2010 World Cup Thread

[TunnelOfLove]

Rafik Saifi of Algeria slapped female reporter after their loss to the USA. Sore loser?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/23/rafik-saifi-algerian-worl_n_623405.html

 

[Hot Mega]

Rafik Saifi of Algeria slapped female reporter after their loss to the USA. Sore loser?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/23/rafik-saifi-algerian-worl_n_623405.html

UPDATE 1: According to Yahoo's Martin Rogers, Saifi slapped the reporter. Rogers writes that the reporter, Asma Halimi, responded by hitting the Algerian player in the mouth. Read his full report here for more info.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh They're probably fucking each other.:2 cents:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

lol Italia about to make an early exit. :1orglaugh But did you guys see that save by the Slovak defender. :hatsoff:

 

[nightwanker]

lol Italia about to make an early exit. :1orglaugh But did you guys see that save by the Slovak defender. :hatsoff:

Yes!
Even more spectacular than Lahm's save for Germany against Ghana.

Edit: 2:0 Slovakia v Italy

 

[BlueBalls]

Looks like it's going to be the first time ever that both finalists go out in the first round.

 

[Bonezstorm]

Slovakia! :nanner:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Shit. I go up to fry some potatos come back and it's 2-1 and a guy just got smacked in the face.

 

[Supafly]

Would have anybody believed before the World Cup that the reigning champion Italy would drop out as the last in their group?

Wow.

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Yes yes yes! Italy is out! :nanner: Finally they got what they deserved! :nanner:

I'm just sad that New Zealand is out as well. They played a great world cup. But Slovakia deserved it against Italy!

 

[Namreg]

YES! the cheaters are out! thank you, slovakia!

 

[nightwanker]

The best Italy got at the moment?

Júlio César, Maicon, Lúcio, Walter Samuel, Cristian Chivu, Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso, Wesley Sneijder, Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Goran Pandev

Dejan Stanković (68), Sulley Muntari (79), Marco Materazzi (90+2)

Manager: José Mourinho


Just a thought within the moment...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_UEFA_Champions_League_Final

 

[CurtJa]

"Slovenia - Aren't that good a team and the USA didnt beat them"

That's pretty funny, actually. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[GregCentauro]

Dish of the day: Pizza Cannavaro = no topping and delivered home prontissimo. :1orglaugh

 

[Bonezstorm]

No Viva Italia :scream:
Viva Slovakia! :glugglug:

 

[TunnelOfLove]

Would have anybody believed before the World Cup that the reigning champion Italy would drop out as the last in their group?

Wow.

And it was supposed to be an easy group for Italy.

But anyways, what a great match that was!

 

[Supafly]

Yes yes yes! Italy is out! :nanner: Finally they got what they deserved! :nanner:

I hear ya, my thoughts exactly after that pushing Frings back at he last Euro Cup after which he was banned from the final.

Cheaters, and no ownder their fans were not really supporting them like before, you get fed up with asswipes like those after a while.

And it's great to see some 'small teams' step up and shine now.

 

[titsrock]

Man there is world cup ~fever~ in the States. People have it now here. Will it stick around though...:dunno:

If the U.S. can win 2 more games that would be awesome...

 

[tartanterrier]

Great to see the 2 most boring favourites going out.I'm sure the knock
out stages are going to be brilliant :thefinger

Bring it on :nanner:

 

[lurkingdirk]

I hope the Netherlands STOMPS on Cameroon. Not that I hate Cameroon, I just want to see some Dutch stomping.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Uruguay will wipe the floor with the USA , should they meet and Ghana will be too strong for them as well , lets have a look at this realisticly the teams you have played so far

England - As much as it pains me too say , we are not as good as we like to think , actually we are pretty poor

Algeria - They are shit and the USA struggled to beat them

Slovenia - Aren't that good a team and the USA didnt beat them

Also dont read too much into the confed cup performances , these arent real trophies , yes its nice to win but in the big picture it counts for nothing and most European and Sth.American countries realise this , so they take it easy and dont really get out of 3rd gear

At world cups European teams are usually slow starters and come good when it matters , S.American teams always start well and are usually consistant throughout the tournaments

I think the Quarters are at best is all the USA can acheive which is still a great result for the USA , I think Uruguay or S.Korea will be too good for the USA if they can get by Ghana

But good luck and all the best , I would like the USA to do well for the way they have approached this tournament and the team and the fans seem to be enjoying it and they have been good to watch :thumbsup::hatsoff:

In the Confederations Cup, the Yanks played both Brazil and Spain's first team squad. They werent playing they're B-squad. They beat Spain and they nearly beat Brazil. To say that those teams didn't care for the Confed Cup is a stretch considering these teams decided to bring their best players.

I realize that playing Ghana is going to be tough because they are going to have the entire continent of Africa behind them, but this is a beatable team. The have only scored two goals in the tournament, both coming on penalty kicks. With Uruguay or South Korea, Uruaguay is the one team that I believe would trouble the Yanks, but again its the same with Ghana, these are both beatable teams.