Author Topic: The 2006 World Cup Thread!!! (Read 79079 times)

Tuffty · « **Reply #240 on:** June 26, 2006, 11:53:52 AM »

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.

ahcheungape · « **Reply #241 on:** June 26, 2006, 06:58:16 PM »

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.

dogme · « **Reply #242 on:** June 26, 2006, 07:02:16 PM »

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.

yokotapioka · « **Reply #243 on:** June 26, 2006, 07:27:15 PM »

... 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

idiotboy · « **Reply #244 on:** June 26, 2006, 08:00:07 PM »

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.

ctz · « **Reply #245 on:** June 26, 2006, 09:45:23 PM »

Definitely not worth penalty kick

ayou099 · « **Reply #246 on:** June 26, 2006, 11:44:49 PM »

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

Thimas X · « **Reply #247 on:** June 26, 2006, 11:52:41 PM »

Socceroos got screwed!!!! >_<

daigong · « **Reply #248 on:** June 27, 2006, 12:39:08 AM »

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?

BakHamNoi · « **Reply #249 on:** June 27, 2006, 01:43:27 AM »

GJ Ukraine !

We don't need cheater in World Cup.

Redturtle · « **Reply #250 on:** June 27, 2006, 02:07:53 AM »

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.

PRINCE TOTTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

maliciel · « **Reply #251 on:** June 27, 2006, 04:07:53 AM »

Ukraine match won on penalties, that was wack. They couldn't get any shots in, the Swiss.

ahcheungape · « **Reply #252 on:** June 27, 2006, 05:36:44 AM »

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.

batistuta · « **Reply #253 on:** June 27, 2006, 08:50:42 AM »

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.....

daigong · « **Reply #254 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:04:12 AM »

Ghana is gonna beat Brazil tmr!!

ahcheungape · « **Reply #255 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:34:28 AM »

seriously, does everyone hate brazil or sth? everyone wants them to lose. is it the fact that u guys got tire of them winning?

BakHamNoi · « **Reply #256 on:** June 27, 2006, 12:45:41 PM »

GO France !

Kick this racist spanish coach

ctz · « **Reply #257 on:** June 27, 2006, 01:26:02 PM »

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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.

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Kick this racist spanish coach

Why's the spanish coach racist?

BakHamNoi · « **Reply #258 on:** June 27, 2006, 01:41:39 PM »

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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

idiotboy · « **Reply #259 on:** June 27, 2006, 03:53:40 PM »

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.