The Official World Cup Thread

[soccer10k]

It looked like he stepped on the dudes balls on purpose IMO.

 

That's what I saw as well on the replay. Didn't see it at first but the referee was right behind Rooney so he obviously saw it.

 

That was the inevitable Wayne Rooney blowup.

[Marco4]

It looked like he stepped on the dudes balls on purpose IMO.

 

That's what I saw as well on the replay. Didn't see it at first but the referee was right behind Rooney so he obviously saw it.

 

That was the inevitable Wayne Rooney blowup.

 

He didn't help himself by shoving Ronaldo straight afterwards, either.

[soccer10k]

Penalties.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Both keepers wearing Nike Gloves, that's how you know neither aren't that great.

 

EDIT: Ricardo has the short sleeved jersey though, so I'll pick England.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lampard might as well have screamed "I'm going to the right!". Anyone in the stadium could see that.

[Marco4]

Lampard might as well have screamed "I'm going to the right!". Anyone in the stadium could see that.

He's had an appalling tournament. That was a continuation.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Great coverage by Robinson.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

And then he shuffles himself out of the next one. What was that? Edited July 1, 2006 by Transmogrified Tiger

[Marco4]

Well, this particular show is over.

[soccer10k]

I knew I shouldn't have predicted a penalty kick shootout victory for England. I had the correct shootout score but with England winning.

 

Also, somebody must have smacked Dave O'Brien and told him it was Cristiano Ronaldo and not Cristian Ronaldo.

[mjohnson71]

Is it just me or did the English players look like they didn't want to be there during the penalty kicks?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Portugal and Brazil would potentially be an interesting match, colony v. mother country.

[Marco4]

All four of England's penalties were saveable; and nobody looked confident, you're right.

[Marco4]

Portugal and Brazil would potentially be an interesting match, colony v. mother country.

 

:) - Like the big brother of Portugal vs. Angola from earlier in the tournament.

[UMFan83]

Portugal and Brazil would potentially be an interesting match, colony v. mother country.

 

:) - Like the big brother of Portugal vs. Angola from earlier in the tournament.

 

Yeah but this time, little bro is going to win

[UMFan83]

Predictions for the finals? Seems destined to be Germany vs. Brazil

[soccer10k]

It was just like the Germany-Argentina game. Ricardo guessed correctly on each kick just like Lehman did yesterday. Like others said, England didn't look like they wanted to win the shootout.

[UMFan83]

LOL NSFW wikipedia edit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo

 

Ronaldo first cheated on an amateur team, Andorinha, where his father was the cheating co-ordinator man, when he was just eight years old. There, the team's coach, Rui Santos, noticed Ronaldo's emotional responses to losses, and encouraged him to cheat [www.bbc.co.uk/news]. After Portugal's stunning loss to Greece in Euro 2004, Ronaldo wanked on the pitch [www.bbc.co.uk/news], and Santos, who was watching, remembered how Ronaldo would {profanity} himself [www.itv.com] when his team lost.

Edited July 1, 2006 by UMFan83

[soccer10k]

Predictions for the finals? Seems destined to be Germany vs. Brazil

 

Since my original prediction (Brazil-Argentina) isn't going to work out, I'm going with Brazil-Italy. Italy hasn't allowed an opponent to score a goal (though they did score on themselves) in the tournament. Either way, the Germany-Italy game is going to be very entertaining as will the Brazil-France and whoever Portugal plays in the semis.

[USSoccer]

Lampard and Gerrard were terrible the entire tournament.

 

England have a mental block when it comes to penalties.

 

Christiano Ronaldo is a really, really good player.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Predictions for the finals? Seems destined to be Germany vs. Brazil

 

To me, they're the two most likable teams left in the tournament(which isn't saying a lot). On the other hand, that was the final in the last World Cup, but I think I'd rather see a repeat.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fun fact of the day:

 

Since the World Cup expanded to 16 team elimination round in 86, only the Mexicans in '86(Round of 8) and the US in '94(didn't advance) did not make it to the semi-finals.

[soccer10k]

Fun fact of the day:

 

Since the World Cup expanded to 16 team elimination round in 86, only the Mexicans in '86(Round of 8) and the US in '94(didn't advance) did not make it to the semi-finals.

 

The US made it to the round of 16 in 1994 and lost to Brazil.

 

EDIT: Nevermind. After rereading it I'm assuming you meant that the US didn't win a game in the elimination stage.

[Jon]

Huh, apparently Zidane is retiring after this WC. I hadn't heard.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fun fact of the day:

 

Since the World Cup expanded to 16 team elimination round in 86, only the Mexicans in '86(Round of 8) and the US in '94(didn't advance) did not make it to the semi-finals.

 

The US made it to the round of 16 in 1994 and lost to Brazil.

 

EDIT: Nevermind. After rereading it I'm assuming you meant that the US didn't win a game in the elimination stage.

 

Actually no, I misread the results I was looking at.

 

Pretty remarkable though.