World Cup 2006 in Germany

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jun 2006, 07:43

As entertainment, the match was fun

For a World Cup match, it was appalling, all the diving and fouls (the Dutch players did a lot of diving) and general aggro and cheating was awful. To be fair the players also have to be blamed for this as well as the ref, who was as Yi says was pretty bad, even worse than Graham Poll.
Terribe play included Figo's headbutt as Mark says among other things, why didnt the ref see it??
Deco (?) was an idiot, taking the ball away like that when the Dutch were taking a free kick. He knows he's already on a yellow, and what he did was an offence.

Rooney and Joe Cole were good in the Ecuador game, good free kick by Becks. England could have no better chance to beat Portugal

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 26 Jun 2006, 09:55

Agreed grim. Entertainment-wise it was awesome.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jun 2006, 10:46

According to Sky Sports news, Figo has been cleared to play despite his blatant headbutt which the ref didn't see!
Ridiculous!

:shock:

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 26 Jun 2006, 12:50

thelostdragon wrote:Entertainment-wise it was awesome.

Agreed.

One of the few matches I didn´t fall asleep at the end.

Boularuz´s´ (great spelling - I know) foul in the first half was terrible!!!

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 26 Jun 2006, 17:17

Just heard the news on the radio regarding the Aus Italia game. Gutted min.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 17:28

Italy are cheating bastards.

For the Aussies to go out in the 93rd minute because of a penatly given for a blatant dive is shocking.

A shame.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jun 2006, 17:29

I didnt realise it was the 93rd minute.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 26 Jun 2006, 18:44

Just as I started rooting for the socceroos

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:45

Goddamn world cup. AGAIN a team goes out (Australia) because of a dumb-ass referee. Great(!)
As soon as the ref blew his whistle for that penalty, Hiddink should have just called all his men off the pitch ...

Fuck Fifa. When the HELL are they FINALLY going to make this game a bit fairer by using video-evidence for decisions like this!?

Not many games/teams left for me that are interesting to watch. Shit like these bad refs and bad calls and diving bastards are just ruining it for me...

And yesterday's ref in the Holland Portugal game was no doubt bad, but he wasnt worse then Poll. I read a statement today that up till fridays mistake of giving a guy 3 times a yellow card before sending him off, he had been an excellent referee: I FUCKING DOUBT IT. Poll was an idiot all match long, make dumbass decisions one after the other, including 2 CLEAR penalties that should have been given to the Australians but weren't.

Ah well... another big tournament which has the wrong teams going through due to bad refereeing. Not really surprising, considering it's been this way for far too long.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:51

Yeah when I was in the shower the other day, I started thinking that FIFA may actually be wankers. I wasn't sure though but it's probably true.

Switzerland vs Ukraine = Zzzzzz Zzzzz

Most boring match on the planet. I had a hunch it would be goal-less so I decided to catch up on a few episodes of Lost and watch the penalty shootouts. No sympathy for Switz but I reckon Ukraine are gonna get gubbed in the next round.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Jun 2006, 00:40

Sorry it took so long to respond guys, but that last match put me in a three hour coma.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 27 Jun 2006, 00:45

Terrible game. I wish I'd done something else...
Italy are going to hammer the Ukraine.

Oh, and Poll's always been a wanker.

Let's put this awful match out of mind and think on to Brazil-Ghana and Spain-France.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 27 Jun 2006, 01:10

I hope Ghana beats Brazil and goes on to win the World Cup. although I'd also like the Germans to win it.

Spain-France: france has sucked all tournament long so I hope they will get demolished by Spain.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jun 2006, 08:10

I agree Kurgan/Mark, the Swiss/Ukraine game was crap. Would be nice if Ghana beat Brazil - anything could happen, I mean Ghana convincingly beat the Czechs.
Luis Figo of Portugal has not been banned despite his clear headbutt in the Holland game (!) FIFA idiots!
Apparently he got off because he'd already got a yellow card for it, never mind that it deserved a straight red (!)

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 27 Jun 2006, 13:35

Portugal attempted to overturn Deco's red card, but sorry, no dice. The fake-Portugese short-arse stays off during the England game

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Jun 2006, 14:01

Time for Jacques Chirac to get his checkbook and buy the spanish team.

Otherwise they're gonna beat us to death...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Jun 2006, 14:53

I thought it was ridiculous for Deco to get sent off for picking up the ball. Especially since a Dutch player got away with throwing him over a second later.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 27 Jun 2006, 15:50

Brazil-Ghana 2-0. Yet another mistake by the linesman causing an offside goal by Adriano to be OK-ed(!)

These referees and linemen have too big an influence on the outcome of games :N

If Ghana has any balls they'll decide to change their clothes and leave the stadium, instead of showing up for the 2nd half. Screw FIFA.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jun 2006, 15:57

Markgway wrote:I thought it was ridiculous for Deco to get sent off for picking up the ball. Especially since a Dutch player got away with throwing him over a second later.

Deco got booked for a) time wasting
b) Not giving the ball back to the Dutch player to take a free kick. It wasnt just picking up the ball

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 27 Jun 2006, 17:24

Yi-Long wrote: Spain-France: france has sucked all tournament long so I hope they will get demolished by Spain.

Nice one man - I got Spain at the sweeps at work. Fingers crossed!

Yi-Long wrote:Brazil-Ghana 2-0. Yet another mistake by the linesman causing an offside goal by Adriano to be OK-ed(!)

These referees and linemen have too big an influence on the outcome of games :N

If Ghana has any balls they'll decide to change their clothes and leave the stadium, instead of showing up for the 2nd half. Screw FIFA.

Aye the dude on the radio was going on about linesman fuck ups. I don't think half these dudes know what offside actually is.

Unlucky Ghana...

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 27 Jun 2006, 21:02

Henry is a cheating bastard and should be ashamed of himself. What a lying twat.

I hate the French team now, to an extent that I would be willing to support England if they played them. :x

Also I'm pissed that I just lost a quid.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 27 Jun 2006, 21:08

To be fair, France really upped their game from their opening matches. They were terrible to begin with.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Jun 2006, 21:14

Aye, we beat them fair and square.
Ribéry and Zidane were great tonight.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 27 Jun 2006, 21:29

I thought Zidane wasn't as good as his usual self; obviously his goal helps his rating get a boost

Until tonight, I couldn't see why Ribéry was in the squad. Previous matches he was crap, but he worked hard all through this game.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Jun 2006, 21:31

grim_tales wrote:Deco got booked for a) time wasting
b) Not giving the ball back to the Dutch player to take a free kick. It wasnt just picking up the ball

Would you give someone a second yellow card for foul B?

I wouldn't.

A free kick and a warning.

Besdies, as soon as Deco picked up the ball he was decked by a Dutch player, so I'm not sure how he could've given it back, short of passing the ball whilst being bundled through the air?