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Germanys begun, with England beating paraquay 1 - 0 im=n a rather poor match. Equador put 2 past poland and Germany beat Costa Rica 4 2 despite two good goals from Paulo Wanchope.
Whether you love it or hate the world cup, any opinions on the games could be posted in this thread.
i watched the first half of the germany/costa rica game yesterday and i have to say i was pretty disappointed with germanys performance, i thought they played quite poorly
today i watched the england/paraguay game, i think england played really well in the first half, but they came out for the second half and werent playing that well at all, its like they thought the first half is over we dont have to try as hard now! and i thought svens choice of subs was stupid as well! oh and also i thought the referee was a bit unfair in places
the ref seemed to have it in a bit for poor Gerrard, first the yellow card and then not letting the physio onto the pitch for him when he hurt his knee
yeh he did seem to have it in for him, and crouch. i think he was more unfair to england than paraguay but he was pretty strict with both, like when he gave a free kick to england cos the goalkeeper held the ball for too long or something?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pixie
Weh-hey :D Here's the lovely thread I was looking for!!
England won 1-0 to Paraguay!! :D Didn't really watch the match because I had to go to a wedding.. me and dad was complaning all through it and mum got a bit 'annoyed' with us :rotfl: But we came home for the last bits, watched the highlights.. just enough to sum it up for us!!
Dosen't seem like I missed much though since there was only 1 goal scored througout the whole game but it's good enough :D
Go On England!! :cheer:
Who scored please?? I was out.
david beckham kicked a free kick and it rebounded off on of the players from paraguay into the goal so basically it was an own goal.
Cheers Paraguay! :rotfl: :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by lollymay
lol! it looked like it would have gone in anyway, but either way im not bothered lol! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Birks_2k4
I felt really sorry for the paraquay goalie i hope hes not out for the rest of the world cup. Trinidad and tobago did England a big big favour as the managed to keep sweededn to a 0 0 draw with 10 men. They were fab all the way through. Shak Hislop was a complete legend and he wasnt meant to be first choice goalkeeper, kelvin jock who plays for dundee was injured walking back to the dressing room after the prematch warm up and Shaka had 10 minutes to get his gloves on. Looking forward to the trinidad and tobago England game now.
On the basis of yesterdays poor performance I dont think Sven and the |boys should be makinany hotel reservations fot the quarter finals
No-one shoot me down in flames here, but I thought yesterdays performance was diabolical....
If it hadn't been for the own goal, it would have been a goal-less draw. The players didn't really seem very enthusiastic about it at all, yet during half time the commentary team were talking about a fantastic performance in the previous half! Ermm, i couldn't really see anything fantastic about it. OK, so the ref seemed to be over enthusiastic about his yellow carding and there were 2 Paraguay players that seemed to love eating the grass, but if I were one of the players or coaches, I wouldn't have been overly proud with that performance. We'll be lucky to go much further than the first round. The Trinidad and Tobago match may bring a host of surprises. Lets hope they aren't for England eh.
i agree totally with this. england start uppin your game, im very glad i didnt waste the money on watching that match in germany, id be asking for it back!Quote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
I mean i missed the first half of the game 'couz i was working, but i watched the second half which was pretty crap to be honest, And what the hell was Sven thinking taking owen off and putting a defender on, leaving poor Crouch on his own, I mean he had no one to pass to, if Sven had kept owen on they i think the score would of maybe been maybe 3/2-0. What does he think he is doing playing the 5-4-1 formation :rolleyes: what a pleb.?!
I personally don't like sven and to be honest i don't particularly think he is a brilliant manager. So lets just hope our lads play better next game.
Sven was playing more of a 3 - 6 formation as from where I was watching there was no forwards in sight, and he must have been having a flipping laugh when he bought on Owen "the canadian born German" Hargreaves on the pitch. In my opinion Trinidad and Tobago played better as a team, i dont get why the England players dont play how the do in the EPL, Gerrard is cracking for Liverpool but yesterday he was not in the game at all, the same applys to Lampard i hardly ever saw him.
However some of the other games i have seen have been really good. Holland played well today even though it was only 1 0. But after the Argentines performance last night i wouldnt be surprised if they won it.
i saw the first 20mins about of the argentina/ivory coast game yesterday and then a bit of the second half as well, i thought the ivory coast played really well for the bits i saw, especially as they were playing against a big team like argentina, but i got a bit bored through some of it to be honest, when they were just walking around with the ball like they had all the time in the world! the first goal from argentina which wasnt counted, thats a bit unfair in a way, but i have to admit i did laugh when it happened lol!
didnt see any of the sweden/trinidad and tobago game but my dad said that trinidad and tobago played well so im looking forward to seeing how well england as well as trinidad and tobago play on thursday
i saw some of the holland/serbia game, i liked watching holland, i thought they were great, annoyingly though their goal happened as i was in the loo lol! :rolleyes:
also saw some of the iran/mexico game but didnt really see much as i had a headache so decided to stop watching, the bit i saw though, i thought iran played better than i expected them to
Its been really good so far, i have dipped in aout to loads of them. Usually the opening matches dont live up to expectaition.
Felt really sorry for borgetti, i hope his World cup isnt over.
The england match could have been so much better but they won on a fluke and pure luck the second half was ok Paraguay to me seemed twice as good as england in the last 45 mins
As for Trindad and Tobaga I'm sooooo looking forward to this match I think England will need to work hard they are a good side who played well the other day
The socceroos showed the japanese what a comeback was, 1 - 0 down to win 3 1 after scoring 3 goals in 8 minutes. It was a great game, kept me hooked from start to finish. However the aussies did get a little desperate and even reverted to plan B, being Kick anything that moves. Also we saw Mr Kewell sporting anew short haircut having cut off that ridiculous bun.
id have liked to have seen that game, seeing as they scored 3 goals in such a short space of time near the end. watched some of the czech republic/usa game, im liking the czech republic
the czechs surprised me abtually, heard there big guy, Jan Koller got stratchered off , dad thinks he tore his hamstring, Painful.
it was 3 0 in the end i think. I saw Reyna hitting the post, that was all i was having tea. the USA were out of it copletly looking at the highlights.
i agree with everything you have said! i have never much liked sven, and not just because he's going either, why does he keep changing to silly formations that the players dont do well. if he had kept it the same as the first half we would have been playing much better im sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Fanatic*Loves Dennis*
i didnt see much of it either, cos hollyoaks was on lol! and i didnt see the first half. yeh he got stretchered off, not sure what was wrong with him thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by cornetgal
The italians play very very dirty last night.. Ghana tried their best but were deny 2 penalties that would had have them back in the game
The Italians plan 1 b c d e and f, all seemed to be get the ball, lose the ball then fall over to get the free kick. There was a lot of cheating going on.
Come on Togo, equalise. Flipping south korean cheats. As for Graham poll sending that guy off, hes ruined the game. The fellows an embarrasment to the premier league. Other countrys think that hes the best referee the EPL has. Whoever sent him to the World cup is haveing a laugh. I could do a better job myself.
the togo/south korea game was one of the most interesting ive watched so far, although either team arent the most brilliant, i thought it was a really good match, and the goals that were scored were good, i really wanted togo to equalise. one thing i hate though is when near the end of the match the winning team just pass the ball backwards and forwards, i know its a good idea from a tactical point of view but its boring to watch!
talking about argie and ivory coast game did anyone see that blatant dive the argies done? it got eboue booked aswell haha i can not tell you how bad my swearing was when i saw that! come on ivory coast:P i enjoy watching them but england all the way poor first game but then again in 66 we drew first game and then went onto win it so im still confident! bring on the germans:P
i thought the france/switzerland game was good today too, i really wanted switzerland to get a goal, but both teams played well
yah same i wanted the swiss to win! and i want croatia to win but there lose 1-0 at moment noooooooooooo
im not watching that game, i wanted to but my parents are watching something else instead! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by alkalinetrio
ONly 1 0 to Brazil, with Austrailia ahead of them, wouldnt it be a laugh if they didnt qualify. Croatia deserved a goal at the end.
yeh that would be funny lol! but i think after the next game brazil will probably be top of the group, and australia having gone down to second, maybe even third, but i could be wrong, we will see, stranger things have happened!Quote:
Originally Posted by cornetgal
What a cracking game last night!!! Croatia deserved a goal.. they battled so hard against brazil.. It should have been a draw cause they were very evenly matched
Spain currnetly 3 - 0 up against Ukraine it didnt take very long. Xabi Alonso scored first, but the commentator got very excited and said Luis Garcia, getting the wrong player, that made me laugh.
A very Lame penalty, it was a poor decision of the referee, cracking dive from Garcia.
Cant believe england are the only team in our group to have won a game! lol (not really suprising as the maximum it could be is 2!lol but it sounds good doesnt it!)
People are saying England didnt play too good the other day agaisnt Paraquay (Which is true) but dont forget they were running about for 90mins in a odd country and it was about 30 degrees on Saturday! I cant barley even stand up for 30 minutes when its that hot! Cut them some slack!
If we beat trinidad and Tobago tomorrow then its a dead certainty that we will qualify even if it means loosing to Sweden on the 20th! :cheer:
I watched the Trinidad and Tabago v Sweden Game and they were so good to draw with sweden and with only ten men! They were really quick and i do think that England will have to pull something out of the bag if they are to do well in this competition. A lot of the under dog teams are suprisingly really good!And all though i love watching them in think its safe to say we all hope England dont find them self in a penalty shoot out because they never win! You'd think sven would start practising them with the boys especially after both Lampard and Crouch missed them during the friendlies!
The spainards got of to a cracking start, 4 - 0. Thats what you call a game. Im actually looking forward to tomorrow, see what T and T can pull out the bag. I think they will surprise with 11 man and could be an evenly contested game. I dont think that Sven actually knows what hes doing, if he plays rooney i think he has made a big mistake and even Owen as he isnt match fit either. Id play 4 5 1, the big man on his own up front, with Lampard Gerrard in the middle being held by Michael Carrick, cole and Beckham on the wings.
hes not going to start with rooney, but he hasnt decided whether to bring him on or not, i personally dont think he should. i think he should start with owen though (but maybe substitute him in after half time with theo walcott seeing as sven brought him he should let him play otherwise what was the point?!) but i dont think only playing crouch at the front will work, it was evident on saturday that when owen came off, there was no one to pass to up front and so i think they need to start with 2 up front, even if afterwards they change it down to oneQuote:
Originally Posted by cornetgal
no way could you play 4 5 1 with crouch up front hes not a natural pocher if thats spelt right! 4 4 2 shud stick with i seriously cant wait till owen comes back he shud give walcott last 20 mins and if we score keep attacking and dont defend like we have been its pointless were turning into the italians
yep i agree with the 4 4 2, it works so why change it? plus 4 5 1 proved not to work on saturday. i think in a way we should still try and attack and get goals cos even if youre 1-0 up that could change really easily, even 2-0 is a bit risky, but you should also try and defend as well, but i hate it when any team just gets one goal and thinks that the attacking is done and all thats left is defending, its so stupidQuote:
Originally Posted by alkalinetrio