Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

[KoL Veteran]

the ref made some bad calls but some good calls too, I agree with the italy and second us red cards, I'm not sure about the first one. I didn't like the game to much fouls.

I agree with slimy, good game for USA but its sad that they haven't scored a goal yet.

[Slimy]

That is irrelevant. The fact that they are 5th has nothing to do with it. Mexico is ranked higher and they failed to score a goal against the worst team in the tournament.

Good point, their place in the rankings is irrelevant, those rankings are completely off. But what I said was still true, they have not scored a goal and it is sad, considering their performance in the last world cup.

I wouldn't say Angola is the worst in the tournament... don't forget they gave Portugal a hard time (only lost by one goal). In comparison, ARG (6) : SCG (0)

[beardly]

I'm not blaming the refs, but they just didn't do a very good job for both teams.

[L3thal Veteran]

I wouldn't say Angola is the worst in the tournament... don't forget they gave Portugal a hard time (only lost by one goal).

Angola even considers themselves the worst team in the World Cup. This was said by their head coach Goncalves and a few of their players during pregame conferences. The rankings also say they are the worst, not that they matter much.

[theyarecomingforyou]

I was joking.

He ejected three players, then after that swallowed his whistle.

LMFAO! :laugh: I don't usually pay much attention to after match trivia, only what is mentioned during commentary.

[I am Reid]

wish the Italians would step it up a bit more too and tone down the theatrics.

I always thought i was the only one that noticed that ****, and thought it was dumb. Every single damn bump, they drop to the ground, roll around, then peek out to see if they get anything called, and more often then not they do. I can tell you that is the #1 reason why the sport is not popular in America, becuase I even get ****ed off just watching it, they just drop to the ground, and hold their legs, when you watch it, and it is nothing close to that. They act as if they just got stabbed. Please can someone answer this. Do you guys really agree with that ****, do you like it when they flop around with all this fake stuff. Please tell me you get mad at that too. Last time i asked that question it got deleted from here, obviously because i said I didnt like something about soccer.

[theyarecomingforyou]

I always thought i was the only one that noticed that ****, and thought it was dumb. Every single damn bump, they drop to the ground, roll around, then peek out to see if they get anything called, and more often then not they do.

Despite the few obvious incidents I thought the game was pretty average for theatrics... you should watch a Brazil game, that would show you all about over-the-top theatrics!! :rofl:

[L3thal Veteran]

I always thought i was the only one that noticed that ****, and thought it was dumb. Every single damn bump, they drop to the ground, roll around, then peek out to see if they get anything called, and more often then not they do. I can tell you that is the #1 reason why the sport is not popular in America, becuase I even get ****ed off just watching it, they just drop to the ground, and hold their legs, when you watch it, and it is nothing close to that. They act as if they just got stabbed. Please can someone answer this. Do you guys really agree with that ****, do you like it when they flop around with all this fake stuff. Please tell me you get mad at that too. Last time i asked that question it got deleted from here, obviously because i said I didnt like something about soccer.

That is part of the game, but, that's when the ref has to step up as the official of the game and give the diver a yellow card to set the tone for the rest of the game. If the ref never cards them, they will keep doing it until the end.

[D!ABOL!C]

I always thought i was the only one that noticed that ****, and thought it was dumb. Every single damn bump, they drop to the ground, roll around, then peek out to see if they get anything called, and more often then not they do. I can tell you that is the #1 reason why the sport is not popular in America, becuase I even get ****ed off just watching it, they just drop to the ground, and hold their legs, when you watch it, and it is nothing close to that. They act as if they just got stabbed. Please can someone answer this. Do you guys really agree with that ****, do you like it when they flop around with all this fake stuff. Please tell me you get mad at that too. Last time i asked that question it got deleted from here, obviously because i said I didnt like something about soccer.

I agree, and it's worse when they get up and score off a free kick and it's like their "injury" never happened. I guess all futbol players take acting classes.

[kombolcha]

guess who i'm going for?

hint: it's not Italy.

i'm going for her :woot:

[spinx_]

USA played a bloody good game against italy i was expecting them to get "whooped",them italians are dirty buggers, that deliberate elbow to the face was unesacery.

and yes there is alot of drama in football but it adds to the game, but not all injurys are faked.

[ThePitt]

terrible bad game. I mean between Italy and us. Neither deserve to win.

[Julius Caro]

That elbow.. goddam.. From what they said on the TV, that De Rossi will get pwned by FIFA...

[TokyoKiller]

Damn, that elbow seemed really bad, I mean damn everytime they replayed it I wanted to ****ing swear at De Rossi.

BTW here is a 4 minute sum up of the whole game...

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll...tsnet/usa&t=wmp

Paste that into Media Player, hope it works!

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

That was just the thing, the ref didn't remember he had a yellow card already, and he tried to give him another! wtf, that deserved a talk, not another card.

The ref (rightly) thought that the challenge deserved a yellow card, and he got one. Whether or not a previous yellow had been shown should make no influence whatsoever on whether the ref should give a second.

[Julius Caro]

LOL @ some of you still talking about the rankings, lol.

To be honest, I didnt know those ranking existed up until yesterday. :p

[qdave]

rankings are quite useless. Sure there is stronger and weaker teams, but strongers not allways win.

anyway weird games today for both italy and czcheck republic. Zchechs probably underestimated ghana, and got kicked because of that. Funniest thing was in the mid end of second half, when both teams were runing back and forth like schoolgirls :p

and usa vs italy game is just weird. so many fun moments, and 3 red cards :D 1 of them was unfair, but it didnt help italy anyway.

strange day :D

[L3thal Veteran]

It was a good day, nonetheless.

Tomorrow it's Brazil's turn.

[Krpano]

It was a good day, nonetheless.

Tomorrow it's Brazil's turn.

Oh no, dont remember me that. :pinch:

Australians are really motivated for this game.

I hope Ronaldo is feeling better today, otherwise will bring me the nightmare of 98.

Im confident we will win.

Go BR !!!

[Julius Caro]

mmm Argentina/Holland will have to face Portugal/Mexico, and the winners of that round could very well face Germany and England. So quarters will be VERY interesting.

The group of brasil/australia will face italy/ghana, and after that they have to face groups G or H (spain, france...).

Brasil - Italy would be nice... :p

[the godfather]

Oh no, dont remember me that. :pinch:

Australians are really motivated for this game.

I hope Ronaldo is feeling better today, otherwise will bring me the nightmare of 98.

Im confident we will win.

Go BR !!!

i hope they do to, but im predicting a run of results like this

Brasil 2-0 Australia

Croatia 1-1 Japan

Brasil 3-1 Japan

Australia 2-2 Croatia

both Brasil and Australia go trhough. something weird like that came up in my head LOL

[PaulCabby]

Group E is so bloody open.

[Martyn]

Brazil v Australia will be a brilliant match. Cant wait :D!

[Kureb]

Now is the time to show our power.

GO BRAZIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krpano]

The group of brasil/australia will face italy/ghana, and after that they have to face groups G or H (spain, france...).

Brasil - Italy would be nice... :p

That IF Italy move on to the next round. :laugh:

Dont forget they have to play against Rep. Czech, and the Czech want to win the last game too.

I believe Ghana and the Czech will pass.

Go BR !!!