The Official World Cup Thread

[pengo]

happy to listen from Fermí that comes not from Italy
"Italy played better than germany" (in its post) this seems objective for me in this sport as should be

and as should be when a goal keeper take the ball from the penalty_kick kicked by someone is not always an error of who kick the ball (as often used to say) but good thing done by the goal keeper in the past some extremely correct player gaves hand to goalkeeper when he did some great thing those should be the competition still now and the respect to each other

Not referred to yesterday that was correct match but only to make clear the "objective" good things in a soccer match and the uses if we want a real good and correct sport


escuse my bad english

[ene.xis]

Yesternite it was the purest of soccer.

It was a good match, and a great performance from both teams, mainly by there winning will. Still it was (for me that is) not the greatest football to watch...

[instinct]

agreed hehehe....

[ene.xis]

i d hope a bettern entertaining match...but i really doubt it....unfortunatelly!
still i think the portuguese side can go though!

anyone saw ribery statements on scolari? ...funny-hilarious stuff!

[Jerry]

Ohne Deutschland fahren wir nach ....

It was an insane match. Both teams played offensive. (No more 'giocato defensivo' for Italia) Very attractive to watch. Butttt, the Italians were playing better (in my opinion) and won completely fair in german style.

I had my dad on the phone after the 1-0 and both yelled for 1 minute when it became 2-0 That's because we are half "integrated" italians. And as Dutchmen we dont want Germany to be Weltmeister

[studioDIM]

Technically, i may agree.
Great, but not superlative.
Overall, well.
SUPERB.
imo, of course

Lele

EDIT: my new tagline is a rough translation from our commentator after the Nth dangerous counterattack, this time on a Germany one. And of course we were nil-nil.
We all SOAKED the entire game, from both sides.
Reason enough, for me, to use superlatives to describe it.

[instinct]

Ohne Deutschland fahren wir nach ...

hause ???

[pengo]

2 enexis

in fact not the most beautiful soccer but for us who always saw the our team wait the opponent (except in the 1982 where we played and really) as correct Fermi told we always used the "catenaccio" (to play in defensive way waiting the opponent) way not in those soccer world cup

About the best soccer are not possible (is my opinion) to see anymore good match as in the past who followed the soccer in the years before and between 80 and 90 and watched MARADONA, ZICO, FALCAO, PLATINI, LAUDRUP, ROSSI, DIRCEU, CEREZO, BATTISTUTA, BONIEK, GULLIT, RUMENIGGE and so on can't find so beauty this actual soccer
but I repeat we did a good match not greatest I didn't want to say we are the best (until now)


always respect to all

a sport lover

[ene.xis]

did u watch zidane gameplay against brazil?
or the few gambettas from messi?
cmon!! a lot of amazing quality just to mention some of the most obvious!!

[Jerry]

hause ???

http://www.fredenaad.nl/

[pengo]

enexis I love zidane as I love ronaldinho as I love (still ROMARIO) and many others but what I was meaning is that in the past if u tryed to make a man or two and I mean defender height 2 meters and so on on MARADONA he could make goal anyway so zico and so CARECA and many other in that times today there is not so much talent obviously i can appreciate the style the class of ZIDANE he played in juventus don't forget it i saw him to play as I saw some other talented players as shevchenko, boban, weah SAVicevic and could make name of a lot more but if u try to put a good defender on one of the actual player they will not touvh ball or surely he can't do what the talents in the past did (remember MARADONA in ENGLAND-ARGENTINA) Ronaldinho what did? and zidane still give us some nice touch but nothing so exciting who still dribble a man not frequently but sometimes Figo still does it

not so spectacular this soccer at those times u have to look in the past matches to see spectacular soccer game

and I don't think is only my opinion
remember I love soccer and all players who have a nice foots but is not the same soccer as in the past more athletic this one respect the spectacular one in the past

[instinct]

i guess this is partly due to tactics....tactics and politics have gained weight.....when you see the stars of today in training, or dribbling for fun they play incredible...but in a match noone is willing (or allowed ?) to take the risks of playing that way :/

[ene.xis]

well that s the problem of the world cup spirit

the teams go on the pitch with the I-dont-wanna-loose gameplay...too tactic most time...still u have to realise that today a professional football player has many more matches during one season then before...so in the world cup most of the top rated players are in down peak of phisic form and will not provide the best show...

[Fermi]

>>>when you see the stars of today in training, or dribbling for fun they play incredible...but in a match noone is willing (or allowed ?) to take the risks of playing that way :/<<<

<OFF TOPIC>, yes they can , look Ronaldinho playing with F.C Barcelona </OFF TOPIC>

Looking forward tonight's match.

Cheers

Fermí Bertran

[studioDIM]

And I can finally say it: the two best teams of the world cup are in the final
Well done France.
Looking forward to watch the Final.
In Marseille...

Lele