With the World Cup starting 6/11/10 we can talk about the games here. Go Italy
Germany did worse to Saudi Arabia in the 2002 World cupJACKIEGAGA said:7 goals WOW!
How about Australia 31-0 pasting of American Samoa, in a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.naijai said:Germany did worse to Saudi Arabia in the 2002 World cup
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/results/matches/match=43950004/report.html
Additional Teams that did really bad
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/writers/rob_smyth/06/14/worst.teams/index.html
How does stupid Lalas keep getting this freebie job time after time anyway? He must have access to some blackmailing information about some ESPN executives. He was nothing but a hack during his playing days. Only qualifications he had were his stupid beard and hair and inability to play his cheap guitar. "First modern generation American to play in Serie A (for Padova)", yeah right. In today's professionalized American scene he wouldn't be able to hold a candle to any Serie A. He has always been and always will be a wannabe hack in all respects - player/broadcasting/music/managerial.cmasia said:Can someone please tell Alexi Lalas he is:
A) Not the host
B) Not a comedian
c) Not adding anything to the studio shows
He gets worse every single day!
31 holy crap!GrumpyBear said:How about Australia 31-0 pasting of American Samoa, in a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
if i were the ref i would have asked for an end of the game after the 15th goalJACKIEGAGA said:31 holy crap!
Chandu said:France don't deserve to be there in the first place. It should've been the Republic of Ireland playing there in their place. What goes around comes around. I hope France have a repeat of their pathetic showing in 2002, and not like being 2006 runners-up.
Oh yeah, BTW forgot to say: Good riddance!!! Nobody will miss them, not even the French public.JACKIEGAGA said:I hope France dosent make it out of this round
They were way over there heads, after stupidity of indiscipline red-card against Greece. But to be fair, in spite of that they were alive till the last moment. Yakubu had one of the most embarrassing misses I've seen, something a kindergarten kid could've scored on. Although he did make amends for it immediately on a penalty, all in vain.naijai said:Go Nigeria!!!
Chandu said:Also, Park Ji Sung is fantastic! After USA, I'll be rooting for South Korea.
Well, how about that for South Korea!!!!! I'll continue rooting for them as my 2nd choice after USA. Nothing sure about Japan as they still need to face Denmark. But it's incredible that South Korea and Park Ji Sung's heroics have made it to the second round on African soil, while African teams have been dropping like flies.Chandu said:Fantastic to see solid performances from both South Korea and Japan so far! Clearly shows that the 2002 success they both had as co-hosts were no flukes. They both have a lot to show for about the fundamentals of the game. Should be enough to shut up the whiners that such "weak" teams are crowding up the World Cup...
They were disorgarnized, played without any enthusiasm and there is no forgiveness for Yakubu's miss . They can do better and have done better before. This new team does not have the discipline of the older Super Eagles; all they want to do is showcase their individual talents but hopefully they have learnt from this and we shall be waiting for 2014 and hopefully we do better than this horrible outingChandu said:And continuing with the theme:
They were way over there heads, after stupidity of indiscipline red-card against Greece. But to be fair, in spite of that they were alive till the last moment. Yakubu had one of the most embarrassing misses I've seen, something a kindergarten kid could've scored on. Although he did make amends for it immediately on a penalty, all in vain.
This continues disastrous showing by African teams. Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon all gone. Hopefully Algeria will be joining the line later today!!! :lol: Cote d' Ivoire are not secure. Ghana looks somewhat secure, but we'll find out later today if they can survive.
Oh no, Dempsey doing his best to do Wayne Rooney impersonation, hitting post on open net!!! It was harder to miss it than score.Earl Bonovich said:Chandu.... how is the heart?
That last pole ringer was just painfull...
Alright, here we go finally, hopefully!Chandu said:Thank you coach for continuing to insist on this slowpoke and not giving a chance to Edson Buddle who was red hot as a forward before the competition started.
WOW, Just an amazing finish, is all I can say.sigma1914 said:Freaking amazing ending!
I really hope Germany wins their group. I don't want to be torn between USA/Germany in the round of 16.Chandu said:USA better than England, topping the group!
Next up is whoever of Srbija, Deutschland or Ghana (or even Australia technically alive). We'll find out next opponent later today.
Hahahahaha, there you go now to my discussion earlier in the beginning of this thread. If you're an American citizen and not a German citizen, you cannot possibly even think about rooting against us!!!sigma1914 said:I really hope Germany wins their group. I don't want to be torn between USA/Germany in the round of 16.
I wouldn't root against either of them. I'd be torn...Chandu said:Hahahahaha, there you go now to my discussion earlier in the beginning of this thread. If you're an American citizen and not a German citizen, you cannot possibly even think about rooting against us!!!
Yep,sigma1914 said:I wouldn't root against either of them. I'd be torn...