World Cup
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You had very minor chances in overtime. Italy had at least four huge chances throughout overtime, two of which hit the woodwork, two of which went in the goal. I'd say that's proof enough that Italy dominated all of overtime.Tandy said:Sigh..ok ok they dominated in the second half of the overtime pleased?We had also chances in the overtime
anyway its now allez le bleus for me
The second goal was just humiliating.
France might stand a chance, but I think Portugal will win. I'm for France though, not because I'm French, but because I hate the Portuguese team. We'll see tonight.
France might stand a chance, but I think Portugal will win. I'm for France though, not because I'm French, but because I hate the Portuguese team. We'll see tonight.
The Portuguese are assholes. Big big assholes, as they proved all through the matches against the Netherlands and England. I hope France crushes them.
I've been pro-France ever since Zidane's resurrection, though I think he's taking prolly taking some kind of stimuli. Zidane flagging the Blue back into the world cup title would cement his position as one of the greatest footballers of all time. And he isn't even French.
I've been pro-France ever since Zidane's resurrection, though I think he's taking prolly taking some kind of stimuli. Zidane flagging the Blue back into the world cup title would cement his position as one of the greatest footballers of all time. And he isn't even French.
Kharn said:
Still suffering from the defeat from Portugal heh ? Let it all out man, it's not good for your health
As for todays game if Portugal controls the midfield, I think they will put a strong rhythm to the game and try to nail the french.
Portugal is very fast from defense to attack. Maniche, Deco, Ronaldo, Figo and Miguel are very fast in counter-attack.
And since I don't believe that France will play all behind de ball (as England or Mexico against Portugal), I think it will be a very good game.
Anyways I really dont care who wins, since France, Portugal and Italy are all latin countries
mandala said:
Not really. The Netherlands played ghastly football all through the tournament and didn't even really deserve to get to the 1/8th. That doesn't change the fact that the Portuguese have been acting like a bunch of snot-nosed assholes all through the tournament.
mandala said:Anyways I really dont care who wins, since France, Portugal and Italy are all latin countries
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France, last time I checked, is not a Latin country.
Kharn said:
I don't think he'd appreciate you telling him that, though. By the same standard 90% of the French team isn't French.
Kharn said:
Yes, it is. At least the southern part of it. You could say it's like the meeting point between the Latin sphere and the Nothern sphere. Also, the French language is based largely on Latin. But nevermind that, as you're probably going to argue about this just for the sake of being right.
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I'm going Italy. Its kind of sad that I can't root for my own country, but my family are Italian so I guess its ok...
Hellion
Antediluvian Lurker
Now that Germany is out I'm with Italy I guess, but France winning wouldn't be so bad as well.
The Portuguese team in my mind have been titled "Eternal Losers" since the Euro, so I hope they never win a title in the recent future
The Portuguese team in my mind have been titled "Eternal Losers" since the Euro, so I hope they never win a title in the recent future
mandala said:
Oh, yeah, I'll just get my "101 Latin countries" booklet.
mandala said:
Not for lack of trying.
Frith, am I happy to see those assholes go. What a bunch of whiny little kids. It was like seeing 11 Arjan Robbes on the field all at the same time. C. Ronaldo should be very happy he didn't get a red card for whining.
mandala said:Henry just won the academy award
What? Henry didn't do shit, that I saw. He just tripped over someone's foot, he didn't ask for a penalty, he didn't whine, he wasn't an asshole about him. Don't. Blame. Him.
That said, it's a shame France had to win in the same dodge way Italy won over Australia. That means we got two dodgy teams in the finals. Ah well, anything better than Portugal.
Yeah, I'm happy France won. Even if Henry might have dived a little, it was still a clear penalty. I also loved how the whole stadium started booing as soon as Ronaldo touched the ball.
Maybe it was a dodgy goal, but it was a goal nonetheless. The Champs Elysees are going to be fucking wild tonight, too bad I left.
Maybe it was a dodgy goal, but it was a goal nonetheless. The Champs Elysees are going to be fucking wild tonight, too bad I left.
Briosafreak
Lived Through the Heat Death
Congrats to france, we made an error and they took the oportunity, they did one error and we didn't, fair and square victory, Zidane deserved this last final. We went much further in the competition than i thought possible prior to the WC start given all the problems we had at the time, and by sheer resilience we made it to the semis, i'm happy for the guys, Scolari is indeed terrific.
Now for the english, guys do grow up
Rooney made one mistake, like Beckham in 1998, but i'm glad this time the papers didn't went against him, the episode in 98 was excessive and a bit ridiculous, you weren't that good then. With Lampard and Gerrard this time you could have made a better result overall, but we beat you guys in 2004 and 2000, and you still weren't much better this time.
Don't go over the top with the excuses though, the same thing happened in Euro 2000 with Portugal and it was ridiculous and dangerous, it gives a sensation of impunity to the players that might turn sour in the long run, like we painfully saw at WC2002.
And will the Dutch get off their high horses? Portugal-Holland minute three, the dutch try to take Ronaldo from the game, minute seven, a new and barbaric attempt knocks him out. The way Boulahrouz then proceed to tap a colleague in the shoulder and made a smile at him, like saying "we got this one" was shamefull, and more shamefull was the fact that it was van Basten that created the strategy. A coach that saw his carrer as a player to end because of foul play from the adversaries decides that is the best course of action for the game. Discusting.
The way he screamed at Heitinga to stop him from giving back the ball to the portuguese as he should, in the most crude display of lack of fair play in the entire tournament showed the litle man he is, and how pathetic the Dutch were. A real disapointement, in the last 10 official matches between the two countries Holland only won 1, in 1991, and it's not with "Canibals" that they are going to go anywhere.
Well looking back Argentina disapointed me, even with their Italian like tactics they should have gone further in the tournament, England could have made better too, and i'm not convinced Mclaren is the man for the job, but who knows...
Brazil played like in 1994, but with less preparation and players much more tired they couldn't prove in the pitch why they were favorites.
Good surprises were Ghana, although a defense in line at all times in 2006 is just weird, Germany, a few players aren't that good but showed stamina and resilience, a very brave group, and France of course.
Sunday will be a great match, and that's what is more important.
Now for the english, guys do grow up
Rooney made one mistake, like Beckham in 1998, but i'm glad this time the papers didn't went against him, the episode in 98 was excessive and a bit ridiculous, you weren't that good then. With Lampard and Gerrard this time you could have made a better result overall, but we beat you guys in 2004 and 2000, and you still weren't much better this time.
Don't go over the top with the excuses though, the same thing happened in Euro 2000 with Portugal and it was ridiculous and dangerous, it gives a sensation of impunity to the players that might turn sour in the long run, like we painfully saw at WC2002.
And will the Dutch get off their high horses? Portugal-Holland minute three, the dutch try to take Ronaldo from the game, minute seven, a new and barbaric attempt knocks him out. The way Boulahrouz then proceed to tap a colleague in the shoulder and made a smile at him, like saying "we got this one" was shamefull, and more shamefull was the fact that it was van Basten that created the strategy. A coach that saw his carrer as a player to end because of foul play from the adversaries decides that is the best course of action for the game. Discusting.
The way he screamed at Heitinga to stop him from giving back the ball to the portuguese as he should, in the most crude display of lack of fair play in the entire tournament showed the litle man he is, and how pathetic the Dutch were. A real disapointement, in the last 10 official matches between the two countries Holland only won 1, in 1991, and it's not with "Canibals" that they are going to go anywhere.
Well looking back Argentina disapointed me, even with their Italian like tactics they should have gone further in the tournament, England could have made better too, and i'm not convinced Mclaren is the man for the job, but who knows...
Brazil played like in 1994, but with less preparation and players much more tired they couldn't prove in the pitch why they were favorites.
Good surprises were Ghana, although a defense in line at all times in 2006 is just weird, Germany, a few players aren't that good but showed stamina and resilience, a very brave group, and France of course.
Sunday will be a great match, and that's what is more important.
What? Dude, nobody's defending the Netherlands as they played against Portugal. Hell, like I said, we made a pretty pathetic show of the entire cup.
Though Bouhlarouz was screwed back by a nice schwalbe by Figo. Hell, between crude assholes and clever assholes, I still think both teams should have just been ejected from the WC wholesale after that farce.
Heitinga's lack of playback shocked me out of my skull. I could've sworn Cocu was just trying to kick the ball over the line before that little asshole (I really hate Heitinga, by the bye) ran of with it. Odd stuff.
As for Van Basten, I'm not even mildly impressed, but for some reason he's an untouchable for the Dutch media. Meh. fuck 'em.
Though Bouhlarouz was screwed back by a nice schwalbe by Figo. Hell, between crude assholes and clever assholes, I still think both teams should have just been ejected from the WC wholesale after that farce.
Heitinga's lack of playback shocked me out of my skull. I could've sworn Cocu was just trying to kick the ball over the line before that little asshole (I really hate Heitinga, by the bye) ran of with it. Odd stuff.
As for Van Basten, I'm not even mildly impressed, but for some reason he's an untouchable for the Dutch media. Meh. fuck 'em.
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Forza Italia. I'm painting myself green, and red. I don't need the white paint, my body hasn't seen much sunlight this summer.
Van Basten never told anyone to start kicking people. Or to play like that, since he usually just wants to see football, not kicking people into the dirt.Briosafreak said:
Ehm, he did what now? I didn't see him screaming at Heitinga to not give the ball back. In fact, I don't think you speak Dutch, so I wonder how you came to that conclusion.
He later explained that he didn't pass the ball back because he couldn't stand the Portuguese delaying anymore. He knew that if he gave the ball back, they'd just start delaying the game again, so he decided to take a run for it.Kharn said:
Also, what I did like about that match was Deco, Boulahrouz and Gio talking jovially about the referee toward the end of the match. Looked like fun stuff.
welsh
Junkmaster
Overall, this World Cup is giving me a pretty sad view of soccer/football.
And no, this isn't just because the Brazilians played like crap.
It's not the low scoring so much as all the bullshit that happens during the game. People taking a fall to earn penalty points, people trying to get away with injuring other players or faking injuries in order to force yellow or red cards on others, and then the crapping referring.
I really don't see why they don't have another ref watching the game on video, doing a quick instant replay when a dubious call is made, and then telling the ref on the field if the penalty is justified or not.
So few of the players seem to have any class. It's like they are afraid of exerting themselves or trying their best- perhaps because they are afraid of jeopardizing their more lucrative careers with team soccer.
I am hoping for France mostly because I like Zidane. Also because Alec will probably post his exploits with girlfriend and best friend on the Order.
And no, this isn't just because the Brazilians played like crap.
It's not the low scoring so much as all the bullshit that happens during the game. People taking a fall to earn penalty points, people trying to get away with injuring other players or faking injuries in order to force yellow or red cards on others, and then the crapping referring.
I really don't see why they don't have another ref watching the game on video, doing a quick instant replay when a dubious call is made, and then telling the ref on the field if the penalty is justified or not.
So few of the players seem to have any class. It's like they are afraid of exerting themselves or trying their best- perhaps because they are afraid of jeopardizing their more lucrative careers with team soccer.
I am hoping for France mostly because I like Zidane. Also because Alec will probably post his exploits with girlfriend and best friend on the Order.