So... no World Cup thread yet? (also featuring TTLG fantasy world cup game) - by D'Arcy
ScotBurp on 28/6/2006 at 16:35
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God how depressing. France gave a masterclass tonight in how to beat a more talented side, with a hefty dose of Dutch cynicism thrown in (that dive by Henry was shameful and if FIFA had any balls he'd be on the receiving end of a three match ban).
I can see this turgid French side boring its way to the title now, which is just too horrific to contemplate. Please God let Brazil tear them a new arsehole in the quarters.
Ha ! Non-sense from a fool ! 100 % unsincerity !
I have seen a beautiful match. I'm happy to see France going further.
Spanish fans were too arrogant (as well as the players), talking about Zidane's retirement and whistling the french anthem (shame on them !). He has just crucified them in the last minute. Ha! Beautiful ! El Magnifico kicked their butt !
And I'm happy to see the spanish coach going home ; he's just a racist pig asshole (he called Th.Henri "nigger"). We don't need him. Now, vamos a la casa, OK ?
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Yeah, nothing like the superb Brazilian wizards showing France how to play interesting football.
Well done, that's coward talk, supporting Goliath instead of David.
Brazil had a boring play so far.... nothing really amazing :bored:
SD on 28/6/2006 at 22:16
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Depressing? But Stronts, I thought you really enjoyed this kind of stuff... at least judging from the way you enthusiastically praised the greek victory in the Euro two years ago ;)
That was different, it was the little guy beating the big guy and overcoming the odds, but this... this was the bit in horror movies when the bad guy comes back to life and the fucker JUST. WON'T. DIE.
Quote Posted by ScotBurp
And I'm happy to see the spanish coach going home ; he's just a racist pig asshole (he called Th.Henri "nigger").
Nah, he called Henry a "black shit". He's half right ;)
The thing is, Aragones is an old, old man from a different generation, when it was acceptable to call people "black shits". I'm almost inclined to forgive him after the gem he came out with the other day. After being asked whether he would be apologising to Henry for the racial slur, Aragones said:
"No, no, don't go down that road. Henry knows through Reyes, through everything [how I feel]. I won't talk about it for another second. It's a topic that isn't worth talking about. Why? Because it's not like that. I have black, Gypsy and Japanese friends, including one whose job is to determine the sex of poultry."
ANYWAY, my new tip for the tournament is Italy. The Italians haven't always been the most harmonious squad of players, but they are having all the luck at the moment, and given the troubles back home (referee fixing scandal, bizarre attempted suicide of Juventus manager Gianluca Pessotto) they must have a rock solid team spirit. And as a footballing side, they are easily boring enough to lift the trophy :thumb:.
Paz on 28/6/2006 at 23:42
Oh great, THANKS FOR YOUR KISS OF DEATH THERE :(
And I know you're fishing here, but rumours of Italy's boring.. ness (like their role as the pantomime villain) have been greatly exaggerated since about, oooh, 1970 or so. Even then they had players like Mazzola and Rivera.
Italy vs Australia - one side has been playing with ten men for forty minutes. Penalty shenanigans aside; which left-back is bombing forward in the last minute of injury time and trying to beat a couple of guys? He's not wearing yellow, so I guess it must be an Italian.
Quite apart from this, defending can be quite beautiful and ner ner ner to anyone who says otherwise (they're just not watching properly). Even Marco Materazzi can deliver a rapid, quality ball up towards the forwards - and in terms of Italian defenders he's SHIT.
I'll be honest though, Italy being portrayed as THE BADDIES is what makes them so endearing. Holland-Italy in Euro 2000 was fantastic, at least in part due to Barry Davies driving himself mental that Holland weren't in front.
Italy are always the diving, defensive baddies.
Brazil always light up the world with their samba football.
Spain always choke.
England always go out on penalties.
These stereotypes (and railing against them!) partly make the World Cup what it is :D
Myoldnamebroke on 28/6/2006 at 23:49
Just because you were deprived as a child and had to watch Channel 4 instead of Match of the Day like normal people.
D'Arcy on 29/6/2006 at 00:00
Seeing as south american teams rarely win when the tournament is held in Europe (I think that the only exception was Brazil in 1958), in my oppinion Germany and Italy are the strongest favourites to win.
Scots Taffer on 29/6/2006 at 04:18
Hahaha, something weird happened on the FIFA website (and it seems all I do is relate really bizarre conspiracy theories these days) and it's got everyone in a furore about match-fixing... (
http://mattpalmer.googlepages.com/fifamatchfixing) a capture of the page that was shown for a while then pulled from the website. It's most likely the result of a database error, but lol, the internet.
dj_ivocha on 29/6/2006 at 04:48
Ahahaha, that's SOME error... :laff:
Paz on 29/6/2006 at 13:20
I think they do that to test their system - I saw another one before the tournament kicked off that had Germany beating Costa Rica 2-0 (I think) and Poland-Equador being a draw (plus resulting table).
If Mertesacker suddenly starts taking penalties though, I'm gonna cry foul ;)
Ulukai on 30/6/2006 at 17:43
Germany go through 4-2 on penalites.
Argentina's reaction? Start throwing punches. Awesome display of professionalism there :(
Shevers on 30/6/2006 at 17:48
If I was in the Argentinian team I'd aim my punches at the manager. Or that dud Cruz he brought on.
Things start to look more likely for a dire England-Germany final. It's just a case of England fluking their way through another few matches. :nono:
