World Cup Thread

[scott825]

whats the deal with Germany?

 

[The Varnsen]

Ridiculous, just ridiculous... 2 guys sent off in such a decisive match... we had everything to win it! Damn João Pinto, he deserved 3 red cards for that tackle. Yes they are now on their way back and i suppose its a fair consequence to all that they´ve done in this world cup. Again, USA showed their true value today, and they´re doomed with Mexico, who for the sake of soccer must crash those ugly bastards (uff, Mathis and McBride look retarded!) from the states...
Just venting, don´t take me seriously!

 

[specter]

whats the deal with Germany?

Germany moves on. They'll play Paraguay in the second round Saturday.

http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/bracket?lang=en

They destroyed Saudi Arabia 8-0 but had their hands full with Ireland and Cameroon so it certainly isn't the Germany of before.

Still, they have a good draw to the semifinals so they're far from out of it.

 

[Y_lifter]

I found it quite funny during the preGame hand shakes, how big some of those Polish dudes were compared to the Americans.

I don't know who he was but the one Polish dude on the End of the line looked more like a Rugby player than football.

 

[specter]

Ridiculous, just ridiculous... 2 guys sent off in such a decisive match... we had everything to win it! Damn João Pinto, he deserved 3 red cards for that tackle. Yes they are now on their way back and i suppose its a fair consequence to all that they´ve done in this world cup. Again, USA showed their true value today, and they´re doomed with Mexico, who for the sake of soccer must crash those ugly bastards (uff, Mathis and McBride look retarded!) from the states...
Just venting, don´t take me seriously!

I really am sorry for you and your team, Varnsen. The team and country must be in a state of shock.

The problem with France, Argentina and Portugal crashing out is it makes the later rounds much less interesting.

 

[Liberator]

England will win the world cup

 

[Y_lifter]

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[the nature boy]

Germany moves on. They'll play Paraguay in the second round Saturday.

http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/bracket?lang=en

They destroyed Saudi Arabia 8-0 but had their hands full with Ireland and Cameroon so it certainly isn't the Germany of before.

Still, they have a good draw to the semifinals so they're far from out of it.

that germany/cameroon game was brutal. I don't know how many card were given out but there were tons.

The US may have gotten into the 2nd round but the stumbled their way into it. Losing to poland isn't exactly what you want coming into the next round.

I'd say the most suprising team so far has to be Japan. Yeah they've played some weak opponents, but still.

 

[Y_lifter]

Yea, I bet the other teams players in the Second will be looking at the Americans and saying "What the heck are they doing here"?

Any way you can get it, it's still making history.
Not since 1930 or so have we made it to the Second in outside U.S. play.

 

[Lumberg]

I was watching the US-Poland game but once Poland scored it's third goal I knew it was over, so I switched to the Korea-Portugal game which was 0-0 at the time because I knew what happened there had more impact on the fate of the US team. Not 5 seconds had passed before Park nutmegged the Portugese goalkeeper (what a terrible effort on his part) and I went nuts. Kind of odd and pathetic that I was watching that game praying that Portugal wasn't going to sneak one in (which they almost did SEVERAL times) rather than rooting for the US.

Weird and unsatisfying but I'll take it. Hopefully the US players feel kind of pissed of and unsatisfied too and they take it out on the Mexicans. Ironically, it's definitely a better draw than Italy.

JC