World Cup 2010 Thread!!!
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bladerunner
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Spains another country that under achieves when it comes to the world cup. I hope they don't prove me wrong this time.
Actually, I had been thinking the Brazilian team had this attribute (no superstars), or at least, that this is the effect Dunga was trying to achieve. It's true that, in a way, all of the Brazilian players are superstars, but the coach has, for a couple of years, been leaving out many of the most famous names, and also avoiding publicity, in order to impose discipline. Four years ago, a different coach (Parreira) recruited a much higher level of individual talent and they couldn't do sh*t.
bladerunner
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The reality with Brazil is that they fell in the first game in which they were really tested. They were unconvincing in the first rounds and against Chile they played a team whose open style, suited them, but when faced with the problem of breaking down teams, Dunga lacked the necessary options to change the way Brazil could play. In this situation the absence of Ronaldinho was costly IMO.
IN the game against the Netherlands when Brazil became disorganised, there was no leadership. Unfortunately there wasnt a Dunga type player in the team to steady the ship.
Aa I mentioned earlier the German team is multi national one.(11 players) I doubt if earler German teams had such a multi national makeup
Miroslav Klose,Trochowski and Lucas Podolski are Polish
Cacau is Brazilian
Gomez has a Spanish parent
Ozil and Tasci are Turkish
Khedira is Tunisian
Marin is a Bosnian Serb
Aogo has a NIgerian parent
Boateng is Ghanian.
Although the German team lacked big stars like the Brazilian team, I wonder if national characteristic and coaching made all the difference.
THe game against Spain should be a good one as they both like to play. This World Cup has produced so many upsets, I wouldnt like to say with any confidence who might win. Although Spain would be the underdogs, it just might be their day to play a brilliant game.
LOL Thats one consolation for Brazil, not seeing Argentina win the cup
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bladerunner
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IMO take away the Orange shirt and this Netherland team, is nothing like its predecessors.
Cryuff, Krol,Rep,Neeskeens, Gullit and van Basten are miles better than the current players such as Kuyt, Van Bommel, and Robben.
Its not that the team arent good, but with Robben everybit as good as Ronaldo in diving and writhing around pretending to be in pain, and van Bommel,(I consider a dirty player) he will have a go at kicking anything that moves, the team just does'nt have the same classy look about them.
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bladerunner
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Yip the Netherlands are through to the final.
Bronckhorst's long range goal was a beauty, it would have to be one of the goals of the tournament, meanwhile Forlans long range equaliser was pretty good as well.
Meanwhile Germanys pet Octopus has picked Spain to beat them.
Bronckhorst's long range goal was a beauty, it would have to be one of the goals of the tournament, meanwhile Forlans long range equaliser was pretty good as well.
Meanwhile Germanys pet Octopus has picked Spain to beat them.
ravenshield936
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yea and that worried me
however since i take psychology, from a scientific point of view, Paul may be color blind, or even it's classical conditioning where Paul learned to grab food from the box marked with stripes or whatever
anyways yea now im worried
i just hope Paul is wrong as he was wrong about germany winning the eurocup
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bladerunner
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If the octopus is right and Germany gets beaten, means the two finalists have never won the cup before. Actually thats pretty cool really.