Comments on: Poland Lose Friendly to Colombia

By: World Cup Friendlies Rewind - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog

World Cup Friendlies Rewind - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog — Tue, 30 May 2006 21:18:32 +0000

[...] Colombia 2 – Poland 1 …who not only lost to Colombia at home, but also conceded a goal to Colombia’s keeper Luis Martinez. Poland fielded mainly a reserve unit, which received mocking cheers from the home crowd. Poland’s run up to the World Cup hasn’t exactly been smooth, a common theme for the teams in Group A…. [...]

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:51:48 +0000

I’m with you; I’d love to see a clip of the goal. Hopefully some kind soul will post it on YouTube later today.

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:42:30 +0000

Very well. I brought it up just in case you didn’t realize it…

I hope I get to see the goal in a highlight somewhere.

You point, though, in your post, is a good one: Does anyone want to wind Group A?

If the friendlies are any indication (and we know that’s a big “if”), then Group A should be pretty wide open. I would be surprised if Germany became the first host *not* to advance to the 2nd round, but any team seems capable of winning the group.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:35:49 +0000

True enough…but Bob was all over that detail on the front page.

Anyway, it certainly was an unusual goal.

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:30:08 +0000

“Goals by Murillo and Martinez were enough to hold off the Poles…”

This sentence makes it sound like a ho-hum, run of the mill occurance… Colombia got a goal from this guy and a goal from that guy…

But… Colombia’s second goal was actually scored by their goalie (Martinez)… ( ! )

Source: http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/colombia-keeper-scores-as-poland-lose.html