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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 684979" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>That's not true, Angola participated for the first and only time in the FIFA WC 2006. They were the 61st team in FIFA ranking at december 2005:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.fifaranking.net/ranking/?d=2005-12-16&rnkp=1" target="_blank">http://en.fifaranking.net/ranking/?d=2005-12-16&rnkp=1</a></p><p></p><p>And they played against: Mexico #5, Portugal #10 and Iran #19</p><p></p><p>What were the results?</p><p></p><p>Angola 0 - Portugal 1</p><p>Angola 0 - Mexico 0</p><p>Angola 1 - Iran 1</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup</a></p><p></p><p>That's impossible to happen in rugby, a team playing their first World Cup, with most amateur players would be crushed and humiliated by either Top 20 team, without any contemplation. But in soccer, with a low-risk and a strong defense, you can get decent results, in rugby is impossible for that to happen by the characteristics of our sport. In rugby you have to defend 70 meters wide and also your opponents can make points to many feet away from your posts (drops and penalties). In football you must defend only 7 meters wide, the goal-line and also has a special player dedicated to defending that small portion of the field (the goalkeeper)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 684979, member: 63264"] That's not true, Angola participated for the first and only time in the FIFA WC 2006. They were the 61st team in FIFA ranking at december 2005: [URL]http://en.fifaranking.net/ranking/?d=2005-12-16&rnkp=1[/URL] And they played against: Mexico #5, Portugal #10 and Iran #19 What were the results? Angola 0 - Portugal 1 Angola 0 - Mexico 0 Angola 1 - Iran 1 [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup[/URL] That's impossible to happen in rugby, a team playing their first World Cup, with most amateur players would be crushed and humiliated by either Top 20 team, without any contemplation. But in soccer, with a low-risk and a strong defense, you can get decent results, in rugby is impossible for that to happen by the characteristics of our sport. In rugby you have to defend 70 meters wide and also your opponents can make points to many feet away from your posts (drops and penalties). In football you must defend only 7 meters wide, the goal-line and also has a special player dedicated to defending that small portion of the field (the goalkeeper) [/QUOTE]
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