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From: Abubakr on 16 Jun 2010 04:18 On Jun 9, 9:54 pm, futbolmetrix <daniele.paser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 9, 2:46 pm, futbolmetrix <daniele.paser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Jun 9, 12:36 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Joachim Parsch: > > > > > But those 16 appearances are not a record. I think > > > > Juventus, Inter and AC Milan have 17 appearances. > > > > Next trivia question: which 2 WC were these clubs missing? > > > > (the answer is not the same for all 3) > > > > Juventus = Italy, so the two missed by Italy should be the two missed > > > by Juve: 1930 and 1958.... am I right? > > > 1930 is almost surely right (but it probably wouldn't be if you also > > count the player's club in the season following the WC: I think > > Raimundo Orsi joined Juve in 1930). > > > 1958 is wrong. John Charles played for Wales. > > > The right answer is probably 1966, with an outside shot for 1954, 1970 > > and even 1938. > > > I'll have to check... > > Before checking: > > 1934: Combi, Rosetta, Caligaris, Monti, Orsi, Borel > 1938: Ferrari (?), Varglien(?) > 1950: Boniperti, Parola(?), Sentimenti(?) > 1954: Boniperti(?), maybe others > 1958: John Charles > 1962: Sivori, maybe others > 1966: ? > 1970: Salvadore(?) > 1974: Capello, Causio(?) > 1978: Almost the whole Italian starting 11 > 1982: The majority of the Italian starting 11 > 1986: Scirea, Cabrini, Tardelli, Platini > 1990: Schillaci, De Agostini (also Marocchi and Tacconi, but I think > they didn't play) Those two definitely didn't play. > 1994: R. Baggio, D.Baggio, Kohler, Reuter(?) Was Reuter still with Juventus in 94? > 1998: Del Piero, Pessotto, Di Livio, Deschamps, Zidane, probably > others Edgar Davids, at least. > 2002: Buffon, Iuliano, Zambrotta, Del Piero, Trezeguet, , probably > others > 2006: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Zidane, > Vieira, Trezeguet, and that's only in the final! > > D
From: Abubakr on 16 Jun 2010 04:25 On Jun 16, 6:18 pm, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 9, 9:54 pm, futbolmetrix <daniele.paser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2:46 pm, futbolmetrix <daniele.paser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Jun 9, 12:36 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Joachim Parsch: > > > > > > But those 16 appearances are not a record. I think > > > > > Juventus, Inter and AC Milan have 17 appearances. > > > > > Next trivia question: which 2 WC were these clubs missing? > > > > > (the answer is not the same for all 3) > > > > > Juventus = Italy, so the two missed by Italy should be the two missed > > > > by Juve: 1930 and 1958.... am I right? > > > > 1930 is almost surely right (but it probably wouldn't be if you also > > > count the player's club in the season following the WC: I think > > > Raimundo Orsi joined Juve in 1930). > > > > 1958 is wrong. John Charles played for Wales. > > > > The right answer is probably 1966, with an outside shot for 1954, 1970 > > > and even 1938. > > > > I'll have to check... > > > Before checking: > > > 1934: Combi, Rosetta, Caligaris, Monti, Orsi, Borel > > 1938: Ferrari (?), Varglien(?) > > 1950: Boniperti, Parola(?), Sentimenti(?) > > 1954: Boniperti(?), maybe others > > 1958: John Charles > > 1962: Sivori, maybe others > > 1966: ? > > 1970: Salvadore(?) > > 1974: Capello, Causio(?) > > 1978: Almost the whole Italian starting 11 > > 1982: The majority of the Italian starting 11 > > 1986: Scirea, Cabrini, Tardelli, Platini > > 1990: Schillaci, De Agostini (also Marocchi and Tacconi, but I think > > they didn't play) > > Those two definitely didn't play. > > > 1994: R. Baggio, D.Baggio, Kohler, Reuter(?) > > Was Reuter still with Juventus in 94? Andreas Moeller was another one in 94 for Juve. > > 1998: Del Piero, Pessotto, Di Livio, Deschamps, Zidane, probably > > others > > Edgar Davids, at least. > > > > > 2002: Buffon, Iuliano, Zambrotta, Del Piero, Trezeguet, , probably > > others > > 2006: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Zidane, > > Vieira, Trezeguet, and that's only in the final! > > > D
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 16 Jun 2010 08:16 On 2010-06-16, Joachim Parsch <sm(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: > > > Jesper Lauridsen schrieb: >> >> Here's a fun little trivia question for you. When was the last time a >> World Cup winning side didn't have at least one player who, at some >> point in his career (past or future), pulled on a Bayern jersey? > > 2006 Luca Toni > 2002 Lucio > 1998 Lizarazu > 1994 Jorginho > 1990 Matth�us, Brehme, Augenthaler, Kohler, Klinsmann, Reuter, Thon... > 1986 none, I think > > Can't remember an Argentinian with Bayern before Demichelis > arrived, and I'm pretty sure, he wasn't in the squad back then :-) My choice of words was specifically designed to include Maradonna playing for Bayern in Lothar's testemonial match... It's cheating, I know.
From: milivella on 16 Jun 2010 08:34 Jesper Lauridsen: > On 2010-06-16, Joachim Parsch <s...(a)bunuel.franken.de> wrote: > > > > > > > Jesper Lauridsen schrieb: > > >> Here's a fun little trivia question for you. When was the last time a > >> World Cup winning side didn't have at least one player who, at some > >> point in his career (past or future), pulled on a Bayern jersey? > > > 2006 Luca Toni > > 2002 Lucio > > 1998 Lizarazu > > 1994 Jorginho > > 1990 Matthäus, Brehme, Augenthaler, Kohler, Klinsmann, Reuter, Thon.... > > 1986 none, I think > > > Can't remember an Argentinian with Bayern before Demichelis > > arrived, and I'm pretty sure, he wasn't in the squad back then :-) > > My choice of words was specifically designed to include Maradonna > playing for Bayern in Lothar's testemonial match... It's cheating, > I know. Very tricky indeed! Well done. :) So the correct answer is Italy 1982? (I can't quickly find data about Matthaeus farewell match; people like Bergomi could have starred there as well.) -- Cheers milivella
From: Perugina on 16 Jun 2010 08:58
On Jun 10, 12:39 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > Ahh, my birth year. So Schalke were champions that May and Germany sent > a team without Bayern players that Summer, and in the Fall I was born. > Afterward, the World is in Order :-) > ciao, > Bruce > > drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/ Hey Bruce! We were born under the same president and I recently joined your "decade" this past February ;) Jackie (7/8 Dutch, 1/8 German) |