WORLD CUP: Results Discussion

I am gutted for the Australians.  Italy really did have 11 players in the last bit of the game.  Unbelievable!

Guess I'm going to be the lone dissenter and say that I'm pleased the Azzurri made it through.  Yep, they dive and play for the fouls, but if I've only been watching football for eight years and know it, so should every other coach and team know it.  Part of a successful strategy is knowing how to contain it.

Guess I'm going to be the lone dissenter and say that I'm pleased the Azzurri made it through.  Yep, they dive and play for the fouls, but if I've only been watching football for eight years and know it, so should every other coach and team know it.  Part of a successful strategy is knowing how to contain it.

And there speaks a true Chelsea fan....

 


 

Vicky

And damn proud of it.   

And damn proud of it.   

And here I was thinking I was in love until ya said that ......maybe it's just John Terry and the fact he's got a face like a spanked baby's ars* every time he feels hard done by

BTW....too bad about Holland, but like Mexico against Argentina I think they played that game one round too early. (such is the draw,lesser teams float through because of it, but never mind.....)......In a quarterfinal things would have been different

well we're through, but as usual we made it hard work, i dont think i can take much more . look forward to saturdays game with  portugal , and seeing as though they have lost deco and costingha to red cards, we may just have a chance. cmon England lets get to the semis 
hopefully Ghana will beat the Brazillians tomorrow

hopefully Ghana will beat the Brazillians tomorrow

Total mis-match........again, the draw dictates destiny.....the BEST vs. the BEST unfortunately rarely happens ......but..

And here I was thinking I was in love until ya said that ......maybe it's just John Terry and the fact he's got a face like a spanked baby's ars* every time he feels hard done by

Poor Terry, his performances for England aren't as solid as they are with Chelsea.  Maybe it's because he doesn't have Makelele sitting in front of him, maybe it's his partner (would rather see him with Campbell) or just perhaps he'll be one of those players that never puts in the same consistent performance in internationals that he does for club.

BTW....too bad about Holland, but like Mexico against Argentina I think they played that game one round too early. (such is the draw,lesser teams float through because of it, but never mind.....)......In a quarterfinal things would have been different

 :\\\'(  Yeah, I'm bummed to see them go.  But I believe Van Baston said this is a squad for the future.

you never  know   we are due one true shock in this world cup, true if Essien hadnt have been red carded in the last group game then they would have had a much better chance

you never  know   we are due one true shock in this world cup, true if Essien hadnt have been red carded in the last group game then they would have had a much better chance

i think England fans have had several shocks this world cup.  The first three games you won were shocks with the way they played

Poor Aussies - what a way to lose!  And in the final minute to boot.  It was a fair PK, but the situation just STUNK.  Italy got realllll lucky with that one.

Oh my God.  What a way to go out.  I am speechless.  They had done so bloody well, and really played their hearts out.  I'm practically in tears here and I'm not even Australian.

Vicky

Yep, I used to play defense and that call was horrific. I honestly have never seen worst officiating than at this world cup. Even by refs in the USA who have never played soccer. ( well, maybe not. :-)  The Aussie has as much right to that position on the field as the Italian has. If the Italian chooses to try to run through/over then it is a foul on the him. Now if the Aussie had tried to play the ball while on the ground. Just 100% clear the game of soccer is becoming a game of cry-babies.  Everytime some loser goes down faking an injury and the ball is kicked off the pitch as a "sportsman" I cringe. Whatever happened to doing battle?  The player should be ejected from the game in a 3 minute penalty at least. Better yet he should have to run a gauntlet to be allowed back in the game. European soccer is for wimps.

 

GO SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Indeed.  We like Spain...well, we like Jose Antonio Reyes and Cesc Fabregas....

 

I see lardy boy has broken the all time World Cup goal scoring record....


Vicky

GO SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this may turn out to be a good game (provided there's no Russian ref  ).  Spain -- the perennial under-achievers doing much better this tournament -- versus France, a team full of talent on the slide.  I hope they both turn it on tonight and give us the game of their lives.