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It ain’t over ’til it’s over
England beware!
Soca Warriors coming ...

By Editor ANTHONY 'Lexo' ALEXIS
AS I was saying just last week in my opening series World Cup Magic 2006: Always expect the unexpected.

A lot of reputations could get knock down in the twinkle of an eye and new ones erected before the global crowd.

It was a bitter pill Sweden had to swallow last weekend, following a stout challenge by the Soca Warriors, the game going against all expectations after the latter succeeded in a -- would you believe? -- goalless draw.

Coach LEO BEENHAKKER

Coach LEO
BEENHAKKER


Such is the vagaries of World Cup tournaments, you never can tell what would happen when the two teams are pitted against one another before the global audience.

Hello, in every World Cup you’d expect life to proceed according to logic, or some predetermined forecast, but the assumption merely flickers like a flame, in the end of each game, hindsight always wins out.

Today, the Soca Warriors have made veritable paupers of its critics and sceptics.

And come Thursday, the lesson to the England World Cup squad is emphatically clear: It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

The Soca Warriors, now on a bubble, will convert every chance opportunity into gilt-edged goals.

It’s going to be a tough game, as the Soca Warriors go into tentative history ... expectations are high, but, according to coach Leo Beenhakker, “have fun, play the game with a smile on your face”.

Pretty beauties show support

Pretty beauties show support for the Soca
Warriors.


Beenhakker, who’s no longer tinkering with tactics and readjusting formations, is standing on the side of cautious optimism; not willing to predict a possible outcome of Thursday’s duel between England and the Soca Warriors.

Both teams, as you would know, suffer from a dearth of left-footers, but star strikers in the teams make up for the shortfall.

The bottom line for the Soca Warriors is simply making things happen and not be cowed by England astonishing record.

History is just waiting ...
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