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OK
on 2006-06-19 10:32 [#01923140]
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yeah that's true, but it doesn't look they they're holding back. it just looks like they can't get to do things right.
if they wanted to hold back they'd just play with substitues or something.
this is not the ronaldinho from barça or the adriano from milan or the ronaldo from 1996 (hehe). we'll just have to wait see i guess, i even said in a post earlier that brazil always wins being lazy. but i'd love to see you eat your words ;)
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 10:47 [#01923154]
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wouldn't you all :)
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QRDL
from Poland on 2006-06-19 11:19 [#01923176]
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I would. But another part of me would prefer you to prevail and leave all your critics in shame.
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nacmat
on 2006-06-19 11:36 [#01923192]
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THEY ARE THE BEST
that doesnt mean that they are nowadays playing good
in fact they are playing shit
but, of course they are the favourites
you understand those two concepts?
they are the favourites, but they are not playing well at all... YET
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 11:38 [#01923196]
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they didn't play good in the last world championship either but they still won. they must be the luckiest football team ever :)
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 11:41 [#01923201]
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ukrainians woke up..
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OK
on 2006-06-19 11:43 [#01923205]
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YES THEY ARE.
and as I said the last world cup should be erased from everyone's memory. it's not really a point of comparission.
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OK
on 2006-06-19 11:43 [#01923206]
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lucky that's it.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 11:45 [#01923211]
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haha aren't you bitter :D
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OK
on 2006-06-19 11:48 [#01923214]
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lets make a bet. let me watch brazil's next game but i'm gonna bet brazil doesn't make it to the final.
i don't know what can we bet but yeah.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 11:54 [#01923216]
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you know, all the favourites played on a lower level so far but they all mostly won. with exception of argentina maybe though i wasn't all that impressed. if they game would last 10 more minutes it would have been 12-0..
the thing is, that the teams who play against these 'favourites' usually try their best and play 110%, and the favourites play just enough to take the win..you should know better by now :)
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OK
on 2006-06-19 11:59 [#01923220]
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i think the effect is opposite. when a team plays a BIG team, they feel more pressured, and play worse, this is why big teams stay being big.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 12:03 [#01923224]
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:)
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OK
on 2006-06-19 12:07 [#01923230]
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WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!!?
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 12:14 [#01923236]
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that you're not being serious :)
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nacmat
on 2006-06-19 15:03 [#01923401]
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spain suffered today, but again played the finest football of the tournament
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 15:35 [#01923410]
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i watched about 4 minutes in total..too boring for my taste :)
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nacmat
on 2006-06-19 18:34 [#01923500]
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of course...
and tomorrow things will be done for groups a and b
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staz
on 2006-06-19 18:35 [#01923502]
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the czech vs ghana match is the one i've enjoyed the most by far
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nacmat
on 2006-06-19 18:47 [#01923506]
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I quite enjoyed these matches:
Germany 4 2 Costa Rica Mexico 3 1 Iran Italy 2 0 Ghana Australia 3 1 Japan Argentina 6 0 Serbia Netherlands 2 1 Ivory Coast Italy 1 1 USA Czech Rep 0 2 Ghana switzerland 2 0 togo spain 3 1 tunisia
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-06-19 19:57 [#01923515]
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yay spain are through. they have an easy group but the have played great. puyol setting up that goal for torres the last game was sheer class. goal of the tournament for me.
bad news for australia is that harry kewell could be suspended for the next match. :(
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 19:58 [#01923517]
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he should be susupended for more than one match. merck is a good guy.
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-06-19 20:03 [#01923519]
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brazil had 4 times as many free kicks, and brazils second goal was a clear offside.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 20:04 [#01923520]
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haha, yeah australia should have won that match. they were clearly a better team :)
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-06-19 20:11 [#01923523]
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fuck, their first goal should have been offside too. look at where ronaldo is when the ball is played to him.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 20:13 [#01923524]
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see, ronaldo is excused of offsides because he's too fat to move. the lucky bastard.
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-06-19 20:15 [#01923525]
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yeah, while the ball was in motion, three socceroos ran infront of him. i'm sure if they didn't feel so threatened by him, they would have stood where they were and appealed for offside.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-19 20:22 [#01923527]
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haha. i wish you all the best against croatia. don't like those fcukers one bit.
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2006-06-19 21:18 [#01923537]
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i was really proud to see our boys play the way they did. theyve come such a long way. world class!
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2006-06-19 21:19 [#01923539]
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ill be there 4am for the croatia game with max bells on!
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WooferAttack
from Milano (Italy) on 2006-06-20 00:36 [#01923584]
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Ronaldo is fast as Garfield and agile as Homer
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 05:17 [#01923654]
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interesting matches showing up for 1/8s
maybe a germany - england??
france - spain??
portugal - holland or ARGENTINA???
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-20 05:21 [#01923656]
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germany - england one would be awesome. they both pretty much stand the same on the field and has similar way of playing..except england has better strikers :)
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 05:46 [#01923672]
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BUT THAT would only happen if germany doesnt beat ecuador... and well, I dont know
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 09:30 [#01923769]
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haha
seems like it wont happen
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2006-06-20 10:33 [#01923796]
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Moment of truth getting closer and closer for Sweden.
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 10:58 [#01923820]
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good luck
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2006-06-20 11:15 [#01923825]
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if anyone will do anything for sweden it's going to be ljunberg.
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-20 11:21 [#01923834]
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IKEA,will sell fold up seats that retail for £6 ,for 1p instead if england win.
hanfact.
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2006-06-20 12:19 [#01923860]
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here i talk about football
here i express my thoughts on the ongoing worldcup
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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2006-06-20 12:24 [#01923865]
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"spain suffered today, but again played the finest football
of the tournament "
Spain displayed some excellent football once again against Tunesia. This has to be the first time in decades that Spain actually prove themselves on the big stage even though they got the best national competition and usually alot of big name players in their squad. I'm not even a fan of the Spain national squad, so they have to work twice as hard to impress me, which they have done so far.
Didn't think Torres deserved a penalty though and he hit it really poor too. But the players found each other very very easily and I saw some complex "one-touch-football" that was enjoyable to watch.
Similarly I tremendously enjoyed watching the Czech Republic trample over the USA and Argentina thumping Serbia was also nice. It a shame Ivory Coast had to be in the group with Holland and Argentina because they were better but not luckier than their opponents twice in a row and so lost those two matches very undeservedly but hey that's football.
Brasil looks and plays like a sack of potatoes, but then again they play like that most of the time and still make it to at least the finals. England, well it's unbelievable how crap they are playing having a squad of their stature. They've got some of the biggest names from front to end and still I've never seen a more uninspiring and bland bunch than that. They should be glad that Ericksson is quitting because I can't imagine it getting worse than this. And France.........well..... nevermind
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OK
on 2006-06-20 13:01 [#01923882]
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wtf owen
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OK
on 2006-06-20 13:33 [#01923890]
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wtf cole! awesome
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OK
on 2006-06-20 14:50 [#01923951]
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now that's what i call a good game.
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2006-06-20 15:03 [#01923967]
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Yeah it was a great game. Owen didn't have a great day though. Ouch! I was squirming in my couch watching the replay of Owen sitting down.
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 15:28 [#01923982]
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it was an excting game... england played good first half, but poor second half
sweden have little arguments, but they use them well... dont think threy have a chance against this germany though
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glasseater
from Switzerland on 2006-06-20 15:33 [#01923985]
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switzerland is not doing bad assholes !!!!! :D
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Phobiazero
from the next Xltronic (Sweden) on 2006-06-20 15:41 [#01923993]
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England was lucky... Sweden has some great chances to kill the match in 2nd half... for example, two hits in the bar...
Germany is up next. I predict a swedish victory... and we might even have our best team then... with Zlatan on top.
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-20 15:44 [#01923997]
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england are lucky to have got this far,and i think sweden should have won that match.
and i cant belive im talking about football.
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nacmat
on 2006-06-20 15:44 [#01923999]
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the fact that this foum is lead by a swedish, some other people from sweden are here too and that larsson played for barça (and he did great) make me simpathise with the swedish team
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