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Post by Iorix on Jun 20, 2010 9:16:12 GMT -5
This is true. Didn't they score two goals (not including PKs) en route to the 2006 title? A few more than that, but the notion the Italy played anything more than their same old smash n' grab defensive game to take that title (and there is such a notion, and widely held believe me) is 100% myth.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 20, 2010 10:44:53 GMT -5
Hi, Chris Wood. You almost won the game for NZL, and you are an 18-year-old blond piece of muscle. Hi.
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Post by Iorix on Jun 20, 2010 11:22:13 GMT -5
I'm old, so I remember the days of footballers all having these really big 'taches and looking like cab drivers, so even after Beckham or Cristiano Ronaldo came along I still had trouble understanding how people could regard footballers as sexual objects. But then Eurosport broadcasted the 2008 U-20 Women's World Cup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q3vvQkXEcg&feature=related
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Post by DBBN on Jun 20, 2010 11:30:36 GMT -5
One of my mentors represents the US men's and women's national teams, so I could potentially get you a date with her. Whoever she is.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 20, 2010 12:22:22 GMT -5
Didn't North Korea win that girls' U20 or something like that? I remember watching a game they played and thought some of them could play in men's Serbian league without a problem.
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Post by Iorix on Jun 20, 2010 18:28:34 GMT -5
One of my mentors represents the US men's and women's national teams, so I could potentially get you a date with her. Whoever she is. Sold. ID is in the filename of one of the photos. Details about how I followed women's football religiously c. 1994-2000 (e.g. going 100 kms into the sticks to watch a national team blowout loss) available if required. Didn't North Korea win that girls' U20 or something like that? I remember watching a game they played and thought some of them could play in men's Serbian league without a problem. NK lost in the final to the US. The goal in the Youtube clip is from that final. And yes, the NKs looked odd - butch midgets.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 20, 2010 18:34:59 GMT -5
Let's hear about your short-lived divergent obsession.
It's funny, I went back to my new old job two weeks ago, and four days later start watching World Cup games in the office of the US team's attorney. Life is weird.
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Post by Wagasi on Jun 20, 2010 18:42:59 GMT -5
Keita's diving and France's idiocy seems to be getting Americans into the "this is why we don't watch this shit" mode.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 20, 2010 20:37:45 GMT -5
Damn, she's cute.
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Post by Iorix on Jun 21, 2010 9:08:15 GMT -5
Crikey, even Cristiano Reinaldo's hair gel scored.
I watched this in rowdy company and let my "Portugal - FUCK YEAH!" side take over. Fun.
NK were unbelievably stupid. Portugal is 100% FAIL at contesting possession and at achieving the kind of sustained control of the midfield that say Barcelona/Spain do so well, but deadly when allowed to just sit around waiting for an opening for quick counterattacks, so what does NK give us? A flowing, open match with the ball going back and forth between each goal about 7-8 times every 10 minutes.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 21, 2010 13:36:27 GMT -5
Chi Chi Chi! Le Le Le!
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Post by Wagasi on Jun 22, 2010 11:30:58 GMT -5
Mexico and Uruguay sail through, even without faking a draw. Good for South Africa to get a win.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 22, 2010 14:38:28 GMT -5
URU wins Group A. Dunno if anyone would have expected that?
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Post by Bruguera's heavy balls on Jun 22, 2010 16:27:09 GMT -5
Uruguay won the wolrd cup twice in the first half of the XXth century, they only got relatively worse because it is such a small country (4 million people). They have always been great for their size.
Not only they won, the kinda dominated Mexico
Now Argentina plays Mexico. We just beated Greece 2-0, Nigeria and Greece out, Korea also advances to the next round
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 22, 2010 16:29:46 GMT -5
KKKorea!
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Post by Wagasi on Jun 22, 2010 18:10:00 GMT -5
Too bad for the African teams. RSA could've sneaked through had they not given up so many goals against URU but they did well considering. Cameroon crashed out after shock losses. Cote d'Ivoire had a shot until Portugal annihilated North Korea. Nigeria have only themselves to blame for all the missed opportunities against Greece and again today against Korea. Ghana lead their group but they play Germany next
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Post by janie on Jun 22, 2010 19:14:55 GMT -5
I haven't been paying attention, but good luck to the Argies!
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 7:49:25 GMT -5
I'm actually really excited. They'd better not suck choke tonight.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 23, 2010 9:29:53 GMT -5
England leads 1-0, USian goal refused for off-side and it's 0-0... England and Slovenia would move on if these scores persist.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 23, 2010 11:01:11 GMT -5
Williams and Connolly is ROCKING.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 11:12:47 GMT -5
Slovenija
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Post by Wagasi on Jun 23, 2010 12:04:32 GMT -5
They missed some silly chances at the end there
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 23, 2010 13:09:16 GMT -5
Glad that the US is through -- They're a much more appealing side than Slovenia.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 14:22:02 GMT -5
Four good scoring chances in the first half and nothing yet aaaaaaargh.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 23, 2010 14:29:31 GMT -5
NK were unbelievably stupid. Portugal is 100% FAIL at contesting possession and at achieving the kind of sustained control of the midfield that say Barcelona/Spain do so well, but deadly when allowed to just sit around waiting for an opening for quick counterattacks, so what does NK give us? A flowing, open match with the ball going back and forth between each goal about 7-8 times every 10 minutes. A possible explanation: Kim Jong-il Blamed for N.Korea's Foolish World Cup Tactics chosun.com After the complete rout of North Korea by Portugal on Monday in their second match of the World Cup, some observers have seized on the opportunity to blame North Korean leader Kim Jong-il personally. The license was provided by a claim by the team's coach Kim Jong-hun that the dictator "gives regular tactical advice during matches using mobile phones that are not visible to the naked eye." The coach added the fantasy device was invented by Kim Jong-il himself. "Given the way the North Korean regime works, a football coach can't just mention Kim Jong-il's name and talk about him as he likes," a South Korean official said. "The invisible-mobile-phone part may be silly, but it's probably true that Kim Jong-il's orders are delivered to the coach." A source who knows Kim Jong-hun's playing style very well said that the match against Portugal was not played in a way the North Korean coach wanted and that he must have been pressured from someone outside. "Kim Jong-hun, who is composed and laid-back, adheres to defense-oriented tactics since he was formerly a defender, but North Korea played an unreasonable offense-oriented tactics at the time when the gap was widening," the source said.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 14:31:19 GMT -5
I'm hearing vuvuzelae. Not on TV, but in my neighbourhood.
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Post by Maeby Fünke on Jun 23, 2010 14:49:51 GMT -5
We have them here, too. Along with the babies, car alarms and roadworks. I am in hell.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 14:57:09 GMT -5
Ah, bummer. This is like Morigami serving for the match against Venus and getting broken. There's no turning back, more over can it not be.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 23, 2010 15:01:13 GMT -5
Oui. Hopefully those beer commercials will go away now, at least.
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Post by Calico on Jun 23, 2010 15:06:36 GMT -5
Team USA survives terrible officiating and still manages to advance to the final 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Now that's clutch play by Team USA!
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