Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

[djpnuemo]

it's support for your home country. what's the problem with that? no matter what, every person is biased to whichever team they like best. period!

not a bad first half.

[Martyn]

it's support for your home country. what's the problem with that?

not a bad first half.

We are not allowed to support any country apart from Brazil according to him :rolleyes:.

Pretty average performance from England so far :/

[duntkno]

not bad at all, im enjoying this game alot, i think they'll get to penales at this pace

[djpnuemo]

this ref is starting to get me a little angry with his late calls and some that, personally, aren't worthy of fouls. but, nothing too serious..... yet..

oh, no. i hope it doesn't go to penalties.

[qdave]

decent game by england so far. i believe they can win if they wont do any stupid mistakes in defence.

go england!!! :yes:

[Jimmy0]

:cry: Rooney's off.

[madnuke]

That ref is a f*cking w*nker! Rooney did not deserve that red card at all.

[KoL Veteran]

ouch that hurts :pinch:

[Bawx]

That ref is a f*cking w*nker! Rooney did not deserve that red card at all.

Ok buddy I'm a fan of England too, but Rooney just stomped on that guys nuts intentionally. He deserved it.

[Jimmy0]

He did deserve it, because he stamped. But now England have to play better than before to win this game.

[Dejon]

Beckham, now Rooney. I'm losing hope.

Come on Lennon.

[KoL Veteran]

yep I agree with the red card too

[Toastyone]

He did deserve it, because he stamped. But now England have to play better than before to win this game.

:pinch: Yeah bit obvious when you do it almost in front of the ref :pinch:

[Neil]

Ok buddy I'm a fan of England too, but Rooney just stomped on that guys nuts intentionally. He deserved it.

He did deserve it, because he stamped. But now England have to play better than before to win this game.

:yes: Rooney was asking for it.

:pinch: Yeah bit obvious when you do it almost in front of the ref :pinch:

I know what was he thinking :pinch:

[Shetland]

im beginning to worry for england now, its going to go to penalties.

come on england! (even though they're my second team)

[Bawx]

When I watch the World Cup, I see the players get the ball right in front of the goal, but when they kick it, it goes into the damn stands. Why are these pro's so bad at aiming? It's not like it happens rarely, I see it all the time.

Shouldn't these professional athletes be able to aim the ball? They look like kids out there when they try and score.

[sin-ergy]

Uhhhhhhhh..... because they are constantly hounded by the defence and they normally don't have sufficient time to line up the shot properly? Or maybe because they are tired? Have you ever played football? ~_~

[mattmatik]

I'll admit, the only time I watch soccer is at World Cup time.

Is all of the flopping around on the grass, faking injuries and such, typical for the game?

[Kamael]

Rooney has just shown how immature he is for international competitions...you can't act like that after commiting a foul in front on the referee, in such an important match... i'm pretty much sure Ronaldo provoked him, but Rooney shouldn't have entered into the dirty game that portuguese players bring on the match (they're professional divers and actors).

That said, it's hard to say for me as an Argentinean, but I prefer England's game to Portugal's game ...

@soloredd: Pretty much all the teams do that to get free kicks / penalties / cards, but some teams (like right now Portugal) are much more inclined to do that.

[Elliot B.]

I'll admit, the only time I watch soccer is at World Cup time.

Is all of the flopping around on the grass, faking injuries and such, typical for the game?

Has been for years.

[mattmatik]

Rooney has just shown how immature he is for international competitions...you can't act like that after commiting a foul in front on the referee, in such an important match... i'm pretty much sure Ronaldo provoked him, but Rooney shouldn't have entered into the dirty game that portuguese players bring on the match (they're professional divers and actors).

That said, it's hard to say for me as an Argentinean, but I prefer England's game to Portugal's game ...

@soloredd: Pretty much all the teams do that to get free kicks / penalties / cards, but some teams (like right now Portugal) are much more inclined to do that.

Yeah, it's really noticeable today with Portugal, really takes the skill of the sport away as there is hardly a good flow to the match.

BTW, I was pulling for Argentina! I like how they play, really hard for the full time, I think they just ran out of gas at the end (not to mention having their #2 in goal didn't help with PKs)

[Jimmy0]

Extra time here we come ... England have held on OK up to this point, at the moment the best chance we have is from our set pieces.

[Bawx]

Yes.

I just think it's wierd that can kick a ball so ridiculously far away from the goal.

[Bawx]

Even in extra time they still are one player short?

[djpnuemo]

man. what the hell happened?! ya know, to me, it didn't look like rooney intentionally stomped that guys nuts, but the ref thought so, PLUS, you can't push your opponent IN FRONT of the ref. rooney really f'ed up there.

i know this is going to **** of the portugal fans here, but portugal is the worst foul begging team i've ever seen. i know diving is 'part of the game' to gain an advantage, everyone does it. but when you get grazed and then sit on the ground begging for a foul EVERY time, it's really pathetic. i'm not trying to start a debate about this, i'm just making an observation.

i'm surprised england has been able to fight off portugal being down a man.