2010 World Cup Thread

[Guest]

Whats the over/under on that # of times Mexico fouls Messi?

 

I'd say that there's an 80% chance Marquez gets a red card for a tackle on Messi in the last 10 minutes if Mexico's down at least two, but they're teammates at Barcelona so he might have someone else do his dirty work.

[brinoch]

Whats the over/under on that # of times Mexico fouls Messi?

 

I'd say that there's an 80% chance Marquez gets a red card for a tackle on Messi in the last 10 minutes if Mexico's down at least two, but they're teammates at Barcelona so he might have someone else do his dirty work.

 

It's good that Messi takes most set pieces, because I think they were planning on having Gio Dos Santos cover him otherwise.

[Guest]

Group B getting interesting right away.

 

Nigeria, despite not having any points, would advance with any win and any Argentina win due to better goal differential than both Greece and Korea.

Edited June 22, 2010 by soccer10k

[jersey cubs fan]

is there any incentive for argentina not to draw?

[jersey cubs fan]

That Greek player was reaching out to Messi mid fall.

[CubInOK]

is there any incentive for argentina not to draw?

They're playing like they wanna win.

[UMFan83]

Group B getting interesting right away.

 

Nigeria, despite not having any points, would advance with any win and any Argentina loss due to better goal differential than both Greece and Korea.

 

Wait that doesn't make any sense. How can Nigeria advance if Greece beats Argentina? In that scenario Greece and Argentina both have 6 points and Nigeria 3

[Guest]

is there any incentive for argentina not to draw?

 

None at all. The only way they fail to win the group is if they lose, and even then it would likely have to be by multiple goals since they're at +4 while Greece and Korea are at -1.

Edited June 22, 2010 by soccer10k

[Guest]

Group B getting interesting right away.

 

Nigeria, despite not having any points, would advance with any win and any Argentina loss due to better goal differential than both Greece and Korea.

 

Wait that doesn't make any sense. How can Nigeria advance if Greece beats Argentina? In that scenario Greece and Argentina both have 6 points and Nigeria 3

 

Oops, meant Argentina win. Argentina would have nine and the other three would all have three points.

[Garwilly]

Group B getting interesting right away.

 

Nigeria, despite not having any points, would advance with any win and any Argentina loss due to better goal differential than both Greece and Korea.

 

Wait that doesn't make any sense. How can Nigeria advance if Greece beats Argentina? In that scenario Greece and Argentina both have 6 points and Nigeria 3

 

Had to be a typo. Any Nigeria win and any Argentina win.

[UMFan83]

Group B getting interesting right away.

 

Nigeria, despite not having any points, would advance with any win and any Argentina loss due to better goal differential than both Greece and Korea.

 

Wait that doesn't make any sense. How can Nigeria advance if Greece beats Argentina? In that scenario Greece and Argentina both have 6 points and Nigeria 3

 

Oops, meant Argentina win. Argentina would have nine and the other three would all have three points.

 

Ahh yes I just figured that out. Seems like the most likely outcome at this point but of course as long as Nigeria is beating S. Korea, there is no incentive for Argentina to win.

[UMFan83]

South Korea ties it up blah

[Jon]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

[UMFan83]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

[Guest]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

 

Jon's right, Friday at 1:30 CST for winning Group D and making the quarters, Saturday at 9 CST for finishing 2nd and making the quarters and likely playing Argentina.

[wvcbxl]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

 

Second of group C plays Sunday 06/27 at 16.00 CET

Winner of group C plays Saturday 06/26 at 20.30 CET

[USSoccer]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

 

Jon's right, Friday at 1:30 CST for winning Group D and making the quarters, Saturday at 9 CST for finishing 2nd and making the quarters and likely playing Argentina.

 

1C and 2C play either Sat or Sunday.

[Banedon]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

 

Jon's right, Friday at 1:30 CST for winning Group D and making the quarters, Saturday at 9 CST for finishing 2nd and making the quarters and likely playing Argentina.

 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/bracket

 

Am I misreading something here? No game starts before Saturday by this bracket....

 

EDIT: nevermind...didn't realize he meant quarters...duh.

[Jon]

I was talking about the quarterfinals, not the round of 16.

[Guest]

I believe that if the US advances to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, they'd play on a Friday afternoon. If they advance as the second team out of the group, they'd play on a Saturday morning.

 

The lone negative to avoiding Argentina.

 

I thought I remember reading Saturday or Sunday

 

Saturday and Sunday are the Round of 16 games.

 

Win the group and we would play the second game Saturday and then the second game Friday, July 2 with a Round of 16 win. This would be against either Uruguay or whoever finishes second in Group B.

 

Finish second in the group and we would play the first game Sunday and then first game Saturday July 3 with a Round of 16 win. This would be against either Argentina or Mexico.

Edited June 22, 2010 by soccer10k

[wvcbxl]

I was talking about the quarterfinals, not the round of 16.

 

Forward thinking, I like that. 8-)

[wvcbxl]

South Korea is leading 1-2 btw

[USSoccer]

ARG has 79% possession at the moment.

[Jon]

I was talking about the quarterfinals, not the round of 16.

 

Forward thinking, I like that. 8-)

I've had the 3 group stage matches and the 2 possible round of 16 times marked off on my Outlook calendar for months.

 

But I just remembered that my office is closed on Friday, July 2nd, so doesn't matter to me.

[Jon]

Wow.

 

Double wow.