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2010 World Cup talk

  • spartan
    fifa bans the paradinah penalty kick made famous by brasil
    http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/no-more-paradinha-at-the-world-cup.html
  • 3reppom
    I don't really have much issue with that. Feinting on the ball is unfair in my book, doing in the run-up should always be allowed.
  • Automatik
    Laley23 wrote:
    SportsAndLady wrote: Jose Mourinho says the Champions League title is more important than the World Cup.

    Thoughts?
    For him? Sure. But thats because he doesnt manage an international team. If it is any other reason than that, well he is a moron.
    Exactly. Mourinho is a well known attention whore. He's always making ridiculous comments.
  • 3reppom
    Automatik wrote:
    Laley23 wrote:
    SportsAndLady wrote: Jose Mourinho says the Champions League title is more important than the World Cup.

    Thoughts?
    For him? Sure. But thats because he doesnt manage an international team. If it is any other reason than that, well he is a moron.
    Exactly. Mourinho is a well known attention whore. He's always making ridiculous comments.
    I don't know if Jose is really that desperate of an attention whore. I just think that he takes so much pleasure in pissing off and infuriating his peers that he says outlandish things get reactions from them
  • killdeer
    Germany has had a definite slug to the gut with Ballack going down...
    having said that...

    the prohibitive favorites remain intact...
    Spain
    Brazil
    Netherlands
    England?
    Italy
    Argentina


    the US getting a draw with England would be a near-miracle. We could only hope it would excite the soccer world in the US.
    probably not., however.
  • DeyDurkie5
    for a country that prides itself on dominating professional sports, you would expect the world cup to bring out a lot of closet fans or at least pretender fans so we have at least a decent following.

    Besides that point favorites are Spain and Brazil, with Argentina as my sleeper just because of one person.
  • Sage
    We're taking England's chain and you can take that to the bank.
  • Automatik
    Just bought 2010 FIFA WC South Africa for PS3.....nastyyyyy game! I've been doin' the damn thing all day with Côte d'Ivoire!!
  • Sage
    Yea Drogba is just undefendable in that game. I roll with my dudes, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon!!!!
  • Automatik
    Rooney is also a beast. Right now I'm doin' the FIFAWC Online mode as the US. I was in a group with Holland, Brazil, and Spain....barely made it through.
  • 3reppom
    Automatik wrote: Rooney is also a beast. Right now I'm doin' the FIFAWC Online mode as the US. I was in a group with Holland, Brazil, and Spain....barely made it through.
    that is a group of death right there
  • Automatik
    Got waxed in the knockout round. The online feature are awesome on the new game. In WC mode you choose a country and wins go towards that country's point total and it keeps track of everyone online. So it randomly adds you to a group and then go from there.

    I have no idea how but Algeria is #1 right now and Japan #2.
  • hoops23
    lol^ I've been thinking about picking it up.
  • rock_knutne
    A bit off topic but this is an interesting article about how far in debt La Liga is:

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=788913&sec=europe&cc=5901

    They'd better get their books in line or risk the same fate that crippled Serie A, which is just now starting to climb out of it's hole.
  • Laley23
    rock_knutne wrote: A bit off topic but this is an interesting article about how far in debt La Liga is:

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=788913&sec=europe&cc=5901

    They'd better get their books in line or risk the same fate that crippled Serie A, which is just now starting to climb out of it's hole.
    Yeah, its not good. 2 teams make a profit who will be back next year. The 3rd team was relegated. Valencia will certainly have a much better chance with the sales of Silva and Villa, as will Sevilla with 2 straight CL pay-checks. But the rest of the league is in some serious trouble.
  • gorocks99
    LOVE this new Nike commercial:

  • cbus4life
    gorocks99 wrote: LOVE this new Nike commercial:

    Freaking awesome, love it!
  • Laley23
    My friend posted that on my FB wall yesterday. It is an amazing commercial.

  • Automatik
    Damn can Nike make commercial or what! Wow!
  • Laley23
    In case you missed any of the SportsCenter 32 Nations previews that they have done.

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/teams?b&cc=5901&ver=us
  • Automatik
    I just watched a few....pretty cool. Is it just me or does Djimon Hounsou scare anyone else?

    CL final today. I'm going with Inter 2-0
  • Laley23
    Automatik wrote: I just watched a few....pretty cool. Is it just me or does Djimon Hounsou scare anyone else?

    CL final today. I'm going with Inter 2-0
    Ever since "GIVE US, US FREE!" Ive been scared of that man. Then when he went ape shit in Blood Diamond I knew my thoughts were warranted.

    Inter 2 or 3 to nil. But Ill be rooting my ass off for the opposite outcome!
  • Laley23
    BTW, if anyone doesnt understand the "Total Football" theory watch the Netherlands clip on the link I posted. It explains what it is and how it came to be. Johan Cruyff brought it to Barcelona after he played in it for the Dutch and after Ajax perfected it (winning the European Cup). It is my favorite style of soccer, so I try to plug it often :D. Simply a joy to watch that style. Barcelona is the only team I think that plays that way outside of Netherlands (in the major leagues at least).
  • Automatik
    Arsenal plays a style of it, depends who they have on though, but yeah Barca is the only team I know that solely plays that style.

    Cryuff turn was the first "move" I learned in my brief intramural soccer days lol
  • Laley23
    Automatik wrote: Arsenal plays a style of it, depends who they have on though real, but yeah Barca is the only team I know that solely plays that style.

    Cryuff turn was the first "move" I learned in my brief intramural soccer days lol
    yeah, that is such a sick, yet extremely easy to execute, move. YOur right I did forget about Arsenal to an extent. Not quite complete Total Football, but it is a style of it. Especially thier forwards/mids being intertwined. With Barca, you really see it as all 4 defenders make runs with and without the ball into the opposing teams 18 yard box.