World Football Thread IX - Weltmeisterschaft Ausgabe

[duke o' york]

Well to be honest I wouldn't have given the Costa Rica keeper much chance with either of the "beauties", no matter what ball they were using. Other than that, there haven't been many opportunities for any of the teams to show whether the ball curls more than previous balls.
Maybe we'll have to wait for Beckham () or Ronaldinho or Nedved to show us what can really be achieved with the new swingy ball.

[Colon™]

Why do you all hate Germany?

Originally posted by siron
Whatever channel this is....

1-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivpHWZ4BfJ8

1-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIWej2uISoI

2-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM0OlT7P-J0

3-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByuwYnop7Tk

3-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yi7M-dh-Fc

4-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0Uw-tucAk

Thanks!

[Cort Haus]

Equador.

[Locutus]

Pretty mediocre match by both teams (and the referee for that matter). In the end the best side won. Lots of tension though, not a bad game to watch, but not better than the first one.

Originally posted by Colon™
Why do you all hate Germany?

We've had the disfortune of seeing them play...

[Dr. Nick]

Poland was a disappointment.

[Solver]

The second half was better thankfully, and with Poland hitting the post and the crossbar in the last 10 minutes. The first half was quite boring. A mediorce game for sure.

I enjoyed the first one a lot, after all, I'm not Dutch and thus not obliged to hate the Germans with a passion .

[Dr. Nick]

and with Poland hitting the post and the crossbar in the last 10 minutes.

Damn right! Slightly better luck and the match would have been a rather spectacular tie!

[Solver]

But I don't think Poland would deserve the tie. Basically, Ecuador looked better in all respects.

[duke o' york]

I thought that Ecuador were penalised for some decent challenges that would have gone unremarked in any of the British leagues, but then Poland were pretty disgraceful for falling over with the slightest contact.

[Dr. Nick]

Originally posted by Solver
But I don't think Poland would deserve the tie. Basically, Ecuador looked better in all respects.

Oh, that's certain. Divine justice, that those two shots didn't make it.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by duke o' york
I thought that Ecuador were penalised for some decent challenges that would have gone unremarked in any of the British leagues, but then Poland were pretty disgraceful for falling over with the slightest contact.

In the British leagues breaking someone's leg in two goes unremarked...

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Locutus


In the British leagues breaking someone's leg in two goes unremarked...

You should have seen it 20 years ago.....

[siron]

Some Fan Fest videos:

http://video.worldcupblog.org/

But none from Hamburg where I live currently.

Each participant has an own tent there with its gastronomic specialties.

[Hueij]

30 minutes until England - Paraguay... I'm really looking forward to Argentina - Cote d'Ivoir tonight. It'll give us some indication of what we're up against.

[Solver]

Given news from the teams, I'm changing my England vs. Paraguay prediction.

England 3 - Paraguay 1. (Old prediction was 2-1).