The Hawk vs. Tunisia: Let’s start the engine!

I’m looking forward to the game tomorrow. I’ve been looking forward to this game since the matchups were anounced. It’s a make or break game for the Saudis, it’s a great set-up. You win this, then with a little luck beat the Ukranians, then you can take it easy and maybe a pull of an tie against Spain. But one game at a time. Saudis have fared well against other Arab/African countries in the past, I hope they push forward and not try to play deffensive game. It’ll be a good competitive game.

Posted from  United States

Okay, where shall i start. This year, is the year for the Saudi Falcons to gain the respect they deserve. 7-0 against germany, did happen, but id like to see it occur again. We have a solid back front line, with the young defender’s prepared and confident. I myself live in KSA woooo, and our goalie, he has some talent, so dnt be worried. Tunisia wont have Santos, and that is great benefit for us. Im gna be watching the game in a cafe, with other mates and saudi shabab, when we thrash them, its gna be an experience ill never forget. Im not Saudi, but lived here for 13 years, and this country has gained my respect. GO FALCONS! All the way! Im saying a 3-1 victory.

Posted from  Saudi Arabia

fun read
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060612/3/2lsxt.html

Posted from  United States

Nadi… your funny with the score i’m tunisian living in america and saudi has 0 players in europe and almost our whole squad does so how do you expect to beat us when you lost every single international team friendly.

haha

Posted from  United States

Magic is all over the World Cup 2006!
Because of some strangeness in game results – this site becomes more and more famous http://www.voodoo4football.com
Is it possible – that synchronous desire of a lot of fans concentrates and affects on the results of the football game?

Posted from  Ukraine

come on guys wake up! it’s a big day tomorrow.

Posted from  United States

to Seif: actually tunis have brazilians and french men playing as “tunisians” while KSA is all Saudi. so I would rather suport them, than some Brazilians who have a tunisian passport

ya man how cheap is that?? no confidence in thier own players, what a shame.

Saudi and Tunis is a big game for both teams, i wish they gain the respect of others, especially when i found out that bbc are showing all games apart from that game!!!!

Let’s forget and leave all the trash talk. Those players are citizens of that country now. It doesn’t matter at the end. We have to focus on the game and pray for the victory.

Posted from  United States

allahu akbar

inshallah the saudis will win.Lets pray to allah that it will happen.

Hi all, I hope both teams play well. just remember if we want to see an arab team in the next round, this game shouldn’t be draw.. either team has to win to have a better chance in acheiving the next round. As a saudi, I really hope saudi wins and i really expect that if we put in mind the hard prepartion and good player we have got… all the bext for Tunisia and Saudia

Posted from  Australia

yahoooooooooooo
ya faris and mohammad and wael

are you guys watching the game today? and if you are, where are you gonna watch it? Are you in dublin or esh?

walla shajjje3 al akhdar yahoooo

Posted from  Ireland

GOOD LUCK TO the saudis.

nothing is impossible.:)

Posted from  United States

I like the Saudi starting lineup, I was afraid he was going to start Dayea over Zaid, but that’s not the case. I also like the the choice of starting Qhahtani and Temyat up front and Jabber on bench. We’ll see if those were good move or not very shortly. Yallah ya Akhdar!!

Posted from  United States

Look out for Number 10, the “Baby Maradona” of Saudi football, Mohammad el-Shalhoub. He can run, he can score, he can excite. But can the Saudis keep from humiliating themselves the way they did in an 8-0 loss to Germany four years ago, where they didn’t win a match? They didn’t lose a game in qualifiers, but they had an easy time of it against teams like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kuwait. The Sons of the Desert are going to need more than luck to pull it off.

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

10 Minutes in, we see a Tunisian offensive line that’s better organized than Saudi’s, which has been non-existent so far, but we also see some spotty defending on Tunisia’s part when they’re facing what Saudis can muster by way of attacks. Saudis can score on Tunisian mistakes; Tunisia can score on its sheer strength.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

Saud isn’t being outplayed as it was in the first 15 minutes of the game, and now it’s become a game of errors on both sides. But neither side is taking advantage. The pace, minute after minute, has slowed. These two teams speak the same language–and play the same language too. More goals coming, by default rather than design.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

So, at the half, we have a fun start to a promising game that gave us a couple of flashy plays worthy of a muezzin’s celebration, but after that Tunisian goal we’ve been treated to a game of errors, choppiness and totally absent finishes. How many shots on goal this whole match? Six, and just three in the Meccan vicinities that count. Hopefully they’ll spend some of their half-time imbibing a couple of capuccinos.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

It wasn’t wizzardry; it was perfect execution: a long pass down the right wing, a perfect cross into the penalty box, and there to take the shot was Al Khatani, slamming the ball in the upper net for the equalizer. It was as if Tunisia was nowhere on the field.

And given how the Saudis thanked god afterward, we now know where Mecca is in relation to the Munich stadium

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

Decidedly not an exciting game, not even in its tactical ramifications for the group; we’ve had 14 shots from both teams so far, and just 4 on goal As always with second-division teams playing each other, a tie will not help them. It’ll only help the stronger teams in the group–in this case, disastrous Ukraine and and its obliterator, Spain.

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

well done!! Fairly deserved ! 2-1

Posted from  Canada

bummer! 2-2

Posted from  Canada

A DRAMATIC FINISH FOR BOTH TEAMS! Beautiful goals, rollercoaster action despite the lousy play in the middle of each half. Neither team has shown more than an ability to capitalize on the other team’s mistakes–of which there were many, many to go around. That means neither team has what it takes to beat either Ukraine or Spain, and a tie has not helped them make the case for Cinderella-toeing their way to the second round. Too bad, but fun for us in the end. This day is turning into a day of goals, even as both Saudi Arabia and Tunisia may have seen the last of their glory in this World Cup. Allah be praised: Even he was rolling in his heavens.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

Now theres more of a chance that the saudis can win the game because ukraine lost a defender to a red card.