World Cup Thread

[Guest]

By the way, Italy seems to be trying to give England a run for their money on this "most boring team" title.

Indeed!

C'mon you Aussies!

 

[Guest]

Damn, that was cruel.

Poor Aussies... to concede a penalty right in the last minute of added time, there's no worse way to go out.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I was going to say that "if you weren't bored enough yet, here's 30 minutes of extra time", but a last-second penalty interfered.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

(19) GER|-----------------------|ENG (10)
--------|GER|---------------|ENG|
(16) SWE|---|---------------|---|ECU (39)
------------|···|-------|···|
(09) ARG|---|---|-------|---|---|POR (07)
--------|ARG|---|-------|---|POR|
(04) MEX|-------|-------|-------|NED (03)
----------------|-------|
----------------|···v···|
----------------|-------|
(13) ITA|-------|-------|-------|BRA (01)
--------|ITA|---|-------|---|···|
(42) AUS|---|---|-------|---|---|GHA (48)
------------|···|-------|···|
(35) SUI|---|---------------|---|ESP (05)
--------|···|---------------|···|
(45) UKR|-----------------------|FRA (08)

 

[CrazyyAngel]

Damn, that was cruel.

Poor Aussies... to concede a penalty right in the last minute of added time, there's no worse way to go out.

Not only the last minute ... but 10 freakin' seconds before additional time was over ... ARGH ... poor Aussies.

 

[Weird Harold]

Damn, that was cruel.

Poor Aussies... to concede a penalty right in the last minute of added time, there's no worse way to go out.

I thought FIFA had rules against diving?

Once again the referee decided a game so that the better team lost, IMHO.

 

[NoJo]

I thought the Italians were great. (And also lucky, that was no penalty).

 

[R. Richard]

Italy 1 - Australia 0

Goals:
Italy
10. TOTTI Francesco (95+' PEN)

 

[English Lady]

I thought FIFA had rules against diving?

Once again the referee decided a game so that the better team lost, IMHO.

I quite agree.


Watching ukraine/switzerland right now. Not much's happened yet,though!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine, 0-3 on penalty shoot-out. How weak can a game be when even the shoot-out is boring? lol

 

[Lauren Hynde]

(19) GER|-----------------------|ENG (10)
--------|GER|---------------|ENG|
(16) SWE|---|---------------|---|ECU (39)
------------|···|-------|···|
(09) ARG|---|---|-------|---|---|POR (07)
--------|ARG|---|-------|---|POR|
(04) MEX|-------|-------|-------|NED (03)
----------------|-------|
----------------|···v···|
----------------|-------|
(13) ITA|-------|-------|-------|BRA (01)
--------|ITA|---|-------|---|···|
(42) AUS|---|---|-------|---|---|GHA (48)
------------|···|-------|···|
(35) SUI|---|---------------|---|ESP (05)
--------|UKR|---------------|···|
(45) UKR|-----------------------|FRA (08)

 

[neonlyte]

Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine, 0-3 on penalty shoot-out. How weak can a game be when even the shoot-out is boring? lol

Quite! What a w****r Shevchenko is

 

[CrazyyAngel]

Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine, 0-3 on penalty shoot-out. How weak can a game be when even the shoot-out is boring? lol

How bad can a team be if it misses three straight penalties ... and had a special penalty practice the day before .... sheesh ...

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Quite! What a w****r Shevchenko is

Can we pick them or what?

 

[Black Tulip]

I quite agree.


Watching ukraine/switzerland right now. Not much's happened yet,though!

You got that right, EL. Nothing much happened - period.

 

[neonlyte]

You got that right, EL. Nothing much happened - period.

TULIP!

How are you doing?
Sorry about Holland - we will show those Portuguese a lesson for you.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

"How To Lose Gracefully"

 

[Black Tulip]

Hi Neon!

Terribly busy, but I almost finished my study.
If everything goes well, I'll be a qualified social worker in September...
And working for three sick colleagues ...

So, no story writing at the moment. Just making time to watch footy. LOL

Hi Lauren,

We'll see.

 

[neonlyte]

"How To Lose Gracefully"

I've never known the Portuguese to be anything other than graceful... in defeat

Fortunately, it's a 'win win' situation for me

 

[neonlyte]

Hi Neon!

Terribly busy, but I almost finished my study.
If everything goes well, I'll be a qualified social worker in September...
And working for three sick colleagues ...

So, no story writing at the moment. Just making time to watch footy. LOL

Hi Lauren,

We'll see.

I'm sure you will do just fine. Don't work too hard, life needs to have some fun in it.

 

[Straight-8]

The most exciting thing about that game was the Ukraine's uniforms. Looks like a bunch of Daffodils out there on the field. I'd be hard pressed to score on a penalty too if I thought I looked like a runaway banana!

 

[SnoopDog]

<--- too upset to even comment on the Italian players. Instead of a penalty the Italian should have been rewarded with a yellow card for either diving or stupidity to fall over an obstacle lying still on the ground.


Snoopy,

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Yeah yesterday had some of the worst referees I've yet seen. I think they decided to take a nap on the field. I loved watching the referee in the Swiss-Ukraine game only calling free kicks when he noticed that an injury-causing tackle from behind caused a fucking stretcher worthy injury.

And I'm not even ccommenting on the Italian game. Both games made me wonder if the refs were either bribed or blind.

 

[Weird Harold]

<--- too upset to even comment on the Italian players. Instead of a penalty the Italian should have been rewarded with a yellow card for either diving or stupidity to fall over an obstacle lying still on the ground.

FIFA should have an award like the "Golden Boot" -- maybe the "Golden Swan" -- for the best dive.

 

[English Lady]

...

And I'm not even ccommenting on the Italian game. Both games made me wonder if the refs were either bribed or blind.

I think probably both!