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wtf was the Greek goal keeper looking at? lol

the scoreline Argentina v Greece could get a bit ugly

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Greece and Australia looks like the weakeast teams for sure... Dont think Messi, Higuain, Mascherano or any the important players will play against them though

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that has to be the stupidest red card since beckham kicking the argentina player in 1998

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Breaking news - Henry fails drug test and will take no further part :shock:

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lol

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wow, that looked very similar to Robert Green's fuck up

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the nigeria kepper has made some good saves, but too many rebounds

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;869583]wow, that looked very similar to Robert Green's fuck up[/QUOTE]

Exactly. That´s another argument to add to all the people who say that this Jabulani ball sucks. It´s like a balloon! i can buy a ball like that for 5 bucks at the local supermarket and it´s only good to play at the beach.

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I don't know, I just think they're amateur mistakes not getting your body completely behind the ball? it's unfortunate because he has had some nice saves too.. as bad as Greece has looked at times, they just might sneak into the knock out round

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;869587]I don't know, I just think they're amateur mistakes not getting your body completely behind the ball?[/QUOTE]

Well it´s not always gonna be the ball´s fault, but I know a couple of guys (who are not pro players) that have played with this ball and they say, for example, that the ball acts weird when they hit it with quite some power from afar, it´s like it zig-zags, the trajectory is a bit unpredictable.

Also, if you´ve gotten used most of the time to a ball with a certain weight, it´ll take you some time to adapt the weight you´ll put behind a save with your body, if you´re a keeper. And that could cause some weird deflections.

Finally, notice how most free-kicks in the tournament so far have been a bit crap, it seems like the ball takes a lot longer to start dipping after a long hard strike. Same thing for long passes...

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Pretty fun game.. Love matches ending with no less than 2 or 3 goals.. World cup is going better thankfully

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^^ ^pretty good game, but i still have my doubts, hope mexico burns down today

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Congrats to Argentina and Greece! I hope I can catch a summary of both Games later. I am getting excited for tomorrow already. Good thing is, no matter if we win or lose, there will be a reason for drinking. :p

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[QUOTE=Kinetic;869589]Well it´s not always gonna be the ball´s fault, but I know a couple of guys (who are not pro players) that have played with this ball and they say, for example, that the ball acts weird when they hit it with quite some power from afar, it´s like it zig-zags, the trajectory is a bit unpredictable.

Also, if you´ve gotten used most of the time to a ball with a certain weight, it´ll take you some time to adapt the weight you´ll put behind a save with your body, if you´re a keeper. And that could cause some weird deflections.

Finally, notice how most free-kicks in the tournament so far have been a bit crap, it seems like the ball takes a lot longer to start dipping after a long hard strike. Same thing for long passes...[/QUOTE]

free kicks have been a bit crap yes, but the federations have had these balls in their possession for months, so it's not adidas's fault if they didn't take the time to get used to them

funny I heard the complete opposite from someone that plays for the Rowdies here, said he hits the ball as hard as he wants and it was dipping over a wall at 25 yards from goal.. guess it just takes a minute to get used to hitting it right... I still say the England and Nigeria keepers messed up easy saves.. a ball hit pretty much on the ground isn't going to zig zag a whole lot.. you need to get your body behind it.. now Paraguay's goalie? lol.. no excuse either, he missed that ball by about 3 or 4 feet against Italy, lol

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;869638] the federations have had these balls in their possession for months, so it's not adidas's fault if they didn't take the time to get used to them l[/QUOTE]

Some have, some haven't - they've been pretty standard in the Bundesliga for 6 months or so - not in UK due to a contract the premier league have with Nike.

I agree it's pushing it to blame those 2 keeping errors on the ball but overall i think the sides who've kept it short and on the deck have looked better for it. I've seen some horrendous long passes that you simply wouldn't normally see at this level of football. A lot of players seem hesitant when controlling the ball too imo which is taking a little of the spontaneity out of moves.

Lost count of how many headers/saves have been misjudged because of last minute ball movements. Maybe it's partly the ball, partly the atmosphere??? Those balls were developed at the university here in the town where i live and believe me, it's a very big talking point here.

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I wasn't talking about the prem, I meant the actual federations, but you make a good point.. I'm sure the altitude has something to do with it too... but everyone is playing with the same ball and Argentina didn't seem to have any problems with it lmao

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[QUOTE=Kinetic;869589] Finally, notice how most free-kicks in the tournament so far have been a bit crap, it seems like the ball takes a lot longer to start dipping after a long hard strike. Same thing for long passes...[/QUOTE]

now that you say that, the free kicks in this mexico v france match have been absolutely useless

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isnt it related to the altitude? and the effect on the ball?

edit: just realized steve said the same thing. so i'll just be over here whistling for a while.

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[QUOTE=TomTom;869612]Congrats to Argentina and Greece! I hope I can catch a summary of both Games later. I am getting excited for tomorrow already. [B]Good thing is, no matter if we win or lose, there will be a reason for drinking.[/B] :p[/QUOTE]

I certainly hope you don't lose to Serbia, I wouldn't be surprised with a draw though.. but if I were you Ghana would make me more nervous

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so the French are fucked.. Mexico and Uraguay play each other next and regardless of what happens in the France v South Africa match a draw puts Mexico and Uraguay through, so they can just play out a 0-0 draw, lol

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p.s. France just proved they don't deserve to be at the World Cup finals, cheated to get there and karma is taking care of the rest

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;869676]so the French are fucked.. Mexico and Uraguay play each other next and regardless of what happens in the France v South Africa match a draw puts Mexico and Uraguay through, so they can just play out a 0-0 draw, lol[/QUOTE]

They are pretty much fucked up yeah... But got the feeling that Mexico vs Uruguay will be a rough match... A draw might put Mexico in the second place and that prolly means play against Argentina (hipothetically) on the next phase.. Pretty sure Uruguay and Mexico will fight for the first place in the group.. Both of them can of course beat Argentina, but imo is clearly better play against any of the others teams..

If something magical happens and France scores lots of goals (3 to say the least) against South Africa, theres a extremelly low chance to get through the knock out phase.. For that option Mexico or Uruguay should lost the game for a few goals... This is almost an impossible scenario but well, soccer is a weird sport :lol:

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they're minus 2,. they need A LOT of goals, and they haven't even scored ONE! lmao

I'd rather see Argentina sooner than later really, they seem to build up steam like Brazil as the tourney goes on.. being English I'll take them whenever!!!

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;869692] I'd rather see Argentina sooner than later really, they seem to build up steam like Brazil as the tourney goes on.. [/QUOTE]

Let me tell you, we are not Brazil... They are the real deal on World Cup... Argentina is doing it pretty well actually, but we are not Brazil or Germany, and must say, we are less efective than Italy through World Cup history.. That means go step by step

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Wow, this Germany-Serbia game is being a real lovefest, ain´t it? :roll:

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where is this referee from? that was a horrendous call for a second yellow, foul yes, card no way

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haha come on the serbs

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poor penalty or great save?

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poor peno

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yeah, would expect more from Podolski

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omg Serbia is about to win ... lol at german hipster coach

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unfortunate that 1/3 of the players on the pitch are sitting on a yellow because of this card happy ref

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That was unexpected.... What a crazy sport soccer is you cant be completely sure about any result.. Without Miroslav for the next game against Ghana, things can be a little complicate for them

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spanish referee should not be in any other match, didnt let them play

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He was just pissed about Spain losing the other day and took it out on the Germans, but, Podolksi should have buried that penalty though

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wtf is that central defender for the USA wearing gloves for? lmao, looks like a right Nancy

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Nice skills on that Slovenia goal... Great one

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yeah nice shot, Howard was completely frozen

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where is this streaming sil vous plait?