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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:40 am
by Chupacabra
Captain Mazda wrote:Why has Brazil been playing a shitty first half against weak teams then scoring 2 or 3 goals in the second?
are you kidding me? they looked very strong in the first half. they were winning nearly every ball and created some great scoring chances.
offensively they were superb. kaka as good as he was, didnt play as well as he usually does, but ronaldinho played marginally better as did ronaldo. robinho was awesome as was juninho p. cicinho had some great runs but his crosses seemed to be too high. still though, he was doing swell.
defense was also strong. they were winning everything and kept japan from passing well. let me ask you this: how many good chances did japan get on brazil's goal? i can only count two: (1) the low cross/shot towards goal that Juan I believe knocked out of play (close to being an own goal) and (2) the goal that japan scored.
japan was efficient in the first half, but that's not to say that brazil played poorly on the defensive end. every team gets a few chances no matter how good or bad they are. efficiency means a lot. good for japan for getting a goal but too bad for them that they couldnt keep it up.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:41 am
by 4days
Captain Mazda wrote:Why has Brazil been playing a shitty first half against weak teams then scoring 2 or 3 goals in the second?
ronaldo has to finish digesting the 12 happy meals he scoffs before each game.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:19 am
by seremtan
he *was* looking a bit tubby
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:56 am
by Captain
seremtan wrote:
he *was* looking a bit tubby
Sure beats the "rabbit" look in '98
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:29 am
by SplishSplash
seremtan wrote:In what sport? Surely not football, cause Germany got to the finals and only lost to Brazil in 2002.
the 5-1 was in the qualifiers
jeez i'd have thought you'd remember that hiding, mate :icon25:[/quote]
qualifiers =|= finals
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:37 am
by seremtan
SplishSplash wrote:qualifiers =|= finals
no shit :icon26:
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:45 am
by diego
Ronaldo has got 11% bodyfat and it is very tiring to read that sort of crap all over the place.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:18 pm
by MKJ
hes so cute and pudgy :lub:
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:58 pm
by seremtan
so, groups G & H today
predictions:
G: switzerland & SK to go thru. france out again
H: spain have already won the group with 6 pts and +6 GD, so unless ukraine (3 pts, 0 GD) give tunisia the mother of all hidings they'll be in 2nd place
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:59 pm
by seremtan
btw there have been 111 goals so far in 44 games
/trivia
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:23 pm
by seremtan
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:46 pm
by Fjoggs
You forgot MacGuyver
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:47 pm
by Captain
Where am I? I'm a much better goalie than Jack Bauer
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:14 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:19 pm
by Fjoggs
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.
you like swimming?
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:59 pm
by SplishSplash
I don't understand why people are complaining about dives so much. There was no notable increase of dives in this World Cup.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:59 pm
by Ryoki
Probably people watching football for the first time or something, heheh.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:02 pm
by SplishSplash
Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:19 pm
by MKJ
euro conspiracy
thats great
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:28 pm
by losCHUNK
5th in the world ?
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Fjoggs wrote:+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.
you like swimming?
you guys are so used to it. how sad.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
SplishSplash wrote:Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.
conspiracy? LOL no.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Ryoki wrote:Probably people watching football for the first time or something, heheh.
i know you're not talking to me, kid.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:40 pm
by seremtan
SplishSplash wrote:Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.
"european conspiracy"
is there really talk like this in the US?
truth is, the USA team is strictly average, and their position in the FIFA rankings is undeserved. ffs argentina are ranked lower than USA, and on the strength of what we've seen so far argentina would smash the USA into the ground
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:42 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
no, there's NO such talk in the US. the team that represents the US just plain sucks.
