World Cup 2010 Thread!!!

pla101prc

Senior Member
spainish football is the most joyful to watch...i mean you have a team so full of talents that cesc fabregas has to sit on the bench for most of the tournament.
 

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
Spains another country that under achieves when it comes to the world cup. I hope they don't prove me wrong this time.
 

Red Moon

Junior Member
He He, My favourite two teams are still in it Germany and Holland.

Germany are mentally tough and ruthlessly efficient. What I like about this German team is, it lacks a superstar, and all the players work as a team. Actually I believe the German team has a high percentage of mixed nationals in the team.
Actually, I had been thinking the Brazilian team had this attribute (no superstars), or at least, that this is the effect Dunga was trying to achieve. It's true that, in a way, all of the Brazilian players are superstars, but the coach has, for a couple of years, been leaving out many of the most famous names, and also avoiding publicity, in order to impose discipline. Four years ago, a different coach (Parreira) recruited a much higher level of individual talent and they couldn't do sh*t.
 

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
Actually, I had been thinking the Brazilian team had this attribute (no superstars), or at least, that this is the effect Dunga was trying to achieve. It's true that, in a way, all of the Brazilian players are superstars, but the coach has, for a couple of years, been leaving out many of the most famous names, and also avoiding publicity, in order to impose discipline. Four years ago, a different coach (Parreira) recruited a much higher level of individual talent and they couldn't do sh*t.

The reality with Brazil is that they fell in the first game in which they were really tested. They were unconvincing in the first rounds and against Chile they played a team whose open style, suited them, but when faced with the problem of breaking down teams, Dunga lacked the necessary options to change the way Brazil could play. In this situation the absence of Ronaldinho was costly IMO.
IN the game against the Netherlands when Brazil became disorganised, there was no leadership. Unfortunately there wasnt a Dunga type player in the team to steady the ship.


Aa I mentioned earlier the German team is multi national one.(11 players) I doubt if earler German teams had such a multi national makeup

Miroslav Klose,Trochowski and Lucas Podolski are Polish
Cacau is Brazilian
Gomez has a Spanish parent
Ozil and Tasci are Turkish
Khedira is Tunisian
Marin is a Bosnian Serb
Aogo has a NIgerian parent
Boateng is Ghanian.

Although the German team lacked big stars like the Brazilian team, I wonder if national characteristic and coaching made all the difference.

THe game against Spain should be a good one as they both like to play. This World Cup has produced so many upsets, I wouldnt like to say with any confidence who might win. Although Spain would be the underdogs, it just might be their day to play a brilliant game.


just when england had it bad, argentina's now the top head trophy to display

LOL Thats one consolation for Brazil, not seeing Argentina win the cup
 
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bladerunner

Banned Idiot
Dutch should be proud, but I like the old Dutch team more. However, winning sometime is more important.

IMO take away the Orange shirt and this Netherland team, is nothing like its predecessors.
Cryuff, Krol,Rep,Neeskeens, Gullit and van Basten are miles better than the current players such as Kuyt, Van Bommel, and Robben.

Its not that the team arent good, but with Robben everybit as good as Ronaldo in diving and writhing around pretending to be in pain, and van Bommel,(I consider a dirty player) he will have a go at kicking anything that moves, the team just does'nt have the same classy look about them.
 
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bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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Well... if USA won, you would have done the same thing.

Not really.I'm not a big futbol fan. Besides I'm 56 years old..the only sports team I really care about is the San Diego Chargers....
 

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
Yip the Netherlands are through to the final.
Bronckhorst's long range goal was a beauty, it would have to be one of the goals of the tournament, meanwhile Forlans long range equaliser was pretty good as well.

Meanwhile Germanys pet Octopus has picked Spain to beat them.
 

ravenshield936

Banned Idiot
Yip the Netherlands are through to the final.
Bronckhorst's long range goal was a beauty, it would have to be one of the goals of the tournament, meanwhile Forlans long range equaliser was pretty good as well.

Meanwhile Germanys pet Octopus has picked Spain to beat them.

yea and that worried me
however since i take psychology, from a scientific point of view, Paul may be color blind, or even it's classical conditioning where Paul learned to grab food from the box marked with stripes or whatever
anyways yea now im worried
i just hope Paul is wrong as he was wrong about germany winning the eurocup
 
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pla101prc

Senior Member
if you guys have not realized, this is one world cup that broke all the precedents...
so i am guessing whoever wins the world cup, there is a likelihood that it is a team that has never won it before
 

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
if you guys have not realized, this is one world cup that broke all the precedents...
so i am guessing whoever wins the world cup, there is a likelihood that it is a team that has never won it before


If the octopus is right and Germany gets beaten, means the two finalists have never won the cup before. Actually thats pretty cool really.
 
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