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Lostplanet22 on 18 June 2010

Whole day I had to hear it....'Usa' 'USA'.. 'We will blow them away'

Then I got hammered down when I said that they should not underestimate Slovenia...

'Even England could not win of us...what can a pitiful country with a population of 2 million do?'

And then you come home and see the half time numbers:   USA - Slovenia   0-2 ...

Oh tomorow at work can be a great day!



 

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salaminizer on 18 June 2010

even if the WC is not technically great, I doubt anyone will call it BORING again.

Slovenia's Charlie Brown shirt is awesome hahah



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kennyrester on 18 June 2010
mirgro said:
kennyrester said:
mirgro said:
kennyrester said:

That was a shame, Germany deserved a draw. They bossed the game from the red card to the penalty, and were still in control after that despite being exhausted. Exciting game all round, maybe the best of the tournament so far

Terrible refereeing. There was another german penalty in stoppage time that he obviously saw, bottled, and gave a free out instead. Podolski was rubbish though, really selfish.

I'd say they'll put Ghana away and still top the group. Their attitude was really impressive and they look to have the basis of a really great team.


Don't sweat it. Spain deserved at least 2 goals against Switzerland and never got it either.

If it makes you feel better though, that light tap on the bal that didn't change its velocity in the slightest bit is not even close of being worthy of a penalty kick.

That deliberate handball in the box wasn't worthy of a penalty kick? Right. I disagree.

I also disagree that Spain deserved to win against Switzerland. They were undone by uncharacteristically poor movement off the ball, wasteful strikers, poor defenders and a well organised opponent. Germany were undone by a crap ref.

Most definitely not deliberate, he was aiming with the head and it was plainly obvious. Furthermore it had absolutely zero effect on the ball. It was an undeserved penalty, just like the one against Ghana, though that one was at least more deserved than that one.

Spain however had absolute control of the goal and everyone that played played well. They were undone by astoundingly bad luck. You don't have 24 shots, 16 on target, and 0 goals without some astounding amount of bad luck, so don't joke yourself with who is better and hwo deserved to win and didn't.

His hands were up in the air. He's far too experienced a player for that not to have been deliberate. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether it was deliberate or whether it had an effect on the ball, it was a handball in the box when he could have easily moved his hand out of the way and that's a penalty. There is no debate about this one, that's the rules of football

Not everyone played well for Spain. Ramos and Pique, for example, were responsible for a sloppy goal. Torres obviously wasn't fully fit, his touch let him down a few times. Why do a lot of shots and no goals mean bad luck?  There was one moment of true bad luk for Spain: when Alonso hit the bar. Other than that they created few clear chances and most of those twelve shots on target were routine saves. They lost to an inferior team which was a shock, but the biggest shock was that they deserved to lose.



jonop on 18 June 2010

This is a great game, I was expecting this to be dull. lol



pizzahut451 on 18 June 2010

OH MY GOD USA just tied after loosing 0-2!!!!!!!!!!



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dobby985 on 18 June 2010

Holy shit! 2-2



jonop on 18 June 2010

They should be winning, there was nothing wrong with that disallowed goal.



disolitude on 18 June 2010

Man...Slovenia is asleep here in the second half. I cheer for them but this is sad. USA should win here...



dobby985 on 18 June 2010

Terrible referee! :-<



Gnizmo on 18 June 2010
jonop said:

They should be winning, there was nothing wrong with that disallowed goal.

Yeah there was. The guy carried one of the USA players offsides. Literally wrapped his arms around him and manhandled him. The only flag should have been a fucking penalty kick. The ref was doing a pretty shitty job the enitre match though, and more than a couple bad calls that hurt the USA.



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