Germany 2006 Starts Here: Tough Draw

The draw for next year's World Cup Finals was held. And we got hosed. The always nasty Italians, a robust Ghanian squad, and the Czech Republic (who, on their day, are the most attractive European team going in terms of style of play). Meanwhile England and the German hosts (hmmmmm) receive groups that could be charitably described as "cake".

I'm already fired up for this - I love international footballsoccerFUTBOL tournaments, though for whatever reason, the European Championships tend to have better games.

Update: Victoria has thoughts on the draw.