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Off-topic / World Cup 2010 South Africa
Groups :o
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:03:46
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
damn...Groups E and G... -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:06:41
idk much about soccer but isn't japan really screwed?
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:24:34
wow
group G
dayum -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:28:11
What are the groups for?
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:37:43QUOTE (FripメECツ @ Dec 4 2009, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
damn...Groups E and G...
A: lucky group for france IMO, but IMO mexico + uruguay
B: argentina, SK
C: england, US : weak group
D: germany, serbia
E: dutch, cameroon, maybe japan
F: italy, paraguay
G: brazil, portugal, maybe IC = group of death
H: spain, swiss -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:39:57
Australia could probably scrape it through to the next round like last time.
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:45:20
I can't wait to watch the opener game!
Mexico vs. South Africa, I hope we win.
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 04:59:30QUOTE (tomohiro @ Dec 5 2009, 05:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>idk much about soccer but isn't japan really screwed?
A team like Japan should just probably be happy to get that far.
To be honest, I think it is more or less only a result of how FIFA has chosen the qualifications to be, that teams like Japan keep showing up in the tournament. They probably would not have a large chance of qualifying, where they to compete in the European or even the South American qualification.
But of course you can never completely write them off, in a tournament that is decided on so few matches as the World Cup is. Bigger surprises have happened. Like in 2002 where South Korea made it all the way to the semifinals. -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 05:24:40QUOTE (TheOnion @ Dec 4 2009, 11:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>A team like Japan should just probably be happy to get that far.
To be honest, I think it is more or less only a result of how FIFA has chosen the qualifications to be, that teams like Japan keep showing up in the tournament. They probably would not have a large chance of qualifying, where it to compete in the European or even the South American qualification.
But of course you can never completely write them off, in a tournament that is decided on so few matches as the World Cup is. Bigger surprises have happened. Like in 2002 where South Korea made it all the way to the semifinals.
they have to do it this way if they want to keep exposure in the whole world ($$$), easier also to organize qualifications inside regions (again $$$). thats why its not the true top 32 best teams
and can someone explain to me wtf was ireland trying to do being 33rd team???? how does that even work?? -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 05:28:33QUOTE (Glamouraz @ Dec 4 2009, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What are the groups for?
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 05:38:25
WWHOOOO!!! JAAAPPPAAaaannn.....
why do we have to be in such a tough group....
but i guess kim jong il clone team have it worse
+1 seeing brazil v portugal
well, i guess i'll be having a lot of late nights/early morning next year -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 05:40:31QUOTE (Zombo @ Dec 5 2009, 06:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>they have to do it this way if they want to keep exposure in the whole world ($$), easier also to organize qualifications inside regions (again $$). thats why its not the true top 32 best teams
Yea, I understand that. Sometimes though, I think it does get a little out of hand with FIFA using the World Cup as their venue for bragging about how much of a world sport soccer is. Especially when they pull in referees from distant parts of the world who clearly do not live up to the standards of the professional referees from Europe.QUOTEand can someone explain to me wtf was ireland trying to do being 33rd team???? how does that even work??
Isn't it because of that whole Thierry Henry hand ball controversy? I have no idea how they would want it to work. I think that whole thing just shows how much soccer needs some form of instant replay offered to help the referees. -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 05:46:34
i know why they did it, i just dont think they even explained how it would work? why would you make a proposal and not have a clear plan with it
a move like that looks very desperate and bad for your reputation imo. (for ireland football org) -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 06:01:19QUOTE (Zombo @ Dec 5 2009, 06:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i know why they did it, i just dont think they even explained how it would work? why would you make a proposal and not have a clear plan with it
a move like that looks very desperate and bad for your reputation imo. (for ireland football org)
Well, they probably feared more the domestic consequences of appearing not to do enough about the issue.
One way it might have work, were just to put them as an extra team in one of the groups. Although that obviously would be far from optimal, and it probably would end up causing protests from the other countries in that group.
If they actually wanted to do something about the problem, it would IMO be a far better solution to have a rematch between France and Ireland. But I guess it was when that solution was denied by FIFA, that Ireland chose to propose the 33rd team solution. Sepp Blatter actually said to the proposal that it was not complete nonsense, but that it would not work in practice. -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 06:45:33QUOTEOne way it might have work, were just to put them as an extra team in one of the groups. Although that obviously would be far from optimal, and it probably would end up causing protests from the other countries in that group.
unfair for other teams in that pool, not only there is more competition ,they would have to play 4 matches each instead of 3, increasing fatigue level.
also 4 is not a good number of matches to play, it's too easy to generate tied standings compared to a small odd number like 3 and using goals scored as tiebreaker is not as reliable as victories so you want to avoid them as much as possible.
4 matches for a group of 5 is actually the reason why I chose not to use a standard round-robin format for WC08 in pen spinning. -
Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 07:57:16
GERMANY
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 08:17:01QUOTE (KunLin @ Dec 5 2009, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>GERMANY
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Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 13:35:45
A: Uruguay and France
B: Argentina and Nigeria
C: England and United States
D: Germany and Ghana
E: Netherlands and Cameroon
F: Italy and Paraguay
G: Brazil and Portugal
H: Spain and Chile
I think the African nations will do well. Spain have to go in as favourites even though they have not won this before, they are on such a good run, great team, excellent manager. It's all right for them to take it. This tournament could be the one for Christiano Ronaldo to put his name on the World Cup greats list, so long as his injury is okay. -
Date: Sun, Dec 6 2009 01:37:10
quick comment about the actual drawing ceremony:
did anyone else think that charlise theron was really annoying?
and also, i think christiano ronaldo is extremely over-rated
he's basically a one man team
maybe i'm biased because he plays for real, or biased because he played for man u, but players like messi, or xavi are clearly better (and now you know what club i go for XD) -
Date: Tue, Dec 8 2009 13:59:48QUOTE (k-ryder @ Dec 6 2009, 01:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>quick comment about the actual drawing ceremony:
did anyone else think that charlise theron was really annoying?
and also, i think christiano ronaldo is extremely over-rated
he's basically a one man team
maybe i'm biased because he plays for real, or biased because he played for man u, but players like messi, or xavi are clearly better (and now you know what club i go for XD)
He's not a one man team... However, he is best just left in a free-roll to wander the pitch destructively. I think he's at least as good as Messi or Xavi in almost all areas (except perhaps defending), but has better ball control and much better scoring ability. Unmatched in the world at the moment. -
Date: Tue, Jun 8 2010 23:13:32
lionel messi from argentina <3 (world's top player) <333
edit: its about time someone brought this back b/c world cup gonna start soon -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 01:04:49
My predictions...for now.
so yea. netherlands for worldcup -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 02:07:25
*has 10 bucks on South Africa beating Mexico*
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Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 02:51:50
for sure argentina is gonna make it to the end
and w/o beckham USA mite not make it too far -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 04:26:30QUOTE (yo mama @ Jun 8 2010, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>for sure argentina is gonna make it to the end
and w/o beckham USA mite not make it too far
beckham would play for england ._. -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 04:28:27
Me and prince have a bet for USA v England
winner decides losers Username for 1 week
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Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 08:55:17
i mean even without beckham, both coles, lampard, i think they still easily outclass USA
and silly americans who think they own beckham now
my predictions are:
spain to take it out
england, without a lot of their upper players will probably have trouble getting past france
and while i was looking at the line ups of netherlands and brazil, 2 big surprise exclusions: van nisterooy, and ronaldinho
but i think brazil is defensively stronger than the dutch, the two being more or less equal offensively, so i think brazil should win it
i love spain's line up
villa and torres up front, probably subbed by pedro, who will score a crucial last minute goal (barca fans will know what i'm talking about)
silva, xabi hernandes, xavi, iniesta, cesc (i still maintain its cesc, and not fabergas)
and a strong defence as well (with puyol, sergio ramos, pique)
and 3 really good keepers as well
you know what.... they could have just taken the barca team XD
oh, i also want to see germany SLAUGHTER the aussies
and hoping a win against denmark for japan, atleast....(doubtful) -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 13:14:55
o my bad
and i heard that solvania is pretty good tho -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 13:39:56QUOTE (yo mama @ Jun 9 2010, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>o my bad
and i heard that solvania is pretty good tho
wait what?.... slovenia ..... i mean, they aren't "wait, this was a actual match and not passing practice" level of honduras, but they aren't going to pose a huge threat to any of the big countries (england, france, germany etc.)
fifa ranking 22 is alright, and if you say "in the scheme of things" being that they outplayed 150 other countries to qualify then yeah, but they aren't likely to get past round of 16 (could pose a threat to USA though)
i'm starting to worry about your soccer knowledge......
also, any thoughts on biggest goal margin for the group stages?
i say spain vs honduras or netherlands vs japan -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 15:08:05QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 9 2010, 05:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Me and prince have a bet for USA v England
winner decides losers Username for 1 week
im gon' pown you bitchh
and @frip and yo mama, beckham is coaching not playing -
Date: Wed, Jun 9 2010 23:58:09QUOTE (Prince @ Jun 9 2010, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>im gon' pown you bitchh
and @frip and yo mama, beckham is coaching not playing
still sucks how he got hurt tho
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Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 00:24:05
Ahahahah we got onyewu back ahaha you guys don't stand a chance ahaha
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Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 03:16:36
Bahaha, it's held in Africa? Are you joking?
I'm sorry, I can't take anythin in Africa seriously... -
Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 03:19:36
England is going to own the US so hard, sorry strat :\
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Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 07:09:09
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Date: Fri, Jun 11 2010 14:53:45
pretty good tilt
RSA was nervous in the first 20 mins but they got good chances in the end
the horns are really annoying lol, soudns like flies -
Date: Fri, Jun 11 2010 16:13:47
The first goal that Mexico made should have counted. That was definitely nor offsides, it was a perfectly legal goal
Africa's goal was nice though, props for that.
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Date: Fri, Jun 11 2010 18:20:09
mexico's first goal that was "offsides" was never offsides. that was a huge mistake and would have GREATLY affected the outcome of the game.
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Date: Fri, Jun 11 2010 20:46:04
I really wished I saw something out of France and Uruguay :/
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Date: Fri, Jun 11 2010 22:13:19QUOTEThe first goal that Mexico made should have counted. That was definitely nor offsides, it was a perfectly legal goalQUOTE (Frip @ Jun 11 2010, 08:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>mexico's first goal that was "offsides" was never offsides. that was a huge mistake and would have GREATLY affected the outcome of the game.
He was clearly offside. If a player who is infront of the second furthest back opposing player is passed to, there is of offside. It doesn't matter if it's the goalkeeper or any other player who is player the furthest back.QUOTEA player is in an offside position if:Fifa Laws of the Game, page 35.
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the
second last opponent
(The commentator here obviously does not the offside rules)
It's pretty clear that the player who scores the goal is miles ahead of the goalkeeper (second last player). -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 00:16:31
learn the rules ppl
goalkeeper counts as defender, rule says you need to have at least 2 defenders in front of you.
"It is not necessary that the goalkeeper be one of the last two opponents" -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 02:35:38
Was there not a defender on the line right in front of the goal post?
Or am I just blind?
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 02:40:09QUOTE (Mike @ Jun 11 2010, 10:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Was there not a defender on the line right in front of the goal post?
Or am I just blind?
I am now really confused
to be offside, you need to behind everybody except one person
usually the one person is the goalkeeper. in the regular offside, obviously the goalkeeper is always in front of the player who's offside. otherwise you would never call offside in a normal situation if you had to be behind everybody (that would be like behind the goal line lol)
in this case, the one person who was in front of the player was not the goalkeeper, but still there was only 1 perseon in front of him.
to be onside you need 2 persons in front of you. it can be 1 goalkeeper + 1 defender or 2 regular players, it doesn't matter. -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 03:41:50
Fuck lmao I realized that later
yea of course that wasn't offsides. i have no idea why i thought it was, of course there have to be at least 2 people in front of the dude
YAYAYA my bad lmao I realized that like 10 minutes after i posted haha i feel really stupid right now.
but anyways france v uruguay was meh :| -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 03:49:36
GOOOOOOO New Zealand!!!!! (I'm surprised we made it this far xD)
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 09:08:07
if mexico had converted in the first 15-20 minutes, i think they could have got the win
but i was thoroughly surprised by south africa, they had some really good plays
funny story, i was getting drowsy while watching the mex-rsa game, but i somehow woke/opened my eyes just before the marquez goal
argentina/nigeria and us/uk tonight (or what ever time the game happens to be on in ur timezone) -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 10:07:57
seems like no one gives a fuck about korea vs greece
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 13:57:16
south korea owned >=D I got up at 5 for it, totally worth it
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 14:26:48QUOTE (Pen Islandâ„¢ @ Jun 12 2010, 06:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>seems like no one gives a fuck about korea vs greece
its too earlyyyyyyyyyy -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 15:19:56QUOTE (Zombo @ Jun 12 2010, 08:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>its too earlyyyyyyyyyy
I got up at 5 ,,/,, -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 15:43:16
Yawn, soccer. The only reason I'm watching England vs. USA today is because the Yankees/Astros game isn't available in my area today. T.T
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 16:09:31
don't bother postin then dawg
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 18:37:55
come on england! 4 minutes in and one goal!!!!!
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 19:31:04QUOTEcome on england! 4 minutes in and one goal!!!!!
now its 1-1 ..XDDDD
GOGOG ARGENTINAAA!!!!
1-0 with nigeria..
yeaaaah,arg ftw..!!!
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 20:03:36QUOTE (RoastBeef @ Jun 9 2010, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Bahaha, it's held in Africa? Are you joking?
I'm sorry, I can't take anythin in Africa seriously...
africa is an amazing place, you've probably never been there. or you're just racist, and in that case, you should grow up. i cant stand people that think africa is worthless.
and mexico's "offsides" goal, was definately offsides. There was only one guy between him and the goal when the ball was played, therefore, offsides.
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 20:42:03QUOTE (Frip @ Jun 12 2010, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I got up at 5 ,,/,,
East coast ftw, I only had to get up at 6.30
I'm watching every game, slated for 7am tomorrow
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 20:54:17QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 12 2010, 03:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>East coast ftw, I only had to get up at 6.30
I'm watching every game, slated for 7am tomorrow
To be deadly honest I don't know how a person can even watch one soccer game. 90 minutes for 1-2 exciting (ish) goals. Let alone like 2 or 3 in a day. -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 20:57:41
when you play soccer you appreciate all of the more important parts other than just the goals, every second is exciting if you know the minutia behind what's happening
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 21:02:42QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 12 2010, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>when you play soccer you appreciate all of the more important parts other than just the goals, every second is exciting if you know the minutia behind what's happening
I've never played so I guess I don't understand the ways of soccer fans. -
Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 21:08:45
i guess it's like why would someone get excited about a big play in football if it doesn't result in a touchdown, every little part still advances your team, even if it doesn't show on the scoreboard
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 21:33:00QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 12 2010, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>East coast ftw, I only had to get up at 6.30
I'm watching every game, slated for 7am tomorrow
I'll get up 5:15 tomorrow. I don't wanna hear them overanalyze USA-England again lmao
recap so far:
France/england disappointing.
Argentina somewhat showed what they can do (first ten minutes + when Milito came on)
South Korea ftw >=D
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 23:21:59QUOTE (Frip @ Jun 12 2010, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'll get up 5:15 tomorrow. I don't wanna hear them overanalyze USA-England again lmao
recap so far:
France/england disappointing.
Argentina somewhat showed what they can do (first ten minutes + when Milito came on)
South Korea ftw >=D
anyone can take group A
Deustchlande vs Australia tomorrow
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Date: Sat, Jun 12 2010 23:48:03
New Zealand is going to go crazy if we win just one game lol. You should of seen the reaction when we qualified.
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 02:36:56QUOTE (Milk @ Jun 12 2010, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>New Zealand is going to go crazy if we win just one game lol. You should of seen the reaction when we qualified.
EG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXpSJTj-X50...feature=related
haha thats awesome i'll be rooting for new zealand
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 03:03:51
Who you got in the early match tomorrow morning frip?
my roomate put money on Algeria, but I dunno ... (we bet online on every match lol) -
Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 04:13:24
england/US was disappointing (for england)
gotta get up at 2am to watch the australia/germany match.... -
Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 15:02:21
missed the early match 2/2
yay
tomorrows match I shouldn't miss tho (NED vs DEN) -
Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 15:21:07
can't wait to see RVP
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 19:57:32
germany is rapinggggggg aussies
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 20:23:11
Germany 4-0 Australia
Buttraped. -
Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 20:24:27
Ok so Germany raped Australia, and they have a Brazilian and a Spanish dude on their team lol
Australia looked as if they didn't even try to make a goal. -
Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 22:04:27
Australia got owned
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 22:05:48
they came on strong in the beginning, huge disappointment, they were supposed to have improved significantly from last time
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 22:24:13
Australia Vs Germany
0 - 4
FFFUUUUU-
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Date: Sun, Jun 13 2010 23:31:47
lol.... told all you f*ckers that aussies had no chance....
but did anyone else think tim cahill's card was a bit harsh? -
Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 02:52:30
solid performance from germany
@kryder , should've been a yellow fo sho. Saw the replay and it didn't look like a legit red card move
BRAZIL VS NKOREA :> -
Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 11:25:58
yay woke up in time
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 12:12:24QUOTE (Zombo @ Jun 14 2010, 05:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>yay woke up in time
disappointing so far
.......I tipped 5:0 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- -
Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 12:31:29
OWN GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 13:20:57
Netherlands 2-0 Denmark
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 14:39:34
nice cross by japan/poor marking and defending by cameroon
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 15:52:49
GG JAPAN
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 15:55:49
that goal that u.s made with england was a gift.
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 18:26:45
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 18:40:13
Haaaaaaa so true its like a bees nest
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 22:11:21
lol you guys must not watch soccer that often if you're complaining about the horns
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Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 22:16:51
LOL Mike so true
Dunno why so many people complain about them -
Date: Mon, Jun 14 2010 23:31:37
nothing really matters for me now
JAPAN WON A GAME!!!!!
also, disappointing game but the dutch, van persie couldn't hit the net at all
when elie... eley.... (?) came on, they had some good chances, and shame that robben couldn't play -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 01:03:48
yeah robin van persie is good for arsenal but sucks for national team
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 02:05:16
awwww man, north korea vs brazil
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 02:10:28
lol if you bet 10 dollars on brazil, you get 42 cents back if they win
if you bet 10 on nor korea, you get like 93 ahaha -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 14:05:17
ahaahahaha tied game with new zealand
karma for the offside goal -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 15:10:15
Yeah, good game overall, I enjoyed it, glad I woke up
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 17:25:22QUOTE (Mike @ Jun 15 2010, 12:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>lol you guys must not watch soccer that often if you're complaining about the horns
It's not that bad normally. The players are complaining about it too, that they can not communicate with the other players or the coach as they usually would.
Also it totally destroys the atmosphere on the stadium, where singing or chanting gets completely drowned out by the horns. -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 17:30:13
Yeh apparently theyre being banned though, it was on my news
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 17:34:00
there was talk of them being banned, but fifa released a statement that they wouldn't do that, unless something has changed since then (a few days ago)
and so far, i've only heard LOSING teams complain about them. if a team loses and blames it on the fans I don't respect them
@theonion, did you watch the USA England game, or any other big game? the horns were hardly audible, chanting singing and drums and stuff were much much louder. atmosphere is still fine -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 17:35:48
they wont last the whole month
lips will be bruised -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 17:49:54
idrc about them, just listen to commentators
the news about them being banned was this morning -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 18:22:06QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 15 2010, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>@theonion, did you watch the USA England game, or any other big game? the horns were hardly audible, chanting singing and drums and stuff were much much louder. atmosphere is still fine
I agree that it wasn't as bad in the England-USA game. It might have been because there weren't as many South Africans on the bleachers at that game. But still in the majority of the games I have watched, the noise from those horns has been almost insufferable. -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 19:10:25
love this north korean team, fearless, good defense and does not fake like those portugueuse wankers
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 19:28:12
LOL.
That's faggotry, Brazil should be in the lead right now, and they aren't which is surprising.
Korea is taking them on full on, and playing a good game too. I'll be surprised if Brazil wins with just one goal. -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 20:45:10
it's not insufferable, it ADDS to the atmosphere, it's buzzing with excitement
DPRK played a DAMN good game -
Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 23:15:25
They DID, I was impressed.
Maicon's goal was executed beautifully
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 23:17:36
This pretty much sums it all up.
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Date: Tue, Jun 15 2010 23:52:18
Have you guys visited 4chan?
Their /b/ is buzzing ha ha -
Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 08:30:18
i like this better
also, korea dpr brazil game was brilliant
i'm glad i woke up for that one
the two brazil goals were fantastic, and korea played, super unexpectedly well
spain-swiss game tonight
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Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 08:34:55
i thought vuvuzelas play B flat only
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Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 16:52:35
LOLSPAIN
ASDFSASDCFDSASDFDSDF -
Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 17:25:58
This one is for Zombo.
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Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 17:33:21
EDIT: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=1346...7183&ref=mf
'Nuff said.
OH SHIT THAT WASN'T AN EDIT FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- -
Date: Wed, Jun 16 2010 21:13:42
the ultimate troll instrument
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 02:09:50
What the hell has happened to Spain today...omg, disappointing >.<
I think we needed less midplayers, Swiss is well-known for its defense...and our attack has been lousy. Anyways, I have to admit that I screamed with that shot by Xabi Alonso, lol -
Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 02:32:00
Main these vuvuzelas are BZZZZZZZBZZZZZZZZZgeZZZZZZZZZBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ annoyiBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 02:50:34
It seems that Germany was the only highly rated team to show up to the first round. . . lets see if any other top dogs can show us what they're truly made of.
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 12:22:06
At first time, argentina wins 2 - 1 to korea..
with a fatal error of demichelis..but i think that we will win 3 or 4 -1...
EDIT:
as i predicted...WE WIN 4-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 13:49:16
that was a good match by argentina, except for that one defensive error
i think there was a second one that didn't end quite as bad as the first one though
messi is yet to score, but goal stats hardly tell his story
he played well so far, most goals coming from his plays
... not sure if i want to watch the greece nigera game -
Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 13:49:54
greece nigeria now, my roomate is greek i wish i could be at home to watch and not at work, i want to make fun of him when they lose xD
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 15:00:42
greece and nigeria now,and then france and mexico..
that will be a interesting game.. 
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 15:08:52
Did you guys hear about this;
The official South Africa 2010 Ball is a different shape to other balls.
The SA 2010 balls are made by adidas, a German company
Germany have been playing with these types of balls all season, unlike every other team.
It was on the news that adidas purposely did it or something D:
anyway i dont really mind just thought id say incase you didnt know
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 15:23:03
Yeah but every International Tournament uses a brand new ball, and every International Tournament everyone complains about the ball, nothing new here
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 22:11:04
very sad french team, 0 goals in 2 matches...
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Date: Thu, Jun 17 2010 22:36:36
brazil, best ever <3
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 00:56:22
we will see in the 4th finalss..
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BRAZIL GTFOOOO!!!!!
ARGENTINA FTWWW!!! -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 06:16:28
brazil didn't play too impressively, possibly because they under-estimated the north korean side
but their defence was mediocre to say the least
argentina look solid in both offense and defence, they could make it through to the finals
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 06:42:32
Late but w0000000t we drew!!! But crap we got Italy up next... this will be painful.
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 09:33:04
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-@WC
Today we leave work early because some people wanna watch Germany play (which starts like 1 hour before we're done), I don't watch soccer, I still have to leave early and work 2 hours longer next week some day ...
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 09:46:55QUOTE (Milk @ Jun 18 2010, 01:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Late but w0000000t we drew!!! But crap we got Italy up next... this will be painful.
NZ to win the WC! -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 12:27:59
ahaha germany is fucked
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 13:32:59QUOTE (Zombo @ Jun 18 2010, 05:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ahaha germany is fucked
Dgghfkfkfkgkbbitsnojbafagsghsgsffhkljfkuthitbjrhkr -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 13:52:57
the eff happened to germany
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 17:26:05
USA clearly earned 3 points
3 legitimate goals to 2, that's a victory.
Whatever, as long as England doesn't choke hard we'll be fine -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 19:19:58
poor first half tbh
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 20:25:22
england tied with algeria
messed up group C anyone? -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 20:25:53
...im ashamed
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Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 22:41:22
So.
What the fuck is going on in the World Cup.
Like seriously, someone please explain this:
England 0 : 0 Algeria
Slovenia 2 : 2 United States
Germany 0 : 1 Serbia -
Date: Fri, Jun 18 2010 22:52:56
an even World Cup for once
I'm kind of tired of the major teams coming in and dominating, an even field of teams makes things exciting
Group C could put through Slovenia and Algeria over US and England, THAT'S how even the field is, it's kinda cool -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 00:10:06
IMO US should've beaten Slovenia
that call was bs -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 02:23:03
current feelings towards world cup:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
argentina and mexico have played well though -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 02:29:02
I'm happy the field of teams is so much more even this time
ahaha I found a new USA chant!
(If you don't know, Tim Howard has Tourette's)
Tim Timminy Tim Timminy
Tim Tim Teroo
We've got Tim Howard and he says f**k you!
Timmy Howard
F**k Off
He plays in our net
F**k Off
Timmy Howard
F**k Off
He's got Tourette's
EDIT: haha people said vs Algeria they'd chant "I'M BLUE IF I WERE GREEN I WOULD DIE" to the tune of the eiffel 65 song -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 03:48:30QUOTE (k-ryder @ Jun 19 2010, 04:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>current feelings towards world cup:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
argentina and mexico have played well though
Yea, it really has been an unusual world cup thus far, with so many top seeded teams playing substandard. It's really only Argentina and to some degree Holland which have lived up their favorite status.
About the Germany game, I agree that the referee did give out more cards than I normally like to see, but it has to be said that most of the cards were given on real offenses and not just dives, although other referees would probably had let most of them go without bookings the first time around. But it really just comes down to refereeing styles, some referees book people every time they see a yellow card offense, while others only do when they see the roughness as getting out of hand. This though does pose a problem in tournaments where bookings have consequences in later games, as teams which have had more strict referees are at a disadvantage. -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 03:56:06
Sad that USA tied Slovenia, they completely had that goal...
SK vs Argentina was a failure... 1st goal = ridiculously bad luck, and 3rd goal was uncalled offside? Of course Argentina is a better team than Korea but 4-1 is quite depressing. -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 05:18:26QUOTE (Ktk @ Jun 18 2010, 07:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sad that USA tied Slovenia, they completely had that goal...
SK vs Argentina was a failure... 1st goal = ridiculously bad luck, and 3rd goal was uncalled offside? Of course Argentina is a better team than Korea but 4-1 is quite depressing.
No offence, but this is exactly why shit always happens in Africa. Why wasn't the third USA goal counted? What's with the dumb ass referees. And why does England and France keep sucking each other's dick? What's the shit noise Africans call culture? Vuvu-what? Arg. Sounds like my grandmother taking a shit. -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 14:16:00
see? Anyone complaining about the horns should watch the aussie/ghana game, chants and songs and yelling drowning them out completely
the only time you hear the horns is when there's no organized cheering, so really it makes it more exciting -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 14:40:25
._.
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Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 15:05:44
Violating posts deleted.
Contrary to popular opinion, off-topic section IS moderated, it is NOT the spammers bin, and any racist, bigoted, or otherwise rule-violating posts will be deleted, and result in action against you by the moderators. -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 15:06:53
Not a soccer fan at all, but watched Holland vs Japan today
I hope they'll get further this year~ (Holland, not Japan -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 17:03:07
HavalDroid 2 days ago
they should ban SOCCER(FOOTBALL) from the Vuvuzela concerts. the teams playing on the field are distracting us from the lovely trumpets!
holland ftw btw -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 17:09:02
The board! We keep a whiteboard in the living room to use for sporting events (for NBA games we bet on stats and stuff, so we record the stats on there)
For world cup it's perfect to show standings
(old pic clearly, it's updated for current points) -
Date: Sat, Jun 19 2010 17:10:44QUOTE (Frip @ Jun 20 2010, 12:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>holland ftw btw
agreed
v. Persie didn't scoring though
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Date: Sun, Jun 20 2010 01:58:25
the cameroon-denmark game looked like a good game going with what i read in the fifa summary.
might watch a replay if i can
the refs in group D have been rather horrible
kewell's card was questionable, a handball yes. deliberate? or a natural reaction?
fun fact: up until tonights results, Group F are completely tied on table results. 1 draw each, 1 goal scored, 1 conceeded
and strat: the standings/points for group G doesn't make sense
they've only played one match each, so n. korea should be on 0 points -
Date: Sun, Jun 20 2010 02:06:31
k nice call it's supposed to be 0
cameroon denmark was CRAZY game, definitely the most fun one to watch thus far
as for the card it was clear. A handball that definitely stops a goal is an automatic penalty and red card, unless maybe he's in the process of pulling his arm away, but he wasnt
EDIT: Joga bonito
Old video, but this is what inspired me when i got bored of soccer -
Date: Sun, Jun 20 2010 13:44:42QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 19 2010, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The board! We keep a whiteboard in the living room to use for sporting events (for NBA games we bet on stats and stuff, so we record the stats on there)
For world cup it's perfect to show standings
Spoiler:
(old pic clearly, it's updated for current points)
ahah we use a whiteboard like that in meetings... not for offttopic lool -
Date: Sun, Jun 20 2010 14:52:15
lol i have one in my room i do physics on, but the livingroom board is STRICTLY for sporting events xD
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Date: Sun, Jun 20 2010 23:34:52
brazil did well, confirming that the game against n korea was just underestimation
newzealand once again surprises us, and once again, a big name team disappoints (although i'm actually happy for newzealand, mainly because i dislike italy)
looks as though italy can still qualify, even if it is second place
if nz win the next match, they can qualify in top place -
Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 00:25:55
NZ is playing well but expectin to beat paraguay is a little ridiculous
brazil didn't really play that well IMO, cote just played shitty -
Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 01:14:01
kaka booking is karma for hand ball
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 06:43:04QUOTE (strat1227 @ Jun 21 2010, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NZ is playing well but expectin to beat paraguay is a little ridiculous
brazil didn't really play that well IMO, cote just played shitty
I know what you mean. At first everyone was like "Holy sh$%%$!$^&t!! We made it to the world cup!!!" and then it was like "Holy fu*$@$^k we drew with Slovakia!!!!" The reaction to drawing Italy will get me banned. But now there's a lot of expectation on the All Whites to beat Paraguay, when at first we were pleased with just qualifying. We are getting a little greedy I guess. But the doesn't mean we can't beat them
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 08:24:21
i wouldn't say wanting NZ to win is greedy
bit unrealistic? yes.
blissfully optimistic? also yes
i would say an expectation to win is unrealistic
they could realistically force a draw, and hope italy also draws
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 09:12:21QUOTE (k-ryder @ Jun 21 2010, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i would say an expectation to win is unrealistic
they could realistically force a draw, and hope italy also draws
in that case, points, goals for and against are equal.... what happens then?
http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/a...-future-lottery -
Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 14:05:04
lol north korea got murdered LOL
i loved ronaldo's goal ahahhahaa epic -
Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 14:35:01
Remind me again why people think Chritiano Ronaldo is so good? He doesn't score literally for 2 years, and he finally scores off of a fluke and everyone goes crazy.
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 14:40:26
Ronaldo is pretty good (well he used to be, not sure about now) although i do feel he is slightly overrated. have you ever seen him play for Man Utd?
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 14:42:00
Yep he was a cocky dillhole who tried and failed to use skillmoves instead of just shooting the fucking ball
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 18:35:01
ahahah the vuvuzelas are so much worse wheb the fans are organized
the timed pulses are really annoying -
Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 19:35:33 portugal destroyed north korea 7-0 -.-
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 19:53:05
n. korea beat Guam 21-0 in '06 lol, this is karma
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 20:25:07
R.I.P all North Korean players.
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Date: Mon, Jun 21 2010 20:27:30
spain
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Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 00:29:10QUOTE (Pwn Island @ Jun 21 2010, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>R.I.P all North Korean players.
This. -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 07:58:07
spain did well to win, but didn't make most of their chances
ronaldo played like a team player for some parts of the game, and portugal as a unit, played incredibly well
if portugal play like that, and brazil are at their peak, the final match will be super exiting
and also, it probably spells doom for spain (assuming they manage a win against chile, which i'm not too confident about)
spain's defence was rather poor, esp during couter attacks
also, torres can't hit the back of the net for shit -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 08:35:29
herd that some people tried to smuggle vuvuzela's in the lakers game
tat shit true? -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 14:22:43
Yeah and a Marlins game had a vuvuzela day at their stadium ahahaha
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Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 15:54:35
uruguay and mexico are through
not what i expected but who could expect the suckage from france -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 15:59:26
lol france ahahaha what a joke
sucks that this is how thierry henry's last world cup goes
they have bad luck with last world cups ahahah, zidane last time, henry this time -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 20:34:23
Uruguay's goal was like a surprise attack, no one saw it coming D:
Both teams played a lot harder though, you could definitely tell.
It's all good though, Mexico still advances -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 20:39:25
LETS GO KOREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
and i think vuvuzelas are helluva annoying holy shit -
Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 20:47:49
Yes Korea ftw!!!
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Date: Tue, Jun 22 2010 23:30:37
ARGENTINAAA AGAINSSSS WINNN!!!!
YEAAHH!!
MEXICO GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT GAME