World Cup Thread

[cure]

Fuck Chilavert. He's not even a good goalkeeper. At least if he was he wouldnt play in a 2nd division team. He's the most over-ratted goalkeeper followed by Barthez....

As for Spain, in theory they belong to the top class with Italy, England, Brazil and France..... thing is, thatsnot what we see on the field 50% of the time. Same thing with the others (except maybe for Brazil).

Agreed, Spain has world class playes yet they can't seem to come together as a team.

 

[specter]

I actually thought Brazil played like shit their first game. They were lucky to get a win. I just find Spain is not top level like other clubs. They belong in the lower tier like Ireland (who is playing amazing), Sweden, Croatia...i don't think of them on the same level as Italy, Brazil, Argentina or even England. Once they play a good team you'll see what happens. They'll choke like usual.

Chilavert did come forward and try some free kicks but in my opinion the guy yaps his mouth a little too much. That's what i loved about the english today. They went in hard, didn't go down easily and played the game on their feet and not whining and complaining to the referee. Ortega is a goon in my books. Yet again most South American/Central American teams are a bunch of goons and cry babies.

Well, I think how you measure Brazil's first match depends on how you feel about Turkey. Few give the Turks much credit, and if that's how you feel then yes, Brazil was not very impressive. But I think Turkey is tough. They remind me of the Romanian teams of the '90 and '94 World Cups, and I think when all is said and done they'll have gained a great deal of respect. By that measure, Brazil handled a physical, technicially skilled team very well, and I think Brazil will only get better. But we'll see - it is early and you certainly may be right in arguing that Brazil's form is poor.

I admire the same qualities in the English team, and the Premier league as well. I think Denmark plays the with the same attitude and sportsmanship.

I see you're refraining from commenting on Italy! Are you nervous about Croatia and Mexico?

 

[cure]

I see you're refraining from commenting on Italy! Are you nervous about Croatia and Mexico?

Not really. Not much to talk about, if there was then i'd be talking about it if i was worried. I'm thinking both games will end in wins for Italy and Maldini might not even play tomorrow. I truly think this Italian team has everything to win this World Cup. I HAVE NO WORRIES MY FRIEND!

 

[manny78]

Not really. Not much to talk about, if there was then i'd be talking about it if i was worried. I'm thinking both games will end in wins for Italy and Maldini might not even play tomorrow. I truly think this Italian team has everything to win this World Cup. I HAVE NO WORRIES MY FRIEND!

humm not so sure about that. They had a great team in 94. Roberto Baggio was considered the best and Italy seemed strong in any position.

 

[cure]

humm not so sure about that. They had a great team in 94. Roberto Baggio was considered the best and Italy seemed strong in any position.

uhhh ok? They made it to the final and lost in a penalty shootout to the likes of a real Brazilian team with Romario, Bebeto, Tafarrel...etc...The only thing more they could have done was win it.

 

[manny78]

uhhh ok? They made it to the final and lost in a penalty shootout to the likes of a real Brazilian team with Romario, Bebeto, Tafarrel...etc...The only thing more they could have done was win it.

thats why I believe the 94 team was superior to this one, well at least to the 98.

 

[danielson]

we won 1-0

 

[cure]

Don't get me wrong. The italian defense played like shit tonight but i have to blame the coaching of Trap. This guy brings in Materazzi instead of Iuliano who is a veteran and also keeps Inzaghi on the bench for most of the game.

NOW! I thought i saw the worst refereeing in the Brazil/Turkey game but 2 disallowed goals by the linesman which were perfectly good? Fifa should really look into this because it is a shame that they didn't get that equalizer. They should have had at least 4 goals.

Croatia didn't look too threatning until the Italian D decided to fall asleep led by Materazzi. He was to blame on both goals. First one he stood around and second one he got beat through the legs and later deflected the shot into his own goal.

ITALY let this game slip away from them with no help from the wonderful FIFA refereeing.

 

[manny78]

Forza Italia lololol Seriously I'm happy Italy lost for one reason: I wont hear those morons driving on Crescent at 6 am and yelling like a bunch of dogs.....

 

[fistfullofsteel]

Italy got robbed. It was freaking action packed at the end of the match. The ball was flying all over the place. So now we have two teams that got robbed.