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Predikshuuuuuns:
Portugal 1-1 Brazil
N. Korea 1-2 Cote d'Ivoire
Chile 0-0 Spain
Switzerland 2-2 Honduras
And these signal the end of the predictions I had made before the tournament began. I may have been more accurate had I done it on a day-by-day basis. Expect next rounds to be better, therefore. :smoking:
:germany: - :england: World Football's Greatest Rivalry!
Or is it...?
Clickable: Wittiness. :laugh4:Quote:
Since 1966, Germany have been in 11 major tournament finals, of which they have won five. England's been in two semi-finals, lost to Germany on penalties
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For all my hope of a disastrous Italy campaign, I did notice a feeling of slight regret coming over me.
It's fun to see a strong, or arrogant team fail. A struggling team, weak but trying - not so much.
The Italians did put up a genuine effort, but couldn't find a way, didn't know how to direct their natural grit. When your defense is a mess, you have to compensate by playing more defensively. Which then results in your weakest line being used most, and strong points remain unused, and the entire team falters. When Italy did attack today, they played some great football, some lovely attacks.
There was some dignity in the way they bowed out, certainly more than France has ever managed when dismal. Nobody does pathos better either. All those Italian faces, fans and team alike - the despair, the grief, the disbelief - it was awesome, artistic. The last gasp effort, the hurt on the faces, it showed there was a genuine effort. Or genuine theatrics. The distinction is not made in Italy, there life IS theatre. It all had an artistic quality to it. One has got to love Italy. Such beauty, always.
So much then for the two finalists of 2006. Not really coming as a surprise, after 2008. Certainly the French team was fully expected to implode this tournament. Still, it remains astonishing that both teams could not manage a single win between them.
:northkorea: 0 - 2 :cotedivoire:
:portugal: 1 - 1 :brazil:
:switzerland: 2 - 0 :honduras:
:chile: 2 - 1 :spain:
The English like to think it is. But really it's not. For Germany their biggest rival is the Dutch. Always has and always will be. That's the team they always want to beat. It's a one-sided rivalry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Lol. Just read the article. The title summed up what I said.
North Korea 0 - 1 Ivory Coast
Portugal 1 - 2 Brazil
Swiss 1 - 0 Honduras
Chile 1 - 3 Spain
HA we secretly want each other to win. The germans want to beat Brazil, and so do we.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychonaut
North Korea 1 - 1 Ivory Coast
Portugal 1 - 0 Brazil
Swiss 1 - 0 Honduras
Chile 1 - 2 Spain
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Brazil 2 - 1 Brazil B...ups...I mean Portugal..with all those Brazilians in the team I get confused.
LOL Dutch fans are invading the townships to play against the locals, our twelth player at it's most awesome.
North Korea 1 - 0 Ivory Coast
Portugal 1 - 2 Brazil
Swiss 1 - 0 Honduras
Chile 0 - 5 Spain
:northkorea: 1 - 2 :cotedivoire:
:portugal: 1 - 2 :brazil:
:switzerland: 1 - 0 :honduras:
:chile: 2 - 1 :spain:
Now...talk about 2 teams that weren´t really trying to win..
:beam: Coming up: Spain VS Portugal :duel:
I've never seen anything quite like the final minutes of the Spain v Chile game.
Still, I really enjoyed the game on the whole. I reckon Chile would have won it if they kept 11 men, they play some great attacking football, and that young Suarez (IIRC) player looks particularly dangerous. Plus they sure don't lack passion, though they went a bit too far with a few of the tackles.
The Villa goal was sensational... I'm a little disappointed with Torres though, especially his blatant dive in the build-up to Iniesta's goal (check the video with the Chilean red card >.<).
That should have been at least a yellow for Torres, surely? O_O
Hahah, he is obviously faking it. Trust those Spanish to pull a dirty trick like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Secura
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Originally Posted by Beskar
Predictions after 90 minutes played:
:uruguay: 1 - 1 :southkorea: (2 - 1 after 120 min.)
:unitedstates: 1 - 2 :ghana:
I didn't see any of the games today. Apparantly, there is a bright sunny world out there!
Not that I cared about any of that, gimme footy footy footy.
https://forums.totalwar.org/images/s...gs/uruguay.gif :uruguay: 2 - 0 :southkorea:
:unitedstates: 1 - 0 :ghana: https://forums.totalwar.org/images/s...lags/ghana.gif
Out of town trips can really mess with a score, whatever...
:uruguay: 2 - 1 :southkorea:
:unitedstates: 3 - 2 :ghana:
:uruguay: 0 - 1 :southkorea:
:unitedstates: 2 - 0 :ghana:
:uruguay: 2 - 1 :southkorea: Fórlan gets at least 1
:unitedstates: 3- 0 :ghana:
For this weekend:
Uruguay - South Korea 2:0
USA - Ghana 2:1
Germany - England 2:1
Argentina - Mexico 1:0
Uruguay 1 - 1 South Korea
USA 2 - 0 Ghana
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Update:
Louis: +2 = 41
Insane Apache: +3 = 35
Psycho: +2 = 25
Ser Clegane: +5 = 29
Romanic: +2 = 24
Rhyfelwyr: +1 = 18
Marshall Murat: 20
Beefy: +1 = 8
Centurio Nixalsverdus: 17
I've taken a few players that haven't predicted in a while off the list, I still have a record of your score so feel free to drop back in. 2 points for a correct result, 4 for correct score in this round so Louis is still within reach of most of you.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Uruguay 1 - 0 South Korea
USA 0 - 0 Ghana (This one has extra time written all over it)
:uruguay: 2 - 0 :southkorea:
:unitedstates: 1 - 2 :ghana:
Poor South Koreans ;_;
Let's try again in four years! Now, my hopes are all directed towards Japan.
I guess we're of the same kind there, Haxeley. I'm a Go-Go-Asia this tournament as well as being fans of the underdogs. What's more Japan and S. Korea I like so much in particular.
70 minutes of rampage that chewed Uruguay to bits, clumsy finishing especially by late substitute Dong Gook cost them the tournament. They truly deserved more of this.
Props to Jung Woo, Young Pyo and Suarez.
Prediction:
USA 1-1 Ghana
USA to the quarter finals consequently.