FIFA World Cup 2010, Serbia VS Germany, my nails ain't gonna survive that Options

[milanius]

WOOOHOOO FOOTBALL, BEER AND PEANUTS!

I mean, commence the intelligent, meaningful discussion about that funky fresh thing we Europeans call "Football" and Americans pronounce as "Soccer".

I just watched Argentina VS Nigeria. Lots of misses, even more hits on target by gauchos, but Nigerian goalie was cool and calm. Sadly, what decided the game was a early goal by unlikely candidate - Gabriel Heinze, the defender, from a corner kick. Other (wasted) chances by Argentinians were mostly courtesy of Messi, who DID NOT play on his level today.

[milanius]

So far, I have to say that this has been The Most bizarre WC ever (from the ones I saw, at least). The damned vuvuzelas, the odd, light ball with insane trajectory, the surprise results... only teams I see as strong favorites right now are Argentina, Brazil and (despite the loss from us) Germany. As for England, well... odds are grim.

Even the game with Germany, now that I look at it - extremely insane. We won by a stroke of luck, after ref's hard criteria drove Close off the field. Even so, I knew that pressure from 9 men would happen and it was that same blind luck that saved us dozen times, along with a missed penalty. On our side, woodwork stopped us from breathing more calm until end of the game.

This post has been edited by milanius: Jun 20 2010, 03:07 PM