WC: All but US matches

ESP v SUI

ESP 0-1 SUI
Fan freakin tastic DEEE-FENCE!
Sorry got carried away and posted score.. then it took forever to get the edit screen.. still, GREAT second half

That's what soccer's all about.
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Jabulani:
Something struck me yesterday while watching a match.

Look how the ball flies on a pass v how it flies on a hard shot.
There's an arc trajectory that's long but still arc.

On a long shot, that ball looks like it just freakin kicks in a small afterburner.. I mean it looks like it's gonna start falling but just keeps climbing over the goal.

 

RE: ESP v SUI

An odd concept, Swiss as an international power. Almost as crazy as the United States beiong the same.

BUT, the Swiss have quite a crop of youngsters coming up.

 

Way too much gets put in to the result of one game. Spain, like everybody else, is beatable on any given night. They dominated the game against SUI, but simply failed to put the game away by scoring some goals.

SUI have some young talent coming up, but I think that's true of all the middling Euro countries every once in a while. It waxes and wanes from place to place, I think. Hopefully Senderos' injury wasn't too bad though. Always liked Gelson Fernandes... definitely a Fulham type of player. A shorter version of Etuhu and not at the world class level of Mascherano. A Swiss Ricardo Clark really (or Cape Verdian RC).

I'm just glad teams aren't getting blown out left and right. I really thought this was going to be one of the weakest World Cups as far as back end type teams like North Korea and New Zealand, but they're performing admirably so far.

 

funny, because all the announcers wont shut up about his "failure" at united.

seriously, you'd think they'd know what he did to both liverpool and fulham JUST LAST MONTH

 

Forlan is a lovely player, and in top form. Uruguay have played well in their first two games.

 

It's too damn bad that I kind of like how he carries himself. I want to be sick of him, yet there is something professional about him. I hoped he had a terrible toothache for breaking my heart, but I'm over it now.

 

I think Don was speaking rhetorically.. Just as when he expresses his delight in North Korea.

I mean let's look at that group: Out of France, Mexico, Uruguay and SA.. just who do you expect to get left behind, again?

 

The Nigerian that got the red card is probably walking home as we speak. They should have taken the lead in the second half anyway, but come out 2-1 losers and are on life support.

Argentina looked like they've figure out the ball. South Korea had a golden opportunity to tie it at 2, but missed it and were punished for playing at Argentina's tempo.

 

That was like watching a mere mortal try to race Usain Bolt in the 100. You might be able to stay with him for the first 10-20 yards, but after that, maybe you should have picked a different race and pace altogether.

 

**** you France. You're ****ing worthless. Go **** yourselves.

 

Karma is a bitch, eh France?

 

Me neither. In my mind that's what makes the Mexico victory so sweet...live by the sword, die by the sword.

 

What a great story about the Hernandez kid who scored today, and whose grandfather scored for Mexico against France in 1954.

 

I was tongue in cheek too.

Who did I expect to go through? Mexico and S Africa. One out of two ain't bad.

 

At the 2002 WC this was exactly what I screamed when Senegal scored against them in the first game of the tournament that year... early in the morning.

They're just as bad this tourney as well. They just don't like playing outside of Europe, I think.

 

Clearly offsides? Enh... it was close. And there was at least some contact on the penalty. Mexico deserved the win, I think. They were all over France.

 

GER v Serb

Damn! This guy is single handedly ruining what had been a well reffed tournament.

The PK tho... what's is a guy THINKING to try to get his hand on that ball..
THEN Germany misses the PK????