World Cup 2006

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 23 Jun 2006 12:41

who's watching the korea - switzerland game

if the refs. assistant raises his flag for an offside, then that should be called offside. totally unfair, that swiss goal shouldnt have counted

reni · Post by **reni** » 24 Jun 2006 01:01

only the referees whistle counts for an offside! The refs. assistant even made a mistake because it was a korean player who made this pass. The referee saw this and didn't give the offside. In my opinion totally fair.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 24 Jun 2006 08:45

Swiss - Korea definitely seemed fair to me after I saw the slow mo...

Anyways, Germany - Sweden has been a good game so far, with Germany absolutely dominating. Only a few minutes left but Germany looks like it will definitely be advancing.

Argentina - Mexico in a few hours!

sniikeri · Post by **sniikeri** » 24 Jun 2006 10:42

YEAH, Germany beat Sweden.
The referee didn't really impress me, he gave cards although it seemed he hadn't even seen what happened (both Lucic's cards were deserved though in my opinion). Smiling when giving the red card was a wrong move.

Still, Germany totally Dominated with capital D. I think it's always good for the tournament that the hosting country gets through, the atmosphere in the can be sensed even through the TV.
The defense of the Swedes were really lost all the time, Germany had at least 15 shots towards the goal and only Isaksson's great saves kept the result in only 2-0.

Argentina - Mexico in 15 minutes!

sNale · Post by **sNale** » 24 Jun 2006 14:10

Berlin, Berlin. Wir fahren nach BERLIN!

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 24 Jun 2006 16:28

reni wrote:... it was a korean player who made this pass. ...

the korean player didn't make the pass, it was deflected off of the korean players foot, therefore it should be kept as offside.
Also when they showed the replay of the goal being shot in, the refs. assistant still had his flag up in the air.

i dont know, that just really pissed me off.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 24 Jun 2006 18:20

That second goal by the Germans against the Swedes was just ridiculous.

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 24 Jun 2006 22:33

yea podolski is a monster...
too bad he signed a contract before the world cup, cuz he would probably get better offers after the world cup ... im pretty sure he'll still shine.
not that 10 million euros for 4 years is bad ... cuz that's fucking awesome .. but im pretty sure he could get something better, especially if he scores some more goals.

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 26 Jun 2006 08:53

oh my god, i feel sooo bad for australia ...
getting robbed like that in the last seconds
fucking mafioso's!

max · Post by **max** » 26 Jun 2006 08:56

what just happenned with the Oz - Italy game? I was following it via play by play (text only). What was the penalty for? Was it deserved?

Iain · Post by **Iain** » 26 Jun 2006 08:58

italy player takes a fall in the penalty box and gets the kick. It was a perfectly clean challenge by the australian in the very last seconds of the game. So lame

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 26 Jun 2006 09:04

I'm not a Beckham fan, but that penalty against ecuador was impressive as hell. Bend it like yourself man.

Canthraxsoldier · Post by **Canthraxsoldier** » 26 Jun 2006 09:07

Lucas Neill went for a legit challenge, the Italy player stepped on him and then "fell over"

it's now 3am and I can't go to sleep because I'm seething with rage. RAR.

max · Post by **max** » 26 Jun 2006 09:14

I'm not a Beckham fan, but that penalty against ecuador was impressive as hell. Bend it like yourself man.

It was a free kick, not a penalty.
And yes it was impressive, quite unlike the entire rest of that match actually.

back to the Italians: they are fantastic divers (like a lot of European teams actually). It ruins the game. Think about it, you have these grown men, at the top of their physical form, spectacularly falling down at the slightest gust of wind, clutching their legs, heads etc. like if they were on the brink of death. A bloody disgrace is what I think. And before anyone pipes in: yes I know the French do it too, and I'm not proud of it.

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 26 Jun 2006 09:21

I love Italy! They should join the Italian olympic swim team!

Fuckin' divers...

Australia outplayed the Italian team today in every way. But they lost for being too honest I guess. I can't wait 'til Italy gets hammered by Germany or Brazil O_o.

If they can dive that far. I don't doubt it.

*cough*crooked coach*cough*

And did you notice how the Italian fans weren't roaring in excitement???....yeah...they should be ashamed.

Canthraxsoldier · Post by **Canthraxsoldier** » 26 Jun 2006 09:23

Australia also didn't win because noone in the team seemed vaguely interested in kicking the ball into the goal which as I remember, is a fairly vital part of the game

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 26 Jun 2006 09:24

Eh, that may be true, but that bicycle kick attempt has hypnotized me ignorant of that fact.

Iain · Post by **Iain** » 26 Jun 2006 09:45

italian training camp

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 2&q=injury

milliondollar · Post by **milliondollar** » 26 Jun 2006 09:53

And what Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code’s author) is going to say about such interpretation of The Holy Grail?

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 26 Jun 2006 10:05

Iain wrote:italian training camp

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 2&q=injury

thats hilarious!

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World Cup 2006

Holy Grail? (Nostradamus's prediction for Spain victory)