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...I never got what was so interesting about people kicking a ball into a net for hours.
I hate how those idiots keep calling the world cup a big football game when it isn't. It's soccer.
Spain loses to a bunch of Cuckoo clock and chocolate makers.
Stupid ref.
Reasons why football should be called football and not soccer:
1) It is the oldest sport to call itself football
2) It is the most popular sport in the world to call itself football
3) It is called football in 98% of the world
4) They use their feet more than any other game called football
Final score.
Stupid ref.Show Image(http://worldreferee.com/img/referee/coulibaly_koman2.jpg)
Anyway, what kind of game is this? All these ties.
A game for socialists.
1) It is the oldest sport to call itself football
2) It is the most popular sport in the world to call itself football
3) It is called football in 98% of the world
But they don't play with a football, they play with a soccer ball.
And they use their feet just as much in football as they do in soccer. How do you all think the players get around the field?
Our KBDMania friends reacting to this....Show Image(http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2009-05-02/1241234884340.jpg)
Motivation.
The North Koreans will be summarily executed when they return.
The Brazilians get laid win or lose.
Hurp-de-derp indeed.
Don't you pick the football up in American football?
American Football looks superficially like rugby, except American Footballers wear 10" of protective clothing in case they break a nail...
Horribly rascist?
wouldnt it be really funny if the US won the cup? I dont think the rest of the world would ever recover from that.
btw This is the first time i've ever seen this much mainstream public interest in the world cup in the US. Like, ever.
The US reached the top 4 once in the 1960s. It's not like they're COMPLETELY new to the game. And they have a strong enough team to make the top 4 IMO. European and South American teams can learn a lot from how gentlemanly the US coach (and US players) behave.
And you misspelled racist.=)
"The French give up, the Americans decide to turn up at the last minute
and England are left to face the Germans. Familiar?" ..
Heh, England vs. Germany this is the main reason why the World Cup exist ;-)
we as English beleive we can beat German
Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.
I still am a firm believer that if a team deserves a win, they'll overcome all the odds (like, England beating Germany 3-2 even with that disallowed goal). However, referee blunders also affect players psychologically and the team morale and that's a factor nobody can anticipate or calculate.
I think it depends on the kind of blunder we're talking about and the style of tournament. If we're talking about a goal, then I'd have to disagree when we're talking about a sport in which goals are so hard to come by and so many games (especially at the elite level) end in ties. In a points based tournment, I could see a case for a better team being able to overcome the odds, but in an elimination tournment, luck can overpower skill because at this level of the game, the difference between the great teams and the average teams isn't overwhelming.
As we get closer to crunch time, I can't help but feel one thing: we are going to pulverize Argentina.
I didn't see the whole game, since I was at work (:tsk:), but I just watched the highlights and must say that the German team was very impressive.
My prediction for the final: The Netherlands vs. Germany.
I'm probably more tense than the Germans and Spaniards that will actually be playing today. I'm also eventually going to have to move to Germany so that I can somewhat justify my fanatical support of their football team, but for now, I'll have to put up with the "ur not even german u noob y do u care so much!!!!" comments. Today is your day, Nationalmannschaft. If you win today, you will beat the Netherlands. If Spain wins today, the Netherlands will beat them.
Oh, and **** Paul the octopus.
Spain outplayed us by miles.
It always amuses me when sport fans say "we" when talking about the performance of their team of choice. As if you were out there on the field with them.... =P
The referee should be drowned shot drawn and quartered for those ****ing pathetic calls. Netherlands deserved the win and they played much better than Spain. Thanks to one man the world cup became a mockery
Wtf was that call by the referee at the end. He didn't give Netherlands the corner they deserved. The goal kick that was given instead screwed them over.
The referee should be drowned shot drawn and quartered for those ****ing pathetic calls. Netherlands deserved the win and they played much better than Spain. Thanks to one man the world cup became a mockery
Damn, they're wearing metal cleats on Astroturf?
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