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General => Sports => Topic started by: JTRIX on May 20, 2006, 10:25:20 PM
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As daigong suggested (from my post in "post whoring thread"), I made this world cup thread!
:D
post anything you want to say about the upcoming world cup, the news, your favour teams, players, formation, rumours, anything you like!!!
AS LONG AS IT IS WORLD CUP RELATED!!!
P.S. Do I get a prize daigong???
:P
EDIT - lol... forgot to put down what is my favour team: FRANCE!
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Yep. You get "thumbsup"
(http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1180/wednesday73pg.jpg)
I like Brazil again. Ronaldhino is unstoppable and his Barcelona win (?) in the FA Cup (?) ...anyways, it'll be good to get drunk all over again in the summer.
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hmm.. i think the brazillian squad of this campaign is one of the strongest i've seen in a while..
Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Cris (Olympique Lyon), Luisao (Benfica)
Midfielders: Edmilson (Barcelona), Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon), Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians)
Forwards: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Adriano (Inter Milan), Fred (Olympique Lyon)
ronaldo doesn't look like he's as hungry or passionate about football this time going into the world cup. he probably won't even be in the starting lineup.
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I'm just hoping we get decent coverage of it over here.
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I'm just hoping we get decent coverage of it over here.
Sure, isn't TSN + Sportsnet doing it? When in doubt, go to E&C :drool:
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http://soccer.sportsnet.tsn.ca/schedule_results/
According to that page, every game will be carried either by Sportsnet or TSN with the final game being broadcast on CTV. Either way, that's a good thing, as long as the game is being shown, it doesn't matter which network it's on.
My prediction is Holland is going to take it. Just cause they've always seemed like underachievers and may be due for a breakout tournament. My underdog pick is Ukraine.
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I like Agentina.Hope will be champion.
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Another team is Holland.
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I like Brazil again. Ronaldhino is unstoppable and his Barcelona win (?) in the FA Cup (?) ...anyways, it'll be good to get drunk all over again in the summer.
European Cup.
Personally, looking forward to seeing Japan, Holland, Brazil and the US in action. The US did well in their last outing, I want to see how far they can go this time. Holland missed the last one, so we'll see how it goes.
Free-to-air doesn't have group matches though. This fucking blows.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AUSTRALIAAAAAAAAAAAA!
...we're gonna get shat on. D:
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AUSTRALIAAAAAAAAAAAA!
...we're gonna get shat on. D:
heh. i've got my australian jersey and my japanese jersey, for wearing during the matches. shame that a: both teams are in the same group; and b: neither team is going to make it out of their group :(
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I'm planning on watching every game this time around, if I can just fit them into my super-busy schedule. :D In 2002, I missed like 1 and a half games. :w00t:
I'll be "rooting" for four teams: Czech, Netherlands, Japan and South Korea, although I'm just as interested in seeing some of the new countries play, from Africa for example. I just wanna see quality football and variety in gameplay.
My "somewhat realistic" out-of-the-blue bet for the winner of the cup is Czech Republic.
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To get into the world cup spirit .. here's a good video :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPAM5ci8ygY
And to bring back some memories ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBSMjnTVFc
England was losing 1-2 and the match was already in stoppage time, so this was their last chance to score. They needed the goal to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. It's a classic Beckham free kick :)
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My boss has already gotten tickets for the final in Germany. Whee~!!! Two weeks of freedom from him!! ^o^
:P
I wonder how the Asian teams will do...
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I'll root for France and Japan.
Last Zidane's games.
GoalKeeper : Barthez, Coupet, Landreau
Defender : Gallas, Boomsong, Abidal, Givet, Sagnol, Thuram, Sylvestre, Chimbonda
Midfilder : Zidane, Dhorasoo, Malouda, Vieira, Makelele, Diarra
Forward : HENRY, Trezeguet, Wiltord, Ribery, Saha, Cisse
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I'm alwaus cheering for smaller countries. Or Netherlands if the smaller countries are already out. They've nice orange jerseys :)
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wow didn't realize chimbonda's in the national squad. he's improved so much this season.
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Henry is best scorer from Asenal.I like him and hope he highest score in this world cup 2006.
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I wonder how the Asian teams will do...
Korea's cinderella run in 2002 was GNARLY. I'd like to see how the African teams do too. and hey let's play:
Yahoo FIFA World Cup Fantasy Game
Go here: http://en.fifaworldcup.fantasysports.yahoo.com/ff
Group Name: JPH!P World Cup Hooligans
League ID: 10564
Password: rika
:pimp:
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if u guys havent known..this is the grouping and match timetable
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/wallchart?cc=4716
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World Cup Start on 9 June 2006. Time will be count down for excite match.
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so its gonna be broadcast at noon here in Canada rite??
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ya I think so since I remember watching England league and other leagues and they are usually boardcasted at the afternoon.
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McBride got that big knot on his head..it was freakin huge. He scored a goal using his head later on too. USA looks pretty good. I'm hoping.
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i support brazil and england
i think brazil has the greatest chance of winning the world cup, again
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yeah, chimbonda had became quite a player over the past year and one of the reasons why Wigan did so well in the premiership (when everyone thought they were going straight back down).
I don't think much of the US team actually, McBride is past his use by date and is a very average striker at his peak campare to other world-class strikers. Johnson has potential but is still very raw. They have a very decent left winger in Beasley (that's forced to play out of position on the right on the games that's I've watched) and Donovan is grossly over-rated by the US media, he's elusive and technically sound, but that's about it, there's good reasons why he never made it in his stints in Europe. Though the seemingly ageless Keller is still quite okay in goal. And their FIFA ranking pretty much pisses off everyone who knows and watches Football. US would be extremely lucky just to get through the group stages.
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how about freddy adu.. is he on the squad? is he considered american? i can't remember.. i heard he was like one big talent.. would be so cool to see him start early like pele..
wonder if any new youngster will shine this time around..
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i only like watching brazil when it comes to world cup. i somehow like sweden and holland too. but brazil is going all the way. i am so anticipating the WC wit a week left till kick off.
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Just a reminder to England fans.... there's a match in a few hours :)
Saturday June 3: 15.00 CET England vs. Jamaica
I'm not sure but maybe this is their last warmup match before World Cup?
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Wow a good game from england :)
6 Days from now on till the wm :)
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The England game was pretty good. They should do well in this year's World Cup if they don't screw up.... like they always do :(
But this year they have Crouch! Crouch > * ... lol
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3857/robocrouch9ot.gif)
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England impressed me :)
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Nice moves
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3 days and it starts !!
France vs. China tomorrow, it will be a funny match
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2 days to world cup! i'm going 2 support the alwiz underperformed spain. it is no fun supporting a sure-win brazil. many young guns will b under the spotlight.
rooney, theo, messi, robinho, cole, cesc, robin. who will b e brightest star?
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rooney, theo, messi, robinho, cole, cesc, robin. who will b e brightest star?
Ribery
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Thank God I have only the one exam this year before the World Cup officially starts! I'd never get work done otherwise! :D
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GOGOGO England!
I would also like to see Japan going far in the World Cup:)
Wayne Rooney is clear to play!! That is just a great news for the team of England and their fans!
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A local newspaper predicted the results and surprisingly according to them we'll get Brazil - Japan final :D Too bad Brazil will win the cup :(
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Too bad Brazil will win the cup :(
Yeah, a little variation would be nice. But Brazil is simply the best team, and will win the tournament.
But, as i said before, it would be fun if some other team won.
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i was watching sports news, brazil drew 45000 ppl watching their practise. thats just crazy and shows u how popular they are.
its too bad for me that i cant watch most of the games live at all since i got work during day time! this really sucks for me.
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So it starts today? Was there an opening ceremony featuring Heidi Klum?
I just hear things about Wayne Rooney getting an MRI and that french guy Cisse being injured.
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It's oficially started! WOO!! :D
*EDIT*
:o And what a start!
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lahm's goal had me jumping. top corner OMG 0_0!!
edit: and then frings' goal had me speechless =0
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Crap, I missed the beginning. O: Germany is in the lead.
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wow, high scoring between Germany and Costa Rica@.@
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Germany went nuts those last few goals. good game. they'll be tough to beat.
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Frings' goal was pretty delicious, I had the same expression on my face as the Costa Rican goalie. :lol:
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The first game was entertaining as hell. Even a hockey fan like me enjoyed it cause both teams scored so many goals :)
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teams i'm keeping a eye on this year...
-south korea: had a great showing in 2002 and i'm curious to see how they'll do this cup
-ivory coast: i've always had a thing for african teams and since nigeria didn't qualify this cup i'm keeping my eye on them
-tunisia: another team that shocked everyone in 2002, gotta see what they'll do
i just hope this cup is as good if not better than the one in 2002, just a damn shame i can't be in germany to see them live like i got to then. luckily espn and abc are covering all the matches, just hope they'll be friendly to my work schedule.
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cant wait to see how Brazil play... love the way they celebrate everytime after they scoer... DACNE DANCE...
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That was pretty dope first matches. LMAO the 3rd or 4th goal for Germany was pure power! I loved how that guy was injured, they came and got the stretcher, but he stood up and walked off on his own power - then later scored the insurance goal XDDD
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Germany's game was so good to watch. High scoring with two sensational goals. What a way to start the tournament! I laughed at the commentary when the first goal was scored. "That's possibly the best goal of the tournament". Well, it was the ONLY goal of the tournament so far! :lol:
Everyone seems to be shocked that Ecuador won over Poland, but let's not forget that the team managed to beat both Brazil and Argentina in friendly matches :o
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Im waking up early to just watch England!
GO England!!
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There is, 1-0 for England.
Was a bit disappointed, not as good as yesterday's game.
Giving a big credit to Paraguay for playing so well!
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i kept on falling asleep watching the game. the game wasnt as good as yesterday's.
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bad2 tactical change taking out owen in the 2nd half. as much as people love crouch, imo he's still no where near being a world class striker.
sweden vs trinidad & tobago should be great. ibrahimovic!!!
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Resume :
060609:
Germany 4 vs. 2 Costa Rica
Ecuator 2 vs. 0 Poland
060610:
England 1 vs. 0 Paraguay
Sweden 0 vs. 0 Trinidad & Tobago
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T&T wow....
So much team spirit and support from their fans. They "won" the match and won a few new fans too.... their backup keeper was amazing today
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Sweden 0 vs. 0 Trinidad & Tobago
That was horrible.
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T&T was fucking win. It was almost like watching Total Football all over again. What, we lost the ball? Why, we'll just run back and defend against the Swedes!
Argentina 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Best of today's matches, for sure. Ivory Coast played like vets, even though its the first time. They took the game to the argentinians for sure. That last minute goal by Drogba was pretty awesome too. I was surprised by how much they could defend and attack.
I'm awaiting IC's match against Holland now. Should be a treat.
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ARG - CIV was a good game.
Both teams put on a good fight, I wasn't expecting Ivory Coast to do as well as they did at all. Hell, I was really rooting for them to score that second goal and make it a tie during those last 10 minutes. The Netherlands shouldn't underestimate them.
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In other semi-unrelated news, the ref for the Sweden game was Singaporean! Represent! :lol:
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but guys ... ivory coast was good until half of the fist time ... then ivory coast just run like hell and nothing more .
i have to say that argentina look so slow against ic , they look almost static
and hell they STOLE a gol to argentina ... yes it's true ..
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ivory coast is the african sleeper this year like nigeria was back in 94. they played solid against argentina and the only thing i saw that they should've done better was press on their defense more, especially after drogba's goal. it'll be really interesting to see how the match with holland will turn out but i'm routing for the elephants~
as for england's debut it wasn't good at all. for a team that was one of the favorites pulling out a one - nil win on an own goal just wasn't a good start but they got the win and those 3 points are all that matters right now.
and i gotta give cred to the t&t goalkeeper for doing a damn good job. i think everyone expected the swedes to run away with that match but what a suprise.
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england is a definite favourite for me.. IF and only if gerrard + lampard could play as well as they play for their clubs. otherwise they depend too much on someone like rooney to do his magic.. or becks' setpieces for the goals..
argentina was really impressive. +all-star subs..
i've a feeling holland won't qualify..
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Nah, Holland missed '02, i'm sure they're more than prepared for the opposition this time. I really wanna see how they play, that group is turning out to be pretty great.
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this is thimas, LETS GET THIS THREAD TO 100 PAGES!!!!
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... let me ask something to all the soccer fans ...
which is your candidate to win this world cup?
the mine is argentina ... they have come to kick brazil ass
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brazil! i really dont know how GREAT they are since i dont watch football until world cups, but the fact i've always liked brazil is because they make the game look fun and exciting to watch. i tend to find many european teams too techinical. i cant wait to watch their first game.
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Brazil, for sure. Unsurpassed still, in my book.
Yeah, Brazil's playing style is different from the europeans'. Europe teams tend to play long ball, while teams from the americas and africa play a short passing game. It can get boring with long ball sometimes, but sometimes you can get teams that can play both ways. That's when a match gets totally awesome. :D
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i think some of the african teams play too much one on one though.
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I believe Brazil will win it unless a major player gets injured. They're just unstoppable and have so much control over every match they play. Ronaldinho may be ugly as fuck but it's so exciting watching him control the pace of the match and pull off ridiculous moves and passes :D
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German fans may terrified other team such Brazil.
I guess these two team will be on final match.
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I have no idea whom to hold for, the first two days have been surprising, there's bound to be more. :lol: Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the comeback of SCG and NED today.
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Aww crap. I was supposed to watch all the games but FUCK, now I noticed that during the coming week, the first game of each day is digital channel only in Finland. So that'd mean I'd have to miss Japan-Australia and South-Korea's first game as well. GrRnnh. :evil:
So, if anyone knows any internet live feeds, do tell. I'd really hate to miss these matches.
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So, if anyone knows any internet live feeds, do tell. I'd really hate to miss these matches.
heard bbc's showing some matches. but i haven't tried so dunno how it works or how's the quality.. -->bbc.co.uk
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heard bbc's showing some matches. but i haven't tried so dunno how it works or how's the quality.. -->bbc.co.uk
Doesn't look too good. Seems they're for UK users only. :|
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Mexico-Iran game was pretty sweet. I fell asleep during the Portugal game, :lol:. And when i switched it on at 12 minutes the only goal in the game was scored..
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Mexicans beat Iranians, YAY!
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I believe Brazil will win it unless a major player gets injured. They're just unstoppable and have so much control over every match they play. Ronaldinho may be ugly as fuck but it's so exciting watching him control the pace of the match and pull off ridiculous moves and passes :D
ronaldinho looked pretty cute as a little kid. he also played like he does now back when he was a kid which was crazy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3PGzrfE8rJg&search=ronaldinho
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So, if anyone knows any internet live feeds, do tell. I'd really hate to miss these matches.
http://www.tvn.cl ( in spanish)
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great matches today..i cant wait for tommorow and see japan play..its starts at 6am.:evil:
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Assuming Brazil make it to the top of the group (cause you know, they're Brazil), then Australia, Croatia and Japan have got their work cut out for them in aiming to reach 2nd place. Either Australia or Japan can take the early advantage by winning today, which makes it sound like an exciting match to watch.
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Go Japan!
I don't like Australia's team (even though I live here)
Although I haven't watched very much soccer before, I saw the Australia Vs. Netherlands friendly game and Australia just didn't look like they were in control of the game. If it wasn't for Australia's goalie who I thought was pretty good, things would have been different.
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Go Japan!
I don't like Australia's team (even though I live here)
Ooooh... you're an Aussie too, ebc? (Well, you live in Oz which might be different of course!) I knew Kei was here, but wasn't sure 'bout anyone else...
I, too, kinda have sympathies for Japan, despite being a Brit-born Anglo Aussie; I admit that I'm not a huge follower of soccer-football (for non-Aussies: we Aussies have our own football, hence the 'Soccer'-oos !!)... And when I stopped watching (work early tomorrow) Japan was ahead by 1 goal... So, yeah, ok ebc:
Go Japan!!
(Maybe we get Rika and her mates to come on and do their Rakuten Eagles theme, just for fun?)
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damn
that sucks
aus score like 3 times in last 10 minutes
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Rika sure won't be happy :( All credit to both teams though, was an enjoyable game to watch.
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AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON! AUSTRALIA WON!
Yeah, I'm pretty fucking happy right now. :D
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3 goals in 8 minutes!
That was fucking tight. Seriously, Japan's chances of keeping their first goal slimmed down quite a bit when Kennedy and Aloisi got into the game. :lol:
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OMFG!
This really sucks....Japan lost to the Aussies...
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Talk about a fucked up game. Good job on the Australians, but what the fuck was Japan on. Maybe the Australians will beat Crotia next! O:
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Well there went Japan's chances to advance. No way in hell are they gonna beat Brazil and chances against Croatia are quite slim. They had to win this game, but alas.
And thanks to everyone who recommended live streams and sites. Finally, after a good hour of work and testing like 8 different programs, TV ANTS (http://www.tvants.com/) did the trick and allowed me access to the Chinese CCTV5 sports channel. :yay:
A Little blocky but completely watchable. Also had to avoid the chat since the stream had a 3 minute delay or so. :lol:
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this totally sucks. i cant believe it. 3 goals in 8 minutes by a substitute.:evil:
rika :(
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this totally sucks. i cant believe it. 3 goals in 8 minutes by a substitute.:evil:
rika :(
i can't believe jp gonna lose.......
draw is ok. but 3-1 is too much:evil:
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3-0....and U.S. is ranking 5th in the world ranking...sosad
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Czech it out! :lol:
What the hell were the US players on? Man. But then, CZE has a pretty solid team, sucks that Koller got an injury during the game, though.
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Tomorrow FRANCE vs. SWISS !!! :lol:
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even nakata said the j team lacked spirit before the tournament. and it showed against the aussies..
usa getting a footballing lesson from czech wasn't a surprise really...
finally we get to see BRAZIL tomorrow!! woohooo!!! *samba* *samba*
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Even though Koller got injured, Czech is looking quite impressive. My choice for the cup winner might not have been that unrealistic after all. Hell, FIFA ranks them second in the world right now. :P
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the aussie probably thinks they're playing rugby today... what's w/ all those bumping and pushing the jap really... very disappointed in the result... thought the jap would win, but... sigh... i guess they just got tired at the end... but if they're really tired... at least they should stay back and try to watch out for the net instead of moving forward... and now, the chances of the jap qualifying are... sigh... anyways, i'll still support japan... and i hope brazil will kick australia's butt well later...
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the japanese goalie was catching flyes instead of catching the ball
my comment about tomorrow matches:
brazil - croatia
brazil ... hell they are 11 like everyone else .. why the hell everyone call of they like they were god or something like that ...
if you press enough to brazil and thy to keep the ball ... they can't do nothing...
and croatia will do that ... GO CROATIA!
Korea-Togo : hmmm korea 3 togo 0 :D
france -switzerland : france do some many good things ... like peugeot 504 , peugeot 205 maxi s 16 ... their wine ( ours ir better:D ) they have good porno ... but in soccer ... hmmm they aren't too good ( MY PERSONAL OPINION) ... this match will be a draw ...
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i woke up late for the japan-aussies game. by that time it was 1-0 japan into 63 minutes of play. there was this moment where i said that this WC lacked scoring wit all these 1-0 wins. about 10 minutes later japanese's keeper made a stupid mistake to led in the tying goal. the japanese then seemed like they were either tired, or their defence just sucked big time.
about the usa-czech game, i was laughing at the US basically for their performance. cant believe they are ranked 5th in the world.
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Go, Gatas... No, no XD. Go, Argentina go!! I hope them could win to english... again :P.
Juax, saluts!
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ugh....WHAT HAPPENED? I'm hoping it's something to do with first game jitters and not the fact that USA gave there best effort and still lost 0-3. Definitely need an attitude change for the next game. Get Donovan more involved!
Go France! Go Thierry!
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ugh....WHAT HAPPENED? I'm hoping it's something to do with first game jitters and not the fact that USA gave there best effort and still lost 0-3.
the truth is.. there's a big difference in skill, quality, squad depth, experience and class.. the fifa ranking sucks..
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Damn it. C'mon US!
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COME ON KOREA!!!!!!!1
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!
GREAT GAME KOREA!!!
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Not much of a fan of sports, but I've been watching the Cup a lot this year, and enjoying the hell out of it! Korea played a GREAT game today.
This cup im supporting England! They'll take the cup this year, to hell with Brazil! :D
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GJ KOREA !!!
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^ Dutch coaches for the win :)
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stupid togo.. GAWD they had such porous defense. i feverently hope for korea to lose their next two games :P
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OMG Burazil's game's almost starting! woohoo! so excited. hope Kaka shines..
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Kaka did shine. What a goal. It was a bomb.
Someone take ronaldo out. He is just there, staring at the ball. I expect this 2nd half be better.
Brazil 1 Croatia 0, for the moment.
Anyways, Croatia's defense is tha shit.
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Interesting game, but yeah, croatia's defense is sucking... wtf is ronaldo doing?
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Croatia deserves to win this game.
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Croatia deserves to win this game.
Signed. Overall I think they did a lot better than Brazil, it's too bad they're in the same group. Kind of unfair.
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disappointing. bra were like having a nice stroll in the park..
trademark kaka goal though. sweet!
spain v ukraine.. woo dunno which to support.. hopefully lotsa goals from torres & sheva..
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France game was bullshit. I shouldn't have stayed up to watch that shit, else I wouldn't be so groggy going into the Brazil match..
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i rushed home from work to watch the replay of the brz-cro game. it wasnt too good of a game for brazil. they played great during the first half. but the 2nd half, they were pressured heavily by the croatians. i really expect a much better performance the rest of the tourney.
watching the brazilians play is pretty amazing. their ball handling and short distance passing are almost flawless. ronaldinho at times shook off two defenders. Kaka's goal was great. he didnt need to put in too much power, but he was able to use the angle+spin to beat the keeper.
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..heck ... brazil wins ...
but my bet about france /swiss was correct ...
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how sad for the french... havent scored a goal in their last 4 WC games!wow
rika must be sad about the two teams she is cheering for!
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Thierry definitely hit that guy on the hand and it should've been called a hand ball. I expect France to advance to the next round.
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Thierry definitely hit that guy on the hand and it should've been called a hand ball. I expect France to advance to the next round.
not before they can actually score a goal!!lol
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Woo Korea! The Voodoo priest was wrong! He got the score right but the winner wrong. :lol:
Brazil was quite impressive despite the lack of goals. However, Croatia's performance convinced me that Australia and especially Japan are not gonna make it to the next round.
France was disappointing in their game against Switzerland. And someone get rid of Barthez already, that guy annoys me. :evil:
Oh gee, what an exciting World Cup day today:
Spain vs Ukraine
Tunisia vs Saudi-Arabia
Germany vs Poland
Oh yawn. Well in all seriousness, Spain and Germany should walk these matches and Tunisia should redeem the African teams as well. Can't say I'm expecting glorious and exciting football though.
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ok... i think ronaldo seriously needs to stop daydreaming...
kaka did such a nice job...
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I thought Ronaldo's performance yesterday was the worst I've ever seen from a pro footballer. He never made any attempt to get to the ball, always walking and at best, jogging. Especially as he is a centre forward, it was just embarrasing.
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Woo Korea! The Voodoo priest was wrong! He got the score right but the winner wrong.
I think I saw a voodoo priest, with his beads and shit :lol:
Spain Ukraine, 4 nil baby!
Ukraine was destroyed. Schevchenko didn't have any sort of chance, and he was the only one you'd ever see in the penalty box..
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JESUS WHAT A GAME :w00t:
Germany sure deserved that win. Can't remember this many 'close ones' since ever.
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GER 1 - 0 POL
Holy shit is all I can say right now. :lol:
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Tomorrow - all eyes on:
England and TNT! :pimp:
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TNT .. will win... hell yeah!
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http://worldcup.peekvid.com/
youtube links to world cup games there.
question about my post pm me. feel free.
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ENG 2 - 0 TNT
Finnaly England win althought it was a really hard macth *-* .
Yeah for Rooney returned ^-^.
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Fuck yeah!
Now that is how it should've been against T&T in the first place.
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man... paraguay tried so hard... esp the goalie... those shots he saved was awesome... that guy who ran so fast to save the ball from getting in was awesome too... wish they had won instead... guess this is all about luck after all...
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just getting into this convo now since i'm new, but wow i'm looking forward to see korea in their next game! my pick for winner is brazil...gotta love ronaldinho but that ronaldo needs to suck it up and step up his gameplay!
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ENG 2 - 0 TNT
Finnaly England win althought it was a really hard macth *-* .
Yeah for Rooney returned ^-^.
yay for england finally putting an attacking formation on the pitch. T&T put everyone behind the ball and packed the midfield, and until lennon and downing came on the pitch, england couldn't get any width. maybe they shold play beckham at right back for the rest of the tournament! :P
a shame that paraguay couldn't hold on for the draw - if they had, then england would have been confirmed as group winners. ah well - sweden have loooked very unimpressive in their opening two games.
two cracking games today: argentina v serbia-montenegro and holland v ivory coast. might have to leave work at 2pm again today ;)
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Well, it's like Ian Wright said. Argentina S&M whipped Serbia and Montenegro today. The best team performance of the tournament so far.
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Argentina rocked. w00t
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Serbia and Montenegro got owned BAD. Argentina should go far if they keep this pace up.
Next up Holland vs Ivory Coast. Of all the players in the World Cup, Robben has impressed me the most. Can't say the same for the rest of the Dutch team yet though. Also, Ivory Coast showed some real fighting spirit in their match against Argentina.
Should be an interesting match.
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6-0: i think we've just seen the eventual winners of the 2006 world cup in action....
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:shock: :shock: The keeper never even saw it coming! What a shot from Van Persie!
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The referee of Holland's match can go to hell. At first I thought he was biased towards Holland, but turns out he's just stupid. Gosh he ruined the otherwise best match of the tournament so far.
But yeah, group C played the greatest matches. Had the listless England been grouped with Argentina they'll have no chance of advancing at all!
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So, the advancing countries from group C have been determined. I missed the ARG - SCG game, but NED - CIV was great. I didn't expect Persie or Nistelroy to be the ones scoring. Ivory played good as well, but they screwed op their chances during the last minutes.
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Robben got carded for diving. Fucking Chelsea players :lol:
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decoooooooo! so many spectacular goals this year it's unbelievable. gotta buy that new ball and test how different it is..
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Yeah that goal was beautiful, man...
Next up Czech-Ghana. I expect total dominance from my #1 pick for the cup winner... Baros and Koller are both injured but still, I have faith. :bow:
After that, USA have a chance to show if they've really as good as everyone keeps saying. :P
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What a match.
Czech is crippled and the goalie seemed to be their sole defence. Their next match against Italy will be difficult with all the good offensive players gone. Koller and Baros injured, and now Lokvenc got a second successive yellow card and misses the next game. :evil:
Well, at least finally a good African team with chances to advance as well. Kudos to Ghana.
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Czech 0 - 2 Ghana
What the f!ck!
I can't believe in my eyes , my favourite team (Cezch) played so bad this match >i think the main problem is they dont have Baros and Koller, orthers cant replace them. Cezch's still have a chance to go if they win Italy next match *-*.
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That Czech game..
Most fucking disappointing game ever. Don't get me wrong, it was a good game, but not if you're somewhat neutral and just happen to have a penchant for the Czech team. Good god, they played like shit. And fucking Ujfalusi got himself red carded, and a few guys picked up yellows. No Koller, no Baros, no good players, Czech is on their way out.
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Great game! Go Ghana!
The reason why I want Czech to lose is because they are so damn good at hockey. They don't deserve to be good at football too :lol:
USA vs. Italy has been interesting so far. I thought that Italy was gonna win the game with ease but that own goal + red card messed up their game.
edit: the game keeps getting more interesting, USA just got a red card too.
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USA pulls for the tie!
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Today's games should be interesting.
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Come on Japan ! YOU CAN DO IT !
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ike ike nippon!
brazil better not field ronaldo when they have robinho/fred who're playing better than him currently..
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lol @ Kawaguchi missing the ball. That was a pretty bad mistake. :lol:
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japan are done. i dun think they stand a chance wit the brazilians. there were alot of chances in the 2nd half. a tie flavors croatia much more than japan at this pt.
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The game was very, very entertaining, but both teams screwed up all their chances to score.
This effectively means that Australia needs to lose to Croatia and Japan needs to crush Brazil.
Hahahahahahahaha. Yeah right.
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Yes, it was a nice match to be watched!
Japan played quite well, but they started to ran out of energy in the 75 min mark...that was sad:(
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FUCKING BUUUUURN AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brazil fatties better fly-kick them lots, again and again
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ahahahaha Japan sux! There's no way to change that!
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brazil still doesnt seem to play as well as i expected. ronaldo is playing better in this game but he sure show signs of past prime.
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Japan tie.
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And Brazil beat Australia 2-0. The first goal was fucking nice.
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brazil still not playing their A game. they were lucky today wit all those chances they gave to Australia. if brazil plays like that, they can easily lose to the great teams in the knockout round.however their attack were very dangerous in the 2nd half.
i am hoping Aussies will advance along wit brazil.
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SOON
FRANCE vs. KOREA
HAT TRICK KING HENRY ::lol:
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France - South Korea 1 - 1
I could almost hear Rika cursing when South Korea scored and again when Zidane got a yellow card :lol:
Anyways overall the game was a snoozefest :yawn:
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Oh shit, a draw!
Man, first half was pretty dull after Henry's goal. It didn't get interesting until second half when Korea really got going and actually a few shots on goal. :lol: I'm pretty happy for them, they've got the most points in their group so far.
Too bad Zidane's missing the game against Togo.
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That was Zidane's last game, man!
Buh bye France :D
Well ok, seriously, anything can still happen. France still isn't very impressive, although they controlled most of the game. There's still something fundamentally wrong (and Barthez is still a Blockhead).
And Korea now has a great chance to make it to the next round!
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Goooooooooooo Korea!
I'm afraid Japan won't go to the next round T_T
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i never cared for soccer. to hard to follow. watch ufc instead. thats some brutal stuff.
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Seriously?
even though I'm happy that Brazil is going to the next ones, still, it doesn't look like their old cups (remember 2002?) AT ALL. it sucks. it sucks big time. i'm really disappointed at the start, I hope they'll get better after the game against Japan.
AND SOMEONE, PLEASE, TAKE RONALDO OUT OF THE DAMNED TEAM! the guy can't even run anymore because of how much he got lazy and ate those two past months he didn't play in any team!
anyway. imo, Brazil's games are sucking in this cup, including today's. it would be so much better if the adversary team stopped going in Ronaldinho's way so he could score something, but they DO know what he's capable of, so, won't happen.
Parreira already made it clear he won't get Ronaldo out of the team in the next games, what a nightmare.
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i think it is ok to criticize ronaldo in the first game, but he played well vs australia. i know he still aint up to his A game, but then he was quite active. when 3 defenders are on him every time he touched the ball, its really differcult to do anything. At least he setup the adraino goal. i feel bad for him. i hope he remains in the lineup and prove ppl wrong.
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the thing is robinho and fred can play way better than him at the moment. see how much the tempo of the team changes everytime ronaldo goes out. (but it makes good tactics though, making the opposition really tired and then throwing in robinho for them to handle :P)..
spain again tomorrow. go torres!!
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robinho has some powerful shots. i do agree at the moment if he was to play in place of ronaldo, the team will be more dominant. however i still want ronaldo to play up to expectation.
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SWE 2 - 2 ENG
Both teams advancing! Though, this might end early after all considering Sweden's next opponent. Bah, either way, it was a good match.
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Does that mean England will face Germany? :doh:
But hey! Japan vs Brazil Thursday!!
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Does that mean England will face Germany? :doh:
I think Sweden is gonna face Germany (and lose, hopefully).
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First two matches of the Last 16 are:
Germany v Sweden
England v Ecuador
England looked very shaky yesterday. Their defence didn't seem to have a clue when it came to opposing setpieces. Add to that the fact that their star striker, Michael Owen was injured in the first 5 mins of the match, I seriously don't see England advancing beyond the Quarter Finals, when it's possible that they could play Argentina, but then, I never considered England as favourites for the cup anyway.
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GERMANY only :-D but my girlfriend cheer for ENGLAND.
I think Argentina is in first seed now, but I believe in my GERMANY to be World Cup Champion na krub. :D
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Whoa.
Ah, I didn't really have any hope for Japan in the first place, but I couldn't help but fire up after they bursted Brazil's bubble. :lol: It's too bad they got toyed with the whole second half. And Ronaldo finally woke up it seems.
Good game, Japan.
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Ah, I didn't really have any hope for Japan in the first place, but I couldn't help but fire up after they bursted Brazil's bubble.
You should've been in the chat, man. We went nuts haha.
Well, for a while at least :lol:
That was a long shot anyway. But Australia made it to the next round? Sheesh. :shock:
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ronaldo doesn't need to run and yet scores 2 XD
a croatian player got 3 yellow cards??!
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Actually the Croatia v Australia match was more entertaining than Brazil v Japan, I thought. Croatia were leading in the opening minutes, then the Aussies came back. Croatia led again then Australia gave everything they had to equalise. Both teams reduced to 10 men, and of course there was the controversial matter of Simunic being booked twice, but the referee had forgot the player was booked once before and they were still playing for seven or so minutes until the ref displayed Simunic a third yellow card that he was sent off. Croatia came close to scoring during that period also, which would be, as the commentators put it, 'the most controversial moment in football history'. Somehow I doubt that referree will be overseeing the final. :lol:
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In a way, Australia being through to the next round is a big win for football. Aussie is going wild over a game they usually pay absolutely no attention to (except for foreigners ofcourse), they usually worry about the cricket, AFL, NRL, Rugby etc. Now, football is dominating Australian TV.
Ofcourse I really feel bad that japan didn't make a show, but in the end, some of the feel good television is kind of rubbing of on me. Maybe it's not so bad that Aussie are through...
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mmmmm Korea tmr, their fans own :pimp:
Hey what about Ghana? Even though Brazil's gonna do something to them next round :wink:
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I am glad Australia won. I didn't like some of the players in Croatia's squad. For a start off there was one guy who was waving his arms in the penalty box so much I thought he was playing volleyball. And then you get players who literally pushed the ref over a decision made against them! I was like, 'dude, seriously, do you want to be working at a McDonald's for the remainder of your life?'
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Ghana shakes the boat...gots to watch the reruns later!
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feels bad for the japanese's goal keeper. those brazilians were firing shots after shots at him. i was very surprised they got the first goal. but then brazil was too crazy wit their ball handling.
i must feel good for ronaldo after scoring twice in the match. the critics can shut up now!
is it me or does it seems like brazil's goals are scored so effortless. the 2nd goal from ronaldo was just amazin. he basically stood just outside the box and took the angle and just shot it in.
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OMG YES OMG YES AUSTRALIA!
My prediction was right and Chancha can suck it! XD
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3 yellow cards lol ...
Here's a clip of the last 2 cards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tbVirxgR7o
You can see the official world feed show the yellow turn into a red after he was given his 2nd yellow :D
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c'mon aussies!
appropriate that controversy surrounded simunic, given that he's an aussie who chose to play for croatia cos he thought they'd have more international success: hands up how made the wrong decision, dude?
and i'm barracking for togo tonight: if france don't win, they're going home - and the french team has played so poorly (and their manager has wimped out of the tough decisions) they don't deserve to make it to the next round.
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nice to see new teams win, japan never had much chance really, cute girls tho!!
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Poor south korea.... there goes asia for this world cup
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I never saw the game, but I heard Korea were complaining about one of the goals. Man, they were pretty close to advancing. O:
The Togo VS France game was half-bad. I watched it on and off and coincidentally caught it whenever there was a goal. :lol: What's up with the frenchies, really?
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So Henry goals 2times......i bet a 3th goal against Spain mauahahahahah
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Poor Korea, I'm so sad that they knock out from 2nd round:( There is no Asia team in WC2006
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haha korea looked promising after their first game. it all choked away in the end. the swiss are playin some fine ball now. it'll be interestin to see how they do in the 2nd round.
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I didn't get to see the Korea vs Switzerland match, but I'm disappointed. ( I picked Korea to win the World Cup, heh... )
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What's up with the frenchies, really?
..hmmmm they aren't good for soccer ... but thay do a nice match today ...
but spain is going to kick their butts ...
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I'm very sad that Korea lost, so no asian team left in the world cup. And i lost in the betting too. oh holy shit
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You bet on Korea? :lol:
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Germany and Argentina better win...
Argentina was my second pick for this World Cup.
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yes i bet on korea (korea vs swiss)
I think at least there's 1 asian left in the wc2006
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yes i bet on korea (korea vs swiss)
I think at least there's 1 asian left in the wc2006
Who would that be? I thought Japan and Korea were the only ones that qualified?
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Japan is really bad on playing soccer, do see brazil vs japan match (4-1)
But korea is really good their spirit and concentration
Korean is really cheated by the referee in the last match vs swiss. i watch it last night.
The linesman has raised the flag means offside. but the referee don't see it. So there is the second goal from swiss by alexander frei
Really bad bad referee from argentina
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Japan is really bad on playing soccer, do see brazil vs japan match (4-1)
But korea is really good their spirit and concentration
Korean is really cheated by the referee in the last match vs swiss. i watch it last night.
The linesman has raised the flag means offside. but the referee don't see it. So there is the second goal from swiss by alexander frei
Really bad bad referee from argentina
I feel bad for South Korea too. I was hoping a rematch of Spain VS South Korea...too bad it's not gonna happen...but I think it was a good call by the referee.
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It was a really good call, something the referee commity needed after Graham Poll's incompetence.
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Who would that be? I thought Japan and Korea were the only ones that qualified?
*cough*Saudi Arabia*cough*Iran*cough cough*
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Come on you fuckin Swedes!! Two more goals!! Your goalkeeper is acting like Tommy Salo in 1994 Olympics!
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Sweden is out! :w00t:
Germany was so much better it's not even funny. They made Sweden look really bad.
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oh MAN! sweden got fucking trounced! pathetic defense the entire game... howd they get past the group stage? :o
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Yeah, GERMANY qualified to quater final round. They beat Sweden 2-0 :D
But I think GERMANY to close their weakness in defensive. If GER will face ARGENTINA in next match, Crespo & Co. will make a lot of problems.
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It was a really good call, something the referee commity needed after Graham Poll's incompetence.
I do hope you're being sarcastic, as there is no way you could consider that to be a good call. First of all, it was a deflection off of a Korean player, not a korean player losing possession so Frei WAS offsides. Second, both sides stopped playing (the swiss only for an instant) when they saw the flag raised, even Frei. You can't call a goal in this instance because a referee interfered with play. It's the same as letting play continue when a fan runs onto the field. It's as they say, Players win games, Coaches lose games, and Refs ruin games. Truly one of the biggest blunders of the cup.
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Germany was so much better it's not even funny. They made Sweden look really bad.
Seconded. D:
That's the shittiest 90 minutes I've ever had to watch. It's acceptable during a penalty if the shot gets blocked by the goalkeeper, but entirely missing the goal? Nice finishing, Larsson.
Oh well, can't expect much from Sweden anyway. They haven't made it through the semi-finals since forever. Oh, and the referee was a prick.
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SELF GOAL? Who scored it Argentina or Mexico? I just hear my dad screaming lol
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Oh, Maxi Rodriguez. Hope Argentina can hang on!! 2-1 they leads.
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Alright Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 and they will face Germany next. I bet it's gonna be one epic match.
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LMAO! Bring on the muthafuckin riot squad.
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That offside call just before the end of regulation was fucking gay. The linesman was either not paying attention, or just called offside so he couldn't be blamed if his mistake led to Argentina winning in the dying minutes. Rodriguez scored a great goal from just outside, I'll be damned if that wasn't one of the best goals of the Cup.
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hahaha. my dad woke me up with "DAMN that Beckham is good. no wonder the girls are horny over him." I guess England scored? :lol:
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If I was Beckham, I'd be giving the GATAS some private lessons.
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Yeah, 1-0 now with 5 mins to go. Pity the game's a fucken yawnfest.
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Nice!
it wasnt a fun game to watch with the heat rising in Germany, but it was a good win for England~
Kepp it up!:D
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Beckham throws up five minutes after he scored the goal due to dehydration. Funny shit.
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Beckham probably gets so much pussy, he got dehydrated. :lol:
Holland v Portugal next!!
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Maniche scores!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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What the hell? That game was insane. 16 yellow cards, of which four earned a red card. Portugal's team is now pretty crippled in their next match against England.
Well, at least it was intense. :lol:
Now all of the teams I initially said I'd root for are gone. Time to just lay back.
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WTF? :O
What a freaking intense match. The referee was on a roll handing yellow cards to pretty much anyone, didn't feel much like a "regular" soccer game. Man, I could almost smell the anger of some players. :lol:
Oh well, I didn't expect England VS Portugal to come up at all, but it should be interesting.
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Crap, who let that guy referee. Portugal was on course to cream england (cause england are puffs that need creaming), but now Deco.........
DEECCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! T_T
(stupid referee)
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What a bad ref
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he imight get assassinated
yep.
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hazukashiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~
don't let any russians into football. they can't.
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I don't think referee was bad. And the Deco's actions were the most stupid things I've seen in these games.
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I think that red card Deco got was..not wrong. I remember it came when a NED guy went on a run, right after Ricardo was injured. They were supposed to pass it back (you know, sportsmanship and all that), but they didn't and he was totally open. Deco tackled from behind, caught him, he went down, straight yellow.
Now what was sin is the fact that Figo didn't get a red card for headbutting. That was a straight red, but the ref somehow gave him a yellow instead. You could tell the players just wanted to go at each other, during the last few. What was funny was when they showed van Bronkhorst and Deco having a chat during the game..
:lol:
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Well, they do both play for Barcelona, mali
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it's hard to bend it like Beckham
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That they do, but it's still funny :lol:
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Watching England play is like getting slapped about the head with a rolled-up newspaper for 90 minutes.
And what the hell was up with the referee in the Portugal v Holland game? Both teams down to nine men in a match that featured 16 yellow cards and 4 red. I think the only reason the match got so out of hand was because the referee was provoking it by giving yellow cards over any little thing. Stupid. Speaking of, what was Van Basten thinking by not putting his star striker, Ruud, on yesterday? I understand him saying he's not performing as he should, but come on, you're 1-0 down with all the possibility of not advancing to the next stage, I would have let differences aside and bring on all of the attacking power you need.
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sad way to lose for the aussies. i thought that wasnt a penalty. the ref shouldve called it the play just outside the 18 yard box. i was hoping they will upset the italians.
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I can't believe that the referee give a penalty kick for Italy O_o Aussie defender didn't foul on Grosso :-(
Bad luck for Aussie T_T by dumb referee again.
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... sad for aussie ... but ... i still remember when a referee did the same for italy in the wolrd cup of 98 (france)
i'ts as almost the minute 80 ( i think) ... when that fucking referee gave a penalty kick for italy ... and we( chile) were winning 2-1 ... later the fifa find that the referee was buyed by ... italian mafia .... yup .. thatstrue
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we (the aussies) didn't deserve to win tho: we had a player advantage for most of the second half but never playe dlike we thought we could actually win it.
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Definitely not worth penalty kick :(
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Sure maybe the penalty wasn't fair, but was Neill (aussie defender) thinking? Never give the ref a chance to make a mistake, and he should have stayed on his feet. The socceroos had a man advantage, and so much possesion, but didn't do anything. The attack was too one dimensional, and they seem not to have any player beaters as well. With that much possesion in the attacking half, they should have done better, but good defending Italy and judging by who you play in quarters, so you in the semis
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Socceroos got screwed!!!! >_<
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OMGASS!! What a brutal way to lose Aussies and Swiss! You cant really blame the ref when the Italian was like zooming in, dude was like lying there. But ouch. 4 ticks left.
Swiss + Ukraine was helluva painful to end like that too. That commentator said like first time it ended like this in the Round of 16?
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GJ Ukraine !
We don't need cheater in World Cup.
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Imo the call for penalty kick was as controversial as the red card for Materazzi at the start of 2nd half. Sure people can argue how Aussies got robbed, but Italy deserved the win. The socceroos pretty much had possession for the entire 2nd half, and they couldn't do jackshit. Come on, not that Azzurri defense line was that unbeatable to start with. With the opposite team one man down, I don't get why the kangaroos didn't take advantage of their height and make high passes to create chaos inside the box. Oh well. I'm so glad Italy won though. :D
PRINCE TOTTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Ukraine match won on penalties, that was wack. They couldn't get any shots in, the Swiss. :lol:
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the swiss players sure do suck at penalty shots. maybe they are just dead tired, but they just gotta have more power and angle to their shots. a bad way to exit WC when they have been playing pretty good in the first round.
on the other hand, the aussies really are not a good team compare to italy. when they were up a man, they had few chances to score, but they just didnt have the talent to put balls through the net. i still say that penalty shot should have never been called. the ref shouldve called the foul just before that incident happened. one thing i also noticed was that italy plays really good defence.
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I don't care about the penalty kick for Italy. At least, i win the bet. Hahaha....
Because i think Italy will win the world cup. So until before the penalty. i'm still sure italy will win no matter through penalty or goal in the extra time.
Peace, Forza ITALIA.....
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Ghana is gonna beat Brazil tmr!!
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seriously, does everyone hate brazil or sth? everyone wants them to lose. is it the fact that u guys got tire of them winning?
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GO France !
Kick this racist spanish coach
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seriously, does everyone hate brazil or sth? everyone wants them to lose. is it the fact that u guys got tire of them winning?
Yeah. Brazil winning every match is kinda boring. I'll always cheer for a smaller country.
Kick this racist spanish coach
Why's the spanish coach racist?
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Thierry Henry yesterday called on Fifa, the world game's governing body, to order a greater punishment of Spain's national coach Luis Aragonés after his racist comments directed at the Arsenal striker.
Aragonés was fined 3,000 euros (£2,060) by the Spanish football federation earlier this week, a sum that Henry calls "absolutely ridiculous" after the game's anti-racist movment Kick It Out labelled "a tokenistic gesture".
Henry, who was called "a black shit" by Aragonés at a Spanish training session in October, told the Sun: "It's up to Fifa to step in - they are the only ones who can do something . . . they should look at this fine and make it a proper one. They must also tell the Spanish FA to get real.
from an article
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so sad my aussies lost :( , but i'm with Redturtle: the penalty decision was on par with the red card to Materazzi, so at least the ref was consistent.
if i was going to complain about the penalty i'd have to complain about the red card as well - and the aussies couldn't score even tho they were playing against 10. the better team won, but at least we didnt get slaughtered.
the swiss-ukraine match was so tedious: shame the aussies lost, cos both teams were shite, and the aussies could have taken them both. italy now have what amounts to a free pass into the semi finals.
cmon ghana! cmon spain! my anti-brasil (and anti-france) vibe is cos i want the teams full of old and/or fat players to lose, and the managers who picked youthful, ambitious teams to be rewarded. altho memo to sven: it's not enough just to pick theo walcott in the squad: he's gotta get some game time, too.
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BRUTAL! Spain scores on a penalty kick! leads 1-0 over Frenchies!
seriously, does everyone hate brazil or sth? everyone wants them to lose. is it the fact that u guys got tire of them winning?
Kinda like everyone hates the Lakers and Oilers?
Reverse psychology bitches. See my first post in this thread :pimp:
Ronaldo gets his World Cup record 15th goal! haha Ghana had no chance but they really played well.
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France vs. Spain 3 - 1
GO FRANCE!
Zidane :bow:
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France vs Brazil
:DDDDDD
Go France
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Well that was not nicely said :(
But France's performance was nice today. I hope they could beat Brazil next.
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Stop rooting for stupid teams Rika! See what you did... :(
Bah. There go the Spaniards, I had some hope for their young and quite impressive team, but no, the arrogant, uninspired (until now at least) and boring Frenchies decided to start playing a little. But well, Spain failed to impress today, they were sub-par.
I swear I wanted to beat Henry with a stick every time he pulled his fucking melodramatic "Whaaat? Who me in offside? Noo..." shit. :evil:
And Barthez is STILL a bozo.
Well, at least they'll go the fuck down in flames against Brazil.
Updated Final prediction: Germany-Brazil, and Germany will take the trophy.
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Germany is probably going to win if you go by the stats and records from previous world cups.
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Did anyone get pissed of at Henry's "simulation"? Wasn't he the guy that wanted players to cut out diving?!!! Maybe he was in a bad mood because he forgot how to position ^.^
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ghana was playin well in the first half. i guess they arent good enough to finish those chances they had. brazil was just too good down the stretch. their short distance passing was awsome. it couldve easily been 6-0. i felt bad for ronaldinho at the end when cafu chose to shoot rather than pass to him for a open net. its also the first time i see him get mad. i must say ghana's defence was weak. their offside trap cost them 2 goals.
now i hope brazil gets their revenge on france for what happened in 98. it would be nice for ronaldo to get 1-2 goals.
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Well, henceforth Thierry 'we must have ze fair play' Henry shall now be known as 'that cheating cunt'
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how tedious - the two teams i really wanted to go nowhere - cos their managers are spineless and their players lazy - have both made it to the quarter-finals. at least only one of them can make it to the semis...
my hopes for a worthy winner now rest with argentina: c'mon you argies!
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oh man... cant see Torres play in the WC anymore...
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Zidane will kick your ass, even in a mmorpg !
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8098/zidane7wk.jpg)
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seriously, does everyone hate brazil or sth? everyone wants them to lose. is it the fact that u guys got tire of them winning?
Uhhh........yea LOL
And Germany and Italy can hug each other in the Quarterfinals!!! Come on Messi! He can :jerk: Germany with his Road-Runner speedness!!! The people who roots for Brazil who's not Brazilian must be HARD-HEADED. Why don't you go for different teams for a change? I'm saying this especially because my friend is the same who's rooting for Brazil and he's not Brazilian. I like Ronaldinho personally, that's about it for me.
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Also Don't you think it's a little odd for Host NationTeams to win in the world cup often? (You'll know what I mean if you Wiki World Cup). Is Mafia involved in some way you think? With millions of money on the line with sport betting these days. It's OFFICIAL if Germany wins
Anyway go Argentina!! and Messi!! :wave:
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... Wiki World Cup...
Oh God, i read, "Miki World Cup"...:drool:
Man, Italy is always with those "strange" situations at important/difficult games. It's fishy. Honestly.
In France 98' (how to forget), when they were losing against Chile, the referee invents a penalty to Italy can draw. Now this other guy invents a penalty against Australia to Italy win. Meh'.
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Uhhh........yea LOL
And Germany and Italy can hug each other in the Quarterfinals!!! Come on Messi! He can :jerk: Germany with his Road-Runner speedness!!! The people who roots for Brazil who's not Brazilian must be HARD-HEADED. Why don't you go for different teams for a change? I'm saying this especially because my friend is the same who's rooting for Brazil and he's not Brazilian. I like Ronaldinho personally, that's about it for me.
i root for brazil every worldcup is because the way they play. i dont personally like to watch football because its long and its quite boring. the only time i really watch it is during euro and wc. brazil are like the only team that will get me excited. they just make the game much better to watch. i do have other teams i cheer for, but they are all out, sweden and holland.
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It is fun to watch Brazil games obviously, but having upset in sport is what makes it more interesting. You know, like you study really hard and get the same results. Where's the fun in that? But again most is a free country so anyone can cheer for any team:)
I'm not a soccer fan anyways LOL
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cant wait to see france vs brazil... hope france would win...
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BRUTAL!! Argentina's penalty kicks were weak! Congrats Germany!
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Congrats Germany!! Their penalty kicks rocked!
Who caused the fight at the end? Argentina?
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Congrats Germany!! Their penalty kicks rocked!
Who caused the fight at the end? Argentina?
nope Bierhoff lol
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Whoa, Lehmann~ o/ Great penalty shoot-out.
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nope Bierhoff lol
You know why?
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They did not pretend one guy was an imaginary bowling ball and the others were pins and they all fell over? and ran off skipping in unison? This from Jim Rome lol.
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I can't wait for the Italy v Ukraine match.
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They did not pretend one guy was an imaginary bowling ball and the others were pins and they all fell over? and ran off skipping in unison?
Great summary of the match. :lol:
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Damn, I was hoping for Argentina to win today. But that's what you get when you decide to try and just maintain possession throughout the 2nd half, it happened to Iran when they played Mexico, it happened to Japan when they played Australia. Fair play to Germany for showing more creativity in the 2nd half. I would expect a Germany v Italy semi-final then, which should be a good game. Would love to know what the cause of the fight was, certainly got Heize wound up.
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You know why?
because he was on the field but he hasnt the right to be there. And i think he start to diss the argentina's team, something like that.
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because he was on the field but he hasnt the right to be there. And i think he start to diss the argentina's team, something like that.
Ahh, I see. Thanks for the info.
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Pekerman also led to Argentina's demise, with some choice substitutions. I mean, you pick Cruz over Messi?!
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Sigh, my heart is broken. Messi.. T__T
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After Germany - Argentina game I've now chosen Germany as my favorite team in this tournament. England(?) should be a piece of cake and hopefully they could beat France in the finals.
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Argentina didn't deserve a loss, especially not a loss like that. The subs were understandable, I suppose. Riquelme isn't needed if you don't want to score any more goals and just wanna focus on keeping possession. Thought the Cruz-over-Messi move was somewhat dodgy. I did think the sub keeper was weak, in the shootout. Still a bummer the way they lost. Grats to Germany, I suppose. ._.
Italy played a good game against Ukraine. No chance, 3 behind the net, nice first goal.
editus maximus : I do question that one ballack dive decision though. That should've been a yellow, it was pretty obvious.
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No Messi for the whole game, talking about bad luck with the keeper situation. Sometimes, I don't get FIFA rules. their rules are @$@$ed up. Don't count as a sub when someone is Injured, sheesh :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Then people would just pretend to be injured so they wouldn't be counted as a sub. The FIFA rules are fine. It encourages tactical planning.
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I hoped that Spain could go further, but...
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Whoa! Beckham is out! Now Rooney stepped on a guys nuts and got the red card :lmao: Portgual better pull this one off.
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Goofy is on the field! Watch out rastafaris!
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Man, the matches are getting boring because all the teams are playing way too carefully. Germany vs. Argentina was boring as hell before Argentina scored and England vs. Portugal is following the same script. I gotta admit that Ukraine vs. Italy was surprisingly entertaining. Too bad wrong team won :P
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EXTRA TIME!!
Damn, good thing Semen retired else England wouldn't have a chance right now.
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No Rooney, Beckham or Owen. I'm gonna be surprised if they can beat Portugal. Though if it goes to PKs then anything can happen.
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ENGLAND!! ENGLAND!! ENGLAND!!
Tsk! Why am I at my PC?? >_<
*scoots out to watch TV again*
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Penalties!! The ref has his whistle in his mouth!
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Game over... I'm waiting for the Brazil vs France one XD I've been bitten by the soccer bug ^o^
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Congrats Portugal!
I hate penalty rounds, they're so nerve wracking..
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YES! ENGLAND IS OUT!
Oh man, the football fans are gonna destroy the whole England tonight :lol:
Game over... I'm waiting for the Brazil vs France one XD I've been bitten by the soccer bug ^o^
Me too. During these past few weeks I have been watching football more than ever before.
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Brutal way to lose!! portugal gave England so many chances to win with those missed shots!! Thank god our England fans are all emo so they just go to sleep :lmao:
Brazil and France shall be one for da AGES!! World Cup watching is just another cheap excuse to get drunk...IN THE MORNING BWAHAHAHAHA
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T_T
RICARDO~!!!
DAMN!! WHY are the English still sucking at set pieces after all these years?!? ARGH!! :evil:
France next although I think Brazil will take the match... :P
*slinks off to go prepare to park herself in front of tv again, depressed*
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3 words:
Sven Eriksson sucks.
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I thought Portugal would be in trouble after losing their best players in the battle of Nurnberg against Netherlands.
I hope all the rest of the games wouldn't be so boring as this. Penalty shootout is nice, but I don't wanna watch 120mins boring football waiting the penalty shots.
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Oh man, Brazil and France are playing really sloppy. I nearly fell asleep if it weren't for all those Penalty Wall Kicks. Ronaldo and his fat ass :lol:
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Brazil - France 0 - 1
YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME
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VIVA LA FRANCE! VIVA LA RIKA!
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8123/franceflag5vh.jpg)
The champs are out! :w00t:
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
T_T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I can't believe Brazil is out...
Soooo disappointed in their playing.......
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NOOOOOOO ENGLAND
YAYYYYYY FRANCE!!!! ZIDANE!!! HENRY!!!
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WOAH!!!
IT WAS MY WET DREAM
BRAZIL VS PORTUGAL
BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... BUT HOW, AND WHY AM I IN CAPS? ZIDANE, WHEN DID YOU BECOME GOD AGAIN????
oh well thank god we have deco for the france game. As for germany and italy, who knows.... (cmon totti, you have cool hair)
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I HATE YOU, T!
THIS WAS YOUR FAULT!!!!
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Fuck that Brazil match. That was shit. :(
England's out! Finally.
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holy shit i missed both matches! ;_;
England is out.. damnit!! why wasn't Beckham in the PK?
Brazil is out too O_O
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A nice Brazil - France game. A first half was boring as always, but after Henry's goal it was much better. Good thing that every quarterfinal wasn't decided by penalty shootout.
I guess it's a France - Germany final now.
damnit!! why wasn't Beckham in the PK?
I think he was injured and didn't play at all.
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NOOOOOOOOO! BRAZIL :( France really shut down the "inos" ... dude Ronaldhino and his "R" headband :evil: had the free kick and couldn't make it. All that intense battle at the end! Where was that in the beginning!!
Just thought I'd throw this out there, just before the Brazil & France game the commentators said the French team are like the Edmonton Oilers an 8th seed. I thought it was cool that the Oilers were mentioned.
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fuck it, the brazilians lost! cant believe they cant even score a goal. i was thinking that brazil will want redemption over france. i have to wait another 4 yrs now! sucks.
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Man, this is such a sad day for English fan include me..T_T
Hopefully Beckham could come back in 2010 WC:(
3 words:
Sven Eriksson sucks.
I 100% agree on this!
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Beckham was subbed out due to injury.
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sorry to all you guys but......
YEAH~~~To FRANCE!
At this rate France will definitely get into the final!
:D
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Rooney stepping on the other player's balls!!
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
GJ, Ricardo!!
Now I want my near-impossible Italy vs Portugal final.
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Brazil played like shit and didn't deserve to win. I wanted them to beat France so bad though ... :(
Brazil had no teamwork and no confidence so whenever they tried to attack, they'd screw up and lose possession. It was not the usual Brazilian style football we're used to seeing :(
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I think it's better for the tournament as a whole to have the world favourites out now. Now we're guaranteed a different winner than predictable Brazil. As expected, the English media have found two scapegoats responsible for England's loss yesterday, Sven and C.Ronaldo. Sven for, well, being Sven and C.Ronaldo as responsible for sending Rooney into a rampage. HELLO?! Lest we forget Rooney's paper thin temper. I would imagine putting on different color socks in the morning would make Rooney into a tyrant. And David Beckham announced he's no longer the England captain. Well, he certainly tried, but Beckham does sum up the England team - hyped up, all style with no substance.
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Ouch. Were they really that bad?
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Ouch. Were they really that bad?
They were average at best. I think both Brazil and England were way too over-hyped before the tournament. And yes the teams certainly looked good on paper. I mean for England you've got a defense of Terry, Ferdinand and Neville, a midfield consisting of Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard and attacking roles in Rooney and Owen. World class players, but it all means nothing if you haven't got the teamwork down. Sven's been implementing risky formations during the tournament and look where it's got them. There's also the heavy dependency on Rooney which I don't like. Rooney's not an all out forward, so why was Sven placing him up there by himself at the deep end of the pitch, solely depending on long balls from his team-mates? It's an idiotic decision to place your goal scoring chances on a player who's not an all-out striker and only recovered from a major injury whilst the tournament was running! All of the England players play much, much better for their respective club teams.
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yeah, im really pissed about the results of yesterday's matches... esp since i had brazil winning overall, how the fuck do they lose to france, who barely made it out of group??
ive got italy over france, germany over portugal; germany taking the cup, now.
though with brazil and england gone, i almost dont want to watch the last of the matches...
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The English media and players love to find scapegoats other than themselves to blame on for their lousy performances. The last time I checked, they blamed on dryness of pitches in German stadiums for their bad play. XDD
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=372669&cc=5901
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ive got italy over france, germany over portugal; germany taking the cup, now.
Isn't Portugal playing France, and Germany playing Italy.
In that case most likely France will win over Portugal if they play as well as the last game against Brazil.
Hard to decide whether Germany or Italy will be in because they are both good teams.
But I predict the final will be Germany vs France.
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Pity that France dominated Brazil Again:doh:
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haha ten :P
I say France over Portugal. Germany over Italy. Germany over France. SNOOOOORE. In penalties too. Henry will like boot one to kingdom come and then wrap his face like he wants to try out for Home Alone 5.
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I say France over Portugal. Germany over Italy. Germany over France..
works for me too...quarterfinals started with defeat of my favorites Argentina (how could that bloody coach substitute Riquelme?!), but with elimination of England and Brazil, it's all fine...though, I'm lost with no team to cheer for, so let's say france and germany are lesser of four evils :D...anyway, it would be either:
1st title for Portugal
2nd title for France
3rd title for Italy (edited: it would be 4th actually, so this post is useless :D)
or 4th one for Germany (somehow interesting >.>)
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oops... i guess i was thinking wrong o_o
in that case, im same as dai on this.
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Japan's most successful soccer star Nakata Hidetoshi (29) shocked the country with the announcement of his retirement yesterday. He issued a statement on his official website, nakata.net, saying "About six months ago, I decided to end my ten-year career in professional football, making the World Cup in Germany my final event before retirement. There was no one particular event that triggered this. And there is no single reason behind my decision." This was no doubt an effort to dispel speculation that he was devastated by Japan's lackluster performance at the World Cup. He added, "But what I can say now is that I felt that it was time for me to graduate from the journey of professional football, and set out on a new journey." The media are already speculating on the chances of a career in the media. Nakata currently has sponsorship contracts with five major companies and is a regular in TV commercials. He is in the same class as Major League baseball stars Ichiro and Matsui Hideki, making ¥50-100 million a year for commercials. While sports stars usually lose commercial value when they retire, Nakata's World Cup performance and analysis and the timing of his retirement are thought to have sponsors and media outlets coveting him even more.
Nakata retiring!!! and I just bught his jersey this world cup!! ASSHOLE!! FUCKING FAGGET!!
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ya... I just read the news today too that Nakata announced his retirement.
Really does it have something to do with his commercial contracts? or just that he has something more important to do such that he stopped his career?
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I think hes going for the entertainment industry. You cant forget, this guy dated Milla Jovovich!
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Maybe he's going solo after graduation :)
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ya... I just read the news today too that Nakata announced his retirement.
Really does it have something to do with his commercial contracts? or just that he has something more important to do such that he stopped his career?
he's past his best as a footballer - maybe ihe just couldn't be arsed going on any more? he was playing with Bolton in the English Premier Lge last season (and the season before that, i think) and altho he played well, he was playing as a water-carrier, not as a playmaker, and he wasn't starting every game, either.
he was one of the few Japanese players to come out of the World Cup with his reputation intact, but maybe he just didn't feel like being a journeyman player on a journeyman football team any more?
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Wow, Italy made 2 goals in about 2 minutes. Nice.
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OMFGWTH!!! First Brazil and now Germany!!!??? this World Cup is CRAZY!!!!
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
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that game was awesome... I was going for Germany, but wow, what a way to end the match
Wow, Italy made 2 goals in about 2 minutes. Nice.
The first goal was what really did it.. Germany had to get a lot more aggressive to get a tying goal or they would lose anyway. It's the equivalent of pulling the goalie in hockey.
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Italy <333 :inlove:
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Best game so far, despite the pansies winning.
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Just finished watching the game. Italy's first goal was nicely done. I think the German's did a damn good job.
I think France is going to take it all.
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The first goal was what really did it.. Germany had to get a lot more aggressive to get a tying goal or they would lose anyway. It's the equivalent of pulling the goalie in hockey.
2 minutes from time? lol.
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2 minutes from time? lol.
ya, you have to... It doesn't matter if you lose by 1 or you lose by 2, you still lose. They had to try to score a goal even if it meant leaving people in 1 on 1 coverage on your side of the field, which is what happened.
You could sorta see that Italy had the game won when they came out in overtime as the much more aggressive team. Germany was lucky those two shots went off the crossbar/post in the beginning of the first overtime... they couldn't get lucky forever.
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italy just won!!! 2 - 0!!! feel bad to the german tho... oh well, those were some nice goals!!!
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Now, which will be into final with the italy? F or P ?
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Now, which will be into final with the italy? F or P ?
France. I think Zidane wants to go out on top, and he will.
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Me too ! France ! Zidane is very good !!
I loved the Brésil - France match
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damn it!!! i fall asleep at the 51min... miss all the scoring part... agggggggg....
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I'm very sad coz it's only 2 last minutes for penalty shootout T_T
I hope 2nite Zizou & Co. will be march to Berlin XD
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I didn't expect that goal in the last 2 minutes before PSO... so freaking amazing!
I definitely want France to win and play against Italy in the final, then win the World Cup!
:D
Just wondering, how many of you are now hating Portugal, and especially C. Ronaldo for what he did in the game against England?
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Dudes, you cannot like france.
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Dudes, you cannot like france.
hehehe............. It's my choice!
:D
By the way, just read the Chinese newspaper today, that Roberto Carlos is quitting the Brazil team. He's gonna focus on his club league
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Just wondering, how many of you are now hating Portugal, and especially C. Ronaldo for what he did in the game against England?
Count me for anti-C.Ronaldo:evil:
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so is italy in the finals now? whos playing for other final spot?
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so is italy in the finals now? whos playing for other final spot?
France vs Portugal
I WANT FRANCE TO WIN!
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Hmm, I'd rather see Portugal go on.
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Tell me again what Cristiano Ronaldo did, because I don't recall him doing anything..o_o
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i was watching last night with some germans, so obviously i was upset they lost, but the better team really did win last night.
unfortunately, it was nights like last night that explain why italian football is so disliked outside of italy: they can play some beautiful, attacking football when they choose - but usually they choose to play catenaccio, and to dive/ elbow/ timewaste/ cheat. if only they played like last night all the time!
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Tell me again what Cristiano Ronaldo did, because I don't recall him doing anything..o_o
He cried like a baby in one match, then helped send Rooney off in the England match :P
Count me for anti-C.Ronaldo:evil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMqeyMgsxs
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Oh man, that was one of the best games yesterday. Both teams playing their hearts out and then Italy seal the deal with two fantastic goals. My prediction will be that we will see an Italy v France final.
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Dude always looks like he's crying. That red card was coming even if Ronaldo wasn't saying anything, I think. If not him, someone else would've been saying 'card him'. And lol @ comments in video.
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I WANT FRANCE TO WIN tOO !
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I think France is going to win :)
And i hope they are going to win
Im sooo happy that Germeny didn't win yesterday, i don't like Germeny :P
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I thought Rooney get his card for stomping a poor portuguese's crotch.
I was so pissed when Italy won Germany last night. Gotta admit that the game overall wasn't shitty, but Italy was clearly better, so I guess they deserved their victory.
I hope France gets to the final, I'm afraid Portugal can't beat Italy.
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I think hes going for the entertainment industry. You cant forget, this guy dated Milla Jovovich!
whoa wha? nakata dated milla jovovich? hot damn!
i bought a takayuki suzuki last world cup, hoping to wear it this world cup too, but he's not on the national team! i know how you feel!
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Go GO GOO France!! Wooooo
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Just one thing:
FUCK C. RONALDO, STOP FALLING BY YOURSELF
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Bye Bye Portugal. Lookin' forward to Sunday's final!
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I think the referee awarded a penalty kick to France too easily. It seems to be difficult get a winner without penalty kicks as many teams in Fifa world cup seem to be equally good. I hope Italy will win on Sunday.:popcorn:
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France proves you can play for half a match and come out a winner :lol:
Sucks to be Portugal. Figo should've scored from that header though. Maybe they'll beat Germany.
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C. Ronaldo.Ugh.
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YEAH TO FRANCE!
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Just one thing:
FUCK C. RONALDO, STOP FALLING BY YOURSELF
YEs , He falling himself !
He is stupid !
FRANCE WIN !!
FRANCE FRANCE !!
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Hey it's slippery out there! :P
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Yes !!
I am Japanese and I speak english but I lived in france , Lyon !
And it's hottttt in my city xD
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I think I should be happy since France won, but in the end I was slightly moving to cheer for Portugal. Eventhough Portugal couldn't beat Italy in the final, which is the most important thing from now on :)
France sure got the penalty kick too easily, too bad it was enough for France to win.
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Yes !!
I am Japanese and I speak english but I lived in france , Lyon !
And it's hottttt in my city xD
Lyon FC is a good club :)
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Yes I think this too !
I love OL !!
In france , the city is very hot !
And there are a lot of cars in the street
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should be a good final game.. can't wait! i'm already early anticipating the next WC.
monoke: hey! i'm a second generation japanese from hawaii/california!! :)
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Yes I think this too !
I love OL !!
In france , the city is very hot !
And there are a lot of cars in the street
So do Paris here :)
A lot of cars and people in the street, too bad i have someting to do tomorrow in the morning
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all that screaming cause of the world cup huh? i can't experience that over here in san diego.. the WC isn't as popular over here as it is in other places. :(
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all that screaming cause of the world cup huh? i can't experience that over here in san diego.. the WC isn't as popular over here as it is in other places. :(
come in Paris meowchi:heart:
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Goooooodbye Portugal and gooooodbye C. Ronaldo you little bitch. Well played France. If Portugal had gone through I would have been soooooo annoyed! :evil: :lol:
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Go Italy!
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So do Paris here :)
A lot of cars and people in the street, too bad i have someting to do tomorrow in the morning
YEs , in lyon too !
The cars do much noise !
It's crazy
FRANCE
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i hear that c.ronaldo was being booed through out the match?
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i hear that c.ronaldo was being booed through out the match?
I wouldn't be surprised!
http://www.ihateronaldo.com/
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what's that site about now?
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i hear that c.ronaldo was being booed through out the match?
yes, that was cool :D
i think he's in my top of the players i hate the most now
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The site is about Cristiano Ronaldo (not the Brazilian Ronaldo) and how much of an ass he is.
Best Young player 2006?
Do your bit - Vote against him
Please do NOT let him win the poll!!
Click here for the results (http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bypa/results.html)
Vote for Luis VALENCIA click here (http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bypa/yptw_profile.html?commonname=500062)
You the fans can do it!
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Yeah :D finally France march to Berlin XD & C.Ronaldo doesn't get penalty from his diving
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man i love the way the italians play but GO FRANCE!
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I guess I'll pull for France, too.
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Portugal v France match had two whiners in Henry.
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6707/henry3193pv.jpg)
But fuck C. Ronaldo is a lil pussy!! That's why soccer is hard to watch with all that fake diving. You don't win if you look like a girl:
(http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/797/nicehair1yo.jpg)
Hard to see which team to pull for...but gotta lean toward France. For obvious reasons see avatar. :P
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My hero of the match was Abidal and his head of steel.
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i hate c.ronaldo!!! i am so happy that france won!!!! go zidane!!!
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hooray! the cheating bastards lost! if they spent as much time trying to actualy score goals as they did diving, fouling and feigning injury, they might have actually scored a goal. but ha! suckers!
now, hopefully, the italians will play like they did against germany, and as we always knew they could... they'd be deserving winners if they did.but i don't really mind who wins now - it won't be fucking portugal, and that's all that matters.
and yes, as Ericks posted (http://forum.jphip.com/showpost.php?p=118594&postcount=397): go vote for Luis Valencia of Ecuador to stop the cheat winning an award. forward the link to all yr firends!
[update]: the 'best young player' poll has now closed, and it's good news: the little cheat didn't win! see here (http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bypa/results.html) for the results: all credit to Luis Valencia, whoever you are. :)
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:roll:
Let's all forget how France had their fair share of that~
And Portugal spent like..oh, only the last 45 minutes trying to score :o
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GO FRANCE
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^ So cute!
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every team i suppost always loses.. so i'm gonna go for france this time. mwahahaha.. hope they win! go france! mwahahaha *crazy*
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I will cheer GERMANY to win the third place and FRANCE for WC-champion :)
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I'm hoping that germany will win thrid place. I think it would be really nice if they could, you know home team and all.
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Always cheering for France, just like RIKA-CHAN!
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GO FRANCE! DESTROY ITALY!
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There's no point playing for bronze. Thet lost already. It's a pity prize.
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There's no point playing for bronze. Thet lost already. It's a pity prize.
exactly! that's why i'm hoping that portugal lose: they deserve nothing, not even pity for their shameful performances.
and in better news, cheating ronaldo didn't win the 'best young player' award: it went to lukas podolski, and the judges cited fair play (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5157434.stm) (or lack thereof) as one their criteria for making their decision.
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and in better news, cheating ronaldo didn't win the 'best young player' award: it went to lukas podolski, and the judges cited fair play (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5157434.stm) (or lack thereof) as one their criteria for making their decision.
^ Well the news is sure to make England fans sleep a little better at night, although, if I was one, I'd spend more energy on criticising the England management for not creating an effective team out of a supposed "golden generation" rather than laying the blame game on a sole player of an opposing team. But hey, you know, that's just me. If it were up to me, I would have made Theo Walcott the best young player.
And I don't understand how Henry is not also under accusation. He's also purposefully dived, and at least, when it comes to Ronaldo, there is some form of contact made. Henry's clutching at his face in the game against Brazil, was disgusting. The fact that Henry wasn't booked, and France scored from that set piece only makes it worse.
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I can't wait for the final game. I'll be cheering for France. Woohoo!! ^^
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I don't see how one diver makes the whole team 'shameful'. Somehow I think someone's just a little sore about something :roll:
Italy's full of diving bastards too, but I hope they win. :lol:
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I don't see how one diver makes the whole team 'shameful'. Somehow I think someone's just a little sore about something :roll:
Are you talking about C. Ronaldo or someone from Italy? If you're talking about C. Ronaldo then maybe you should look at Portugal's Olympic diving team...
http://www.youtube.com/v/7QSHB-AQZ1E
I think that clip is from BBC's Match of the Day show.
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(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8021/roro0th.jpg)
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That video showed like 3 players.
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I don't think the diving itself it's the problem. FIFA's ancient rules are. They should allow a little more physical playing or they could have a special video judge who can check these in seconds.
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Ok the picture is scary. ><, Germany gonna win today!! LOL :P
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Hope that germany can win today cause they are my beloved team in the world cup.
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That video showed like 3 players.
It was 4 to be exact, but that's not important. The main issue about Portugal was that some players kept diving to try and get French players yellow (or even red) carded. It wasn't just as simple as getting a free kick or PK. That's playing fucking dirty since defenders won't be as aggressive if they already have a yellow card, and ones with a yellow already will miss the final match if they receive another one.
But anyways.... Portugal sucked against France. They had so many chances to score and win but they just couldn't finish. And C. Ronaldo's cockiness is making him look like an idiot...
"I was pleased about being booed. Maybe France fans were upset to see a dangerous player. I'm not worried."
"Everyone who saw the match could see that the referee wasn't fair.
"He should have shown yellow cards but he did not because Portugal is a small country. We just have to carry on working and then we will be a big country." [/b]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/portugal/5153086.stm
He got booed because of the England match, it had nothing to do with France. The referee was fair and lenient with giving out cards. He should've given yellow cards to all the divers but he just let the match play on.
I sound like I hate him but I used to be a fan of C. Ronaldo when he first joined Man. Utd :). Not a fan anymore though since he's not much of a team player. The team plays worse with him on the field since he wants to be the hero and do everything.
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C. Ronaldo sucks crap as a soccer player. Not because of his skill but his atitude towards a match! WTF is his problem? Just because he (or the team) losing 1-0 and they had to start diving?
I really wish C. Ronaldo is out of Man. Utd. I like Man. Utd alot, but not C. Ronaldo. In fact there are few other players who can take over C. Ronaldo's position in Man. Utd (ex. Park Ji Sung).
So Sir. Ferguson, do us a favour and kick C. Ronaldo out while keeping Rooney!
Oh... and they should get Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona to say "Joga Bonito" to C. Ronaldo. Or did C. Ronaldo watched the Nike commercial?
:lol:
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the dive by ronaldo just before the end of the half was hilarious. he was clear diving and the expression on his face when he was fallin was funny as hell.
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lol Portugal own goal. that sucks.
go Germany
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Congrats Germany, 3rd place is not bad.
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Good job Germany. At least they got something on home turf.
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Shit, my neighbourhood has a bunch of Portuguese families. They're gonna be PISSED!!!
/me contemplates remaining inside for the next 48 hours
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I have to find someone that will bet with me for the final match tomorrow. That one is going to be awesome!
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I was bored and found some good diving clips :D
Deco (Portugal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW7J0OIXCro
Steven Taylor ... this was hilarious :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9AUayEJEeg
Lehmann (Germany)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5KbBfZ3kck
The finals is tonight and I'm hoping Italy will win (minus the diving). France beat Italy to win Euro 2000 but the refs were horrible in that game. Hopefully we can finally watch a fair match with no diving and no bad referees :p
Go Buffon! He owns Barthez :D
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Alright I added a poll. Go France!
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is this for like fooseball or something? im from america, we dont know anything bout no 'sports' outside of our land!
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lol. that Deco diving clip is hilarious. the music makes it so.
go France!
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It was a nice bronze game. Real games should be less boring and more like this.
Kinda stupid that Schweinsteiger's hat trick wasn't official. Ancient and stupid fifa rules again :(
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With Rika on their side, how can the French lose?
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agreed it was a good 3rd place game....really dissappointed with all the portuguesse complaining though...they need to grow up! anyways im rooting for france all the way...zidane is a great!
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I'm always the root for France since my 1st time watching World Cup.
I really want France to win, then Zidane getting the Golden Ball award!!!
:D
ummm...... I don't really know, but if Henry can score 3 goals against Italy, then he will get the Golden Shoe award, which will be nice and will be the best World Cup year for France!
By the way, there's this "Most Entertaining Team award" presented by Yahoo! on fifaworldcup.com. The poll closes today (Sunday) and there are 6 team candidates: France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, and Portugal.
lol.... we should go and vote Portugal because of their diving entertainment!
:lol:
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Rika-chan is a Zidane fan~
But I vote Italia~Forza Azzurri!!!
So hope for a perfect match!!
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I hope Italy can win. In fact, I think Italy should win because Italy is a better team. I have been waiting for Italy to win the WC for twenty years. I still remember the breakbreaking PK lost to Brazil in the final in 1994. (Rika, I'm sorry)
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I really want France to win too !
Zidane is the best !
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Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo says he will join Real Madrid or Barcelona after making it clear he wants to leave Old Trafford. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5120332.stm)
Argh you son of a bitch. :evil: It's fine if he wants to leave, whatever, the only thing is, we need a suitable replacement, fast. Ok, here's what I want happening. We sell Ronaldo for 20 mil and use it to increase the offer for Riquelme or Mascherano.
*EDIT*
Should Italy win tonight, then the four clubs under investigation will be fully pardoned (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/08/nfooty308.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/08/ixuknews.html)
How nice of him. :roll:
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Should Italy win tonight, then the four clubs under investigation will be fully pardoned (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/08/nfooty308.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/08/ixuknews.html)
That's just bullshit. Just for THAT I hope France kicks some paizano ass!
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Bravo Oliver!
(http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/9595/kahn021ob.jpg)
I dunno about the take of "fuck 3rd place game" ... it was pretty entertaining. That guy who scored all the goals was SO FUCKIN LETHAL. it was great to watch.
I choose France too. Only because Rika and HiME is their supporter.
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viva italia~
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ZIDANE WITH THE KILLAH PENALTY!! nice bounce :D
Love Rika what Rika loves. Get da Karma baby :D
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:yay::yay:Yay FRANCE!!!
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Italy :inlove:
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Italy are a little superior against France atm.
And wonderful panenka of Zidane lol
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Ribery=Tom Green?
EXTRA TIME!
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1-1 OT!!!
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ZIDANNEEE *OHHHHHDANGO-groans* whatta header so close!
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ZIDANE OUT
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What a bastard that Zidane! WTH I hope Italy wins now:evil:
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You havnt see the real action, so you can't know what happened before.
But Zidane derserved his red card
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why the fuck would he do that?!
i was pulling for France hoping he would go out on top.. what the hell...
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Zidane you dumb fuck! That was so not fairplay :x
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PENALTY KICK
Buffon vs. Barthez
And Buffon > Barthez too -_-
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Penaltieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
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rika must be cryin when zidene was sent off. wtf was he thinkin? the italian player didnt seem to do anything and zidane all of a sudden just headbutt him. France in deep shit rite now since henry had been subbed off and zidane gets kicked out.
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Italy wins...in next 10 minutes!!!! :w00t:
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GREAT HEAD BUTT BY ZIDANE!! I think Rika shall spin it well!!
PENALTIES BABY! 8)
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FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALY!
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congrats Italy \o/
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WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO Italianos weeeee~!!!!!!!! :D
Meanies out weeeee~
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Congrats Italy! They deserved to win after Zidane's incident.
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ITALY <3 :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:
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Congratulations Italy. <_<
:doh:
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I wonder if Zidane can win the special trophy after that lol
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if france had henry and zidane out there, it couldve been a difference ending.
congrats to italy!!hahaha
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Ahhh~ Zidane pissed me off now after seeing Thuram crying -_-
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Well played Italy. 24 games unbeaten now!
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/892/7858zidane9vy.gif)
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congrats italy... if only Zidane didn't pull that shit everything might have changed...
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lol italia wins
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(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/892/7858zidane9vy.gif)
Zidane is going to move to Spain... somehow I understand it now. I'm real happy for Italy. :yay:
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At least France wins 2nd place....:kgreat:
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Congratulations to Italians!! Whatta game!! This has been a great tournament!
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At least France wins 2nd place....:kgreat:
:kgreat: :kgreat:
Zidane hadnt come to take his medal.
Now i wanna know what happened.
But anyway, i can't blame Zidane after all he has done for the football.
And poor Henry, he lost the Champion's league and the Final of the World Cup
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At least France wins 2nd place....:kgreat:
no one remembers the second place
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I posted in the random thread, so I'll post here too, cause it's more appropriate, but it's okay, cause spreading the happiness is a good thing!
SO YAY TO ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:heart:
:yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:
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:evil:
:ksad:
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no one remembers the second place
I do...:ksad:
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I do...:ksad:
But isn't 2nd place just the first loser? :D
Just kidding~ :heart:
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poor zidane. that was a powerful header. what was he thinking..
edit: materazzi must've made a comment about his momma for him to be that pissed..
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Worthy winners. Passed the ball to the French 90% of the time, but they won it with great defending and a superb strike. WTF up wit Zidane though? :lol:
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poor zidane. that was a powerful header. what was he thinking..
edit: materazzi must've made a comment about his momma for him to be that pissed..
Yeah i bet it's something like that.
Zidane still a human, if someone insult someone i like, i'll probably beat him hardly. :D
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But at that level, you have to take the high road. See what it cost him in his last match!
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Take this
Zidane family secret martial arts: Head of bull
crazy.....
But Mmmmmm.... pasta for dinner tonite
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italy had a great first half. but france totally dominated the 2nd half. the save on zidane's header by buffon was spectacular. italians' defence was tight as hell though.
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You KNOW that a large number of French people are going to use Zidane's absence from the penalty kicking as an excuse for why they didn't win. It's going to be a "If Zidane was there, we would have scored ALL five times, giving our goalie more confidence which would have allowed him to stop the Italians from scoring". You know, bullshit like that.
Speaking of Zidane, that was an absolutely BONEHEAD move he made. I mean what, did he actually think that they would NOT call such a blatent and flagrant foul just because it's the final game? The idiot may have ruined France's chances because his getting kicked out undoubtedly rattled the rest of the team psychologically. At the very least, he screwed himself out of having the most KICKASS final game of his career.
In any case, that's neither hear nor there. What's important is...being there to comfort Rika since she was supporting France. :twisted:
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zidane deserved the red card... but the ref should've given a red card to figo as well back in the dutch match...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C58zxHgo8Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C58zxHgo8Y)
Now I know why Zindane need to head butt Materazzi...
That Materazzi dude just squeeze Zindane's nipple..what a fag
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I doubt Zidane's presence would've made a difference in the result. And in all, considering his dumb reaction to Materazzi's taunting, this was a kick ass game.
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It would've. Zidane is a pivotal player in the French lineup, and his coolness in the first penalty shows why. Even if Trezeguet missed his shot at that time, it would've made a difference if Zidane was lined up to take one, as well.
There's rumours that Materazzi was ragging on Zidane the whole match, using racial slurs or what not. If that's true, then I suppose it was somewhat understandable. Albeit still stupid.
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Well, I can see that maybe Zidane had reasons to want to hit him, but that's really no excuse to behave like that. It wouldnt be acceptable in any small local sport match, and much less in such an important international one. It's really sad that someone's last game ended with such an action. I saw LOTS of men acting like assholes in those games, but that doesn't give anyone a right to go hitting each other... Aren't sports supposed to teach a lot of discipline? -_-
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I thought Zidane cracked because he already was in pain from taking one to the shoulder, rather than the fact that Materazzi was ragging on him. I don't recall Materazzi going out of his way to piss him off more than that one time (and boy, did he get what he had coming)... at least, not captured on camera. I guess we'll never know.
It was a tough game and while France had the upperhand, Italy stood their ground like nobody's business. If they hadn't scored in the first half, the game would've probably been France's, I recognize that much. France worked them to exhaustion in the second one.
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I still think there's something going on between Zidane and Materazzi. Perhaps he said something about him and his last game career that pissed him off. Or that he scored a "controversal" PK while Materazzi actually scored with a nice goal........ I don't know what but it's probably something bad against Zidane.
But man...... what a move Zidane did, that is something we all remember for this last game in career instead of him getting the World Cup or Golden Ball award.
Anyway good game France, I won't blame on anyone in France since they all played well! All I would say is that maybe Barthez is too short to save goals that he can't reach!
:D
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Agreed with the whole Zidane deal...i love em to death but he shouldn't have done what he did no matter the circumstances...its a professional game on the largest stage in the world and to top it all of its the end of his career...ah well, italy defense was pretty crazy and they deserved the win even though france was the overall better team and even played better till all the players left (zidane, henry, ribery)....
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Maybe he figured it was his last chance? :P
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Finally, Azzuri take the WM-Cup na. Congratulation with them :D
For me, Germany win Portugal 3:1 that's pretty good. Farewell to KAHN, WERNZ & FIGO
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C58zxHgo8Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C58zxHgo8Y)
Now I know why Zindane need to head butt Materazzi...
That Materazzi dude just squeeze Zindane's nipple..what a fag
Materazzi is a gay big mouth!
I'm sure that many people would be bagging about Zidane's head-butting @$@%%$^ Materazzi :rocket:, but it's obvious that Italy's Team overall by far the Dirtiest Team this year :twisted: Also the elbow that Mcbride took.
Nonetheless to top it off with the World Cup trophy :evil:
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I think Italy deserves the win. Yes, Materazzi is an asshole for what he had done to Zidane, and it's sad to see Zidane ends his career in this way. But I don't think Zidane's presence would have made a difference in the end. I also think that the first penalty kick was a miss call. I'm happy that Italy wins the champion but it's sad to see the game decided by PK and Zidane deserves a nice farewell from the football fans all over the world.
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I don't mind that it was decided by PK. It only goes to show how close in level both teams were.
(Considering that they had two extra periods, too.)
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Technically Zidane's red card was wrong. No one of the three judges on the field didn't see the incident. The game wasn't stopped. The fourth or fifth judge saw the incident on a screen and relying on that statement the head referee gave the red card to Zidane.
However, according the FIFA rules, they can't judge these kinds of things watching video footage.
It was a nice game though, and gotta congratulate Italy for a great play.
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I don't get why so many people are defending Zidane. What he did still breaks the rules, and just isn't fair play..
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adidas Golden Ball winner....Zindane!
Congratulation!
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Zidane just lacks experience!!!
Congratulations to Italy. Well deserved I thought. But I hope the clubs don't get off the hook because of this.
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am i the only one who thought zidanes headbutt was hilarious? i mean.. if you take away all the: final game of world cup, zidanes last international game.. that shit is funny as hell.. materazzi was fully knocked out =] well anyways.. dont know much about soccer.. but i found it funny.. and it was a nice game
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Yeah to Zidane for winning the Golden Ball award.
Good choice people and Adidas!
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Yeah, I just watched the clip of the headbutt on YouTube. ROFL
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Technically Zidane's red card was wrong.
Technical terms have very little to do with whether his card was right or wrong. What he did counted as an agression, and the cameras caught it. Any judge would've passed the same judgment after seeing the incident. It would've pissed me off that Zidane kept playing after headbutting another player in the chest, knowing that the cameras captured it.
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Technical terms have very little to do with whether his card was right or wrong. What he did counted as an agression, and the cameras caught it. Any judge would've passed the same judgment after seeing the incident. It would've pissed me off that Zidane kept playing after headbutting another player in the chest, knowing that the cameras captured it.
absolutely - and apparently, he was spotted by the fourth official (not the fifth official) who is allowed to inform the ref (unlike the fifth, who is only allowed to comment if asked by the ref) - so it was technically right as well as being just. still: to piss off Zidane, Materazzi must have said something truly disgusting ;)
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Today Brazil's tv-channel Globo had an expert on the program who can read lips . He said that Materazzi had called Zidane's sister prostitute and that Zidane is terrorist as he is originally from Algeria. It may have affected somehow. :rolleyes:
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Some of these gifs are hilarious :lol:
http://futebolez.blogs.sapo.pt/
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still: to piss off Zidane, Materazzi must have said something truly disgusting ;)
In which case, the correct thing was to walk away anyway. :p
There's been conjecturing about what Materazzi said to Zidane since yesterday in here. :doh:
Haha, those gifs are the best. XD I guess Zidane's headbutt is going to be in the anals of soccer history as an infamous moment.
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Sources in France say it is believed Materazzi insulted Zidane's mother (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/france/5164094.stm)
Ah nothing cuts deeper or leaves a greater wound to the human soul than the old 'your momma' putdown.
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I think Zidane knows very well that it's an international game, that it's his last game, what he did was wrong etc... He's been playing so long. He cannot possibly NOT know all this.
I'm not condoning his actions, but I think that irregardless of whether he's a player on the pitch, captain of the team, talisman of the French team and hence expected to be disciplined and whatever, he's still human. If Materazzi was really being an ass and really ragging on him in a really bad way, I can completely understand why Zidane reacted the way he did. Few can actually walk away from insults hailed on them by opponents without snapping, especially when they are already under the heavy scrutiny of others while bearing a lot of pressure on their shoulders to perform up to and beyond people's expectations.
But really. This is all conjecture at this point in time. Nobody really knows for sure as to what it was that Materazzi said that caused Zidane to explode and the both of them are keeping quiet about it so... *shrug* I'm just sad that because of it he missed out on the rest of the game that's all. :(
That said, I did find it highly amusing that Zizou chose to use his head and not his fists. XDDD
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That said, I did find it highly amusing that Zizou chose to use his head and not his fists. XDDD
Ahaha yeah, Zidane invented a new fight art, the ZEE-ZHOU.
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They've just been talking about it on the news and supposedly Materazzi said something about Zidane's mother, calling her a whore or something along those lines. It just so happens that Zidane's mum is quite ill at the moment and infact went to hospital the morning of the final so it wasn't the best thing to say to Zidane.
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The sad thing here is that everything is on Materazzi's side right now. "Supposedly" doesn't account for "fact", and for all we know he might've asked Zidane "hey shorty, how's the weather down there". The day players start needing to wear mics in order to know who pissed the other off is indeed a sad one.
Yes, Zidane is human, and to lose your temper is equally human. I respect the guy for his long (and fruitful) career. I'm only angry that his retiring game ended up in the locker rooms because of a second of anger: it put a dent on what could have otherwise been a great game.
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Unless you're there at the time and hear it straight from the horses mouth then it's always going to be a supposedly but that's just what the Italian players have been saying happened and I see no reason why they would lie about something their own team mate said. They could of course exagerate it but I think we all know whatever was said it wasn't exactly anything too nice if it made Zidane react like that.
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it's one of those things that just happens sometimes in the heat of the moment. i'm sure at the time for zizou nothing else mattered and he just wanted to head materazzi as hard as he could. oh well, it certainly will not taint his career in any way but that moment will certainly live on in years to come and mentioned in the same way as maradona's "hand of god", baggio's penalty miss and things like that..
i'm just sad that paolo maldini managed to miss lifting the cup, or any other cup for that matter, for italy after such an illustrious career.. :(
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Ahaha yeah, Zidane invented a new fight art, the ZEE-ZHOU.
^ HAHA!!
yeah, just saw a gif on the head butt.. that guy deserved it... childish move though, from both guys
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yeah, just saw a gif on the head butt.. that guy deserved it...
No one but Zidane and him will ever know what really went on, so who's to say he deserved it? O_o
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Here is a video of the of the Celebrations in Peg city on Corydon Ave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j831DJxKkT0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j831DJxKkT0)
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"Materazzi, 32, told Gazetta dello Sport: 'I held his shirt for a few seconds only, then he turned to me and talked to me, jeering.
'He looked at me with a huge arrogance and said, `If you really want my shirt I'll give it to you afterwards'. I replied with an insult, that's true.'
Materazzi has not elaborated on what he did say, but one report suggested he responded with: `I'd rather take the shirt off your wife'.
He has denied, however, some of the more vile insults referring to his wife or sister or calling him a terrorist.
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He added: 'For me the mother is sacred, you know that.'"
quoted from http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373706&cc=5739
so then it's not a "your momma" insult... wonder what it could be...
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"Zizou! Headbutt match! You're first!"
And he fell for that :(
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I watched the whole game and I almost missed it while I was talking to someone on MSN. I didn't know what was going on until I saw the replay, and that was a big hit. Surprised that the guy got back up.
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The fact is Materazzi is well known for being a butcher during the "calcio italiano".
He will deny his words but Zidane is not the guy to act violently for nothing (by the way, remember Zidane reading the text against racism before one match and keep in mind that he is from Algeria), so there was some hard talking and the final + stress made Zidane acts this way.
If you watch carefully the sequence in slow, you'll see Zidane walking away with a smile (like "well, let's forget this and leave me alone") after having Materazzi on his shoulders and arms... and as he's away, Materazzi talks a little more, it's this sentence that made Zidane acting.
So, this stuff just reveals the evidence : football is full of racism and verbal violence. And I'm sure that the italian's words were very very sin... I just hope this story will help to fight this more.
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"Materazzi, 32, told Gazetta dello Sport: 'I held his shirt for a few seconds only, then he turned to me and talked to me, jeering.
'He looked at me with a huge arrogance and said, `If you really want my shirt I'll give it to you afterwards'. I replied with an insult, that's true.'
Materazzi has not elaborated on what he did say, but one report suggested he responded with: `I'd rather take the shirt off your wife'.
He has denied, however, some of the more vile insults referring to his wife or sister or calling him a terrorist.
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He added: 'For me the mother is sacred, you know that.'"
quoted from http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373706&cc=5739
so then it's not a "your momma" insult... wonder what it could be...
i bet this is all lies, we all know the reputation of italian players......(especially Lazio Rome)
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Yeah!! I think the way the Italian (Materazzi?) flopped like that, you really wonder. A headbutt :evil: from that distance would make u go "oof! u biotch" not flop like a lil fishy. Zidane had been draped by the Italian defender (their captain) like a coat, dude was pretty pissed after his shoulder was hurt.
Despite all that Zidane was like a magician with the ball. Congrats on his Golden Balls.
Here is a video of the of the Celebrations in Peg city on Corydon Ave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j831DJxKkT0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j831DJxKkT0)
Wow! It was a similar scene in Little Italy in E-town, or well - the Italian bakery in the middle of Chinatown XDD
I like the story, German police: 9000 Arrests figure 'vanishingly small' :lol:
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5772758
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Pretty smart tactic on the Italian player's part to provoke the reaction really...
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Pretty smart tactic on the Italian player's part to provoke the reaction really...
Unfortunately, this seems to be the way of the modern football world. Dirty tactics such as diving and getting opposing players angry enough to warrant a red card can be seen in some countries (not naming any names eh Portugal?) as a smart tactic, rather than the cheap desperate act it really is. FIFA should take action now and get rules imposed that will punish players for diving. Banning players over a certain period of time, and giving referees more power to immediately punish players for using such tactics will soon teach players a lesson and hopefully restore some beauty to the beautiful game.
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stuff about zidane
He's also the same person who headbutted a player before this incident.
Not really on either side, but I'm sick of people thinking Zidane didn't have any part in it. Also, all of what you said is just speculation, just like most people who admonish what Materazzi. No one really knows what went on, both of them could be fucking liars for all you know.
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Zidane is going to set comments about the incident today.
Finally the truth? :D
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YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
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Not really on either side, but I'm sick of people thinking Zidane didn't have any part in it. Also, all of what you said is just speculation, just like most people who admonish what Materazzi. No one really knows what went on, both of them could be fucking liars for all you know.
Exactly!
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Italian players and liga are just biatchs :P
(except Cannavaro and Buffon, i like those twos)
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"Zinedine Zidane has apologised for the headbutt on Italy's Marco Materazzi which earned him a red card in Sunday's World Cup final penalty shoot-out loss. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5169342.stm)
No truth :( But an apology.
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The French interview is better :
Zidane says sorry for dismissal
Zinedine Zidane has publicly apologised for his sending off in the World Cup final, but claimed he did not regret his actions against Marco Materazzi.
Zidane, who was captaining his country in his final match before retirement, stated that Materazzi insulted his mother and sister in the seconds leading up to the incident, which saw the France midfielder thrust his head into the Italy defender's chest.
"I reacted badly and I would like to apologise for it," Zidane told Canal Plus. "I would like to apologise because a lot of children were watching the match. I do apologise but I don't regret my behaviour because regretting it would mean he was right to say what he said."
He added: "There was no tension with Materazzi before or during the match.
"He just put his hand onto my shirt and I told him to stop. I told him that if he wanted it I could give it to him at the end of the match.
"Then he said very harsh words to me and repeated them several times. I left but then I went back towards him and things went very fast.
"The words he said concerned my mother and sister.
"I heard them once, then twice, and the third time I couldn't control myself. I am a man and some words are harder to hear than actions.
"I would have rather been knocked down than hear that."
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Anyways, I think ZZ ... well so confusing, but I still have favour for Zidane. I meant even when the case turn out againsts him
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i don't think zizou has done anything wrong personally. but of course, his action severely affect the whole frech team as well as the final result of the final.
he still is the best midfiled player around the world. may god bless him after retirement!
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I dunno. Losing your temper like that isn't unacceptable regardless of what the guy said. If he had done that off the pitch, he'd have been arrested.
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I know losing temper it's unacceptable, but if depends on the things said by Materazzi, i still support ZZ, he gonna be my idol for life!! ><, it's sad that he ended his carreer that way though.
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what he did was unacceptable but what materazzi did was also wrong and is becoming a norm in the game, trying to provoke a violent reaction from other players and getting them sent off.. it's harder for the ref to spot this however because it can be done very subtly..
omg someone made a zidane headbutt flash game..
http://www.koolac.com/?num=1152615214
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I think that what zidane did was not appropiate because of its consecuences on the game, losing him was too much. But doing it was pretty fine, he deserves respect and if someone talks like that about your mother on the street, what do you do? I'd certainly hit him, I'm not letting anybody disrespect my mother, and Zidane reacted, but as I said, he should've thought about the game...
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game
http://www.flashy.co.il/games/online/zidan-attack/439
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Photos from my World Cup themed bday party:
Piñata made by me and my friend:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0005.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0007.jpg)
World Cup themed cake by another friend:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0015.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0009.jpg)
The little soccer balls are candles!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0042.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Minimonique/rei-chan/IMG_0045.jpg)
Explanations/details about the pics are in the Junks thread.
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Splinter Cell Meets Zidane
http://www.destructoid.com/splinter-cell-meets-zidane.htm
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Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5198796.stm)
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Interesting that Materrazzi was punished as well. They don't know what he really said, do they? But I guess it's more righterous this way.
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and yup, he gets to keep the golden ball award!
Sweet!
:D
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:yay: I believe the one who provoked is just as guilty as the one who reacts. So
I guess it's all good in the end.
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I believe the one who provoked is just as guilty as the one who reacts.
But I don't think there's a rule against provoking.
If no one knows what Materrazzi said, he can't be judged. Luckily Fifa isn't the real world so they don't have to worry about proof.
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Yeah, that's what I thought myself. But I think maybe Materazzi fessed up, or something. They wouldn't give him a fine otherwise..I don't think?
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I thought the suspension on Materazzi was just idiotic. If it was Zidane who did the provoking and Materazzi head-butted him, I really doubt the same thing would have applied. Look, I understand why Zidane did the headbutting, I'm fine with that, but somehow people are now praising him for his actions is beyond my comprehension.
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provoking players in the final is an act of an coward. Zidane almost scored with the header and he wants Zidane to get sent off. But I think a good way was to walk off the field and not ram into someone's chest