Official World Cup Soccer Thread

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sdifox

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GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
Great Dutch shot

about 22 yard out

bad goalkeeping
 

Zargon

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my ancestors are through!(part dutch) they are all I got since the swedes didnt qualify


and of course USA. who better beat algeria....
 

Zargon

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I thought refs were bad in hockey, but after seeing Germany-Serbia and US-Slovenia I don't think I'll ever complain again.

You'd think the Cardman from Spain would be tough to beat, but then comes this moron from Mali. There was the imaginary hand ball, loads of missed/wrong calls, and then he tops it off with a disallowed goal when there's like 4 US players being held in the box... And he can't even tell anyone what his call is? What a joke.


Im sorry but cardman was great


tackles from behind are SUPPOSED TO BE CARDS


you want more offense? stop letting defenders RAPE strikers constantly, just look at US Slovenia and how badly altidore and co got owned


there are less bad tackles in the spainish league because the refs are more card centric, like they should be


and for the recond someone mentioned the mexico stolen win, I was also a bit appauled at first, but under review it was pretty darn close since the GK came so far out

they are sitting pretty now atleast
 

ShadowOfMyself

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It looked to me that he was pretty sure where the boal was going but suddenly the ball was in the wrong place... Now Ive never tried these balls before but they do look pretty weird to me... Ive been noticing that lots of times the ball will hit the floor and completely change trajectory, like a rugby ball would, and thats not really supposed to happen with a round ball, unless it is spinning ALOT in the opposite direction

So yeah, I doubt he could do much, the ball just betrayed him
 

KMFJD

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Holland didnt really deserve to win that match... Japans goalkeeper was very unlucky, thats all

It was almost a repeat of the Spain-Sui game, except Holland had a lucky goal...they've grinded out two wins now.

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ShadowOfMyself

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No one watching Ghana - Australia? Interesting game... Some Aus player got a red card for stopping a goal with his arm, then Ghana scored with penalty kick (again lol)

Finally a good ref though
 

Spicedaddy

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Im sorry but cardman was great


tackles from behind are SUPPOSED TO BE CARDS


you want more offense? stop letting defenders RAPE strikers constantly, just look at US Slovenia and how badly altidore and co got owned


there are less bad tackles in the spainish league because the refs are more card centric, like they should be


and for the recond someone mentioned the mexico stolen win, I was also a bit appauled at first, but under review it was pretty darn close since the GK came so far out

they are sitting pretty now atleast

He gave a bunch of cards out in the 1st half, but didn't continue in the second half. And while Klose's challenges were from behind, that's a striker on a defender, and not the other way around. Game still ended in a boring 1-0, what was more exciting??

The Mexico goal vs SA was offsides, they got that call right.

The main problem with the reffing is it's incredibly uneven from one game to the other. They should stop using refs from all over the place and just use the ones from the major europe leagues.
 

KeithTalent

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What's with the Aussies not being able to keep a full team on the field? They realize this is not Aussie Rules right? :D

KT
 

KeithTalent

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OMFG! :eek: Australia should have had a goal there, what a weak effort with a wide open net.

Nobody watching this?

KT