FIFA World Cup 2010...

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Storm thanks mate :up: but I am not surprised or even sad, and I was ready for this as posted many times in here.

That's how I felt after the first 2 England games. No matter how much you love your team you can not complain when they don't play well enough to go through.

The only time Italy played throughout the entire tournament was during the last 30 minutes of the Slovakia game. But this showed that this Italy team can't play offensive without being cut open at the back.

The 3rd Slovakia goal from the throw-in was possibly the worst defending I've seen since Brazil against France 2006. Not what you expect from Italy who are usually the best defensive team around.

Where has Nesta gone? He and Cannavaro was a solid partnership a few years ago.

[race aficionado]

What are you using to minimise the noise from the vuvuzelas?

They are part of this world cup and fortunately my wife can tolerate them better now.
The best crowds are the ones where you have a lot of followers that come from their countries and you can actually hear their songs and their particular cheering.
:s mokin:

[race aficionado]

A question:

Do they wipe out the yellow cards incurred once the group of 16 start playing?

[Roamy]

I hope Portugal wins. I love that place!!!

[donKey jote]

Portugal who? :p

[Mark in Oshawa]

A question:

Do they wipe out the yellow cards incurred once the group of 16 start playing?

I believe not....I think they still count....otherwise you would have teams going all out collecting Yellow cards in the last game knowing that if they got through, all would be forgiven. I don't think you can do that....

[Lousada]

A question:

Do they wipe out the yellow cards incurred once the group of 16 start playing?

No the yellow cards are dropped before the quarter finals.

[odykas]

http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/28751.gif

Bravo tried to do a Higuita http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/%7Esiochos/smilies/bowdown.gif but this cost Chile the match....

He has long way to go ;)

[odykas]

Well done Uruguay :up:

South Korea out... now what for Eki? http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/thinking.gif

[Mark in Oshawa]

Well done Uruguay :up:

South Korea out... now what for Eki? http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/thinking.gif

no no...Eki was for the NORTH KOREANS....He and Kim are on the same page philosophically...

[Daniel]

no no...Eki was for the NORTH KOREANS....He and Kim are on the same page philosophically...
Come on Mark, that's a low blow and something I'd have expected from Foustina, Toni or Bobbi

[UltimateDanGTR]

what a goal by suarez to win for uruguay. I'll predict a Brazil vs Uruguay and Germany vs Spain semi final line up now.

[Eki]

Well done Uruguay :up:

South Korea out... now what for Eki? http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/thinking.gif
Go Ghanada!!

[Eki]

Bill Clinton seems to be in South Africa watching the US-Ghana game.

[Alexamateo]

Bill Clinton seems to be in South Africa watching the US-Ghana game.

http://www.icanhasinternets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/clinton.jpg

He's hanging out with the US team.

[UltimateDanGTR]

well done Ghana, although I predict uruguay to win their dual with the ghaneyans, Id love to see the black stars reach the semis, it would be great for them and african football. Ghana are certainly the most watchable african team it seems.

[Eki]

well done Ghana, although I predict uruguay to win their dual with the ghaneyans, Id love to see the black stars reach the semis, it would be great for them and african football. Ghana are certainly the most watchable african team it seems.
True. Nothing against Uruguay, but I'm sure there'll be enough South Americans even without them, but Ghana is the last hope for Africa. It'd be great if there were teams from four continents in the semis. My choice would be Ghana, Japan, Netherlands and Mexico.

[pino]

Well done Ghana, now I do hope you will go all the way to the final :D

[odykas]

Great performance by Ghana!

The problem is that Eki is supporting them now http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/dizzy.gif :p :

[donKey jote]

Tor !

[donKey jote]

und noch einen Treffer !

[ShiftingGears]

England are getting walked over!

[Daniel]

Lets hope the ME-109 can finish off the Spitfire :p

[donKey jote]

2-1 !

[ShiftingGears]

Still no video ref. That was a goal for sure.

[donKey jote]

eh? 2-2 surely !

[Rollo]

ALL the ball is over the line.

If this doesn't prove that FIFA are a load of scumbags then I don't know what is. You can talk about the third goal in '66 all you like, but seriously...

[donKey jote]

will be decided by the game stewards after the match :p

[Daniel]

will be decided by the game stewards after the match :p
Perhaps Germany can get a 1 goal penalty in their next match if we're doing it by FIA rules :p

[ShiftingGears]

ALL the ball is over the line.

If this doesn't prove that FIFA are a load of scumbags then I don't know what is. You can talk about the third goal in '66 all you like, but seriously...

Absolutely. That was disgraceful. Even more disgraceful is that the top FIFA officials will still be against a video referee after this world cup.

[veeten]

will be decided by the game stewards after the match :p
yeah, right... and the cheque's in the mail, too. ;) :p

[Daniel]

Absolutely. That was disgraceful. Even more disgraceful is that the top FIFA officials will still be against a video referee after this world cup.

Why? I don't know. Rugby Union has video refs and it doesn't hurt things.

[donKey jote]

bunch of donkeys the lot of them :s :p

[donKey jote]

"Wembley-Tor" is an entry in German Wiki :laugh:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley-Tor

[pino]

ALL the ball is over the line.

If this doesn't prove that FIFA are a load of scumbags then I don't know what is. You can talk about the third goal in '66 all you like, but seriously...

I can't believe it !!! Everyone could see the ball was half meter inside, how the referee and the lineman couldn't see that ? :crazy: :down:

[Rollo]

Absolutely. That was disgraceful. Even more disgraceful is that the top FIFA officials will still be against a video referee after this world cup.

Screw the video referee. Just get a linesman with a ****ing pair eyes that can see in the first place.

Of course England must be put out through dodgy decisions, it's an unwritten FIFA policy. Every English speaking nation must not be allowed to win anything.
Ireland, the USA, Australia and now England if put out have all suffered because the refereeing I believe at at international level is systemically biased against the English speaking nations.

"Say no to racism", my arse.

[donKey jote]

hearing my neighbours I´m quite looking forward to Germany-Spain in semis...
more likely to be Portugal-Argentina though :p

[donKey jote]

3 !

[donKey jote]

judging from the neighbours' shouts... it´s 4 !

[donKey jote]

yep! my bbc feed has about 2 minutes lag :p

[veeten]

Youth is being served by the Germans.

On that breakaway, the german player just flew past the defender. :eek:

Right now, they are making England look old & slow. :s

[ShiftingGears]

England should move their backs up to midfield, considering they arent doing anything anyway! Or even better, substitute Rooney with someone decent.

[odykas]

Yes, the ref played a major role but in the 2nd half the Germans dominated the match.
English defence and keeper were awful. German keeper and defence were not much better and things could be different if Capello didn't insist on useless Rooney..

England should limit the zillions of foreign players that play in Premiership, me thinks.

[RMLCruzeing82]

substitute Rooney with someone decent.

Rooney is one of are best players but i agree something was wrong and to be brutally honest England are crap... Germany are good any way but were just simply dont have what it takes. Its not the manager...its not the ball...its the bloody players

Were never going to win the world cup again, Im not drowning in my sorrows but its a fact were never going to get the trophy again. 1966 was just a lucky year for us as are players had talent. Germany deserved to go thought and good luck to them

[christophulus]

Disgraceful. And I wish the pundits would stop banging on about the disallowed goal. We have been terrible throughout this tournament and were completely outclassed today.

I wish there was a Plan B but there just isn't. Utterly hopeless.

[ShiftingGears]

Well at least getting walked on in the second half should take away some of the sting of that disallowed goal :p :

[pino]

England should limit the zillions of foreign players that play in Premiership, me thinks.

:up:

[KILOHMUNNS]

I also agree, what youngsters are we going to have soon playing for England? If they can't get to play in the Prem then we have no chance going forward.

[donKey jote]

Yeah right... blame dem furriners :laugh:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

An average German team rips England apart!

The sad thing is that all of the German goals were so easy. It was the worst defensive performance I've ever seen (maybe apart from Italy the other night).

Glenn Johnson should be dropped as he is lazy and has never sprinted in his life.

Gareth Barry was dreadful as the holding midfielder. How did he get beaten to the ball by Ozil for the 4th goal? Carrick or a fit Hargreaves are much better in that role.

I've never seen Terry play so bad, he looked lost without Rio Ferdinand next to him. The Klose goal that came from the goal kick....first rule for a center back with a long ball played at you is DO NOT LET THE BALL BOUNCE! What the hell were they doing?

And Rooney?...........WTF?

When it comes to the goal that wasn't given - it changed the match. England would not have been so attacking if it was 2-2.

England missed Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves. Wes Brown would have been a more solid defender than Upson, especially when on the ball.

At least England don't get embarrassed by Argentina now.

[Daniel]

Yeah right... blame dem furriners :laugh:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10422895.stm :p

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Yeah right... blame dem furriners :laugh:

I don't blame foreign players in the Premiership. Does La Liga have a limit on foreigners? If the English players were good enough we wouldn't need foreigners.

Plus, the core of the dominant Man Utd teams for the past two decades has been English.....

[52Paddy]

Well, as the man says: "If you can't beat them...you may go home."

[donKey jote]

Don´t know to be honest.
I do know the core of the crap Liverpool teams for the past few years has been Spanish though :p

[Tazio]

Didn't see any of the match. So life is a little lees anxious for us as we both got a beat-down. I think I'm going with Mexico but beyond them I'm staying continental. So many teams to choose frome and not one begins with France or Italy
Ciao ;)

[UltimateDanGTR]

Sepp Blatter's choice for no goal line technology epicly failed today.

Having said that, it really didn't matter, the worst defending from an England side I've ever seen.

ridiculous match really. but germany deserved to win.

[donKey jote]

Mexico almost went ahead... twice inside a minute !

[donKey jote]

Argentina MessiTevez in offside

[donKey jote]

Ridigilous: the ref sees his mistake on the big screen but can´t revert it :crazy:

[donKey jote]

bit of English defending there as Mexico´s Osorio does a donkey :(

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Ridigilous: the ref sees his mistake on the big screen but can´t revert it :crazy:

This is beyond a joke. FIFA is ruining the World Cup. :down:

[jens]

Haven't posted here for a while.

Well, let's begin. France has been last in the group stage for the second big tournament in a row! They have certainly a lot to think about this massive low. As I felt, another European giant fell. Italy showed signs of attack at times, but those were too few and far between. Both finalists of the 2006 WC finishing last in the group stage - amazing!

England somehow sneaked through the group stage and even found some decent attack in the 1/8-finals, which had been missing before, but as life has constantly proven in football - it would be a surprise if England actually achieved something instead of their usual nothing. "Defence" in the game against Germany is not really that can be called a defence. England has their own ways of dropping out - sometimes with penalty shootouts, sometimes uncounted goals contribute (like in '98 against Argentina), but what is always sure - they do drop out.

Germany vs Argentina (provided the game ends as expected) - a repeat from 2006 quarterfinal. Germany has had a few iffy moments and also against England fell a bit asleep at one moment. In the future this needs to be avoided as Argentina would certainly be a tougher rival.

I liked the way Japan sneaked through the group stage. What an efficiency! Both Cameroon and Denmark seemed more active against them, but the Japanese nicely managed to capitalize on opportunities. :up: Better than those teams, who bomb 100 shots to nowhere.

[odykas]

I'm tired of silly refs and stupid FIFA :mad:

[pino]

Another crap decision by a referee (Rosetti again), this World Cup will be remembered for all these mistakes made by them...and I blame FIFA for that :down: Mexico played very well and don't deserve to be down 2-0 :(

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Another crap decision by a referee (Rosetti again), this World Cup will be remembered for all these mistakes made by them...and I blame FIFA for that :down:

But even after watching the super-slow replays in the Italy game I was still not sure if the ball was over the line or if goal for 2-2 was off-side :p

[pino]

But even after watching the super-slow replays in the Italy game I was still not sure if the ball was over the line or if goal for 2-2 was off-side :p

Italy went home because they were crap not because referees made mistakes against them...

[UltimateDanGTR]

I'm tired of silly refs and stupid FIFA :mad:

almost as bad as the FIA.....

[F1boat]

Huh, I think that FIFA is worse than FIA... maybe we need a poll...

[donKey jote]

Wot a SHOT!! :eek:
Tevez puts it 3-0

[Rollo]

Italy went home because they were crap not because referees made mistakes against them...

No, they got a decision which went for them against New Zealand which us yet another English speaking nation.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264063&cc=3436&ver=global
as Daniele de Rossi went down in the area after the slightest of shirt pulls from Ipswich defender Tommy Smith.
The Kiwis complained about the decision but Iaquinta stepped up to convert from the spot, much to Italian relief.

Had the result not been decided by a dodgy penalty, New Zeland would have gone through to the Round of 16... and then been smashed.


Ireland, the USA, Australia and now England if put out have all suffered because the refereeing I believe at at international level is systemically biased against the English speaking nations.


Five from five. Can I collect my free prize now?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

No, they got a decision which went for them against New Zealand which us yet another English speaking nation.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264063&cc=3436&ver=global
as Daniele de Rossi went down in the area after the slightest of shirt pulls from Ipswich defender Tommy Smith.
The Kiwis complained about the decision but Iaquinta stepped up to convert from the spot, much to Italian relief.

Had the result not been decided by a dodgy penalty, New Zeland would have gone through to the Round of 16... and then been smashed.



Five from five. Can I collect my free prize now?


Mexico don't speak English though :p

I don't see any reason why FIFA/referees would be biased against the English speakers.

[Daniel]

Mexico don't speak English though :p

I don't see any reason why FIFA/referees would be biased against the English speakers.
Because it suits Rollo's whacked out idea :p

[odykas]

Mexico deserved more :mad:

[F1boat]

Poor Mexico, poor England... :(

[pino]

No, they got a decision which went for them against New Zealand which us yet another English speaking nation.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264063&cc=3436&ver=global
as Daniele de Rossi went down in the area after the slightest of shirt pulls from Ipswich defender Tommy Smith.
The Kiwis complained about the decision but Iaquinta stepped up to convert from the spot, much to Italian relief.

Had the result not been decided by a dodgy penalty, New Zeland would have gone through to the Round of 16... and then been smashed.




That was another mistake but has nothing to do with...the English speaking nation. Referees are not good enough and stupid FIFA don't want to help them :mad:

[Rollo]

I don't see any reason why FIFA/referees would be biased against the English speakers.

Because IFAB (International Football Association Board) which determines the Laws of the Game, is made up of 8 members. Four being a representative of each of the home nations, and four members from FIFA.
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/ip-100_04e_ifab_9481.pdf

I suspect that there is a deep rooted resentment to the fact that FIFA don't control an aspect of the game, much like their resentment towards UEFA for having a shiny, glossy European Champions League that's worth so much money.

[donKey jote]

To be honest, I´d resent Soccer Greats like Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales having too much say in the rules of the game too :p

[race aficionado]

With all the world watching, it is an embarrassment that these situations are happening.
Here in the U Sof A soccer has had a chance to get many new fans but I'm sure that when they see what it happening with these whacked out decisions that rob teams, countries and rob from the spectacle, they will happily go back to their video replay sports.

It's very sad really.
:dozey:

[Storm]

Jon Brown, now who is it, Klose or Rooney ? ;)

[odykas]

I realised that Rooney was playing around 70th min :laugh:

[Eki]

Jon Brown, now who is it, Klose or Rooney ? ;)
That's a klose kall.

[odykas]

Kapello's kall http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/thinking.gif

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Jon Brown, now who is it, Klose or Rooney ? ;)

Even Rooney could have scored against Englands defence :p

[AndyRAC]

To quote a certain Greek poster on here, England are 'sick dogs'........

[Daniel]

lol Andy

[Alexamateo]

FIFA's response to bad calls:

Ban replays inside the stadium!

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/803404/ce/uk/?cc=5901&ver=us

So the problem is not the fact that bad calls are made at key points of the game, it's the fact that bad calls are caught and called out.

:dozey:

Why that's just brilliant. :rolleyes:

[pino]

Idiots :down:

[52Paddy]

Ridiculous decision!

[Dr. Krogshöj]

Can't feel sympathy for England. It's not the nation's fault, but the luddites in the FA deserve what happened, as they were part of the IFAB decision to ban technology from football. The best thing that can happen to fooball right now is a lot of bad referee calls going against England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland...

[N. Jones]

Bad call in that Eng-Ger game.

Mr. Blatter says 'hey, no matter what we do a human has to make the final call, so we'll leave it as it is!'

Huh?

Anyway... my prediction (since voting is closed) is a Brazil/Argentina final. BRA up 2 on Chile. No point in watching the 2nd half... :D

[Tazio]

Jezuuss Brazil is puttind a serious beat-down on Chile 3-0 before the 60th minute :eek:

[Eki]

Mr. Blatter says 'hey, no matter what we do a human has to make the final call, so we'll leave it as it is!'


That's like in a court of law, the judge and the jury ignored all the evidence and call it like they feel that day.

[race aficionado]

This is a very quiet World Cup forum . . . understandably so if we consider that the french, the brits and the Italians are out - but hey! there are still great games happening.

Tomorrow I am looking forward to the Honda/Forlan show and of course to the Portugal/Spain battle.

Brazil looked great today and the upcoming Argentina/Germany game is going to be a treat.

Except for the pitiful ref decisions and the FIFA's retarded stance, I'm loving the World Cup.

:s mokin:

[Tazio]

This is a very quiet World Cup forum . . . understandably so if we consider that the french, the brits and the Italians are out - but hey! there are still great games happening.

Tomorrow I am looking forward to the Honda/Forlan show and of course to the Portugal/Spain battle.

Brazil looked great today and the upcoming Argentina/Germany game is going to be a treat.

Except for the pitiful ref decisions and the FIFA's retarded stance, I'm loving the World Cup.

:s mokin:You are easily amused for an associate of Pablo Escobar
Is he still dead? Hmmmmmm! Come clean RA as you call yourself.
And what's with the crack-pipe emoticon? You may have a lot of people fooled.
Manhatten? maybe Manhatten Kansas :eek:
Were on to you.
Peace damn it!
your ruining my buzz! :D
Argentina is going to tank this game and you know it.
Exactly whats in it for you? ;) ...... :beer:

[Rollo]

Can't feel sympathy for England. It's not the nation's fault, but the luddites in the FA deserve what happened, as they were part of the IFAB decision to ban technology from football. The best thing that can happen to fooball right now is a lot of bad referee calls going against England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland...

Really? The FA deserve it? Why? The FA and the Scottish FA were in favour of in ball technology and video refereeing when the vote was made back in March.

http://redsports.sg/2010/06/28/video-technology-football/
http://theoriginalwinger.com/2010-03-06-international-fa-board-vote-against-goal-line-technology
The FA and Scottish FA had both voted in favour of technology but were defeated by six votes to two – FIFA’s four votes plus those of the Welsh and Irish FAs.

Please explain why England deserves it. I don't follow your logic.

[Dr. Krogshöj]

Really? The FA deserve it? Why? The FA and the Scottish FA were in favour of in ball technology and video refereeing when the vote was made back in March.

http://redsports.sg/2010/06/28/video-technology-football/
http://theoriginalwinger.com/2010-03-06-international-fa-board-vote-against-goal-line-technology
The FA and Scottish FA had both voted in favour of technology but were defeated by six votes to two – FIFA’s four votes plus those of the Welsh and Irish FAs.

Please explain why England deserves it. I don't follow your logic.

My statement was based on a Hungarian news report that, in reflection, turned out to be erroneous. I take it back.

[MrJan]

I'm back from Glastonbury and may I just say BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rubbish...Capello out :D

[pino]

I'm back from Glastonbury and may I just say BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rubbish...Capello out :D


Yes right like it was Capello's fault, how about you guys starts to blame your players, starting from Rooney, Terry, Lampard and Gerrard...none of them played a decent game. Capello isn't Lippi, he took the best available players with him, the problem is that the quality isn't there, starting from the keepers...

[Daniel]

I always find blaming a manager to be bs. Like an F1 team manager is responsible for the pace of their drivers in a small group of races?

[Mark]

I always find blaming a manager to be bs. Like an F1 team manager is responsible for the pace of their drivers in a small group of races?

Well people look at the players who are all "world class" in their respective teams, but then fail to impress at international level. But I agree the manager isn't the thing, it's a much more fundamental issue with English football.

[DonJippo]

Well people look at the players who are all "world class" in their respective teams, but then fail to impress at international level.

Even a mediocre player may look like a world class when playing in a world class team but when these mediocres are put together in same team it becomes.... team England.

[MrJan]

I knew Pino would take the bait :D :p :

It's a mixture of things really. It's not Capellos fault that Terry and Upson played like schoolboys or that Rooney had the first touch of a gorilla for the whole tournament. However, playing Gerrard wide left is like a F1 boss signing Fernando Alonso and having him operating the wheel gun, virtually any football fan in England can tell you that Gerrard out wide doesn't work. Dawson is by far a better option than Upson, Heskey playing up front on his own was never going to work, Wright-Phillips on the left doesn't work and Joe Cole's best position is not sat on the bench.

Capello made the same mistake that the last two managers did, looked at his best players and picked them regardless of whether it was the right choice for the team. What didn't help him was the abject performances that were put in but I still attribute some of that to having blokes playing out of position, it's stupid to have someone playing 40+ games a season in the centre of midfield and then deciding that they should be on the left wing.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I knew Pino would take the bait :D :p :

It's a mixture of things really. It's not Capellos fault that Terry and Upson played like schoolboys or that Rooney had the first touch of a gorilla for the whole tournament. However, playing Gerrard wide left is like a F1 boss signing Fernando Alonso and having him operating the wheel gun, virtually any football fan in England can tell you that Gerrard out wide doesn't work. Dawson is by far a better option than Upson, Heskey playing up front on his own was never going to work, Wright-Phillips on the left doesn't work and Joe Cole's best position is not sat on the bench.

Capello made the same mistake that the last two managers did, looked at his best players and picked them regardless of whether it was the right choice for the team. What didn't help him was the abject performances that were put in but I still attribute some of that to having blokes playing out of position, it's stupid to have someone playing 40+ games a season in the centre of midfield and then deciding that they should be on the left wing.

4-4-2 was the biggest mistake Capello made.

None of the big clubs in England play 4-4-2 anymore.

4-4-1-1 might have worked with Rooney as a lone striker and Gerrard in behind.

My personal favourite formation is 4-6-0 that Manchester United have had so much success with recetly. Two of the 6 in midfield hold and the other 4 attack, but come back to defend as a team.

Brazil have a great balance at the moment. They are looking very strong. In the last World Cup they looked awful at the back but I can't see anyone beating them this time round.

[pino]

Blatter apologises for disallowed goals (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8771294.stm)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Well even if the debate on technology is re-opened I can imagine the Scots, Welsh and Irish will all vote against as a way to piss-off the English and EIRE.

[ShiftingGears]

4-4-1-1 might have worked with Rooney as a lone striker and Gerrard in behind.

Rooney was probably the reason that the coach didn't try that. Rooney was terrible and I can't see any reason why pinning any goalscoring hopes solely on him would not have been a disastrous failure.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Rooney was probably the reason that the coach didn't try that. Rooney was terrible and I can't see any reason why pinning any goalscoring hopes solely on him would not have been a disastrous failure.

Well he played in that position all season for his club..... has had Gerrard.

[odykas]

Yes right like it was Capello's fault, how about you guys starts to blame your players, starting from Rooney, Terry, Lampard and Gerrard...none of them played a decent game.


Yes, but Capello didn't give opportunities to other players. He insisted on the same squad and failed. When a team does not perform, the coach has to make changes in order to improve performance. He didn't ....

Also, before the world cup he declared that it would be a failure if England didn't reach the final. In other words, he set the expectations too high and now people blame him.



Capello isn't Lippi, he took the best available players with him,
True. Lippi won the World Cup once while Capello didn't even get close ;)



the problem is that the quality isn't there, starting from the keepers... :up:

[ShiftingGears]

Well he played in that position all season for his club..... has had Gerrard.

He looked like he had stage fright the whole time, and was very erratic with the ball. I don't think that would've suddenly changed had he been the sole striker.

[pino]

Also, before the world cup he declared that it would be a failure if England didn't reach the final. In other words, he set the expectations too high and now people blame him.



That probably was the only mistake he made ;)

[pino]

Also, before the world cup he declared that it would be a failure if England didn't reach the final. In other words, he set the expectations too high and now people blame him.



That probably was the only mistake he made ;)

[race aficionado]

You are easily amused for an associate of Pablo Escobar
Is he still dead? Hmmmmmm! Come clean RA as you call yourself.
And what's with the crack-pipe emoticon? You may have a lot of people fooled.
Manhatten? maybe Manhatten Kansas
Were on to you.
Peace damn it!
your ruining my buzz! :D
Argentina is going to tank this game and you know it.
Exactly whats in it for you? ;) ...... :beer:

:s mokin:
Reporting from Kansas I can tell you that my son Manuel is a BIG German fan. He wears the #10 (the expensive one) shirt all day or he wears the #7 (the expensive one) of Bayern Munich.
I like Argentina( because I love Messi) and I am looking forward to some fun matches today because I also enjoy the other teams.
Bottom line is that I love "futbol" and I love seeing it well played.

And yes, Peace dammit! and I recommend that you see "The Two Escobars" an ESPN documentary made by some friends of mine that do a fantastic job explaining the story of Andres Escobar and his autogol in the World Cup. It also does a great job in showing the social/economical/political situation in my birth country Colombia in the hight of the Pablo Escobar's reign. It was a very tough emotional ride but very well worth it.

OK - got to see the game now.

Enjoy!
:s mokin:

[race aficionado]

You are easily amused for an associate of Pablo Escobar
Is he still dead? Hmmmmmm! Come clean RA as you call yourself.
And what's with the crack-pipe emoticon? You may have a lot of people fooled.
Manhatten? maybe Manhatten Kansas
Were on to you.
Peace damn it!
your ruining my buzz! :D
Argentina is going to tank this game and you know it.
Exactly whats in it for you? ;) ...... :beer:

:s mokin:
Reporting from Kansas I can tell you that my son Manuel is a BIG German fan. He wears the #10 (the expensive one) shirt all day or he wears the #7 (the expensive one) of Bayern Munich.
I like Argentina( because I love Messi) and I am looking forward to some fun matches today because I also enjoy the other teams.
Bottom line is that I love "futbol" and I love seeing it well played.

And yes, Peace dammit! and I recommend that you see "The Two Escobars" an ESPN documentary made by some friends of mine that do a fantastic job explaining the story of Andres Escobar and his autogol in the World Cup. It also does a great job in showing the social/economical/political situation in my birth country Colombia in the hight of the Pablo Escobar's reign. It was a very tough emotional ride but very well worth it.

OK - got to see the game now.

Enjoy!
:s mokin:

[Tazio]

:s mokin:
Reporting from Kansas I can tell you that my son Manuel is a BIG German fan. He wears the #10 (the expensive one) shirt all day or he wears the #7 (the expensive one) of Bayern Munich.
I like Argentina( because I love Messi) and I am looking forward to some fun matches today because I also enjoy the other teams.
Bottom line is that I love "futbol" and I love seeing it well played.

And yes, Peace dammit! and I recommend that you see "The Two Escobars" an ESPN documentary made by some friends of mine that do a fantastic job explaining the story of Andres Escobar and his autogol in the World Cup. It also does a great job in showing the social/economical/political situation in my birth country Colombia in the hight of the Pablo Escobar's reign. It was a very tough emotional ride but very well worth it.

OK - got to see the game now.

Enjoy! I did watch it!
Very compelling!
As for the rest of my post :rolleyes: :p : :s mokin: :beer:

[Tazio]

I always find blaming a manager to be bs. Like an F1 team manager is responsible for the pace of their drivers in a small group of races?


The most important thing (after talent) in assembling teams of players that don't play together on a regular basis is chemistry!
That is something that most team coahes to a large degree have their hands tied. There is no way for him to understand how the team players will interact "when the big fish start running". Chemistry is something that is developed by the experience of playing together! I played on a Baseball team that was good but we won the whole shooting match to spite our coach.
Reverse psychology? Maybe but we did develop a chemistry that had guys playing their "A" game throughout the playoffs. We were underdogs in every game as we were the lowest seeded team, which is also a motivation!
The team that developed the best chemistry the fastest will be The World Cup winners. And just possibly not as good as team that got booted earlier because they had no chemistry!

[race aficionado]

Tomorrow I am looking forward to the Honda/Forlan show and of course to the Portugal/Spain battle.

:

Man, I still confuse my Uruguays with my Paraguays. Forlan will play tomorrow.

Final penalties are exciting but I still find them tortuous - specially for the loosing team.

The fact is that someone has to lose and the stats or coin toss are fortunately not a part of the equation.

Looking forward to an exciting Spain/Portugal.

Vamos España!!!!!!!

:s mokin:

[pino]

Vamos España!!!!!!!

:s mokin:

:s :p :

[Eki]

Man, I still confuse my Uruguays with my Paraguays.
I sometimes confuse Colombia with Columbia.

[race aficionado]

I sometimes confuse Colombia with Columbia.

Now that's pathetic!!!! :mad:

It does happen a lot on this end of the pond and I am constantly correcting it.

I am getting PMs from horrified Paraguayans and pissed off Uruguayans but come to think of it, I still have issues with "push' and "pull' when it comes to doors and my son is always making fun of me when I make the wrong choice.
:dozey:

[Tazio]

I'm pulling for the donkey! :)

[donKey jote]

hmm not looking too promising at the moment :s

[pino]

Go Christiano Ronaldo :p : :s

[race aficionado]

hmm not looking too promising at the moment :s

Nerviocito, eh? :p :

It will open up in the second half.

:cool:

[donKey jote]

Spain play pitty-patty waiting for an opening, and Portugal waiting for a counter or a foul for Cristiano :s

[odykas]

Go Casillas :eek: :p : :laugh:

[donKey jote]

torres is playing like he´s had too much fish&chips in the last couple of years :p

[Tazio]

torres is playing like he´s had too much fish&chips in the last couple of years :p Either that or he's been hanging with Team Mexico and had a little too much Habanera sauce! :p :

[donKey jote]

oooooh lucky spain :s

[odykas]

Del Bosque fell asleep on the bench :s nore:

[donKey jote]

torres out at last

[donKey jote]

ooooooohhhhh Spain were unlucky!

[donKey jote]

and again! Vamoooos!!!!

[donKey jote]

Ggooooooooollllllllllll!!!!!

[Tazio]

Ggooooooooollllllllllll!!!!!
Sweeeeet !!

[donKey jote]

uyyyyy ramos

[Tazio]

Almost #2

[donKey jote]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh :D

[Tazio]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh :D

Is it safe to say that there is no love lost between these teams ;)
BTW is anyone else having problemes sending PM's or editing posts?

[donKey jote]

Phew :d :d :d

[donKey jote]

bananas :D :D :D

[donKey jote]

yes taz, me for example... see forum feedback :)

[odykas]

Have fun donks :p :

[donKey jote]

cheers ody :D
I´m not a flaggy person but with Ireland not qualified, England out, and the fact I´ll be out of the country for the hypothetical Germany-Spain... I think I just might have to drape my donkey wagon in the Rojigualda at work tomorrow :D :D

[race aficionado]

Have fun donks :p :

party hardy Donks!!

def:
To go out partying and celebrate until you pass out, wake up naked, find that you are wearing someone else's underpants, and discover that someone has used your body as a canvas for their artistic lipstick drawings.
:D

:s mokin:

[donKey jote]

Man, I still confuse my Uruguays with my Paraguays.
reminds me of the classic joke:
"-Soy paraguayo y quiero casarme con su hija para hacerla feliz.
-¿Para qué?
-Paraguayo"
:D

babelfish:
"- I am Paraguayan and I want to marry with its daughter to make it happy.
-Why?
- Paraguayan" :s

[donKey jote]

cheers race :D

[jens]

Regarding England - they have had various coaches over the years, but the results are barely dissimilar. I suppose the problems are clearly deeper. They may change the coach again, but would it create a feeling that they are going to succeed next time around? Definitely not.

Anyway, I have to say I have been impressed with the South American squads so far. All have been in form and as one of them just had to drop out due to positioning in the play-off rounds, still four out of five have made it into the quarterfinals. :up:

I'm hoping for a Ger-Esp final, but with the difference of Germans winning compared to Euro'08. :D

[donKey jote]

semi-final, with the difference of Spain winning by 2-0 instead of 1-0 :p

[donKey jote]

I just realised half the quarterfinalists speak donkey :crazy:

[race aficionado]

I just realised half the quarterfinalists speak donkey :crazy:

si señor!!!
:bandit:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Spain did look good against a very solid Portuguese defence. But Portugal had nothing going fowards in the second half.

I think Spain have a great chance of reaching the final, but Brazil are looking pretty invincible at the minute.

[Tazio]

Spain did look good against a very solid Portuguese defence. But Portugal had nothing going fowards in the second half.

I think Spain have a great chance of reaching the final, but Brazil are looking pretty invincible at the minute.

+ one Spain played a brilliant game against Portugal!
But Brazil put a serious beat-down on Chile. It will be interesting to see what The Netherlands have for them! The winner of that game has their ticket punched to the finals! maybe :)

[pino]

I was not impressed by Spain, so far they haven't played at the same level as they did in the Europe Cup, but I still think they will be Champions.

[Storm]

Villa, Villa , Maravilla!



I just realised half the quarterfinalists speak donkey :crazy:
And 3 out of 4 semifinalists could be donkey-hablantes :eek: :)

or all 4 could be South Americans! the world cup could become Copa America!

[Mark]

Perhaps UK football needs more international practice. And a tournament every 2 years doesn't do that.

Perhaps there should be a "5 Nations" i.e. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland; tournament every 2 years, i.e. years when there is no World Cup or European Championship to make sure that the national teams take part in an important competition at least once a year.

Not to mention it would give all the home nation teams the chance to play if they don't qualify for the other tournaments.

[Mark]

Perhaps UK football needs more international practice. And a tournament every 2 years doesn't do that.

Perhaps there should be a "5 Nations" i.e. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland; tournament every 2 years, i.e. years when there is no World Cup or European Championship to make sure that the national teams take part in an important competition at least once a year.

Not to mention it would give all the home nation teams the chance to play if they don't qualify for the other tournaments.

Seems I'm not the only one to have that idea, in fact it's going ahead, just without England! (quelle surprise!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Associations%27_Tournament

[janneppi]

England might be a slight favourite for once. ;)

Finally a small break in the games, I was getting tired of watching footy all night long.

[Tazio]

Perhaps UK football needs more international practice. And a tournament every 2 years doesn't do that.

Perhaps there should be a "5 Nations" i.e. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland; tournament every 2 years, i.e. years when there is no World Cup or European Championship to make sure that the national teams take part in an important competition at least once a year.

Not to mention it would give all the home nation teams the chance to play if they don't qualify for the other tournaments. If we formed an Anglo/American Team we'd be in with a shout! :uhoh: :p :

[Mark]

England might be a slight favourite for once. ;)


Yes :p . Although what's the betting they still get trounced by Northern Ireland.

[odykas]

It looks like donkey Capello will not get sacked... http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/slap.gif http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/slap.gif

... for now :laugh:

[Daniel]

It looks like donkey Capello will not get sacked... http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/slap.gif http://www.alfisti.gr/forum/images/smilies/slap.gif

... for now :laugh:
You're an Alfisti tOdy? :)

[odykas]

Used to be and wannabe :p :

[pino]

Used to be and wannabe :p :

...and a MS fan too, so I guess now you will support Germany against Argentina :p :

[Daniel]

Used to be and wannabe :p :
Surely you must be rich if you work for the biggest ball of flaming gas in the solar system? :p

[donKey jote]

I was not impressed by Spain, so far they haven't played at the same level as they did in the Europe Cup, but I still think they will be Champions.

no neither was I. Yesterday they gave away way too many balls through nervous inaccurate passes without being under much pressure... smother them like Brasil did Chile for example, instantly surrounding each man with 2-3 of their own, and I don´t think they´ll be able to play their pretty, Barça style game :s

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I don't think England is in as bad a way as people say. The under-21s were runners up in the European Championship and last month the England under-17s beat Spain in the final to win the European Championship. Young talent is around.

[odykas]

...and a MS fan too, so I guess now you will support Germany against Argentina :p :

Of course not :p :

Argentina have the great Messi but unfortunately... no coach :s :blackeye:

Let it be :p :

[Valve Bounce]

Did anyone see Germany's coach picking his nose? :eek:

[Rollo]

Did anyone see Germany's coach picking his nose? :eek:

The whole world did :D

sVdh2TLZYvU

My dad picks his nose, that goes to Cottee's, to make the cordial, that I like best? :D

[odykas]

The thing is that he can manage a team, unlike many others (no need to mention names ;) :p : )

[Tazio]

I've put a request in to Koz to see if it is ok to turn his Chat room into a Mexican Donkey Show ;) (I don't think he can stop us)
And I am asking the administration if they can make this into a sticky! (Which I know Pino will be overjoyed to do) :p
July the third Spain vs Uruguay I'll be serving "Pulpo ala Plancha"!
Bring your own olives, Sangria, and your women!
I want your women!! :beer: :bandit: :s mokin:

[anthonyvop]

I've put a request in to Koz to see if it is ok to turn his Chat room into a Mexican Donkey Show ;) (I don't think he can stop us)
And I am asking the administration if they can make this into a sticky! (Which I know Pino will be overjoyed to do) :p
July the third Spain vs Uruguay I'll be serving "Pulpo ala Plancha"!
Bring your own olives, Sangria, and your women!
I want your women!! :beer: :bandit: :s mokin:

Donkey???

[Tazio]

Donkey???
lighten up tony!!!
http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138235&page=33

donkey-hablantes
These guy are down with it!

[pino]

Today's matches :


Netherlands v Brazil

Uruguay v Ghana

what are your predictions ? I say Brazil and Ghana will reach semifinals ;)

[Storm]

and I'm sure you meant Spain v PARAGUAY

[Storm]

Brasil on penalties and Uruguay with Forlan scoring!

[pino]

Brasil on penalties and Uruguay with Forlan scoring!

I don't mind Brasil (probably the only Team who can beat Spain) :s but I want Ghana ahead :D

[pino]

I've put a request in to Koz to see if it is ok to turn his Chat room into a Mexican Donkey Show ;) (I don't think he can stop us)
And I am asking the administration if they can make this into a sticky! (Which I know Pino will be overjoyed to do) :p
July the third Spain vs Uruguay I'll be serving "Pulpo ala Plancha"!
Bring your own olives, Sangria, and your women!
I want your women!! :beer: :s mokin:

If and when Koz provides the Chat room, I will stick the link on top page ;)

[Tazio]

If and when Koz provides the Chat room, I will stick the link on top page ;) Thanks Pino! I haven't forgotten my roots, and I still can’t get my "guays" correct ;)
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/bracket?cc=5901&ver=us
I just want to see Alonso win again even if his first name is "Xabi" :confused:

Earth to Koz, give us a vector, please acknowledge, come in Koz :s mokin:

[Tazio]

Brasil on penalties and Uruguay with Forlan scoring!I'm saying Basil is used to make pesto! :rolleyes: :confused:
Brazil 2 Uruguay nil :dork:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

England didn't lose to the USA!!!!

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[Tazio]

England didn't lose to the USA!!!!

Weren't you the one that said Ameicans wouldn't understand a draw? ;)

gXo2nm2ODF0

[odykas]

Uruguay will be a serious opponent for Brazil...but I believe Brazil will win one way or another.

[Eki]

Uruguay will be a serious opponent for Brazil...but I believe Brazil will win one way or another.
There's only one way Brazil can win. The referee has to accept more Brazilian goals than Uruguayan goals.

[odykas]

No Eki, you can win a football match without scoring any goals at all ;)

[Tazio]

There's only one way Brazil can win. The referee has to accept more Brazilian goals than Uruguayan goals.

So we are all assuming that Brazil will beat The Netherlands, and Uruguay will beat Ghana? USA had a draw with both in regulation but lost to Ghana in overtime Hmmmmm. We could have lost to Uruguay in overtime. Dodgy logic, but it would appear that counting Uruguay through is not a sure bet! Or is Brazil for that matter :)

[odykas]

Brazil - Netherlands : 1 - 0

Brazil looks solid.

[odykas]

1 - 1

Looks like I jinxed them :p :

[Eki]

No Eki, you can win a football match without scoring any goals at all ;)
I didn't say anything about scoring goals. I was talking about the referee saying that you did or that you didn't.

[Tazio]

1 - 1

Looks like I jinxed them :p :

Netherlands doesn't need cheap goals
which is just what Brazil gave them !

[Tazio]

Woooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!@!!!!!2-1

[odykas]

2 - 1 for Holland

But where's the Brazilian defence? :crazy:

[Tazio]

2 - 1 for Holland

But where's the Brazilian defence? :crazy:

This has turned into a blood bath! :eek:

[pino]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Well done Netherlands :bounce:

[veeten]

Shock of the championship!!! :s hock: :eek:

I leave to get some groceries and what happens when I get back...

[pino]

Come on Ghana, give us another shock tonight :D :D :D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Well done to the Netherlands :up: :up:

They have my support to win the World Cup :D

[UltimateDanGTR]

Common Netherlands! 2-1 against Brazil, fantastic for the world cup. Id love to see a Netherlands vs Spain final now, It would be great to see a final in the knowledge that whoever wins will win their first world cup.

I hope Ghana get through tonight as well, and thinking about it despite what I said above Germany Is the only country left in the world cup I wouldnt like to see win it.

[Tazio]

Common Netherlands! 2-1 against Brazil, fantastic for the world cup. Id love to see a Netherlands vs Spain final now, It would be great to see a final in the knowledge that whoever wins will win their first world cup.

I hope Ghana get through tonight as well, and thinking about it despite what I said above Germany Is the only country left in the world cup I wouldnt like to see win it. Unfortunately as we have learned out of Kansas RA has explained why Argentina is going for "the Price" vs Germany :eek: :s mokin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0waNRaz6wU

[race aficionado]

What a shocker! :eek:
I knew the orange team was good but I thought it was not good enough to beat the samba players.

That second goal from the Dutch came from a corner kick that should not have been granted by the Brazilian defender - he could have easily kicked it to the side and avoided the deadly corner kick- many replays will accentuate many sleepless nights.

oh well, like my man JPM says: **** happens!!!

and the games go on.

Hoping for a fun one this afternoon (2pm NYC time)
:s mokin:

[odykas]

JPM? :p :

[Tazio]

Come on Ghana, give us another shock tonight :D :D :D

Pino this is a volitile match-could go either way-action packed :up:

[odykas]

1 - 0
Great goal by Muntari!

[Tazio]

Second half....... Serve it up!!

[Tazio]

Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal goal goalgoalGoalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal goal goalgoalGoalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUruguay

[Tazio]

WooooWooooooooWoooooooooooooow
almost!

[Josti]

Wow, we're in the semi's. 1st half was terrible, after 1-0 I thought Brazil would cruise to 2 or 3-0. 2nd half was totally different, compliments to coach Van Marwijk for that, it was amazing. In fairness, Brazil has 5 titles already, maybe it's time for a new winner, wether it's Netherlands or not.

Ghana as the next opponent would be nice for Africa, but I expect to see Uruguay pull through.

[UltimateDanGTR]

does anyone know what Tazio has been on?

can someone sedate him? :D

[Tazio]

I've completly lost it!!!!
What a game! :)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Ghana have been cheated. That was a certain goal!

[donKey jote]

that was bollox :(

[Tazio]

I'll take that sedative now! :cool:

[pino]

Booooooooo :down:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Extraordinary!

[Tazio]

Two penalty kick saves :eek: Give that man a a cigar :s mokin:

[ioan]

Ghana have been cheated. That was a certain goal!

Not sure what you are talking about exactly.

[ioan]

Two penalty kick saves :eek: Give that man a a cigar :s mokin:

A penalty can not be saved it can only be poorly executed! ;)

[veeten]

Even with the player doing a handball, it didn't cross the plane. No goal.

The penalty kick was the right call, but it was up to player to make that kick. Instead, the kick was too heavy and bounced off the crossbar. Too bad.

And we all saw the rest... Congradulations, Uruguay... condolences, Ghana.

[Tazio]

A penalty can not be saved it can only be poorly executed! ;) :D whatever :D I like the way that little pooch kick that sealed it for Uruguay was executed ;)

[J4MIE]

Ghana deserved to go through but should have scored again well before extra time even, real shame for Gyan :(

[race aficionado]

whew!!!!

The agony and the ecstasy.

What a roller-coaster.

The bottom line is that someone has to win and the other goes home.

But what a devastating way to go home.

#3 (I forget his name) should be on suicide watch. I'm sure the doctors sedate him right away. Very tough indeed.

:eek:

[veeten]

does anyone know what Tazio has been on?

can someone sedate him? :D

well, we can ask Paris Hilton... ;) :p

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=509002&gt1=28103

[Tazio]

Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR
does anyone know what Tazio has been on?

can someone sedate him?


well, we can ask Paris Hilton... ;) :p

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=509002&gt1=28103

"Irie" rasta man! My team "Jamaica" missed the cut!
and we didn't care ;)

[Tazio]

RA, and V10, with all the Euro's pouting over Uruguay's win, it's just plain anti-american :D

[ioan]

Even with the player doing a handball, it didn't cross the plane. No goal.

The penalty kick was the right call, but it was up to player to make that kick. Instead, the kick was too heavy and bounced off the crossbar. Too bad.

The ball that was stopped with the hand by the Uruguayan player was shot from offside position anyway. I wonder if the referee would have allowed or disallowed the goal if it wasn't for the hand play.

[odykas]

I feel sorry for Ghana but they had a big chance and missed it .. that's life :s

Now vamos biancoceleste :D

Let them kick some German a$$, Diego :p :

[pino]

Am I dreaming ? Argentina down 0-2 ? :s

[Tazio]

[/b] Unfortunately as we have learned out of Kansas RA has explained why Argentina is going for "the Price" vs Germany :eek: :s mokin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0waNRaz6wU

Like RA said, so it is
Argentina "went for the price" :rolleyes:

[anthonyvop]

Am I dreaming ? Argentina down 0-2 ? :s

Ain't no dream......3 zip.


Yea Baby!!!!

[donKey jote]

Germany - England 4-1
Germany - Argentina 4-0
Germany - (Spain) ??-??
Germany - (Holland) ??-??

They have to beat all their classic rivals on the way to the Cup...
If I weren´t for Spain, I´d be all for Germany :D

[donKey jote]

Tooooooooooor!!!!! 4-0

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Well done Germany! :up:

At least England scored 2 against Germany! :p

[pino]

What a great performance by Germany :eek: :up:

[donKey jote]

Well done Germany! :up:

At least England scored 2 against Germany! :p

eh? :D

[donKey jote]

What a great performance by Germany

yep, they played like World Champions :eek: :up:

If they get through to the finals I won´t hear the last of it at work... unless they lose against Holland :D :D :D

[race aficionado]

holy crap!
Messi and Argentina got BEAT by da Germans.

where was Argentina's defense?

Now they will pounce on Maradona.

But to be fair, Germany rocked today.

My son is a happy fan.

Ahora, vamos España!!!!!!!
:s mokin:

[pino]

holy crap!
Messi and Argentina got BEAT by da Germans.

Ahora, vamos España!!!!!!!
:s mokin:

Was Messi there ? :confused: ;)

Ahora vamos Paraguay !!!!!!

:D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

What is it with the World Cup 'star' players being crap.

Messi
Ronaldo
Kaka
Rooney
etc

[pino]

What is it with the World Cup 'star' players being crap.

Messi
Ronaldo
Kaka
Rooney
etc

No italians ? :( :p :

[Brown, Jon Brow]

No italians ? :( :p :

erm................................errrr.......... .......................errr....................... .......................Cannavaro maybe? :p

[ShiftingGears]

Argentina got destroyed. I can't see Germany losing the world cup from now, but they did look not as dominant during the second quarter of the match. That's about as far as the critisism can go for the German side.

[pino]

erm................................errrr.......... .......................errr....................... .......................Cannavaro maybe? :p

Actuallt he wasn't as bad as expected, many others deserves to be on that list ;)

[pino]

Argentina got destroyed. I can't see Germany losing the world cup from now, but they did look not as dominant during the second quarter of the match. That's about as far as the critisism can go for the German side.


They will miss their best player (Muller) in the semifinal, (probably against Spain) so I will not be so sure about it, but won't be easy to beat them ;)

[Tazio]

Hey guys don't forget the big Tapas party for the Spain vs Paruguay match
In the Kozington Chat! http://kozzington.com/chat/

[ShiftingGears]

They will miss their best player (Muller) in the semifinal, (probably against Spain) so I will not be so sure about it, but won't be easy to beat them ;)

Ahh yes, for some reason I completely forgot about Spain. I still think they will pull through however.

[pino]

Hey guys don't forget the big Tapas party for the Spain vs Paruguay match
In the Kozington Chat! http://kozzington.com/chat/

I might be there to support Paraguay :p :

[Tazio]

holy crap!
Messi and Argentina got BEAT by da Germans.

where was Argentina's defense?

Now they will pounce on Maradona.

But to be fair, Germany rocked today.

My son is a happy fan.

Ahora, vamos España!!!!!!!
:s mokin:

As if you didn't know? :dozey:

[Tazio]

I might be there to support Paraguay :p :

That's ok there is plenty of pulpo!


http://juliabarcelona.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/pulpobufones.jpg

[Tazio]

Ain't no dream......3 zip.


Yea Baby!!!!



Tony who are you pulling for?

The CIA :confused: At least they play nice :laugh:

[donKey jote]

Was Messi there ?
Ahora vamos Paraguay !!!!!!



Isn´t Paraguay one of the teams that sent Italy home early ? :confused: ;) :p

A por ellos oeee :D