****Official World Cup Thread: South Africa 2010****

[sefant77]

let's see:

handball as last defender on shot kewell
klose two yellow make a red (especially fouls from behind make yellows)
kicking a player like the nigerian did
cahill tackling a guy without the ball from behind

are what come to mind first which are all perfectly good decisions. by the book i might add.


so .. how are these weak? there are rules and when you break them you pay, it's quite clear.

Dude, germany-serbia had 7 yellows and a red and it was not even close to a hard or rough game. There was no injury break, not even ing ice spray on the field. Everyone said it was a joke comparing to CL...

And watch the fouls tonight Brazil-Ivory and put the stupid ref from germany-serbia inside that game...

[Spurologist]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...cc=5901&ver=us

Here are the scenarios for each team advancing for groups that have completed two games. Click here for group standings. Here are tiebreakers if teams finish even on points:

1. Goal differential.
2. Goals scored.
3. Head to head (if there are three teams tied, then results between three teams are calculated with the first two criteria).
4. Draw of lots

GROUP A

Uruguay advances with:
(a) Wins group with win or tie versus Mexico
(b) Loss and France-South Africa tie
(c) Loss and winner of France-South Africa does not make up tiebreakers

Mexico advances with:
(a) Win group with win versus Uruguay
(b) Tie versus Uruguay
(c) Loss and France-South Africa tie
(d) Loss and winner of France-South Africa doesn't make up tiebreaker

France/South Africa advance with:
(a) Win and and make up tiebreaker on loser of Mexico-Uruguay
(b) Both are out with a tie or a Mexico-Uruguay tie

GROUP B

Argentina advances with:
(a) Win or tie versus Greece
(b) South Korea tie/loss versus Nigeria
(c) Loss as long as both South Korea and Greece do not make up tiebreakers

South Korea advances with:
(a) Win versus Nigeria and Greece does not either (1) win by greater margin, or (2) win by same margin and score 2+ more goals
(b) Tie and Greece tie/loss

Greece advances with:
(a) Win versus Argentina and South Korea tie/loss
(b) Win by greater margin than South Korea
(c) Win by same margin as South Korea and score 2+ more goals
(d) Tie and South Korea loss
(e) Win by 3+ goals

Nigeria advances with:
(a) Win versus South Korea and Argentina win

GROUP C

USA advances with:
(a) Win versus Algeria on Wednesday
(b) Tie and Slovenia-England tie IF England does not outscore USA by 2+ goals
(c) Tie and England loss

Slovenia advances with:
(a) Win or tie versus England
(b) Loss AND USA tie vs Algeria
(c) Loss and Algeria win as long as Algeria doesn't make up tiebreakers*

England advances with:
(a) Win versus Slovenia
(b) Tie AND USA-Algeria tie AND outscore USA by 3 goals

Algeria advances with:
(a) Win versus USA AND Slovenia win/tie versus England
(b) Win versus USA AND Slovenia loss versus England AND makes up tiebreakers on Slovenia

Note: If the U.S. draws with Algeria and England draws with Slovenia, and England scores exactly two more goals than the U.S., the U.S. and England would be even on all tiebreakers for second place. The tie would be broken by drawing lots ... aka, a coin flip.

GROUP D

The simplest scenarios are that Ghana, Germany and Serbia all advance with a win. Australia must win and get help.

Ghana advances with:
(a) Win or tie versus Germany
(b) Loss and Australia-Serbia tie IF Serbia does not make up tiebreakers
(c) Loss and Australia win IF Australia does not make up tiebreakers (Australia is way behind on goal differential)

Germany advances with:
(a) Win versus Ghana
(b) Tie and Serbia-Australia tie IF Serbia does not make up tiebreakers
(c) Tie and Australia win IF Australia does not make up tiebreakers

Serbia advances with:
(a) Win versus Australia
(b) Tie and Ghana win
(c) Tie and Ghana-Germany tie AND make up tiebreakers on Germany

Australia advances with:
(a) Win versus Serbia and Ghana win
(b) Win and Germany win and make up tiebreakers on Ghana
(c) Win and Ghana-Germany tie and make up tiebreakers on Germany (not likely)

GROUP E

Netherlands has advanced. Netherlands wins the group with:
(a) Win or a tie versus Cameroon
(b) Loss AND a Denmark-Japan tie
(c) Loss IF the Denmark-Japan winner does not make up tiebreakers

Japan advances with:
(a) Win or tie versus Denmark

Japan wins group with:
(a) Win AND a Netherlands loss AND by making up tiebreakers on Netherlands

Denmark advances with:
(a) Win versus Japan

Denmark wins group with:
(a) Win AND a Netherlands loss AND by making up tiebreakers on Netherlands

Cameroon has been eliminated.

GROUP F

Paraguay advances with:
(a) Win/tie versus New Zealand
(b) Loss AND Italy tie verus Slovakia
(c) Loss and Slovakia win as long as Slovakia doesn't make up tiebreakers

Italy advances with:
(a) Win versus Slovakia
(b) Tie and New Zealand loss
(c) Tie AND Paraguay-New Zealand tie IF Italy outscores New Zealand

New Zealand advances with:
(a) Win versus Paraguay
(b) Tie AND Italy-Slovakia tie IF New Zealand outscores Italy

Slovakia advances with:
(a) Win versus Italy AND Paraguay win/tie versus New Zealand
(b) Win versus Italy AND Paraguay loss versus New Zealand AND make up tiebreakers versus Paraguay

[MB20]

South American teams are having a great WC so far.
Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile...

[Spurologist]

Ivory Coast almost certainly out now. They need Brazil to beat Portugal and make up the goal difference against Kim Jong. Don't see it happening

Ghana looks to be the most solid African team

[Muser]

Come on England you miserable s, it's still in your control.

[Spurologist]

the quality of play from portugal has been clinical.....finally another headed goal. Fantastic distribution and collective play

[sefant77]

How to dive and cheat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOSVVrj0WZo



PS: Whats the exactly youtube code on this forum?

[Spurologist]

How to dive and cheat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOSVVrj0WZo



PS: Whats the exactly youtube code on this forum?

[youtube]NOSVVrj0WZo[/youtube ]

without the space

[Spurologist]

[urunobili]

More crow to eat

Crow to eat?

There was NO WAY we could have lost to those Mexican scrubs

[Spurologist]

What's the worst dive ever?

My vote:

[MaNuMaNiAc]

What's the worst dive ever?

My vote:

yeah, that was pretty ing bad. His legacy was pretty much ed the minute the camara caught him doing that .

Still, at least he got hit with something. Some divers out there don't even get hit. Its ridiculous.

[Spurologist]

yeah, that was pretty ing bad. His legacy was pretty much ed the minute the camara caught him doing that .

Still, at least he got hit with something. Some divers out there don't even get hit. Its ridiculous.

my funniest dive of all time.



Gilardino

[TDMVPDPOY]

official album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJvV-afflQ


kim jong ils response after brazil v north korea game (funni )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZrPOPhR6RY

[rascal]

South American teams are having a great WC so far.
Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile...

Thats because the World Cup is being played in the southern hemisphere.

[rascal]

Crow to eat?

There was NO WAY we could have lost to those Mexican scrubs

Neither team looked very good at all. Mexico really outplayed Uraguay and had more chances just did not catch a break with the ball hitting the posts.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Neither team looked very good at all. Mexico really outplayed Uraguay and had more chances just did not catch a break with the ball hitting the posts.

did you even watch the game?

[rascal]

did you even watch the game?

How did Uraguay play so much better. Mexico could have easily won 2-1 had a couple shots not hit the posts.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

How did Uraguay play so much better. Mexico could have easily won 2-1 had a couple shots not hit the posts.

oh I see, so the only shots that count in this dream scenario of yours are the ones Mexico missed. Uruguay had plenty of close chances as well. Uruguay was just as likely to score the second as Mexico was to tie the game.

[TDMVPDPOY]

worldcup skits shows
http://www.youtube.com/user/SantoSamEdCupFever

[TDMVPDPOY]

[FkLA]

Crow to eat?

There was NO WAY we could have lost to those Mexican scrubs

sit your ass down son, both these teams are pretty evenly matched with neither of them being elite. we got you in copa america, you got us today congrats but dont go boasting about how youre significantly superior. those WC les from the 1930s have long passed, right now youre nothing but a middle of the pack team just like Mexico.

[JudynTX]

Yep!

[urunobili]

sit your ass down son, both these teams are pretty evenly matched with neither of them being elite. we got you in copa america, you got us today congrats but dont go boasting about how youre significantly superior. those WC les from the 1930s have long passed, right now youre nothing but a middle of the pack team just like Mexico.

u mad?

suck it up... at least we can claim we have won something meaningful on our history... you by the other hand sometimes even fail to win in Concacaf and are fathered by the US

Been invited to Copa America since 1993 and still have failed to win one... now you're celebrating a 3rd place vs. us on a game that we don't give a about?

Uruguay just beat a team they were supposed to on a match that matters... no upsets there

[Spurologist]

u mad?

suck it up... at least we can claim we have won something meaningful on our history... you by the other hand sometimes even fail to win in Concacaf and are fathered by the US

Been invited to Copa America since 1993 and still have failed to win one... now you're celebrating a 3rd place vs. us on a game that we don't give a about?

Uruguay just beat a team they were supposed to on a match that matters... no upsets there