Official 2006 World Cup Thread

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:54 pm

guess that means czechs are out then. can't say I'm sorry.

Post by **Ezekiel** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:57 pm

diego wrote:I dont mind You defending the english team at all. I like them pretty much actually, but saying they are "not crap" compared to the german team is simply untrue: the german team will kick your arses back to England.

They said that Argentina would do that in the last friendly we played with them. We've shown in the past that we can raise our game - I just hope that we do it at just the right moment to wipe the smirks of faces the world over.

Post by **Ryoki** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:06 pm

losCHUNK wrote:(or was it 3 ? :/)

Yes

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:13 pm

wow, so far the US doesn't look as helpless as I expected.

Edit: lol, nevermind

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:14 pm

Deji wrote:LOL, Ghana owns.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:28 pm

own goal, then a red card, italians are shit out of luck

Post by **4days** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:34 pm

SplishSplash wrote:own goal, then a red card, italians are shit out of luck

this is fucking excellent telly

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:39 pm

i live next door to a bunch of itai's and they aint happy

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:42 pm

Ezekiel wrote:
diego wrote:I dont mind You defending the english team at all. I like them pretty much actually, but saying they are "not crap" compared to the german team is simply untrue: the german team will kick your arses back to England.
They said that Argentina would do that in the last friendly we played with them. We've shown in the past that we can raise our game - I just hope that we do it at just the right moment to wipe the smirks of faces the world over.

:icon14:

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:44 pm

power plays over

Post by **Maiden** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:45 pm

what a shit call

Post by **Maiden** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:07 pm

christ

refs have fucked this game all to hell.

good thing I only have to watch this shit every four years

Post by **Fjoggs** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:10 pm

Maiden wrote:christ

refs have fucked this game all to hell.

good thing I only have to watch this shit every four years

:icon27:

Post by **Maiden** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:19 pm

yeah I know, just got a little pissed for a bit

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:54 pm

it's true though - that was the worst called match i've seen so far, and i wasn't rooting for either side. terribly called.

Post by **4days** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:57 pm

didn't think i'd cheer for yanks about anything ever again after dec 2000 - but they put on a great show there, the ref was a cunt.

Post by **Deji** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:05 pm

Didn't see what happened in the beginning, but, I watched a bit towards the end and I really do think the US was quite undeserving of that tie.

Post by **AirborneVirus** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:44 pm

Maiden wrote:what a shit call

Totally.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:53 am

Apparently Americans confuse soccer with football in more ways than one.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:59 am

it wasn't THAT bad. both teams were quite physical, but i have to say that a particular black dude on the US's squad was getting carried away with his hands often.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:04 am

Well, I had the American OUTRAGE (IM SO MAD) about the second yellow card in mind.

A lot of people seem to argue that "was just a tackle, what's wrong with that".

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:06 am

well i think most of the cards pulled were over the top. one of the tackles earned one of the Italians a Red card. wtf? it was MAYBE a yellow AND was the first offense by that guy.

i'll go as far as saying that was some of the worst officiating i've seen in recent memory of ANY sport i've watched.

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:12 am

ghana!

Post by **4days** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:14 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:one of the tackles earned one of the Italians a Red card.

he elbowed him in the face. that sort of thing is severely frowned on in football, on the pitch anyway. otherwise the ref was awful.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:21 am

no, there was another one. of course an elbow in the face and blood being drawn is warrant enough for a red card.

*edit*

Mastroeni's tackle of Pirlo in around the 45th minute was the one i was talking about. and you're right, i got them mixed up.