World Cup, bitches
 

Maybe I'm just so into soccer because I'm really good at it.


Anyways, World Cup. Who watches it, who just brushes off the recaps?
Who do you want to win, who do you think will win?
Who do you hate?
Slander away!


Anyways, I'm obliged to want England to win, because if I dont, my brother-in-law (who's English, duh) will skin me alive. Other than that, I want Serbia & Montenegro to win, just because it's not a country anymore. So I think it would be awesome to see them try decide which country won it, because they split up after qualifying for the world Cup.

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I don't watch, but a coworker of mine took off work on Friday to watch it. He's from Mexico so he's a big Mexico fan naturally.

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LETS GO SWEDEN!

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Sweden has a soccer team?

Did they put it together themselves?



Sadly, thats the best I can do. :(

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I have a gut feeling Brazil WON'T win, mark my words fellow GT people.

My 2 teams I am supporting are Australia and Italy. Should be interesting how Australia goes.

Are there any German members on GT? God your country must be going off right now!

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My cousin lives in England, and scored tickets to this thing a year ago or something. So yeah, go England.

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Sweden actually has a few good players. I was talking to my dad about some of the teams, and since he is really into the European and English leagues, he was telling me about all of the players from the English league teams that are on the different teams in the world cup. Apparently Sweden has a really good Striker, but that's all I remember at the moment.

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Ha, no, I know. They're not bad.


I think it's a joke how the US is ranked 4th in the world. They're not even close. It's because Fifa has a stupid way of ranking. They determine by games played in your area, and win percentage, or something. So obviously The US doesnt have much competition, considering it's really just Canada, Mexico, and some Island countries.

Thank god fifa recognized this and is changing the rule next year.

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The first Dutch match sucked.... it was hot and slow... and Dutch gameplay is boring to watch.

I missed our guilds first Nefarian (big bad-ass dragon) kill! :mad:

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/me awakens from slumber

...

Wha... soccer? You woke me up for that?

/me mumbles incoherently and goes back to bed

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:stupid:

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One thing i cant stand about soccer is if one player gets tripped or something by another, he acts as is his leg is broken and then is up and playing 5-10 minutes later. They over act the injury so much.

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Yeah I hate that too.
Watch the german soccer training btw: http://www.ongein.nl/ongein/item.aspx?id=4451

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I saw a segment on the news which poses the question of when people are going to stop making fun of Germany for losing WWII at the World Cup.

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That'd be either Larsson who plays for Barcelona, Ibrahimovic who plays for Juventus, or Allback who plays for FC Copenhagen....maybe Ljungberg from Arsenal.

...and I think Typh's joke was about how IKEA is a Swedish company and you usually have to put the furniture together yourself...which I did yesterday actually ( a cabinet).

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Oh lol now I get his joke. :D

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Australia wins 3-1
Italy wins 2-0

Woo hoo

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1) They beat Japan. At soccer. That's like being proud of beating Africa in the space race.

2) It was agains Ghana. Where the **** is ghana?

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tsk tsk a bit angry, for reasons unknown.

1) It's Australia's first world cup, hence their first world cup game victory.

2) Ghana is in Western Africa.

What team are you supporting? I heard Canada have a good team this time around?

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1) I know it was. But that doesnt take the point away it was from Japan.

2) I know where it actually is. The question was rhetorical. Sarcastic, if you will.

3) I am supporting England, having my brother-in-law be from there and all.

4) Making fun of Canada for noty having a good soccer team is like me making fun of you for not having a good hockey team. It just doesnt hit home the same.

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aussie aussie aussie

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Guus Hiddink! :D

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It probably isn't Ljunberg, he's a midfielder. I'm guessing Ibrahimovic. :) He's the best of the three.

Oh, and Typh, Japan isn't that bad really. Neither is Ghana. And as Bobcat said, It's Australia's second time in the cup.

Me, I want the Netherlands to win. Only if I had some money to buy their shirts... Love that orange.. :D

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I was referring to Larsson then. I also knew that there was a player on Sweden from Arsenal, because that's my dad's favorite British club team.

And thanks for clearing up Typhoid's joke, if that is infact what what he was referring to.


I also have another comment about the World Cup. I kind of hate how safe they play it. It's almost as if they are more worried about losing than they are about winning. It's probably because of all the **** that might go down when they return to their countries after losing. I wish that they would go out a little bit more and stop playing it SO safe.

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Well obviously they arent bad if they're in the world cup.
But considering the other teams you have, Ghana is ****.
They are about 231 to 1, to win the world cup.


And you people dont know soccer fans well. I'm saying things to get on peoples nerves. Thats what soccer fans do to opposing fans. :confused:

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Yes, yes, true, opposing sides do try to get on each other's nerves, but how are we on opposing sides? I'd only get mad if you were saying something about Turkey, and we're not even in the tournament :D <---That's a good topic to start :p

What about the three goals from the Czechs? There would've been even more if Koller hadn't been injured.. :)

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I say Turkey should be in there more than the US. 4th place my ass.

I dont think it would have been more than 3, because someone would probably point a finger and say it's poor sportsmanship for running up the score. I've never seen a problem with that though. You're on the field to do your best at all times, for the full 90. So why would you let up because you're winning 9-1 or something?

And right now I'm waiting for the Brazil/Croatia game. I've always liked Croatia; For no other reason than their jerseys are frickin' awesome. But I think Brazil's going to feed them their own asses.


PS. Is it just me, or does Ronaldinho look like a lizard?

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4th place?

I don't think anybody tells teams to stop scoring. In the end, when two teams have the same points, it's all down to goal difference. If your able to score 10, then you should.

I've been looking forward to the Brazil game as well, but my damn finals keep me from watching it.. Maybe the last 30 minutes or so..

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USA is ranked 4th in the world. Fifa noticed this and is changing the ranking policy next year.

And I've had/heard of coaches saying, for sportsmanship reasons, not to runthe score up because it makes your team seem like a bunch of *******s.

And I think you should watch the second half, it's a good game, and the first is over in 10.

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Watched the last 10 minutes of the first half, saw the goal (which was great, btw), and plan on watching the second half as well. But Brazil aren't that good from what I've seen..

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Yeah it was a nice shot.


And Brazil isnt that bad, dont take anything away from Croatia, they're pretty good defensively. They just dont really have anyone that can "finish".


Edit: I lol'd at your sig, Bube.

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It sucks a little :) But I was trying to get in the World Cup mood a few weeks ago and I made it out of boredom.

Speaking of +10, it reminded me of Djibril Cissé.. Broke his leg in a friendly match against China.. I really wanted to watch him.. damn..

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Czech Republic looks very strong. I am tipping them to make it in the semi's at least.

These days soccer is quite interesting, who would have thought South Korea would have gotten so far last world cup? They beat Italy and Spain!
They are very fast, and attack constantly! Great to see a change happening, always fun to watch.

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Yes, the Czechs are very good this year. It wouldn't surprise me if they even won. And don't say it can't happen. Greece won the European championships.

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True. Italy's team is the best it's had in 20 years. They are very strong atm. They beat Germany 3-1 and Holland 3-1 in friendlies also

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Who the hell lit the fire under Spain's ass?

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Didn't watch the match, I wish I had though.. Damn finals :p

Was Ukraine bad, or Spain very good?

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Well, Ukraine is bad at this level regardless, but one of their players (I believe) got a red fairly early on.

But Spain played really good.


PS. Poland just got their asses handed to them by Germany in the 91st. Soccer-ly speaking, this time.

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Go Trinidad and Tabago!!!!!!!!!!!! WOot woot

They drawed with Sweden and they are from the Caribbean!!! Which I'm a part of :)

TRINIDAD TO WIN THE WORLD CUP!!!!

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Was watching Ukraine vs Spain. 2 deflections it seemed that confused the keeper both times , but Spain are playing better than previous times.

Ukraine didn't play so well.