2010 World Cup Prediction Competition

[Serb]

USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
What a finish!!!
Donovan
Refs
God

[OzzyKP]

USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
What a finish!!!
Donovan
Refs
God

[Serb]

, indeed.

That would have been VERY unfair, if USA didn't make it to the next round.
After TWO absolutely unfair ref's decisions which cost team USA two decisive goals, these guys kept fighting till the last minute and won the group.
That deserves respect and admiration.
USA

p.s. Just don't waste so many scoring chances next time

[OzzyKP]

Yea, wtf is up with those refs? Do they just all have it out for the US? The announcers were mentioning some other really bad calls that cost us in past world cups.

I don't know what counts as a lot of good shots on goal in a typical game, but it seemed like we had quite a few good chances that didn't work out. Oh well, it all turned out right in the end. What a finish!

[Serb]

In this game USA wasted way more scoring chances than any other team on this tournament so far.
But all's well that ends well.
Once again, my congrats USA.

[Serb]

Serbia is so Russian.

F*cking refs again

[Locutus]

Plenty of people with 20+ points today, but curiously enough with the exception of SuperBeaverInc none of them from yesterday's top 10, so a lot of people moved up the ranks today. Azzaman remains in the lead, with 3 points on SuperBeaverInc, who climbed to 2nd place with 1 point over chegel. North King and warpus are the winners of the day with 26 points each and jump from outside the top ten straight to 4th place, 5 points behind chegel and 3 ahead of Dauphin.

Ranking after day 13 (Google doc):

 1. azzaman333    	83 (+17)
 2. SuperBeaverInc.    	80 (+22)
 3. chegel    		79 (+15)
 4. North King    	74 (+26)
 4. warpus    		74 (+26)
 6. Dauphin     	71 (+12)
 7. Loppan Torkel    	70 (+14)
 8. Solver   		69 (+17)
 8. Weik    		69 (+13)
 8. BirraImperial    	69 (+15)
11. Maquiladora   	68 (+15)
12. Locutus   		67 (+17)
12. Zoid   		67 (+13)
14. C0ckney     	64 (+16)
14. joncha     		64 (+22)
14. Red Door    	64 (+21)
17. Arwon    		63 (+17)
18. MikeH     		62 (+20)
19. OneFootInTheGrave	61 (+20)
19. Robert Plomp     	61 (+22)
19. RobWorham   	61 (+18)
22. Darth_Pugwash    	60 (+15)
22. Imran Siddiqui     	60 (+17)
24. Serb     		56 (+21)
24. Kitschum     	56 (+13)
26. siron     		55 (+17)
27. Echse    		53 (+11)
28. Wernazuma III     	52 (+17)
28. Victor Galis     	52 (+15)
30. sonorakitch    	50 (+15)
31. classical_hero    	46 (+17)
32. Bantams   		44 (+20)
33. OzzyKP     		26 (+6)
34. Infantry#14    	24 (+6)
35. Dudemeister    	20 (+8)
35. Rashiminos    	20
37. Proviisori   	17 (+7)
38. El_Cid   		 0

[Locutus]

Next batch of Last 16 matches:

USA vs Ghana
Germany vs England

Incidentally, this also gives us the first quarter-final line-ups:

Uruguay/Korea Republic vs USA/Ghana
Argentina/Mexico vs Germany/England

By winning their group, the US have given themselves a very feasible path to the semi-finals...

[Serb]

And they did deserve it.

Since Serbia is no longer I say USA for the new champ!


can I get some points for betting on US as WC winner now? Kidding

[Locutus]

For tomorrow, I still need predictions from siron and Kitschum.

[Kitschum]

Paraguay vs New Zealand 2-0
Slovakia vs Italy 0-1
Cameroon vs Netherlands 1-1
Denmark vs Japan 2-1

[Serb]

Denmark vs Japan 0-1
Chile vs Spain 0-2
Switzerland vs Honduras 1-0

[siron]

Paraguay vs New Zealand 1-0
Slovakia vs Italy 0-1
Cameroon vs Netherlands 0-1
Denmark vs Japan 1-0

[Robert]

I'm changing again: (I'm sorry, Locutus)

Cameroon vs Netherlands 0-3
Denmark vs Japan 2-1

[MikeH]

Uruguay vs Korea Republic 2-0
Argentina vs Mexico 3-1
USA vs Ghana 2-1
Germany vs England 0-1 (heart over head)