Year Round The Football/Soccer Thread v2

[BBB Banana]

Yeah, of course, but think about the embarrassment for a European and World Champion to go to playoffs. Furthermore, if i remember correctly, the worst second place, meaning the one with the least amount of points, is automatically eliminated. Right now, only Israel and Sweden have 8 points as second-place.

But spain's group has less teams so it's by percentage of points made out of the ones possible. Or something like that I guess.

 

[Hardy]

Damn, Brazil played even worse today. Scolari must be pissed.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Yes, he must be.

 

[xi0]

I'll be watching MEX-USA obviously. After the blizzard debacle, it's interesting that Mexico has less points than us. I wonder if we can get points at Azteca. We had a rare win there last year, but I'm not betting on that happening. It's hard to gauge where the team is at after losing to Honduras...and you can't really assess a team when they play in a foot of snow, even though they won

 

[BBB Banana]

Damn, Brazil played even worse today. Scolari must be pissed.

You think so? I think they did better than against Italy :O
They were bad at the beginning but during the rest of the game I think they were better than against Italy.

 

[xi0]

My Heart - USA 1 - MEX 1

My Head - USA 0 - MEX 2



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Awww fuck...Guzan is in goal, not Howard

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I love how conceited Mexican commentators are about the national team. What have they actually done besides winning a Confederations Cup? Nothing.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Well, Gary, it ended up 0-0, so you have to be happy about that.

 

[xi0]

Well, Gary, it ended up 0-0, so you have to be happy about that.

And you're not?

But yeah...luck involved with them not pointing to the penalty spot late. But overall we just played better than them. We didn't park the bus either, Klinsmann's substitutions proved that.

 

[FrostyMouse]

And you're not?

But yeah...luck involved with them not pointing to the penalty spot late. But overall we just played better than them. We didn't park the bus either, Klinsmann's substitutions proved that.

Well, it's always nice to see the national team pick up points, and I will watch their matches when it comes time for the WC, but I actually support France, who have now failed me in two losses in a row against Spain.

There was a lot of luck there, but if Mexico were relying on a penalty being given to beat us, then their game plan or whatever was awful. I couldn't believe some of the chances that they missed.

 

[Hardy]

I actually support France.

Wut.

So, if France plays against the US in the WC, you won't root for your country?

 

[FrostyMouse]

Wut.

So, if France plays against the US in the WC, you won't root for your country?

Hmm...France has never actually played the US in all of the time that I've watched football. It would be an interesting one. France would obviously have the better chance of winning the WC, but if the US got a big win in the WC, it could help US football development.

I do root for the US against everyone normally. I was rooting for the US against England in the 2010 WC.

 

[xi0]

Mexico was mostly garbage. Dos Santos and Guardado disappeared. Chicharito was sort of off as well. I would have preferred bringing in Shea earlier, as they kept such a high line at times that a counterattack could have worked. We had rookie center backs and they were stellar, as well as Guzan really. I guess I was influenced by the Villa stench . They had something like 15 corner kicks and couldn't convert any of them. It's a shame we couldn't get more setpieces as we easily outclass them in the department. Oh well, a point away is a point away.

 

[ibra87]

Italian football at its best, look at 00:39

[video=dailymotion;xyi8vb]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyi8vb_tvgoals-net-malta-0-2-italy-highlights_sport?start=41[/video]

 

[kakashi919]

Lol Italians always make the most out of fouls... ALWAYS

 

[goldb]

Has anyone checked out this article on the best football academies in Europe? I'm not as shocked by who's top or Barcelona's position as I'm just astounded at the lack of english teams there. Granted we just buy alot and import youngsters from other leagues but I thought there'd be at least 2 or 3. :/

 

[BBB Banana]

I expected Sporting to be very high they produced all of the best players in Portugal for a while now.

Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Moutinho, Nani... etc

Basically most of Portugal's team regulars. But even though Portugal has become a very strong team in the last few years thanks to sporting finding all these talents the club hasn't managed to win a thing in the last ten years

 

[Hardy]

River Plate's academy would kick every single one of those, just saying .

And Barcelona should be N 1, wtf is that shit.

 

[BBB Banana]

If took into account the quality of players probably. But it't about number of players playing in main leagues.

 

[Hardy]

If took into account the quality of players probably. But it't about number of players playing in main leagues.

So what? More players > Better players? That's bs.

 

[BBB Banana]

So what? More players > Better players? That's bs.

But the point of the search was that.