Preview: Costa Rica vs. Poland

June 20th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

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Coata Rica vs. Poland, Hanover, 16:00 CET
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THE BIG PICTURE
This is the first game in the 2006 World Cup that holds no meaning. Both Poland and Costa Rica have been eliminated from the competition and are left playing for pride. Costa Rica fell to Germany 4-2 and Ecuadaor 3-0. Poland lost to Germany 1-0 and Ecuador 2-0. Will Poland ever score a goal? Will Costa Rica ever play defense? Tune in to this game to find out.

Teams: Likely formation; shirt numbers; caps and goals, coach

Costa Rica: (3-5-2)
18-Jose Francisco Porras (18-0); 3-Luis Marin (122-5), 4-Michael Umana (20-0), 15-Harold Wallace (79-1); 12-Leonardo Gonzalez (38-0), 8-Mauricio Solis (109-6), 10-Walter Centeno (95-15), 20-Douglas Sequeira (31-2), 6-Danny Fonseca (24-2); 11-Ronald Gomez (82-23), 9-Paulo Wanchope (71-45) Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes

Poland: (4-5-1)
1-Artur Boruc (19-0); 4-Marcin Baszczynski (34-1), 6-Jacek Bak (74-2), 19-Bartosz Bosacki (12-0), 14-Michal Zewlakow (58-1); 8-Jacek Krzynowek (60-9), 16-Arkadiusz Radomski (22-0), 10-Miroslaw Szymkowiak (30-3), 21-Ireneusz Jelen (11-2) 15-Euzebiusz Smolarek (16-4); 11-Grzegorz Rasiak (30-8) Coach: Pawel Janas

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Volcán Arenal (Sandbank Volcano) is the second largest active volcano in the world.

The average person in Costa Rica eats less meat per year than the average cat in the United States.

The tectonic plates under Costa Rica shift from time to time, creating anywhere from 2 to 40 earthquakes in a month’s time. These tremors are usually rather slight and barely noticeable.

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Poland

In 1771 the kingdom of Poland was larger in are than any other European country except Russia and had a bigger population than any other European country except France.

Warsaw, Poland, holds the distiction of opening the world’s first public library in 1747.

While Warsaw, Poland has the largest Polish population, Chicago, Illinois in the United States boasts of having the world’s second largest number of Polish residents.

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http://poland.worldcupblog.org/1/pride-goeth-before-a-world-cup-exit.html Pride goeth before a World Cup exit – FIFA World Cup 2006 – Poland World Cup Team Blog

[...] FifaWorldCup.com reads “Costa Rica and Poland out to salvage pride.” And the preview from our own beloved WorldCupBlog.org begins with “This is the first game in the 2006 World Cup that holds no meaning.” — i had to laugh at that one. A mad laugh. [...]
http://sports.candyham.com/2006/06/20/pride-goeth-before-elimination-from-the-world-cup/ Pride goeth before elimination from the World Cup — The Candy Ham Sports Bar

[...] FifaWorldCup.com reads “Costa Rica and Poland out to salvage pride.” And the preview from our own beloved WorldCupBlog.org begins with “This is the first game in the 2006 World Cup that holds no meaning.” — i had to laugh at that one. A mad laugh. [...]
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Although Polish team has to pack his suitcase, the match has a great meaning for many Poles and- according to Mr. Listkiewicz, an elementary meaning for his decision about the future of Janas. I’m too stupid to understand why match which has NO MEANING at all is so valid for Mr. Listkiewicz whereas matches of a great importance seem to have no impact. I would like to see Polish team playing a good game with goals, but after our participation in the World Cup I have bitter feelings… ‘private war’ with journalists, blaming one another, arogant Polish players etc. They need a good game in order to change the view of the team in the eye of their fans.