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intlzncster said:
I love the English commentators on the hot chicks in the crowd.

"Of course, she was always going to be a winner today."

"heLLO there!"

"Oh, HELLo!"


Meanwhile, back in the States, Musberger gives Katherine Webb one innocuous compliment, thereby making her career, and he's pilloried for it. America!
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Were those "hellos" for the "winner" girl? She had French and Swiss flags on her cheeks, so she "couldn't lose."
 
Leebo said:
Were those "hellos" for the "winner" girl? She had French and Swiss flags on her cheeks, so she "couldn't lose."
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No, those were for other hot chicks on shots spanning the crowd (other games involved).

Camera guy would focus on a good looking girl, and a brit announcer would say, "HELL-o" and simply move on. Very funny.
 
Just was saying the "winner" comment wasn't about her looks (entirely). The double meaning may have been intended.
 
Leebo said:
Just was saying the "winner" comment wasn't about her looks (entirely). The double meaning may have been intended.
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Yep, I got you. No idea his intent, but I'm happy to let precedent ride and interpret it as so.
 
CallMeBruce said:
I realized yesterday that I scheduled a training with some new employees during the US/Germany match. I hate everything about myself.
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Hope they are German, if they are, they won't show-up either. I have a lot of work calls with international folks and have been juggling them on the fly based on the Cup schedule and cancelled all calls with Brazil until mid July.
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
Hope they are German, if they are, they won't show-up either. I have a lot of work calls with international folks and have been juggling them on the fly based on the Cup schedule and cancelled all calls with Brazil until mid July.
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They have their priorities in order.
 
UConnDan97 said:
I perhaps gave the false impression that I don't respect Costa Rica. I think that they are a very good team. In my opinion, they were the second best team in CONCACAF prior to the resurgence of Mexico, and now they are probably the third best. And they deserve a lot of credit. They played the perfect gameplan. They made good on one of their 4 or 5 chances, and were able to ride it all the way to the victory. Dare I say, it was a very Italian win for them...
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And they did not fall apart after some typically Italian calls from the ref, good for them.

Spain out. England out. Italy has a one game playoff now to advance. Portugal will hopefully be out on Sunday. A lot of big names gone and it's on the 1st round. Awesome.
 
intlzncster said:
I love the English commentators on the hot chicks in the crowd.

"Of course, she was always going to be a winner today."

"heLLO there!"

"Oh, HELLo!"


Meanwhile, back in the States, Musberger gives Katherine Webb one innocuous compliment, thereby making her career, and he's pilloried for it. America!
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Here about the Mexican coaches response to some apparently off-color jeers from Mexican fans at the last match during the opposing team's goal kicks. He basically blew it off saying that's what Mexican fans do. Not smart. FIFA is under a lot of corporate pressure to clean that stuff up. Mexico's football association may be looking at a fine.
 
Mr. Conehead said:
And they did not fall apart after some typically Italian calls from the ref, good for them.

Spain out. England out. Italy has a one game playoff now to advance. Portugal will hopefully be out on Sunday. A lot of big names gone and it's on the 1st round. Awesome.
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"Typically Italian calls"??? :rolleyes: Give me a break...
 
UConnDan97 said:
"Typically Italian calls"??? :rolleyes: Give me a break...
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In 2006, Australia should have beaten Italy if it was not for the refs and the 1st ground game versus the US was not much better. Been sore with Italy ever since.
 
UConnDan97 said:
"Typically Italian calls"??? :rolleyes: Give me a break...
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Mr. Conehead said:
In 2006, Australia should have beaten Italy if it was not for the refs and the 1st ground game versus the US was not much better. Been sore with Italy ever since.
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I don't know about "typical", but I'm with Conehead on the 2006 "Italian Job". As an Aussie supporter, that was a kick in the nuts.
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
Here about the Mexican coaches response to some apparently off-color jeers from Mexican fans at the last match during the opposing team's goal kicks. He basically blew it off saying that's what Mexican fans do. Not smart. FIFA is under a lot of corporate pressure to clean that stuff up. Mexico's football association may be looking at a fine.
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The fact that they got away with pretty much screaming f-gg-t every time there is a goal kick is pretty amazing. That needs to be stopped immediately. The sad thing is that they extend it to their club teams in the USA too. Hear it at MLS games from that segment of the fan base.

Good luck to FIFA on that one, would greatly appreciate it.
 
Mr. Conehead said:
In 2006, Australia should have beaten Italy if it was not for the refs and the 1st ground game versus the US was not much better. Been sore with Italy ever since.
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The game against the USA was fairly called. All 3 red cards were probably all deserved, and the ref did not let De Rossi get away with the viscious elbow. There are always blown calls during WC games. It's a combination of the pressure on the refs and the pressure of the magnitude of the games. I've seen at least 5 major botched calls to this point in the tourney, only one of which was for Italy...
 
UConnDan97 said:
The game against the USA was fairly called. All 3 red cards were probably all deserved, and the ref did not let De Rossi get away with the viscious elbow. There are always blown calls during WC games. It's a combination of the pressure on the refs and the pressure of the magnitude of the games. I've seen at least 5 major botched calls to this point in the tourney, only one of which was for Italy...
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Mastroeni's was just a terrible play. Was so pissed at him for giving away our advantage. The other one (Pope, right?) I remember I didn't like, but had to accept that it was well within the referee's bounds. Certainly not a botched decision.
 
UConnDan97 said:
The game against the USA was fairly called. All 3 red cards were probably all deserved, and the ref did not let De Rossi get away with the viscious elbow. There are always blown calls during WC games. It's a combination of the pressure on the refs and the pressure of the magnitude of the games. I've seen at least 5 major botched calls to this point in the tourney, only one of which was for Italy...
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I know there are always blown calls. I do. But this still disgusts me. To make this call in the final seconds of injury time of a second round match? No way.



Side note, in searching for this, I found it amusing that there are wiki's displaying controversies for each World Cup. Here's 2006:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies
 
bobbygt said:
These start times in California are just killing me. I thought it would be fine, but I've missed most of the good matches this week.
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Hah, that's nothing. Try being in Asia! Staying awake for midnight games, crashing extremely early for 3 am games and heading back to sleep, waking up very early for 6 am games, or combinations of the preceding makes for some messed up sleeping patterns. Luckily, I've worked from home more, taken some siestas, and started all over again.

At least all of the games are televised here in one language, dialect, etc. Some absolutely great games, and not many very bad games to date. Think I'll crash tonight, as Argentina should destroy Iran and the German-Ghanaian game obviously directly impacts US prospects to advance.

I believe
 
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intlzncster said:
They have their priorities in order.
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Yeh, imagine the new employee/soccer fan's views on their new boss who 1) foolishly failed to check the US schedule, 2) figured it out and kept the training as scheduled, and 3) appears to have failed to simply re-schedule the training to earlier Monday or to some other day. Go figure?! ;)
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Hah, that's nothing. Try being in Asia! Staying awake for midnight games, crashing extremely early for 3 am games and heading back to sleep, waking up very early for 6 am games, or combinations of the preceding makes for some messed up sleeping patterns. Luckily, I've worked from home more, taken some siestas, and started all over again.

At least all of the games are televised here in one language, dialect, etc. Some absolutely great games, and not many very bad games to date. Think I'll crash tonight, as Argentina should destroy Iran and the German-Ghanaian game obviously directly impacts US prospects to advance.
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I lived in Australia for 7 years, so I know your pain. Adjusting to normal life after the 2006 WC (Germany) took me about a month.
 
Strummer said:
I've really tried to like soccer over the years. It's an entertaining game. I suppose it doesn't help that the U.S. team isn't a top team despite having 20 million kids playing rec soccer at any given moment in this country.

Watched Croatia/Brazil. Not a soccer guy, but Croatia appeared to get jobbed pretty badly.

I know soccer guys absolutely hate when non-soccer guys suggest changing the rules, but that's what needs to happen here. 1 official calling the whole field? The call on the Croat for the PK was just ridiculous. The flopping is ridiculous. It makes Duke look like amateurs. It makes the game very difficult to watch for someone like me, a non-hardcore soccer fan.

Rules need to change. Start with this - the penalty kick system is just plain stupid. A whistle gets blown, and a guy gets a kick that he makes 80% of the time or more? And then a 2-1 lead is virtually insurmountable? And he wasn't facing the goal and he had little chance of scoring, if any? Doesn't seem like an 80% shot is the correct reward for the infraction. Maybe have different levels of penalty kick, depending on what was happening at the time of the foul.

Soccer is so popular in the rest of the world, that I can't see any changes ever being implemented. It's like having the #1 talk show on TV for 50 years running. Why make a change?

If the game is decided by one guy flopping and an official awarding a kick that goes in 80% of the time and that most likely decides the game, then that official needs to have somebody reviewing the calls, minimally.
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Just never bet on it.
 
Big game for the US today with Germany-Ghana. I'm already getting excited. Hopefully, the Germans roll.
 
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Mourinho must be jealous of how Iran is parking the bus...
 
intlzncster said:
I know there are always blown calls. I do. But this still disgusts me. To make this call in the final seconds of injury time of a second round match? No way.



Side note, in searching for this, I found it amusing that there are wiki's displaying controversies for each World Cup. Here's 2006:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies
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Well, by the letter of the law, the defender is obstructing. He went to ground, and without making contact with the ball, partially impeded the player's forward progress. It's weak, but it's still accurate.

The one that we REALLY should be talking about is the Materazzi red card earlier in the game that should never have been. In other words, Australia was playing for 40 minutes with a one-man advantage because Italy DOES NOT get all the calls... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vWHp19N684

about the 1:15min mark
 
UConnDan97 said:
Well, by the letter of the law, the defender is obstructing. He went to ground, and without making contact with the ball, partially impeded the player's forward progress. It's weak, but it's still accurate.

The one that we REALLY should be talking about is the Materazzi red card earlier in the game that should never have been. In other words, Australia was playing for 40 minutes with a one-man advantage because Italy DOES NOT get all the calls... ;)

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True, but as we know, penalty kicks are everything. Especially with zero time left. There's always a grey area between 'letter of the law' and what should be reasonably called on the field in what situation, especially so in soccer with penalty kicks.

My measure of whether a call is acceptable is if I would have been ripped had it been my team and it was NOT called. I honesty wouldn't have given it a second thought, were Australia the attacking team (and not given the call).
 
Wow Messi. Wow. Messi just too good.

Poor Iran. They had a brilliant chance to win this game, not just tie it.

I was pulling for them. Announcer was saying they couldn't even get warmup matches due to international sanctions. Shame for them.
 
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