WORLD CUP 2010

[AOA]

Great first goal - Brazil!

 

[INA]

Love your sig.

What, this old thing?

And Maradona is starting to look like The Most Interesting Obese Man in the World. "I don't always drink beer. . . wait, who am I kidding? I ALWAYS drink beer!"

Hey, it's a step up from a coke habit, at least.

 

[AOA]

Yup, what a great first goal from Brazil. Looks like they'll make it far with the performance they've shown in this match.

 

[nonsequitur]

If there's one reason to love the world cup, it's for the memes that are created. First Rob Green, and now this:

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[Falcarius]

North Korea gave Brazil a decent game. I thought they would fall apart when Brazil got their second goal but they did not. Hopefully, they play like that against Portugal and Ivory Coast; if they do, they could shock everyone and get out of their group.

 

[SolitaryWalker]

Hopefully, they play like that against Portugal and Ivory Coast;,.

Hopefully not, lest they praise their dear leader.

if they do, they could shock everyone and get out of their group.

I don't think so, they haven't displayed enough offensive potential to get out of the group. If they play like this they could hold Portugal and Ivory Coast at 0-0 or 1-1 but that won't be sufficient to earn a second place or higher.

 

[tcda]

^^^So you're not going to give them the credit for whate veryone recognizes was a good performance then, regardless of your bias?

And do you really think they will play as defensively against Ivory Coast as against Brazil?

 

[SolitaryWalker]

^^^So you're not going to give them the credit for whate veryone recognizes was a good performance then, regardless of your bias??

I was very impressed with their defensive performance and the sheer strength of will they've expressed by not becoming intimidated by Brazil. However, their game in the midfield and attack was lacking. North Korea produced very few chances and their shooting was mediocre at best.

^^^And do you really think they will play as defensively against Ivory Coast as against Brazil?

I don't think so, as they will need to be pushing for a victory if they plan on getting out of the group which is another reason I believe that they will be eliminated. I said they'd get a 0-0 or 1-1 at best, that is if they happen to be on their best performance which can be achieved only by playing in a very defensive, radically conservative manner that they played against Brazil. If they shift their game more to the midfield or the attacking front, they'll surely be decimated.

 

[CzeCze]

No, you're definitely not the worst team here, North Korea is and they will lose by at least 10 goals today.

Ha! They showed you wrong today! I was watching the game at a bar and even though everyone cheered when Brazil made their goals they cheered just as loud if not louder when N. Korea made their goal. I think it was a scream of shock.

 

[SolitaryWalker]

N. Korea made their goal. I think it was a scream of shock.

That was completely idiotic, a mixture of conceitedness and fatigue led the Brazilian defenders to let the Korean forward to run through the penalty area uncontacted and take a shot. The Koreans wouldn't be able to do that in a regular World Cup match, especially considering how tightly defensive the opening games have been.

No worries, Portugal may still beat North Korea by a wide margin. The Portuguese just have to dive and let Ronaldo take the free kicks, he is very good at long-range shooting. Furthermore, he dives with impunity more than the entire Italian squad could hope to. Obviously I still have not given up on the vision of North Korea losing by 10 goals.

 

[TiNe_2_IP]

Who needs to hear the commentators ranting inanely on on when we can see what's happening perfectly well, and apparently a lot better than they can?

The commentator we had for the Australian televised game between Netherlands and Denmark had me in stitches.
I would have fallen asleep in the first half if he hadn't engaged in some 'inane ranting'.
And it appears that Denmark truly is the 'happiest' nation of people on the planet. Poulsen could still smile after getting a goal for the Dutch. Just happy to get a goal, any goal, I guess.

Australia? :redface:

 

[tcda]

The Koreans wouldn't be able to do that in a regular World Cup match, especially considering how tightly defensive the opening games have been.

How did they qualify then?

 

[Valiant]

Spain is going to win.

 

[tcda]

btw Honduras has a regime installed by a coup and illegitimate elections. I'm wondering if a success for them would only help the govt. ...

I don't take that view because hwile governments try to take ownership of these things, the people will generally udnerstand it as their triumph, not that of the government. Whereas int he case of a defeat, they will udnerstand it as their own defeat, not the governments, lowering their confidence even further.

Likewise Chile is hardly a saintly ruling class despite the facade of democracy. (Same goes for Brazil and Portugal, and I imagine the Ivory Coast). So if a victory for the national team strengthens the govt., I wouldn't want them to win either...

 

[JocktheMotie]

I HATE THESE

 

[Valiant]

Yes, someone should kill the people with those damn elephant horns.
I get a headache watching the game with sound.

 

[Southern Kross]

LOL. So true.

 

[tcda]

I'm guessing that was a vuvuzela...if so, I hate them too, and have a suggestion as to where they can be inserted.

 

[Red Herring]

tcda, I watched Brazil- North Korea with two friends from Argentina who ended up siding with the Koreans because at least at the beginning the Brazilians didn´t even think it necessary to run instead of walk. Usually it´s panamerican solidarity though, even with Brazil.

Which reminds me that apparently under the military dictatorship football was very much used to distract the masses (that and the Malvinas*, of course).

And in Germany there are claims about a correlation between electoral outcomes and the national teams success. So yes, it is "just" a sport, but due to it´s public appeal it is also easily turned into something political.

* mirá, dije "Malvinas" en vez de "Falklands"

 

[tcda]

tcda, I watched Brazil- North Korea with two friends from Argentina who ended up siding with the Koreans because at least at the beginning the Brazilians didn´t even think it necessary to run instead of walk. Usually it´s panamerican solidarity though, even with Brazil.

Which reminds me that apparently under the military dictatorship football was very much used to distract the masses (that and the Malvinas*, of course).

And in Germany there are claims about a correlation between electoral outcomes and the national teams success. So yes, it is "just" a sport, but due to it´s public appeal it is also easily turned into something political.

* mirá, dije "Malvinas" en vez de "Falklands"

you're also right about the 1978 world cup.

though they were obviiously quite fair-minded, many Argentineans wouldn't need an extra reason to cheer against Brazil.