In all honesty though, it's about time Football gets a tech to use to avoid the kind of errors that happened today. Game-changing errors that can be resolved within seconds, should be a non-issue.
That said: Yay Germany, and Yay Argentina. Though I'm not entirely happy about the football played.
we should have lost for 4-0 , we played so fucking bad , im glad tho , its one way to prevent queiroz to train the team again, that guy only did shit. and yeah the goals to korea dont count since they played like shit so LOL
How about robots that are programed to play soccer against each other? (no controls, everything is programed, a tournament to test which team could program the strongest team)
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Last Euro cup had a much cooler ending, when Ronaldo started crying like a little baby! This year he spat at the camera, he must be nearing puberty now!
Ronaldo's a shitty team player, a bad sportsman, and ultimately an overrated footballer.
Messi on the other hand plays for his team, and nobody can fault him even if he doesn't score. And at least he doesn't perpetually give away balls making futile runs and turf diving.
I'm rooting for Argentina and Messi in this one. And Maradona and his suit.
Ronaldo is ok, there's always a player that acts kinda weird. He might have not played as good as he can in this World Cup, but he definately is one of the best. And about him not being a team player, it might seem like that sometimes, but to be honest, he has the most assists and succesful passes. That's what he does best, get the ball, run past some defenders, open a gap, cross it or shoot and score.
The guy gets mad really quick because he simply wants to win..all the time, everything. He even trains in his free time with Usain Bolt. That is dedication.
But yeah, Messi is the best player out there, I agree. He's simply awesome.
lol vcool
cephalopods r actually fascinating creates with pretty advanced forms of communication, i really do hope this one is simply biased since he's living in germany... although - may the best team win
During the first half we were doing good, building some nice chances, even thou Spain was controlling the game and having more ball possession. After the break, we were over. And taking out a striker when our team is looking for a goal is never a good choice. We really have a terrible coach... While the offside goal always make it feel unfair, Spain deserved to win and they really have a great team.
And while people like to blame Ronaldo for the bad end, I think (except this last match when he was indeed bad) he did a pretty good world championship. He wasn't lucky with the goals but on the first 3 matches he did a good work. Fabio Coentr
Villa is really really good, but the best player? I dont know..
As a Barca fan, I'm really happy tho, that he's a blaugrana now . Him, Messi, Pedro/Bojan is a super attack.
My guess on the world cup will be, Brasil to finals regardless they have a easier side I would say. Now on the opposite side it will be Argentina over Brasil, Spain over Para, Argentina Over Spain, now due to my bias Argentina for cup although Germany if they picked up there game could beat Argentina. Brasil could be blindsided on there side aswell.
I want maradona to lift the cup again.. what a life hes had with all its ups and downs but his passion for the game is constant.. this is what legends are made of.
I predict he will die of heart attack at the semil finals and the team go on and win the world cup and dedicate it to him.. ! hahahah
He can't die before he wins, he promised to streak if he wins the cup and that will just be fucking amazing! I imagine he might just start a weird streaking parade out of sheer soccer-mania.
boom. brazil out.
its the typical mentality they have - once they lose momentum its a 1 vs all kinda game, they will try and dribble alone and fail vs the disciplined european tactics. brazil has always had this problem, and with just a bit of luck netherlands were able to get the upper hand. a shame, bra-arg woulda been a smashing final.
now, if we're looking for classic rivalries, its ger-ned...... mayhem. altho id rather seen maradona win
Robbed of what? He had chances to call either side numerous times but he didn't. Otherwise this match would have been unbearable to watch as both teams were throwing themselves around.
Suarez? The best use of a handball since Maradona.
Gyan? Shit I feel really bad for that guy. I thought Beckham had it bad, but this was tragic.
Yeah, except most of the replays showed the call was correct, and there were many more that could have been called. It was a rough game and the ref showed restraint because there could have easily been 10 yellows.
Ghana lost because they shanked the ball on every try and Gyan missed that golden opportunity, not because of the ref.
I could have sworn Ghana lost because the Uruguains scored a goal off a penalty kick (sorry, I meant free kick) when they took a dive, and because they deflected the winning goal with a handball. Now if you think cheaters should advance instead of ones that play soccer well, you are welcome to that opinion, but I prefer it as a sport. Not an acting contest.
Getting a free kick on a bad call is nothing new. A free kick doesn't equal a goal, as Ghana and Uruguay proved a few times.
As for the handball, it was a red and a penalty kick, so what are you going to do? Ask the ref to execute people? The game was one of the fairer ones this cup, and Ghana has nobody but themselves to blame for losing it.
yeah It was a free kick not a penalty. and its wasn't a dive. And to add to that, Kingston really screwed himself on that goal for jumping around instead of keeping an eye on the ball.
As for the handball. Well as much as it sucked its part of the game. This game is not only about playing against another team, you have to play the ref also. Its one of the great things about soccer, the better team doesn't always win. I really wanted to see an African team in the top 4, but oh well
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In all honesty though, it's about time Football gets a tech to use to avoid the kind of errors that happened today. Game-changing errors that can be resolved within seconds, should be a non-issue.
That said: Yay Germany, and Yay Argentina. Though I'm not entirely happy about the football played.
Mexico lost
and Still no goals from messi
Man U. fans are starting to believe in Javier Hernandez, especially after this
oh yeah and he also scored a pretty awesome goal
Its like Brazil cant be bothered to play too well most of the time and raise their game when its needed..
Honestly I think that match against Brazel is going to be the end for us Dutchies
I'll be cheering all the way though, finally an exciting opponent!
argentina were playing to score the whole game against mexico, it was a pleasure to watch
Yay go us argentine people
The Spain v Portugal game is so far good to watch, tons of shots
Looking forward to Argentina Vs Germany!
i agree
...can't wait for that match!
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Last Euro cup had a much cooler ending, when Ronaldo started crying like a little baby! This year he spat at the camera, he must be nearing puberty now!
Messi on the other hand plays for his team, and nobody can fault him even if he doesn't score. And at least he doesn't perpetually give away balls making futile runs and turf diving.
I'm rooting for Argentina and Messi in this one. And Maradona and his suit.
The guy gets mad really quick because he simply wants to win..all the time, everything. He even trains in his free time with Usain Bolt. That is dedication.
But yeah, Messi is the best player out there, I agree. He's simply awesome.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062901937.html
cephalopods r actually fascinating creates with pretty advanced forms of communication, i really do hope this one is simply biased since he's living in germany... although - may the best team win
And while people like to blame Ronaldo for the bad end, I think (except this last match when he was indeed bad) he did a pretty good world championship. He wasn't lucky with the goals but on the first 3 matches he did a good work. Fabio Coentr
As a Barca fan, I'm really happy tho, that he's a blaugrana now
I predict he will die of heart attack at the semil finals and the team go on and win the world cup and dedicate it to him.. ! hahahah
http://www.socceramerica.com/article/38229/maradona-promises-to-streak-if-argentine-wins.html
its the typical mentality they have - once they lose momentum its a 1 vs all kinda game, they will try and dribble alone and fail vs the disciplined european tactics. brazil has always had this problem, and with just a bit of luck netherlands were able to get the upper hand. a shame, bra-arg woulda been a smashing final.
now, if we're looking for classic rivalries, its ger-ned...... mayhem. altho id rather seen maradona win
suarez did the right thing tho, precisely for the slim chance they'd miss that penalty
Suarez? The best use of a handball since Maradona.
Gyan? Shit I feel really bad for that guy. I thought Beckham had it bad, but this was tragic.
Ghana lost because they shanked the ball on every try and Gyan missed that golden opportunity, not because of the ref.
I'm calling a Uruguay vs Argentina final just like the 1st world cup. Even though its gonna be really hard for uru to get past Holland
As for the handball, it was a red and a penalty kick, so what are you going to do? Ask the ref to execute people? The game was one of the fairer ones this cup, and Ghana has nobody but themselves to blame for losing it.
As for the handball. Well as much as it sucked its part of the game. This game is not only about playing against another team, you have to play the ref also. Its one of the great things about soccer, the better team doesn't always win. I really wanted to see an African team in the top 4, but oh well