Pilka jest okragla

a bramki sa dwie, mawial legendarny Kazimierz Gorski.

15:16 Hrs. wpadam do Husarza. Na polce trzy "Ozony" z "Zobacz prawdziwe oblicze Jezusa" na okladce. Zgarniam jednego. Pod drodze wiele samochodow z polskimi flagami na dachu.
Wpadam do domu. Zdazylem na druga polowe, ktora teraz leci. W miedzyczasie pokazano dlugie twarze polskich kibicow. Nic dziwnego, przegrywamy z Ekwadorem 0-1. Zanosi sie na sromote.

POLAND

Coach Pawel Janas
World Cup appearances 6
World Cups 0 (Finished third in 1974, 1982)
Why they might win
Strikers Maciej Zurawski and Tomas Frankowski combined to score 14 goals in qualifying. Poland finished third - its best World Cup result - the last time the World Cup was held in Germany, in 1974.
Why they might not The Poles were scored on by the goalkeeper in a recent loss to Colombia. Poland's only victory in recent friendlies came against the Faroe Islands ("Group A", NATIONAL POST, Friday, June 9, 2006).

Kondory pokonaly orlow!

Polska znow na ustach calego swiata. Chyba tylko za "Solidarnosci" tyle sie o niej mowilo i pisalo. Ale tym razem nie ze zwyciestwa nad komuna, a z przegranej w pilke z Ekwadorem. Polacy po sarmacku dali slabszemu przeciwnikowi wygrac 2-0. Ekwador w rankingu FIFA jest na 39 pozycji, Polska na 29. Ladny szlachecki gest wojownikow z wizerunkiem hursrskich skrzydel na koszulkach. Biale orly ostrza sobie szpony na prawdziwych przeciwnikow, czarnych orlow - Niemcow, notowanych na 19 pozycji.

Hosts Germany opened with a 4-2 win over Costa Rica in Munich, while Ecuador shocked Poland 2-0 ("Spectacular opening for World Cup", BBC SPORT - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5056630.stm).

Ecuador's flag was created by a patriot, Francisco de Miranda, in 1806. The armies of Simon Bolivar, who liberated much of South America, fought under this flag. At the center is Ecuador's coat of arms, showing a condor over Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest peak at 20,561ft (6,267m) ("Oxford Family Encyclopedia").

ECUADOR FLAG

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Group A ECUADOR FIFA ranking:39
TEAM PROFILE
Founded 1925
Joined FIFA 1926
President L. Chiriboga
Coach L. Suarez
WC Participants:
1 (2002)
WC Best Results:
None

GOALKEEPERS
1 VILLAFUERTE Edwin
22 LANZA Damian
12 MORA Christian

DEFENDERS

2 GUAGUA Jorge
4 DE LA CRUZ Ulises
13 AMBROSSI Paul
18 REASCO Neicer
3 HURTADO Ivan
5 PERLAZA Jose
17 ESPINOZA Glovanny

MIDFIELDERS
6 URRUYTIA Patricio
8 MENDEZ Edison
15 AYOVI Marlon
19 SARITAMA Luis
7 LARA Christian
14 CASTILLO Segundo
16 VALENCIA Luis
20 TENORIO Edwin

FORWARDS
9 BORJA Felix
11 DELGADO Augustin
23 BENITEZ Christian
10 KAVIEDES Ivan
21 TENORIO Carlos (FIFA World Cup GERMANY 2006).