lol lol lol No one would have seen this coming. What a way to advance through the group stage.
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Robben legit looks like the most dangerous player in the tournament. Their chances are pretty darn good I'd say.WingsOfDeadthx wrote:
Netherlands year . I believe .
Like seriously, why? WHY BITE?! hahaha
A lot of favorite european teams going out and meanwhile Greece just skimmed through the last 16 with a last minute penalty.
I was expecting a lucky win from the result, but from the highlights they really dominated that one, well deserved.
I was expecting a lucky win from the result, but from the highlights they really dominated that one, well deserved.
This world cup is disaster to european, asian teams. Italy, Japan bye bye
müller is better.Kanye West wrote:
Robben legit looks like the most dangerous player in the tournament. Their chances are pretty darn good I'd say.WingsOfDeadthx wrote:
Netherlands year . I believe .
so are messi and ronaldo, neymar, some others.
that's okay, the last 8 years were heavily dominated by european teams, and europe still has some presence in the round of 16.SpeechClass wrote:
This world cup is disaster to european, asian teams. Italy, Japan bye bye
15 hours remaining...
In my opinion the Marchisio decision could've gone either way, the manner in which he approached the challenge was dangerous and you can understand why the referee chose to send him off. At the same time it looks like he was simply trying to shield the ball and at most deserved a yellow, we've all seen reds given for worse challenges than that.
Suarez the pantomime villain strikes again, if he had been sent off for that bite incident I can guarantee you that they would not have scored that goal and would've lost momentum. If FIFA had their wits about them they'd suspend him for a lengthy number of matches, for life if possible. All in all I think Italy were quite unlucky and definitely didn't deserve to be knocked out in this fashion, I hope Colombia annihilate Uruguay in the upcoming second round.
Also what a performance by Greece and Samaras, well done boys. Poor CIV still haven't made the second round in their short world cup history.
Suarez the pantomime villain strikes again, if he had been sent off for that bite incident I can guarantee you that they would not have scored that goal and would've lost momentum. If FIFA had their wits about them they'd suspend him for a lengthy number of matches, for life if possible. All in all I think Italy were quite unlucky and definitely didn't deserve to be knocked out in this fashion, I hope Colombia annihilate Uruguay in the upcoming second round.
Also what a performance by Greece and Samaras, well done boys. Poor CIV still haven't made the second round in their short world cup history.
I agree with the red card, btw, you can clearly see he was trying to push him off and a gesture like that can end up being very dangerous
however Suarez was fucking disgusting as well and I think that match as a whole was really shameful to watch.
however Suarez was fucking disgusting as well and I think that match as a whole was really shameful to watch.
actually, i think it was quite the deserved loss for italy. they played much worse and barely had any offensive actions worth mentioning until the 80th minute. it was the typical italian timeplay, and it came back to bite them.
or rather suarez did. that guy should get his ass booted from liverpool and the national team for being such a prick.
or rather suarez did. that guy should get his ass booted from liverpool and the national team for being such a prick.
Italy made a few attacking moves in the first half and were no more defensive than Uruguay, De Sciglio and Darmian were working overtime on the flanks and I think the former played quite well. Immobile kept cocking up every attack whenever he received the ball, for a man that scored 22 goals in Serie A it's quite obvious that he's not up to this level of football.
The second half they lost that attacking attitude because Mario was pulled off for Parolo who's a central midfielder that isn't inclined to rush forward and coordinate attacks, I think this was the tactical mistake that caught them. Mario got a second yellow, he'd obviously miss the next game if Italy went through, and Prandelli supposedly pulled him off afraid that he'd get himself sent off considering his rash challenges in the first half. Utter bollocks, it's a do or die game and he's going to miss the next game anyway so why not just order him to keep a cool head, not do an Eric Cantona with his tackles and try his best whenever he receives the ball? Parolo added nothing to the game and Immobile continued his mishaps up front.
Marchisio's sending off was what triggered a complete change in the attitude, they wouldn't dare commit too many players forward being one man down and playing against Suarez who's lethal on the counter as England and Cahill found out first hand. Poor Marchisio will be blaming himself for what happened.
The second half they lost that attacking attitude because Mario was pulled off for Parolo who's a central midfielder that isn't inclined to rush forward and coordinate attacks, I think this was the tactical mistake that caught them. Mario got a second yellow, he'd obviously miss the next game if Italy went through, and Prandelli supposedly pulled him off afraid that he'd get himself sent off considering his rash challenges in the first half. Utter bollocks, it's a do or die game and he's going to miss the next game anyway so why not just order him to keep a cool head, not do an Eric Cantona with his tackles and try his best whenever he receives the ball? Parolo added nothing to the game and Immobile continued his mishaps up front.
Marchisio's sending off was what triggered a complete change in the attitude, they wouldn't dare commit too many players forward being one man down and playing against Suarez who's lethal on the counter as England and Cahill found out first hand. Poor Marchisio will be blaming himself for what happened.
All I have to say is that Suarez also deserved a red card, but it didn't happen.
As expected I'm not surprised, this totally reminds me of Italy - South Korea 2002 with the other Moreno.
As expected I'm not surprised, this totally reminds me of Italy - South Korea 2002 with the other Moreno.
Well quite but after all the corruption trouble in Italy in the last 10 years or so I don't think it'd be justified for any Italians or fans of Italian football to put on their tinfoil hats.
Some nice games tonight, expecting Nigeria to trouble the Argies and France to clean up Ecuador and do the Swiss a favour.
Some nice games tonight, expecting Nigeria to trouble the Argies and France to clean up Ecuador and do the Swiss a favour.
I think Referee is not only reason Italy do not beat Uruguay. Italy's two top line(Balotelli, Immobille) do not working cooperatively.
Veratti's movement make good chance to another Italy's players. But they blow the chance to make a goal.
Veratti's movement make good chance to another Italy's players. But they blow the chance to make a goal.
fifa is investigating in the matter of suarez currently. he did these bite attacks before, and overall shows bad sportsmanship whereever he goes.
maybe he will get what he deserves.
... nah, it's fifa, they prolly fine him 500 bucks and then let him go.
maybe he will get what he deserves.
... nah, it's fifa, they prolly fine him 500 bucks and then let him go.
we finally woke up, but i have to admit that that elbow hurt. but i'm very sure it was unintentional
Good game well played, Nigeria.
Swiss are through by the looks of it, Shaqiri having a field day so far.
Aside from that over 150 people have made a collective of 44000 quid off the Suarez biting incident.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28016737
Aside from that over 150 people have made a collective of 44000 quid off the Suarez biting incident.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28016737
red card for playing the ball.
now i have truly seen it all. please fifa, fire every single of those incompetent fuckwits that play referee in these games.
now i have truly seen it all. please fifa, fire every single of those incompetent fuckwits that play referee in these games.
He may have played the ball but he followed through with the studs which was unnecessary. Anyway why would you approach a challenge in that manner with your studs over the ball, it's just daft.
If im not wrong, first hat trick of wc. Also France and Switzerland passed next round.
Germany - USA hype anyone?
Expecting Germany to win and USA to slide through with goal difference if Ghana beat Portugal, at best a draw for USA. If Low gets his defence right and plays people in their actual positions as I pointed out a few pages ago they should win comfortably.
Mind you a fair amount of the players in the US squad are German born including Brooks, Chandler, Johnson and Jones so it'll be interesting to see how they shape up in this game with Bundesliga experience.
Mind you a fair amount of the players in the US squad are German born including Brooks, Chandler, Johnson and Jones so it'll be interesting to see how they shape up in this game with Bundesliga experience.
prolly soiling their pants because germany is basically the best out of dortmund and bayern combined, with a few cherry picks on top of it.
He's received a four month ban from "all football-related activities", a 9 match ban from international fixtures and a 66,000 quid fine. This means he misses out on several Premier League and Champions League fixtures for Liverpool.
That's mild, surely he deserves something apocalyptic for that sort of absurd behaviour.
That's mild, surely he deserves something apocalyptic for that sort of absurd behaviour.
lmao Portugal is playing with a 12 men team (lol @the referee)
so Switzerland....
That slow-mo zoom at 78min when Ayew's pants got pulled 0.0
I'm naming my first son Cristiano. Thanks for letting us through the group man we owe ya.
why did i expect any classiness from americans? silly me
we played a dominant 1:0, and only let the US gt few chances. the referee could've given more yellow cards for the US tackle game, but it didnÄ't matter much in the end.
tldr hooray germany \o/
we see you in finals
argentina won't move on from the ro16 against france. they look a lot weaker than both 2006 and 2010. and in both tourneys we beath them (2010 even smashed them).
i think the ro16 shouldn't be a problem for germany, either algeria or russia, who are both worse than any opponent in our group was.
i think the ro16 shouldn't be a problem for germany, either algeria or russia, who are both worse than any opponent in our group was.
Is this even for realTanzklaue wrote:
why did i expect any classiness from americans? silly me
we played a dominant 1:0, and only let the US gt few chances. the referee could've given more yellow cards for the US tackle game, but it didnÄ't matter much in the end.
tldr hooray germany \o/
it's a minority, most US people are glad they advanced to the knockoutstage.
don't forget that we faced Switzerland before once(just once) at 66. and we won
i had the wrong gameplan in my head.
switzerland will prolly give argentina a good run for their money, might even beat them. USA and belgium are both probably weaker than switzerland. after that you it the netherlands and you're out.
switzerland will prolly give argentina a good run for their money, might even beat them. USA and belgium are both probably weaker than switzerland. after that you it the netherlands and you're out.
Yep this is true. The idiots in that picture are definitely the minority but sadly the idiots are the loudest. I'm just happy we made it out of that difficult group; no one expected much from us but we did it anyway.Tanzklaue wrote:
it's a minority, most US people are glad they advanced to the knockoutstage.
Tanz, even if that were true, one thing seems to be for sure: an American team will win