At least Malouda gave me a goal on his way out the door. Still may substitute for him but at least he gave me pause to think and if one of my other players is sat because of the standings...

Uruguay's defense has looked strong enough to get them through the next round as well. I would not be surprised to see them make the semi's.

Yeah, you always need that bit of backroom drama. Capello seems to have quashed the rebellion in his camp but Maradona's always good value. The further Argentina progress, the more insane Maradona's ego gets. He'll be like Tony Montana if they make the final. He'll probably play!

... and with Forlan and Suarez up front, they're more than capable of pulling something out of nothing. They're one of the strongest all-round teams in the tournament I think. Real contenders.

ouch! I know.. I was initially upset because I wanted SudAfrica to advance, but since Uruhuay was up that meant Mehico is out.. I was of mixed loyalties about this one.. unfortunately France's goal officially put SudAfrica out, they needed to be up 3 at least to advance, and surely they almost got it.. nice match just the same, they went out on a high note. Mehico needs to seriously up their game, the past 3 matches I have seen were ugly, shitty, and terrible. They will not make it far playing this way, shit Nueva Zelando or Hollanda could put an edge on em they way they been playin lately..

just getting ready for another African match, hey, all you haterz.


watch out for Ghana, they still in it.

uruguay has a cakewalk in the next round. greece? korea? (there's still this game to be played)

in quarterfinals they'll likely face germany though. that's a tough match. they lost to serbia though! :eek:

I just really hope Greece don't go through. Absolutely killing every game they're in.

what do you want them to do? stand around in midfield and let the keeper deal with messi alone?

they have come close to some offensive opportunities(no small feat with one attacker) and the defense and keeper have been excellent.

defense is important and i don't like when people complain that a team is playing it, they're against a much stronger team and have done very well in the first 45 minutes, no matter how(incorrectly) you want to look at it, it's not a negative thing


anyways, with korea leading their game (2:1 at '65 mins) you'll likely get yr wish

too bad it was demichelis,not a big fan

kicking the shit out of messi ain't "defense". sure, they had no other recourse, and it's understandable, but greece played ugly.

greece had a tough dilemma-- they had to win, but if they poured themselves on the offensive they left themselves open to the argentinian offensive. so they sent samaras (their only interesting player, and i'm not talking about his girlie hair) to do the attacking all by himself.

argentina was too much for greece from the start, and the only reason they didn't score early is because everyone was on the defense and when somebody eluded them they pushed/kicked/pulled their opponents. the ref was a little too lenient, took a long-ass time to pull out his first yellow card, and missed a penalty when an argentinian player (couldn't spot who) was being pulled by the shirt inside the penalty area.

anyway, argentina played a great game, the goals were fucking beautiful, they were maybe a little slow on the attack which is why they couldn't surprise the greek defense, but this team is my favorite to win the world cup-- then again, they'e had an easy group, so let's see how they fare in the coming rounds.

It's a valid tactic, and I could sort of accept it when Greece only needed the draw, but when a team needs to win in order to progress and only change tactics fot five minutes at the end, when hope is basically lost, I don't know what else you can call it but negative.

awesome.

tomorrow will be a freakout, with UK v Slovenia and USA v Algeria.

USA better come out to WIN this shit.

The frustrating thing is that Argentina's only real wekness is its defence. The idea of just sitting back and hoping to get them on the counterattack is playing directly into Argentina's hands.

Anyway, glad with the result.

We can even advance with a draw if UK loses or draws as well.. hopin for a win, the US could sure use it :)
We have had almost as big a miracle as Nigeria had lined up this morning with Argentina's win, lets hope that in Jah's grace US doesn't waste their opportunities.


no no.. you misread my post.

That was if Greece loses (to Argentina) and if Nigeria wins (to Korea) then Nigeria could advance, and what a wasted miracle by Nigeria! Argentina did their part, they lined up greece 2-0 after greece put on a surprisingly good fight, I never would've believed Greece could shut out Argentina for so long.. towards the end it was lined up perfect, all Nigeria needed was a SINGLE win over Korea to advance and come up from the bottom, but instead they wasted so many goal opportunities, some of the most attempts I have seen in any match thus far, all wasted! Nigeria is out! what a shame, they really had a chance, they could not have had the circumstances lined up any better, they dominated Korea for most of the first half and the end of the last and Greece was knocked out by Argentina after a long fight.. alas alas, thus is the emotional roller coaster of big, international and highly politicized sports.

Oh yeah, Ivory Coast most definitely still has a shot, even with Portugal's massive assault against North Korea. If Brazil puts the smack down on them AND Ivory Coast puts a similar smack down on North Korea, perhaps by 3-4 goals each way, then Ivory Coast can still advance. Ghana is pretty much assured a slot win or lose, though preferably win or draw ;)

I just can't believe how shitty mexico played earlier! they have been a real disappointment this first round, they only advanced out of the sheer blessings of Our Lady

well it was strangely worded.....

but cote d'ivoire has a chance in the sense that "you always have a chance" but about the worst chance a team can have.

also since you love being sensitive to africa, they don't like the english name, they want english speaing countries to use the french name;)

(i wrote replies to other posts but closed the tab, so you're spared my whining, know this however, i was right)

actually I generally use the term Cote d'ivore in conversation btw ;)

and you were mos def right, but I hope on miracles often, and I haven't seen such a miraculous window as that which opened for Nigeria in a long time, they simply didn't bring it hard enough, they were 1 goal away from advancing. still a good match though..

I am enjoying Africa's exit from the Cup, and I am sure that Cote d'Ivore will put the smack down, the real question is if Brasil will dominate and line it up for them like Argentina did earlier.

i wanna check that country out but i hear they attack tourists alot there, i think nigeria or ghana is the place to go for west africa

stay out of Nigeria, it is one of the most gangster countries on earth! Ghana on the other hand, is very nice for tourism :)

Africa is in recovery mode, give them another decade or so to sort it all out.

The African nations aren't having a good World Cup. The host nation South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon are out. Pele said an African nation will win the World Cup. Pity he won't be around when one does. Plus it's a pity none of us will be around when one does!

Why on earth have England waited so long before they've started playing some decent football?

just for a laugh.