Missed that one but my daughter was raving about that final goal too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubear
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Missed that one but my daughter was raving about that final goal too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubear
First big upset. Well played Switzerland. Didn't expect that one.
Huge upset by the Swiss.
I'm at work so I missed it but I heard Spain was all over them.
Watching the south Africa game right now and Uruguay just scored a screaming goal. Deflected in but still a nice shot.
Go Australia!!!
I think we are in with a big chance. The way we sucked Germany in with that big loss. Now no one suspects us. The World Cup is ours!!!
James.
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Originally Posted by Jimbo
The 'Socceroos' are now officially dubbed the 'Suckeroos'....:boohoo:
Somehow, this video replay makes the England-USA game a little easier to bear watching.
World Cup 2010: Brick-by-brick fussball - England 1-1 USA | Video | Football | guardian.co.uk
Stupid refs! Ah well, at least it was an exciting match.
I went from disappointed, to hopeful, to euphoric, to disappointed again. Better to be disappointed over a draw rather than a loss. :)
I think you have less to be disappointed over than England supporters. That was dire. Well done USA. Best of the group so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by commiecat
I've seen similar bad calls, as I saw in today's US v Algeria match, only in Pro Wrestling. WTF!
It was weird wasn't it? A case of pick your Slovenian foul (I counted three, but I wasn't looking that closely) and then give the decision the other way, thereby disallowing a perfectly good goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC
I'm still in shock after last night. I've played in Sunday League games more exciting than that.
When I take up Boulles next week, let it be known it was the England-Algeria match that pushed me that way.
:gaah:
Mċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċċll!!
Cameroun 1 : 2 Denmark
Rommedahl scored, something is wrong ;D
But really I just wanted to post this video because I like it
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Well England and US advance, and the US won the group!
Wow what an epic game. I took an extra long lunch to go home and watch it at home. Another questionable call disallowed a US goal, but we had plenty of other chances to score and wound up with a mixture of bad shots and great saves.
I actually feel bad for the Algerian goalie as he played great. Still, Altidore had a great run and good ol' Landon finished the play to put the US into the knockout round!
Between this and the Slovenia game, I'd say that the US has had the most exciting matches. Of course, I'm biased. :)
I'm English (though I've lived in Asia my whole life) and I just have to say the English have been playing some absolute crap football. They are lucky to still be in it, they deserved to win the Slovenia game but thats about it. I don't think the football has been of that great quality this world cup. Brazil look alright though but that isn't a surprise. Hope it gets a bit more interesting in the next round.
It's only been the group stages so far. Whatever this competition is remembered for, it starts with the knockouts, same as it ever was. Tasty draw with Germany v. England. Both played two not bad games, one bad game clever money on Germany NOOOOOOO. Please, not penalties.Quote:
Originally Posted by ganboyi
(Prediction follows: USA to win the cup within 12 years from this tournament.)
Everyone keeps reminding me of how bad a start Italy had last time around and then went on to win the world cup.
True, but that's Italy. Even if England pick their game up, we have Germany, then most likely Argentina, Brazil and Spain as the route to the final.
Easy then. :(
Oh Well. New Zealand are headed home.
Great overall result for the lowest ranked team.
No losses. 2 goals conceded.
The Aussies are gone with less points and more goals conceded.
And Italy has gone home too, in fourth place in the pool... :)
Damn Japan sent Jutes aka Denmark home. I wished that the northernmost team of the games would have gone further. They should have deserved it.
It was a good and fair game after all and Japan was better in the field.
My heart beats still for Netherlands and Germany.
How about Portugal? Nobody saw that? 7 - 0 to North Korea?! A massacre! Slaughter! One of the record scores of a final phase of the WC. :)
Portugal must top the always mighty Brazil, - no short order.
France and Italy out -- the previous world cup finalists! That helps put England's current woes into perspective.
Portugal's win was great. Particularly Christiano Ronaldo's goal. The way he adapted whilst stumbling to control the ball with the back of his neck and then scored... well, he's currently the only player in the world who could pull that off.
Japan looked excellent last night. Fast, great first touch, brilliant passing. The Paraguay-Japan game should be fantastic on the strength of that. Denmark never looked likely to score. But I'm glad Jon Dahl Tomasson scored to equal the Danish record of goals scored at international level -- even if he was very lucky after missing the penalty!
I am already nervous for Sunday's game: England-Germany. Traditionally one of the biggest international clashes in football (soccer). And traditionally, England lose on penalties. :mace:
Brasiland Portugal through, can't help feeling sorry that the Ivory Coast didn't make it. Oh well, Come On Ghana (after England natch).
Ah yes, Sunday, bigger for us than for them, I think. Nice little article on it here.
Well it was a great game between the US and Ghana and our shoddy defense finally caught up with us. Can't blame the officiating for this one -- they made good on their opportunities and we mostly wasted ours.
Sadly the general interest in soccer will once again wane until 2014. Now I'm rooting for England, Spain and the Netherlands.
Just watched the game with my son and i was sorry for the USA and sorry for my son ( he plays American football and fancies everything from USA). Ghana played a lady game so i really wished USA would have made it.Quote:
Originally Posted by commiecat
My heart still beats for the Netherlands and Germany. Sorry to see Germany - UK tomorrow as i would have liked to watch them both at finals. Hope Ger wins (UK for my son)
Tomorrow is the big one for me.
I would really like to see the English team play up to their potential.
I've been a fan of Leeds united, and English football for 35 years now, so I'm hoping this will be the year football is finally coming home again.
History tells me otherwise, but a true fan always keeps his hopes up:)
Sad to see the hard working Team USA loose today.
Would have loved to see them go a lot further.
It was a good game. Loved the way the US came out in the second half, you've got a very good manager there. Am already biting my nails to the quick in anticipation of today's match.
Oh dear, 4-1… Barring a miracle, I think we surrender. Well done Germany, good luck. I'm off to drink beer.
Alan I feel the same way.... Fack. Cracking one open now, last few goals with only happened in a matter of minutes between them really sealed the coffin...
Gongrats Germany for fine game.
I think that without the referee suicide decision not to accept a sure goal it might have ended little different. Maybe it was that one black moment that broke the neck of England. Of course English goalie and defense didn't have their finest day either; they were helpless against German counterstrikes that were total blitzkrieg. My sympathies for Britons but better team won.
Edit: I'm so glad it ended 4-1. My wife won € 900 on the soccer betting :gl::beer2:
Congrats to Germany. I guess it's a better ending than having it be 2-1 with a goal not counted. The German attack really made the English defense look slow. Seems that Lampard had a few great strikes but just couldn't get anything to go in (and count).
I can root for Germany but I was really pulling for England in this match. The possible Germany/Argentina match is looking quite intriguing!
England was outplayed, fair and square. It's a shame, but the team just didn't live up to it's potential.
The England players are outstanding in club football, maybe the sum of all the egos doesn't add up to a team.
Perhaps, compared to other nations, we play too much club football, which affects fitness.
Well today's games were much more decisive than yesterday's. Germany and Argentina both looked excellent despite controversy, and I'm really looking forward to the match between them.
Tevez' second strike in the Argentina game was sick. Nothing fancy about it, just an absolute rocket into the top corner. The goalie was probably lucky he didn't get a hand on that.
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Originally Posted by commiecat
Agreed! :mace:
What an awful display by England. Defence was asleep and needed a map to find their positions on the pitch, midfield left a whacking great hole in the middle, and the forwards could do nothing without the service they needed. Yes, we were robbed of a goal, but on the strength of that performance I seriously doubt if it would have made any difference. The mistakes were elementary and probably would have happened with or without the 'second' goal.
Germany thoroughly deserved the win.
Argentina looked good. Incredible blast from Tevez. The Germany/Argentina game looks set to be a real humdinger. Argentina's weaker defence gives Germany a decent chance (particularly with Ozil's speed going down the flanks), but Argentina has the Messi factor.
Should be a very good match, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by commiecat
Congrats Spain and Portugal for really good game. Better team won although Spain = David Villa.
Now it is most interesting to see how Germany-Argentina goes later this week. Argentinas defence has not been tested this far.
My thumbs are up for Germany and Netherlands.
Meanwhile in the world of internet
Good game and Spain starting to look better too, surely they go through against Paraguay. Germany's defense has looked decidedly shaky at times as well, I'm looking forward to this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
NED/BRA and ARG/GER will hopefully be two great and well-contested games with no controversy. Funny that I wasn't particularly interested in the JAP/PAR match but caught the end and it was quite exciting. Penalty kicks are always fun when you're impartial towards both teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanII
Spain is my team of choice right now, followed closely by Argentina. Villa and Higuaín have not disappointed thus far.
Portugal is out of the competition... well done Spain. You are the ones who get to move on.
I'm not a sore looser but I do think that Portugal played better football. I mean... the first half was clearly dominated by the strategic game of the Portuguese team and the defense was very well organized. Portugal also created more goal opportunities. The Spanish team looked like playing at random. After the half time the tables turned, though. The aggresiveness of the Spanish team ended up in a goal and the Portuguese team demoralized after that.
However, that expulsion of a Portuguese player near the end of the match was a very sad thing. The spaniards were being too agressive and displaying their usual rivalry with Portugal. Meaning: faults after faults... the referee, at a point decided wrongly - two players from opposite teams jump to the ball in the "big area" (sorry, don't know the correct term in English) and the spaniard falls to ground as if hurt! The portuguese player was almost a metter away from him! No body contact whatsoever! That grinds my wheels!
But, in the end of the day, it's Spain that gets to movo on to the next stage. So... well done.
(I hope they loose! :p)
I retract all previous allegiances. I root for Paraguay now:
WORLD CUP 2010: Model Larissa Riquelme promises home strip with a difference if Paraguay triumph | Mail Online
:)