2010 World Cup talk

• DeyDurkie5

  

  killdeer;392436 wrote:i understand this thought in principle, however, a (last) defender fouling an attacker is not necessarily the same as denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity; which is the basis for the redcard misconduct.

  
  the basis of the red card was the fact the last defender(the keeper in this instance) took out the person who was about to score. In this situation, it was him denying a goal scorer illegally which was what I was eluding too with my first statement.
• Laley23

  

  Hb31187;392432 wrote:Shit spains keeper took a dude completely out earlier in the day , no card

  
  I actually think that the referee thought Casillas touched the ball, which makes it a legal tackle. Either way, with 2 defenders running along side him, the clear goal scoring opportunity wasnt there. Since the goal still was scored anyway, advantage wouldve been played negating the PK. BUT, if the ref had saw the tackle correctly, a yellow care shouldve been awarded to Iker Casillas.
• Laley23

  

  Speaking of todays game, Messi is playing great again, as are Higuain and Tevez. Messi needs a goal though, I think if he gets one he might go on one of his tears and score a brace and then a goal in the knockout rounds as well.
• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;387611 wrote:Higuian bloooows. Bring in Diego

  
  Just thought I'd bring this back up after his shit game today S&L
• SportsAndLady

  

  Laley23;392565 wrote:Just thought I'd bring this back up after his shit game today S&L

  
  haha whatever...his goals were all set up (i didn't see the 1st one) by another player, aka Messi.
• iclfan2

  

  Higuan was in the right spot at the right time for all 3 goals. A lazy header that could have been stopped, a present in the front of the net, and then the last header. But you can't fault him for that, he was there where he should be. Messi has had some nice shots and even better passes, a goal will come. The 10 o'clock game doesn't excite me but Mexico vs. France should be good, and tomorrow we got Deutschland, USA, and England so can't wait for tomorrow.
• jordo212000

  

  Is anybody else getting really annoyed by the music ESPN plays every time they take a break/come back from a break. The African song? Man that song is old already and we're about a week in.
• Fab1b

  

  Ugly game here with an ugly goal from Nigeria
• tk421

  

  What an idiot. Nigerian player gets a red card for I guess getting frustrated kicking at an opponent. It will be 11 on 10 for the rest of the game.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Some ghey goals in this game
• jordo212000

  

  Man that red card is going to kill Nigeria. However, that was quite a nice display of acting. The Nigerian was completely stupid to kick at him, but he barely grazed the Greek. That Greek guy was acting like he got shot.
• SportsAndLady

  

  What do you say...during halftime we post funny soccer videos?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W00d3yJKl4
• SportsAndLady

  

  Oh man lol
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMuS4ynSog&feature=related
• tk421

  

  jordo212000;392669 wrote:Man that red card is going to kill Nigeria. However, that was quite a nice display of acting. The Nigerian was completely stupid to kick at him, but he barely grazed the Greek. That Greek guy was acting like he got shot.

  
  I've come to accept that this is par for the course from pretty much every team except the U.S. during the WC. It drives me nuts, but as long as FIFA doesn't do anything about it and the refs still call every dive, it will never stop.
• like_that

  

  I will just post the same video. This one is bullshit and cost Turkey a player.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKo_50sWW4
• tk421

  

  Goalies this WC are having a hard time. Another goal after a mistake. Couldn't hold on to the rebound.
• SportsAndLady

  

  tk421;392718 wrote:Goalies this WC are having a hard time. Another goal after a mistake. Couldn't hold on to the rebound.

  
  It's that ball man
• I Wear Pants

  http://lifehacker.com/5566097/vuvuzela-filter-strips-droning-horns-from-world-cup-broadcasts
  
  You're welcome.
• SportsAndLady

  

  JESUS...
  
  http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5297052/ce/us/south-african-man-killed-wife-kids-changing-tv-germany-australia-game?cc=5901&ver=us
• I Wear Pants

  They wanted to watch a gospel program instead of a soccer game? Crazy assholes.
• iclfan2

  

  You can now download the vuvuzela's app for blackberry and maybe iphone to annoy all of your friends.
• I Wear Pants

  The thing I linked was a Vuvezela blocker. It filters out the vuvezela noise if you watch on your computer.
• gorocks99

  

  Great game between Mexico and France :rolleyes:
• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;392571 wrote:haha whatever...his goals were all set up (i didn't see the 1st one) by another player, aka Messi.

  
  I know. Messi has been fantastic so far. The passes he had today were awesome, especially the flip over to Aguero who put the ball to Higuain.
  
  Gonzalo was in the right place today, but the 3rd goal was a nice header. He had to adjust and put some pace on hit back where it came from to wrong foot the keeper.
  
  Id like to see what Milito could do, but Maradona is obviously trying to stick with the more South American style up top. Milito does have a lot of Italian style in him compared to Higuain and Tevez despite only being in Italy just recently.
• Laley23

  

  This is the perfect game of Americans also. A tie gives RSA a chance to beat France and advance.