Official World Cup Thread - Page 3

toluqueno08 · 06-06-2006, 05:45 PM

come on dude go for a better team almost nobody goes for santos but Toluca is the bomb

Loco2185 · 06-06-2006, 05:47 PM

toluca sucks homie but dont tell me you also like the chivas or America guay

**NintendoNut** · 06-08-2006, 05:50 AM

...right.

World Cup kicks off tomorrow and Michael Ballack is out of the Costa Rica game. Surely that wouldn't make a difference against Costa bloomin Rica?

Djibril Cisse has broke his leg in France's 3-1 victory against China and misses the entire tournament.

Wayne Rooney will play in the World Cup pending an official confirmation by the FA.

Koga · 06-08-2006, 07:18 AM

Unfortunately I won't be watching the opening matches, because I'm working from 18:00 to 22:00. I can still catch the last bit of Poland - Ecuador. But, I'd rather work Friday night than Saturday.

I think Germany will win, but Ballack is of course a big loss. It's very unfortunate for the French as well to lose Cisse. I heard that he was injured, but I didn't know it was that severe.

**Sean P Kelly** · 06-09-2006, 01:52 PM

I just watched the opening match, where Germany won 4-2

Good game.

Koga · 06-09-2006, 04:58 PM

I didn't watch the opening match, because I was working tonight, but I wish I could've. I did catch a summary, so I have seen all the goals. Some were great.

I got home and turned on the tv just in time to see Ecuador score the 2-0 against Poland. The last part of the match was pretty exciting with two shots from Poland on the post.

Tomorrow there will be three good matches England - Paraguay (who I think are underrated), Trinidad & Tobago (with a Dutch coach) - Sweden, and the match I'm most excited about, because they're from the same group as the Netherlands: Argentina - Ivory Coast. I will be watching all three matches.

ShyGuy727 · 06-09-2006, 05:05 PM

Great first day, but Germany needs to learn how to run an offsides trap properly, I think they were relying on Lehman too much to bail them out.

Klose and Wanchope (even though the 2nd goal was offsides) kick ass, I think Costa Rica could grab the 2nd spot if they get a defensive act together.

Poland didn't look like a WC team at all, uninspired play, horrible from the corner kicks. Props to Ecuador, played absolutely shut down D and with great intensity.

Koga · 06-09-2006, 05:06 PM

Yeah, the offside trap totally failed, and they're also already talking about bringing Oliver Kahn back.

Legion · 06-09-2006, 06:27 PM

And I still live in hope that the Frankfurt police will get bored and start knocking the heads of those English arsehole supporters together.

**Crazyswordsman** · 06-09-2006, 08:22 PM

I was a little upset that Costa Rica lost. I was pulling for that upset, heh. -CSM

Koga · 06-10-2006, 03:09 AM

I expected Germany to win, and I expect them to get to the quarterfinal at least. Not because they've got such a good team, but because they've got a good draw and the home advantage.

**NintendoNut** · 06-10-2006, 06:20 AM

Boy Germany have PROBLEMS at the back. They were lucky they were facing Costa Rica. Anyone better such as Czechoslovakia would have exploited those holes.

Germans got lucky.

Ecuador on the other hand could be a dark horse in that group judging by the way they played.

England playing today, can't wait. I'd also enjoy watching the Argys play the Cote D'Ivoire, an intriguing match that could throw us an upset.

Koga · 06-10-2006, 10:04 AM

Just watched England beat Paraguay 1-0 because of a very early own goal. Paraguay were disspointing in the first half, but England were in the 2nd. Throughout the 2nd half the 1-1 looked closer than the 2-0.

Still, with this victory they're virtually already in the next round. Winning against Trinidad & Tobago shouldn't be a problem, and it looks like the last match against Sweden will be for the 1st place in the group.

Koga · 06-10-2006, 01:04 PM

Apparently winning against Trinidad & Tobago was a problem for the Swedish, because that match ended in 0-0, despite T&T playing with 10 players for the entire second half. Sweden looked very poor especially in the scoring department. They never even really got close.

Koga · 06-10-2006, 04:02 PM

I just watched the first match of group C between Argentina and the Ivory Coast: 2-1. It was a pretty entertaining game, and it gave me some hope for the Dutch team when I saw them play. Ivory Coast is definitely beatable, because they don't play very defensive and while Argentina is good at defending a lead, they don't last for an entire half. I think the Netherlands should be able to win from Ivory Coast at least.

And if they can win tomorrow that would be a big step towards the knock-out stage. I do think they will have difficulties tomorrow against Serbia & Montenegro, who play very defensive, which makes sense because they're defense is very good. They only suffered one goal in the qualifying stage.

Lurch1982 · 06-10-2006, 05:56 PM

I was rooting for the Ivory Coast because its such an interesting story. Argentina completely underwhelmed me, and the Ivory Coast squad woke up as soon as they scored. If Argentina were playing a more experienced squad, they would have faced a tie. I honestly thing the Ivory Coast could squeak a win out of the tourny. Hell, they scored a goal and had a top flight squad playing on its heels in the opener. Not bad for a rookie squad.

ShyGuy727 · 06-10-2006, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koga

Apparently winning against Trinidad & Tobago was a problem for the Swedish, because that match ended in 0-0, despite T&T playing with 10 players for the entire second half. Sweden looked very poor especially in the scoring department. They never even really got close.

Oh please

. Are you sure you watched? Despite their 2000:1 odds, give a little credit to Hislop, the 34 year old played the match of his life in one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history, he was denying Zlatan and the rest of the Swedes left and right. I was absolutely stunned and semi-pissed since I was rooting for the Blue and Yellow.

Saying they weren't even close is completely asinine.

Sweden had very nice buildups and play development, just lacking that finishing touch but I'm sure it will come, especially considering how horrible England and Paraguay looked. 2 shots on goal in 90 minutes for Paraguay.

Koga · 06-10-2006, 06:20 PM

Well, of course they had their chances, but I really didn't think they had nice buildups. And with attackers like Zlatan, Ljungberg and Larsson, it's very poor that their best efforts were stopped by the keeper. It's not like they had bad luck and hit the post or something. And to be honest there weren't that many shot that the keeper stopped, most of them went wide.

You shouldn't always judge a game on the scores, but no score against a football dwarf which played with 10 players for 45 minutes can only be classified as poor in my book.

I was rooting for a draw, because that was most convenient for the Dutch team. If they had scored the 2-1 earlier I think they could've pulled it off.

Koga · 06-11-2006, 11:56 AM

The Netherlands won!

In a hardfought match they came through 1-0 after Robben scored an early goal in the 18th minute. After that they didn't really get any good chances, and van der Sar had a few good saves. Especially in the 2nd half I was getting worried that they might score the 1-1, but fortunately they didn't.

I'm typing this in the halftime of Mexico - Iran, where the score is 1-1. Pretty entertaining match so far.

**NintendoNut** · 06-11-2006, 01:55 PM

Mexico won. Quite late goals, surprised they got 2 in to be honest, I thought it was gonna stay 1-1. I liked Iran's attitude, they had a lot of pluck in their midfield passing, very quick but they just tired towards the end cos of the heat, allowing Mexico in to score twice.

I was sad not to catch the Holland game. I wanted to get a taster of how well they would do. I only caught ten minutes of it in a pub as I was in London all day.

EDIT: Angola v Portugal coming next.

06-06-2006, 05:45 PM	#41
toluqueno08 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Gender: Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 310.53 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 310.53 Donate	come on dude go for a better team almost nobody goes for santos but Toluca is the bomb

06-06-2006, 05:47 PM	#42
Loco2185 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: somewhere in hell Gender: Posts: 146 Thanks: 13 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Points: 4,878.53 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 4,878.53 Donate	toluca sucks homie but dont tell me you also like the chivas or America guay

06-08-2006, 05:50 AM	#43
NintendoNut NinNut Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,298 Thanks: 84 Thanked 41 Times in 31 Posts Points: 49,471.76 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 49,471.76 Donate	...right. World Cup kicks off tomorrow and Michael Ballack is out of the Costa Rica game. Surely that wouldn't make a difference against Costa bloomin Rica? Djibril Cisse has broke his leg in France's 3-1 victory against China and misses the entire tournament. Wayne Rooney will play in the World Cup pending an official confirmation by the FA.

06-08-2006, 07:18 AM	#44
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	Unfortunately I won't be watching the opening matches, because I'm working from 18:00 to 22:00. I can still catch the last bit of Poland - Ecuador. But, I'd rather work Friday night than Saturday. I think Germany will win, but Ballack is of course a big loss. It's very unfortunate for the French as well to lose Cisse. I heard that he was injured, but I didn't know it was that severe.

06-09-2006, 01:52 PM	#45
Sean P Kelly SMBHQ Mod Movies Mod Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,393 Thanks: 10 Thanked 46 Times in 36 Posts Points: 207,613.73 Bank: 152,388.02 Total Points: 360,001.75 Donate	I just watched the opening match, where Germany won 4-2 Good game.

06-09-2006, 04:58 PM	#46
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	I didn't watch the opening match, because I was working tonight, but I wish I could've. I did catch a summary, so I have seen all the goals. Some were great. I got home and turned on the tv just in time to see Ecuador score the 2-0 against Poland. The last part of the match was pretty exciting with two shots from Poland on the post. Tomorrow there will be three good matches England - Paraguay (who I think are underrated), Trinidad & Tobago (with a Dutch coach) - Sweden, and the match I'm most excited about, because they're from the same group as the Netherlands: Argentina - Ivory Coast. I will be watching all three matches.

06-09-2006, 05:05 PM	#47
ShyGuy727 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: O-H! I-O! Gender: Posts: 10,061 Thanks: 37 Thanked 62 Times in 46 Posts Points: 32,216.98 Bank: 25,651.08 Total Points: 57,868.06 Donate	Great first day, but Germany needs to learn how to run an offsides trap properly, I think they were relying on Lehman too much to bail them out. Klose and Wanchope (even though the 2nd goal was offsides) kick ass, I think Costa Rica could grab the 2nd spot if they get a defensive act together. Poland didn't look like a WC team at all, uninspired play, horrible from the corner kicks. Props to Ecuador, played absolutely shut down D and with great intensity.

06-09-2006, 05:06 PM	#48
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	Yeah, the offside trap totally failed, and they're also already talking about bringing Oliver Kahn back.

06-09-2006, 06:27 PM	#49
Legion Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Greater Mancester, UK Gender: Posts: 1,860 Thanks: 10 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts Points: 8,433.29 Bank: 6,647.77 Total Points: 15,081.06 Donate	And I still live in hope that the Frankfurt police will get bored and start knocking the heads of those English arsehole supporters together.

06-09-2006, 08:22 PM	#50
Crazyswordsman RPG Mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 8,584 Thanks: 633 Thanked 471 Times in 311 Posts Points: 167,275.15 Bank: 77,775.54 Total Points: 245,050.69 Donate	I was a little upset that Costa Rica lost. I was pulling for that upset, heh. -CSM

06-10-2006, 03:09 AM	#51
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	I expected Germany to win, and I expect them to get to the quarterfinal at least. Not because they've got such a good team, but because they've got a good draw and the home advantage.

06-10-2006, 06:20 AM	#52
NintendoNut NinNut Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,298 Thanks: 84 Thanked 41 Times in 31 Posts Points: 49,471.76 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 49,471.76 Donate	Boy Germany have PROBLEMS at the back. They were lucky they were facing Costa Rica. Anyone better such as Czechoslovakia would have exploited those holes. Germans got lucky. Ecuador on the other hand could be a dark horse in that group judging by the way they played. England playing today, can't wait. I'd also enjoy watching the Argys play the Cote D'Ivoire, an intriguing match that could throw us an upset.

06-10-2006, 10:04 AM	#53
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	Just watched England beat Paraguay 1-0 because of a very early own goal. Paraguay were disspointing in the first half, but England were in the 2nd. Throughout the 2nd half the 1-1 looked closer than the 2-0. Still, with this victory they're virtually already in the next round. Winning against Trinidad & Tobago shouldn't be a problem, and it looks like the last match against Sweden will be for the 1st place in the group.

06-10-2006, 01:04 PM	#54
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	Apparently winning against Trinidad & Tobago was a problem for the Swedish, because that match ended in 0-0, despite T&T playing with 10 players for the entire second half. Sweden looked very poor especially in the scoring department. They never even really got close.

06-10-2006, 04:02 PM	#55
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	I just watched the first match of group C between Argentina and the Ivory Coast: 2-1. It was a pretty entertaining game, and it gave me some hope for the Dutch team when I saw them play. Ivory Coast is definitely beatable, because they don't play very defensive and while Argentina is good at defending a lead, they don't last for an entire half. I think the Netherlands should be able to win from Ivory Coast at least. And if they can win tomorrow that would be a big step towards the knock-out stage. I do think they will have difficulties tomorrow against Serbia & Montenegro, who play very defensive, which makes sense because they're defense is very good. They only suffered one goal in the qualifying stage.

06-10-2006, 05:56 PM	#56
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,278 Thanks: 122 Thanked 253 Times in 140 Posts Points: 36,417.03 Bank: 338,725.11 Total Points: 375,142.14 Donate	I was rooting for the Ivory Coast because its such an interesting story. Argentina completely underwhelmed me, and the Ivory Coast squad woke up as soon as they scored. If Argentina were playing a more experienced squad, they would have faced a tie. I honestly thing the Ivory Coast could squeak a win out of the tourny. Hell, they scored a goal and had a top flight squad playing on its heels in the opener. Not bad for a rookie squad.

06-10-2006, 06:20 PM	#58
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	Well, of course they had their chances, but I really didn't think they had nice buildups. And with attackers like Zlatan, Ljungberg and Larsson, it's very poor that their best efforts were stopped by the keeper. It's not like they had bad luck and hit the post or something. And to be honest there weren't that many shot that the keeper stopped, most of them went wide. You shouldn't always judge a game on the scores, but no score against a football dwarf which played with 10 players for 45 minutes can only be classified as poor in my book. I was rooting for a draw, because that was most convenient for the Dutch team. If they had scored the 2-1 earlier I think they could've pulled it off.

06-11-2006, 11:56 AM	#59
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,339.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,200.99 Donate	The Netherlands won! In a hardfought match they came through 1-0 after Robben scored an early goal in the 18th minute. After that they didn't really get any good chances, and van der Sar had a few good saves. Especially in the 2nd half I was getting worried that they might score the 1-1, but fortunately they didn't. I'm typing this in the halftime of Mexico - Iran, where the score is 1-1. Pretty entertaining match so far.

06-11-2006, 01:55 PM	#60
NintendoNut NinNut Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,298 Thanks: 84 Thanked 41 Times in 31 Posts Points: 49,471.76 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 49,471.76 Donate	Mexico won. Quite late goals, surprised they got 2 in to be honest, I thought it was gonna stay 1-1. I liked Iran's attitude, they had a lot of pluck in their midfield passing, very quick but they just tired towards the end cos of the heat, allowing Mexico in to score twice. I was sad not to catch the Holland game. I wanted to get a taster of how well they would do. I only caught ten minutes of it in a pub as I was in London all day. EDIT: Angola v Portugal coming next.