The 2010 World Cup

[philbeeney]

There's a Little Portugal in Toronto?

There sure is. You should come and visit some time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Portugal,_Toronto

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Italy,_Toronto

Disclaimer: I'm English so I might go and have an Italian meal tonight. ;-)

 

[NathanCH]

Hondas goal was the reason why they showing that game over holland one

Hehe ya

Finally a great free kick from distance in this WC!

 

[Reventon]

Go Japan!

 

[NathanCH]

Wow!

Do not allow Japan to have a free kick!

 

[AAPLaday]

First one was like Ronaldo second one like Beckham!!!!!

 

[anjinha]

There sure is. You should come and visit some time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Portugal,_Toronto

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Italy,_Toronto

Disclaimer: I'm English so I might go and have an Italian meal tonight. ;-)

Ohhh, that's awesome.

But you know what's even cooler? We have an actual "Little Portugal" in Portugal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_dos_Pequenitos and http://www.portugaldospequenitos.pt/index.php/english/Historia.html

 

[Furi Kuri]

Wow! Those free kicks were spectacular.

 

[Reventon]

Nice Dutch goal as well.. to be expected, though they don't need to win this one.

 

[oscillatewildly]

As I said in an earlier post, Denmark has the defence.

 

[Reventon]

D'oh! Not a good penalty.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Gr8 to see Robben back on the pitch!
He made a nice move and hit the post from which Huntelaar subsequently scored.

2-1 now

 

[Reventon]

目的!

3-1 now! Great show by Japan.

 

[BoyBach]

Great performance by the Japanese tonight.

Good to see them playing in All Black too. They should make that their permanent home kit.

They should also perform the Haka before kickoff.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

They should also perform the Haka before kickoff.

It wouldn't look very good with 11 lean, white men doing it. It would look like a weird aerobics class.

 

[Silencio]

As I said in an earlier post, Denmark has the defence.

Didn't help that Kjaer wasn't playing. But Sørensen was pretty shocking all game long. The post saved him from a Seaman-esque howler in the second half, and his reaction was very poor for Japan's third goal.

I'm still buzzing from the Italy / Slovakia match. Easily the most exciting contest in this World Cup so far, and I'm well pleased with the result. If Italy had played all game with the same urgency they had in the last 20 minutes when Pirlo came on, things might've been different.

Also, kudos to Howard Webb for doing an excellent job refereeing a very intense match. (An English ref does a good job!?! Whaaaaaaat?)

And congratulations to the All Whites! You guys carried yourselves very well in this World Cup. See you again in four years -- the benefit of being in a very easy qualifying group.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Also, kudos to Howard Webb for doing an excellent job refereeing a very intense match. (An English ref does a good job!?! Whaaaaaaat?)

The Guardian clearly disagreed.

And congratulations to the All Whites! You guys carried yourselves very well in this World Cup. See you again in four years -- the benefit of being in a very easy qualifying group.

It's true they are probably only here because their confederation got reshuffled, but the upshot is they will get better because they will be playing in more world cups.

 

[Nieval]

I'm still buzzing from the Italy / Slovakia match. Easily the most exciting contest in this World Cup so far, and I'm well pleased with the result. If Italy had played all game with the same urgency they had in the last 20 minutes when Pirlo came on, things might've been different.

I completely agree, excellent match. It also made me wonder, was the last world cup a fluke? Or does Pirlo really make all that difference? Analysing the differences between this Italy and the Italy of 4 years ago would make an interesting debate.

 

[awmazz]

That is the only thing you have said in this thread I can agree on wholeheartedly...

-J.-

So we disagree on handballs in the box being penalized based on interpretation on whether it's deliberate or not (depending if you're supporting Germany or Australia)...

But how's about Van Der Vaart's handball against Cameroon for the penalty? Why does he only get a yellow but Kewell gets a straight red? The rule is it's yellow only if the player handles for the purpose of preventing an opponent from gaining possession, this was not the case as it was heading goalwards straight from the free kick. Stopping a shot (as per Kewell) as Van Der vaart did is a straight red. No interpretation, it's the rule. But it wasn't applied.

Also, kudos to Howard Webb for doing an excellent job refereeing a very intense match. (An English ref does a good job!?! Whaaaaaaat?)

Haha, nobody could ever top Poll's performance of giving three yellow cards to a Croat player in 2006.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Important news!

The FA have pleasingly confirmed that England will once again wear all red when we take on Germany this Sunday.



Ooo, lovely.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

The FA have pleasingly confirmed that England will once again wear all red when we take on Germany this Sunday.

That guarantees a good performance from Gerrard then.

 

[awmazz]

The FA have pleasingly confirmed that England will once again wear all red when we take on Germany this Sunday.

Something missing from that kit... can't quite put my finger on it..

I know! A Carlsberg logo. Or is it Standard Chartered now?

 

[Jaffa Cake]

That guarantees a good performance from Gerrard then.

Why? It doesn't in the Premier League.



Tap in.

 

[smwatson]

Hey strangers!

 

[Jaffa Cake]

We do seem to perform better in red, it's not good seeing a load of white shirted buffoons running around uselessly. It reminds me too much of Leeds Unite...

Hey strangers!

Oh, er... hello.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Tap in.

Oi!

By the way, I love all the silly nicknames the England boys have for each other...they come across all Jeeves and Wooster.