World Cup South Africa 2010 Page 34

Started by Eruption May 27th, 2010 12:20 PM
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Who will win?

zirico

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I personally hate the World cup. Just a bunch of overpaid idiots kicking a ball. Sorry, that's just how I feel. I don't think anyone playing a game should be paid that amount especially with poor people in the world!! As I said my own opinion!!
Like it or not it's the way the world works. Talented people rise to the top and get paid more, the same goes for actors, musicians even nintendo themselves. That's how it works and footballers have to work hard to get to where they are and they are there because they are the best at what they do. I don't have a problem with it really.

And using the amount players get paid as a reason for not enjoying football is stupid, pretentious and ignorant. Besides players don't get payed for playing at the world cup.

Also calling all footballers idiots makes you seem very immature and predjudice.

Ivysaur

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¡VIVA CHILE ESPAÑA, MIERDA!

I've got a bunch of Chile supporters next to my house and they are still celebrating XD Everybody is happy so I guess it was a good result in the end.

We didn't play as well as we expected at the beginning but at least we scored with relative ease so it's all fine. We finish topping the group so we'll avoid Brazil. Mission accomplished.

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I guess that:

Uruguay Vs South Korea
Argentina Vs Mexico
Ghana Vs USA
England Vs Germany
Netherlands Vs Slovakia
Paraguay Vs Japan
Brazil Vs Chile
Spain Vs Portugal

Next:

Uruguay - USA
Netherlands - Brazil
Argentina - Germany
Spain - Japan :(

Semifinals:

Spain - Argentina
Netherlands - Uruguay

Final:

Netherlands - Argentina - Hmm...I'm really confused :)
Sup.

Droidz

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What I'm hoping for.

Uruguay Vs South Korea
Argentina Vs Mexico
Ghana Vs USA
England Vs Germany
Netherlands Vs Slovakia
Paraguay Vs Japan
Brazil Vs Chile
Spain Vs Portugal

Please Portugal don't lose to Spain >_<

Eruption

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Spain won -.- Portugal will lose in the next round for sure, since we don't have Nuno Gomes to score another 'superb' goal against Spain like he did in 2004.
Ronaldo will always be there for the superb goals.

Predictions:

Uruguay Vs South Korea
Argentina Vs Mexico
Ghana Vs USA
England Vs Germany
Netherlands Vs Slovakia
Paraguay Vs Japan
Brazil
Vs Chile
Spain Vs Portugal
I suppose I'll go,

Uruguay Vs South Korea
Argentina Vs Mexico
Ghana Vs USA
England Vs Germany
Netherlands Vs Slovakia
Paraguay Vs Japan (I'll go for extra time/penalties here, I like the look of both teams so don't know who to pick)
Brazil Vs Chile (Chile could surprise you though)
Spain Vs Portugal
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Me please.

Uruguay Vs South Korea - Well.
Argentina Vs Mexico - I seriously am stuck. Both teams attack brilliantly, and both defend pretty poorly.
Ghana Vs USA - Ghana should be too much for USA.
England Vs Germany - Heart over head to be honest.
Netherlands Vs Slovakia - CONTROVERSY. I think Slovakia will shock, Holland, despite winning all their games, have been pretty poor.
Paraguay Vs Japan - Paraguay looked pretty classy, whereas I don't think that Japan have the quality needed to go far.
Brazil Vs Chile - Just. Chile are a good team, could shock.
Spain Vs Portugal - Portugal actually look good this year...Spain don't IMO.
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I was so pumped up by that game, and I hardly know anything about soccer. :P Ghana played really well, their defense was frustrating. I wish the US had won, but oh well. I think I need to pay more attention to this sport.

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Ivysaur

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Very good. Now I expect Uruguay to reach the semis. I'd be really happy if they were in the final.

The US looked really well during the second half, but they died down with the equalizer. They should have kept pushing longer.

Moment of the match: Howard and Kingson fighting for the ball.
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My predictions and explanations:

Uruguay vs South Korea - Not a prediction because the match already occured.

Argentina vs Mexico - I didn't think Diego's Argentina would be that good because of their poor performances and almost not qualifying during the qualifiers, but held together by Lionel's play-making abilities, I'm confident that Argentina SHOULD win, but it is highly possible that Mexico could shock. In fact, if it happens, I wouldn't be surprised. Dos Santos could help lead Mexico to a win. To be fair we've seen that the Argentina's defending is very shakey at times. If Mexico can exploit that then who knows, but obviously Argentina's attack is far superior to Mexico's. But we shall see. I'll give Argentina the narrow edge.

Ghana vs USA - Not a prediction because the match already occured.

England vs Germany - Germany will win, nightmare draw for England, just shows you how important winning the group was. Germany just really matches up well against England. Ozil's precision passing along the midfield will burden England for sure. They will have problems containing Germany in the midfield with no true and internationally tested holding midfielder. Schweini will have a key role again and he has been massive this season. Although, the game could really go either way. For some reason I think that England (as always) will end up losing in a penalty shoot-out. Unfortunately for England happens all the time.

Netherlands vs Slovakia - Holland, who usually start in great form, were slow starters but are one of the rare teams to have won all their group games at the time being. They face Slovakia who surprised many, if not the whole world, by knocking out Italy. Of course Holland has better players and should win this. However it won't be the first time the Dutch slipped up against lesser opposition, especially when one of the big guns is in the next game, they sometimes overlook the task at hand (e.g. Denmark '92 and Russia '08).

Paraguay vs Japan - Kind of a close call..These teams are very equal in my eyes. But it's time for a South American team to go home. :P I think Japan will edge it out either 2-1, 1-0, or from a free kick (they've been amazing at those this World Cup). Possibly a penalty win.

Brazil vs Chile - Brazil will frustrate the very aggressive Chileans. Brazil plays a very relaxed style of football at time and Chile is always on the attack. Brazilian midfield and defense will frustrate them, and I can see Brazil edging out 2-0 with goals from Luis Fabiano and Robinho.

Spain vs Portugal - On paper, Spain SHOULD bury Portugal in this game, but I really want Spain to go home and Portugal to come out with a big upset and wipe that grin off all of the people that like Spain's face. As much as I don't like Cristiano Ronaldo, I dislike the Spanish national team more. -.- Portugal's defence has not been breached so far, it will be interesting to see how they cope with David Villa. Spain's Torres is SOOOO out of form. Since his injuries, he's put on weight and has gotten a whole lot slower. I think Cesc Fabregras would be more effective than Fernando. Quieroz is a good coach. If he can pack up the midfield like he did against Brazil, and i suspect he was preparing himself and his team for the Spain game, than i wouldn't put it past them to beat us. Spain already play with 4 central midfielders, who all seem to get in each other's way at times, they'll struggle with players like Pepe/ Tiago throwing themselves at every single opportunity in a narrow midfield area. I think Del Bosque will start Torres, just to keep the Portuguese defenders busy, mentally at least, and stick Villa on the left again where he can cut inside.

With Ronaldo on the break, Portugal are very dangerous, especially with Pique's lack of pace. [Albiol] SHOULD be good against him but he's almost never in position.

[EDIT]: Meant to say Albiol not Alves....
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AYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA~
MUKYUKYUKYUKYUKYUKYUKYU~

DAMN.

Seriously, we got shut down. Big time.

We were outrun, and...

You know that saying, "Aim for the head?"

Doesn't work in World Cup soccer.

Come on, USA...


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There isn't one player apart from lahm that could get into the England team, England will thrive under this pressure and the superior team will win. Mark my words!
Yeah, right! That is not true at all. England would love to have Ozil and Miroslav Klose.

If rankings are any indicator of superiority, as you said the superior team, Germany, will win....

Mark my words! -.-
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