WORLD CUP 2010

[tcda]

Come on North Korea!

 

[SolitaryWalker]

I hope that the Brazil will defeat by North Korea by a 10 goal margin and if Portugal manages to do the same, we'd have a compelling reason to hope that this bellicose country won't re-appear in the tournament for multiple decades!

 

[slowriot]

Come on North Korea!

hahaha, they tried to cheat to get an extra attacker added to their list. By having him registrered as a goalkeeper. But FIFA has ruled he can only be used as a goalkeeper during world cup. And its their top striker. Gotta love them communist dictatorships.

 

[tcda]

I hope that the Brazil will defeat by North Korea by a 10 goal margin and if Portugal manages to do the same, we'd have a compelling reason to hope that this bellicose country won't re-appear in the tournament for multiple decades!

"Bellicose"? If that were your criteria then most of the leading countries in the World Cup wouldn't be there.

Now watch this clip for North Korea's finest footballing moment ever, when they beat Italy in the 1966 World Cup:

YouTube - 1966 World Cup Group 4 Italy v North Korea

 

[slowriot]

I hope that the Brazil will defeat by North Korea by a 10 goal margin and if Portugal manages to do the same, we'd have a compelling reason to hope that this bellicose country won't re-appear in the tournament for multiple decades!

So if you lose with more than ten goals twice at a world cup you can not appear in a world cup unspecified times? Wow, I didnt know about that rule.

And if the bellicose rule was applied Denmark, USA and so on couldnt be in the world cup either

 

[tcda]

So if you lose with more than ten goals twice at a world cup you can not appear in a world cup unspecified times? Wow, I didnt know about that rule.

And if the bellicose rule was applied Denmark, USA and so on couldnt be in the world cup either

Obviously he's hoping that the humiliationw ill be too much to bear and the North Koreans footballing confidence and, why not, ifnrastructure will be destroyed for a decade.

Quite a nice sentiment really: every single North Korean, football players, supporters, children, should have one of their few pleasures taken away, because their military is accused of sinking a boat. That'll certainly give them the confidence to challenge thier dictatorship!

 

[slowriot]

Obviously he's hoping that the humiliationw ill be too much to bear and the North Koreans footballing confidence and, why not, ifnrastructure will be destroyed for a decade.

Quite a nice sentiment really: every single North Korean, football players, supporters, children, should have one of their few pleasures taken away, because their military is accused of sinking a boat. That'll certainly give them the confidence to challenge thier dictatorship!

Yes but really Kim Jong Il is not going to get humiliated over that. I speculate he'll make them wear trunks with nuclearsigns on them next time then.

 

[INA]

australia's first round match is against germany. ouch.

lol. FINISH THEM!

Is the mural for the US supposed to be predictive? They look like they're about to go down any minute.

Prolly also root for these guys, just to see them dancing at the posts:

 

[SolitaryWalker]

So if you lose with more than ten goals twice at a world cup you can not appear in a world cup unspecified times? Wow, I didnt know about that rule.

I think that if they lose by 10 goals or more twice, they'll be too demoralized to perform well enough to return to the World Cup at any point in the near future.

 

[SolitaryWalker]

a nice sentiment really: every single North Korean, football players, supporters, children, should have one of their few pleasures taken away, because their military is accused of sinking a boat. That'll certainly give them the confidence to challenge thier dictatorship!

Quite the opposite. The North Korean participation in the world cup brings glory to ther corrupt government rather than the common people. As you may recall, the Soviets used their participation in international sports as a propagandistic device in favor of their communist dogma. Although the North Koreans are less proactive in this respect, their regime can be emboldened by any international attention they'd receive. One could argue that the more the world knows about North Korea, the more likely its regime to collapse; yet I don't find it plausible, Kim is very good at concealing fundamental facts about North Korea from the rest of the world and enjoys a god-like status in his country. His stature is not at all like Saddaam Hussein, he genuinely convinced the public of North Korea that he is a 'dear leader', or a benign authority figure without whose support the people just could not do. Conveniently, most North Koreans believe that they live in paradise and the best country in the world.


I am all for promoting the pursuit of happiness of the common people of North Korea, however, I have no sympathy for any event that aids Kim's regime, even if in a very subtle manner.

 

[JocktheMotie]

Entertaining first match. Mexico was robbed on the first offsides call, and South Africa just missed a historic win with that shot clanging off the post. Just a couple centimeters to the right and that shot was in.

Looking forward to Les Bleus and Uruguay.

 

[tcda]

Mexico was robbed on the first offsides call,

Nah, it was a fair call. Part of his body was in front of the keeper. Very well spotted by the linesman actually.

 

[JocktheMotie]

Nah, it was a fair call. Part of his body was in front of the keeper. Very well spotted by the linesman actually.

You're right. I looked at it again and that was the case. Match commentary maintained otherwise at the time, but yeah he was off.

 

[miss fortune]

:steam: I'm so annoyed that I'd need ESPN to see most of the games... and we only have network tv! I'm tempted to hook my laptop up to the tv to watch

 

[Einnas]

Well, my country made it through, Denmark, but i am not cheering for them. Somewhat they always ends up loosing! So Spain or Italy

 

[AOA]

Looking forward to the Uruguay VS. France match. Should be exciting!

(Nice opening to the World Cup earlier. First match was OK.)

 

[Donna Cecilia]

Never thought about being able to see the match at my workplace. And the TV is in my office.

Football can paralyze this Country.

 

[Willfrey]

Come on North Korea!

I don't know much about soccer, but is it a faux pas to try and eat the game ball?

 

[Donna Cecilia]

Boring game. Yet, as they weren´t sodomized by France (as most thought it would be the outcome of the match), I can see half of Montevideo getting drunk now.

 

[Blackmail!]

France is ALWAYS a slow starting team. Even when it achieves excellent results overall, it never topped its group and looked rather disappointing at first glance.
It is brilliant only when it reaches quarter-finals or more. That's probably why Brazil always lost against France when it had the honor to cross its path (But, on the other hand, the nemesis of France is Germany).