World Cup South Africa 2010

[thedestinedblade]

Gyan must feel terrible. A chance to send your team to the semifinals, and he blows it. That was a crazy game. Suarez made the right play after all, lol.

 

[Nikorasu]

Hopefully holland or spain, i have a sweepstake with them :P

 

[seal]

You have to feel so sorry for poor Asamoah Gyan and for Ghana.

 

[Eruption]

It'll get even better after this, Spain V Paraguay & Germany V Argentina, bound to see some good attacking play.

I wonder what the odds would be on a Paraguay-Uruguay final.

 

[Fire Wolf]

YAY! Uruguay qualify for the semis. Now, we just have to upset Netherlands to reach the final after a... loooooooooong time.

I feel bad for Gyan and Ghana, sadly they couldnt be the first african team in the semis, but whatever, Uruguay qualified in the end :D

Suarez was sent off late in the game. Does that mean he'll miss the semis?

Nuke, a Uruguay-Paraguay final would be the battle of the Guay's ;D

 

[jjeangi]

They're won't be a war, but their might be a riot. I forget which one it was, but there was a huge riot in South America a while ago over a match.... Uruguay vs. Paraguay, eh? Not happening...

I've been right so far about the Quarters....Hopefully Germany beats Argentina and Spain beats Paraguay.

I was soooooo ecstatic today about the Dutch winning..I'm sure you all know by know, they're my favorite team..by far.

And yes, Suarez will miss the Semis, which will be a huge advantage for the Dutch even though they're better than Uruguay by far..

I think the finals will be Netherlands and Spain but if it is Netherlands and Germany, that'll be incredible. The Holland-Germany rivalry is just as strong as the Brazil-Argentina rivalry...

 

[loliwin]

I bet the Netherlands will suffer (maybe a lot? lol) if Wes Sneijder is red carded or something in the semis. I see him scoring all the goals for the dutch. >_>

 

[jjeangi]

I mean they'd suffer but the roster is pretty deep...He's never been red carded in an international.

I'm surprised he's been the one scoring most of the goals. In qualifying, Robben and Van Persie contributed much more than he did...

But if Robben had been there from the start, I think he might've been the one who's scored more goals.

 

[Fire Wolf]

Predictions:
Uruguay vs. Ghana
Netherlands vs. Brazil

Germany vs. Argentina
Paraguay vs. Spain

Yeah, I really think that Paraguay will beat Spain.

Both my predictions have gone wrong till now. I delibrately predicted against the team I was supporting so I don't jinx them. Now I'm hoping that Germany beat Argentina and I don't care about the Paraguay vs Spain.

 

[jjeangi]

I don't really care about PAR vs. ESP either....I predicted a Spain win, but I hope Paraguay upsets them because I really don't want to see Spain in the final...

They'd be the Dutch's biggest challenge. Spain's defense awesome. And I'm not using that world lightly, it really is world class.

Villa would be able to exploit the Dutch's "decent" defense.

 

[Fire Wolf]

I want a Uruguay vs. Germany final, but that probably won't happen as Uruguay won't probably beat Netherlands.

 

[jjeangi]

If Uruguay beat the Netherlands, I honestly think they would get owned in the final by any of the remaining teams left, except for Paraguay.

 

[Fire Wolf]

Well, if Uruguay beat Netherlands, they can win the world cup as if they could beat Netherlands, they could pretty much beat any team remaining, except for probably Spain.

 

[jjeangi]

If they beat the Netherlands, that'll be a shocker. The Netherlands are ranked 3rd in the world, Spain is 2nd. (ELO rankings) You're saying that they could beat all the other highly ranked teams but Spain would be an exception?

Of course, any team can be beaten but still..Upsets happen...

But to say they would beat the other teams the same way they beat the Netherlands? That's utterly ridiculous...

So they could beat Netherlands, but couldn't beat Spain which is really close to the Dutch in terms of rankings and ranking points?

The teams left are pretty different...

Beating the Netherlands doesn't mean that they could beat any team remaining. Each match will be different...I mean do you seriously think people thought Switzerland would win the world cup after upsetting Spain, or even get very far? They surely couldn't beat Chile the way they beat Spain.

I'm not trying to start and argument or anything but man....

 

[seal]

I'm afraid I have to think Netherlands will beat Uruguay. I just don't see Uruguay in the Final quite like I do the Netherlands.

 

[Logan]

I can't help but believe that this will be Holland's year.

 

[Eruption]

If Netherlands get to the final but lose, that'd be the third time they were runner up without winning wouldn't it?

Its about time they won.

 

[WonderGirl]

Yes, and all the white South Africans will be really happy if they do since they speak the same language and support the Netherlands.

 

[Fire Wolf]

Germany 1-0 Argentina!

Mueller scores in the third minute to give the Germans the the lead. Now I hope Argentina don't pull off a Netherlands like comeback.

 

[Eruption]

Germany 1-0 Argentina!

Mueller scores in the third minute to give the Germans the the lead. Now I hope Argentina don't pull off a Netherlands like comeback.

That'll make it interesting.

Argentina were sure to be the more attacking team and now we'll see their world class attack probably go at Germany's weakest area (defence of course) until they score.

Germany could bag more on the counter attack if Argentina don't take care (like against us).