Discuss the World Cup 2010: England vs. USA

[fluidistic]

The middle one of those was clearly off-sides - hence, the 2 "legal" goals!

That's the problem with referees. When they are fair judges they still can't see everything. Argentina should have scored 1 more goal in the 2006 world cup (first match they played if I remember well) but the referee didn't say anything. To me, Higuain just took this goal back to his team. Maybe not legal, but fair to my eyes.
Too bad the FIFA doesn't want the use of any camera to help the referees when they doubt about what happened. This would make the game fairer, although I understand that giving red and yellow cards is still somewhat subjective but the cameras' use could at least define almost all offsides quite well.
For a very, very bad referees decisions, see the 2002 world cup. This makes the tournament more of a joke. The best team doesn't always win, it has a greater probability to win though. Therefore by playing more games the best team would have more chance to win the tournament. Actually it's possible that a team that draws 3 matches and win the last 4 matches can claim itself the world champion while it hasn't played most of the teams nor did it win against almost 50% of the teams...
Although knowing this tournament is a pure joke in terms of "the best team wins it", I still can't miss a single match of Argentina or France.

 

[lewdtenant]

Germany - Serbia (2-0)
USA - Slovenia (2-1)
England - Algeria (3-0)

 

[rootX]

Germany - Serbia (1-0)
USA - Slovenia (0-1)
England - Algeria (1-0)

 

[Kurdt]

Another shock result. Serbia beat Germany 1-0 and Germany miss a penalty. The game was completely affected by such a fussy referee.

 

[zomgwtf]

Wow, Serbia beats Germany... Slovenia is beating USA 2-0... WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

 

[Gokul43201]

2-2 now, but this is the most idiotic refereeing I've seen in a while!

 

[zomgwtf]

2-2 now, but this is the most idiotic refereeing I've seen in a while!

You know I have to agree. I thought the officials from the France - Mexico game made some retarded calls but it's only getting worse since yesterday. It really ruins the game, even for just us people at home watching it, when there is garbagety refereeing going on it just makes for a horrible game to watch.

 

[estro]

I'm disappointed so far, low quality football and blind referees...
Do you remember the last Euro this what I call football.

 

[D H]

One would think that FIFA would be trying to address the serious problems with this Cup: Poor refereeing, low scores, empty stands. But NOOO, in FIFA's minds, the biggest problem in this Cup is some scantily-clad Dutch chicks wearing a logo of some company that did not pay the requisite advertising fees.

 

[zomgwtf]

Disappointing game by England. They played horrible... this World Cup hasn't been all that great in my opinion.

 

[cristo]

I'm speechless- was on a plane for the last game and only just heard the score. Wow!

 

[Monique]

Did you guys see the dove that was sleeping on the Algerian goal? Lol

neth-jap 2-1
gha-aus 1-0
cam-den 1-1

 

[Borg]

I saw the third US goal on the news. I don't know anything about soccer but, from the looks of it, neither does the ref.

Is it legal for the Slovenian players to hang on the US players like that?

 

[ƒ(x)]

US should have won that...

 

[Borg]

US should have won that...

I wouldn't be surprised to see a bribery scandal after a call like that. From what I have heard though, bad calls have been pretty common. It's a shame to get gut-kicked like that though. The US really fought hard to come back from that far behind. They deserved to win.

 

[Kurdt]

*annoyed*

 

[lewdtenant]

today was crazy.

ned - jap (2-0)
gha - aus (2-0)
cam - den (0-1)

 

[BobG]

Ned-jap (2-1)
gha-aus (0-1)
cam-den (0-1)

That was some bad refereeing in the US game.

The phantom foul that negated the goal was the worst. Giving the yellow instead of the red on a last man foul was second worst. The caution on Finley was third worst. Failing to card Dempsey in the first minute was fourth worse (either color would have been acceptable).


Still, what an exciting second half! Whew!

I only saw the end of Germany-Serbia, but I this was a schocker. Red card on Klose and a missed penalty kick?

 

[D H]

Netherlands - Japan (1 - 0)
Ghana - Australia (2 - 0)
Cameroon - Denmark (2 - 1)

 

[BobG]

Personally, I'm embarrassed that the best the US could do against a team that tied Algeria 0-0 was come out with a tie. If you can't beat a team that can't score against Algeria, you don't deserve to go to the knockout round.

 

[D H]

Ouch!

 

[estro]

Netherlands - Japan (2 - 1)
Ghana - Australia (2 - 0)
Cameroon - Denmark (1 - 0)

 

[zomgwtf]

Netherlands - Japan (2-1)
Ghana - Australia (1-0)
Cameroon - Denmark (2-0)

 

[Dadface]

Netherlands-Japan(2,0)
Ghana-Australia(1,1)
Cameroon-Denmark(0,1)

 

[cristo]

netherlands - japan (2-1)
ghana - australia (1-0)
cameroon - denmark (2-0)

 

[Borg]

Netherlands-Japan (3 - 1)
Ghana-Australia (0 - 2)
Cameroon-Denmark (2 - 2)

 

[zomgwtf]

Those last 3 submissions were really late. Dads was close to 2hrs and Borgs was close to 4... lol

 

[estro]

Cameron 1 - 1 Denmark

The best game so far in the tournament!

 

[zomgwtf]

Cameron 1 - 1 Denmark

The best game so far in the tournament!

I'm not sure about of the tournament but definitely of the last few days . It's been interesting. Denmark now has 2, I hardly think they deserve to win but Cameroons defense in that situation was just awful.

 

[Monique]

1-2, good game! And the Netherlands is qualified for the next round!

For tomorrow:
Slovakia - Paraguay (0 - 1)
Italy - New Zealand (2 - 0)
Brazil - Ivory Coast (2 - 0)

 

[estro]

Slovakia - Paraguay (0 - 1)
Italy - New Zealand (2 - 0)
Brazil - Ivory Coast (1 - 1)

 

[Dadface]

Not late today
Slovakia-Paraguay(1,1)
Italy-New zealand(1,2)
Brazil-Ivory Coast(3,0)

 

[Nick89]

Cameron 1 - 1 Denmark

The best game so far in the tournament!

Quite enjoyable to watch yes, much more so than our (Holland) match... We were watching it with a few friends, and we hardly cheered at all during our own match, but we kept cheering during the Cameron-Denmark match, even though we didn't really care who won lol.
We didn't play well at all, just like our first match. Luckily our opponents didn't play very well either, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten through at all!

 

[BobG]

Slovakia - Paraguay (1 - 1)
Italy - New Zealand (1 - 0)
Brazil - Ivory Coast (3 - 0)

I don't know about Denmark-Cameroon being the best played, but certainly was exciting - especially that stretch where both teams kept finding creative ways to avoid scoring.

And the goals they did score were created by the other team's defense. It was as if both teams were playing for the loss.

This game should have ended 3-3.

 

[Nick89]

I don't know about Denmark-Cameroon being the best played, but certainly was exciting - especially that stretch where both teams kept finding creative ways to avoid scoring.

Exactly. They had such great chances, on both ends, but just kept missing. As I said, we were cheering for Cameron first when they hit the post like two times in a row and still didn't score, then less than 2 minutes later Denmark were almost scoring and we were cheering for them too as if we wanted them to win. We were asking ourselves "wait, why are we cheering for Denmark when we were cheering for Cameron 5 seconds ago?" but it just happened automatically lol. Very different to all the games I've seen so far of the 'more promising' teams (Spain, Holland, Germany, France, Argentina, etc), most of them were quit boring...

 

[cristo]

Slovakia - Paraguay (1-1)
Italy - New Zealand (0-0)
Brasil - Cote d'Ivoire (2-1)

 

[zomgwtf]

Slovakia - Paraguay (1-1)
Italy - New Zealand (1-0)
Brazil - Ivory Coast (2-1)

I want Ivory Coast to win though... not much faith from here though haha

 

[D H]

Slovakia - Paraguay (0-1)
Italy - New Zealand (1-0)
Brazil - Ivory Coast (2-1)

 

[ViewsofMars]

Brazil

 

[zomgwtf]

Slovakia - Paraguay (0-2)

hmmmmm, I would have figured that Slovakia would have done a better job at defending... at least scoring one goal in the process lol.

 

[D H]

A tie in what was supposed to be the most one-sided match so far. Wow. Just wow.

 

[zomgwtf]

A tie in what was supposed to be the most one-sided match so far. Wow. Just wow.

I think this world cup has proven that there are no more powerhouses for soccer. . We shall see though as the tournament continues.

 

[Dadface]

Well done kiwis.

 

[Gokul43201]

Brazil wins the soap opera audition, but the Ivoirians put up a good show too.

 

[zomgwtf]

Brazil wins the soap opera audition, but the Ivoirians put up a good show too.

Really? I think that most of the fouls that Brazil stayed down for WERE fouls. That's what you're supposed to do in soccer when fouled stay down to draw the foul.

However when KAKA got his second yellow card THAT was ********. Completely.

 

[Monique]

What? The Ivorians were terrible losers, did you see how they were aiming for the legs of the Brazilians? And the way they managed to lure Kaka into an undeserved red card was ridiculous.

Tomorrow's prediction:
Portugal - North Korea (2 - 0)
Chile - Switzerland (1 - 0)
Spain - Honduras (2 - 0)

 

[Kurdt]

Brazil were awful. The way they behaved trying to get fouls for nothing was pathetic. Fabiano rolling around all over the pitch for no reason was pathetic. I'm afraid they've lost all of my respect. Then when the Ivory Coast play them at their own game (and there wasa lot more contact than Brazil had) they start complaining. That is no way to advertise the game of football to the world.

 

[Thankyouall]

It's a blurring technique for evenness, I'm loving it. hihi. Brazil stills plays much better

 

[zomgwtf]

Brazil were awful. The way they behaved trying to get fouls for nothing was pathetic. Fabiano rolling around all over the pitch for no reason was pathetic. I'm afraid they've lost all of my respect. Then when the Ivory Coast play them at their own game (and there wasa lot more contact than Brazil had) they start complaining. That is no way to advertise the game of football to the world.

I must have missed most of those. I didn't see any more animation on the ground drawing the foul from Brazil than any other team.

 

[Kurdt]

I must have missed most of those. I didn't see any more animation on the ground drawing the foul from Brazil than any other team.

You obviously weren't paying attention then.