike and Puma–in Germany, no less!
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United States
By Luis Carlos | April 26th, 2006 at 1:05 am How about who ever scores the 2000th goal of World Cup history. Who would it be????
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Mexico
By Chris | April 26th, 2006 at 1:17 am Sepp Blatter caught with a hooker while gambling $2million of FIFA’s money on what Beckham’s new tattoo will be.
Front page of The Sun, June 9 2006.
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United Kingdom
By Euler | April 26th, 2006 at 2:25 am It may be about violence. Let’s see who will break Ronaldinho’s legs.
By the way, I was watching the Villareal-Arsenal game and I was shocked by the violence the ref allowed in the field. There is no hope for Brazil if the refs keep allowing violence like that.
I predict that some violent team will win this year, no kidding.
By Knut Karnapp | April 26th, 2006 at 2:47 am I just hope Hooligans won´t be on the headlines.
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By beautifulgamer | April 26th, 2006 at 5:30 am I agree with the guy who talks about the breaking of Ronaldinho’s legs. For some reason this thought has been with me for a while. And the only reason I can think of is that what we are seeing is the emergence of the greatest player since Maradonna and perhaps Pele. We know that Pele was litterally “kicked” out of the WC in ‘66 when England went on to win. And we know also that Maradonna suffered terrible, terrible abuse from defenders during his prime–perhaps shortening his career and limiting his performances. I think that either consciously or unconsciously teams, managers and players may realize that Brazil will be untouchable with Ronaldinho in top form–and they may go after him. To see him “kicked” out of this coming World Cup could be the biggest story…
By wendall | April 26th, 2006 at 9:28 am The penalties for harsh (and repeated) fouling are so much more strict and acknowledged that it would take a real team effort to keep fouling one player to the point that he could no longer continue. Of course, there are freak accidents that can happen and I hope that we see an injury free tournament (if only the Aussies could stay healthy before the bloody thing starts!).
I would be interested to hear Aaron’s (Referee’s Blog) opinion on these comments about Ronaldinho getting kicked out of the World Cup. Do referees recognise who players are and perhaps give them closer scrutiny (not necessarily preferential treatment) when they come under challenge? Or is the game too fast for that and you just have to make the call as you see it in that split second?
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By soze | April 26th, 2006 at 9:39 am THE biggest story of the WC….Croatia wins it all!..They run through the tournament without conceading a goal, and beat Brazil in the final 4:0 (without breaking any legs). HUAH!
By Paul | April 26th, 2006 at 10:44 am I’m curious which teams Euler and others think will be “violent”. I also watched the game last night and didn’t think the fouling was excessive in any way. Every game has its occassional hard tackle or miss-timed challenges, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. And if Ronaldinho didn’t have his legs broken playing through the Champions League why would he now have them broken in the World Cup? He’ll essentially be playing all the same players in the WC that he has played against for the last few years in the CL and nobody has ended his career yet. The harsh tackles come from the lower level teams who don’t have the talent to compete so they must resort to fouling. The WC is the best of the best so I don’t really see that happening.
Besides, tackling is part of the game and if you can’t ride a few challenges than you shouldn’t be playing at this level.
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By stacy-marie | April 26th, 2006 at 11:47 am Warriors trounce English Lions. World stunned 
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