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The Official World Cup 2006 Thread
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One-all it is then, and Group E is still wide open.
Keller pulled off some fantastic saves to keep the US in it.
Keller pulled off some fantastic saves to keep the US in it.
USA got the most deserved point of the world cup yet. Held on well with 9 men and Italy putting everyone behind the ball.
USA will be cheering Italy on in their next match as their GD is too crap to benefit from Italy-Czech drawing. Oh, the irony of it all.
So where does the USA go from now? Still have a chance to advanced, and is it likely? I don't know much about soccer or the world cup. Just curious.
So you dont like Italy, you roll your eyes at past performances that won them the occasional World Cup game, you dislike footballers who dive, er Italians... any one else on your list? Italian drivers, Ferraris, Milan fashion...MacsRgr8 said:
Anyway, soccer is all about opinions, and, as long as you never ever criticise del pierro, I dont care who you have issues with
I was surprised to see the Totals on Time of Control. I think the USA did well to earn a point with just 9 on the field.MacsRgr8 said:well done USA.
Congrats!
P.S. I wouldn't put any bets that Larrionda stays around. He was disciplined in previous times for calling games "inconsistently".
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haha...
BTW, I DO like Del Pierro!
But, yeah I'm not a Ferrari F1 fan
I love Italian food, though.... does that make up for it?
BTW, I DO like Del Pierro!
But, yeah I'm not a Ferrari F1 fan
I love Italian food, though.... does that make up for it?
All four teams in the group – the US, Italy, Ghana and the Czech Republic – could all still qualify when the final matches are played on 22 June. The US are currently at the bottom of the group but if they can beat Ghana and Italy can beat the Czechs, they'll go through. It is an outside chance they'll progress, but it's a chance none the less.Frozone said:
MacsRgr8 said:haha...
BTW, I DO like Del Pierro!
But, yeah I'm not a Ferrari F1 fan
I love Italian food, though.... does that make up for it?
You are forgiven! I think the Italians are great and Del Pierro especially ever since him and his team completely thrashed a rocking real madrid side three years back. The Spanish say Italian football is boring, which with two italian sides cancelling each other out, it can be, but put them in an open game and they are awesome. Not quite awesome enough for USA, OMG I dont believe it, they drew with the weakest team in the "group of interesting elimination".
Frozone said:
If Italy win their final match against Czech Repulic and USA can beat Ghana (not unlikely given their showing tonight) then the USA will go through to the 2nd round.
I dunno.. I think that game (USA vs. Italy) goes to the ref. Not just the red cards, but calls against both teams that were unwarranted. That last yellow against Italy for example. WTF? And too many fouls called. World Cup games are usually rough - though the US really needs to work on playing a cleaner game.
What kind of game was Italy playing anyway? Rope-a-dope? In the last 10 mins they took more shots at the goal than the did the whole rest of the game, didn't they? (perhaps that's overstating it a bit...)
yoji
What kind of game was Italy playing anyway? Rope-a-dope? In the last 10 mins they took more shots at the goal than the did the whole rest of the game, didn't they? (perhaps that's overstating it a bit...)
yoji
xsedrinam said:
US did pretty well in the midfield. Too bad they totally bogged down when they reached the penalty area. Italy's defense gets much credit here, but the US isn't amongst the more creative teams out there.
Larrionda, simply enough, has to go. Both sides have significant, legitimate gripes against the guy. At least he finally swallowed his whistle for the last third of the match and let them play for a while.
jakochampolska said:oooh man you just reminded me of how pissed off I am that I didnt see poland vs germany match
if you can think of how I can send you a 4GB file, ill gladly send it to you
I'm glad the US got the draw. They have a good team, but definitely not up to the hype. I was so disgusted after their first game that I didn't even bother to watch this game. Might have been the worst performance I had ever seen.
Hype is hype, but means nothing. Next June 22 provided Italy win over Czech R and USA win over Ghana, they both advance.Steven1621 said:
Some teams who have either lived up to or have been greater than their hype, IMO: Argentina, Ecuador, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Germany
Edit: Forgot Australia. My sincerest apologies to the Aussies.