OT: World Cup Begins

[puckhead]

bonus points to the ref for booking that diving Chilean in extra time.
that was some pretty weak sauce, Diego.

still dislike both of these teams.

 

[Dupster]

Chile prevails 1-nil...That makes South American teams 8-0-2 so far in the World Cup.

Wish they'd take away one Asian slot and one African slot to give both North America and South America another team.

North Korea is a joke of a team (Asian qualifier) and only one or two African nations can keep up with the rest of the world (they don't need FIVE slots).

 

[puckhead]

Goal of the tourney by David Villa?

that one was special

 

[Dupster]

Nice split of the D there indeed.

 

[evolver115]

 

[puckhead]

lol. fucking Honduran. takes a tap on the cheek, looks around for a ref, moves into more open territory, and then drops like a rock.
and then a Spaniard stops chasing a loose ball in the 18 yard box to appeal to the ref for a handball. moron.

Spain looks good though. They will only need to Zamboni one side of the grass at the half.

 

[dash]

I was talking to an English friend of my wife yesterday, she said she's absolutely disgusted a) with the performance of England and b) the amount of diving that's going on. She then went on to say how refreshing it is to see how tough hockey players are (and she's only been here in Canada for two years).

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol. fucking Honduran. takes a tap on the cheek, looks around for a ref, moves into more open territory, and then drops like a rock.

if anyone deserves a nice freshly brewed ziplock bag of urine to the face it the hondurans

 

[puckhead]

fair to say Spain has found their game today. (stats through about 55m)
shots at goal 11 - 3
shots on goal 5 - 0
corners 6 - 1
fouls 3 - 10 (2 yellows)

edit. lol. David Villa misses the net on a PK - woulda been his hat trick.

 

[Slimpikins]

Did I read that right? Portugal put up a seven spot?

 

[evolver115]

shanks the penalty kick

 

[ritari330]

Did I read that right? Portugal put up a seven spot?

yep, but it was vs N. Korea, so it was like playing a U14 team

 

[ritari330]

Damn David Villa missing his PK

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Did I read that right? Portugal put up a seven spot?

If Portugal loses 1 - 0 to brazil next game, Ivory Coast can move on to the qfs with a 8 - 0 win over PRK (lol)

 

[puckhead]

yep, but it was vs N. Korea, so it was like playing a U14 team

 

[Slimpikins]

yep, but it was vs N. Korea, so it was like playing a U14 team

Got it. Doesn't Korea at some point just stick ten men in the 18 yard box and stop the bleeding? Once it gets to about four of rive you sub in a bunch of dmen and lock it down.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

yep, but it was vs N. Korea, so it was like playing a U14 team

North Korea is no where near the talented squad that Cape Verde is

 

[puckhead]

man, I really wonder if France will fizzle or fly tomorrow morning.
The Uru-Mex game looks to be at the same time, so France won't know their fate.

high drama coming up in the groups now.

 

[dash]

Domenech benches the captain against South Africa...Well, it's his last game as coach, might as well make it memorable.

Domenech benches Evra against South Africa - The Globe and Mail

 

[jstewismybastardson]

another thing that is cringeworthy about soccer ... public player revolts/strikes

jeez ... just like John Terry on the weekend saying publically that he was gonna call a player meeting to air grievances with Capello (may have been twisting of words by british media to stir things up in the rags) and then when the meeting comes Capello basically tells him to shut the fuck up