Official World Cup Thread

[Red Peasant]

It's the World Cup and most teams will have at least 15 mins of good play, which Paraguay did for part of the second half. England controlled the match and came out with the win. Result. Judging by some of the typical over-reaction in the media, however, we may as well pack our bags and leave now! Tossers.

[Radier]

Sweden T-T : 0-0

Nonononono.....

[Soulforged]

It's the World Cup and most teams will have at least 15 mins of good play, which Paraguay did for part of the second half. England controlled the match and came out with the win. Result. Judging by some of the typical over-reaction in the media, however, we may as well pack our bags and leave now! Tossers.

Careful there, though Paraguay is not at the summit, it certainly is an experienced and respected team. In fact it didn't lose its first match since 1958.

Now about Argentina... Mmmm frankly it dissappointed me, I expected a lot more. The players did a lot of fouls, too many long shots, too many errors in both the defense and the offense, specially when they were in full attack and the recovery of Ivory Coast provoqued dangerous situations. This has to be solved inmidiatly. Also I think it was a grave error for Pekerman to include Gonzales at that point in the match. However Ivory Coast, though not a surprise, at least for me, did played a lot more of football than I expected at least until the 60 minutes of match. And until the end of the first half they diserved to win the match (without mentioning the penalty that the referee didn't give to them in the first half). Until now all great teams have showed that they're not at their best, all of them will improve I think. I cannot comment on Sweden vs Trinidad y Tobago because this damn cable service didn't transmited it.

Anyway .... Volveremo', volveremo', volveremos otra vez, volveremo' a ser campeones como en el ochenta y seis.