***OFFICIAL*** 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP thread

[pieceofme]

Ho, ho, ho where's the sexx now to run his mouth? Messi was shite. That's all 3, Ronaldo, Kaka and Messi, all disappointing. Impressed with Germany yet again. They attack and defend as a team. Every time they move forward it's with numbers. I really like Mueller and Ozil as players. They have a really young squad, only 2 players over 30.

That was worse than the England mauling.

Well, a complete turnaround in this world cup. Early on, the South Americans were impressive, with the Europeans looking much weaker. Even early on though, the best Euro teams are the ones still in it. I think Spain will continue the Euro dominance of the Quarters.

I'm hoping Paraguay but I think you're right and Spain will take it.

[Hellsinkey]

Ho, ho, ho where's the sexx now to run his mouth? Messi was shite. That's all 3, Ronaldo, Kaka and Messi, all disappointing. Impressed with Germany yet again. They attack and defend as a team. Every time they move forward it's with numbers. I really like Mueller and Ozil as players. They have a really young squad, only 2 players over 30.

That was worse than the England mauling.

Well, a complete turnaround in this world cup. Early on, the South Americans were impressive, with the Europeans looking much weaker. Even early on though, the best Euro teams are the ones still in it. I think Spain will continue the Euro dominance of the Quarters.

I'm hoping Paraguay but I think you're right and Spain will take it.

Germany was very good, Spain vs. them will be interesting. Paraguay winning would be surprising, but then again there have been surprises. Before (and during) the tournament it's all been about Argentina and Brazil, when Holland and Germany have been good, under the radar, when much wasn't expected from them this time.

[mullet_head]

This WC is sucking balls for me. All the teams I like are out now. I knew Portugal would fuck up eventually like they always do, but I had high hopes for Argentina. 4-0? No fucking way I could predict that.

The German pragmatism and organization never ceases to amaze me...

[Bidokan]

Shit, this was the last chance for Pelusa to be part of a winning world cup, I'm sad for him.

On the other hand, Heil Deutschland!

[Out Of The Cellar]

What a shitty half that was for Spain.

[Hellsinkey]

Three penalties in a row!

[UtahRatt]

Three penalties in a row!

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got shit to do and can't leave with this kind of action, holy fuck. Stranger then fiction was a perfect comment.

[UtahRatt]

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl!


Jesus.

Shit that was beautiful. Is it safe to take off?

[pieceofme]

Netherlands vs Uruguay
Germany vs Spain

Predicting a Netherlands vs Germany final. Which would be tasty. Great rivalry between those two.

Who would have thought Uruguay would be the only South American team left. Great stuff.

[Out Of The Cellar]

Fuckin' Villa saves the day again! Torres needs to step up! Props to Iker for the great job.

[MickeyG]

Yeah, there's no drama in football is there!?

It looked like Cesc should have had a pen too when he was felled by the keeper following the rebound, but also Paraguay had what looked a good goal ruled out in the first half.

Spain just haven't kicked on in this tournament yet, and unless Germany have a Serbia type shocker I think they might go through to the final. Del Bosque needs to drop Torres. They improved against Portugal when he went off, and they improved again today when he went off.

[pieceofme]

Yeah, there's no drama in football is there!?

It looked like Cesc should have had a pen too when he was felled by the keeper following the rebound, but also Paraguay had what looked a good goal ruled out in the first half.

Spain just haven't kicked on in this tournament yet, and unless Germany have a Serbia type shocker I think they might go through to the final. Del Bosque needs to drop Torres. They improved against Portugal when he went off, and they improved again today when he went off.

Is Torres actually Samson??

[Supersonic]

Re Ghana penalty.

Feel sorry for them but I agree with MickeyG. Also, under no circumstances should a goal be awarded unless the ball has legitimately crossed the goal line. If you allow a goal for handball on the goal line then you have to do much the same for a forward through on goal who gets chopped down by the goalie (when a goal is practically inevitable). It goes on and on, and before long you're giving a goal for a throw in. Jeez, I'm sounding like those people who don't want video technology.

Edited to add - IMO: the game lives by these moments, good or bad. They are all talking points and all our teams get the good and bad luck. I wouldn't want to change that, apart from when a ball actually crosses the goal line (and needs a replay to confirm).

Edited again to add - I may be completely wrong but didn't that whole Ghana move start from a freekick, which one of their players dived to get?


Hope it's a Germany vs Holland final now.

[SLASH1976]

Yeah, there's no drama in football is there!?

It looked like Cesc should have had a pen too when he was felled by the keeper following the rebound, but also Paraguay had what looked a good goal ruled out in the first half.

Spain just haven't kicked on in this tournament yet, and unless Germany have a Serbia type shocker I think they might go through to the final. Del Bosque needs to drop Torres. They improved against Portugal when he went off, and they improved again today when he went off.

Spain has difficulty playing against smaller countries, they useally play good against bigger countries, they played good against Portugal. Holland often has the same problem.
I would change Torres for that Llorente kid, he did good against Portugal. Maybe let him start and substitue him later in the game by Torres.

[demolition23]

That's all 4, Ronaldo, Kaka, Rooney and Messi, all disappointing.

FYP.
Not a great tournament for the most hyped players heading in.

Villa's come to the party for Spain though.

[MickeyG]

That's all 4, Ronaldo, Kaka, Rooney and Messi, all disappointing.

FYP.
Not a great tournament for the most hyped players heading in.

Villa's come to the party for Spain though.

You're right, Rooney was shit as well, but I personally don't put him up there as good as the other 3. He's certainly as important to United as the others are to their clubs, I guess, but I just think the others are a step above him. They were also playing for better teams in this tourny and so had a better platform to perform.

[pieceofme]

Messi on the whole actually played pretty well. He just didn't score.

Of course when you're rated as the best player in the world anything other than being world class in every game means you're going to be disappointing to the majority of fans.

[Rageman]

Some people shine internationally that don 't professionally, Miroslav Klose comes to mind, and many times pro stars go silent for their national teams.

Rooney got no service and had his normal amount of giveaways/poor passes . . . it's just he didn't get many open opportunities. Messi played his ass off and created several goals for his teammates. Ronaldo doesn't play on a particularly awesome team like he did in Manchester or Madrid and it showed. Kaka had his moments but he disappeared way more often than he normally does.

I just hope Germany or Spain win it all because that means that the only squad that went undefeated in South Africa was New Zealand. How awesome would that be?

[MickeyG]

I guess I'm remembering Maradona who wasn't on really great Argentina teams pull them through by the scruff of their neck and win them the cup basically on his own. And the players that are considered the worlds best down the years, all attacking type players, all scored goals on the way to victory. Gullit, Fat Ronaldo, Zidane come to mind. They all had better players around them than Messi did too, though. The way it all ended for him just makes it disappointing after the way they played the rest of the tourny.

[MickeyG]

Just read that story about Ronaldo being a dad. Interesting that his family will raise the boy. I bet the mother wanted rid and Ronny offered her a ton of coin to have it and let him raise it. Most footballers would just pay for the abortion.

[Hellsinkey]

Just read that story about Ronaldo being a dad. Interesting that his family will raise the boy. I bet the mother wanted rid and Ronny offered her a ton of coin to have it and let him raise it. Most footballers would just pay for the abortion.

I thought it was a Ricky Martin kinda thing.

[SLASH1976]

Check out Ronaldinho with his gut

[mullet_head]

Holy shit what a great goal!

[ElectricEye90]

Holy Shit what a great goal!

[mullet_head]

Yeah I should have capitalized shit.

[ElectricEye90]

This means nothing since we're still gonna lose, somehow

[ElectricEye90]

...anddd there it is

[Bidokan]

Fuck, this pains me more than the Argentina - Germany

Uruguay did have a good chance to tie and win, but you never know in football.

[demolition23]

Uruguay did have a good chance to tie and win, but you never know in football.

Chance to tie right at the end? Sure.

Chance to win? Not so much. They fought hard, but they were outplayed.

[Bidokan]

Uruguay did have a good chance to tie and win, but you never know in football.

Chance to tie right at the end? Sure.

Chance to win? Not so much. They fought hard, but they were outplayed.

Not at the end,

They had the chance to hold the tie in second half, and were cornering Holland for good 25 mins, and had clear scoring chances, until that dumb second goal hit them and then came the 3rd, after that it was over.

Outplayed? what game were you watching? It was a constant back and forth between them.