Football 2014 FIFA World Cup

[Leoat12]

Good match, I think England doesn't have any regret despite the defeat, they played very well, but Italy played better.
Balotelli and Pirlo made shoots that deserved a goal.

Uruguay x England on Thursday will be interesting.

 

[xi0]

Uh, I think Rooney has some regrets...like at least 3 of them

 

[Hardy]

Uruguay x England on Thursday will be interesting.

Who wants to see those scrubs, I want to see a clash between top tier teams like Costa Rica vs Italy

 

[Josef]

Who wants to see those scrubs, I want to see a clash between top tier teams like Costa Rica vs Italy

Nah, Costa Rica vs England for a place in the knockout stage?

 

[Leoat12]

Uh, I think Rooney has some regrets...like at least 3 of them

Rooney is the regret personified. He will retire and will not make a goal in WC.

 

[ibra87]

Pirlo was a beast. Nicely done by him, Balotelli and Marchisio.

And Darmian. Hadn't even heard of him before (apparently Torino) but he really made a nice impression. And Sturrdige.

 

[FrostyMouse]

#EnglandAreAJoke

25 crosses...what are they, Moyes' United? Only one cross connected, although it was, admittedly, the goal.

There were a lot of problems. Baines was isolated, but did even more poorly than someone isolated normally does. Johnson wasn't that good. I thought Henderson didn't do that well. Sterling looked good at times, but his youth and inexperience betrayed him quite often. Rooney was absolutely poor, except for the cross to Sturridge. He missed that pretty open chance and his struggles in the WC continue. I didn't think Gerrard played well. Cahill wasn't helped at all by Jagielka, but Cahill made some silly fouls and didn't do enough to harry Super Mario.

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Pirlo was a beast. Nicely done by him, Balotelli and Marchisio.

And Darmian. Hadn't even heard of him before (apparently Torino) but he really made a nice impression. And Sturrdige.

England got absolutely zero pressure on Pirlo, which is the one thing you have to do when playing against Italy.

Yeah, Darmian was great. De Sciglio might be the FIFA 14 RB of the future, but Darmian's clearly the real Italian RB future.

 

[Sky]

Dunno why Darmian is underrated everywhere... His "stats" need a boost, he is a monster.

 

[Leoat12]

Let's go everybody root for our beloved Japan!

 

[ibra87]

Dunno why Darmian is underrated everywhere... His "stats" need a boost, he is a monster.

My guess he's unknown! I was surprised how well he played considering it's his 2nd national match. Dang.


EDIT: Also Sturrdige's 3rd match or something.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Let's go everybody root for our beloved Japan!

I picked a 1-1 draw in the upcoming match. Drogba, although I forget whether he's starting tonight, is why I'm rooting for the Ivory Coast. He's not the same player anymore, but...

COME ON, KALOU.

 

[Hardy]

Nah, Drogba is still class. I recall him single-handedly owning Arsenal in a friendly match with Galatasaray.

 

[Leoat12]

Despite techinique, I like the country, that's why I root for Japan. They don't threat us in any way as well.

It would be better if they played in São Paulo, there is a huge colony there.

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Drogba will not play.

 

[Hardy]

1 minute and Ivory Coast already fcked up twice.

 

[scav]

Let's go everybody root for our beloved Japan!

I'm for Ivory Coast here

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hum no point watching that game for me. the real game is tomorrow

 

[Josef]

Well on paper ivory Coast are better. Japan is better than what it had in previous years, so this should be interesting, but I think it depends on the quality of play that will be displayed by Ivory Coast, so far they are more dominating, although less than 10 mins in.

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I'm for Ivory Coast here

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hum no point watching that game for me. the real game is tomorrow

Vs Honduras bro?

 

[Leoat12]

Ivory Coast attacked more, Japan gave space sometimes, but it is playing well, too. 1-0 is fair by now.

 

[Hardy]

So simple, it took them an entire hour to realise they had to use crossings against Japan.

 

[kakashi919]

That second goal should have been saved by the keeper though :/

 

[Hardy]

Jesus Christ everyone is a professional keeper with 3 Ballons d'or in this thread. It wasn't an easy ball man, Gervinho took a header like 3 mts away form him, it went cornered, fast and down.