World Cup 2010 Thread

[METALMAN]

Argentina coach Diego Maradona has hit out at Brazil legend Pele and former France star Michel Platini.

Maradona said Pele should "go back to the museum" after the ex-Brazil striker was quoted claiming he had only taken the job because he needed the money.

ahahahahahaha.

[Herr Matzat]

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

If South Africa go out then I'm getting close to being guaranteed winning loads of beer. HOORAH! So long Bafana Bafana....Though by the sound of the exodus of fans when they started losing, it probably won't be good for the tournament.

[Herr Matzat]

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/

[Plubby]

This... they... wow.

They really shouldn't allow referees from places like the Seychelles, who've clearly never seen a football before, referee at the World Cup. What the fuck is he doing out there?

1-0 Chile. At least the goal was good.

I actually thought the reffing was pretty good. There were a few "Huh, really?" moment - Palacios' yellow and the one where the Chilean player was brought down basically clear through, but the Chileans were diving an awful lot in the first half and they got the nothing they deserved for it.

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/

Holy crapbiscuits shit are you ever behind the times Matzat >_>

[Dynamite]

With the first round of matches over, what players have impressed you so far? To me, the two young talents that have really stood out have been Ozil for Germany and Alexis Sanchez for Chile. These were against pretty poor opposition but they definitely looked like great players. The other highly-tipped players seemed to have struggled (Gourcuff, Di Maria etc.) That Elia guy for Holland impressed too. Only the second time I've seen him (both times off the bench) but he has looked impressive both times.

Edited June 17, 2010 by Dynamite

[Crybaby Bunting]

The problem with Gorcruff is that he's playing under a manager who clearly knows nothing.

A manager who decided to bring on another striker to stick on the right when THEY HAVE FUCKING RIBERY PLAYING.

He should be lucky that he was picked ahead of other good French players who were shafted like Benzema or Nasri.

[Dynamite]

Apparently with Gourcuff the other players don't like him. His only friends in the team are Toulalan and the Bordeaux players. Plus Some of the players haven't been passing to him on purpose, ao it's bound to be hard for him to live upto expectations.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

According to Adrian Chiles, NOBODY can tackle Messi

Looking forward to this game. Interested to see if Argentina perform better than their first game. Rooting for Korea of course, a lot of love for them. It wouldn't surprise me if they actually held Argentina today, should be a good test for them.

[Herr Matzat]

I want the next upset.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I'm really hoping for a Korean result because it'll put a bit of an end to the Argentinian hype machine for a while. They didn't look THAT great in their first game.

Also, I found out on the Baddiel and Skinner World Cup podcast today that England couldn't use the Jabulani ball in their last game at Wembley because Umbro wouldn't allow it due to the sponsorship deal. Nice.

[stokeriño]

Well, yeah. Much like how some leagues (e.g. Germany) have been using the ball for six months, but England has a sponsorship deal with Nike or something like that.

[Blue Rosler]

Hah, own goal.

It's worth it to lose my accumulator.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Korea haven't started this too well, worrying stuff. Could see Argentina getting a few here

[SeanDMan]

That was a gentle header.

[Dan]

CHUNG YONG!!!!

[Crybaby Bunting]

Mascherano has gone 45 minutes without a booking? What the hell?

[Dan]

So I turned on just after the Argentine second goal, have Argentina just gave the best performance ever in a World Cup or something? The commentators are loving them hard.

[Crybaby Bunting]

I think it's got more to do with the fact that this might shape up to be a game with goals

[HailtotheYo]

Beautiful goal by Argentina.