nope....this is eastwood approved.That was a good flick G.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU)
outed - duga will be the f##k back in italy with che when this world cup is over.
Starts in bout 2 weeks, and I can't fucking wait :> Who y'all rooting for? I guess dat I gots to go wit da Netherlands, since they are the closest to being Scotch-Irish out of the whole bunch. Eastwood approved ;)italy, spain
I'll be taking a dump during that time.Pads and Helments are required for interest.
North Korea
They just nuked a South Korean's battleship.. they are prepared for anything
I'm rooting for whoever wins. 8)
and if not them, then I'm hoping it will be either Ghana or Nigeria. :)
argentina
Is it over yet?;D
rooting for Portugal
but Argentina are my favorites for title. since 06, the best team, shoulda won then, but fucked up.
No offence, but Argies haven't been the best team for a looooooooooong time...
Even now, they're depleted thanks to Maradona's managerial "abilities" and player feuds.
Nederlands don't stand a chance, Ivory Coast... not a chance either - in fact no African team has a hope in hell, the continents chance of shining was crippled by their best team being drawn with Portugal (who are also collectively shit) and Brazil... which due to this Dunga defensiveness are stupidly being written off...
Personally, I can't look past Spain, they're so epicly talented and have got a bunch of bench warmers that are as good as the best...
Actually you have it backwards , Argentina has the best players/talent but Spain has the better team.
No offence, but Argies haven't been the best team for a looooooooooong time...
Even now, they're depleted thanks to Maradona's managerial "abilities" and player feuds.
Nederlands don't stand a chance, Ivory Coast... not a chance either - in fact no African team has a hope in hell, the continents chance of shining was crippled by their best team being drawn with Portugal (who are also collectively shit) and Brazil... which due to this Dunga defensiveness are stupidly being written off...
Personally, I can't look past Spain, they're so epicly talented and have got a bunch of bench warmers that are as good as the best...
No, I definitely don't have it backwards.
Argentina best players?... Please, they have a few promising forwards, not so much in midfield unless you count Messi as a winger and they dropped Cambiasso, a player who would make 90% of people's World XI as a defensive midfielder... Defensively weak and their keeper is nothing special.
The Torres / Villa combo is possibly the best... Xavi and Iniesta are the two that allow Messi to be Messi for barca... Alonso is fantastic... let's not forget David Silva... ha ha yeah Argies are comparable on a player to player basis... ::)
Defensively, I'd even say Spain have the best defence... Pique has been legendary this season for barca; GK is arguably the best in the world on his day too... although he was slightly disappointing this season - seemed to have lost his air of invincibility.
One of those teams won't make it , they would have to play each other before Quarters
these will be the quarter finalists:
brazil
spain
portugal
why italy in finale?you're right, but I really do not like them, the style of play, everything. And how do you leave Cassano & Rossi at home? best form ever. and takes Gattuso with? cmon...
once they get to knock-out games, hard to beat
Drogba will dominate.
One of those teams won't make it , they would have to play each other before Quarters
How is the USA doing?
argentina got best players, but not best team
spain is good but i dont think they will win
i predict a final
germany - italy
germany win by penalties
these will be the quarter finalists:
brazil
argentina
holland
spain
germany
italy
portugal
england
why italy in finale?
once they get to knock-out games, hard to beat
argentina got best players, but not best team
spain is good but i dont think they will win
i predict a final
germany - italy
germany win by penalties
This seems accurate to me except I'm not feeling Italy this world cup and I think people are counting England out. I think this could be rooney's cup. that being said...Germany has been the semi-finals of every World cup they've entered taking 3rd in 2006, 2nd at Euro 2008. this could be their year and as much as it hurts for Ballack to be gone I never felt he filled the strong captain role you traditionally find on the German team so this could be a chance for another player to step up. Lahm, Sweinstiger, Klose, Pudoski...this could be their year
these will be the quarter finalists:
brazil
argentina
holland
spain
germany
italy
portugal
england
why italy in finale?
once they get to knock-out games, hard to beat
Kick someone is the shin, get a 'card' for it, throw a temper tantrum.Can't run got no skill lol@U.
Lol @ soccer.
No, I definitely don't have it backwards.
Argentina best players?... Please, they have a few promising forwards, not so much in midfield unless you count Messi as a winger and they dropped Cambiasso, a player who would make 90% of people's World XI as a defensive midfielder... Defensively weak and their keeper is nothing special.
The Torres / Villa combo is possibly the best... Xavi and Iniesta are the two that allow Messi to be Messi for barca... Alonso is fantastic... let's not forget David Silva... ha ha yeah Argies are comparable on a player to player basis... ::)
Defensively, I'd even say Spain have the best defence... Pique has been legendary this season for barca; GK is arguably the best in the world on his day too... although he was slightly disappointing this season - seemed to have lost his air of invincibility.
PROMISING FORWARDS
MESSI BARCELONA DE ESPANA
HIGUAIN REAL MADRID
MILITO INTER DE MILA
TEVEZ MANCHESTER CITY
AGUERO ATLETICO MADRID
PALERMO BOCA JRS
AND I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE PLAYER THERE TOO, BUT ANY COACH OF ANY TEAM ANYWHERE WOUD GIVE BOTH HIS TESTICLES FOR HAVING JUST 2 OF THEM PICKED AT RANDOM... HAHAHA
Palermo and Veron are waaay past their primes , big mistake from Maradona.
veron is still real good, he is old, but he plays real good still in Estudiantes...
palermo, he doesnt do shit at games, but scores goals, maybe Maradona took him cause its his last world cup and he is from Boca, as Diego was, and maybe wants to honor him with that??? but i dont think he is even going to play a lot of minutes during the world cup...
Palermo won't even play a minute , Veron is good for the weak Argentine league that's it , he was horrible in the last world cup .
I think veron is one of the best midfielders right now, last cup, argentina in general was shitty... he had estudiantes go from nothing to copa libertadores champions...
the real one missing in there is riquelme... cause of his fight with maradona, he is the one that is "medio gol" on free kicks...
Riquelme = pecho frio
Whoa! take it easy...we're not as good as the "golden generation", and yes, lots of individual talent, and collectivelly...well, shit, ok you're right... :'(
truth hurts. But maybe, just maybe, we can do it!
Brazil, Spain, Holland, England, France, Germany all have very good teams. But Spain are a good TEAM. I hope its a good tournament, with not too much fixing, besides helping SA go past the group stage. In other words, not another 2002 sham.
Maradona is not a "manager", hes a legend for inspiration, I doubt he even made many decisions, besides making sure Aguero was on the plane with Messi. Leaving Cambiasso and Zanneti behind are 2 epic fuck-ups or a master stroke of genius...up front theyre a formidable force, with riches & the luxury to choose from the talent!
Few ''PROMISING '' forwards ;D ? GTFO of here ,Messi,Milito,Tevez ,Higuain, Aguero, Di Maria...................
Torres /Villa best combo ::)
argentina does have the best players, A FEW PROMISING FORWARDS????? TEVEZ, MILITO, HIGUAIN, MESSI, AGUERO AND PALERMO... BRO...
YOU HAVE VERON IN THE MIDDLE, YOU CALL VERON A BAD PLAYER????
ARGENTINA WOULD HAVE A SUPERB TEAM WITH RIQUELME ON IT, HE IS MISSING, ALSO ZANETTI...
I think veron is one of the best midfielders right now, last cup, argentina in general was shitty... he had estudiantes go from nothing to copa libertadores champions...
the real one missing in there is riquelme... cause of his fight with maradona, he is the one that is "medio gol" on free kicks...
dont agree, portugal plays very good soccer as a team, very fast and opening holes in defence if they need to, will do very good on the cup, no question bout it.
AS A UNIT, LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED....
...Calm down Nordicsuperfag ,you arguing with me and agreeing at the same time, I said that Spain has a better team , Argentina the better players.
Promising yes, that's the word... Fine having big names, but when have they collectively delivered?
When have Torress / Villa delivered? Oh I don't know... maybe by crucifying the competition in the Euroes and going on a massive, unprecidented winning streak.
You know nothing, you see the names on a computer game and think... Wow, noone else compares, look at their statistics on this computer game!
Calm down Nordicsuperfag ,you arguing with me and agreeing at the same time, I said that Spain has a better team , Argentina the better players.
How can you call Messi promising player when he's already the best player in the world ??? .
PS: I've never played videogames in my life retard
Mexico and Japan will suprise a lot of people but you cant count out the Germans or Spanish
I agree with Nordicsuperman, that Messi & Cristiano havent brought their club & world players of the year forms on the international stage, but even Maradonna didnt shine for Argentina immediately, they both will this tournament, watch!
Didn't watch any of their Euro or qualification games I take it then? I think a eye opening statistics is that Ronaldo didn't score in any of their qualification games...
As il be in work for the whole of the World Cup,does anyone know a site where you can watch the matches live please?
This is a spanish and world site http://www.rojadirecta.org/ (http://www.rojadirecta.org/)Brilliant,thanks
This South Africa/Mexico game is the most boring game I've ever seen.Agreed.
South Africa's goal = beauty
SA 1 Mexico 0
Wha? I thought it was England vs. US?
Can someone please explain how this works and how the countries are broken down?
England vs US tomorrow morningWhat time is this USA eastern time che?
What time is this USA eastern time che?
Sat 1:30 PMthanks man.
England vs US tomorrow morning
So, Che, are you rooting for the Mexicans or AMERICA?? Thanks for cursing DROGBA. >:(I hate the fucking Mexicans right now I'm rooting for SA .
hope uruguay fucks these gay frenchmen;D
I hate the fucking Mexicans right now I'm rooting for SA .
My teams are USA and Argentina
Drogba ;D
yes WC starts today!!!!Yes MB722 get a couple drinks started this could be good.
I learned a lot about the fags who play Soccer in this gay -ass thread
Now if that faggy Soccer is playing when I am out somewhere I can say..."That Messi guy sucks balls"
Yes MB722 get a couple drinks started this could be good.
Groink, are you mad because you can not even sprint 5 yards without passing out?? :D :o Do not give me that Shin Splints shit! ;D
South Africa 1-1 Mexico.
I'm bored until the next game starts in two hours. :D
start drinking to pass the time :DGreat idea!
Next match France vs. Uruguay. Vive la france! ;)Viva Uruguay ,fuck them baguettes.
First match.......a freakin' tie....... :-\
Me and Che should be starting for the USA Team!
What's your point, brother ?
Meanwhile in Canada.
I agree + Drogba :o
Meanwhile in Canada.
dunga the f##k back in italy after this BS. they wont get out the quarters. look at guys face. he fit. >:(
disappointing showing from france, no flow or chemistry to their offense :-\
Zadane...you are missed! :'(:'(
I think it's one of the things that hurts the popularity of soccer in the US.....Americans want to see a winner or a loser in a game, match, etc... Just have a shoot-out and get it over with. No athletic contest should ever, ever, ever end in a tie.
disappointing showing from france, no flow or chemistry to their offense :-\x 2 ???
Shit game
The biggest reason is that there is no possibility for commercial breaks.
I am really going to try and watch this and see what all the talk is about. I did watch a little of the S. Korea/Greece game and am going to watch the entire England/US game.
Maybe it's because I grew up watching (US) football and some baseball, but I never understood the appeal of soccer (football).
Can someone tell me why people keep blowing those horns??? (I think that's what it is)...
Just trying to get an understanding and maybe pick up on something new to watch....
That would be the opposite effect as most sports fans don't enjoy commercials. You are talking about from a corporate standpoint, I'm talking about from a fan perspective. And we get all the WC games on ESPN with no commercial breaks, yet it still isn't a hugely popular event here.
Americans like sports that they dominate that's it , if the US soccer team was the best in the world ,soccer would be huge in America.
I heard people in America saying tennis sucks now , isn't like it used to be when Sampras ,Agassi were playing ::)
HW boxing is dying despite the fact that Vitali Klitchko made 25million in his last fight.
Americans got really excited about the Tour the France when Amstrong was dominating now they don't give a fuck
Swimming was the most exciting sport in the world ::) in the last Olympic games................... ........................ ..................
Anti-Drug Campaign.
Do it like Dunga don't use "craque"
Craque = crack.
Craque= very skilled soccer player.
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Watch World Cup highlights and stream live games from your iPhone - UK customers only
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/itv1-2010-fifa-world-cup-tm/id375342325?mt=8
Who do you have winning it all Che?? You know who i have!! ;DIvory Coast only if Drogba , you and I were playing for it :).
IVERY COAST ;D
Ivory Coast only if Drogba , you and I were playing for it :).
My teams USA ,Argentina,Italy
vuvuzela >:(
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The horns are called vuvuzelas, to be honest they're already starting to annoy the hell out of me...I think theyre some sort of tradition in south africa or something, cos i never seen or heard of one till a couple of days ago, and i been watching football since coming out the womb
Americans like sports that they dominate that's it , if the US soccer team was the best in the world ,soccer would be huge in America.
I heard people in America saying tennis sucks now , isn't like it used to be when Sampras ,Agassi were playing ::)
HW boxing is dying despite the fact that Vitali Klitchko made 25million in his last fight.
Americans got really excited about the Tour the France when Amstrong was dominating now they don't give a fuck
Swimming was the most exciting sport in the world ::) in the last Olympic games................... ........................ ..................
Americans like sports that they dominate that's it , if the US soccer team was the best in the world ,soccer would be huge in America.
I heard people in America saying tennis sucks now , isn't like it used to be when Sampras ,Agassi were playing ::)
HW boxing is dying despite the fact that Vitali Klitchko made 25million in his last fight.
Americans got really excited about the Tour the France when Amstrong was dominating now they don't give a fuck
Swimming was the most exciting sport in the world ::) in the last Olympic games................... ........................ ..................
i still think the lame ass 0-0 ties are certainly not helping.
i still think the lame ass 0-0 ties are certainly not helping.....I agree
i still think the lame ass 0-0 ties are certainly not helping......I agree
Americans like sports that they dominate that's it , if the US soccer team was the best in the world ,soccer would be huge in America.
I heard people in America saying tennis sucks now , isn't like it used to be when Sampras ,Agassi were playing ::)
HW boxing is dying despite the fact that Vitali Klitchko made 25million in his last fight.
Americans got really excited about the Tour the France when Amstrong was dominating now they don't give a fuck
Swimming was the most exciting sport in the world ::) in the last Olympic games................... ........................ ..................
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Im actually trying to watch this shit to see what the fuss is about, but I must say that was rather anti-climactic. Wasnt dude supposed to run around like a mad man, and girls in the stands flash their boobs n stuff?
You don't have to watch it Taco the world is going to be OK
The problem with what you say as it relates to soccer is that NONE of the US's best athletes grow up playing soccer because we dont like it, not the other way around. My money is on Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice being the best soccer players in the world had they grown up focusing on developing those skills. LeBron James = the best goalie ever. Or further, the numerous athletes trying to make it to the NFL/NBA who couldnt cut it, yet who knows how good they would have been at soccer.
I have the sound off...those horns are annoying.I agree
Great argument. If only... ::)
The problem with what you say as it relates to soccer is that NONE of the US's best athletes grow up playing soccer because we dont like it, not the other way around. My money is on Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice being the best soccer players in the world had they grown up focusing on developing those skills. LeBron James = the best goalie ever. Or further, the numerous athletes trying to make it to the NFL/NBA who couldnt cut it, yet who knows how good they would have been at soccer.
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOCCER is that you don't have to be a great athlete to be a good soccer player ,being the fastest ,the strongest ,the tallest, the biggest ,highest jumper.................. .....................etc doesn't mean shit in soccer
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOCCER is that you don't have to be a great athlete to be a good soccer player ,being the fastest ,the strongest ,the tallest, the biggest ,highest jumper.................. .....................etc doesn't mean shit in soccer
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOCCER is that you don't have to be a great athlete to be a good soccer player ,being the fastest ,the strongest ,the tallest, the biggest ,highest jumper.................. .....................etc doesn't mean shit in soccer
I agreeDid USA the win che I'm depending on you for updates.USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
I have the sound off...those horns are annoying.
Did USA the win che I'm depending on you for updates.
1-1Thanks man
Ji Sung Park with the best performance of the WC up to this point.
turkey is going to win haha
you = Delusional. :D
Fuck, soccer is fucking stupid. Take all the rejects and twinks from real sports and now you have soccer.
Fuck, soccer is fucking stupid. Take all the rejects and twinks from real sports and now you have soccer.
LMAO ;D, whats up bro, hows single life
DUTCH POWER!!! Can't be beat, won't be beat!
England are dire, US should have ended the game truth be told with the save that hit the post.Green fucked up, no doubt, but hes not inferior to James. Saved Hammers from relegation many times...
Again, this is why we are so shit... Rooney should be taking the chances as much as he sets them up, instead of being the main play maker... I mean... WTF are Lampard and Gerrard on the team for? ::)
Don't get me started on Heskey... nice setup for Gerrard, but that shot, this is cliché but I COULD have done better than that.
Netherlands - Denmark 2 - 0. :)
England, with their premier, multi-millionaire, all-star lineup, tied (and could have lost to) America's 5th tier athletes. Congrats, Britfags!
If soccer was the most popular sport in America and had our best athletes playing, I think it's safe to say we'd win every World Cup.
didnt expect this from italy :-\
so in the final game they gonna call it a tie when the score is 0-0?
how fucking pathetic is that
so in the final game they gonna call it a tie when the score is 0-0?
how fucking pathetic is that
che I need a summary please I cant keep up. Who is winning who is not?
TodayThanks man
Italy 1 : 1 Paraguay
Japan 1 : 0 Cameroon
Netherlands 2 : 0 Denmark
7:0 tomorrowHey iron who you want to win I know turks didnt make the grade, Germany?
Hey iron who you want to win I know turks didnt make the grade, Germany?
Todays predictions
New Zealand 0 Slovakia 3
Ivory Coast 1 Portugal 2
Brazil 3 North Korea 0
Me thinks dat da Ivory Coast will come out on top with dem African horns a blowin'I hope so but its doubtful Drogba will be fit to play
honestly, i'm for a latinamerican state,italy or spainIf USA gets knocked out I'm going for Spain in kyomu's behalf
kind of a sympathy (?) for latin countries
2012 EC...hopefully turkey will qualify
So how do you think that they will do against Italia next match, do you think they have a chance to pull off a victory?
Brazil 2 -Nkorea-1
Good win,,but not impressive the way terror team brazil used to be.... ???
D-R-A-G-B-A Best player in Tournament! 8)
Wtf???? Brazil.
How come Brazil let NK score?
Well!!! still a good win. let's celebrate. :D
your referring to Drogba i presume and not some hybrid of Ivan Drago and an african.
Try watching that twat playing for chelsea when you're a fulham fan, if god struck him down with lightning it wouldnt be too soon, whining moaning diving little shit that he is....he also happens to be rather good...which annoys me even more.
2002 had the best brazil team! 8)
mods should delete all north americans comments in this thread. they dont support their own football products...msl n women's pro soccer.
Yeah, just like every muslim should be banned off this site due to religious beliefs...
Is this shit over yet? Although it has been a great cure for insomnia.
Ivery Coast is going to win the whole damn thing, get over it Brazil and Italy fans!:D :D
I think most would say Brazil 1970
Argentina destroyed South Korea 4 - 1
28 -7 for the American Football fans
South Korea carved them open on more than one occasion if they had taken that chance just after half time I think they could have actually gone on to win it...as it was they didnt and argentian scored a couple of well worked goals...better teams can beat that argie side tho...no doubts about it, they look very shaky at the back.
I agree...Argentina is a super talented team but they shine only when the other side lets them play their style of ball. When they meet mid field controlling team like Germany, Netherlands or Brazil the outcome will be different.
On a different note I'm taking a poll on which team plays the most pussified, diving, and whining style of football.
1. Argentina
2. Portugal
3. Italy
4. Spain
I'm leaning towards Italy...but I'm so tired of the screaming, diving to the gound, hands in the air pleading and ref whining after every time one of these teams strikers loses the ball. Winning is important but so is character and sportsmanship...which the Asian teams seem to have in spades.
Mexico 2 -France 0
:o
mexicoooooo :-)
on another more important note...
The chicago cubs and oakland athletics are also tied 1-1 bottom of the 6th
France has looked like absolute crap this year. so disappointing...
Mexico 2 -France 0
:o
USA will beat the shit out Slovenia.
Shocking...genuinely shocking, for a team with the players that they have, there is no excuse for the shit that team has produced.
They dont close the space down, they cant defend in a straight line, no one is working hard off the ball the give the man in possession options, shots on goal have been woeful, set pieces poor, manager makes terrible substitions or doesnt make them at all...you can go on and on and on, almost every facet of their game is inadequate at this level...they deserved to get spanked tonight.
GERMANY is the strongest of all :>(http://knowyourmeme.com/i/31952/original/126167545854.jpg)
Match starts in bout 2 hours! ROOOOOAAAAR!!! Says the GERMAN KINGS ;) CANT BE BEAT, WONT BE BEAT!!!
Wot da F U C K is up wit dis World Cup??? All the giants are losing matches... It's 1-0 now with slovenia beating da U S of A... Is flingland gonna lose the next match as well???Damn USA is losing keep me updated.
Damn USA is losing keep me updated.
WOW! 3-2 USA
lol was a legit goal....usa should have 3 now
pretty gay ref
Sorry 2-2... Bring on the WASPs :D :P :>
USA = best team in group C. 8)I told you guys Go USA!
Shame for the US... Great fucking game that one, what a awesome come-back.X2
That referee was fucking high!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! worst calls ever, you void a perfectly valid goal ?
So is it over now ???
almost, for you chaps, thanks to a 3rd world ref :-*
Maybe so, and Rooney is probably just a catholic LOL
Which he is.
Plus he is from Liverpool. Most of Liverpool is Catholic.
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somehow the scoring doesn't fare well with these two teams
christ, what can be said about that?!
no desire, no determination, no vision, lacking ideas, nobody willing to take this game by the scruff of the neck. infact, we lack everything that makes a good team great and capable of winning world cups :-[
we should still win, but it'll be a piss poor victory :-\
Hahaha, England SUCKS.Fuck England and their dumb limee commentators that have nothing good to say about any team.
BAHAAAAAHAAAAAAA!!! England were shit! ;DThe Serbs were all over Germany. It was beautiful. And I hate England!
And Germany lost too. A good day all round. :)
Ok....i have played soccer for many years and did tournaments in different states but why do they come out holding the childens hands?? Is it there kids or what?? ??? ???
they're mascots. usually kids from local schools.
Thank you! I have always wondered this and have always gotten smart ass remarks. :)The Oregan Duck and and the Houston Cougar threw hands once.
it seems like all the 'favorites' are just going thru the motions and not giving a shit while all the tiny no-name teams are playing their hearts out on every play
Thank you! I have always wondered this and have always gotten smart ass remarks. :)
this was the sun headline after the group draw lol
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i can hardly wait to see tomorrows papers
The US ties Slovenia 3-2 ::)
expect the unexpected, The way the WC going right now sure enough the finals would be really very shocking! 8)
I dunno - the way Argentina are cruising they are on target to win it like I said before the World Cup started.
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Brazil will up their game and Holland are doing fine too. Spain should recover as well. Italy are still no pushovers either.
Things will have calmed down and it'll be the usual bunch come the quarter finals.
Phil Mickelson has got himself into contention in the U.S. Open.
.....and it's 10xs more exciting to watch then the World Cup.
Phil Mickelson has got himself into contention in the U.S. Open.How is John Daly doing my favorite golfer, keeps it exciting.
.....and it's 10xs more exciting to watch then the World Cup.
No.
Easy soccer fag...
Soccer's cool for 1 month every 4 years. I even managed to somehow get up at 730 to watch Netherlands/Japan this morning. :D
:o :o :o
It wasn't easy on a Saturday. >:(
Ghana just scored 1-1, so what did you fellas think about their little goal dance :DThe horns are blasting.
i got paraguay AM
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wow the guidos got held by new zealand. Incredible, I said last week that new zealand drawing to slovakia was amazing...this is frankly insane.
so many European 'giants' are playing like utter crap, and the little teams are really showing heart and fighting spirit. Truly amazing, what a topsy turvy world cup its turned out to be.
Chalk up Italy as another overrated Euro team. The Dutch are the only good team from that continent. ::)
lets be honest the dutch were very lucky to win yesterday...japan outplayed them for good periods of that game...so to say they're good right now is a little generous even if they have six points.
G Thang...dont forget France...their team has gone into meltdown now
wow brasil is raping drogbaRoyaly :D
wow brasil is raping drogba
yes first goal was gay;D
i got Chilean Chili today...not that Mexican stuff.Yea G I'm with you bro, where are the cheerleaders in the world cup?
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Portugal is handing Korea their ass's!!
Portugal is handing Korea their ass's!!
We will read about how the North Korean national team all dying in a plane crash
Brazil vs Portugal should be good the next game - Portugal can win the group if they beat the Brazilians!
Portugal is handing Korea their ass's!!Wait till portugal gets eliminated....then all of a sudden their ignorant fan base will all of a sudden turn Brazilian. ::)
Wait till portugal gets eliminated....then all of a sudden their ignorant fan base will all of a sudden turn Brazilian. ::)
brasil to 16 either way, either jumps out to 1:0 and sit on ball or play for tie.
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was there ever better than castro?
You tell me.
South Africa 2
France 1
Bye bye SA and lets all laugh at the cheating Frenchies as they climb back on the plane. ;D
got to give it to the french,,, if they dont want to do somthing or dont agree, they just wont do it... thats the country as a whole
wouldnt mind our country having the same stubburn convictions....
Big game for USA tomm. :)Go USA
got to give it to the french,,, if they dont want to do somthing or dont agree, they just wont do it... thats the country as a whole
wouldnt mind our country having the same stubburn convictions....
nobody? really? nobody?Just trying to get my point across = Go USA! ;D
Just trying to get my point across = Go USA! ;D
haha i didnt mean you i was just shocked no one had commented on the USA's last second victory to make the next roundYea! they whipped ass. - Go USA!
The winner of Uruguay -Korea plays with Ghana or USA
The winner of England -Germany plays with Argentina or Mexico
got to give it to the french,,, if they dont want to do somthing or dont agree, they just wont do it... thats the country as a wholeI, for one, am glad other countries don't have the same Gallic 'convictions.' WWI and WWII come to mind. Bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
wouldnt mind our country having the same stubburn convictions....
who the f##k put money under the table for this? is this like lake placid soccer version for usa? ghana n uraguay? this must be a joke. if germany can defend argentina ala brasil style...the usa could come out this group if they play BIG heart football. strong enough against a euro team but lacks the dribbling skills to deal with a top south american team. interesting?If USA win their bracket they won't be facing GER-ARG-MEX or ENG.
Fuck yes! I'm so happy we made it through! I can't wait to see England vs. Germany...The krauts will win.No way dawg we got them covered.
USA might have a problem with the speed of Ghana...I think we do it though 8)
If USA win their bracket they won't be facing GER-ARG-MEX or ENG.
They will be facing Brazil -Holland - Italy -Paraguay -Spain or Chile................... ..........we'll find out tomorrow.
If USA win their bracket they won't be facing GER-ARG-MEX or ENG.Thanks for the update che, I dont watch the games all the way through so updates on scores and games are good.
They will be facing Brazil -Holland - Italy -Paraguay -Spain or Chile................... ..........we'll find out tomorrow.
HOOOLY SHIT are you guys watching the Japan-denmark game?
the Japs just scored twice, on two of the most perfect free kicks ive ever seen, the first one was from almost midfield...expected nothing less from a Japanese, named Honda LMAO
Now that Italy is out I can only root for the U.S.Go USA!
HOOOLY SHIT are you guys watching the Japan-denmark game?
the Japs just scored twice, on two of the most perfect free kicks ive ever seen, the first one was from almost midfield...expected nothing less from a Japanese, named Honda LMAO
Go USA!
2 of the most perfect kicks you ever seen eh? ,,yo uneed to watch maradona and michelle platini frim the 80s those were thr best ones ,,the japs kicks were ok but nothin to write home about ,,the honda fella does play good but there is no great now ndays ,,maybe messy but thats about it
gh15 approved
forget 'ronaldo', this guy is better
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he actually scores goals, and his teams actually win
The Villa 1:0 was just insane!!! :o
Final 16Thanks che for the updated schedule. Go USA!
Uruguay vs Korea England vs Germany
USA vs Ghana Argentina vs Mexico
Slovakia vs Netherland Paraguay vs Japan
Brazil vs Chile Spain vs Portugal
USA to at least the semis, bitches. USA USA USA USA.Indeed , you better watch the moth@rfucker game mot#erfucker >:(.
Indeed , you better watch the moth@rfucker game mot#erfucker >:(.
USA USA USA
f##k usa and its' half-a$$ fans. ghana has good def and as with any african team is big and can run. usa isnt guaranteed to get past this game. dunga was dropping bricks if chile got past spain...just what he needed a euro team with talent and a chip entering the sweet 16...so he gets pass to maul chile.
no johnathan for mexico so they cant control the midfield against argentina. how the hell you dont call up a fit brasilian? ops...ask dunga that question.
So, we from the United States don't have the right to support its team??? Asshole
all bandwagon. ghana out them and viewer ship goes down to 6 households vs 6 million. even sweden, brasil and french supports their lady teams. in usa a douche can get a 5M yr contract in nba or nfl or baseball but a woman's pro team folds with only 1.5M op budget for whole team when you can bring whole family out for 50$ or so.
Douche Bag USA fans!
there you go parker. real every day girl.
yeah i'm an a-hole on getbig, put work in to be one.
USA to at least the semis, bitches. USA USA USA USA.
Sorry bro but if you get past Ghana then Uruguay will kick the living shit out of you in the quarters...they're messing teams up for fun right now.
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This is a fucking Dumb statement!! ::) ::) ::) ::) How the fuck do you get better?? You play against the best competition and if we meet up with Uruguay, so be it and it will be a great game! You remind me of the guy who only plays against his Lil sister and thinks he is the best at everything. :o I would hate to have someone like you on my team for any sport because you would give up because "Someone" is better then you.
uruguay are a different class my friend...accept it.They are not.
USA to at least the semis, bitches. USA USA USA USA.
They are not.
Ok they're not, youd take donavon over forlan any day of the week i suppose?...lets see what happens in these next two games, for all we know it could end up south korea v ghana for the quarters.Forlan is the only player in both team that is on a different level .
oh btw Doug, im a fulham fan so im well aware of what smaller teams can do to bigger sides, esp this year...then forlan came along and fucked everything up after my 15 hour trip to hamburg
Ok they're not, youd take donavon over forlan any day of the week i suppose?...lets see what happens in these next two games, for all we know it could end up south korea v ghana for the quarters.
oh btw Doug, im a fulham fan so im well aware of what smaller teams can do to bigger sides, esp this year...then forlan came along and fucked everything up after my 15 hour trip to hamburg
If the USA would make it to the semis that would be a huge boom for soccer in the US I guess.
Seems that for the first time they have a quite competitive national team. Ghana tonight is absolutely beatable.
Sorry bro but if you get past Ghana then Uruguay will kick the living shit out of you in the quarters...they're messing teams up for fun right now.
Out of South Korea, Uruguay, Ghana, and the US, I reckon the US will be the ones that reach the semis.
They were quite lucky with the draw as well. A lotta elite teams will eliminate each other in the last 16. On monday either England or Germany will be out, on Tuesday either Portugal or Spain... ;)
According to one of the Eurotrash commentators for the games yesterday on ESPN, no European team has ever won a World Cup off European soil. Definitely "elite".
According to one of the Eurotrash commentators for the games yesterday on ESPN, no European team has ever won a World Cup off European soil. Definitely "elite".
All the expert opinions I've read point to either SK or Uruguay being a dream match-up for the US team. But let me guess, you know more.
ghana will test usa team's strength. big, strong, well fit african team but lack south american dazzle dribbling and no thought pin-point passing skills. in all reality if team usa has any motivation they should get past ghana 2:1. uruguay is more tested from playing brasil n argentina...SA football gods. team usa is half a$$ ok if they get past Uruguay who should beat the snot out of SK if their A game is on.
if usa gets to semis...they're toast. they would have to sit in 3-3-5 and play for 0:0 regulation and play a nerves game which makes the most sense but i assume NA arrogance they will try to play toe - toe during regulation and get blown the ####out.
this only counts if the twinks are strong enough to run against a big african team.
freddie adu must be sick, skills never developed with subpar usa football...where as he'd be a better footballer if he had kept dual citizenship in ghana. oh...well.
I don't think anyone expects the USA to win the entire thing. Getting to the semis would be an amazing accomplishment for a country where soccer isn't a major sport. It would also have the added benefit of putting millions of Europeans on suicide watch.
i know that. but if you get there then you play smart football. play 0:0 and turn it into a 5 kick game which puts more pressure on the superior team. these guys get 500k for semi. 700 for finals. 966k for win. they should play to someone falls dead.
That's how much each individual player gets or the team as a whole?
Out of South Korea, Uruguay, Ghana, and the US, I reckon the US will be the ones that reach the semis.
FUCK YEA USA 1-1!! sending these AIDS infested monkeys home!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >:( >:( >:(
If the USA would make it to the semis that would be a huge boom for soccer in the US I guess.
Seems that for the first time they have a quite competitive national team. Ghana tonight is absolutely beatable.
Uruguay will put these douchebags to sleep.
useless fucking twats losing to a team of pea brain coons >:(
I'm happy for the team from Ghana, I think this means they get to eat dinner this week.
I'm happy for the team from Ghana, I think this means they get to eat dinner this week.
grats' to ghana
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::) They are millionaires
::) ghana doesn't even have a currency.
::) but Europe does.
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How many of my european pieces of paper for a bone to stick thru my nose?
Germany will slay England.
Hmm I dunno - England are long overdue a win over the Germans in competitive tournaments and I can see them winning in 90 mins - 1-0 is my prediction.
But then I wouldn't take anything I say too seriously - in the last 24 hours I predicted USA to get the the semis and for Fedor to win. :-\
Hmm I dunno - England are long overdue a win over the Germans in competitive tournaments and I can see them winning in 90 mins - 1-0 is my prediction.
But then I wouldn't take anything I say too seriously - in the last 24 hours I predicted USA to get the the semis and for Fedor to win. :-\
England getting robbedFIXED
FIXED
Best game of the WC so far :o :o :o :o :o
Hahaha, I spoke too soon. And yeah, they're getting robbed. Hopefully they get another to tie this.Great game back and forth, fastest 45 minutes ever .
Great game back and forth, fastest 45 minutes ever .
FIXED
Best game of the WC so far :o :o :o :o :o
Not even whether Germany wins or not, England playing the second half from 2-2 instead of 2-1 would have made that a completely different game psychologically.Not only psychologically but tactically as well.
The refs fucked them again!
Not even whether Germany wins or not, England playing the second half from 2-2 instead of 2-1 would have made that a completely different game psychologically.
The refs fucked them again!
HOLY SHIT THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCANDALS IN SOCCER HISTORY!! THAT FUCKING BALL WAS ONE METER BEHIND THE LINE!!!! LOLx2
::)
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Too bad they dont have the luxury of instant replay in the aids countries ::) ::)
Too bad they dont have the luxury of instant replay in the aids countries ::) ::)
Argentina coach Diego Maradona believes South America will never catch up with Europe despite the continent's stunning success at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
South America had five representatives in the competition and all five made it to the knock-out stages, with four of them winning their groups. Meanwhile, European heavyweights Italy and France were not only knocked out but also finished bottom of groups including such minnows as New Zealand and hosts South Africa.
Seven of the 13 European teams bit the dust in the group stages and only Germany, Spain and Holland won their groups. Even so, the club game in Europe is so much stronger and there is so much more money in competitions like the UEFA Champions League, Premier League, La Liga and Serie A, that Maradona believes South America will always lag behind.
I don't think we will ever be a bigger powerhouse than Europe.
Diego Maradona, Argentina coach
"I don't think we will ever be a bigger powerhouse than Europe," he said. "What we have to do is build America and make coaches of lesser countries understand that we must have a clear line for kids coming up. We'll never be bigger than Europe but we will have good players and we must also pay attention to youth leagues and make kids dream of playing in Europe and being ready.
"But they should be in the right condition and (Europeans) shouldn't be grabbing kids at 15 years old who have no idea of what it takes to play in the (European) leagues. Even 16 and 17 year-olds can't do that but in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay everyone accelerates things.
"But a child must know what a football player must know because otherwise this is like stealing money from people," he added. "South America must go on doing what it's doing and the premium is knowing that we are giving great players to teams of clubs all over the world and they are making great money. But you should also know that these players, when they make it to their own national team, they have our support and affection."
WHO HAS THE MOST CUPS? I HOPE GERMANY CLEANS THIS DOUCHEBAG'S CLOCK. he talks s##t about pele in past but he is major deep throat b###h for europe!
Go Gaby!
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Im amazed how calm england was after the decision. Very suprisingly preofessional. I would have went INSANE lol
He was talking about clubs (European leagues) not national teams.
VAMOS ARGENTINA
My last fucking team >:( .
PS: Doug Steel you are out
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spain. did the folks disown you?
Fuck Spain .
USA- ITALY - ARGENTINA
I dont understand you lot...how can you support different teams? seriously?
you support the country that you're from and that is that, there's no half measures. You might favour another side to do well (as i favour the USA) Its a world cup how/why would you ever support a country that was not yours?
How calm we were? bro we were shocking they may have been calm on the pitch but they were all over the place in every other facet, we had a good spell of about 20mins in that game...and should have equalised at 2-2...terrible decision.
but seriously i can hand on heart say in 27 years that is the worst defensive display i have ever seen from an england side...it was truly embarassing, and it fucking hurts so much to see those players perform so badly on the world stage. We've been poor throughout the tournament, but if im honest we got thrashed today, and rightly so, Germany apart from Oezul are man to man no way near as good as us, but as a team are seven levels above. They schooled a very poor side, and it fucking sucks to lose in that way...and to our arch rivals Germany of all people.
another four years of fuck all...to say im pissed off right now would be an understatement.
Mexico getting screwed now.
whats your pick for this game?>>
whats your pick for this game?>>
This has to be the record is giving a shit about stuff you dont give a shit about lol.
can someone explain to me why england played so bad?
was the manager really solely to blame?
Perhaps english players are just overrated in general?
No the english players aren't overrated. They proove week in and week out that they have the quality and ability to play at the highest levels. As for Capello I honestly dont think it's his fault we played badly either, though I believe he must go for the poor performance.Maybe they are overrated just like Spain.
honestly mate, the question you ask is the one we ourselves are all asking, why is it that when the players turn out for england that they play so badly. John Terry is a world class centre back...but today he looked like a schoolboy...they asked Frank Lampard the same question today and he couldn't give an answer as to why we dont perform in world cups. Whatever the case is, something has to change. For England to underperform so consistently in international tournaments is totally unnaceptable, we have more registered players than any other country, a world class league, invest more money in the national side than any other nation, and have no shortage of quality players.
If somehow an answer comes up, i'll let you know...no doubt we wont find one
HOLY SHIT THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCANDALS IN SOCCER HISTORY!! THAT FUCKING BALL WAS ONE METER BEHIND THE LINE!!!! LOL
How about the offside against Mexico for the first goal?
Honestly, this is going to be considered the worst World Cup in history. Two reasons:
1. Stupid vuvuzelas.
2. Worst officiating ever.
Quarterfinals (so far)
Uruguay vs Ghana Argentina vs Germany
How about the offside against Mexico for the first goal?
Honestly, this is going to be considered the worst World Cup in history. Two reasons:
1. Stupid vuvuzelas.
2. Worst officiating ever.
who's in brasil's draw once they get past chile?Netherland or Slovakia after that the winner of Uruguay vs Ghana (Semi)
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upset special with the right referee
Maybe they are overrated just like Spain.
My predictions:
1. Argentina
2. Brazil or Netherlands
3. Portugal
4. Uruguay
i really hope that either argentina or spain takes itI'll go with Argentina that got better looking hoes.
first of all dont ginx my argentina,,second of all england cant play football i been tellin you this for years,,you csant consider yourself a football team when you got backhump in yuor past a fella that just get inurdered riht and left i think tim mgrath the co7untry singer from usa would plasy better than that homo,,and then you got rooney who is just not a football player ,,could be a good bouncer if bulked up or a sailor ,,but football player? then the reas of enland team look like bunch of pussys ,,they just cant play football aainst teams like portugal and brazil or even germany,,
there wont be another maradona ,,but atleast he is on the lines making it fun to watch ,,
ARGENTINA ,, ARGENTINA,,ARGENTINA!
GH15 APPROVED
Deutschland uber alles !!!
but i thought soccer was gay?
Fucking hell! Trying to decipher that shite has given me a headache.
Are you having trouble getting used to your headwand?
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when the day is done...
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paraguay will be on target
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if castro just says yes...
Hey G_Thang.
And to keep this World Cup related here's another "brochure"
as good as argentina is playing...i'd have to go with the brasil and its' no brand name squad outside of kaka and robinho, have been dogging dunga from day one. 3 of the top 7 defenders in the world protect their goal from 30 yds in...where as in past it was 3 good scorers and no defense. even with "B" team players they can counter strike. their road to the finals is GOLD plated and this team of no and club bodies wont take it for granted like the star studded 06 squad. dunga teams have had a rich history of mugging argentina...just dont give the space to create and play a finesse game but that's to dunga's credit. argentina will have back-back wars vs Germany and Spain...strong euro squads picking up steam. Ronaldo is about to come up short again. If he looked good, it was because Brasil had nothing to play for.
Dunga's "No Body wants us "B" team" may be the ticket Brasil needed to bring home #6.
Dancando Samba!
how they do a remake without this mulher? >:(
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this brasilian girl i want. ;)
Spain wins!!!!!
Villa >>> Ronaldo
hahahahha
I hope Netherlands can beat Brazil this time, but we'll have to see. I just think Argentina will be able to beat Germany and after that take the world cup.
My predictions are kind of ruined now though, since Portugal lost. Damn! >:(
Sad but true. I was going with Portugal, I'm pissed. :P
Ronaldo is still better than Villa though. ;D
no hes not. hes more flashy and better looking (no homo) and a big name brand, but when it comes down to it, in the Big Games Villa scores goals, and wins, Ronaldo doesnt do shit and loses. who cares what he does during league play...Villa was the MVP of Spain's '08 European championship, already has 4 goals during this world cup, all during open play with masterful moves, Ronaldo meanwhile went out without a whimper during the Euro Cup, and he only had 1 goal this world cup, and it came after Port was already up 6-0, vs North Korea ::)
How's your Portuguese G? ;)
Maradona >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pele , no even close.
How's your Portuguese G? ;)
interesting. :)
Numbers don't lie.
Take it to the next level.
Quadrado.
Can you do it under 10 secs?
360
Elastico.
Drible da vaca
I'm supporting the Soccer World Cup and realize it will do big things for the South African economy..... but I have really found the games long and terribly boring.
I don't mean to hijack this thread..... but I truly believe that rugby, as a global sport, will one day supercede soccer. Why? It's a wonderful team game, it's very physical, there is no melodramatic acting-and-fake-calls for penalties and it is truly a alpha male sport. What more could you ask for.
*Edit: I love the NFL too....but it will never be a global sport.
Just watch the highlights of this International game from the weekend.... exciting from beginning to the end!
I'm supporting the Soccer World Cup and realize it will do big things for the South African economy..... but I have really found the games long and terribly boring.
I don't mean to hijack this thread..... but I truly believe that rugby, as a global sport, will one day supercede soccer. Why? It's a wonderful team game, it's very physical, there is no melodramatic acting-and-fake-calls for penalties and it is truly a alpha male sport. What more could you ask for.
*Edit: I love the NFL too....but it will never be a global sport.
Just watch the highlights of this International game from the weekend.... exciting from beginning to the end![/youtube]
G-thang,
You are wrong about size in rugby ....just look at Gio Aplon in the South African team (and yes, he's black) ....the tiniest guy in World rugby as he scored twice against the powerful French team .....click on 2.45mins.
Remember..... speed kills!
of course you're going to have a warrick dunn here and there as with nfl but that's not norm. messi, ronaldinho, kaka, pele, drug addict coach for argentina are the norm in soccer as far as size ranging from 65 ins - 72ins, 150lbs - 180lbs or so. it will rule outside of north america. rugby is nothing but sandlot ball i played when i wasnt playing school or john brown park ball.
last 2 matter the most. o
one like bustin nuts on rich whores.
the other like bustin capillaries in his nose at funk parties.
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stats dont lie.
I love Rugby but that will never happen .
. Rugby will take over. Remember this conversation....
Numbers don't lie.
I agree
FIFA player of the century ( votes )
1 Diego Maradona 53.60%
2 Pele 18.53%
3 Eusébio 6.21%
4 Roberto Baggio 5.42%
5 Romário 1.69%
Numbers don't lie.
I agree
FIFA player of the century ( votes )
1 Diego Maradona 53.60%
2 Pele 18.53%
3 Eusébio 6.21%
4 Roberto Baggio 5.42%
5 Romário 1.69%
Pele had a daughter when he was young, and he didn't want to accept that the girl was his real daughter.
Even after the DNA test, some crap like that.
When the story come out, lot o people was not happy about it.
But after a while he accept her as his real daughter,and apologize.
Pele still the only soccer player to score in all the world cups that he played.
How many world cups Maradona won?
How many goals Maradona scored?
Maradona he's a junkie, he gave a interview admitting that he was high on coke in most of games.
Again numbers don't lie.
Pele had a daughter when he was young, and he didn't want to accept that the girl was his real daughter.
Even after the DNA test, some crap like that.
When the story come out, lot o people was not happy about it.
But after a while he accept her as his real daughter,and apologize.
Hahaa ,that was such huge international news that the whole world was mad at him ;D ::)
Well!!! not the whole world, Americans was not mad at him.
Oh!!! Americans don't give a crap about him, they don't like soccer. ;D
But you didn't answer me.
How many world cups Maradona won?
How many goals Maradona scored?
C'mon Che give it up. ;D
Quality over quantity ,Maradona voted best goal in the history of world cups , singlehandedly won the WC in 1986,
played in Europe (unlike Pele ) totally different level of competition.
When Maradona played he was the best in the world (nobody even close to him ) ,always the best in any team he played for .
Yes, you're right.
Pele didn't cheat and didn't use drugs.
Maradona cheat and high on drugs.
Wanna post that vid of Maradona high as he'll calling Pele a n#####.
Yes, you're right.
Pele didn't cheat and didn't use drugs.
Maradona cheat and high on drugs.
Wanna post that vid of Maradona high as he'll calling Pele a n#####.
Warrick Dunn was a decent example.... but you would have done better with Darren Sproles or Barry Saunders. Rugby has dozens of these little speed wizards.... which means size isn't everything. Jason Robinson for England recently had crazy speed for a tiny guy and destroyed defences....warrick 185, barry 200.
You missed my point..... Soccer is boring...... watch the Portugal/Spain game again. Ronaldho was invisible despite all the $$$$$ he is paid. Rugby will take over. Remember this conversation....
When Maradona played he was the best in the world (nobody even close to him ) ,always the best in any team he played for .
Pele wasn't even the best in the Brasilian national team Garrincha was better than him in 62 and Jairzinho in 70
I'm out , arguing on the internets is retarded :D
not only that,, but maradona took napoli and made it from some garbage low major leage team into champions and not once! every time he went on the field,,he had total control over everything ,,even when they lost the world cup backn in 1990,, always always was best player ,,
you take diego at his best and give him marco van basten,,and whats his name german dude yorgan klinsman,,and hed be even greater than michael jordan ,,but the problem was maradona had mainly himself+ 10 and he made the best out of it at any given time,,
gh15 approved
gh15...you douche. look at the velocity on the ball. there was contact on the ball by the sliding defender. clown...i wont even bother adding a ronaldinho and zidane highlight real. f##kin drug had him playing out of this world most of the time. s##t...he wasnt in this world at that time.
thanks for proving gh15 point,,generation nothingness now have seen what GREAT is,,everytime i see this im thinking how far have we fall as people ,,this generation is simply NOTHING,,even the football players now days are shit,,
diego maradona god bless him ,,zidane was good he touched his little finger and demonstrated some geniousness,,but the players now are catastrophy ,,very very sad that you need to pick up number 7 from spain ziva whatever his name is and make him to a great player because he woudnt even make bench in maradona time lol,,maybe messy will someday show something close to maradona eventhough i doubt it ,,
michael jordan and maradona ,,i miss those 2 so much,,i fuckin hate your generation with passion ,,bunch of losers that achieved nothing all into their own looks and comfortability lol
gh15 approved
You douche. What I proved is that pele is greater so I wont put him in same sentence? Hes more ronaldinho on crack than hell ever be pele with xuxa under his arm. YOU DOUCHE.How did you prove Pele was better than Maradona?
i didnt
How did you prove Pele was better than Maradona?
You are a dumb cunnt from a 3rd world country that thinks he is an authority on everything
In reality you are ignorant about most subjects and you have the gay
::)You swap handjobs for crack though
his countryman has already placed the stats...so there isnt anything else to prove. ::)
Maradona what?
Pelé at 17
World Champion
Great figure of the Swedish World
Maradona at age 17
Replaced Argentina in the World 1978 by Menotti
Pelé at 21
At 21, Pele had already made more than 500 goals in a time when there was no yellow card.
Then two-time champion is crowned World Club 1962-1963
Maradona at age 21
Play in World Cup in Spain with no shine
He was expelled from Brazil for a hard foul against Batista
Pelé at age 26
Considered the King of Soccer - during the 1966 World Cup in England.
According to "Ratin - Argentine defender - the world's most violent history
Maradona at age 26
World Champion for Argentina.
Considered the best player of this World Cup.
He made the famous goal against England with the help of the "Hand of God"
Pele 30 years
World Champion for the 3rd. Once in Mexico
Great global figure of 6 goals
On November 19, 1969 made his thousandth goal
Maradona to 30 years
Play the World Cup in Italy, sub-champion
Expelled from the Italian football drug
Pay more than $ 30,000 in fines for skipping training / games
Pele 34 years
He is hired by the Cosmos team for U.S. $ 6,000,000.00 to play two seasons in the United States
NASL champion in 1977
Maradona to 34 years
Expelled from the 94 World drug use - playing as captain of the Argentina
Pelé - World Statistics 3 - (1958, 1962 and 1970) 2 World Interclub - Santos (1962 and 1963) Copa Libertadores da América 2 - Santos (1962 and 1963) 10 Campeonato Paulista - Santos (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 , 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973) 5 cups Brazil - Santos (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965) 4 Tournament Rio-Sao Paulo - Santos (1959, 1963, 1964 and 1966) 1 National Championship States USA - Cosmos 1281 goals in 1363 games for Brazil: 92 games - 97 goals
Maradona - Statistics
Boca Juniors (1981)
Barcelona (Copa del Rey, 1983)
World Cup (Mexico, 1986)
Napoli (Scudetto, 1987 and 1990)
Italian Cup (1987)
UEFA Cup (1989)
Italian Supercup (1991)
Artemio Franchi Cup (1993)
692 games - 352 goals
90 games for Argentina National Team - 33 goals
Pele: 92 games - 97 goals Maradona: 90 games - 33 goals
Off the Field - Pele
Pele was received by Popes John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II at the Vatican, and four U.S. presidents in the White House. Elect the athlete of the 20th Century by the International Olympic Committee.
Honored Sir, by Queen Elizabeth II of England, Ambassador of UNESCO.
He received tributes in over 30 countries.
In 1977 he won the World Citizen diploma at the UN. He was Minister of Sports em Brazil between 1995 and 1998.
Off the field - Maradona has twice been hospitalized for drug use, any sponsorship contract.
Curiosity about Pele:
baBecause of Pelé, Santos came to play 22 games in 30 days, creating the law of 72 hours between one party and another.
FIFA had to change the rule of the prison by "paradinha" I think the King.
He debuted professionally at age 15, at 16 in the selection, with 17 was World Champion and 21 years and 10 months toward his goal number 500.
Most goals: Pele
Sportsmanship: Pele
Not cheating: Pele
Not using drugs: Pele
Not a fat toad: Pele
Why are you guys comparing Pele vs Maradona? Both are legends and were the best players in their respective times.
Maradona was the best in 1986 and Pele was the best in 1958 and 1970.
World champions
1974 - West Germany
1978 - Argentina
1982 - Italy
1986 - Maradona
1990 -West Germany
1994 -Brazil
1998 -France
2002 -Brazil
2006 - Italy
Why are you guys comparing Pele vs Maradona? Both are legends and were the best players in their respective times.
Maradona was the best in 1986 and Pele was the best in 1958 and 1970.
maradona was the best player ever not in any time ,,EVER,, when he played his best years were 1984 to 1990 but he was and is the best football player to ever touch a football,,pele although great wasnt the greaTEST,,he was part of a team while maradona was all himself,,
example: you take deigo and put him with the americanos ,,,you tske him from 1986 and put him as number 10 in the asmericano team ,,give donovan the number 12 or something and throw him to be another offense player,,and that all it tskeds for usa to win the world cup,,
a player like diego would make a team like usa the champions of the world if played for them ,,pele? would scor few goals but woudnt carry pussy usa to the winning circle as a world champions,,
thats the whole diff right there,
i also like the fact how you fellas that try to bring up pele lol forgot to put all of the miricles diego did for the italian league in the uniform of napoli ,,he made people watch that league by himself,,before that it was alwasys the englisdh league and spanish league
generation nothingness in its glory lol
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maradona was the best player ever not in any time ,,EVER,, when he played his best years were 1984 to 1990 but he was and is the best football player to ever touch a football,,pele although great wasnt the greaTEST,,he was part of a team while maradona was all himself,,
example: you take deigo and put him with the americanos ,,,you tske him from 1986 and put him as number 10 in the asmericano team ,,give donovan the number 12 or something and throw him to be another offense player,,and that all it tskeds for usa to win the world cup,,
a player like diego would make a team like usa the champions of the world if played for them ,,pele? would scor few goals but woudnt carry pussy usa to the winning circle as a world champions,,
thats the whole diff right there,
i also like the fact how you fellas that try to bring up pele lol forgot to put all of the miricles diego did for the italian league in the uniform of napoli ,,he made people watch that league by himself,,before that it was alwasys the englisdh league and spanish league
generation nothingness in its glory lol
gh15 approved
maradona was the best player ever not in any time ,,EVER,, when he played his best years were 1984 to 1990 but he was and is the best football player to ever touch a football,,pele although great wasnt the greaTEST,,he was part of a team while maradona was all himself,,
example: you take deigo and put him with the americanos ,,,you tske him from 1986 and put him as number 10 in the asmericano team ,,give donovan the number 12 or something and throw him to be another offense player,,and that all it tskeds for usa to win the world cup,,
a player like diego would make a team like usa the champions of the world if played for them ,,pele? would scor few goals but woudnt carry pussy usa to the winning circle as a world champions,,
thats the whole diff right there,
i also like the fact how you fellas that try to bring up pele lol forgot to put all of the miricles diego did for the italian league in the uniform of napoli ,,he made people watch that league by himself,,before that it was alwasys the englisdh league and spanish league
generation nothingness in its glory lol
gh15 approved
Will be interesting to see if Messi can match up to him, had a quiet(ish) world cup so far, but he's still so young that it's possible.
maradona was the best player ever not in any time ,,EVER,, when he played his best years were 1984 to 1990 but he was and is the best football player to ever touch a football,,pele although great wasnt the greaTEST,,he was part of a team while maradona was all himself,,
example: you take deigo and put him with the americanos ,,,you tske him from 1986 and put him as number 10 in the asmericano team ,,give donovan the number 12 or something and throw him to be another offense player,,and that all it tskeds for usa to win the world cup,,
a player like diego would make a team like usa the champions of the world if played for them ,,pele? would scor few goals but woudnt carry pussy usa to the winning circle as a world champions,,
thats the whole diff right there,
i also like the fact how you fellas that try to bring up pele lol forgot to put all of the miricles diego did for the italian league in the uniform of napoli ,,he made people watch that league by himself,,before that it was alwasys the englisdh league and spanish league
generation nothingness in its glory lol
gh15 approved
Seriously ::)if i didnt like pele id be laughin lol,,but he was a great player so i cant laugh too hard lol,,in any case you just humiliated that g thong fella and made him look like a fool ,,simply wiped the floor with him and all his arguments with few clips lol,,very nice ,,now all americanos too can see why maradona is michael jordan of football and pele although great player he was ,,still numero 2,,
;D
Brazil slaughters Netherlands in few hours :oNow you are over-dramatizing. I wouldn't call 5-0 "slaughter".
Brazil slaughters Netherlands in few hours :o
Brazil n Ghana in the semis, I like Holland but they need to step it up big time to beat Brazil.
Brazil is done. First time they get tested and they meltdown. Stomping on players now.Good. Send these over rated clowns back home.
Brazil is done. First time they get tested and they meltdown. Stomping on players now.
Brazil will never recover!! 8)Fuck Brazil.
Fuck Brazil.
holy shit what a great matchyeah :-X
Fuck Ghana! :o
:oI would bury my face in that for hours.
It was not surprise to me, not that Holland played good.
Brazil was playing like shit since the beginning of WC.
How come Brazil let Korea score? a tie against Portugal? wtf??? right there you could see it.
We just won are group, because it was a crap group. Brazil didn't show any talent in this WC.
Hope next time we could show you guys, what the real Futebol is. and why we are World Cup 5 times Champions.
Sorry... we f*cked up.
Brazil got Pwn3d. lol. I love this picture.
All the good teams are out and all the stool pigeon teams are left.X2
Nothing left to watch. Would rather go out and get hammered.
X2Who the hell wants to watch Ghana play? Seriously.
All the good teams are out and all the stool pigeon teams are left.
Nothing left to watch. Would rather go out and get hammered.
Spain, Germany and Argentina were the best teams from the start and they're still in. I wasn't impressed by Brazil up until today's game. Their first half against Holland was very impressive. Then they gave it away in the second half because they got frustrated. They knew they should have finished Holland in the first half and because they didn't, a lucky goal got the Dutch back in the game.Yes, but three teams out of how many? I have no use for those three teams.
Spain, Germany and Argentina were the best teams from the start and they're still in. I wasn't impressed by Brazil up until today's game. Their first half against Holland was very impressive. Then they gave it away in the second half because they got frustrated. They knew they should have finished Holland in the first half and because they didn't, a lucky goal got the Dutch back in the game.
Who the hell wants to watch Ghana play? Seriously.
Yes, but three teams out of how many? I have no use for those three teams.
go back and read thread. all of brasil's ills came back and bit them.
anyway...see you in 2014. >:(
Uruguay -Ghana, crazy game :o :o :o :o :o
That was a great game.
Uruguay -Ghana, crazy game :o :o :o :o :o
the ghanaian player that missed the penaty for handball will never get over that miss. poor twat lol
It was not surprise to me, not that Holland played good.
Brazil was playing like shit since the beginning of WC.
How come Brazil let Korea score? a tie against Portugal? wtf??? right there you could see it.
We just won are group, because it was a crap group. Brazil didn't show any talent in this WC.
Hope next time we could show you guys, what the real Futebol is. and why we are World Cup 5 times Champions.
Sorry... we f*cked up.
Brazil got Pwn3d. lol. I love this picture.
:o
brazil is just a regular team ,,part of generation nothingness,,you fellas dont get it ,,they all live in a generation of failures computer rulled,,brazil is no moredr socrates ,,it is no more even that loser romario,,brazil is just a bunch of players with no leader,,they are failures ,,
argentina on the other hand has maradona on the lines,,which may take her to the next stage BY THE POWER OF HEART!,,still will be very very hard against machine germany which is part of generation nothingness too yet the german are born with nazi genes of cold blooded dogs who will perform even if part of generation nothingness,,
tomorrow its the heart against the cold blooded nazis graet grankids
may the heart prevaile to save some grace for generation nothingness,,
and mr g thong,,the ones who say to my face bad things about argentina dont survive the week ,,luckily for you we on not on a football field
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brazil is just a regular team ,,part of generation nothingness,,you fellas dont get it ,,they all live in a generation of failures computer rulled,,brazil is no moredr socrates ,,it is no more even that loser romario,,brazil is just a bunch of players with no leader,,they are failures ,,
argentina on the other hand has maradona on the lines,,which may take her to the next stage BY THE POWER OF HEART!,,still will be very very hard against machine germany which is part of generation nothingness too yet the german are born with nazi genes of cold blooded dogs who will perform even if part of generation nothingness,,
tomorrow its the heart against the cold blooded nazis graet grankids
may the heart prevaile to save some grace for generation nothingness,,
and mr g thong,,the ones who say to my face bad things about argentina dont survive the week ,,luckily for you we on not on a football field
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crazy ending. anybody but argentina.G is always keeping it real here...
go gaby!
(http://cdn.mademan.com/chickipedia/images/8/8d/Gabriela-sabatini-4_121.jpg)
crazy ending. anybody but argentina.
go gaby!
(http://cdn.mademan.com/chickipedia/images/8/8d/Gabriela-sabatini-4_121.jpg)
She looks familiar, was she is a porno??
Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini .
Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini .
::)
hey che...spain still around if you didnt notice or family didnt remind u. bandwagon jumping even got you off the gaby lezbo trip.
I don't like the Spaniards I don't even talk to my family in Spain I hope they lose, get it , no bandwagon here brother, my uncles from Italy and my uncles from Argentina both sent me Argentine and Italian's jerseys since I was a baby, those are the teams I followed my whole life .
PS: She 's a fucking lesbian
VAMOS ARGENTINA
Since the goal Germany can't even get out of their back 1/3. Argentina is going to lose soon.
Oh God!!!
Again numbers don't lie.
I agree. Che will lose his mind. :o
MESSI IS FUCKIN DONE AND SO IS ARGENTIA!! :o
haha there are 3-4 players on germany better than messi
Maradona = 5'4'' obese dark brown lawn mower with a cranium the size of an engine block, time to go home
(http://www.zerozerofootball.com/img/jogadores/16/21316_ori_diego_maradona.jpg)
UN-FUCKING-REAL!!!
4:1 vs England
4:0 vs Argentina
These guys are fucking PWNINGMACHINES!
Well, you're part of the Reich, so you can party with us.
FUCKI# GERMAN BANDWAGON IS FULL SWING. there isnt sh#t in this thread about germany before today. odds are spain will put them to rest...so dont comeback about how great spain is in next couple of days. this is just for non-germans which equals bandwagon a$$ north americans in this thread.
They don't seem to miss Ballack much, what you think? lol
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I still say that Che and myself could have won it for the U.S.Fucking right , don't forget Drogba :D
Fucking right , don't forget Drogba :D
Love to have him on our team but he is not American. 8)If he marries your sister he can apply for a green card :o :o :o
If he marries your sister he can apply for a green card :o :o :o
I have no sister but maybe i can get him and Ankela to do Gay Marridges and we can have two solid backup's. :D :D :D;D
I have no sister but maybe i can get him and Ankela to do Gay Marridges and we can have two solid backup's. :D :D :D
Hahha, lets do it :o
I also want Xaxi, Henry, Anti-ester and #9 for Barcelona. 8) I do not think Bar Muncheon has any guys that are any good. ??? ???
Fuck Henry he sucks
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Casillas
Lahm Lucio Puyol Evra
Iniesta Mascherano Xavi
Che Drogba Doug Steele
That is that fucker that is great! He gives me fits!!
Excellent Line Up. 8) You = EPIC GREATNESS 8)
Fuck Henry he sucks
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Casillas
Lahm Lucio Puyol Evra
Iniesta Mascherano Xavi
Marta Drogba Doug Steele
Deutschland wird siegen 8) 8) 8) 8)
spain? holland? can you survive the blitzkrieg??
DREAM TEAM :D
god, i hope spain lose this game. i know paraguay are shit, but i just hate those cheating spanish bitches. nice bit of penalty drama though :D
paraguay is shit??? that is why we are among the 8 best in the world????
paraguay is shit??? that is why we are among the 8 best in the world????
god, i hope spain lose this game. i know paraguay are shit, but i just hate those cheating spanish bitches. nice bit of penalty drama though :D
Final match Holland vs Spain anyone?
Nah, I expect Germany to beat Spain as well. So Holland vs Germany.
Crazy enough..... I joked with my buddy weeks ago, who lives in England, that it would be a Germany/Netherlands Final.....and it seems I might actually be right????
Needless to say....this TV ad for New Zealand 2011 rocks! Rugby World Cup next year in a beautiful country...... buy your tickets NOW...... its gonna get INSANE!
So what kind of vag do these guys get?
Vd Vaart
Schweinsteiger
Ramos
Crouch
Buffon
(http://img.skysports.com/08/06/800x600/Euro-2008-Wags-Sylvie-van-der-Vaart_981180.jpg)
(http://img.skysports.com/08/06/800x600/Euro-2008-Wags-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-Sarah-B_981138.jpg)
(http://img.skysports.com/09/12/800x600/Amaia-Salamanca-Sergio-Ramos-World-Cup-WAGs_2392007.jpg)
(http://img.skysports.com/10/03/800x600/Abbey-Clancy_2431986.jpg)
(http://202.78.200.220/~masadit/kagakribet/gallery/alena.jpg)
So what kind of vag do these guys get?
Vd Vaart
Schweinsteiger
Ramos
Crouch
Buffon
all golddiggers
South American women are much more fuckable than your average German chick for sure. But Germay will win this World Cup 2010 without a doubt. Spain? Please...........they couldn't even beat Paraguay by more than one goal. We are talking fucking Paraguay people! LMAO! Holland and Germany in the final for sure!Go Germany!
South American women are much more fuckable than your average German chick for sure. But Germay will win this World Cup 2010 without a doubt. Spain? Please...........they couldn't even beat Paraguay by more than one goal. We are talking fucking Paraguay people! LMAO! Holland and Germany in the final for sure!
Kill Cardozo >:(
yes, and even before the game no one liked him, cause in benfica he has di maria and aimar playing basicaly for him, that is why he scored in every game in portugal...
but still, good job for paraguay
and we got the gol by haedo, but the fucking referee was wearing spains shirt... so fuck him...
Hey bezerk, while we are laughing at that gif, he is fucking this:
It'll be over the 12. ;DThanks, Go Germany!
Ronaldinho :-X
(http://www.misionmundial.com.ar/equipos/brasil/PASATIEMPO-Milan-Barra-Tijuca-GLOBOESPORTECOM_CLAIMA20100705_0004_15.jpg)
his stomach is photoshopped. but then again...that kid is laughing at him. could have been a sports god like jordan but went the pillsbury ronaldo route.
his stomach is photoshopped. .
i played for turkey when i was young
In a backyard of Duisburg Marxloh, 20 Turks against 2 Germans?
;D ;D ;D
yes and after that we took their mobile phones
Netherlands 1 vs Uruguay 1 this is gonna be exciting! 8)3-1 well played netherlands!
3-1 well played netherlands!
Youīre wrong.opps that another goal was just after my post :-[
3-2 Nederlands praying...
Thanks for letting us know ;DI'm done using roids ...have'nt touched them in years
JK, hows your cycle going baldie (btw I'm getting bald myself XD)?
Deutschland!!!!X I know I asked before but when will shit be over? Go Germany!
Final is on Sunday :D.Go double or nothing bro you get 120 then. 8)
60 dollars on Germany to win today :D
Final is on Sunday :D.
60 dollars on Germany to win today :D
Oh brother, where were all these fair-weather Germany fans when they were barely making it out of the group stage and losing to Serbia? I remember Showstoppa and a few others.
I rooted for states first and Germany 2nd. 8)
Spain vs Holland will be an exciting final.
:-X
Oh brother, where were all these fair-weather Germany fans when they were barely making it out of the group stage and losing to Serbia? I remember Showstoppa and a few others.
So I'm not considered a fair-weather fan? 8)Get this shit over with startup some College and NFL Football.
Get this shit over with startup some College and NFL Football.
:-X
I hate Spain >:(
Go Netherland
I hate Spain >:(
Go Netherland
Like a game of chess.. :-\Bobby Fisher just got pulled out of the grave to check his DNA.
There was only a team in this match; ESPAŅA!!!
Espaņa has played like always before, playing the best football in the world.VAMOS ESPAŅA!!!
Yes , but it was incredibly boring to watch? Spain's whole plan is to .....hold onto the ball, hold onto the ball..... and then when everyone is asleep they score a goal? I nearly fell asleep during this game .... I shit you not!
I'll take the Germans 4-0 win over Australia, 4-1 win over England, and their 4-0 win over favorites Argentina ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
EDIT: Spain being in the Final is NOT good for World Soccer. I hope Netherlands crush them 5-0!!!!!
Yes , but it was incredibly boring to watch? Spain's whole plan is to .....hold onto the ball, hold onto the ball..... and then when everyone is asleep they score a goal? I nearly fell asleep during this game .... I shit you not!
I'll take the Germans 4-0 win over Australia, 4-1 win over England, and their 4-0 win over favorites Argentina ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
EDIT: Spain being in the Final is NOT good for World Soccer. I hope Netherlands crush them 5-0!!!!!
P-U-Y-O-L :)He is part of our team :o
Sorry, you can know about football, Basketball, maybe Beisball but you havenīt got any idea of soccer. Sorry again. Read any sport magazine/news from anywhere in the world and learn.
I agree with Grant
Boring game ... soccer has a knack to be incredibly dull at times
Would you love the game more if the team who has lost would be sacrificed to the Gods?you seem the type of guy who's dad touched him
The game was ok but not transcendant. Problem is Spain has a great control of the ball but because Torres is in terrible shape there's a lack of solution in the red zone. The game plan on both sides was predictable, Spain executed it's plan better, that's it. The game against the Dutch will be pretty much the same except the Dutch will try to get the ball quickly into Robben or Sneijder's feet and hope they'll deliver at least once. The only team who could have caused problem to Spain was Brazil.
Half the guys on the Netherlands team look like that guy who killed those girls, the one from the US and the one from Peru....Vander Shit, or something like that...:D :-\
Yes , but it was incredibly boring to watch? Spain's whole plan is to .....hold onto the ball, hold onto the ball..... and then when everyone is asleep they score a goal? I nearly fell asleep during this game .... I shit you not!
I'll take the Germans 4-0 win over Australia, 4-1 win over England, and their 4-0 win over favorites Argentina ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
EDIT: Spain being in the Final is NOT good for World Soccer. I hope Netherlands crush them 5-0!!!!!
you seem the type of guy who's dad touched him
Football - the world's most immoral sport
Football: A sport where morals and ethics are irrelevant
Tomorrow is the start of the Tour de France. For the next three weeks, media coverage will comprise a mix of adulation and condemnation. Adulation for the efforts of men who propel themselves over 3,000km of mountains, cobbles and windy flat roads in the world's most demanding sporting event. And condemnation because all the while, people will question the validity of their performances. Are they doped? To what extent does success in cycling equate with success at avoiding doping controls?
And here on The Science of Sport, we've been as harsh as anyone on the sport of cycling. And with reason. Cycling has a problem of its own making, and its refusal to address its own problem eventually led to media and sponsors threatening withdrawal. And only then, amid much kicking and screaming, did cycling begin to turn a corner.
Cycling is still burdened by its doping past, make no mistake, and the legacy of its "great" champions means it will forever be questioned - again, this is a deserved reputation. But it has certainly improved - the efforts of the biological passport and the invasive testing and the sponsors have gradually begun to control the extent of doping in the peloton. As we will see over the next few weeks, the power outputs produced by the winners are coming down. They are now "physiologically believable". And for this, anti-doping efforts deserve some credit.
However, today, I felt the need to comment on another sport, which is, without doubt, more corrupt, more fraudulent and more immoral than cycling. That sport is football - a sport that is completely without morals and an ethical code.
This is a post I've been meaning to write for some time. Ever since the World Cup began, I've commented on the irritation I feel at the diving, the play-acting, the cheating and the open dishonesty of players. The referees are part of a 'script' that rewards this cheating, and the game is poorer for it. And then just the other day I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine, and he was sharing that he finds it impossible to enjoy watching football, because the fraud leaves such a bad taste in the mouth. And as the tournament has progressed, I find myself more and more in agreement.
A rugby paradigm applied to football - it just doesn't work
My friend Colin comes from a rugby background, a sport which still has values. And I think it's important for people reading this to appreciate that if you are from a rugby background, the notion that a player will charge up to a referee and insist on a yellow or red card is completely foreign. In fact, the notion that players will even challenge a refereeing decision is unheard of in rugby.
A player who goes down and exaggerates the extent of an injury to gain an advantage would be ridiculed in rugby. In football, he is celebrated. In football, referees command absolutely no respect from players. They are tools to be deceived rather than officials to be respected. And before you point out that basketball shares this trait, do yourself a favour and watch 58 games of World Cup Football, and you will see the difference.
Football is a disgraceful fiasco which rewards cheating, even glorifying it. And I enjoy watching football, but I cannot bring myself to respect it. The fervor of the fans, the passion, the colour and the celebration of skill make the sport worthy of watching. However, the shenanigans around cheating, and the glorification of that cheating, destroy my respect for the sport and its players.
From the first whistle to the last, players in football will seek to gain any advantage, no matter what level of cheating it requires. If two players are attempting to win the ball near the sideline, and it ricochets off one of them, then BOTH will appeal to the referee for a throw-in. One of them is lying, and thus cheating. Yet it happens 100% of the time. If a player is tackled, he will go to ground. Guaranteed. And the referee will react, also guaranteed. Today, in the Brazil v Netherlands match, Arjen Robben launched himself over the tackler with a clearance that the Olympic high-jump champion would be proud of. The referee bought it, awarded the free-kick, and the game changed from that point. This is not an isolated incident. Penalties are won by dives, players are sent off thanks to play-acting (just ask the Ivory Coast for their diabolical cheat against Brazil), and generally, matches resemble the WWE more than they do a competitive sports event.
The other day, I completed a survey being done by researchers in the UK, looking at public perceptions of cheating in football. The survey wanted to know my thoughts on whether the behaviour is cheating, and whether it is typical of the sport, or whether only certain teams do it. The answer is that it's pervasive. Every team, and most players, will seek to gain any advantage by cheating.
What is the difference between football and cycling?
And the tragedy is that the media glorifies it, the fans idolize it, and in general, it is praised rather than condemned. Now, I can't see the distinction between this cheating and what happens in cycling. I don't see how diving to win a free-kick or get an opponent sent off is any different to manipulating the system to get away with doping. Yet it one sport - football - it is glorified, while in another, it dominates conversation. Quite why this is is beyond me.
Cycling is a sport that, for all its faults, still has some code of behaviour that makes it almost noble. If the race leaders crashes, the peloton waits, even if the Tour is at stake. The group agrees to slow down for feeding stations and bathrooms breaks. And sure, there are occasions where personalities affect the behaviour of the peloton (the Simeoni incident with Armstrong comes to mind as an ugly incident). But in general, cycling is a peculiar mix of cheating through doping and honesty and sportsmanship.
In football, there is no redeeming value. The most celebrated footballers of the current World Cup are its most celebrated primadonnas. Ronaldo dived more two in three times that he ran with the ball. Didier Drogba collapses like a matchstick man when he feels the breath of an opponent on him. Arjen Robben exerted himself more rolling on the floor than he did running. Yet these men are superstars. They should be jeered off the field in disgrace.
If I were a footballer (and I played a little in my time), I would be so irate at the first opponent to tries to cheat by diving that I'd be liable to lash out at him and get myself sent off. Yet it happens all the time and collectively, the sport embraces it. Referees must take much of the blame, but ultimately, FIFA are responsible for the decay of the sport into this realm of immorallity, cheating and dishonesty.
And frankly, it is shameful. It devalues the sport and its athletes. Yet FIFA is entirely complicit, because retroactive censure for these players could go a long way to stamping it out of the game. Most footballer followers are equally complacent - they shrug their shoulders and accept it. "It's part of the game". Referees buy it, all the time. FIFA does nothing to prevent it. And players exploit the system.
Ultimately, football may be the "beautiful game", but given the degree of fraud and cheating that goes on in it, it is the immoral game. There is no beauty in what we have seen in the first 58 games of this World Cup, only the sour taste that remains when you've consumed something that should taste good, but for some reason, just tastes spoiled.
Ross
I pick my ass and smell it sometimes:-X
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Spain 1 Holland 0
Eiher 2-0 Spain or 2-1. I don't see the Dutch winning unless they score first and preety late in the game.
I agree, if Spain scores first they'll win. The dutch won't be able to get through that defense.That's the basic premise of soccer except for a couple exceptions. Any team that scores first ahs about a 90% chance of winning or tying
That's the basic premise of soccer except for a couple exceptions. Any team that scores first ahs about a 90% chance of winning or tying
That's the basic premise of soccer except for a couple exceptions. Any team that scores first ahs about a 90% chance of winning or tying
I will be there ,I can't wait 8)
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If true, this will be the last World Cup we ever see. :-\ 2012
You are coming with me fucker.
I will be there ,I can't wait 8)
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I shall indeed!! I can replace Altodore and you can replace Donovan. ;)
Indeed ,we need to get Drogba's citizenship ASAP .
Netherland is a friend of Spain. Dutchs and spaniards are good friends. Itīs bad luck one of us have to beat another, but so itīs the football... Letīs wait Germany can win to Uruguay this evening...
Germany 3 - Uruguay 2, Germany played well,,despite of key players being out of the game due to sickness. Wish they played like this with Spain nevermind,
Enjoy the Grande Finale! 8)
I have been waiting a month for this to be over.
Puyol has been owning people all tourny!! :oDamn I'm glad this is over, now lets get on to NFL and College Football. Go spain!
Red for Heitinga(ridiculous first yellow) but no red for puyol after his "judo manouvre" on robben.No red for the Walker, Texas Ranger impersonation.
Also nice offside goal.
This world cup final is the exact reason why people hate and don't watch soccer. The Dutch played like crap and the best team in the world aka Spain sure didn't play like it.
Germany and Uruguay........not THAT is how soccer is played. That should have been the final.
Even the Uruguay vs. Ghana was a great game which would have been a great final. How Spain beat Germany is beyond me. It's almost like Germany didn't show up. All three games that Spain played recently..........vs. Paraguay, vs. Germany and now vs. the Dutch have been B O R I N G! Way overrated but definitely deserved to win. Their goal was a great finish and the guy was definitely on sides. Robben choked twice! He had two amazing opportunities. He honestly lost the game for the Dutch. But Schneider didnt' realy show up. Steklenberg really held them in the game. Van Persie? Man he didn't show up the whole world cup. Why they let that twink play all the time is beyond me.
If God exists Spain must win this World Championship.
Spain plays nice football, as simply as it. There are some good players in several countries, but a TEAM like Spain...
We were Euro Champions 2008; lets wait to win in SouthAfrica.
If you look for new stars; try to watch Navas (from Sevilla FC) , I think he can change the footbal concept on XXI century...
VAMOS ESPAŅA!!!
Spain 1 Holland 0
GOD EXISTS!
ESPAŅA CAMPEONA DEL MUNDO!!!
Che, gracias por las felicitaciones y estoy de acuerdo, Iniesta es el mejor jugador del mundo.
Holland is the worst finalist ever; they donīt like to play football... looks like Italia.
I'm glad its over.Fuck that , I'm going to start a thread ''2014 World Cup - Official Thread ".
Fuck that , I'm going to start a thread ''2014 World Cup - Official Thread ".
where is WC 2014 anyways?
Red for Heitinga(ridiculous first yellow) but no red for puyol after his "judo manouvre" on robben.
Also nice offside goal.